El vampiro de San Francisco

Radwa Ashour skillfully weaves a history of Granadan rule and an Arabic world into a novel that evokes cultural loss and the disappearance of a vanquished population. The novel follows the family of Abu Jaafar, the bookbinder--his wife, widowed daughter-in-law, her two children, and his two apprentices--as they witness Christopher Columbus and his entourage in a triumphant parade featuring exotic plants and animals, and human captives from the New World. Embedded in the narrative is the preparation for the marriage of Saad, one of the apprentices, and Saleema, Abu Jaafar's granddaughter--a...

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Un tranquilo pueblo de Estados Unidos ve truncada su paz cuando recibe la llegada de una nave extraterrestre y su ocupante intenta ponerse en contacto con el presidente del país para transmitirle un importante comunicado

Al regresar al rancho Lazy S después de diez años de ausencia, Josie Slater volvió a encontrarse con el increíblemente atractivo Garrett Temple. A pesar de que no tenía tiempo para distracciones de antaño porque el rancho necesitaba desesperadamente su ayuda, una tormenta de nieve los dejó atrapados juntos y les obligó a darse cuenta de que los sentimientos que tenían el uno por el otro eran innegables...