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Forthcoming TitlesFloricanto announces the forthcoming publication of the following titles:
The Cubans: Our Legacy in the United States chronicles the Cuban immigration to the United States from the 1800s to the present era. The author analyzes the impact the Cuban community has had on the cultural, economic, social, sports, and political scene in American society throughout multiple generations. Cuban immigrants have been one of the most successful communities in the United States. The book examines the contribution to baseball from Martín Dihigo to Tony Pérez and from Ernesto Lecuona to Gloria Estefan in music. In business circles the reader will discover that The Coca Cola Company, the Kellogg Company and McDonalds Corporation had Cuban-born Chief Executive Officers and that Movado watch company was owned by a refugee who fled communist Cuba. The book vividly depicts more than 250 extraordinary and intriguing men and women that make for engrossing and captivating reading. This informative and insightful work is highly recommended for Cuban-Americans, all Latinos and for those who enjoy reading about successful and trailblazing new Americans. Fernando "Fernán" Hernández is married and makes his home in Miami where he is a professor. He has written two Spanish-language books, Potaje (www.alexlib.com/potaje) and Lo que aprendí de mi perro (www.alexlib.com/miperro). His work also appears in the anthology Un Horizonte Literario: Poesías, Cuentos y Algo Más. It is puzzling how the memories of a nine year old child were kept intact to share with us more than forty years later some of his memories...virtually his feelings are so real you can touch the untouchable joy, pain, his love for his people, for his country of so long ago. Honoring his roots, the author goes on a journey traveling from years past to the present time. While reading the pages I found dedication, precise statistics, as well as stories that come alive of a great number of people that forced by destiny had to redirect their lives. These are the Cuban immigrants, some exiled by force, others born of these exiled people. Julie Pujol-Karel, Poet, Texas.
Este libro sobre la vida de Miguel Ángel Poblete o Karole Romanov, y las apariciones de la Virgen María en Chile, revela un misterio que durante la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet hizo temblar a El Vaticano de Juan Pablo II. Los obispos tildaron el suceso de escandaloso y lo atribuyeron al Diablo. La Santa Sede respondió con un silencio activo: el entonces cardenal Joseph Ratzinger autorizó misas, permiso que mantuvo cuando fue electo Papa. Mientras el fenómeno era espiado por la CNI, las potencias en-viaron agentes para reunir evidencias. Los teólogos acusaron a Pinochet de fabricar la aparición para esconder las atrocidades del régimen; el gobierno dijo que los obispos crearon la 'visita' para sublevar al pueblo. 'La revelación del Tercer Secreto de Fátima' es el libro que todos esperaban desde el 13 de octubre de 1917. Jorge Cancino nació en Chile en 1956. En Guatemala fue jefe de redacción, profesor universitario, subdirector de la revista Polémica y agregado de prensa. Vive en Miami y trabaja en Univision.com. Además de 'La Revelación del Tercer Secreto de Fátima', es autor de 'Las Flores del Coral Rojo', una colección de cuentos cuyos derechos de publicación fueron adquiridos por Floricanto Press. "Una obra imposible de esquivar. Penetra en los revestimientos religiosos, humanos y políticos desconocidos del vidente de Peñablanca". Carlos Saldibia, periodista freelance de El Mercurio, Santiago. "Impactante, reveladora. Una obra obligada para todos quienes se interesen en conocer un importante capítulo de la historia de nuestro país". Nicole Saffie, periodista de Al Damir, Chile. "Jorge Cancino abre una ventana de proyecciones inteligentes a quienes, en el futuro, se dediquen a estudiar la historia chilena". Solange Monteiro, periodista de América Economía, Brasil.
The Secret of a Long Journey is the story of a cherished and dangerous secret, passed along from generation to generation through many lands and many perils: from Spain to Flanders across the ocean to Vera Cruz and up through the desert to what is now New Mexico. In magical realist style, this chronicle takes the characters through the terrors of the Inquisition, shipwrecks and hurricanes, sandstorms and wars, lost loves and illness, all culminating when Lois Gold, a passionate court advocate for the disenfranchised, discovers the legacy of her lost grandfather. "In The Secret of a Long Journey, Sánchez moves effortlessly through time and place with a mesmerizing plot. Generations come and go and each one propels the next. Her fascinating characters are solidly grounded in vivid natural or urban environments. Whether it is 16th century Flanders or 20th century Denver, you never lose the thread of the story, thanks to the author’s mastery of craft and her powerful imagination. The characters will lodge in your mind long after you’ve read the book . . ." Gloria DeVidas Kircheimer, author: Goodbye Evil Eye, and Amalie in Orbit. "Sandra Shwayder Sánchez explores in intimate detail the experiences and emotions of her characters as she takes the reader on a vividly imagined journey from the old world to the new, through history to modern times. In poetic prose that summons all of our senses, Sánchez creates and maintains unique voices that speak through the generations and the blending of cultures and faiths." Linda LeBlanc, author Beyond the Summit. The Secret of a Long Journey is a lyrical, textured, beautifully told tale of lives lived and lost and secrets kept and shared. This mesmerizing page-turner takes readers on a journey from 16th century Flanders and North America’s "New Spain" to 20th century America. Steeped in history and rooted in an insightful novelist’s understanding of the complex, fragile, and sometimes nefarious emotions that embody the human psyche, Sanchez weaves the story of one family’s unwavering, intergenerational commitment to cherish and transmit its cultural and spiritual heritage. Set against the backdrop of Inquisitional Europe and the early history of the Spanish rule of the American southwest, The Secret of a Long Journey chronicles the lives of painters and healers, explorers and adventurers, lawyers and cowboys . . . Along the way, it sheds light on the intricate ways Sephardic Jews, Spanish, Native American, Mexican and Anglo cultures often collided, sometimes comingled, and ultimately coexisted, finding a way to transmute ancient traditions into contemporary secular justice and compassion. Mary Saracino, author of The Singing of Swans (Pearlsong Press 2006), Voices of the Soft-bellied Warrior (Spinsters Ink Books 2001), Finding Grace (Spinsters Ink 1999) and No Matter What (Spinsters Ink 1993).
