Juan: 2368 books

The Neanderthals provide a surprising mirror for modern-day humanity. They belonged to our evolutionary group and lived like the Cro-Magnons, our ancestors, did - worshipping, socializing, and hunting. The struggle between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons lasted thousands of years. The Cro-Magnons were...

So, what would you do if a blow to the head ended your marriage, career, and middle class life, andleft youno choice but to retire to a trailer park by the beach next to Mexico, to become a rookie writer on a pittance? "Pennies-Fun-Heaven!" is the answer that turns poverty's grind into a...

Reciedumbre, sinceridad y afán por la salvación de las almas brotan de estas homilías escogidas, que el Santo Cura de Ars predicaba a sus feligreses. Palabras sencillas, pero de doctrina clara y penetrante. Durante cuarenta y dos años, Juan Bautista María Vianney regentó la parroquia de Ars...

What is the authority of the Pastor? What areas of a Christian’s life does the pastor have a “right” to involve himself into? When can a pastor affect what may seem to be a private matter of a Christian’s life? To what point is a Christian accountable to the pastor? Where is the line that...

Drops of Remembrance, the bracing new memoir from author Juan Bracete, recounts his years as a U.S. Immigration Judge, and the following period when he worked as a U.S. Foreign Service officer. Mr. Bracete relates some of the many incidents he observed, and supplies poignant anecdotes regarding his...

Het verborgen leven van Fidel Castro is een onthullend boek over de voormalige leider van Cuba. De auteur, Juan Reinaldo Sánchez, werkte 17 jaar als lijfwacht van Castro en maakte deel uit van zijn inner circle. Na zijn ontsnapping naar Amerika schreef Sánchez dit opzienbarende verhaal, waarin hij...

Moving to Hong Kong is full of first-hand information on what it’s really like to move to this bustling metropolis. It is bursting with need-to-know information, from big things like how to get a visa to smaller things, such as hidden costs that might take you by surprise. The guide is laid...

‘Een meesterlijke auteur.’ – Nicole Krauss ‘Juan Gabriel Vásquez vindt de Latijns-Amerikaanse literatuur van de 21ste eeuw opnieuw uit’ – Jonathan Franzen ‘Vásquez ontpopt zich als de troonopvolger van zijn wereldberoemde landgenoot Gabriel García Márquez.’ – Trouw De...

Malo is a disgraced police officer. Dismissed from an important murder case in his home city of Lot, he is sent to Madrid as a simple neighborhood inspector. There, he is assigned a case that he initially finds monotonous: investigating the harassment of foreign widows. Malo immerses himself in a...

In a world where our hearts are lined with a barrier made of the non-existence of expressions so meaningful that locks our true emotions inside, the contrast is the thick lines between our emotion on the outside. Juan-Martin Ridgeway brings you his observations from along side the barrier looking in.

What goes on under your bed when the lights go out and you're fast asleep? The Spanish best-seller Don’t Look Under The Bed is a novel quite unlike any that you’ve read before. Its impact will be felt by anyone who has ever, at any time in their life, felt afraid to reach out for the glass of water...

Killer Technique: Flamenco Guitar introduces and explains essential flamenco techniques by virtuoso and best-selling Mel Bay author Juan Martin. The book includes exercises of enduring value, with helpful photos, diagrams and tablature. The material is designed for any experience level.

The first book length study of this genre, Collective Identity and Cultural Resistance in Contemporary Chicana/o Autobiography facilitates new understandings of how people and cultures are displaced and reinvent themselves. Through the examination of visual arts and literature, Juan Velasco analyzes...

Tracing the evolution of Mexican literary and cultural production following the Tlatelolco massacre, this book shows its progression from a homogeneous construct set on establishing the “true” history of Tlatelolco against the version of the State, to a more nuanced and complex series of historical...