Seven characters. Seven stories that capture uniquely American slices of the Latino immigrant experience. Seven explorations of humanity, longing, suffering and hope that beckon for America to reconsider and revolutionize its views of immigrants and immigration. Seven for the Revolution.

Seven for the Revolution

Literature & Fiction

Ruiz, Rudy

United States

Milagros Press

An idealistic Mexican colonel obsessed with building a better Mexico loses his daughters to the allure of America. A young Latina struggles to communicate with her immigrant grandfather when her mother prohibits her from speaking Spanish. A boy grapples with the slippery nature of laws, rules and ambition along the US-Mexico border in his quest for the American Dream. An elderly woman's land, life and loyalties are divided by a controversial border fence. A South American immigrant encounters racism and love in an LA elevator as turmoil swirls around a radical change in immigration policy. In post-apocalyptic New York, a Latina fights to defend the last vestiges of a nation's pride as disgruntled creditors threaten to confiscate the Statue of Liberty. And a resourceful American survivor seeks freedom and peace on foreign soil.

Contemporary

lulu.com

¿Está cansado de trabajar largas jornadas y de no tener lo suficiente para pagar los gastos o ahorrar para el futuro de sus hijos? ¿Se pregunta qué más podría hacer para mejorar la condición de su familia? ¡Deje que Rudy Ruiz, empresario exitoso e hijo de inmigrantes mexicanos, le abra las puertas a las asombrosas posibilidades a su alcance! En ¡Adelante! Rudy Ruiz comparte con usted su visión del éxito que lo ha ayudado a salir adelante en su propia vida, y que le aportará los conocimientos necesarios para: ● Obtener las destrezas necesarias para incrementar sus ingresos ● Averiguar cuál ocupación es la ideal para usted ● Descifrar los códigos del sistema de educación estadounidense ● Presentar una solicitud para un nuevo trabajo o carrera ● Lanzar su propio negocio ● Aprender los fundamentos de la banca y los ahorros ● Descubrir cómo utilizar el crédito y los préstamos a provecho propio ● Ahorrar con sensatez y eficacia para la educación de sus hijos ● Aprender qué clase de asistencia financiera está a su alcance ● Invertir para una jubilación cómoda Estos son sólo algunos de los temas a los que Rudy Ruiz dedica sus pericias en este libro ameno sobre los pasos a tomar para mejorar su vida y la de su familia. . . y ¡SALIR ADELANTE!

¡ADELANTE! Una guía personal del éxito para usted y su familia (Spanish Edition)

Business & Money

Personal Finance

PRH Grupo Editorial

Review\n“Ruiz writes with the ache of the lonely and the audacity of the hopeful. His prose is unforgiving and his characters unrelenting. Valley of Shadows contains a sharpness of vision that is exceedingly rare; and through this tale of redemption and rediscovery, Ruiz certifies his voice―as well as his philosophy of togetherness―as a ferociously necessary addition to American letters.” --James Wade, awarding-winning author of All Things Left Wild\n“Ruiz’s engaging tale, peppered generously with Spanish words and smoldering with racial tension and classism, is immersive and atmospheric and features an interesting cast of characters with rich backstories. Ruiz deftly combines elements of romance, historical mystery, horror, and magical realism to deliver a richly satisfying adventure.” -- Booklist (starred review) 
“Ruiz offers an engrossing blend of historical fiction, ghost story, and mystery…He employs elements of magic realism to haunting effect, and the depictions of human cruelty and injustice are unflinching…This has its rewards.” -- Publishers Weekly“Rudy Ruiz’s Valley of Shadows haunts with its trenchant historical accuracy woven dazzlingly with magical real elements that make this borderland Western horror leap off the page. Indeed, this powerful story wriggled into my heart and gut, like a snake seeking shelter in the scorched desert earth. Unsettling and uplifting, both. Filled with ghosts both literal and metaphorical in a desolate place overflowing with unforgettable characters whose stories are woven by a masterful storyteller, Ruiz’s Valley of Shadows is searing, incisive, and, at times, utterly terrifying.” --Jennifer Givhan, author of River Woman, River Demon\n“Valley of Shadows captures readers in the sure grip of a frightening battle against premeditated evil. It explores the vicissitudes of the US-Mexico border. But most of all, it is an immersive story, introducing two of the most amazingly alive and complex characters who’ve ever joined forces in both the ‘real world’ and beyond.” -- Sarah Cortez, author of The Carlucci Betrayal“Rudy Ruiz’s imagination is second to none! I knew I’d be up all night as soon as I picked up his latest book. Valley of Shadows does not disappoint. The characters jump off the page, vying to tell their stories―the curse, the love, the loss, the friendships, the historical context, the mystery―compelling us to see through the veil to know their end. Alas, it is over way too soon!” --Nora de Hoyos Comstock, PhD, founder of Las Comadres Para Las Americas\nA visionary neo-Western blend of magical realism, mystery, and horror, Valley of Shadows sheds light on the dark past of injustice, isolation, and suffering along the US-Mexico border. 
Solitario Cisneros thought his life was over long ago. He lost his wife, his family, even his country in the late 1870s when the Rio Grande shifted course, stranding the Mexican town of Olvido on the Texas side of the border. He’d made his brooding peace with retiring his gun and badge, hiding out on his ranch, and communing with horses and ghosts. But when a gruesome string of murders and kidnappings ravages the town, pushing its volatile mix of Anglo, Mexican, and Apache settlers to the brink of self-destruction, he feels reluctantly compelled to confront both life, and the much more likely possibility of death, yet again. 
As Solitario struggles to overcome not only the evil forces that threaten the town but also his own inner demons, he finds an unlikely source of inspiration and support in Onawa, a gifted and enchanting Apache-Mexican seer who champions his cause, daring him to open his heart and question his destiny. 
As we follow Solitario and Onawa into the desert, we join them in facing haunting questions about the human condition that are as relevant today as they were back then: Can we rewrite our own history and shape our own future? What does it mean to belong to a place, or for a place to belong to a people? And, as

Valley of Shadows

Blackstone Pub

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Seven for the Revolution

Seven for the Revolution

¡ADELANTE! Una guía personal del éxito para usted y su familia (Spanish Edition)

Valley of Shadows