This novel portrays Carlos Fuentes' best; it is aggressive, sharp, and powerful. With penetrating humor and frank narrative, the nine stories (in this novel) depict the rift that has occurred between the U.S. and Mexico in the last two hundred years. But Fuentes also gives us an insight into the force of Mexican life and culture, and how it has been able to survive in spite of the injustice and corruption in Mexico that have caused so many to seek...

Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill.

Dana, who has a penchant for books, is forced to embark on a dangerous quest to find the Key of Knowledge--or suffer a horrifying fate.

When Maggie Concannon meets Rogan Sweeney, she falls in love but her scarred heart needs time to heal. El mismo día que Maggie Concannon, una joven e independiente artista del vidrio soplado, vende sus primeras piezas, un duro golpe sacude a su familia. Pensando que refugiarse en el trabajo es la mejor forma de superar su dolor, Maggie se centra en su delicada y magnética obra, que entonces llama la atención de Rogan Sweeney, un elegante galerista...

Challenged by the violent death of his son and by an unwanted divorce, Macon Leary trades the certainties of a well-ordered existence for the surprises of a renewed life.

"Bella se encuentra de nuevo en peligro: una serie de misteriosos asesinatos está sembrando el pánico en la localidad y hay un ser maligno tras ella, sediento de venganza. Además, tendrá que elegir entre su amor por Edward y su amistad con Jacob, consciente de que su decisión podrá desencadenar definitivamente la guerra entre vampiros y hombres lobo. Mientras, se va acercando su graduación y tendrá una decisión más que tomar: vida o muerte....