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Saving The Fool
Summer is a time for teachers to relax, take time for themselves before the start of the new school year. But Dina Salazar, a Latina school teacher with an inquisitive mind, finds herself with a mystery on her hands, one that involves her brother-in-law, Jesus. Jesus is lovingly referred to as “el tonto”, or the fool, by the family, and yet somehow this fool has latched on to a job that is not only lucrative, but ridiculously easy. Every Friday night, he drives a van filled with excited gamblers to a faraway casino. While they risk their money, he sits in a hotel room, eating and drinking at his employers’ expense, then drives them back in the morning. All for a cool two thousand dollars! What is wrong with this picture? As if this isn’t bad enough, Dina’s on-again, off-again relationship with fiancé Rick Ramos seems to revolve around his custody fight with his ex—the one he cheated on Dina with—for a little girl who isn’t even his. Dina is torn between wanting to support Rick and not having maternal feelings for the difficult child. Enter private investigator Gil Luna, and all bets are off! Can they save Jesus from himself… and, if so, at what cost?
Saving la Familia
A smart, scrappy teacher is called upon by her traditional Mexican-American grandmother to help a relative in Mexico escape the clutches of a dangerous cartel. Reluctantly, she agrees, but in coming to her grandmother’s aid, she needs the help of The Hated One, an ex-fiancé who broke her heart years before. Together, they must devise a plan to rescue her desperate, long-lost cousin and her cousin’s child. To do so, Dina Salazar must enter the dreaded turf of the Zetas, a ruthless Mexican drug cartel. Such a mission is not for the faint of heart!
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The Barque of Saviors
The “remarkable story” of a tall ship’s history in WWII and beyond—and the sailors who have inhabited it, both German and American (Booklist). Hamburg, 1936: A splendid three-masted sailing ship is christened Horst Wessel in the presence of Adolf Hitler and thousands of cheering Nazis. It would become a training vessel for naval officers during World War II—but after Germany’s defeat, the US Coast Guard found its young crew terrified and half starved. The Coast Guardsmen brought the Germans, so recently their mortal enemies, back to life; the Germans, in return, taught them the ways of the beautiful square-rigged ship, rechristened Eagle. In time, Eagle would become the Coast Gua...
Operation Familia
How does a modern, educated latina, disconnected from her traditional Mexican-American family, discover her true identity and "orgullo" (cultural pride)? Dina Salazar likes to think she has it together. Dodging the bullet of early marriage and motherhood that every other female in her family has succumbed to, she's her own woman. Or is she? Is she free ...or just lost? Adventurous, athletic Dina has a satisfying career and her freedom from emotional entanglements. She has it all. All except the love of her life, Rick Ramos-THE HATED ONE-who ended up marrying another woman nearly six years before. All except the closeness of her blue-collar family, who live in a Latino barrio of Salinas, nine...
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The Family of August Harder
August Harder is the primogenitor of the Harder family in Arkansas. He came as a child of five to the Sugarloaf valley in southern Sebastian County with his uncle and aunts. Forced by the depredations of marauders in the Civil War to move into Fort Smith, he married, had a family, and remained there the rest of his life. Around 1899 August began a family history and continued it until the last entry three months before his death in 1920. It is his history that forms the basis of this present work. The author places August and Louise and their family into the milieu of nineteenth century western Arkansas. He provides a synopsis of August's ancestors and shows how his family and descendants have flourished from pioneer days to present times.
The Daughters of Juárez
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang2057\fs18 For the last nine years, the city of Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico has been the centre of an ongoing phenomenon of female homicides, referenced in Spanish as femicidios or las muertas de Juarez ("the dead women of Juarez"). As of February 2005 more than 370 bodies have been recovered, with over 400 women still missing, according to Amnesty International. The BBC News reported in November 2005 that 28 women had been murdered so far in 2005. \par \par As for who is behind the murders, the answer remains unknown. Despite numerous arrests over the last few years, the killings continue, leading...
