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"It is 1946 when Vera Frankel and her best friend Edith Ban arrive in Naples. Refugees from Hungary, they escaped from a train headed for Auschwitz and were hidden by farmers until the end of the war while the rest of their families perished. Now, they want to start new lives abroad, and armed with a letter of recommendation from an American general, Vera finds work at the United States embassy and falls in love with Captain Anton Wight. But as Vera...

"A taut, psychologically suspenseful military thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille--writing with his son, screenwriter Alex DeMille--about two army investigators on the hunt in Venezuela for an army deserter who might know too much about a secret Pentagon operation"-- Provided by publisher

A young Pemones Indian boy in Venezuela named Takupi courageously tries to seek the source of life-giving water that will save his people and finds Angel Falls by following his shaman grandfather's visions and befriending a wounded eagle.

"When Faoro the clockmaker adopts a baby caiman, he has no idea that someday their story will travel far and wide. But the town of San Fernando de Apure would never forget this kind young man and his adoring alligator, who played with the neighborhood children, took part in Faoro's wedding, and, eventually, mourned his loss"--Dust jacket flap.

"El relato de cómo Jorge Ramos confrontó y desenmascaró a Nicolás Maduro ante las cámaras, y todo lo que ocurrió antes y después de la entrevista. El 25 de febrero de 2019, apoyado por su equipo de Univision, Jorge Ramos realizó una entrevista --preparada minuciosamente-- a Nicolás Maduro. Después de un cuarto de hora, y luego de evidenciar su disgusto por el severo cuestionamiento de quien se ha caracterizado por confrontar a los poderosos,...

La hija de la española es el retrato de una mujer que escapa de todos los estereotipos enfrentada a una situación extrema. Con su primera novela, la periodista Karina Sainz Borgo, se ha convertido en la gran noticia literaria del año. It is the portrait of a woman who escapes from all stereotypes when faced with an extreme situation. With her first novel, journalist Karina Sainz Borgo has become the big literary news of the year.First novel.

A journey through several frontier lands of Venezuela- the world's first petrostate- now shaken by the worst political and humanitarian crisis South America has experienced in the 21st century.

La peligrosa ciudad de Caracas es el trasfondo de una historia de la búsqueda de la hija díscola de un influyente politico conservador. La familia contrata a Magdalena Yaracuy, una detective que emplea la brujería con la puntería con las armas de fuego. La resulta es un thriller involvidable con un personaje entrañable. "Caracas is the most dangerous city in the world, and there has been lost the trace of the Spanish Begoña, daughter of a conservative...

"For a century, the Panama Canal has served as the path between the seas. Control of this vital waterway is the difference between free trade and chaos in world markets. So when Panamanian President Rafael Botero asks for a show of support against the socialist opposition, his old friend President Jack Ryan can't turn down an invitation to visit the country, but what seems like an ordinary opportunity to preach the values of democracy quickly turns...