New Spanish Titles - Spring 2010

  • A fuego lento
    Slow Cooked
    Author:
    Anna Casanovas
    Publisher: Esencia
    Guillermo is tired of aeroplanes, hotels and different time zones… Now, he is considering making some radical changes in his life so he can spend more time with his family, friends and maybe even find love. However, for the moment he needs to concentrate on work and spend some time setting himself up in New York.
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  • Acompañar en el duelo
    Coping with Grief
    Author:
    Adela Torres Soler
    Publisher: Ediciones Luciérnaga
    Structured as an interview, Adela explains in this book how she approaches terminally ill patients, tells the story of the death of her husband, the moment that she discovered the philosophy of doctor Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and how this gave her the strength to found the AVES association (Association of Volunteers for Recovering Patients).
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  • Adiós a China
    Goodbye China
    Author:
    Suso Mourelo
    Publisher: Interfolio
    Goodbye to China shows a deep analysis about the changes China has suffered in recent years with some touches of humour and sharp dialogues.
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  • Al margen
    A marginal trip to India
    Author:
    Daniel Ortiz
    Talía Luis Casado
    Publisher: Ediciones Escalera
    A worldly portrait of India depicted from street treading. It is full of tenderness, humour, pain and paradoxes. The result is a vital, literary rarity built equally from anger, love and inspiration.
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  • Al otro lado del espejo
    At the Other Side of the Mirror
    Author:
    Jordi Sierra i Fabra
    Publisher: Destino Infantil & Juvenil
    Marisa is a teenage girl full of questions that can't be answered, of fears and concerns about herself, her body and her feelings. At sixteen years old she doesn't yet know what love is, nor above all, who to give it to. Again and again she asks questions to her image in the mirror. Looking at it she feels an invisible pain rising up from her inner depths.
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  • ALFABETIZACIÓN INFORMÁTICA. Ordenador y Tecnologías de la Información: Conceptos Básicos
    COMPUTER LITERACY. Computer and information technologies: basic concepts.
    COMPUTER LITERACY. Computer and information technologies: basic concepts
    Author:
    Ramón Carlos Suárez y Alonso
    Publisher: IDEASPROPIAS EDITORIAL S.L.
    In the middle of the 20th century, advances in computer science revolutionized how ordinary people live their lives. The advent of the Internet opened up information to the world, and e-mails and mobile phones changed forever how we interact with each other.
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  • Andy Warhol
    Andy Warhol
    Author:
    Patricia Geis
    Publisher: COMBEL EDITORIAL S. A.
    Read report: ¡Mira qué artista!- Andy Warhol
    Art is now within range of even the youngest readers with this magnificent collection of books combining different aspects: information, history, pictures, activities, pop-ups, etc. All that is required to get young readers interested in the world of art, both classical and contemporary, in an amusing and original manner.
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  • Animales del mar y Animales de la selva
    Sea Animals and Jungle Animals
    Author:
    Mike Lowery
    Publisher: Bilingual Readers
    -Two books in one sturdy box. -Teaches basic animal vocabulary in English and Spanish. -For children 0-3 years. -Free audio files and extra activities available on bilingualreaders.com. -Rounded corners and washable pages. -Each box in this collection helps children explore two different aspects of the same theme while discovering the world around them.
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  • As de espadas
    Ace of spades
    Author:
    Javier Otaola
    Publisher: Viamagna
     Who could imagine that in a place like Santa Isabel, a retreat house of the Opus Dei on the outskirts of Bilbao, among old friends called together to remember the good times, a tragedy could happen? Which reasons could Luis Raymond have to commit suicide? A man like him, a rich shipping magnate, happily married to the countess of Beaulieu.
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  • Asturias, patrimonio industrial
    Asturias, industrial heritage
    Author:
    Alejandro Braña
    Publisher: Ediciones Nueve Doce
    A look at the extensive industrial heritage of Asturias since the beginning of industrialisation. The book is organised in chapters under different sectors: mining, iron and steel industry, etc. and dedicates some pages to times before the industrial era with examples of mallets, windmills and other hydraulic devices.
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