Cartas a mi madre recoge los pasos vacilantes y hermosos de una mujer que desfil por la vida y el arte con pie de equilibrista, sabiendo que no haba red capaz de protegerla. Una crnica estremecedora de la lucha de una mujer por ser a la vez una artista innovadora y un modelo domstico. Su poesa, ficcin, diarios y cartas permanecern siempre vivos, atrevidos, urgentes y electrizantes. -Booklist Tan reveladoras como un diario, las cartas que Sylvia Plath...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The literary sensation The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) launched its twenty-five year old author on the world stage overnight. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel gave voice to young bourgeois intellectuals who despaired of finding fulfillment and authenticity in a hierarchical, convention-bound society. In the novel, Werther, a social rebel with artistic leanings,...

"Una de las grandes novelas de todos los tiempos. La obra maestra de la literatura victoriana. Jane Eyre es una novela clásica de amor, precursora del feminismo y la psicología moderna, sobre una huérfana que enfrenta su destino mani - festo gracias a su inteligencia e integridad inquebrantables. Controvertida y revolucionaria en el momento de su publicación, Jane Eyre es, al mismo tiempo, una crítica punzante a una sociedad rancia y un himno...

Este es un cuento rimado, protagonizado por una niña muy graciosa que nos enseña las letras del abecedario relacionadas con las rutinas y actividades del día a día.

Mi día está lleno de cuentos, carreras,
de amigos, espuma, nubes y letras.

Todo empieza pronto, por la mañana.
¡Abre este libro y así me acompañas!

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Riley has plenty of ways to play; like lining up dolls and stuffies by size and shape. Tearing up newspapers and making piles into mountains, using sharp crayons to draw big swirly patterns. But bossy cousin Emma thinks those ways are wrong, wrong, and wrong. And she makes no bones about letting Riley know exactly what her opinion is.  Fortunately, Charlie the dog is on hand to help with a breakthrough demonstration that there are MANY ways to...

Todas las noches, cuando Sonia se va a dormir, Mami le hace la misma pregunta: ¿Qué hicistepara ayudar hoy? Y como al igual que su mami, Sonia quiere ayudar a su comunidad, siempre se asegura de tener una buena respuesta a la pregunta de Mami.
 
En una historia inspirada en los deseos de su propia familia por ayudar a los demás, Sonia Sotomayor, jueza de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, invita a los jóvenes...

A Goddesses Anonymous Novel  Where Luck Meets Trust, Miracles Can Happen  Cristy Haviland gave birth behind bars to the child of the man who put her there and might yet destroy her. Now she's free again, with no idea what to do next. As smart as she is, a learning disability has kept her from learning to read. And that's the least of her hurdles.  Georgia Ferguson, talented educator, receives a mysterious charm bracelet that may lead her to...

A poignant and riotous tale of family and revolution in postcolonial Africa, from the winner of the French Voices grand prize and finalist for the Man Booker International Prize

Pointe-Noire, a bustling port town on Congo's southwestern coast, is host to Alain Mabanckou's astonishing cycle of novels that is already being hailed as one of the grandest, funniest fictional projects of our time. His novels have been twice short-listed

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Originally published in 1968, The Secret Crypt is something of a cult classic in Mexican literature. 

Elizondo’s impassioned, breathless prose launches the reader into a labyrinth that is also a hall of mirrors. Here, we find a small group of characters who are part of an underground sect called

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