Author: Chiquis Barrón Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0578110849 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 225
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Set in the colorful backdrop of the Arizona-Mexico border, CafE Dulcet is an insightful story that follows Ximena "Nena" Ferrer through a closely-knit series of past and present events in her life. A captivating, female-character-driven, contemporary drama that draws on a diverse array of characters to complement Nena's strong yet quirky personality, CafE Dulcet is a flavorful discovery of the similarities between coffee beans and people as they go through the processes that test inherent natures and strengths, and ultimately shape and give them their flavor and purpose. CafE Dulcet is also a reminder that no matter how foreign people's lives may seem -- their language, their experiences, their culture, their place in the world -- there is always a point of convergence. Coffee, with its global, all-senses-evoking qualities, oftentimes serves as that unifying factor.
Author: Josh McIlvain Publisher: Fodors Travel Publications ISBN: 1400017793 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 786
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A guide to sights, festivals, hotels, shops, and restaurants in Japan includes information about local transportation, currency, and customs
Author: Faye Hammel Publisher: Frommer's ISBN: 9780671883768 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 326
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The Metropolitan Opera, Central Park, Wall Street, Greenwich Village, Trinity Church--these are only a few of the attractions that make New York one of the world's top travel destinations. Travelers who want to see it all or who have time to see only a fraction of the city will want to take this excellent guide along. Maps.
Author: Laurel Deedrick-Mayne Publisher: FriesenPress ISBN: 1460258541 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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Friends William, Robert, and Annie are on the cusp of adulthood while the world is on the brink of war. It is a Canadian summer in 1939 and Robert and Annie’s love has blossomed, even as the inevitability of the boys joining up means separation and the first of many losses. Fearing he might not return, Robert makes William promise to take care of Annie. Every arena of their lives is infiltrated by the war, from the home front to the underground of queer London to the bloody battlefields of Italy. Even in the aftermath, in the shadow of The Dreamland, these friends fight their own inner battles: to have faith in their right to love and be loved, to honour their promises and ultimately find their way “home.”
Author: Alfredo Véa Publisher: Penguin Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 360
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"The Silver Cloud Cafe is a novel that goes beyond and beneath. Beyond and beneath the glossy surface of San Francisco. Beyond and beneath the clean-scrubbed image of American life. It goes to the Mission District, where two neon angels stand watch over the ramshackle cantina known as Raphael's Silver Cloud Cafe and where the lost and lonely, desperate and dispossessed, come for a meager portion of solace and salvation in the form of companionship, drink, and sex. It goes to the dark waters under the Fourth Street Bridge, where the corpse of a failed priest surfaces, and to the jailhouse, where a nattily dressed midget takes credit and demands punishment for the crime." "This amazing novel is at once a gripping murder mystery that probes two macabre killings forty years apart and a panoramic meditation on the magical, mystical mix of race and culture in America. Its spellbinding story of intertwining guilt and innocence, crime and punishment, ranges over the century, from the bloody Christero Wars of the Mexican Revolution to the stifling rigidities of class and caste in the Philippines to the bitter harvests of migrants in the California farmlands to the feeding frenzy and human downsizing of the 1990s. Its characters include a Chicano lawyer and a Jewish investigator who have seen too much and believe too little; a Mexican priest torn by twin lusts for sex and vengeance; a black ex-boxer who is down but not out; a bar owner with a sense of divine mission; and a host of other unforgettable men and women who join in a superbly orchestrated symphony of voices and visions."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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