{"title":"Stella Pope Duarte","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"if-i-die-in-juarez-book-stella-pope-duarte-9780816526673","title":"If I Die in Juarez","description":"From the red-light districts in Ciudad Juarez to remote villages hidden away in the mountains of Chihuahua comes a tale of one of the darkest crimes to be recorded in the history of humankind. If I Die in Juarez traces the lives of three young women Evita, a street child; Petra, a maquiladora worker; and Mayela, a Tarahumara Indian girl?who together uncover Juarez's forbidden secret: the abduction and murder of young women. Bound together by blood, honor, an ancient chant, and a mysterious photo, the girls bring the murderous streets of Juarez to life. Based on the author's interviews with relatives of murdered women, If I Die in Juarez is brilliantly crafted to give readers the experience of walking in the shoes of women who daily risk being abducted and murdered in the ?capital city of murdered women,? joining thousands of others who for more than a decade have disappeared from Juarez, las desaparecidas, brutally murdered by assassins who have gone unpunished. The agony of one of the darkest tales in human history brings to light a strange hope, illusive yet constant, resisting lies, betrayal, and the desert's silent sentence of death. Read an in-depth review of If I Die in Juarez \"http:\/\/www.uapress.arizona.edu\/news\/DuarteReview.php\" target=\"new\"\u0026gt;here or click \"http:\/\/www.uapress.arizona.edu\/extras\/Duarte\/studyguide.php\" target=\"new\"\u0026gt;here for a study guide.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49709734822161,"sku":"CIN0816526672G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50315676778769,"sku":"CIN0816526672A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51319082942737,"sku":"CIN0816526672VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0816526672.jpg?v=1763483634"},{"product_id":"women-who-live-in-coffee-shops-book-stella-pope-duarte-9781558856004","title":"Women Who Live in Coffee Shops","description":"Everybody says that the owner of Sal's Diner is a former Mafioso, but nine-year-old Joanna, whose mom has worked for him as long as she can remember, has a hard time believing he's a Mafia retiree. But one day, when two fat, toothless men who look like the Godfather's brothers show up at the diner, she wonders if maybe the rumor is true. And when Sal is arrested a few days later, Joanna's mother not only runs the diner while he's in jail, she also leads the charge to save him. Can the women who frequent his diner--the League of Women Who Live in Coffee Shops--save Sal from doing hard time in prison? Set against an urban backdrop of seedy motels and dilapidated houses next to industrial buildings and railroad tracks, Stella Pope Duarte's award-winning stories follow characters who make up the city's underbelly. Some strut through the lethal streets, flamboyant and hard to miss-flashy divas, transvestites, and prostitutes, like Valentine, one of the girls who decorated Van Buren Street like ornaments dangling precariously on a Christmas tree. Others remain hidden, invisible to those who don't seek them out--bag ladies, illegals, and addicts. Many of the stories feature young people who know too much, too soon. An eight-year-old girl, with the help of a hooker, finally meets the addict father she has never known. A boy falls to his death and though his older brother is blamed, young Sarita isn't sure her fourth-grade classmate was responsible. And two children, unbeknownst to their parents, befriend a suspected child molester. Winner of the University of California, Irvine's Chicano\/Latino Literary Prize, this collection of short stories set in Phoenix, Arizona, reveals the hard-scrabble lives of big-hearted people living on the razor-edge of city life.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49910151217425,"sku":"CIN1558856005A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49911367237905,"sku":"CIN1558856005G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1558856005.jpg?v=1750761461"},{"product_id":"let-their-spirits-dance-book-stella-pope-duarte-9780060186371","title":"Let Their Spirits Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn inspiring novel about family, the memories of war, and a woman who valiantly rallies herself and those she loves into reconciling with the past\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStella Pope Duarte's strong and musical voice is reminiscent of Laura Esquivel and Alice Hoffman. \u003cem\u003eLet Their Spirits Dance\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving, spirited story of a family who takes a trip to the Vietnam Memorial thirty years after the war, and whose trip evolves into a spiritual journey, towards healing and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Teresa Ramirez, is a schoolteacher from El Cielito in Arizona. Still haunted by the death of her brother Jesse in the Vietnam War. Her mother cherishes the memory of her son's words to her as he boarded the plane for Vietnam, when he told her she would hear his voice again. When Teresa's ailing mother sees a photograph of the Vietnam War Memorial, she makes a vow to touch his name on the Wall, and this begins a journey that changes the lives of Teresa and her family forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this powerfully evocative novel, Pope Duarte connects family, friends, and an entire nation with the names on the Wall, honoring the men and women who served in Vietnam as well as those who watched and waited, but never forgot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50342502629649,"sku":"CIN0060186372G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52093771317521,"sku":"GOR014486589","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52323663905041,"sku":"CIN0060186372VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0060186372.jpg?v=1751163161"},{"product_id":"raul-h-yzaguirre-book-stella-pope-duarte-9781936885213","title":"Raul H. Yzaguirre","description":"From the segregated barrios of the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, to the halls of Congress and the White House, comes a story based on the memoirs of one of America's premier Latino civil rights leaders: Raul H. Yzaguirre. Born in San Juan, Texas in 1939 to Mexican American parents; his family legacy goes back to the early days of Spanish colonization. Living in a divided city, the north was for Mexicans and the south was for Anglos, he learned how to enter both worlds with success through the guidance of his beloved grandfather, Gavino Morin. On a quest at age thirteen, he ran away from home and became the youngest sailor on board the Barbee Nell in Corpus Christi. There he met Dr. Hector P. Garcia, founder of the American GI Forum who took the runaway under his wing, and inspired him to dedicate his life to serving his community. Elected as President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) in 1974, his three decades of leadership built NCLR into the largest constituency-based, national Latino organization in American history. Raul Yzaguirre's life's story, has empowered America's Latinos, seating them at tables of power. His life's motto has become a reality: To leave the world a better place.