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"Former Havana detective Marlene Martínez, now happily running a bakery in Miami, has booked a week-long Carribbean cruise with her niece, Sarita, as the girl's quinceañera present. Sarita is beyond thrilled to discover that a Cuban telenovela star, Carloalberto, is also aboard for the trip. But even while trying to keep her niece away from the unsettlingly handsome actor, Marlene gets the feeling Carloalberto is in some kind of trouble-he is constantly...
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"Set in Havana during the Black Spring of 2003, a charming but poison-laced culinary mystery that reveals the darker side of the modern Revolution, complete with authentic Cuban recipes. Havana, Cuba, 2003: Matt, a San Diego journalist, arrives in Havana to marry his girlfriend, Yarmila, a 24-year-old Cuban woman whom he first connected with because of her food blog. But Yarmi isn't there to meet him at the airport. When he hitches a ride to her apartment,...
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"Padrino, a former detective on the Cuban police force, has retired and found a new, happy life as a Santería priest. But he is drawn back in for a murder investigation when his goddaughter, Rosita, who works at the local cemetery, recognizes one of the bodies that crosses her embalming table. Meanwhile, an old flame of Rosita's, Juan, has returned to Cuba after fleeing by raft twenty years ago. He is with his American wife, Sharon, and has come...
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"Cuban-born Mercedes Spivey and her American husband, Nolan, win a five-day cruise to Cuba. Although the circumstances surrounding the prize seem a little suspicious to Mercedes, Nolan's current unemployment and their need to revamp their marriage make the decision a no-brainer. Once aboard, Mercedes is surprised to see two people she met through her ex-boyfriend Lorenzo: former University of Havana professor Selfa Sagarra and down-on-his-luck Spanish...
5) Fiona's luck
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A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king's tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans.
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After an exciting adventure in the Five Realms, Kaylee Browne has just returned home to Feilding, through the magical Chameleon Shop, which to her surprise, has now become a chocolate shop.
Unless she returns to the Five Realms within seven days, her father will be put to death. Kaylee also fears for all her new friends in the Realms such as Jett the giant Messenger Cat and Gerard the gentle giant.
Although she dearly missed her mother, her return...
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When Lottie is bothered by a bully at school, she helps start a club where everyone is welcome. Lotty Raccoon is excited. This year she has a new teacher, new backpack, and new shoes. But her enthusiasm quickly wanes when Grant Grizzly begins bullying her. At the advice of her brother and sister, Lotty tries ignoring Grant and making a joke of it all, but neither approach works. When her parents hear about Grant, Lotty's dad talks to the teacher....
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When Mikey is young, the Sullivans are a closely knit unit, all of them devoted to caring for her. But as Mikey grows older, she also grows increasingly violent. By the time she's twelve, institutionalization is the only available option--and without the shared purpose of caring for Mikey, the family begins to unravel. As her family falls apart, Teresa searches for relief and connection during a time of sweeping cultural change. Lacking maturity or...
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Grandma, Grandpa, and the grandkids enjoy April Fools' Day on the farm. It's a spring morning on the farm. Grandma is happy the grandkids are visiting-they've picked just the right day!-and Grandpa is fixing breakfast. Suddenly his grandson reports that the cows have got loose! He thinks Big Brown Bessie just stepped on a goose! "Good gracious," Grandpa says as he pours himself a glass of milk. When his granddaughter shouts the chickens are out, Grandpa...
12) Loved to bits
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A little boy and his teddy bear share many imagined adventures until the bear becomes so worn out that he needs to find a place to rest after all their exciting escapades.
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When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China in the early 1900s, girls typically did not attend school. They weren't considered as smart as boys. But her parents thought differently, so they gave her a name meaning "courageous hero" and encouraged her love of learning and science. Chien Shiung found her passion in physics, which took her from her small hometown of Liuhe to the National Central University in Nanjing and then all the way to the United States....
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The Interior Castle is the mysterious masterpiece of Teresa de Jessalso known to the world as St. Teresa of vilaa 16th-century mystic whose profound personal experiences continue to guide seekers of every generation. Teresa addresses her fellow Sisters in her writing, leading them on an extraordinary journey through the "mansions" of the soul, culminating in union with God. Centuries later, we continue to learn from her mystical experiences-described...
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My book is about my life experiences. My self-esteem was very low as I was growing up. I had plenty of family members and friends around but I always felt lost. I felt like the black sheep of my family because I felt unloved. I use to read and write short stories but I never did anything with them.
Overall my book is a presentation of myself and my life growing up and how my childhood pushed me to become an achiever in whatever I put my mind to do....
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A Cuban American woman searches for her long-lost mother and fights to restore a beautiful but crumbling Art Deco home in the heart of Havana in this moving, immersive new mystery, perfect for fans of Of Women and Salt.
Newly widowed baker Mercedes Spivey flies from Miami to her native Cuba in 2019 to care for her ailing paternal grandmother. Mercedes’s life has been shaped by loss, beginning with the mysterious unsolved disappearance...
Newly widowed baker Mercedes Spivey flies from Miami to her native Cuba in 2019 to care for her ailing paternal grandmother. Mercedes’s life has been shaped by loss, beginning with the mysterious unsolved disappearance...
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Últimas noticias en Rust Creek Falls…
Lily, la lista y parlanchina niña de ocho años que ha llegado de Nueva York, ha conquistado a todo el mundo en Rust Creek Falls. Incluso a Caleb Dalton, el vaquero que siempre evita todo lo que tenga que ver con la familia. ¿O puede ser que quien le interese sea la madre adoptiva de Lily, Mallory Franklin?
Parece imposible que el incorregible soltero quiera tener una relación con una mujer que tiene una...
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Every child, from infancy to adolescence, is being discipled by someone or something. The question is: Are you willing to disciple them for Jesus' sake?
Accessible and actionable for parents of children birth to 13 years old, “Raising Disciples” offers a detailed discipleship map and directional markers to nurture your child's spiritual growth with Christ.
During her more than 25 years in children's ministry alongside her academic work training...
20) A Dash of Murder
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A Mystery for Ghost Hunters!When Betsy's Aunt Maggie wants to drag her along on a ghost hunting excursion at the local abandoned tuberculosis hospital she isn't sure if she quite believes in ghosts. When she comes upon a fresh spirit in the form of a body, she starts to rethink about what really is haunting the hospital.Betsy must solve the murder in spite of her father, who is a lieutenant on the Pecan Bayou Police Force, town citizens worried about...