Esmeralda Santiago's story begins in rural Puerto Rico, where her childhood was full of both tenderness and domestic strife, tropical sounds and sights as well as poverty. Growing up, she learned the proper way to eat a guava, the sound of tree frogs in the mango groves at night, the taste of the de[...]

As a young girl growing up in Spain, Ana Larragoity Cubillas is powerfully drawn to Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de Leon. And in handsome twin brothers Ramon and Inocente--both in love with Ana--she finds a way to get there. Marrying Ramon at the age of eig[...]

Silver Filigree Collection.

This Paperblanks Esmeralda 12-Month 2018 Diary cover was originally designed in Germany in the early 1800s. To achieve the gilded motif, a base layer of silver sheets was first die cut, and elaborate grooves were then etched into its surface. Our silver and emerald green agenda celebrates the techni[...]

This is Don DeLillo's first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011; in it he represents the wide range of human experience in contemporary America -- and forces us to confront the uncomfortable shadows lurking in the background. His characters are plagued by their own deep, often[...]

From one of the greatest writers of our time, his first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling and foretelling three decades of American life
Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, these nine stories are a mesmerizing intr[...]

Wohl kaum ein Thema der Weltliteratur wurde und wird so häufig adaptiert wie das Schicksal von Robinson Crusoe. Enthielt Defoes 1719 erschienener Roman noch pädagogische, ökonomische und zivilisationseuphorische Leitideale, die in bürgerlichen Bildungs-, Erziehungs- und Abenteuerromanen [...]

En kväll träffar Fräs Esmeralda. Hon är grårandig och mycket fin. Varje kväll smyger sig Fräs ut i det doftande, mystiska mörkret för att leta efter henne. Men där i natten lurar också faror som aldrig syns på dagen.Det här är den fjärde och avslutande, lättlästa äventyrsbe[...]