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50395342864657,"sku":"CIN1936885212G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50395349713169,"sku":"CIN1936885212VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756914176273,"sku":"NIN9781936885213","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1936885212.jpg?v=1750835583"},{"product_id":"writing-through-revelations-visions-and-dreams-book-stella-pope-duarte-9781479221202","title":"Writing Through Revelations, Visions and Dreams","description":"Writing Through Revelations, Visions and Dreams will take readers into a journey through the internal landscape of self. Using her own soul's journey as a starting point, Stella Pope Duarte describes in awe-inspiring words, the language of the soul and the nebulous world of revelations, visions and dreams. In startling, measured prose, she unfolds a world of shadows, light pursuing darkness to the bitter end. Boldly, heart-in-hand, she explores the workings of the invisible world-the private estate. Writing Through Revelations, Visions and Dreams is a writing memoir that is a roadmap to understanding an artist's soul, and how to use the invisible world to create visible work. This brilliant memoir will bring to life the intimate I am hidden within that, once recognized, raises a cry of joy.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50464641155345,"sku":"CIN1479221201G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51029036925201,"sku":"NIN9781479221202","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1479221201.jpg?v=1750716037"},{"product_id":"let-their-spirits-dance-book-stella-pope-duarte-9780060089481","title":"Let Their Spirits Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Stella Pope Duarte is a writer who will not be stopped. Her story takes its power from a larger love, and the quest here is as pressing as any I've read. This is a novel that looks at a rocky, uncertain time, with the intention of helping. It does.\"   -- Ron Carlson, author of The Hotel Eden and At the Jim Bridge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn inspiring novel about family, the memories of war, and a woman who valiantly rallies herself and those she loves into reconciling with the past\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStella Pope Duarte's strong and musical voice is reminiscent of Laura Esquivel and Alice Hoffman. Let Their Spirits Dance is a moving, spirited story of a family who takes a trip to the Vietnam Memorial thirty years after the war, and whose trip evolves into a spiritual journey, towards healing and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeresa Ramirez, is a schoolteacher from El Cielito in Arizona. Still haunted by the death of her brother Jesse in the Vietnam War. Her mother cherishes the memory of her son's words to her as he boarded the plane for Vietnam, when he told her she would hear his voice again. When Teresa's ailing mother sees a photograph of the Vietnam War Memorial, she makes a vow to touch his name on the Wall, and this begins a journey that changes the lives of Teresa and her family forever.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this powerfully evocative novel, Pope Duarte connects family, friends, and an entire nation with the names on the Wall, honoring the men and women who served in Vietnam as well as those who watched and waited, but never forgot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50761282257169,"sku":"CIN0060089482G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50998828433681,"sku":"NIN9780060089481","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51325982802193,"sku":"CIN0060089482VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52679675281681,"sku":"NLS9780060089481","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0060089482.jpg?v=1750972624"},{"product_id":"blanco-the-little-donkey-that-saved-christmas-book-stella-pope-duarte-9781736185667","title":"Blanco, The Little Donkey That Saved Christmas","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51049457582353,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51049460367633,"sku":"NIN9781736185667","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1736185667.jpg?v=1751025855"},{"product_id":"fragile-night-book-stella-pope-duarte-9780927534710","title":"Fragile Night","description":"Surviving by singing in the saloons of the remote Western silver camps, orphaned and fiercely independent Genevieve Bonneau is startled when the grandfather she has never met sends cynical, handsome Jonathan Eversleigh to bring her home to his Louisiana plantation, Maison des Ombres. Genevieve's hope of finally having a family is soon dashed. Once there, Genevieve's reception is mixed; her imperious and cranky grandfather does not like her and her aunt positively hates her, but her cousin Charlotte deMarchand and remote relation Sebastien Thierry are welcoming. Genevieve quickly learns that she has not been brought to Ombres as a welcomed prodigal. Broken-hearted, she desires nothing more than to leave, but strange attacks against her cousin Charlotte make that impossible, almost as impossible as leaving the enigmatic Jonathan Eversleigh. When the attempts on Charlotte's life come to a climax, Genevieve realizes that all things are not as they seem, nor even as she might dream them, and that if she is to survive she must trust someone.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51332047765777,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51332052975889,"sku":"CIN0927534711G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B00A2RVGS6.jpg?v=1750980682"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-stella-pope-duarte.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}