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En su isla natal sobre un océano verde esmeralda, la única vida que Trenza conoce es sencilla, marcada por el placer de coleccionar las tazas que traen los marineros de tierras lejanas y escuchar las historias que le cuenta su amigo Charlie. Pero cuando el padre de Charlie se lo lleva en barco para buscarle esposa y sucede una catástrofe, Trenza deberá colarse como polizona en un barco y partir en busca de la hechicera que habita en el mortífero mar de Medianoche.

From the award-winning, best-selling author of When I Was Puerto Rican, a powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together They refer to themselves as “las...

De la galardonada autora bestseller de Cuando era puertorriqueña, nos llega una poderosa novela sobre la familia, la raza, la fe, el sexo y el desastre que transita entre Puerto Rico y el Bronx, revelando las vidas y los amores de cinco mujeres, y el secreto que las une. Se hacen llamar “Las...

In Africa's Embrace: A Journey of Love, Growth, and True Living. The true story of Elsa, a young woman, independent and strong-willed, that meets once more with a friend of her older siblings: Nick. She marries him and follows him to Kenya. She finds herself “where the absence of perfection was granted, and where happiness is found in the little things of everyday life, the admiration of nature and in simplicity. Where there would be no set schemes or routines, but only the freedom to choose how to live your life”. In this true story with a spark of fiction, the author presents a ...

¿Qué se puede hacer cuando te han roto el corazón? Sin duda, la mejor terapia consiste en telefonear a tu mejor amiga, comer chocolate y hundirte durante semanas en la autocompasión. Lo malo es que la última viajera en el tiempo, Gwendolyn, tiene que emplear sus energías en cosas muy distintas; por ejemplo, sobrevivir. Porque los hilos que ha tejido el turbio conde de Saint Germain en el pasado se tensan ya para urdir una peligrosa red también en el presente.

Cinco años después de publicar su ópera prima, Cuando era puertorriqueña, Esmeralda Santiago continuó la narración de sus memorias en Casi una mujer. En este volumen, “Negi”, mote cariñoso que recibe la autora, cuenta sus años adolescentes en un Nueva York convulso en plena década de los años sesenta. En un pequeño apartamento de Brooklyn, rodeada de 10 hermanos y una madre que se apoyaba en ella por ser la mayor, vive el cambio de niña a mujer.

Este es el inicio de La tabla esmeralda, uno de los textos más misteriosos y fascinantes de la historia humana. Pero, ¿quién es Thoth el Atlante? Existen incontables mitos sobre él: que fue el creador de la alquimia, el profeta que anunció el advenimiento de Cristo. Lo único cierto es que su nombre verdadero fue Hermes Trismegisto, «el tres veces grande», y que fue el autor de La tabla esmeralda.

"La Tabla de Esmeralda" es un texto breve, de carácter críptico, atribuido al mítico Hermes Trismegisto, cuyo propósito es revelar el secreto de la sustancia primordial y sus transmutaciones.En la Tabla de Esmeralda está condensado todo el arte de la Gran Obra, objetivo principal de la alquimia. La alquimia es el arte del perfeccionamiento y la Gran Obra implica su cumplimiento, la perfección. "La Tabla de Esmeralda" contiene en sus pocas líneas el secreto de la Gran Obra, es un pasaje directo para la perfección.

An epic novel of love, discovery, and adventure by the author of the best-selling memoir When I Was Puerto Rican. As a young girl growing up in Spain, Ana Larragoity Cubillas is powerfully drawn to Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de León. And in handsome...

Dos historias de amor separadas en el tiempo pero unidas por el misterio de un cuadro desaparecido. Un peligroso juego de amenazas e intereses ocultos que cambiará las vidas de los protagonistas para siempre.

In Almost a Woman, Esmeralda Santiago continues narrating her memoirs, which pick up five years after debut When I Was Puerto Rican left off. In this volume, “Negi” tells the listener all about her teenage years amidst the turbulent mid-'60s. In a small Brooklyn apartment, Negi leaves her childhood behind and starts to become a woman. But she’s still surrounded by 10 siblings and a mother who relies heavily on her on account of her being the eldest.

