The New York Times bestselling portrait of American adolescence.Margaret Sartor, a fiercely determined girl from rural Louisiana, who is equal parts "Holden Caulfield and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (Atlanta Journal Constitution), presents a poignant portrait of American life during the 1970s. Crafted from diaries, notebooks, and letters, this deeply personal yet universally appealing story moves with ease between the seemingly trivial concerns of...

In this poetic adventure the reader is challenged to a new reflection, on a much wider plane than the authors usual typical slant on life, with its whims and crossroads, yet blended with his charismatic wit of Cuban humour. To delights of love, glimpses into the future and everything concise yet of profound meaning, makes us feel as lords of the universe. One will find Victors own inspired proverbs, phrases and haiku, all entwined with reality to be either relished or simple drowned in the...

Tangy and crusty ...Orpah Abraham has always been a woman who's had the world against her. After working hard and doing her best to appeal to all the right people, she's learned the full value of persistence and perseverance.But now that Martha Davidson -- her one true rival for the coveted title of Pie Queen, and the one woman she'd never been able to win over -- is dead, and her friends and family are asking questions, Orpah finds her career and ...

**From the New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage.With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, "My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist," author Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man's deception, a family's complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle.**Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoon's two families—the public one and the secret...

Sensual, earthy love poems that formed the basis for the popular movie Il Postino, now in a beautiful gift book perfect for weddings, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, or just to say "I love you!"Charged with sensuality and passion, Pablo Neruda's love poems are the most celebrated of the Nobel Prize winner's oeuvre, captivating readers with earthbound images and reveling in a fiery re-imagining of the world. Mostly written on the island paradise of Capri (the idyllic settin...

The Nobel Prize winner 's classic collection of love poems.Pablo Neruda, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, finished writing The Captain's Verses in 1952 while in exile on the island of Capri—the paradisal setting for the blockbuster film Il Postino (The Postman). Surrounded by sea, sun, and Capri's natural splendors, Neruda addressed these poems to his lover Matilde Urrutia before they were married, but didn't publish them publicly until 1963. Thi...

“A lively story as delectable as a five-pound box of chocolates . . . a thoroughly engaging chronicle of friendship and the substantive place it holds in women’s lives.”—Anne D. LeClaire, author of Leaving EdenThe women of Freesia Court are convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delicious desserts, and a strong shoulder can’t fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together—the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (Angry House...

Más de 100 poemas escogidos entre la mejor poesía romántica española del siglo XIX, a través de Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, Rosalía de Castro y Rubén Darío.Bécquer y Rosalía de Castro inauguran la lírica moderna española. Las Rimas de Becquer y los poemas de Rosalía rescatan la poesía popular, despreciada por el afrancesamiento del siglo XIX, y la llamada «estética del sentimiento». De Rubén Darío reproducimos sus Rimas y algunos de sus más famosos poemas.La influencia de estos a...

CBC Canada Reads 2009 Runner-Up. Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection. 'Hilarious and gentle.' - Booklist. 'Beguilingly alive.' - Seattle Times. 'Laugh-out-loud funny.' - NOW. 'Bracingly off-centre.' - Globe & Mail. 'Lovely and odd.' - Kirkus Review. 'Sweet, tart and forbidden in all the right places' - Entertainment Weekly. When the world feels dark and hopeless, curl up with this heartwarming, laugh-out-loud hilarious book, full of love and warmth in the midst of a diffi...

For 10 years Arlene has kept her promises, and God has kept His end of the bargain. Until now. When an old schoolmate from Possett turns up at Arlene's door in Chicago asking questions about Jim Beverly, former quarterback and god of Possett High, Arlene's break with her former hometown is forced to an end. At the same time, Burr, her long-time boyfriend, has raised an ultimatum: introduce him to her family or consider him gone. Arlene loves him dearly but knows her lily white (not to ment...

Inmigrante por las dificultades econmicas, pero siempre con el deseo de ser alguien en la vida, viniendo de una familia humilde. Gracias a dios puedo compartir mi pequeo talento y este libro de poesa est dedicado a las personas con cncer. Immigrant due to economic difficulties, but always with the desire to be somebody in life, coming from a humble family. Thank God I can share my little talent and this book of poetry is dedicated to people with cancer.

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the CityThe seventh novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.Nearly two decades after ending his groundbreaking Tales of the City saga of San Francisco life, Armistead Maupin revisits his all-too-human hero Michael Tolliver—the fifty-five-year-old sweet-spirited gardener and survivor of the plague that too...