The Man Who Could Move Clouds, Rojas Contreras, Ingrid
Автор: Contreras Claire Название: Half-Truths ISBN: 0998345571 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780998345574 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
You've heard of these groups - the secretive ones that only the cr me de la cr me are invited into, the ones outsiders speculate about for centuries - I'm the second in my family invited to attend, but to them, I'm fresh meat. New blood. New money, too.
They think they'll elbow past me, that I'm here for their amusement, for them to walk all over, they'll find out soon enough that I'm not.
I may look like one of them, with my designer bags and clothes straight from the Parisian runways, but I'm not. I'm here for answers, to take revenge for blood spilled on their centuries-old Persian rugs.
I transferred here in search for answers about what happened to my older brother, who hightailed out of here, and my friend who seemingly disappeared into thin air. I certainly wasn't here for the attention of the star hockey player, regardless of how much he willed my eyes his way. I wasn't here for his scrutiny or his judgment or to read into his mysterious aura. I was here for the society, because only they held the answers I needed. That was, until I found out that in order to get those answers, I needed to go through him. He's saying if I want in, I have to play by their rules, follow their lead.
It's a game I'm willing to play.
I may be the second person I know of to be invited into their society, but I'll be the first to make it out intact.
Автор: Rojas Contreras Ingrid Название: Fruit of the Drunken Tree ISBN: 0385542720 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385542722 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 16520.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: "When women tell stories, they are finally at the center of the page. When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava I was swept up by this story." --Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango StreetIn the vein of Isabel Allende and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both The Santiago family lives in a gated community in Bogota, safe from the political upheaval terrorizing the country. Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to this protective bubble, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal. Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricable coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation.
Автор: Rojas Contreras Ingrid Название: The Fruit of the Drunken Tree ISBN: 0525434313 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525434313 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 10420.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I've read in a long time...Readers of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed." --San Francisco Chronicle"Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende...Listen to this new author's voice -- she has something powerful to say." --Entertainment Weekly
A mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height Pablo Escobar's violent reign about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both
Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogot , but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal. Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricably linked coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras has written a powerful testament to the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation.
Автор: Contreras Claire Название: Fables and Other Lies ISBN: 0998662909 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780998662909 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 48280.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Bracci Filippo, Contreras Manuel D., Dнaz-Madrigal Santiago Название: Continuous Semigroups of Holomorphic Self-Maps of the Unit Disc ISBN: 3030367843 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030367848 Издательство: Springer Цена: 130430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The book faces the interplay among dynamical properties of semigroups, analytical properties of infinitesimal generators and geometrical properties of Koenigs functions.
Автор: Rojas Contreras, Ingrid Название: The Man Who Could Move Clouds ISBN: 0593311167 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593311165 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 10420.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Contreras Bret, Davis Kellie Название: Strong Curves: A Women`s Guide to Building a Better Butt and Body ISBN: 1936608642 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781936608645 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Рейтинг: Цена: 36740.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This is not your run-of-the-mill fitness book. Developed by world-renowned gluteal expert Bret Contreras, "Strong Curves" offers an extensive fitness and nutrition guide for women seeking to improve their physique, function, strength, and mobility. Contreras spent the last eighteen years researching and field-testing the best methods for building better butts and shapelier bodies. In "Strong Curves," he offers the programs that have proven effective time and time again with his clients, allowing you to develop lean muscle, rounded glutes, and greater confidence. Each page is packed with information decoding the female anatomy, providing a better understanding as to why most fitness programs fail to help women reach their goals. With a comprehensive nutritional guide and over 200 strength exercises, this book gets women off the treadmill and furnishes their drive to achieve strength, power, and sexy curves from head to toe. Although the glutes are the largest and most powerful muscle group in the human body, they often go dormant due to lifestyle choices, leading to a flat, saggy bum. "Strong Curves" is the cure.
Автор: Contreras Bret Название: Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy ISBN: 1450429297 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781450429290 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Going far beyond standard pull-ups, push-ups, and squats, Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy presents 156 unique exercises that work every muscle in the body. Detailed anatomical artwork accompanies step-by-step instructions for performing each exercise anytime, anywhere, without the need for equipment or machines.
Автор: Contreras Raul Albert Название: Alice in Wonderland Yesterday and Today Coloring Book ISBN: 1936517949 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781936517947 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 21110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "Alice in Wonderland Yesterday and Today" Coloring book is like no other Alice. It takes the adult (this one is not for the kiddies) through the early years of the classic Tenniel illustrations with quotes from the traditional Lewis Carroll Story. Midway it changes into "Alice's Bloody Adventures" based upon the popular book of the same name by author Ra l Alberto Contreras aka Tweedle Guns. This section of the book imagines Alice as she might be today as she chases the killer wabbit through wonderland and into the looking glass. Aside from the popularity of coloring books for adults, this one goes beyond the intricate patterns of mandalas into a really good read.
Автор: Contreras Eleazar Lopez Название: Synopsis of the Military Life of Sucre ISBN: 1258994216 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258994211 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 26910.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Contreras Dave Robert Название: You Choose Stupid! ISBN: 1480978515 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781480978515 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 10110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
You Choose Stupid is a compilation of experiences, hard work and mistakes that have been reduced to words in a very short book. It is the product, not of the author's counseling, but garnished from the many wasted lives he has seen who have gotten involved in the criminal justice system. It is a menu of the mistakes that ruin these lives.
The author has catalogued many of the mistakes people make in life which could have been avoided. With a vast wealth of experience, the author can, with all degree of certainty, say, "You follow this advice, you will have a good, long and prosperous life." It is the goal of this work to open the eyes of the readers, those in jail and prison, and those who are on the wrong path; that they can enjoy life instead of being locked up in cages just as the result of poor judgment.
Stupid is a choice you make, don't do it
About the Author
Born in El Paso, Texas, and the product of two blue collar hardworking parents who would not accept failure as an option, Dave Robert Contreras went on to accomplish their and his goals. Graduating from high school in 1978, Dave then went on to earn his Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice in 1982 from the University of Texas at El Paso (Texas Western). Thereafter, he went on to Texas Tech University of Law in Lubbock, Texas, earning his Doctorates of Jurisprudence in Law.
During his college years, Dave worked as a police officer in El Paso. After college, Dave went on to become a Special Agent in the FBI working in the narcotics unit. Upon leaving the Bureau, Dave dedicated his life to the practice of criminal law, both prosecuting and defending criminal cases. An avid researcher, Dave continued practicing law and was a facilitator on the faculty of the University of Phoenix where he taught various courses in criminal justice and justice and security.
Dave has dedicated his life to a pursuit of justice no matter which side of the law the accused stood, albeit with a stoic sense of humor. Dave also dedicates himself to keep people from ruining their lives by getting involved in our criminal justice system. Thus, this book.
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