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La Otra Cara de La Vida by Lee Seung-u Publisher Comments In this translation of a highly acclaimed Korean novel, a journalist gets assigned the biography of Bak Bu-kil, a well-known novelist, and as he tries to piece together fragments of Baks life, he realizes that the novelist's past hides a painful... (read more) Your price: $20.95 New - Trade Paper
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Personas En La Sala by Norah Lange Publisher Comments Transforming the reader into a spy, this exhibitionist and voyeuristic game of a novel has as its protagonist a woman who observes three women from the window of her house as they interact in the living room of the house across the street. She studies... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Un Paria de Las Islas by Joseph Conrad Publisher Comments The story of a man granted a second chance but unable to gain an understanding of others serves as a parable of human frailty, with love and death playing major roles, in this tale of intrigue and adventure. At the port of Makassar, Captain Lingard... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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Telex Desde Cuba by Rachel Kushner Publisher Comments Through the characters and their intertwined stories, this novel offers a glimpse into a crucial period of contemporary history that marked the end of an era. The Cuban economy of the 1950s is dictated by the United States, and Cuba's dominant class... (read more) Your price: $20.95 New - Trade Paper
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La Mampara by Marta Brunet Publisher Comments Set in a Chilean city, this brief novel has as its protagonists three women living together under one roof: the mother, Lady Alina, and her two single daughters, Carmen and Ignacia Teresa. Although the women are living very comfortably when the story... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Don Quijote de la Mancha (Vintage Espanol) by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra Synopsis This volume presents the timeless story of Don Quijote de la Mancha, a nobleman driven crazy by reading too many chivalry books, who sets out with his loyal servant Sancho on a quest to find adventure, glory, and the love of Dulcinea.... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Estrella Distante (10 Edition) by Roberto Bolano Publisher Comments “Bolaño se desenvuelve de modo divertido, inteligente y sarcástico en esa vertiente literaria que es juego de espejos entre verdad y mixtificación, entre realidad e ilusión, entre hechos y conjeturas, entre personajes ap&... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sin Lengua by Vladimir Korolenko Publisher Comments Inspired by the poor living conditions of Russian emigrants in the United States the author observed during the Worlds Fair: Columbian Exposition of 1893, this story follows two Ukrainian peasants who endure hardships while trying to settle in a new... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Coleccion Andanzas #721: Las Batallas en el Desierto = The Battles in the Desert by Jose Emilio Pacheco Synopsis Nothing in his childhood experience was so intense for Carlos when, about to enter adolescence, falls in love with the mother of his friend Jim. The story from that love initiation, of their impossible and incurable wish, now rebuilt, is also the story... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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El Perfume: Historia de un Asesino by Patrick Suskind Publisher Comments An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion-his sense of smell-leads to murder. In the slums of eighteenth... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cien AAOS de Soledad (Vintage Espanol) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Publisher Comments “Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo”. Con estas palabras... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Rumbo al Hermoso Norte by Luis Alberto Urrea Publisher Comments Nayeli es una chica de diecinueve anos que trabaja en una taqueria de tres Camarones, un poblado mexicano. Ve en suenos a su padre, que emigro al norte cuando era nina. Recientemente se ha dado cuenta de que su padre no es el unico hombre que se ha ido... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Guia Basica De La Critica Literaria Y El Trabajo De Investigacion (07 Edition) by Frieda H. Blackwell Publisher Comments This guide combines both the theory of literary criticism and the practicality of how to write a literary research paper into a single text. Divided into three major sections-literary criticism, the literary research paper, and a section on terminology... (read more) List Price $54.50 Your price: $35.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Nocturno de Chile (Vintage Espanol) by Roberto Bolano Publisher Comments Una imprescindible y escalofriante novela donde el talento del autor de 2666 y Los detectives salvajes brilla en todo su esplendor. Sebastián Urrutia Lacroix, sacerdote y crítico literario, miembro del Opus Dei y poeta mediocre... (read more) Your price: $14.00 New - Trade Paper
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El Nino Perdido: Un Pequeno En Busqueda del Amor de Una Familia by Dave Pelzer Publisher Comments “El niño perdidodestaca como el libro más importante sobre la dedicación y el afecto únicos que los servicios sociales y las familias de acogida proporcionan a nuestros niños en peligro. Dave Pelzer es ciertamente... (read more) Your price: $10.95 New - Trade Paper
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del Amor y Otros Demonios (Vintage Espanol) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Publisher Comments Premio Nobel de Literatura “Una obra atrevida y cautivadora… García Márquez retiene una voz admirable y vital, y la pluma de un ángel”. —Los Angeles Times Book Review El 26 de octubre de 1949 el... (read more) Your price: $14.00 New - Trade Paper
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Las Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn (Clasicos de La Literatura) by Mark Twain Publisher Comments For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including theater, novels, poems, and essays. Los lectores tomarán un gran placer... (read more) Your price: $5.95 New - Trade Paper
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La Ciudad de las Bestias / The City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende Publisher Comments < p> Alexander Cold, un joven de quince a& #241; os est& #225; a punto de embarcarse con su temeraria abuela, en el viaje de su vida. Una expedici& #243; n de la International Geographic se dirige hacia la remotas y peligrosas tierras... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera (Love in the Time of Cholera) (07 Edition) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Publisher Comments De jóvenes, Florentino Ariza y Fermina Daza se enamoran apasionadamente, pero Fermina eventualmente decide casarse con un médico rico y de muy buena familia. Florentino está anonadado, pero es un romántico. Su... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Los Detectives Salvajes (Vintage Espanol) by Roberto Bolano Publisher Comments “Una obra maestra”. —The New Yorker Arturo Belano y Ulises Lima, dos quijotes modernos, salen tras las huellas de Cesárea Tinajero, la misteriosa escritora desaparecida en México en los años posteriores... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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