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1) Mambo man
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Based on a true story. In 2017, after more than half a century since Castro’s revolution, Cuba opens her arms to the West and the Yankee dollar. Born into communism, JC (Héctor Noas) is a ‘big fish in a small pond’ – a local music producer and promoter, farmer and small-time hustler who lives by his wits and imagination. To support his family and small circle of ‘business associates’ and maintain his local “Godfather” status, JC lives...
2) La perla
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Pocket Edhasa volume 102
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"One of Steinbeck's most taught works, The Pearl is the story of the Mexican diver Kino, whose discovery of a magnificent pearl from the Gulf beds means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife Juana cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. This classic novella from Nobel Prize-winner John...
3) Teresa
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Teresa is a young woman dominated by her own greed. She would rather lie and cheat her way out of poverty than find an honest job. Her parents have made great sacrifices to give her a good, decent life, but Teresa wants more, a lot more. Mariano, Teresa's boyfriend, is truly in love with her and stands behind all of her decisions. Teresa, however, sees him merely as a convenient accessory, someone always eager and ready to do her bidding.
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"Veruca era una niña que lo quería todo. Y siempre lo quería ¡YA! Quería lo que tenían sus amigos, quería lo que veía en las tiendas, quería lo que salía en la tele, en internet, en las revistas... ¡Todo, todo, todo, lo quería!"--Amazon.com
Verucas was a girl who wanted it all. And she always wanted it NOW! She wanted what her friends had, she wanted what she saw in stores, she wanted what was on TV, on the internet, in magazines...Everything,...
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Distinto amanecer: Julieta, a cabaret dancer, and her husband, Ignacio, a disgruntled bureaucrat and frustrated writer, are thrust back into the activism of their student days when Julieta meets up with Octavio, an old boyfriend who has become a labor organizer. Octavio enlists the couple's help as he races to find the set of documents which implicate a corrupt governor in the murder of a union leader.
La perla: After many unsuccessful dives off...
11) Abejorro Modorro
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Drôles de petites bêtes volume 15
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A story about the humorous activities of a bumblebee named Modorro.
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Reseña del editor: Había una vez, hace mucho tiempo, una mujer que vivía en el campo junto a sus tres hijas. En el día del cumpleaños de su abuela, la buena madre partió para verla, dejando a las niñas solas en casa. Pero un viejo lobo había visto salir a la madre, así que al anochecer, y disfrazado de señora mayor, se acercó a la casa y tocó en la puerta: ¡Toc! ¡Toc!#x85; Una versión ancestral china de la Caperucita Roja narrada e...
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