Journeying to Havana during the Roaring 1920s in the hopes of interviewing a legendary actress, two wealthy young men find themselves drawn into Cuba's exotic world of secret police, brothels, violent outbreaks, masquerades, and drum celebrations. By the author of Striptease. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

The Last Masquerade: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Rodríguez, Antonio Orlando

Humor & Satire

Harper-perennial

A hilarious novel about the 1920s South American aristocracy and Havana in its heyday follows the journey two dandies make from Bogotá to Cuba, in the hope of glimpsing a performance by the legendary Italian actress Eleonora Duse.

Aprendices de Brujo (Spanish Edition)

Rayo

A lomo de cuento is a unique series that encourages young readers to explore the geography and culture of fascinating countries as they explore and enjoy oral tradition. This volume about Mexico opens with the Mixteco legend El pájaro verde and on the informational section covers different aspects of the Oaxaca region, Mexico's rain forests, archeological sites, and more. Includes an easy-to-make recipe, folk poems, and an illustrated map.

El pájaro verde / The Green bird: A lomo de cuento por Mexico / Storybook Ride through Maxico (Lomo de cuento / Storybook Ride) (Spanish Edition)

Children's Books

Andricaín, Sergio

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Loqueleo

A lomo de cuento is a unique series that encourages young readers to explore the geography and culture of fascinating countries as they explore and enjoy oral tradition. This volume about Peru opens with the folktale El abuelo de la quena and on the informational section covers different aspects of the Sierra region, Peru's geography and fauna, Machu Picchu and the Incas, and more. Includes an easy-to-make recipe, Quechua riddles, and an illustrated map.

El abuelo de la quena / The Grandfather Who Played the Quena: A lomo de cuento por Perú / Storybook Ride through Perú (Lomo de cuento / Storybook Ride) (Spanish Edition)

A lomo de cuento is a unique series that encourages young readers to explore the geography and culture of fascinating countries as they explore and enjoy oral tradition. This volume about Argentina opens with the folktale El Coquena and on the informational section covers different aspects of the Jujuy and Salta regions, Argentina's geography, fauna, sports, music, and more. Includes an easy-to-make recipe, folk poems, and an illustrated map.

El Coquena / Coquena, The Llama: A lomo de cuento por Argentina / Storybook Ride through Argentina (Lomo de cuento / Storybook Ride) (Spanish Edition)

A lomo de cuento is a unique series that encourages young readers to explore the geography and culture of fascinating countries as they explore and enjoy oral tradition. This volume about Puerto Rico opens with the folktale El huerto de los viejitos and on the informational section covers different aspects of Puerto Rico's geography, agriculture, fauna, sports, and more. Includes an easy-to-make recipe, folk riddles, and an illustrated map.

El huerto de los viejitos / The Old Couple's Vegetables Garden: A lomo de cuento por Puerto Rico / Storybook Ride through Puerto Rico (Lomo de cuento / Storybook Ride) (Spanish Edition)

XI Premio Alfaguara de Novela 
Espiridiona Cenda, una joven cubana de sólo veintiséis pulgadas de estatura, llega a la Nueva York de fines del siglo XIX con el deseo de triunfar como bailarina y cantante. Esta biografía imaginaria de un personaje real recrea con libertad y una fabulación ilimitada las aventuras y desventuras de Chiquita, una mujer seductora e independiente que llegó a convertirse en una de las celebridades mejor pagadas de los teatros de vaudeville y las ferias de su tiempo.
Elegante, humorística y llena de peripecias, la novela es un ambicioso fresco de una época pródiga en transformaciones sociales y milagros tecnológicos, en que las potencias se disputaban territorios, las cofradías secretas no habían perdido la esperanza de convertir el mundo en una gran Arcadia y las «curiosidades humanas» ejercían una extraña atracción sobre las multitudes.
Protagonista de amores tempestuosos, dueña de un talismán mágico y testigo de intrigas diplomáticas, la liliputiense Chiquita vuelve a la vida en estas páginas, con todo su genio, su crueldad y su encanto, convertida en un personaje literario inolvidable. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Twenty-six-inch tall Espiridiona Cenda disembarks in late 19th Century New York with one goal in mindbecoming the city’s most successful singer and dancer with her stage name, Chiquita: The Living Doll”. This imaginary biography of the real-life woman recreates the adventures and misfortunes of Chiquita, an alluring and independent woman that lived to become one of the highest paid celebrities in the Vaudeville theatres and fairs of her day. The star of fiery romances, owner of a magic talisman, and witness to countless political intrigues, Chiquita comes to life in these pages as an unforgettable literary characterin all her glory, genius, cruelty and charm. Elegant, humorous, and brimming with adventures, the novel is an ambitious fresco of a period that abounded in social transformations and technological miracles, where the mightiest of countries fought for territories, where underground brotherhoods diligently worked to turn the world in to a great Arcadia, and where human curiosities” exerted a strange fascination among the crowds.

Chiquita (Spanish Edition)

United States

Punto de Lectura

Renovar el asombro: Un panorama de la poesía infantil y juvenil contemporánea en español

PISOS, Cécilia

Sotomayor Sáez, María Victoria

Bajour, Cecilia

Córdova Ortiz, Adolfo

Munita, Felipe

Adricaín Hernández, Sergio

Luján Atienza, Ángel Luís

Neira Piñeiro, María del Rosario

Religion & Spirituality

Ediciones de la UCLM

XI Premio Alfaguara de Novela Espiridiona Cenda, una joven cubana de sólo veintiséis pulgadas de estatura, llega a la Nueva York de fines del siglo XIX con el deseo de triunfar como bailarina y cantante. Esta biografía imaginaria de un personaje real recrea con libertad y una fabulación ilimitada las aventuras y desventuras de Chiquita, una mujer seductora e independiente que llegó a convertirse en una de las celebridades mejor pagadas de los teatros de vaudeville y las ferias de su tiempo. Elegante, humorística y llena de peripecias, la novela es un ambicioso fresco de una época pródiga en transformaciones sociales y milagros tecnológicos, en que las potencias se disputaban territorios, las cofradías secretas no habían perdido la esperanza de convertir el mundo en una gran Arcadia y las «curiosidades humanas» ejercían una extraña atracción sobre las multitudes. Protagonista de amores tempestuosos, dueña de un talismán mágico y testigo de intrigas diplomáticas, la liliputiense Chiquita vuelve a la vida en estas páginas, con todo su genio, su crueldad y su encanto, convertida en un personaje literario inolvidable. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Twenty-six-inch tall Espiridiona Cenda disembarks in late 19th Century New York with one goal in mind—becoming the city's most successful singer and dancer with her stage name, "Chiquita: The Living Doll". This imaginary biography of the real-life woman recreates the adventures and misfortunes of Chiquita, an alluring and independent woman that lived to become one of the highest paid celebrities in the Vaudeville theatres and fairs of her day. The star of fiery romances, owner of a magic talisman, and witness to countless political intrigues, Chiquita comes to life in these pages as an unforgettable literary character—in all her glory, genius, cruelty and charm. Elegant, humorous, and brimming with adventures, the novel is an ambitious fresco of a period that abounded in social transformations and technological miracles, where the mightiest of countries fought for territories, where underground brotherhoods diligently worked to turn the world in to a great Arcadia, and where "human curiosities" exerted a strange fascination among the crowds.

Alfaguara

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