One storm, one chance, one Christmas that changes everything.With nothing but a newborn in his arms and the weight of a past he can't escape, Nate Mulligan is out of options. The bitter cold of winter is closing in, and hope feels as distant as the warmth of a home he's never known.Then, on a stormy December night, a single act of kindness opens a door he never expected. A family welcomes him in, offering warmth, safety, and something far more dangerous—belonging.

A correspondence about light, exchanged between Buenos Aires and Bangkok.José Luis Vega is a poet, philosopher, theologian, and professor of mathematics with fifty years of published work. Anya is a voice from the Light Series.They wrote to each other about light.

“These brief Ficciones have to be read one at a time, and slowly; then they throb with uncanny and haunting power.” —The Atlantic MonthlyThe seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the gargantuan powers of imagination, intelligence, and style of one of the greatest writers of this or any other century.Borges sends us on a journey into a compelling, bizarre, and profoundly resonant realm; we enter the fearful sph...

Earl Kent returns to Atlanta for business, expecting nothing more than a quick fix before heading back to the life he built. But the city he left behind hasn't forgotten him—and neither has the woman he never truly let go.Kristi Burse has spent years building a life rooted in purpose, far from the heartbreak of her past. She's strong, independent, and determined to keep her world exactly as it is… until one unexpected moment brings everything rushing back.As Christmas light...

A lie can bury love for a lifetime. It can't outlast it.In a small farming town in California's San Joaquin Valley, Jose Magaña, the son of Mexican immigrant field workers, and Dana Milton, daughter of the town's treasurer, become inseparable as children, long before either of them understands what it means to fall in love. Their friendship crosses lines their families never meant to be crossed. His home is built on the sweat of the almond and pistachio orchards. H...

What if every decision you made came back to you... stronger than ever?When Karma Reaches You! is a powerful and emotionally driven story about ambition, choices, and the unavoidable consequences that shape our lives. Following the journey of a Mexican-American man chasing the American Dream, this gripping narrative explores how past actions, both good and bad, can quietly build toward life-altering moments.Blending themes of karma, justice...

This work offers a groundbreaking account of how Chicana/o activists have engaged in sustained efforts to reclaim Indigenous identity through political struggle, cultural expression, and transnational solidarity.Author José Luis Serrano Nájera takes an in-depth look at the history of Chicana/o indigeneity, starting with the Chicana/o Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and through twenty-first century transnational activism and solidarity movements. Serrano Nájera reveals how claims to...

Cervantine Futures places the writings of Miguel de Cervantes into conversation with some of the most pressing issues in cultural studies, critical theory, and sociopolitical discourse of the last decade. Assembling a diverse range of prominent and emerging scholars in the field, this volume stakes a claim for Hispanism’s place in the growing scholarly movement to vindicate pre- and early modernity for its incisive and often singular perspective on race, gender, ability, the body,...

Luis Suárez was a young boy already in love with football by the time his family moved from the countryside to Uruguay's capital, Montevideo. The guile and trickery of the street kid made an impact with the country's biggest club, Nacional, before he was spotted by Dutch scouts who brought him to Europe.Suárez was lured from Ajax to Merseyside by another iconic number 7, Kenny Dalglish. From that moment, he terrorised Premier League defences, driving a resurgent Liverpool towards t...

Aesthetics of the Novel: Beyond Bakhtin examines the history of the novel through the diverse aesthetic currents that this literary genre has adopted from antiquity to the present day. Drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin’s aesthetic theory, this work provides a comprehensive overview of the Western novel while simultaneously acknowledging the Eastern novel’s distinct identity and contributions. The novel is conceived here as a cultural bridge between popular and high culture – a genre whos...

Joined by award-winning Mexican journalist Luis Nájera, leading organized-crime author Peter Edwards introduces a motley assortment of millennial bikers, gangsters and Mafia whose bloody trail of murders and schemes gone wrong led to the arrival in Canada of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations: the drug cartels of Mexico.A man watching the Euro Cup on a restaurant patio is shot dead on a busy Sunday afternoon in Toronto. Another dies in a sidewalk amb...

Latinx TV offers an accessible and critical guide to television both by and about Latinxs, tracing the representation of Latinxs from the 1950s through to the present day.At once comprehensive in coverage and detailed and specific in examples analyzed, Latinx TV provides key insights into the study of Latinx TV as shaped within historical, social, cultural, regional, and global contexts. Throughout the volume, award-winning scholar Frederick Luis Aldama summarizes...