Tormented by past heartbreak and contemporary politics, for Edgar 'Lefty' Mendieta the news of the murder of lawyer Bruno Canizales represents just another day at the office in the drug-ridden city of Culiacán.It soon becomes clear that there is no shortage of suspects in a city where it's hard to tell the gangsters from the politicians. Canizales was the son of a former government minister and the partner of a drug baron's daughter, with his own penchant for cross-dressing and dan...

A passenger liner runs aground on the muddy banks of the Río de la Plata. One by one, its passengers are abducted by Buenos Aires' criminal classes.As the kidnapping of three foreign businessmen sends stock markets into freefall, the job of solving the chaos falls onto the weary shoulders of Deputy Inspector Walter Carroza of the serious-crime squad.But top of his agenda is former Miss Bolivia Ana Torrente. Why are the bodies of the men who try to take her to bed always fou...

Natalia is to be married to a German sailor much older than herself, but two days before the wedding she meets Diego, a mysterious young dancer, and they fall immediately in love. When he serenades her on the eve of the ceremony, Natalia's father unwittingly invites him to the festivities. There they dance a tango charged with passion, before Diego vanishes, knowing she is lost to him.Soon after the marriage Natalia's father dies, and her husband is lost at sea, presumed dead. Penn...

"¿Qué son los árboles? Tendremos que contestar a esta pregunta aparentemente simple interesándonos directamente por ellos, pero también por las formas de vida con las que interactúan. No siempre han sido grandes y gruesos o han tenido un tamaño monumental. Tendremos que remontarnos en el tiempo." Los árboles también tienen una historia, que cuentan a todos aquellos capaces de atender a las pequeñas señales inscritas en su corteza, a la forma de una de sus ramas o a la amistad que guardan c...

It is December 2001 and Argentina is in political and economic meltdown. Pablo Martelli, once in an elite branch of the police force known to all as the 'National Shame', is a shadow of his former self, scraping by as a bathroom salesman. He cannot forget the enigmatic woman he met in a dance hall. She left him when she found out who he was working for, and he has never recovered from the blow.Late one evening, Martelli is summoned to a friend's coastal retreat. He arrives to find ...

Después de varios años de investigación, entrevistas y viajes a remotas comunidades p’urhépechas en Michoacán, Mexico, la autora Mary J. Andrade presenta “Día de los Muertos Pasión por la Vida” en formato electrónico.“Día de los Muertos Pasión por la Vida” contiene imágenes no vistas anteriormente, con un texto que ilustra las características únicas, así como las interpretaciones de la celebración del Día de los Muertos en estas comunidades indígenas, en el estado de Michoacán....

La divinización de la naturaleza que proviene del chamanismo precolombino impregnaba toda la religión maya.Los antiguos mayas se dedicaban a las ciencias del calendario para dominar mejor las fuerzas de la naturaleza.Describamos después la Cuenta de los Destinos, el primer calendario (mas antiguo) de los mayas, y también el calendario solar y la rueda de los calendarios, usada por todos los mayas y los aztecas.Este libro es la primera parte de la serie "CALENDARIO...

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.