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As late as the 1960s, the Wari' Indians of the western Amazonian rainforest ate the roasted flesh of their dead as an expression of compassion for the deceased and for his or her close relatives. By removing and transforming the corpse, Wari' death rites helped the bereaved kin accept their loss and go on with their lives. Drawing on the recollections of Wari' elders who participated in consuming the dead, this book presents one of the richest, most authoritative ethnographic accounts of funerary cannibalism ever recorded.

La princesa Beatrice siempre ha aceptado su deber, pero empieza a acusar la presión a medida que se acerca el día de convertirse en la primera soberana de Estados Unidos. A nadie le importa Samantha, la princesa sustituta, salvo cuando incumple las normas; así que ella tampoco se interesa por nada. De haber nacido una generación antes, Jefferson, el gemelo de Samantha, hubiera sido el primero en la línea sucesoria, pero las nuevas leyes lo relegan al tercer lugar. Casi todo el país adora al príncipe, pero son dos chicas quienes compiten por ganarse su corazón.

Growing up with a kind but alcoholic father and a suspicious, passive-aggressive mother, the Bernal sisters each developed their own way of coping: Dulcina had her art and drugs and alcohol, Claudia plunged into her studies and fled to Princeton, and Maritza watched one Disney movie after another in between devouring romance novels. Now all grown up, the sisters are reunited at last for Maritza’s dream wedding. With all three Bernal sisters back in their East L.A. home, each begins to take steps to come to terms with each other, their parents, and secrets from their shared past.

In modern-day Mexico, Sitlali has no family left and has caught the attention of a gang leader. She has no choice but to make the perilous trip to the US border and track down her long-absent father. The night before her journey, she finds a conch shell detailed with ancient markings. In 1521, Calizto is an Aztec young warrior in Tenochtitlan, fighting to save his city from Spanish imperialists. With his family dead and the horrors of war surrounding him, Calizto asks a sacred moon conch for guidance. Connected by the magical conch, Sitlali and Calizto can communicate across centuries.

El poder es embriagador, como el primer amor puede dejarte sin aliento. Desde su nacimiento, la princesa Beatrice lo posee. La princesa Samantha nació con menos. Algunos, como Nina González, se sienten atraídos por él. Otros se abrirán camino para conseguirlo. Sí, estamos pensando en tí, Daphne Deighton. Mientras América intenta acostumbrarse a ver a una mujer en el trono... Beatrice lidia con todo lo que perdió cuando ganó la corona; Samantha está ocupada haciendo honor a su fama de princesa fiestera.

¿Estás listo para un paseo maravilloso? Entonces sal afuera. Deja volar tu imaginación y tu curiosidad... y pronto verás el mundo desde una perspectiva completamente nueva. Los collages increíblemente detallados de Micha Archer dan vida a las maravillas del mundo natural y demuestran lo divertido que puede ser explorarlas.

Every morning, I'm up at four o'clock. I brush my teeth, get dressed, and drag my sister Melanie to the car where Mami's waiting for us. ¡Se nos va hacer tarde! ¡Apurarse! For the next two hours, we'll be in the car driving—past tamale vendors (my favorite part), through la linea (my least favorite part), and across the US border. That's how we get to school every day. This is our normal. ¡Vamos!

Every morning, I'm up at four o'clock. I brush my teeth, get dressed, and drag my sister Melanie to the car where Mami's waiting for us. ¡Se nos va hacer tarde! ¡Apurarse! For the next two hours, we'll be in the car driving—past tamale vendors (my favorite part), through la linea (my least favorite part), and across the US border. That's how we get to school every day. This is our normal. ¡Vamos!

Louna ha pasado sus años de escuela secundaria trabajando en el exitoso negocio de planificación de bodas de su madre. Ha visto todo tipo de bodas: grandes y lujosas, pequeñas e íntimas, en el campo o en la playa. Ella se ha enfrentado a todas las crisis que pueden afectar a una boda, así como a las damas de honor que le roban el protagonismo a las novias, los novios controladores, madres de novias mandonas e incluso la ocasional novia que se escapa sin casarse.

Emilia only wants one thing: to forget the betrayal and lies of her ex-boyfriend and start over in Munich. But this turns out to be difficult when she moves in with passionate animal rights activist Lorena, who not only throws out all animal products, but also never misses an opportunity to lecture Emilia.