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One of the twentieth century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career.
The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous,
...2) Violeta
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Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life will be marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth.Through her father's prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the...
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"A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world "The depth of research in this book is astonishing, but even more impressive is the analytical skill Cervantes applies. . . . [He] conveys complex arguments in delightfully simple language, and most importantly knows how...
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The Expendables, a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries, are hired by a powerful covert operator to overthrow a ruthless dictator in a small South American country. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering action-packed thriller.
The Expendables 2: When Mr. Church decides to reunite...
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"Drug transporters. Money launderers. Killers. Street drug vendors. Weapons traffickers. Kidnappers. Extortionists. VICE journalist Deborah Bonello reports from the trenches in this first-ever in-depth exploration of the hidden power women wield in Latin American drug cartels"--
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"An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice. "Exhumation can divide brothers and restore fathers, open old wounds and open the possibility of regeneration-of building something new with the pile of broken mirrors that is loss and...
12) Howler monkeys and other Latin American monkeys =: Monos aulladores y otros monos de Latinoamérica
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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Brief description of the characteristics and habits of the howler monkeys in Latin America.
Sumario en español: Descripción breve de las características y costumbres de monos aulladores de Latinoamérica.
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En el quincuagésimo aniversario de su publicación original, la Real Academia Española y la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española rescatan su edición conmemorativa de esta obra maestra de la literatura del siglo XX. En 2007, coincidiendo con el octogésimo cumpleaños de Gabriel García Márquez, la Real Academia Española y la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española prepararon esta edición conmemorativa de Cien años de soledad...
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"This AP Spanish practice exam will familiarize you with the format, content, and timing of the official test. It includes an instant score report for Section I: Part A, and examples of high-scoring responses with scoring guides for the remaining questions, including essays. Polish your reading, vocabulary, writing and conversation!" --
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"This AP Spanish practice exam will familiarize you with the format, content, and timing of the official test. It includes an instant score report for Section I: Part A, and examples of high-scoring responses with scoring guides for the remaining questions, including essays. Polish your reading, vocabulary, writing and conversation!" --
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IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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Steeped in Hispanic folklore since childhood, middle schooler Charlie Hernández learns the stories are true when, shortly after his parents disappearance, he grows horns and feathers and finds himself at the heart of a battle to save the world.
18) Violeta
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Esta arrolladora novela de la autora superventas del New York Times Un largo pétalo del mar cuenta la épica historia de Violeta del Valle, una mujer cuya vida abarca cien años y es testigo de las mayores convulsiones del siglo XX.
This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals...
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"Douglas Preston takes readers on an adventure deep into the Honduran jungle in this riveting, danger-filled true story about the discovery of an ancient lost civilization"--
Since the days of Cort�es, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940 journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts...
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IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Alma quiere saber por que su nombre es tan largo, asi que Papi le cuenta a su pequena la gran historia.
When Alma Sofia Esperanza Jose Pura Candela asks her father why she has so many names, she hears the story of her name and learns about her grandparents.
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