Acclaimed Argentine thriller writer Gustavo Eduardo Abrevaya (The Sanctuary) returns with a harrowing tale of society in decay. After a five-year-old girl disappears under mysterious circumstances, Federico " El Pampa" Bazá n, a sub-inspector with the Federal Police, is tasked with tracking her down. A man of devious talents and numerous nicknames, Pampa is a lone wolf who' s used to getting his hands dirty, but nothing has prepared him for this descent into a hellish underworld of corrupt...

This is a story about a Hispanic family from a rural community in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas starting shortly after the Mexican Independence from Spain. Word of mouth was the only way that these stories were passed from one generation to another. La Mulata was an original founder of "Rancho El Capote" community in South Texas, and a direct ancestor on both sides of my family. She was the daughter of a former slave who was brought to South Carolina from Africa. The slave owner mov...

"An epic work of literary creation . . . There could be no greater vindication of the wonders of the lands and people of Latin America than Memory of Fire ." — The Washington PostEduardo Galeano's monumental three-volume retelling of the history of the New World begins with Genesis, a vast chain of legends sweeping from the birth of creation to the era of savage colonialism. Through lyrical prose and deep understanding, Galeano (author of ...

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx.Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five cen...

T ithing and offerings are extremely important subjects, and very poorly understood within the church of Christ. I do not intend to spark controversy here or to discredit other teachers who have already spoken on the subject. The interest here is to help as many people as possible understand the matter in a simple, accessible way for all. May the Creator allow me to be an instrument of His, for the edification of lives. I will not begin where most do, from the text of Malachi. We will spea...

It is with enormous gratitude that I write to my fellow readers, that the Holy Spirit of God may illuminate us on this journey. The rapture of the church and the return of Christ cannot be explained in isolation. For us to better understand, we will need to grasp subjects such as the Antichrist, the two beasts, among others, and I am grateful to my friends and to the "wild oxen" who have been helping me. I call "wild ox" every person and situation that helps me develop my potential. A wond...

All three books in the American Book Award–winning Memory of Fire Trilogy available in a single volume for the first time.Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire Trilogy defies categorization—or perhaps creates its own. It is a passionate, razor-sharp, lyrical history of North and South America, from the birth of the continent's indigenous peoples through the end of the twentieth century. The three volumes form a haunting and dizzying whole that resurrects the liv...

One of Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time—a history of soccer that "stands out like Pelé on a field of second-stringers" ( The New Yorker).The beautiful game deserves a beautiful book, and Eduardo Galeano—one of Latin America's most acclaimed authors—has written it. From Aztec champions sacrificed to appease the gods, to the goals that were literally scored into wooden posts in Victorian England, to Spain's victory in th...

Latin American noir at its finest. "[A] diverse collection of stories which reflect the harshness and also the brittle brilliance of life in Mexico City."— MostlyFiction Book ReviewsAkashic Books's acclaimed series of original noir anthologies has set a high standard for portraying cities and their neighborhoods in all their dark and violent splendor. Now, " Mexico City Noir surpasses that standard with phantasmagorical tales of double-dealing, co...

"Days and Nights of Love and War is the personal testimony of one of Latin America's foremost contemporary political writers. In this fascinating journal and eloquent history, Eduardo Galeano movingly records the lives of struggles of the Latin American people, under two decades of unimaginable violence and extreme repression. Alternating between reportage, personal vignettes, interviews, travelogues, and folklore, and richly conveyed with anger, sadness, irony, and occasional humor, Galea...

Transnational Communism During the Cold War offers a bold and innovative reassessment of the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) as an important actor in Cold War-era transnational communist networks. Moving beyond conventional national narratives, this volume situates the PCE within a complex web of ideological, political, and economic relationships with key communist regimes – including the USSR, East Germany, Poland, and Yugoslavia – and Western European communist parties, revealing ...

“One part Scheherazade, two parts Boccaccio, a twist of Bolaño, and a dash of bitters. Blue Label is intoxicating, hilarious, and the best novel on the calamity that is today’s Venezuela.”—Carmen Boullosa"This deftly and idiomatically translated novel . . . a quest of sorts, as a high school student in Chávez's Venezuela tries to make sense of love and life . . . packs a punch on many levels: personal, political, and even mythic." —Kirkus Revie...