buenos aires (argentina)

"Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She's working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills get her noticed by a recruiter for the CIA. Next thing she knows she's in Argentina, tasked with wiretapping a congressman and infiltrating a group of student activists in Buenos Aires. As Vera becomes more and more enmeshed with the young radicals, the fragile local government begins to split at the seams. When a betrayal leaves her stranded in the wake of a coup, Vera learns the Cold War makes for strange and unexpected bedfellows, and she's forced to take extreme measures to save herself"--Provided by publisher.

After an economic collapse and other disasters in the near future, Americans are now the legal and illegal immigrants living abroad. They find work in cities like Buenos Aires, where their very own enclave, known as "Americatown," has taken root. Owen, a recent arrival, begins a journey to support and save his splintered family divided between the enclave and home back in the U.S. His struggle is just a small part of the hardships and conflicting agendas in an immigrant community trying to build itself in the shadow of a once great nation.

"Seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her father's cherished violin, leaves her small Italian village for a new home (and husband) halfway across the world in Argentina. Upon her arrival in Buenos Aires, Leda is shocked to find that her bridegroom has been killed. Unable to fathom the idea of returning home, she remains in this unfamiliar city, living in a commune, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution. She finally acts on a passion she has kept secret for years: mastering the violin"--Dust jacket flap.

New York student Bruce Cadogan learns of the legendary tango singer Julio Martel while working on his PhD thesis about Borges and the origins of the tango, and embarks upon a fascinating trip to Buenos Aires in search of him.

A novel about the love of a university student and a high school girl set in Buenos Aires shortly after the bombing of the Jewish association AMIA in 1994 and the problems that occur as a result of the differences in their ages, background, and religion.

"A debut novel about finding a new life and happiness where you least expect it"--Provided by publisher.

Translates Paula Varsavsky's Spanish novel about an adolescent girl, Luz, living in a wealthy section of 1970s Buenos Aires, whose divorced parents' emotional distance and, later, her father's sudden death lead her to a self-indulgent life of drugs and sex, and pregnancy by the age of sixteen.

Thirteen-year-old Ryan Barnes is the youngest skater in a group on an international tour to South America, but an Argentinean team, led by an older skater named Arsenio, is determined to win at any cost--including getting Ryan and his friends into serious trouble.

In Buenos Aires, where her father is the legal attach? at the U.S. Embassy, sixteen-year-old Tess falls in love and tries to live the fast and free life of her friends until she discovers the devastating consequences of ignoring rules.

Describes the history, culture, daily life, food, sports, and points of interest of the capital and largest city of Argentina, South America.