New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2011 - A

  • Arbores
    Trees
    Arbores
    Author:
    Calros Silvar
    Henrique Niño Ricoi
    Publisher: Baía Edicións
    This is a guide to the 50 most common species of trees in Western Europe, at any time of year. The texts and detailed illustrations of their leaves, blossoms and fruits, their bark and general appearance as the seasons change, provide ample means to identify them. There is also interesting information about their uses and their benefits for humans and animals.
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  • Art and Archive, 1920-2010. Geneology, Typology and Discontinuity
    Author:
    Anna Maria Guasch
    Publisher: EDICIONES AKAL SA
    The art of the  early avant-gardes is usually analysed under two main paradigms: that of the unique piece of work whose singularity stems from a break with existing foms, a shock effect, and that of multiplicity, discontinuity in the supporting space. But there is a third, often forgotten paradigm, that of the archive.
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  • AS CRÓNICAS DO SOCHANTRE
    the cantor's tales
    AS CRÓNICAS DO SOCHANTRE
    Author:
    Álvaro Cunqueiro
    Publisher: Editorial Galaxia
    A story told by a Breton nobleman that takes place during the French Revolution, a period chosen by Cunqueiro in order to surprise us with his historical knowledge and command of different literary registers.
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  • Atico
    top-floor flat
    Atico
    Author:
    Gabi Martínez
    Publisher: Libros del Naúfrago
    Agent: Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria S.L
    'Atico' opens with IT programmer Eduard feeling euphoric after he's fired from his job, because now at last he can shut himself up in his top-floor apartment in Barcelona's old city to programme an ambitious virtual game (which will be a world-wide success).
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