When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee to the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without fancy dresses and servants they were accustomed to on Rancho de las Rosas. Now they must confront the challenges of hard...

An ode to female resilience, a story of pain and hope, friendship and rebirth, that leaves a deep mark on the hearts of those who read it, delicately and powerfully telling the incredible strength of women. "I Am All of Them" is an engaging novel that tells the story of Rachel, a young woman who embodies fragility and strength. Raised among the breathtaking landscapes of Kenya, Rachel moves to Italy to study, where she meets Alessandro. What seems like perfect love quickly turns into a nightmare: the man turns out to be very different from the person he wants to appear. Trapped in a toxic ...

Previously published as Steamy Punk by Alejandro Ashes, the newly-reimagined and vastly expanded sequel-prequel Esmeralda & Escarlata Reborn is triple the length, with a whole slew of new characters and chapters. It still begins with the misadventures of Mai, an exotic dancer struggling to survive in the seedy Shadow District underbelly beneath Liberty, as she sneaks into one of the Hawkmoth Syndicate nightclub afterparties to save her kidnapped sister from human traffickers; Anaya, a techno-terrorist leading a crew of misfits to try and thwart the rising threat of AI in the crystal-powered...

Esmeralda Santiago era una niña en el seno de una familia numerosa en una zona rural de Puerto Rico. En aquel entonces, la vida estaba en orden. Pero cuando su hermano menor sufre un accidente y los padres se separan, la madre se lleva a Esmeralda, de trece años, y sus seis hermanos menores a Estados Unidos. Se van en busca de un tratamiento médico para el chico accidentado y de una mejor vida.

A única vida que Tress conhecia na ilha onde nasceu, em meio a um oceano verde esmeralda, era simples, com os simples prazeres de colecionar copos trazidos por marinheiros de terras distantes e ouvir as histórias contadas por seu amigo Charlie. Porém, quando o pai de Charlie o leva em uma viagem para encontrar uma noiva e um desastre acontece, Tress precisa se esconder em um navio e procurar a Feiticeira do mortal Mar da Meia-Noite.

The Turkish Lover, the third installment of Puerto Rican writer Esmeralda Santiago’s memoirs, is the story of her love affair with Ulvi Dogan, a Turkish man 17 years older than her. Initially he provides an escape from her family home but soon winds up being even more demanding than her mother. The story begins in Brooklyn, passes through Miami, and finishes in Massachusetts, where Santiago graduated magna cum laude from Harvard.

Come and read through these pages. You will discover for yourself everything about an outrageous performer: a true showman known throughout the nation. He is the outlandish buffoon of magical mystery and nasty, naughty mayhem. He will bring you hours of fun and mirth. There is no other magician or illusionist who can outperform him. You will encounter the strange and bizarre world of the obscene. His tricks can pollute the purest of minds. He is boisterous. He is rotund, He is racy. Huntington, West Virginia-based author Esmeralda Lintner guarantees you will never encounter another ...

Esmeralda Santiago reminisces about her childhood in Puerto Rico and her early years in Brooklyn as the oldest of seven (soon to be 11) children. Her upbringing is turbulent on account of her parents’ relentless fighting, which only ever seems to stop when they have another baby. When her youngest brother has an accident, her mother decides to move to New York with her children to seek medical treatment. Arriving in the United States, 13-year-old Santiago experiences uprooting and a loss of identity while she tries to adapt to a culture and language that are foreign to her.

Esmeralda & Escarlata is a genre-blurring grimdark, erotica and steampunk action-adventure series that balances intricate world-building with hardcore sex and stylish ultra-violence. When vengeful friars from gothic kingdom Dominion wake up 27-year-old livestock caretaker Esmeralda in the middle of the night, accusing her of murder and demanding justice, she is forced to confront the havoc her amnesia-inducing dark side Escarlata has wrought. It’s not her fault a botched military experiment fractured her mind and granted her succubus-like abilities of fiery destruction and willpower-...