Books published by Padmore Publishing

Life becomes difficult for a ten-year-old orphan after she lost both parents and is sent to her uncle's house in England. In his big house, she feels more lonely as ever, since her uncle is never home, her cousin is a sickly child and the servants treat her as if she is a spoiled kid.But day after day she discovers new experiences, rewarding challenges and above all, a secret behind a wall outside the house: A secret garden locked for years.Why such a once, beautiful space, had been forever closed? With the help of the gardener's son and her cousin, she tries to find out the mystery and power of a magical place full of wonder and healing. A timeless classic everyone should read.

Seleccion del Mes de la Asociacion Las Comadres de las Americas, el Latino Book Club y de Association of American Publishers (APP). Dos amigas de descendencia hispana se ven involucradas en una intriga creada por la farmacutica para la cual trabajan en la ciudad de Chicago. Podrn Valeria y Mercedes detener el maquiavlico plan de su jefe antes de que afecte a un grupo de jvenes que sin querer terminan envueltos en la vorgine de la confabulacin?Plaga de Oro, el nuevo libro de Ila Monroe, nos muestra cun frgil es nuestra existencia convirtiendo uno de nuestros mayores temores, el contagio, en una pesadilla visceral. Una pesadilla que se origina en un lugar en el que buscamos consuelo: en una cama de hospital. Este es un libro que no podrs parar de leer!Tambin disponible en ingls.

Two friends of Hispanic descent are involved in a plot created by the drug company for which they work in the city of Chicago. Can Valeria and Mercedes stop their boss Machiavellian plan before it affects a group of young people who inadvertently end up involved in the maelstrom of the conspiracy?Golden Plague, the new offering by Ila Monroe, sheds a light on the frailty of our existence by sculpting one of our biggest fears, contagion, into a visceral nightmare; a nightmare that originates in a place where we seek solace and safety: a hospital bed. You wont be able to put this book down!

"Of these female slave narratives, Harriet Jacobs's book is the crowning achievement. Manifesting a command of rhetorical devices and narrative strategies rivaled only by that of Frederick Douglass, Jacobs's autobiography is one of the major works of Afro-American literature."--Alida S. Becker, New York Times Our long-term debate against rape and the objectivation of women as sexual slaves resounds in the pages of this book about a woman who lived more than 200 hundred years ago. The fact that women, in general, are still viewed under the scope of unscrupulous men as the objects of subjugation for their own selfish pleasures is nothing new, but the fact that it has been standard behavior for so long doesn't deem it acceptable. Silent No More, the most recent version of Harriet Jacobs' tale of her life as a slave, and under the constant sexual predatorial scheme of her master, is a cautionary and empowerment tale for modern girls who, even thou not slaves per se, sometimes are at the mercy of powerful men in their lives that treat them as so. In its pages, and in the words of Harriet, they will find reaffirmation that it is right to escape their predators and, more importantly, to defend their rights as women to choose, to say no, and to find their own inner strength and validity to pursue their choices, instead of being pursued. - author Ila Monroe. This book offers a rare perspective on American slavery as it affected women. It is also a testament, I think, to the value of literacy and knowledge as an instrument for winning and preserving free human life. Although this story is not pretty, it is a testament to human persistence in the face of adversity and to the precious character of human freedom. --By Robin Friedman