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	A Cat's Full Nine: A Novel by William Benjamin Drake, Paperback, 356 pages, 1st edition, September 1999 Our Price: $25.95 Virgil Shoop, once a world class drug courier, has brought his wife Maudine (a troll-like, ruined user already alive too long many times over, but not too far gone to have some plans of her own) to Costa Rica to kill her. Virgil has now lost his nerve - except as to the matter of killing Maudine - and hopes for gun(s) and insurance as fringe benefits from his new employer, a massive drug "Ministry," building to capture the world market with an avante-garde line of paraphernalia. Order Now
	Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion by Barbara Ras, Oscar Arias, and others. Paperback, 238 pages, January 1994 Our Price: $11.16 List Price: $13.95 You Save: $2.79 (20%) Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion has been compiled in an attempt to provide tourists with a different perspective on the country. Each of the twenty-six remarkable stories in this collection has been selected to reflect the geographical area in which it is set. (Though Costa Rica is only about half the size of Ireland, it is wonderfully diverse.) Story settings range from the high valleys of the central plateau to the flatlands of the Caribbean coast to the plains of Guanacaste. A typical guidebook will instruct visitors on the politics, history, culture, economy, and ethnicity of a country, but only fiction can portray its soul. After reading the stories contained in this literary companion, travelers to Costa Rica will no doubt view this Central American nation with whole new eyes. Order Now
	Assault on Paradise: A Novel by Tatiana Lobo, Paperback, 320 pages, 1st edition, November 1998 Our Price: $15.95 Pedro Albarán arrives in the Costa Rican city of Cartago a "cartoon of wretchedness," having fled the Spanish Inquisition with little more than the rags on his back. He finds the chaotic colonial city full of "gossipmongers, backbiters, and troublemakers"--but also a dizzying variety of women, "the color of molasses, of stewed quinces, of peaches in syrup...." Skeptical, suspicious of authority, with a decided weakness for the fairer sex, Albarán is a picaresque hero for the New World. This vividly imagined historical novel follows his misadventures among the colonial army, the Church, and the Mayan natives, as he dallies with women and witnesses the Mayan struggle against their colonial oppressors. Order Now
	In the Shadow of the Sphere: A Journey of Heart & Spirit by Thomas Youngholm, Paperback, 305 pages, November 1999 Our Price: $14.95 A novel that some are comparing to James Redfield's Celestine Prophecy, others to Richard Bach's novels. This book takes you along on a wild tropical river-rafting experience, stretching your imagination, and calling into question many of your beliefs and expectations of life and of yourself. Order Now
	When New Flowers Bloomed: Short Stories by Women Writers from Costa Rica and Panama by Enrique Jaramillo Levi, and others. Paperback, October 1991 Our Price: $14.95 Women writers from the Central American nations of Costa Rica and Panama have distinguished themselves in the fields of short fiction and poetry during recent years. Their triumph mirrors their countries' struggles to overcome poverty and political violence. The quality and sheer number of their stories testify to their ongoing pursuit of artistic perfection. The women whose stories have been especially translated into English for this special issue have found the key to effective communication by searching their hearts and minds, and by exploring the intricately textured web of life that surrounds them. Costa Rica and Panama are linked by culture, geographical location and political history. A recent earthquake that struck sections of both countries at once underlined their similar vulnerability to natural disaster. A deep and continuous theme running through these writings is a note of hope for a calmer future. Order Now
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