Praise for Jose Rivera:

"Even if you've never seen Puerto Rico or grown old, you sit there ruminating on love, sacrifice, and betrayal."--"Chicago Tribune," on "Boleros for the Disenchanted"

"Teasingly engrossing. . . . Vividly written. . . . An intriguing and evocative drama."--"The San Francisco Chronicle," on" Brainpeople"

"Mr. Rivera's intimate play . . . uses historical fact as a frame to pose intriguing questions about what might have happened."--"The New York Times," on "School of the Americas"

Three new works from Jose Rivera, a writer known for his lush language, open heart, and stylistic flirting with the surreal. "Boleros for the Disenchanted "is the moving story of the playwrights own parents: their sweet courtship in 1950s Puerto Rico, and then forty years later in more difficult times in America. With "Brainpeople," Rivera explores the troubled minds of three women in a post-apocalyptic setting who feast on a freshly slaughtered tiger. In "School of the Americas," he imagines Che Guevara's encounter--more passionate than political--with a young schoolteacher in Bolivia. Also included is his one-act penned in protest of California's Proposition 8, "Pablo and Andrew at the Altar of Words."

Jose Rivera's works include the plays "References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot," "Marisol," "Cloud Tectonics," and "Sueno" (an adaptation of "Life Is a Dream"), as well as the Oscar-nominated screenplay to "The Motorcycle Diaries."

What's it like to be Jewish full of traditions? Being a foreigner in a new land and still feeling ostracized. Being moved from one country to the next in order to survive as a family and a people. Only Religion and Traditions could save the Sanes family until their Son changed all that. America, a Bible Study, and Charleston, South Carolina and it's Bible belt influences would challenge and test the faith of Jose Sanes and his Son. Follow this family from the expulsion of Jews from Isabela the first of Spain till Charleston, South Carolina and all its Southern Charm. Gullah, Geeche, Pecan Pie, and Sweet Southern Tea; Trial has it all. Your faith will be challenged as you read about this Sephardic Jewish family from Charleston, South Carolina

Arts of Philosophy and Politics Scripture as well. something to weather the storm out to on sunny days. Reader's Digest interest type of entertainment reading so read lightly. Interested in Psychology then read on. An avid reader then check out this first edition on public domains a lot to gather on information about anything sophisticated easy read on language arts.

"Rural Environmental Planning for Sustainable Communities" offers an explanation of the concept of Rural Environmental Planning (REP) along with case studies that show how to apply REP to specific issues such as preserving agricultural lands, planning river and lake basins, and preserving historical sites.

Romantic drama. When Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) travels to Verona in Italy, she stumbles upon an age-old superstition whereby people seeking advice in matters of the heart leave letters in the courtyard of the fictional Juliet, which are then answered by a group of volunteers known as the 'secretaries of Juliet'.

When Sophie replies to one letter that has remained unanswered for 50 years, she is amazed when its author, Claire (Vanessa Redgrave), arrives in Italy with her grandson Charlie (Christopher Egan) to track down the fiance she left behind decades before. Sophie joins them on their quest through the hills of Tuscany as they search for Lorenzo, Claire's long-lost love - and soon finds herself tumbling headlong into a romance of her own.

Esta novela bien pudiera ser leida como un libro de viajes. Algo debe, si, a los road movies del cine, pero sobre todo es un viaje interior y tremendo al fuego de la pasion y al horror de la venganza, con Barcelona, Marsella, Shanghai y Kioto como escenarios y Montecristo flotando sobre las aguas turbias de la irracionalidad. Las Noches de Obon son tambien un paseo nocturno por aquel Oriente que nunca atraveso el tamiz del pensamiento griego, con su animismo y su tao, sus desencantos, sus miles de dioses y su culto a los ancestros. Con sus inquebrantables reglas sociales, en las que se siente el enorme peso de las tradiciones y de la familia. El Oriente mitico que no cuestiona la subordinacion."