Jose: 293 books

COLECCIÓN "EASY LEARNING PICTURES". ESPAÑOL: Flashcards de animales en castellano, con unas imágenes muy atractivas y que resultarán de utilidad tanto a niños pequeños que son hispanohablantes como a niños y adultos extranjeros que quieren aprender vocabulario de una forma...

A short story about unfulfilled expectations. Two cousins think they hit the jackpot when they run into a crashed UFO, only to find out that what they though was their ticket to fame and riches is just another of life's disappointments.

Short story about an illegal Mexican immigrant working as a short order cook in El Norte, the promised land north of the border, Texas. Being undocumented, poor, and not speaking English, he encounters unexpected disdain from the very people he aspires to be.

On November 1868, Lee Musgrove, horse thief and hell raiser in general, was hanged from a wooden bridge in Denver. Almost a century and a half later, Joe Glatfelter, to the horror of early morning joggers and cyclists, hung by his broken neck under the same bridge, now reinforced concrete. One can say that both hangings were unrelated, but they both shared a common thread of lynch justice.

In this short story, Jack thinks his failed marriage was due to not having a shop manual for women, something that can explain to him how the opposite sex works. He works on his Bug, in the cold, toiling away under dripping oil, a predictable world that he understands well. But soon enough, another...

This is a fictional story about Thomas, a family man that dies and goes to heaven. The universe has millions of stars and solar systems; good people that go to heaven get to spend eternity living and traveling through out the beautiful planets that God has created. Heaven is a delightful place and...

Days passed and after the incident, never in his life Mahadevan met his old Physics teacher. Mahadevan completed his MBA with high distinction. A very good student in financial analysis and risk management could never find a job other than teaching. What more to say, even though very good in teaching,...

Containing four short stories, each one exploring its own themes and darkness.

Obra de teatro inspirada en Yanga, un esclavo africano traído a América durante La Colonia. Él y otros cimarrones (esclavos fugitivos), fundaron la primera colonia libre: San Lorenzo de los Negros.

A pesar de las adversidades, una pelota azul hará todo por lograr sus sueños. Este cuento ilustrado aborda el tema de la amistad, la tolerancia a la frustración y el valor de la perseverancia.

Después de leer este texto, usted lo pensará dos veces antes de firmar un pagaré o usar indiscriminadamente su tarjeta de crédito. La obra refleja la angustia de sufrir un embargo, de perder el patrimonio, de ser víctima de violencia, de infidelidades… El texto se ubica en la época...

El libro incluye el cuento ganador del Segundo Lugar Nacional del concurso “Terminemos el cuento…”, convocado en México, en 1997, por el Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA), el Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) y la Unión Latina. Para esta edición, el relato se intitula “Bendecida”.  En...

El número 24 me es fatal: si tuviera que probarlo diría que en día 24 nací. Doce veces al año amanece, sin embargo, día 24; soy supersticioso, porque el corazón del hombre necesita creer algo, y cree mentiras cuando no encuentra verdades que creer; sin duda por esa razón creen los amantes,...