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When disaffected KGB major Erich Stinnes is spotted in Mexico City, British intelligence agent Bernard Samson must entice him to take the final step and defect. With his domestic life in shambles and his career heading towards disaster, Bernard needs to prove his re­liability. And he know Stinnes already: Bernard had been interrogated by him in East Berlin. But now, Bernard risks being entangled in a lethal web of old loyalties and old betrayals.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Deighton is a marvel ... a tale told by an author at the height of his power' Chicago Tribune World-weary agent Bernard Samson is losing control of his personal and professional life. Sent to Mexico to aid the defection of a KGB agent to the West, he has a chance to...

SINISTER SANTA He’s making a list… and you’re on it. Attorney Caldwell Beck wanted a quiet Christmas getaway in Santa Fe with his fiancée, Holly, including a little snow, a few lights, and a long-overdue break from the courtroom grind. But when a ruthless corporate fixer known only as Santa delivers an ultimatum—withdraw a high-stakes motion or she dies—the holidays turn from romantic to deadly. With a cold-blooded enforcer named Lou Dawg closing in and a billion-dollar lawsuit hanging in the balance, Caldwell is forced into a race against time through the snowy streets of New ...

Don't let your time on the road go to waste–turn it into an opportunity to improve your language skills and become a confident speaker of Mexican Spanish.

A journey through the 32 states of Mexico and their often overlooked yet fascinating histories.

From acclaimed and prizewinning historian Paul Gillingham, the rich and fascinating history of one of the world’s most diverse, politically groundbreaking, and influential of countries From its outset, “Mexico was more profoundly, globally hybrid than anywhere else in the prior history of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM...

A Wicked War presents the definitive history of the 1846 war between the United States and Mexico - a conflict that turned America into a continental power. Amy Greenberg describes the battles between American and Mexican armies, but also delineates the political battles between Democrats and Whigs - the former led by the ruthless Polk, the latter by the charismatic Henry Clay and a young representative from Illinois named Abraham Lincoln. Greenberg brilliantly recounts this key chapter in the creation of the United States authority and narrative flair.

'The portrait of a fascinating, eccentric, and indomitable woman . . . an incandescent novel' Elle 'No author has yet captured Frida's tragic life in words as sensually and passionately as this' Grazia 'Like wandering through a painting - riotous with colour, overflowing with imagery... it...

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers.

The Mexican Revolution was a defining moment of the 20th century. The Mexican fight for democracy, equality, and justice sent shockwaves around the world. No other episode in its history has left a deeper mark. It is a three-act drama full of politics, persecution, and war, not to mention earthquakes, signs in the sky, and even spiritualist sessions, while being populated by larger-than-life villains, international spies, and the universally known figures of Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.

★★★★★ “More heart-wrenching yet heart-healing stories from this gifted author.” Award-winning author Mollie Mathews returns with more heartfelt explorations of the power of love to heal. s The True Love 5 Book-Bundle Box Set contains five sweet romances in the TRUE LOVE STORIES series Love In Venice (Mauro and Maggie) Love in Mexico (Oliver and Ruby) Love In Sicily (Gianni and Kate) Love In Montana (Jack and Lizzie) Love In Panama (Rafael and Mary-Anne) LOVE IN VENICE FINALIST RWNZ EXCELLENCE IN ROMANCE AWARD One summer could change everything. . . When two hopelessly ...

Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener, whose novels hurtle from the far reaches of history to the dark corners of the world, paints an intoxicating portrait of a land whose past and present are as turbulent, fascinating, and colorful as any other on Earth. When an American journalist...

💎Collector’s Edition — The Complete Twenty-Four Story Saga - Over 200K words across two dozen dark, addictive stories of power and submission. This definitive edition brings every chapter of the Dara Nichols legacy together in one stunning collection. 🔥Smart Erotica for Smart Readers🔥 Dara Nichols is the English Lit. professor you never knew you needed… and class is still in session. 💋 From New York Times, USA TODAY and #1 Erotica bestselling author Marata Eros comes the complete DARA NICHOLS series—24 daring, delicious, and darkly funny novelettes bundled into one ...

Capital de imperios, ciudad de palacios, metrópoli cosmopolita, pero también víctima de los embates de la naturaleza. Sus tragedias no tienen fin. Aunque tampoco sus grandes momentos que han visto coronar emperadores, vitorear ejércitos y levantar portentosos edificios. Cuatro familias lo han visto y padecido todo, cada una con su larga genealogía de mentiras, sueños y penas. Ellos revelan los secretos de la Ciudad de México y sus protagonistas.

Winner of the American Book Award, Across a Hundred Mountains is a “timely and riveting” (People) novel about a young girl who leaves her small town in Mexico to find her father, who left his family to work in America—a story of migration, loss, and discovery. After a tragedy separates her...

🌊 Cactus Juice and Olas A Novel of Adventure, Youth, and the Wild Pull of the Sea When Bryce, a sheltered suburban college student, meets Jaxson, reckless, magnetic, and unapologetically free, everything changes. Set against the sun-bleached backdrop of the 1990s and early 2000s, Cactus Juice and Olas is a coming-of-age adventure that rides the border between comfort and chaos. What begins as a spontaneous trip to Baja with some foreign exchange students becomes a gateway into a world of sketchy desert highways, empty surf breaks, eye-opening freindships, Hollywood stuntmen, and narrow ...

Every year, Corrie Black ushers in the summer season by opening the campground's pool and hosting a private party for employees and friends. This year is no different—except for the corpse found floating on the surface the next day . . . It turns out that a bunch of graduating high school seniors snuck onto the grounds late that night for a little private party of their own. After arguing with both her current and past boyfriends, Krista Otero never made it home. 

One autumn afternoon in Mexico City, 17-year-old Luisa does not return home from school. Instead, she boards a bus to the Pacific coast with Tomás, a boy she barely knows. He seems to represent everything her life is lacking - recklessness, impulse, independence. Tomás may also help Luisa fulfill an unusual obsession: She wants to track down a traveling troupe of Ukrainian dwarfs. According to newspaper reports, the dwarfs recently escaped a Soviet circus touring Mexico. The imagined fates of these performers fill Luisa's surreal dreams.

Cabo San Lucas looked to be a great getaway. Until bodies started falling off roofs. The Judge found himself caught amongst shifting loyalties as police and politicians scrambled to hide corruption reaching to the highest levels of Cabo society.