Entre tus brazos (Novias institutrices 5)

The marquis of Villafria, having squandered his fortune on a dissolute life in Madrid, has had to retire to rural Andalusia, to the town of Villafria, with his young daughter Dona Luz. There he comes under the sway of Don Acisclo, his one-time steward, who, by dint of shrewdness and hard and diligent work, has ended up with the marquis's property, estates, and influence. After the marquis's death, Don Acisclo, his own family grown and living elsewhere, insists that Dona Luz come to live with him. At first she resists, but ultimately yields, because, impoverished as she is and with the cloud...

Viernes, 25 de octubre de 1957. Asesinan en Nueva York al jefe de la mafia Albert Anastasia. Rinaldo Infantino, un gangster que trabaja como torpedo de la banda de don Aldo Scorpione recibe la orden de viajar a La Habana y vengar la muerte de Anastasia: debe ejecutar a un alto capo de una banda rival conocido como Meyer Lansky. Así se inicia una guerra entre familias mafiosas en La Habana de finales de los 50, mientras los barbudos de Fidel Castro luchan contra la dictadura de Fulgencio Batista.

"Las palmeras salvajes" reúne dos historias que van alternándose, "Palmeras salvajes" y "El Viejo", para conformar una intensa novela sobre el enfrentamiento del ser humano con las fuerzas de la naturaleza y, sobre todo, con sus propias pasiones, sentimientos y ambiciones. El particular modo en que las dos hisotrias van interrumpiéndose la una a la otra, en un alarde de imaginación y talento narrativo, dotan a la novela de una fuerza irresistible y van trazando la trayectoria de unos personajes a merced de terribles acontecimientos: uno que lo sacrifica todo por amor, y otro, un preso,...

"La Quijotita y su prima" (1818) The Quijotita and her Cousin is Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi's (1776-1827) second novel. Written two years after his best known novel "Periquillo sarniento" (1816), regarded as the official initiator of the novel genre in Spanish America, in "La Quijotita..." Fernandez de Lizardi extends his view on society to encompass the female condition. In tune with his liberal stance the author states with clarity the active role women should play within the new Mexican society, and highlights the importance of educating them along modern principles. Composed mainly of...