Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Winner of the Orange Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

"Bel Canto is its own universe. A marvel of a book." —Washington Post Book World

New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett's spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn to communicate across cultural barriers in times of crisis

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Another stunning novel by the author of The Alchemist. Aleph marks a return to Paulo Coelho's beginnings. In a frank and surprising personal story, one of the world's most beloved authors embarks on a remarkable and transformative journey of self-discovery. Facing a grave crisis of faith, and seeking a path of spiritual renewal and growth, Paulo decides to start over: to travel, to experiment, to reconnect with people and the world. On this journey...

"Chef Ariel Fox introduces you to both classic recipes as well as innovative new dishes in Spice Kitchen: Healthy Latin and Caribbean Cuisine in a way that works for all lifestyles. This book has something for everyone, including information on how to maximize your pantry, simple recipes, and useful suggestions for adapting the dishes to any diet. This cookbook will be a fantastic addition to your kitchen, whether you are looking for healthier alternatives...

Winner of the 2003 Pulitizer Prize for Drama

. . . there are many kinds of light.
The light of fires. The light of stars.
The light that reflects off rivers.
Light that penetrates through cracks.
Then there's the type of light that reflects off the skin.
—Nilo Cruz, Anna in the Tropics

This lush romantic drama depicts a family of cigar makers whose loves and lives are played out against the backdrop

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In Silver Springs, Arizona, her mother's stories of the monstrous La Llorona are thrilling but unbelievable to science-loving Paola until she and her best friends Dante and Emma take a walk through a cactus field near the Gila River.

For the ReadersI do not know where this book finds you or how you came across it, but I'd like for you to know what it means to me. In a nutshell, this book is and has been my healing: both the process and the manifestation. Before I began writing and compiling, I survived a series of unfortunate events that had me broken and unnerved spiritually, mentally and physically. I retreated from friends and family. I hid my pain and my glaring vulnerabilities...

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Octavio Paz presents his sustained reflections on the poetic phenomenon and on the place of poetry in history and in our personal lives.

Esta antología de Poemas de César Vallejo reúne la totalidad de su poesía publicada hasta el presente. Vallejo es una de las voces poéticas más singulares de Latinoamérica. Desde sus inicios modernistas, adoptó un tono intimista de fuerte carga social, con una honda preocupación por el desvalimiento y el sufrimiento de sus semejantes. Su lenguaje se abre a la experimentación, con diversos registros y con la peculiaridad de plasmar poéticamente...

Available for the first time as a complete selection in English, Love Poems presents Jaime Sabines' powerful erotic verse in an exceptional translation by Irish Canadian poet Colin Carberry. Jaime Sabines, Mexico's most influential modern poet, was born in Chiapas in 1926. He received numerous literary awards and honors over the course of his career. Sabines died in Mexico City in 1999.