Luis Alberto: 104 books
by Luis Alberto Urrea
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" (San Francisco Chronicle) story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist, the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend.
National Bestseller and National...
Queen of America
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, fiercely romantic, and riotously funny, QUEEN OF AMERICA tells the unforgettable story of a young woman coming of age and finding her place in a new world. Beginning where Luis Alberto Urrea's bestselling The Hummingbird's Daughter left off, QUEEN OF AMERICA finds...
The Devil's Highway
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2008
From the Pulitzer Prize finalist, "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic).
In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest...
USA Noir
Best of the Akashic Noir Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
"All the heavy hitters...came out for USA Noir...an important anthology of stories shrewdly culled by Johnny Temple."
--New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)
One of Zoom Street Magazine's Favorite Books of 2014
Indie Books Roundup #1 Pick, Barnes & Noble Book Blog
Included...
by Luis Alberto Villamarin Pulido
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Análisis político-estratégico de los documentos electrónicos incautados a las Farc por el Ejército colombiano, tras la precisa operación aeroterrestre contra el campamento del terrorista Raúl Reyes de las Farc, ubicado en territorio ecuatoriano con la complicidad de Rafael Correa, presidente...
by Luis Alberto Villamarin Pulido
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
This General Simón Bolívar´s Biography is the product of a rigorous and detailed research, The Delirium of the Liberator describes the experiences of the Venezuelan warrior-statesman.As an outstanding hero in world history, Bolívar built networks of democracy and independence in six republics,...
by Luis Alberto Villamarin Pulido
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Fracaso de una Ilusión, subtitulado Selección Colombia en el umbral de la gloria, es la reconstrucción histórica y la descripción analítica de la brillante campaña deportiva realizada por el equipo colombiano de fútbol en el Campeonato Mundial Brasil-2014.El texto resume las actuaciones de...
by Luis Alberto Villamarin Pulido
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2017
Biografía puntual e ilustrada del General Simón Bolívar, con base en los mas trascendentales episodios de su meteórica carrera político-militar. Producto de una rigurosa y detallada investigación, Delirio del Libertador describe las vivencias del estadista-guerrero venezolano. Como héroe de...
A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century
Updated and Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century, originally published in Buenos Aires in 1994, attained instant status as a classic. Written as an introductory text for university students and the general public, it is a profound reflection on the “Argentine dilemma” and the challenges that the...
by Luis Alberto Villamarin Pulido
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Primera parte de tres volúmenes, publicado con el subtítulo Regreso de Bochica y Tisquesusa. Narrado en forma de novela histórica, este libro reconstruye algunos tejidos sociales y muchos rasgos culturales de la etnia muisca asentada en los actuales departamentos de Cundinamarca y Boyacá, arrasada...
by Luis Alberto Urrea
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Discover an epic historical novel of a young saint escaping death from Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The House of Broken Angels.
This historical novel is based on Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, who had healing powers and was acclaimed as a saint. Urrea has researched historical accounts and family records for years to get an accurate story.
by Carmen Martín Gaite, Luis Alberto de Cuenca
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 1, 2014
«No resulta fácil encontrar, en la logia mayor de la literatura española contemporánea, una observadora de la cotidianidad tan aguda, profunda y lúcida como Carmiña Martín Gaite. Nadie como ella para reparar en ese detalle, aparentemente nimio, que revela una dependencia, subraya un ejercicio...
by Luis Alberto de Cuenca
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Durante las últimas décadas, Luis Alberto de Cuenca ha colaborado asiduamente como columnista y crítico literario del diario ABC. Juramentado contra el aburrimiento, sus gustos literarios saltan del clasicismo a lo popular: Homero y Virgilio caminan de la mano con el Príncipe Valiente y Shakespeare...
by Luis Alberto de Cuenca, Marcel Schwob
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 8, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 8, 2012
En 1212 un adolescente aseguró al rey de Francia que Jesucristo en persona le había encargado organizar una cruzada de niños para recobrar Jerusalén. En menos de un mes, 30.000 niños franceses, acompañados por religiosos y otros peregrinos, emprendieron una desastrosa marcha hacia la Tierra...