"The Pastoral Clinic" takes us on a penetrating journey into an iconic Western landscape - northern New Mexico's Espanola Valley, home to the highest rate of heroin addiction and fatal overdoses in the United States. In a luminous narrative, Angela Garcia chronicles the lives of several Hispano addi[...]

This unique analysis of the rise of the juvenile justice system from the nineteenth to twentieth centuries uses one of the harshest states - California - as a case study for examining racism in the treatment of incarcerated young people of color. Using rich new untapped archives, "States of Delinque[...]

One Hundred Years of Solitude is perhaps the most important landmark of the so-called 'Boom' in contemporary Latin American fiction. Published in 1967, the novel was an instant success, running to hundreds of editions, winning four international prizes, and being translated into 27 languages. In 198[...]

A concise, comprehensive and original introduction to the fiction and journalism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.[...]

In a controversial first novel that took the French literary world by storm and won the Prix de Flore, Tristan Garcia uses sex, friendships and love affairs to show what happens to people when political ideals - Marxism, gay rights, sexual liberation, nationalism - come to an end. As Elizabeth Leval[...]

Student Cultural Diversity provides practical advice and solutions to K-12 teachers who ask themselves how to address an increasingly diverse student body. The book's unique framework explores the social, cognitive, and communicative roots of diversity, discussing how children learn to think and com[...]

Cay Garcia was given only a few hours to pack up her belongings, say goodbye to dear friends and leave Riyadh for good. She had dared confront a young Saudi princess her employer about her ruthless and cruel treatment of staff, particularly Filipino women. Cay reveals the inner workings of a holy ci[...]

Southern Iberia is in the top rank of European birding hotspots. The third edition of this popular book, first published in 1994, continues to ensure that visitors can make the most of the region's many attractions. Regular visits have brought the information on all sites up-to-date: maps, access de[...]

Beading Design with Semi-Precious Stones Discover how to make beautiful handmade bead jewellery from a stunning range of gemstone beads and semi-precious stones, including quartz, turquoise, pearl, lapis lazuli, amber, amethyst, coral and more. Packed with over 90 eye-catching designs from acclaimed[...]

The second of Lorca's great trilogy of rural dramas, Yerma is a concentrated blend of contrasting moods through which Lorca charts the increasingly destructive obsession of a childless young country wife, and probes the darker zones of human fears and desires. The play's rich mode of expression- a p[...]