New Spanish Titles - Spring 2010 - U

  • Un lugar llamado escuela
    A placed named school
    Author:
    Eulàlia Bosch
    Publisher: Editorial Graó
    Readers will find this remarkable book will make them think, rethink and clarify the educational maze in which we appear to be trapped.
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  • Un viaje en el tiempo
    A journey through time
    Author:
    Alejandro Braña
    Publisher: Ediciones Nueve Doce
    The goal has been to document for the first time in photographs the interiors of the homes built by “Indianos” on their return from América in the first quarter of the twentieth century. The title makes reference to the tour of these private homes where time has stood still and we can share the luxury enjoyed by their first owners.
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  • Una aldea en tiempos del Románico
    A village in Romanesque times
    Author:
    Jaime Nuño Gonzalez
    Publisher: Fundación Santa Mª la Real
    The book consists of twenty-eight chapters which describe, through simple text and colour illustrations, the daily life of a people around the year 1200, the year in which most of the Romanesque churches of Europe's rural areas were being built. These scenes were chosen to illustrate different aspects of the construction of the temple and the daily lives of these people.
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  • Una idea peregrina
    The Idea of a Pilgrimage
    Author:
    Alfonso Biescas
    Publisher: Ediciones Luciérnaga
    'It was snowing that January afternoon, it was cold, very cold. My heart was frozen; the north-east wind frosted my footsteps. Walking along the seaside, I remembered. It had been a difficult year, hard, very hard. Both my parents had just died after long, debilitating illnesses which prolonged their agony. I thought about death, my present sadness, my future loneliness.'
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