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Una etapa difícil: mi lucha contra el cáncer
Par Mayte Prida. 2005
Spanish-language journalist describes the most difficult period in her life: her battle with cancer. Traces the stages of the disease,…
from her initial diagnosis through treatment and remission. Discusses the importance of her family and friends, and her own perseverance and hope, in coping with adversity. Spanish language. 2002Mutant message from forever: A Novel of Aboriginal Wisom
Par Marlo Morgan. 1999
Australia, 1930s. Aboriginal twins are taken from their mother at birth and raised separately outside their culture. Beatrice becomes a…
church ward, Geoff is adopted by Americans. Years pass before Beatrice reconnects with her brother, then in a California jail. Companion to Mutant Message Down Under (RC 39560). Some violence. 1998Hermitage Among the Clouds: An Historical Novel of Fourteenth Century Vietnam
Par Mobi Warren, Annabel Laity. 1993
Hermitage Among the Clouds tells the story of the fourteenth century Princess Amazing Jewel, the daughter of one of Vietnam's…
greatest historical Zen master kings. This beautifully written story expreses the suffering caused by war and conflict, the transformative potential of a commitment to practicing peace and building reconciliation, and the simple beauty of a spiritual life. Thich Nhat Hanh gives us a window into Vietnam's past and at the same time, offers compelling insights about contemporary Southeast Asia and the world.Mixed Harvest: Stories from the Human Past
Par Rob Swigart. 2020
In unforgettable stories of the human journey, a combination of storytelling and dialog underscore an excavation into the deep past…
of human development and its consequences. Through a first encounter between a Neanderthal woman and the Modern Human she called Traveler, to the emergence and destruction of the world’s first cities, Mixed Harvest tells the tale of the Sedentary Divide, the most significant event since modern humans emerged. Rob Swigart’s latest work humanizes the rapid transition to agriculture and pastoralism with a grounding in the archaeological record.House of the Waterlily: A Novel of the Ancient Maya World
Par Kelli Carmean. 2017
Set in the Maya civilization's Late Classic Period House of the Waterlily is a historical novel centered on Lady Winik,…
a young Maya royal. Through tribulations that mirror the political calamities of the Late Classic world, Winik's personal story immerses the reader not only in her daily life, but also in the difficult decisions Maya men and women must have faced as they tried to navigate a rapidly changing world. Kelli Carmean's novel brings to life a people and an era remote from our own, yet recognizably human all the same.Mi abuelo y el dictador
Par César Tejeda. 2017
Mi abuelo y el dictador es una triple genealog a de la familia Tejeda de la…
infamia del Se or Presidente y de una novela que se cuenta a s misma En 1908 el abuelo de C sar Tejeda Antonio Tejeda fue detenido por su supuesta complicidad en el intento de homicidio de Manuel Estrada Cabrera el sanguinario y supersticioso dictador de Guatemala Antonio fue obligado a caminar los cuarenta y cinco kil metros que separan a La Antigua de la Ciudad de Guatemala custodiado por un pelot n a caballo Durante todo el trayecto fueron seguidos por una mujer con un beb en brazos era Victoria Fonseca la esposa de Antonio y en los pa ales del beb llevaba escondido un rev lver C sar Tejeda ha escuchado esta an cdota durante toda su vida y sabe que su vida est cifrada en ella Se la han contado como un ejemplo de valent a por parte de su abuela remota sin embargo hay algo en el recuerdo de ese episodio que le parece injusto Al querer desentra ar ese misterio modesto o fantasmal C sar Tejeda se ver obligado a convertirse en historiador de su desconcierto y novelista de un pa s tiranizado