Lisbon is a city of stories. They swirl like the Tagus tide, carrying whispered secrets through winding alleys and slip between the stones of forgotten ruins. In Living, Loving, Longing Lisbon, past and present blur, love and loss entwine, and the city comes alive. A one-night stand leads to a shocking transformation. A chance meeting on a train sparks a romance shadowed by history. A bitter Christmas wish takes an unsettling turn. Ancient gods, fading from memory, gather for a meal, while...

"Part love story, part mystery, this engrossing tale of Cuban-Canadian connections . . . gets to the heart of what can happen when we cross borders." —Karen Dubinsky, author of Cuba Beyond the BeachEli Cooper is a resolutely single, fifty-something newspaper copy editor. He spends his nights obsessing over reporters' unnecessary "thats" and his days caring for a demented father he knows should be in twenty-four-hour care. Eli is too busy—and too self-absor...

‘This new generation of Latin American writers has exchanged history for memory, dictators for narcos and political engagement for gender and class consciousness.’ El PaísTen years on from the first Bogotá 39 selection, which brought writers such as Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Alejandro Zambra and Junot Díaz to fame, comes this story collection showcasing thirty-nine exceptional new talents. Chosen by some of the biggest names in Latin American literature, toget...

What's it like living in Mexico? It seems like a simple enough question; often asked, rarely well answered. Because Mexico is much more than just a warm sunny climate where you can beach every day if you want. For many of us, Mexico is hope. It's hope for a less complicated, simpler life, hope that every day has the potential to be the best day you've ever had. Mexico can be that one memorable summer day in your past that you've never forgotten, times 365. It's as much about what it repres...

This new Little Golden Book stars Disney Channel's Elena of Avalor!Princess Elena stars in a Little Golden Book based on an episode of the hit Disney Channel animated series, Elena of Avalor. Children ages 2 to 5 will love this exciting story in which Elena and her cousin find the Fountain of Youth on a magical island.The Elena of Avalor series focuses on culturally connected storytelling inspired by diverse Latin cultures, as wel...

One Day at a Time meets Mindy Kim in this third book in a charming new chapter book series about Catalina Castaneda, a Mexican American girl with a magical sewing kit who wants to start a band.Catalina can’t wait for the upcoming school talent show! Along with some of her classmates, they decide to rock out and form a band for the big day. But Catalina has some...specific ideas on how the band should look and sound. Can Catalina learn to be part of the ban...

Six years after fleeing the 1973 military coup that overthrew Salvador Allende, the democratically elected, socialist leader of Chile, eleven-year-old Carmen Aguirre and her family return to South America to join the underground resistance. At eighteen, Carmen commits herself to the movement, running a safe house on the border between Chile and Argentina. Forfeiting her first marriage to the pressures of revolutionary life, and living for years with the ever-present fear of capture and tortu...

Yuñior Delgado is back with the conclusion of the trilogy, in the first installments of the Delgado files. A great deal of change comes to Las Tierras as Diadra learns more about his life and the other sides of the world belonging to the man who would be Czar.Come back to Colombia and hang out poolside with the Delgados. Share a few laughs with Andres, appreciate the love of a Father's guidance, and gain a whole new respect for Micah. Uneasy may be the head, but becoming the Czar i...

For fans of The Little Blue Truck, Red Truck and The Little Engine That Could, a rhyming ode to a colorful South American bus and the collective spirit of its people, from a debut author and the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Magical YetThis joyful and rhyming picture book follows the iconic bus, or chiva, as it navigates the rugged Andes mountains, celebrating the rich culture and landscape of Colombia that w...

Can you love a city? Yes, and Lisbon is a great example. This European capital city is a bustling metropolis that averages 300 days of sunshine a year. Tourists flock here in ever-increasing numbers for the history, culture, great food, and people that have inspired this short anthology of Lisbon stories. The authors in this book come from all corners of the world. Some live here, while others have visited and fallen in love. Each of their tales shines a new and unique light on the city. T...

During her stay in Buenos Aires Soledad meets Nicolas, an Argentinian artist, with whom she shares a night full of passion.Back in Santiago de Chile she is too proud to contact him again. Unexpectedly she receives a present, a portrait made by Nicolas.This multi media story presents some questions that are for the reader to find out.The prologue is a poem of Jorge Luis Borges presented by the author with Tango as background music. In the epilogue a short interview with...

JargoI'm here I know you miss me, I always miss you, if you sleep without me, I often wait in your dream. (You need me) Did you know,that you really die, when you die in a dream? I could let you dieat any time. If I want that.© Copyright by Jean HarveyUmschlaggestaltung: © Copyright by Unsplash,PixabayPublisher: Jean HarveyWiesentalstr. 54, 79115 [email protected]