Los herederos del trono

This classic novel about the struggles of Texas Mexicans to preserve their property, culture and identity in the face of Anglo-American migration to and dominance of the Rio Grande Valley is available for the first time in Spanish. Born in the early part of the twentieth century, George Washington Gómez is named after the American rebel and hero because his parents are certain their son will be a great man too. George, or Guálinto as he’s known, grows up in turbulent times. His family has lived for generations in what has become Texas. “I was born here. My father was born here and so...

He can solve any problem... In serving the wealthy power brokers of New York society, Frank Tripp has finally gained the respectability and security his own upbringing lacked. There's no issue he cannot fix... except for one: the beautiful and reckless daughter of an important client who doesn't seem to understand the word danger. She's not looking for a hero... Excitement lies just below Forty-Second Street and Mamie Greene is determined to explore all of it--while playing a modern-day Robin Hood along the way. What she doesn't need is her father's lawyer dogging her every step and...

Manuel, un joven ecuatoriano que pinta acuarelas y vende hierbas medicinales en el mercado, emigra a Port Chester (Nueva York). Su esposa, Elvira, busca llegar a él por mar, pero su barco naufraga. Luego de su rescate, cambia de planes y viaja a Madrid. Antonio, el padre de los niños que ahora cuida, la descubre leyendo en secreto uno de sus libros. Le indica a hurtadillas un pasaje con una tira de papel y Elvira, intrigada, señala a su vez una frase para él. Comienzan un intercambio de citas literarias por las que se cuela el amor. Mientras Manuel se refugia en sus pinturas y sanaciones...

María, una exdeportista que malvive con trabajos ocasionales, ha llamado la atención del Emérito. Una maquinaria oculta se pone en marcha para satisfacer los deseos reales bajo la batuta del comisario Romero, personaje complejo al servicio de los poderosos, que maneja, junto con su fiel e indescriptible esposa, los hilos en la sombra y urde negocios muchas veces ilícitos pero siempre lucrativos. Mientras tanto, Juan Delforo se documenta para un nuevo libro, una investigación sobre el espantajo del "peligro" comunista en el siglo XX, y se acerca a personajes cuyas "actividades...