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Lost City Radio: A Novel (P.S.)
For ten years, Norma has been the on-air voice of consolation and hope for the Indians in the mountains and the poor from the barrios—a people broken by war's violence As the host of Lost City Radio, she reads the names of those who have disappeared—those whom the furiously expanding city has swallowed Through her efforts lovers are reunited and the lost are found. But in the aftermath of the decadelong bloody civil conflict, her own life is about to forever change—thanks to the arrival of a young boy from the jungle who provides a cryptic clue to the fate of Norma's vanished husband. .
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Laughing Tomatoes: And Other Spring Poems / Jitomates Risuenos: Y Otros Poemas de Primavera (The Magical Cycle of the Seasons Series)
Tomatoes laugh, chiles explode, and tortillas applaud the sun. With joy and tenderness, delight and sadness, Frances X. Alarcón's poems honor life and nature: welcoming the morning sun, remembering his grandmother's songs, paying tribute to children working in the fields, and dreaming of a world filled with gardens. Artist Maya Christina Gonzalez invites readers to experience the poems with her lively cast of characters - including a spirited grandma, four vivacious children, and playful pets who tease and delight. Follow them from page to page as they bring each poem to colorful life. Laughing Tomatoes is a verbal and visual treat, giving readers eighteen opportunities to see everything for the first time. .
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Angels Ride Bikes: And Other Fall Poems / Los Angeles Andan en Bicicleta: Y Otros Poemas de Otoño (The Magical Cycle of the Seasons Series)
In this bilingual poetry book, Francisco X. Alarcón invites young readers to experience fall in Los Angeles — the City of the Angels — where dreams can come true. In the poet's whimsical imagination, mariachis play like angels, angels ride bikes, and the earth dances the cha-cha-cha. Alarcón celebrates the simple joys and trials of everyday life: a visit to the outdoor market, the arrival of the ice cream vendor, the first day of school. He honors his family and pays tribute to his mother, who taught him that with hard work and education he could realize his dreams. Maya Christina Gonzalez's spirited images perfectly complement each poem, bringing to life the people and places in Alarcón's childhood. .
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War by Candlelight: Stories (P.S.)
Something is happening Wars, both national and internal, are being waged in jungles, across borders, in the streets of Lima, in the intimacy of New York apartments War by Candlelight is an exquisite collection of stories that carry the reader from Third World urban centers to the fault lines that divide nations and people -- a devastating portrait of a world in flux -- and Daniel Alarcón is an extraordinary new voice in literary fiction, one you will not soon forget. .
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Poems to Dream Together/poemas Para Sonar Juntos: Poemas Para Sonar Juntos
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Iguanas in the Snow: And Other Winter Poems / Iguanas en la Nieve: Y Otros Poemas de Invierno (The Magical Cycle of the Seasons Series)
In the final installment in the series, Francisco X. Alarcón shows children a city where people are bridges to each other and children sing poetry in two languages A family frolic in the snow reminds the poet of the iguanas playing by his grandmother's house in Mexico. Readers are dazzled by the promise of the seedling redwoods — like all children — destined to be the ancestors of tomorrow. Maya Christina Gonzalez creates a spirited family of children and adults who swing their way through colorful pages. Collages of old maps of Mexico and California provide intriguing backgrounds, and fun-loving iguanas peek out from the most surprising places. .
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From the Bellybutton of the Moon: And Other Summer Poems / Del Ombligo de la Luna: Y Otros Poemas de Verano (The Magical Cycle of the Seasons Series)
With a poet's magical vision, Francisco X. Alarcón takes young readers back to his childhood when he traveled with his family to Mexico to visit his grandmother and other relatives. Readers ride with him in the family station wagon across the misty mountain range to the little town of Atoyac, the beloved town of his ancestors. There he listens his grandma's colorful stories, samples Auntie Reginalda's tasty breakfasts, learns about the keys to the universe, and take playful dips in the warm sea. Maya Christina Gonzalez's lighthearted illustrations perfectly capture the spirit of a summer in Alarcón's Mexico where "colors are more colorful, tastes are tastier, and even time seems to slow down." .
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STARGATE 2012: Recovering the Power for Earth's Imminent Ascension
In these moments in which we enter into a global planetary change of consciousness, we are urged to take our power back and with it, the control of our lives. Everything is getting ready for a massive rise in consciousness towards a greater light and love in humanity. This change inevitably goes through the retake of our divine power since without it, this change is impossible. It is essential to activate completely the change to the light and power in you and discover how to recover the greatest jewel God has given you: your power. This is a door to spiritual independence, by direct experience and understanding of what God Spirit really is. There is no dogma or fear. But only the brave, really committed to truth and love can enter the door. The door to initiation, to a new reality of oneself based on truth and freedom. We are in the countdown to ascension. This is a journey towards the light. This is a book of hope; belief in goodness and illumination. We have to come out of where we are with the support of the new light to be free. As Jesus says in one of the messages: "Dare to come out of the sepulchre" to join the light. This is the time. Here you will find revelations about: · The power to create your destiny of light · The end of earth time - ascending to a new consciousness · Why there is no tomorrow · The consciousness of a new humanity · The truth about humanit's lost power · How to live with the acceleration of time and karma · How to live - How to function - What to do · Joining the new energies and learning to live with the changes. "Find out how to live in the world when all the rules we knew are changing.".
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Radio Ciudad Perdida/ Lost City Radio
For ten years, Norma has been the voice of consolation for a people broken by violence She hosts Lost City Radio, the most popular program in their nameless South American country, gripped in the aftermath of war. Every week, the Indians in the mountains and the poor from the barrios listen as she reads the names of those who have gone missing, those whom the furiously expanding city has swallowed. Loved ones are reunited and the lost are found. Each week, she returns to the airwaves while hiding her own personal loss: her husband disappeared at the end of the war. But the life she has become accustomed to is forever changed when a young boy arrives from the jungle and provides a clue to the fate of her long-missing husband. This tender debut marks Alarcón's emergence as a major new voice in American fiction. Description in Spanish: Hace diez años que la guerra civil ha terminado en un paÃs sin nombre de América Latina. Mucha gente ha desaparecido y la ciudad se ha transformado desordenada y dramáticamente. El gobierno ha liquidado brutalmente a un movimiento guerrillero. Es en este contexto que transcurre Radio Ciudad Perdida, novela en la que Daniel Alarcón logra mostrarnos el rostro más doloroso de la guerra. Este es el retrato de un paÃs destrozado donde todos, hombres, mujeres y niños, han sido vÃctimas de las despiadadas garras de la violencia..
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