epub, mobi |eng | 1997-01-01 | Author:Leonardo Padura [Padura, Leonardo]

“Wait a minute, Conde, just a minute, don’t go chasing off. No, I really needed to speak to you in the street, you and me and no bother. And a ...

epub |eng | 2011-07-04 | Author:Leonardo Padura [Padura, Leonardo]

Mario Conde looked round, trying to escape from Yoyi Pigeon’s imploring eyes. His temples were pounding at the degradation he was being professionally and efficiently subjected to: the forensic put ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2007-06-02 | Author:Leonardo Padura [Padura, Leonardo]

“We got him, fuck if we didn’t get him!” Manolo almost shouted as he transmuted joy into speed. They were driving along Fifth Avenue, and the Count rested his hands ...

epub |eng | 2002-10-15 | Author:Isadora Tattlin

III. 18 I am taken to meet Alfonse, aka El Ingles (the Englishman) because his father was an East Indian from Jamaica. Alfonse is a handsome negro de pelo who ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

SALTO DE BAIGUATE In a lush canyon, Baiguate is not as visually impressive as the others, but it’s the most accessible for swimming. To get there, take Calle El Carmen ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

THE HIP ‘STRIP’ So you know, some bars on the Hip Strip (Dreamz, Xtatic and probably any other place with misplaced letters from the end of the alphabet) are strip ...

epub |eng | 2011-11-30 | Author:Planet, Lonely & Nate Cavalieri & Beth Kohn [Planet, Lonely]

Aguirre GHOST TOWN Crumbling monuments to the sugar industry are evident everywhere in the southeast, but there’s no more heartbreaking reminder of departed ‘King Sugar’ than sleepy Aguirre, which borders ...

epub |eng | 2013-08-15 | Author:J.E. Forman

“… I’m telling you, dude, it was a straight out of a Law and Order episode, season four, episode fifteen or sixteen, I can’t remember exactly which one,” the sound ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

AT A GLANCE » Currency euro (€) » Language French, Creole » Money ATMs available everywhere on Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre; do not rely on them in the islands » Visas ...

azw3 |eng | 1991-04-17 | Author:Octavio Paz

II The morning comes to consciousness Of faint stale smells of beer From the sawdust-trampled street With all its muddy feet that press To early coffee-stands. With the other masquerades ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-25 | Author:Patrick Leigh Fermor

The Pitons, close up, were just as surprising as they had looked from the air: two lonely spikes jutting out of the coast of the island, each shaped like the ...

epub |eng | | Author:Julia Alvarez

Next time they gathered under the shade of the thatch, I went out there, carrying my week-old prize. “Hola, Patria,” the men called. “That’s quite a macho you got there!” ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-02-15 | Author:Colin, Emily [Colin, Emily]

Twenty-one Madeleine “That’s quite a story,” is all I can think to say when Aidan finishes speaking. “So, do you hate me now?” he says, pushing himself up on his ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-12-31 | Author:Scott B. Williams [Williams, Scott B.]

EIGHT “WHAT IF WHAT THEY SAID is true?” Jessica asked as the three of them pedaled north out of the town of Franklinton in the drizzling rain. “Where will we ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-10-20 | Author:Martin Cruz Smith [Smith, Martin Cruz]

13 It was raining. The floors creaked idly. In the apartments above and below, Arkady heard the occasional footfall of housecleaning. On the hall stairs, the sideways climbing of an ...