New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2011 - P

  • Pa negre
    black bread
    Pa negre
    Author:
    Emili Teixidor
    Publisher: Columna Edicions S.A.
    Read report: PA NEGRE
    “Black Bread is an exceptional novel. Written in striking literary language, it describes post-war life in Catalonia through the eyes of a young boy who doesn’t understand the compromises the adults have to reach in order to survive.” (Peter Bush)
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  • País de llops
    wolf country
    País de llops
    Author:
    Xavier Vernetta
    Publisher: Edicions Proa
    The Marquess of Torregrossa reads an article in the newspaper that worries him. It's Tuesday the 24th of March, 1964. The ex-legionnaire Francisco de Paula Goyanes would rather take a sip of liquor than go back to the barracks where he lives; he just wants to be left in peace. When he drinks he ends up talking more than he should and this is dangerous.
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  • Para Ana (de tu muerto)
    To Ana (from your dead man)
    Para Ana (de tu muerto)
    Author:
    Juan del Val
    Nuria Roca
    Publisher: Espasa
    Ana met the writer Carlos Pacheco when she was scarcely a teenager and shared twenty years of her life with him. Amoral, passionate and brilliant, Carlos was, for better or worse, the most extraordinary thing that happened to Ana. After an intense, torturous relationship, Ana wants to be normal. This goal will be the true adventure of her life.
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  • PARÍS - CABALLO DE FUEGO
    Paris - horse of fire
    PARÍS - CABALLO DE FUEGO
    Author:
    Florencia Bonelli
    Publisher: Suma de letras
    Agent: Guillermo Schavelzon & Asoc. Agencia Literaria
    Eliah Al-Saud is a charming young man related to the Arab royal family, a powerful millionaire who heads a French security company that in reality offers clandestine defence and espionage services to the highest bidder. Matilde Martínez is a young Argentine paediatrician who dreams of going to Africa with an NGO.
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  • Pending Issues. Seven Philosophica Questions for Today
    Author:
    Antoni Defez
    Publisher: Publicacions de la Universitat de València
    The civic duty of the philosopher or of any of us; the abandonment of the sacred without renouncing the mystery of the world's existence; experiences of death in extreme situations such as the death penalty, suicide or euthanasia, bearing in mind that life is not sacred; animal rights as an extension of the rights humans claim for ourselves; the question of our identity as people; the probl
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  • Personas en la sala
    people in the living room
    Personas en la sala
    Author:
    Norah Lange
    Publisher: Barataria
    Read report: PERSONAS EN LA SALA/ PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
    “This seemed to me a jewel of a book. As the plot summary shows, nothing much happens, but the writing brilliantly conveys the wild imaginings of a mind just on the verge of adulthood, when that world is still a mystery but is endlessly fascinating, even if there is no explanation.” (Nick Caistor)
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  • Picasso + CD - Level MCER: A1-A2
    Picasso + CD - Level MCER: A1-A2
    Author:
    Various Authors
    Publisher: DIFUSION
    Malaga, Barcelona, Paris, painting, Bohemia, passion, endless vitality… these are just a brief outline of the concepts which the intense, magnetic life of Pablo Picasso bring to mind. This reading narrates the artist's life through his portraits of the women he loved.
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  • Plan de marketing
    Marketing Planning in Practice
    Author:
    José Mª Sainz de Vicuña Ancín
    Publisher: ESIC Editorial
    “Pleasing, useful, rigorous, practical, attractive, effective, interesting, profound, superb, balances, enriching, well-structured, clarifying, detailed, coherent, systematic, precise, up to date…” These are just some of the words used by professionals whose testimonies you will find at the start of the book, to describe El plan de marketing en la práctica (Marketing Planning in Practice).
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  • Por Qué Necesitas Un Coach
    Why You Need A Coach
    Author:
    Juan Carlos Cubeiro
    Publisher: ALIENTA EDITORIAL
    This book is a work of reference for anyone who wants to know what coaching is, what specific skills it helps to develop and what choices it gives you in obtaining your goals. Juan Carlos Cubeiro, one of our leading experts, will guide you through the main precepts of coaching to overcome your fears and get rid of the beliefs that prevent you from fulfilling your aims.
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  • Practical Manual of Basic Soldering
    Author:
    José Mª Carpintero
    Publisher: Starbook
    In designing this book the broad range of its users and their levels of professionalism has been taken into account, so as to provide a practical and useful manual for all. It will be as invaluable for professionals as for those starting out on the art of soldering.
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