The House of Broken Angels

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316516252
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The House of Broken Angels written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend. "All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death." In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life. Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home. Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every turn, The House of Broken Angels is Luis Alberto Urrea at his best, and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank. "Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining." -- New York Times Book Review"Intimate and touching . . . the stuff of legend." -- San Francisco Chronicle"An immensely charming and moving tale." -- Boston GlobeNational Bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalistA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year from National Public Radio, American Library Association, San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, Newsday, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Literary Hub

Broken Angels

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Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0345457730
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Broken Angels written by Richard K. Morgan and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to the brash, brutal new world of the twenty-fifth century: where global politics isn’t just for planet Earth anymore; and where death is just a break in the action, thanks to the techno-miracle that can preserve human consciousness and download it into one new body after another. Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers, and bodies, once more . . . trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire, and helping a far-flung planet’s government put down a bloody revolution. But when it comes to taking sides, the only one Kovacs is ever really on is his own. So when a rogue pilot and a sleazy corporate fat cat offer him a lucrative role in a treacherous treasure hunt, he’s only too happy to go AWOL with a band of resurrected soldiers of fortune. All that stands between them and the ancient alien spacecraft they mean to salvage are a massacred city bathed in deadly radiation, unleashed nanotechnolgy with a million ways to kill, and whatever surprises the highly advanced Martian race may have in store. But armed with his genetically engineered instincts, and his trusty twin Kalashnikovs, Takeshi is ready to take on anything—and let the devil take whoever’s left behind.

Queen of America

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 031619204X
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Queen of America written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, fiercely romantic, and riotously funny,this novel from a Pulitzer Prize finalist tells the unforgettable story of a young woman coming of age and finding her place in a new world. Beginning where Luis Alberto Urrea's bestselling The Hummingbird's Daughter left off, Queen of America finds young Teresita Urrea, beloved healer and "Saint of Cabora," with her father in 1892 Arizona. But, besieged by pilgrims in desperate need of her healing powers, and pursued by assassins, she has no choice but to flee the borderlands and embark on an extraordinary journey into the heart of turn-of-the-century America. Teresita's passage will take her to New York, San Francisco, and St. Louis, where she will encounter European royalty, Cuban poets, beauty queens, anxious immigrants and grand tycoons -- and, among them, a man who will force Teresita to finally ask herself the ultimate question: is a saint allowed to fall in love?

The Hummingbird's Daughter

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0759567514
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book The Hummingbird's Daughter written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The House of Broken Angels and Good Night, Irene, discover the epic historical novel following the journey of a young saint fighting for her survival. This historical novel is based on Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, who had healing powers and was acclaimed as a saint. Urrea has researched historical accounts and family records for years to get an accurate story.

The Devil's Highway

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Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 031604928X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Highway written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2008-11-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic). In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil's Highway." Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wrote about what happened to them. The result was a national bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a "book of the year" in multiple newspapers, and a work proclaimed as a modern American classic.

The Water Museum

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316334383
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book The Water Museum written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hard-hitting, beautiful short story collection from one of America's preeminent literary voices “reflect[s] both sides of his Mexican-American heritage while stretching the reader's understanding of human boundaries” (Kirkus). Examining the borders between one nation and another, between one person and another, Urrea reveals his mastery of the short form. This collection includes the Edgar-award winning "Amapola" and his now-classic "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses," which had the honor of being chosen for NPR's "Selected Shorts" not once but twice. Suffused with wanderlust, compassion, and no small amount of rock and roll, The Water Museum is a collection that confirms Luis Alberto Urrea as an American master.

The Tijuana Book of the Dead

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Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619024829
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Tijuana Book of the Dead written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A gorgeous, engaging collection . . . [Urrea] captures the song and spirit of people who might otherwise be invisible . . . As difficult as the subject matter may be, the writing is radiant, showing how the worth of human beings can’t be dimmed by a border fence or hot-button politics." —The Washington Post An exquisitely composed collection of poetry that examines life at the border from the New York Times bestselling author of Good Night Irene and The House of Broken Angels, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction Celebrated author Luis Alberto Urrea was inspired to create this work largely in response to the book bannings and abolition of Mexican-American studies in Arizona and as a cry against the current political climate for immigrants. Weaving English and Spanish languages as fluidly as he blends cultures of the southwest, Urrea offers a tour of Tijuana, spanning from Skid Row, to the suburbs of East Los Angeles, to the stunning yet deadly Mojave Desert, to Mexico and the border fence itself. Mixing lyricism and colloquial voices, mysticism and the daily grind, Urrea offers a deep and moving meditation on the blurring borders in a melting pot society.

