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La Contienda
(The Race)
by Richard North Patterson
ISBN: 9788492429851
$24.95 Hardcover
Roca
Corey Grace--a handsome and charismatic Republican senator from Ohio--is plunged by an act of terrorism into a fierce presidential primary battle with the favorite of the party establishment and a magnetic leader of the Christian right. Depicting contemporary power politics at its most ruthless, The Race takes on the most incendiary issues in American culture: racism, terrorism, religious fundamentalism, gay rights, and the rise of media monopolies with their own agenda and lust for power.
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El Niño de los Caballos
(The Horse Boy)
by Rupert Isaacson
translated by Camila Batlles Vinn
ISBN: 9788479537043
$18.95 Paperback
Urano
When his son Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson feared he might never be able to communicate with his child. But after a ride on their neighbor's horse, Rowan improved immeasurably. Isaacson was struck with a crazy idea: why not take Rowan to Mongolia, the one place in the world where horses and shamanic healing intersect? In Mongolia, the family found undreamed of landscapes and people, unbearable setbacks, and advances beyond their wildest dreams.
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La Nieta de la Maharaní
(The Maharani’s Hidden Granddaughter)
by Maha Akhtar
ISBN: 9788492429974
$21.95 Paperback
Roca Editorial
When Maha Akhtar tried to renew her British passport while studying in Spain, she made the startling discovery that she is the granddaughter of one of India’s richest maharajas, Jagatjit Singh, and the daughter of Ajit Singh. She had grown up believing she was the daughter of her mother’s Pakistani husband. Akhtar shares the story of three generations and four remarkable women--a century-long story of love, secret societies in cultural contrasts, and constant change.
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Siempre Alice
(Still Alice)
by Lisa Genova
ISBN: 9788466639125
$20.95 Paperback
Ediciones B
Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, from an author who holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Harvard University. Alice Howland, a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career, notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring, and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what's it's like to literally lose one’s mind.
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La Joya de Medina
(The Jewel of Medina)
by Sherry Jones
translated by M. Agustin Lopez
ISBN: 9788466638814
$23.95 Hardcover
Ediciones B
A-isha bint Abi Bakr is the daughter of a rich merchant from Mecca in the harsh, exotic world of 7th-century Arabia at the time of the foundation of Islam. When she is married to the Prophet Muhammad at the age of nine, she must rely on her wits, her courage, and even her sword in a struggle to control her own destiny. Ultimately, she becomes one of the most important women in Islam.
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