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In 1949, two young Cuban musicians, brothers Cesar and Nestor, leave Havana for New York. By day they work hard, by night they are the Mambo Kings: ... More

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling sensation, Hijuelos captures in vivid and elegant prose the passion and poignancy of a world where the pulsing ... More

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Opening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, "The Motel Life" tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee, who take to the road in an ... More

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The Turn of the Screw is the classic ghost story for which James is most remembered. Set in a country house, it is a chilling tale of the ... More

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In knowing prose, Achy Obejas opens up the tempestuous history of Cuba and a fascinating world of exotic word play, rich history, and vibrant ... More

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This Pushcart Prize-winning story--a masterpiece of humor and heartbreak--unfolds a series of family snapshots that illuminate the landscape of an ... More

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The break-out novel by an unrecognized master--"a fictional tale spinner in the grand Southern tradition" (Washington Post Book World). Told from the ... More

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When they move from Chicago to a smaller, safer town, Yolonda is scornful of her new school, and her brother Andrew is having trouble learning to ... More

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THE GROUP follows eight graduates from exclusive Vassar College as they find love and heartbreak, forge careers, gossip and party in 1930s Manhattan. ... More

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Professor Timofey Pnin, late of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously perched at the heart of an American campus. Battling with American life and ... More

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The first novel about the Cuban experience in the United States is a joyous, life-filled exploration of one emigre family's search for self ... More

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A brilliant new novel by the author of We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? Juani, a 24-year-old Latina lesbian, is exiled, ... More

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"The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" is a Pulitzer Prize-winning contemporary American classic. Now, in his new novel, Hijuelos returns to this ... More

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Beginning the day after Lawrence turns up on Edward's doorstep after a 15 year interval, this book takes the reader further and further back in time ... More

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A stunning novel about the cultural and emotional conflicts faced by two light-skinned African American women in the 1920s. One marries a white man ... More

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Leo Proudhammer, a successful and famous black American reviews his life and his beliefs in the wake of a serious collapse. He questions the ... More

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Katy Carr can hardly believe it when she is invited to spend a whole year in Europe with Mrs Ashe and Amy. Although a year seems like a long time ... More

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Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. "When 59-year-old Zacarias Torres dies of a massive heart attack while in Brazil on business, the news shatters the ... More

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Yolanda is a great big girl and strong for her age, bigger and stronger and smarter than anyone else in the fifth grade. She is cool and streetwise, ... More

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America, the 'last world' holds out many promlses to the Santinio family from Cuba. For Alejo, the father, it means escape from the dreary farm of ... More

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The national bestseller from the highly acclaimed author that tells the hilarious and moving story of one woman's attempt to find happiness. "One of ... More

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Harman offers a brilliant new translation of the great writer's least Kafkaesque novel, based on a German-language text that was produced by a team ... More

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Cuban, Catholic, and poor, 14-year-old Luisa Ruiz wants the American Dream and finds it the form of a young WASP with money and sophistication. To ... More

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