Infinitas. ISBN: 978-1-888205-38-1. $19.95
Cuando le dije a mi esposa que "Oro, Incienso y Mirra" era un libro tanto para niños como para aquellos chiquillos de antaño que ahora son viejos ella sonrió dejándome desconcertado. He aquí el por qué de mi confusión: José, Patricia, y Pablo son tres niños que, como tantos en el mundo, sufren las consecuencias de una sociedad desigual. Sumergidos en sus universos de contradicciones ven por primera vez un árbol de navidad. Les pareció mágico. Siguiendo su rastro conocen a Rocío del Valle, una anciana que, medio siglo atrás, había sido una actriz famosa, sin embargo, ahora estaba abandonada. Junto a ella descubren a un Dios que, a pesar de estar prohibido, los ama. Aprenden que trabajar por amor es mejor que por dinero; y que, aunque no tengan nada, son tan importantes y únicos como aquellos que lo tienen todo ¡Un momento! Pensándolo mejor, ya entiendo para quienes escribí este libro: para los viejos que, víctimas de la sociedad, no pudieron ser niños, y para los niños que, por el mismo motivo, nunca llegaran a ser viejos. Ariel González Calzada. Obras publicadas: Samuel Máximo y Niketón; No Sapiens. Premios Literarios: -Primer lugar en el 4th Dallas Annual International Book Fair A Festival, 2009. -Primer lugar en la categoría: "Best Popular fiction, Spanish". 11th. Annual International Latino Book Award 2009 -Primer lugar en la categoría: "Best Young Adult Book, Spanish". 10th. Annual International Latino Book Award (Estados Unidos, 2008) -Segundo lugar en la categoría: "Mariposa, mejor primer libro". En el 10th. Annual International Latino Book Award (Estados Unidos, 2008) -Medalla de Plata, en el Florida Book Award 2007, en la categoría de "Spanish Book". Ariel González Calzada, nacido en 1975 en Cuba: Estudio Derecho en la Universidad de la Habana. Es graduado de Técnico en Química Industrial. Out of the Closet and onto the Stage: An Anthology of Contemporary Mexican Gay and Lesbian Theater Clary Loisel, Ph.D. ISBN: 978-1-888205-36-7Creías que no! ISBN: 978-1-888205-28-2 Dreaming in the Cathedral. ISBN: 978-1-888205-14-5. By Pedro Blas González.
The Melting Pot: Did Multiculturalism Failed America? ISBN: 978-1-888205-18-3. By Ernesto Caravantes. Edited by C. Le. Seventy Times Seven. ISBN: 978-1-888205-22-0. by Ricardo Elizondo. Translated by Geoff Hargreaves So Close to Goddess: Myth, History, and the Power Feminine. In Ana Castillo’s Novel So Far From God. ISBN: 978-1-888205-25-1. La Mujer Latina Series. By Cynthia Caroline Davis. La Mujer Latinas Series.
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The Cubans: Our Legacy in the United States. A
collective biography. ISBN: 978-1-888205-41-1. $23.95
La
revelación del Tercer Secreto de Fátima. ISBN: 978-1-888205-39-8. $24.95
Sandra
Shwayder Sánchez is a native of Denver, Colorado and a retired attorney who now
resides in the small mountain town of Nederland with her husband of nearly
twenty years, John Edward Sánchez.
As
a Puerto Rican living in the US, I no longer fit into my homeland. Every time I
travel there, I'm considered un Americano. I'm always addressed in the English
language. What's worse, my Puerto Rican friends who live on the Island don't
seem to care about me anymore. I guess we've gone our separate ways-I've become
too public with my homosexuality, while they endure best by living within the
closet. On this side of the pond, in the United States, there are Puerto Ricans
who have never been to Puerto Rico. They don't speak Spanish, they don't know
our history or culture-yet, they declare themselves Puerto Rican. To them, I am
less Puerto Rican than they because, in their eyes I didn't experience the same
discrimination from the white culture while growing up as they did. So, where do
I fit- what am I? I owe the answer to that question to my sister, Mayu-to whom I
dedicate this book. As I cared for her and saw her cruel death arrive, unable to
prevent it, I finally learned who I am. I am me, a special individual that is
the sum total of all my experiences until now; no labels are needed to
adequately describe me. Just like my sister-may she rest in peace-I will also
turn into ashes when I die. This book tells some of my story, and because I
think in both English and Spanish I decided to write it in both languages, to
help those who still don't know who they are.
Oro,
Incienso y Mirra. ISBN: 978-1-888205-40-4. $9.50