Mi noble pirata

This book offers a collection of 24 Hispanic short stories by both male and female authors. Containing an introduction to the Short Story in both English and Spanish, this collection includes a variety of selections that were chosen for their content, style, and cultural contexts. All selections in this anthology, written by authors from Spain, Cuba, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Colombia, and the United States, demonstrate the common themes of social hierarchy, the power of the imagination, human psychology, gender...

«El primer recuerdo que poseo, y al que me he aferrado con un odio casi enfermizo durante los últimos diecinueve años, es el de una masa gris, borrosa por el movimiento, cerniéndose sobre mí. Junto a la imagen revive un hedor de saliva y sangre. Esta es la única memoria que tengo de mi padre». El día en que descubre la verdad sobre la muerte de su madre, Evan jura dar caza a su asesino. Obsesionado, persigue su pista por todo el continente, adentrándose cada vez más en el monstruoso mundo de su padre. ¿Cuánto hay de verdad y cuánto de imposible en su búsqueda, y en las criaturas ...

The Near Witch is an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. And there are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life.

From the bestselling author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette comes a dramatic novel and powerful love story about the last Russian imperial family. It is 1989 and Daria Gradov is an elderly grandmother living in the rural West. What neighbors and even her children don't know, however, is that she is not who she claims to be--the widow of a Russian immigrant of modest means. In actuality she began her life as the Grand Duchess Tatiana, known as Tania to her parents, Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra.