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Damaris and her husband, Rogelio, live in a rugged landscape on the Pacific coast of Colombia. When she adopts an…
orphaned female puppy to add to the dogs she already has, other unexpected facets of her life and her relationships come to the fore. Violence. Spanish language. 2017
En esta novela ambientada en el futuro cercano, el territorio que una vez fue los Estados Unidos es ahora la…
República de Gilead, una teocracia en la que las mujeres se ven obligadas a castas diferentes-- incluyendo "criadas" para tener hijos. Originalmente publicado en inglés en 1985, con una 2017 introducción de la autora. Violencia, lenguaje injurioso, y descripciones de índole sexual
Mexico, 1860s. Mauro Larrea, a silver-mining mogul, struggles to preserve his empire and emerge from a serious debt. Embroiled in…
a resulting family drama, Larrea sets off to Havana to scout a new business and finds himself playing a game of billiards that will change his fortunes. Spanish language. 2015
El esposo y el hijo de la periodista famosa Ginny Carter mueren trágicamente en un accidente automovilístico en las Navidades.…
Afligida, Ginny se convierte en una defensora de derechos humanos en Nueva York, donde conoce a un niño indigente especial llamado Blue Williams, recuperándose de su propio trauma. Violencia y lenguaje injurioso
A journalist recreates the singular world of his grandparents' house in London. Chimen and Miriam Abramsky amassed an extensive collection…
of socialist literature and Jewish history, and they frequently held large gatherings to bring together influential thinkers, including Eric Hobsbawm and Isaiah Berlin. Spanish language. 2016
A novel based on the life of the author's granduncle. In 1936, Manuel Mena joins Franco's uprising and follows his…
destiny through the civil war in Spain to the battle of the Ebro in September 1938. Violence. Spanish language. 2018
El primer volumen de una colección completa de cuentos publicados en español por el galardonado autor brasileño. Incluye los contenidos…
de sus libros "Los prisioneros" (1963), "El collar del perro" (1965), "Lúcia McCartney" (1967), "Feliz Año Nuevo" (1975) y "El cobrador" (1979). Violencia. lenguaje injurioso, y descripciones de índole sexual
Tris Prior jumps at the chance to leave the city she grew up in--but discovers the world beyond Chicago is…
more disturbing than she imagined. Sequel to Insurgente (DB 79978). Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2014
Nick and Amy Dunne alternate telling the story of their troubled marriage, their move from New York to Nick's Missouri…
hometown, and Amy's disappearance. As clues begin to implicate Nick, he learns more about Amy. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2013
Chicago reporter Camille Preaker, recently treated for psychological problems, arrives in her hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri, to investigate the…
murders of two preteen girls. Camille sees her mother and thirteen-year-old half sister for the first time in years. But events from the past overwhelm her. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2006
Después la turbulencia de El Invierno del Mundo (DB79988), las familias se encuentran ambos desgarrados y elevados por acontecimientos que…
se desarrollan, desde los años 1960s hasta el 2008. George Jakes es contratado por la Casa Blanca de Kennedy, mientras que el marido de Rebecca Hoffman esconde un secreto peligroso de Alemania del Este. Violencia y algunas descripciones de lenguaje injurioso
Explores the everyday lives of four women in modern Turkey--an aspiring professor, a westernized twentysomething, a Sephardi, and a threatened…
divorcée--caught between traditional customs and the promise of secularism in the twenty-first century. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2009
After centuries of war and blood shortages in Eastern Europe, an undead Vlad the Impaler moves to Mexico and offers…
eternal life in exchange for legal and real estate services. Violence. Spanish language. 2010
Foster teen Molly is sent to ninety-one-year-old Vivian Daly's house to perform community service. As Molly cleans the attic, Vivian…
reminisces about emigrating from Ireland, losing her family, and being sent to Minnesota on an orphan train--and the two connect. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2016
Tijuana, 1930s. Anette and Claire, sisters orphaned in Paris, are sent to Mexico to be married. Meanwhile, Margarita Carmen Cansino…
finds herself in an abusive relationship with her father, years before she finds stardom in Hollywood as Rita Hayworth. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2015
Joan-Marc and Helen--a middle-aged Spanish couple--go to a spa to try to save their marriage. In their interactions there, the…
story of the life and family of Joan-Marc, together with his ideas, prejudices, and frustrations, emerges. Strong language and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2013
Nico throws away his sister's stuffed rabbit and turns to Omnia, an online store where virtually anything can be bought,…
to find another. But an error sends him into Omnia's physical space, which is more fantastical than even the Internet presence. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2016
A retrospective collection of stories from the American author. Berlin's stories include everyday miracles and moments of grace in the…
laundromats and halfway houses of the American Southwest, in the homes of the upper classes, among switchboard operators, struggling mothers, bad mothers, and hitchhikers. Strong language. Spanish language. 2016
Diez mujeres latinas-- joven y modernas--viven sus vidas a toda velocidad, intentando encontrar la paz interior en un mundo lleno…
de expectativas poco realistas. Lenguaje injurioso y descripciones de índole sexual
Paris, 1917. In her final week of life, from a prison cell, Margaretha Zelle pens reminiscences which detail her improbable…
journey from young Dutch newlywed to exotic dancer, prostitute, and spy known as "Mata Hari." Translated from the Portuguese. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2016