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  • Behind the Gate

    by Amparo Davila ...
    Translated by Matthew Gleeson, Audrey Harris ...
    A sensationally creepy new selection of stories from the author of the cult phenomenon The HouseguestWritten in sharp, impressionistic prose steeped in horror, Amparo Dávila’s stories are tiny nightmares come to life. She is a writer obsessed with obsession, who shows, sometimes in just a few pages, that the narrow line between sanity and madness is even finer than it had seemed at first glance, ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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  • The Houseguest

    And Other Stories

    by Amparo Dávila ...
    Translated by Matthew Gleeson, Audrey Harris ...
    The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storytellerLike those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dávila’s stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted—you’ll finish each one gasping for air. With acute psychological insight, Dávila follows her characters to the limits of desire, paranoia, insomnia, and fear. She is a writer ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Esperanza's Box of Saints

    A Novel

    by Maria Amparo Escandon ...
    Esperanza's Box of Saints is a magical, humorous, and passion-filled odyssey about a beautiful young widow's search for her missing child -- a mission that takes her from a humble Mexican village to the rowdy brothels of Tijuana and a rarely seen side of Los Angeles. Rescued from turmoil by her favorite saint, Esperanza embarks on a journey that tests her faith, teaches her the ways of the world, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Spanish for Beginners: Learn Spanish in 30 Days Without Wasting Time

    by Cecilia Melero ...
    Narrated by Luis Trumper ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 12 min

    If you’ve been trying to learn Spanish but have struggled with online programs or boring textbooks, you’ve come to the right place…Are you ready to learn the easy way?Ready to feel confident speaking this incredible language that boasts over 56 million speakers worldwide?Let’s start with the basics – and learn to converse with Spanish speakers from the ground up. Using our incredibly simple course ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blazewrath Games

    by Amparo Ortiz ...
    Dragons and their riders compete in an international sports tournament in this alternate contemporary world fantasyLana Torres has always preferred dragons to people. In a few weeks, sixteen countries will compete in the Blazewrath World Cup, a tournament where dragons and their riders fight for glory in a dangerous relay. Lana longs to represent her native Puerto Rico in their first ever World ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • L.A. Weather

    A Novel

    by María Amparo Escandón ...
    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • 2022 INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR FICTIONFORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon in L.A. Weather, a fun, fast-paced novel of a Mexican American family from the author of the #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller Esperanza’s Box of Saints.“There’s a 100% chance you’ll be paging through this book to uncover the secrets and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Our Shadows Have Claws

    15 Latin American Monster Stories

    by Yamile Saied Méndez, Amparo Ortiz ...
    From zombies to cannibals to star-crossed, shapeshifting lovers, this cross-genre anthology written by superstar YA authors from across the Latin American diaspora offers bold new thrills for every monster fan.In these fifteen original short stories, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are taken from their beds by “el Viejo de la Bolsa” while a military dictator ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Who Would Have Thought It?

    by Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Amelia Maria de la L Montes ...
    A major rediscovery—the first novel by a Mexican American WomanMaría Amparo Ruiz de Burton was the first Mexican American woman to write novels in English and the first nineteenth-century California writer to publish a novel in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War. Her first book, Who Would Have Thought It?, tells the story of Lola, a young, orphaned Mexican girl rescued from Indian captors ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co.

    A Road Novel with Literary License

    by María Amparo Escandón ...
    From the author of L.A. Weather comes “a whimsical, humorous, and passionate mystery that explores the love and hurt of a father and daughter on the run” (Jorge Ramos, News Anchor for Univision).“1,001 nights in a Mexicali women’s prison . . . González and Daughter Trucking Co. is about our compulsion to make events into stories and stories into bridges of understanding.”—John Sayles, Screenwriter ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • Last Sunrise in Eterna

    by Amparo Ortiz ...
    Three teenagers are invited to spend seven days on the secluded island floating off the coast of Puerto Rico to learn the magic of the elves.All they have to do is give up their dreams.Seventeen-year-old goth Sevim Burgos hates elves. Everyone else on earth loves the elves (especially their handsome princes) and would give anything to participate in Eterna’s annual Exchange, where three teens can ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Anti-Black City

    Police Terror and Black Urban Life in Brazil

    by Jaime Amparo Alves ...
    An important new ethnographic study of São Paulo’s favelas revealing the widespread use of race-based police repression in BrazilWhile Black Lives Matter still resonates in the United States, the movement has also become a potent rallying call worldwide, with harsh police tactics and repressive state policies often breaking racial lines. In The Anti-Black City, Jaime Amparo Alves delves into the ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • To Root Somewhere Beautiful

    An Anthology of Reclamation

    by Katalina Watt, Amparo Ortiz, Laura Galán-Wells, Daphne Dador, Nicholas Perez, Morgan Spraker, Laura G. Southern, SJ Whitby, Isa Arsén, Rien Gray, Alyssa Grant, RJ Joseph, Wen-yi Lee, Mallory Jones, Alex Brown, Sam Elyse, Darci Meadows, Rachal Marquez Jones, C.M. Leyva, R. M. Virtues ...
    Imagine a world in which nature has lost patience with humanity. The wild is done waiting for humans to change their ways. Nature is ready to take matters into her own hands…And she is angry.In this new anthology, twenty two diverse authors explore what nature's vengeance might be like, and how humanity could adapt and change, giving these stories of climate change and disasters a center of hope. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus