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Costa Rica:
Remarkable Tales from Our Super Vacation Spot
By the staff and contributors at A.M. Costa Rica
& James J. Brodell
A.M. Costa Rica celebrates its 16th anniversary
with a compilation of classic news reports geared
to the needs of foreigners living here and those
elsewhere with personal or business interests in
this vacation paradise.
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| Publish and Make Money: A Brief Guide to Profitability With Your New Magazine, Newsletter or NewspaperBy Sharon Brodell & James J. Brodell My wife, Sharon, was under firm instructions to shoot me if I ever tried to start a newspaper again. Alas, her pistol misfired, so here we are approaching 17 years of running an English-language newspaper. The book is now available for sale Click Here |
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Spooky Costa Rica
By James J. Brodell
English speaking authors living in Costa Rica show
the paranormal side of the country through
original short stories that range from the
whimsical to the terrifying. The authors, all
readers of the English-language daily A.M. Costa
Rica, submitted their works in a Halloween-themed
contest by the newspaper. The stories add to the
already ample supernatural traditions of the
country. More information Click
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Bohemian Road
Trip
By Paul Furlong
"Makin' it Real--a Road Trip," is basically three
themes running concurrently: A motorcycle racer
who betrays himself by quitting... who looks at
his watch one day... and realizes he's thirty
now... and if he was going to be a star, he would
be by now. So he quits racing and takes a year
long trip to see who else might be in his
reflection.
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Guide to Costa Rican Spanish
By Christopher Howard
This one-of-a kind best-selling Costa Rica
Spanish phrasebook will help anyone including
older retirees master the basics of using Costa
Rican Spanish in real-life situations. Retirees,
expats and tourists will get the most of of
Costa Rica, be able to communicate effectively
with Costa Ricans and understand the local
culture.
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Flying into the Sun
By Paul Ogier
A Mexican army truck and a
private airplane race toward each other on a
remote runway in southern Mexico. Their game
of chicken marks the end of a young surfer’s
true-life smuggling odyssey involving midnight
powwows with Zapotecs of Oaxaca, transporting
weed across Central America and the Rio
Grande, learning to fly, and a stint in a
Mexican penitentiary.
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The Dark Side of Pura Vida: Murder, Betrayal,
Abduction and Revenge in the Vacation Paradise
By James J. Brodell
Retired baseball player Jack Patterson becomes
suspicious after his younger sister dies in a
Pacific Ocean rip tide while on vacation in Costa
Rica. Jack has to go there to find answers to
troubling questions.
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| When Love Ignites: Five Stories of Beginnings By James J. Brodell Why love? In five different situations in as many stories love strikes, sometimes in an unusual way. What happens next remains uncertain, but the couples have a foundation for the future. The book is now available for sale Click Here
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| Six Short Heresies . . . Just for You By James J. Brodell Life is full of untested assumptions: Prostitution exploits women, bloody religious ceremonies are of the past, Santa is jolly, there is one God, suburban life requires a great lawn. The six stories here, some drawn from life and some tongue-in-cheek, suggest otherwise. The book is now available for sale Click Here
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Life is a
Tropical Garden
By Victoria Torley
A quirky look at gardening in the tropics. What
happens when a "Northern" gardener moves to Costa
Rica? You have no idea.
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