New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2011

  • Superheroes
    Superheroes
    Superheroes
    Author:
    Roberto Aliaga
    Roger Olmos
    Publisher: Grupo Anaya
    "For the last few months, I've been going to a school for superheroes. Everyone there has superpowers, and Miss Merche teaches us to use them." These are the opening lines to this surprising comic book in which you will meet  Susi, who can telekick; Andres, who is able to travel without leaving his armchair; Johnny, with night vision and Darius, who can stop time.
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  • Technostress
    Technostress
    Author:
    José María Martínez Selva
    Publisher: Paidós
    A rift seems to be opening up at the moment between “digital natives” and “digital incomers”, that is to say between those who have been born and brought up with the new technology and those who have had to adapt to it, with more or less success.
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  • Tell Me a Story
    Tell Me a Story
    Author:
    Carlos Goñi
    Publisher: Editorial Ariel
    Stories left untold are forgotten and gnaw away at the memory. Herodotus of Halicarnassus knew this well. Twenty five centuries ago he travelled all over the  known world, investigating, asking questions, observing… and wrote down his "histories" in a great work that has come down to posterity with the simple title History.
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  • The Infant Brain: The Great Opportunity
    Author:
    José Antonio Marina
    Publisher: Editorial Ariel
    The study of the brain has produced spectacular results in recent years but this knowledge has been applied more in medicine than at school, in the education of our children. This is not sensible.
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  • The Unwritten Rules for Business Success. Professional Information Technology, 2nd Edition
    Author:
    Roberto Canales
    Publisher: Starbook
    Information Technology is a new profession, not always properly understood. Whether students, buyers or managers of technology, we should ask ourselves if we have grasped what we are dealing with here. We attempt to explain, from a provocative and unconventional point of view, what this job involves, and invite you to consider all its complexities.
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  • Tristísima ceniza
    Sad Ashes
    Author:
    Iñaket
    Mikel Begoña
    Publisher: Norma Editorial S.A.
    The Spanish Civil War from the viewpoint of Robert Capa
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  • Tu zodiaco chino
    "Your Chinese Zodiac " Collection: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Cock, Dog, Pig
    Author:
    Rosa Collado Bascompte
    Publisher: ACV Ediciones
    Your Chinese Zodiac is an ideal collection for immersing yourself in Oriental wisdom and the main characteristics of your sign in the Chinese zodiac. The 12 virtues of each sign are explained through curious and humorous examples of famous people, the compatability between signs, legends and curiosities related to the animal of your sign.
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  • Tus doce virtudes irresistibles
    "Your 12 Irresitible Virtues" Collection
    Author:
    Rosa Collado Bascompte
    Publisher: ACV Ediciones
    This is a amusing collection of twelve books, one for each sign of the zodiac, which explains the 12 virtues that make each sign special; compatabilities, the best stories related to the most prominant people belonging to each sign. The perfect present for birthdays and other special occasions.
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  • Un hombre llamado Lobo
    Un hombre llamado Lobo
    Author:
    Oliverio Coelho
    Publisher: Duomo
    Agent: Guillermo Schavelzon & Asoc. Agencia Literaria
    Read report: Un Hombre Llamado Lobo (A Man Called Lobo)
    “Filled with original touches and surprising twists and turns, the book is a both a gloomy but playful metaphor for Argentina’s recent history, delving into themes such as the continually thwarted aspirations of the middle classes, corruption and patriarchal ideals, and also an exhilarating but weird existential road trip.” (Kit Maude)
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  • Un million de piedras
    A Million Pebbles
    Author:
    Miquel Silvestre
    Publisher: Barataria
    A man weary of everything, a motorbike, a landscape of breathtaking beauty. With these ingredients Miquel Silvestre set out on a journey through Africa. From Nairobi to Capetown, from Maseru to Maputo, he travelled 15 000 kilometres of jungle, savannah and desert: ten countries, bribes at frontiers, rivers, mountains, antelopes, 3000 stars and the Skeleton Coast.
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