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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. He's devoted to God. But will the power of the written word send him to the brink of insanity? 2010. Cortez Vuscar yearns for his absent father to return. Convinced it will happen if he can grow their church's congregation, the pious young man is devastated when he's fired after a coworker implicates him in a drug deal gone wrong. Adrift and wandering into the more affluent city streets, he becomes enraptured by a beautiful woman who captures his heart with her kindness.Certain he's found his true love, Cortez sets out to win her from her wealthy and unfaithful boyfriend. But his fascination with the famous literature the young woman is reading infects his mind with a deadly descent into madness.Can this wounded soul recreate a literary fantasy?They Also Burn People is the thought-provoking companion to Where They Burn Books, both part of the Hispanic American Heritage Stories series. If you like indigenous revenge, haunting character portrayals, and the sometimes-dangerous force of desire, then you'll adore Marcos Antonio Hernandez's chilling take on humankind's fatal flaws.Buy They Also Burn People to fan passion's flames today.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. He's devoted to God. But will the power of the written word send him to the brink of insanity? 2010. Cortez Vuscar yearns for his absent father to return. Convinced it will happen if he can grow their church's congregation, the pious young man is devastated when he's fired after a coworker implicates him in a drug deal gone wrong. Adrift and wandering into the more affluent city streets, he becomes enraptured by a beautiful woman who captures his heart with her kindness.Certain he's found his true love, Cortez sets out to win her from her wealthy and unfaithful boyfriend. But his fascination with the famous literature the young woman is reading infects his mind with a deadly descent into madness.Can this wounded soul recreate a literary fantasy?They Also Burn People is the thought-provoking companion to Where They Burn Books, both part of the Hispanic American Heritage Stories series. If you like indigenous revenge, haunting character portrayals, and the sometimes-dangerous force of desire, then you'll adore Marcos Antonio Hernandez's chilling take on humankind's fatal flaws.Buy They Also Burn People to fan passion's flames today.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. He left to seek a future. Can he escape his past to find his fortune?El Salvador, 1979. Young To o has grand ambitions. But as the second son of a poor farmer, he sees little hope of taking over the family business. And when he catches his secret girlfriend cavorting with her ex at the carnival, he decides the path to riches lies north of the border.Arriving in LA single and desperate for money, To o works under the table while cohabitating with his fellow immigrants, hoping to earn enough to help his family and attract the right woman. But when his illegal status always results in rejection, the stubborn migrant becomes frustrated at being caught between two worlds.Can To o break through social barriers and ingrained prejudice to create the future he'd envisioned?The Education of a Wetback is a candid, fictionalized account of one man's true journey into adulthood. If you like insightful Hispanic American literature, engaging characters, and elements of magical realism, then you'll love Marcos Antonio Hernandez's exhilarating quest for freedom.Buy The Education of a Wetback to cross a cultural divide today.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. He's devoted to God. But will the power of the written word send him to the brink of insanity? 2010. Cortez Vuscar yearns for his absent father to return. Convinced it will happen if he can grow their church's congregation, the pious young man is devastated when he's fired after a coworker implicates him in a drug deal gone wrong. Adrift and wandering into the more affluent city streets, he becomes enraptured by a beautiful woman who captures his heart with her kindness.Certain he's found his true love, Cortez sets out to win her from her wealthy and unfaithful boyfriend. But his fascination with the famous literature the young woman is reading infects his mind with a deadly descent into madness.Can this wounded soul recreate a literary fantasy?They Also Burn People is the thought-provoking companion to Where They Burn Books, both part of the Hispanic American Heritage Stories series. If you like indigenous revenge, haunting character portrayals, and the sometimes-dangerous force of desire, then you'll adore Marcos Antonio Hernandez's chilling take on humankind's fatal flaws.Buy They Also Burn People to fan passion's flames today.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. He's devoted to God. But will the power of the written word send him to the brink of insanity? 2010. Cortez Vuscar yearns for his absent father to return. Convinced it will happen if he can grow their church's congregation, the pious young man is devastated when he's fired after a coworker implicates him in a drug deal gone wrong. Adrift and wandering into the more affluent city streets, he becomes enraptured by a beautiful woman who captures his heart with her kindness.Certain he's found his true love, Cortez sets out to win her from her wealthy and unfaithful boyfriend. But his fascination with the famous literature the young woman is reading infects his mind with a deadly descent into madness.Can this wounded soul recreate a literary fantasy?They Also Burn People is the thought-provoking companion to Where They Burn Books, both part of the Hispanic American Heritage Stories series. If you like indigenous revenge, haunting character portrayals, and the sometimes-dangerous force of desire, then you'll adore Marcos Antonio Hernandez's chilling take on humankind's fatal flaws.Buy They Also Burn People to fan passion's flames today.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. He left to seek a future. Can he escape his past to find his fortune?El Salvador, 1979. Young To o has grand ambitions. But as the second son of a poor farmer, he sees little hope of taking over the family business. And when he catches his secret girlfriend cavorting with her ex at the carnival, he decides the path to riches lies north of the border.Arriving in LA single and desperate for money, To o works under the table while cohabitating with his fellow immigrants, hoping to earn enough to help his family and attract the right woman. But when his illegal status always results in rejection, the stubborn migrant becomes frustrated at being caught between two worlds.Can To o break through social barriers and ingrained prejudice to create the future he'd envisioned?The Education of a Wetback is a candid, fictionalized account of one man's true journey into adulthood. If you like insightful Hispanic American literature, engaging characters, and elements of magical realism, then you'll love Marcos Antonio Hernandez's exhilarating quest for freedom.Buy The Education of a Wetback to cross a cultural divide today.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Two standalone books with alternating chapters-the way the combination is meant to be read. One pulled from the pages of history, the other imagining its implications for the present.They're devoted to God. But will doing the Lord's work lead them into darkness?1549. Convinced he's destined to fulfill a whispered prophecy, Friar Diego de Landa labors to convert the Maya of the Yucat n Peninsula. Discovering a brutal Spanish landowner persecuting the native population, Friar Diego determines to protect them and punish the cruel man. But when he repatriates thousands of Maya and uproots centuries of indigenous traditions, the priest's obsession may end up destroying them all.2010. Cortez Vuscar is convinced his father will return if he can grow their church's congregation. Certain he's found his true love and believing they can attract churchgoers together, Cortez sets out to win her from her wealthy and unfaithful boyfriend. But his fascination with the famous literature she's reading infects his mind with a deadly descent into madness.Can these men save their religion without destroying what they love?Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People is the gripping combination of two books in the Hispanic American Heritage Stories series, based on historical events. If you like indigenous revenge, villain origin stories, and the consuming force of religious fervor, then you'll love this illuminating tale about Catholicism's shadowed past.Buy Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People to spark karmic retribution today. …

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