Some houses creak. This one remembers.After a sudden move to a remote old farmhouse, Skyla and her mother are hoping for a quiet reset. What they find instead is a silence that doesn't feel empty, only watchful. The walls seem too thin. The shadows linger too long. And something behind the attic door refuses to stay forgotten.As the snow deepens and the isolation sets in, dreams twist, memories falter, and the line between waking and sleep begins to blur. W...

The Santa Corps explores a reality where Santa Claus is one of the many magical delivery men that deliver Christmas gifts to children all over the world. Every Santa that works for the Santa Corps has their own adventure and is equipped with all the magical tools necessary to get the job done on Christmas Eve. The story looks deep into all the myths about Santa Claus and how they make sense.About the AuthorIgnacio Foster Jr. grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up reading ...

Uruguay's population is slowly aging, driven by the demographic transition that started early in the 20th century. While this reflects significant improvements in mortality and fertility trends, it also creates important challenges for the fiscal sustainability of some social policies and for sustaining medium- and long-term economic growth. Uruguay is going through the "demographic dividend" stage of this process as the proportion of the population ages 15–65 peaks. This temporary situati...

This New York Times Book Review Best Cookbook features over 130 recipes from the renown restaurant Estela.“The rare restaurant-y cookbook whose recipes actually turn out as well as the seemingly unattainable photos.” —The New York Times Book ReviewOne flight up, in a bustling neighborhood bistro overlooking the chaos of one of downtown New York’s busiest streets, Ignacio Mattos serves food so uncannily del...

Is it possible to explain the existence of evil under the supposition of a supremely good creator? Are we ourselves the cause of most of the suffering that befalls us? Is life generally more painful than it is pleasant, and if so is non-existence preferable to existence? Is happiness ever even attainable?These questions occupied some of the best-known philosophers of the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries—figures such as G. W. Leibniz, Pierre Bayle, David Hume, Jean-Jacqu...

Mexico City detective Héctor Belascoarán Shayne is summoned home from vacation by his sister, whose childhood friend Anita has been raped and nearly killed by unknown assailants. Héctor discovers that Anita, recently married into the wealthy Costa family, has just seen her husband and his two brothers systematically murdered. Now, if she can stay alive long enough to receive it, Anita stands in line to receive a legacy of some 200 million pesos.During his investigation, Héctor trad...

Unlock the Secrets of the Superstition MountainsVenture deep into the heart of the Arizona desert, where history, mystery, and the supernatural collide in Arizona Apache Folklore of the Superstition Mountains. This captivating book delves into the sacred tales of the Apache people, the spine-chilling ghost stories whispered among treasure hunters, and the unexplainable phenomena that continue to baffle explorers today. From glowing orbs that light up the rugged pea...

The intimate and highly revealing life story of the world’s longest-serving, most charismatic, and controversial head of state in modern times.Fidel Castro was a dictatorial pariah to some and a hero and inspiration for many of the world's poor, defiantly charting an independent and revolutionary path for Cuba over nearly half a century. Numerous attempts were made to get Castro to tell his own story. But only in the twilight of his years was he prepared to set out...

'68 es una agarradora narración en primera persona hecha por uno de los más distinguidos y prolíficos escritores mexicanos de todos los tiempos, acerca de la masacre estudiantil de Tlatelolco llevada a cabo en Ciudad de México en 1968.El propósito de Paco Ignacio Taibo II es el de recuperar, a través de su memoria y de las notas que él mismo tomó durante aquellos días, la verdad de los hechos ocurridos durante el verano del '68 hasta el terrible 2 de octubre. Por lo menos ...

Set amidst the political turbulence and social unrest of contemporary Mexico City, An Easy Thing introduces English-speaking readers to Taibo's human and world-weary protagonist, independent detective Hector Belascoaran Shayne. In this debut outing, our hero, who, incidentally, possesses an insatiable appetite for Coca Cola and cigarettes, tackles three cases simultaneously: a killing in a corrupt factory; the deadly threats against a former porn starlet's teenage daughter; and, strangely,...

What do you get when you mix the grit of pulp fiction with the charm of a cozy mystery? A snarky private eye, a towering Tibetan Mastiff with a taste for mayhem, and a whirlwind of adventure that's as thrilling as it is downright fun!Step into a whirlwind of action, adventure, and intrigue with the debut installment of The Jonesy and Porkchop Chronicles. Private investigator Jonesy is anything but ordinary—he's sharp-tongued, quick-witted, and has a knack for finding trouble in the...

Paco Ignacio Taibo II is one of the most popular and influential authors in Latin and South America. His endlessly inventive, highly-political detective novels, featuring the idiosyncratic private eye Hector Belascoaran Shayne, are set in the teeming landscape of Mexico City, a combustible mix of poverty, tragic class warfare, the anarchic and absurd. For Shayne it is a world that can bring tears one moment and blood the next.An Easy Thing is the first nov...