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Life has thrown Zelu some curveballs over the years, but when she's suddenly dropped from her university job and her latest novel is rejected, all in the middle of h…

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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers w…

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The thrilling follow-up to the New York Times bestselling novel One Second After.

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Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story—and the story of what happened afterwards—has bee…

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It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

Co-winner of the 2022 Novel Prize, this incredible life-after-death novel asks us to consider how much of our memory, of our bodies, of the world as we know it ― how much of what we love can we lose b…

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The Great Divide

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there.

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Lo que no tiene nombre

¿Hasta dónde puede llegar la literatura?

En este libro dedicado a la vida y la muerte de su hijo Daniel, Piedad Bonnett alcanza con las palabras los lugares más extremos de la existencia.

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Un maravilloso regalo inesperado para los innumerables lectores de García Márquez

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By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

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In this masterful work, one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today shares his wisdom on how to be the change we want to see in the world.

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Aunque conocida con este título abreviado, el verdadero título de esta obra, mucho más largo, resume perfectamente la historia: Relato de un náufrago que estuvo diez días a la deriva en una balsa sin …

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