In Search of Snow

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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816520152
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Snow written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the hot Arizona desert of the late 1950s, Mike McGurk comes of age in one big, riotous gush. Trapped pumping gas at a desolate roadstop, he yearns for things he has never known: love, hope, and the soft, white calmness of snow. Mike's world is filled with a menagerie of quirky characters, who cope with the weight of their unfulfilled dreams with bravado, humor, and violence. Mike trades snappy insults with his macho father, Texaco Turk McGurk, a moustachioed amateur boxer and self-proclaimed war hero who is unable to talk about love. Mike lusts after Lily, his seductive, poem-writing cousin. He cowers before and then confronts the vicious Ramses, grandson of Mr. Sneezy, the wisecracking Apache. And he is rescued by his best friend, Bobo, who delivers him into the care of the loving and generous Mama and Papa Garcia. In Search of Snow is an explosive coming-of-age adventure, full of hilarious episodes and still, poignant moments. Like a blue-collar Don Quixote, Mike must blow up his windmills before he can set off to find the things he lacks, especially the snow that will temper the passion he has just set aflame.

Broken Angels

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Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Broken Angels written by Richard K. Morgan and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the author of "Altered Carbon, Broken Angels" features the return of Takeshi Kovaks, an imperfect hero with a violent streak and a thirst for action.

Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama

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Publisher : New York : Smith
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 876 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by : Walter Lynwood Fleming

Download or read book Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama written by Walter Lynwood Fleming and published by New York : Smith. This book was released on 1905 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the society and the institutions that went down during the Civil War and Reconstruction and the internal conditions of Alabama during the war. Emphasizes the social and economic problems in the general situation, as well as the educational, religious, and industrial aspects of the period.

History of the House of Ochiltree of Ayrshire, Scotland

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis History of the House of Ochiltree of Ayrshire, Scotland by : Clementine Brown Railey

Download or read book History of the House of Ochiltree of Ayrshire, Scotland written by Clementine Brown Railey and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six Ochiltree families immigrated from Scotland or Ireland to the United States. The principal family dealt with in this book is that of Matthew Ochiltree (d. 1798), who immigrated from County Armagh, Ireland to Delaware about 1760. He married Mary Maxwell in 1761. Some descendants moved to West Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Indianna, Kansas and elsewhere. Also include information on the following families: Gilmore, Hays, Lackey, Leech, Ramsey, Wilson.

Services at the Re-dedication of the House of Worship of the First Church in Danvers, Thursday, June 6, 1889

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book Services at the Re-dedication of the House of Worship of the First Church in Danvers, Thursday, June 6, 1889 written by First Church (Danvers, Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vanity Fair

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 978 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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A Broken Bondage

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book A Broken Bondage written by Nancy Keen Brown and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Three Story House

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062130560
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Book Synopsis Three Story House by : Courtney Miller Santo

Download or read book Three Story House written by Courtney Miller Santo and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renovating an historic Memphis house together, three cousins discover that their spectacular failures in love, career, and family provide the foundation for their future happiness in this warm and poignant novel from the author of The Roots of the Olive Tree that is reminiscent of The Postmistress, The Secret Life of Bees, and Kristin Hannah’s novels. Nearing thirty and trying to avoid the inescapable fact that they have failed to live up to everyone’s expectations and their own aspirations, cousins and childhood best friends Lizzie, Elyse, and Isobel seek respite in an oddly-shaped, three-story house that sits on a bluff sixty feet above the Mississippi. As they work to restore the almost condemned house, each woman faces uncomfortable truths about their own failings. Lizzie seeks answers to a long-held family secret about her father in her grandmother’s jumble of mementos and the home’s hidden spaces. Elyse’s obsession with an old flame leads her to a harrowing mistake that threatens to destroy her sister’s wedding, and Isobel’s quest for celebrity tempts her to betray confidences in ways that would irreparably damage her two cousins. Told in three parts from the perspective of each of the women, this sharply observed account of the restoration of a house built out of spite, but filled with memories of love is also an account of friendship and how relying on each other’s insights and strengths provides the women a way to get what they need instead of what they want.

Texas, Or, The Broken Link in the Chain of Family Honors

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Texas, Or, The Broken Link in the Chain of Family Honors written by Fannie Eoline Selph and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hard to win; or, A yoke broken

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Hard to win; or, A yoke broken written by Anne Jane Cupples and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: