New Spanish Titles - Spring 2010

  • La Cenicienta que no quería comer perdices
    The Cinderella Who Didn’t Want to Live Happily Ever After
    Author:
    Myriam Cameros Sierra
    Nunila López Salamero
    Publisher: Editorial Planeta S.A.
    “And They Lived Happily Ever After”. This is the conventional ending that we’re all familiar with. But... were they really happy? Was the prince really as perfect as he seemed in the story? And the princess, how will she like her new life?
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  • La contadora de películas
    The movie teller
    Author:
    Hernán Rivera Letelier
    Publisher: Ediciones B
    Read report: La contadora de películas
     This is the story of María Margarita, a girl with the strange gift of telling movies. When a film starring Marilyn Monroe, Gary Cooper, or Charlton Heston, or a Mexican feature packed with songs, arrives to the village, exact change for a ticket is collected at María’s house and she is sent to watch it.
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  • La criatura del Bosque
    The beast from the woods
    Author:
    Pedro Riera
    Publisher: GRUPO EDEBE
    Both children stopped to look around. That silence was not a good sign. A few seconds passed and there was a loud crack. Someone, or something, had snapped a stick. The two friends turned pale. If it was an animal, it must be huge. Their hearts pounded against their chests. There was another noise. This time, a lot closer. Whatever it was, it was coming closer, and it was approaching quickly.
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  • La crisis Ninja y otros misterios de la economía actual
    The Ninja Crisis
    Author:
    Leopoldo Abadía
    Publisher: Espasa
    If you are still wondering what is going on with the current global econo¬mic crisis, this is your book. Leopoldo Abadía explains in a very positive and clear way that anyone is able to make the most out of the worst situa¬tions in life. The key is to put a brave face and always keep a good sense of humour.
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  • La dama de Duwisib
    The lady of Duwisib
    Author:
    Eduardo Garrigues
    Publisher: Ediciones Martínez Roca
    Beginning of XX century. An American woman fascinated by Africa and by an impossible love. Jayta Humphreys, a rich American lady married to a German veteran of the colonial wars tells her life in German Southwest Africa.
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  • La diferencia sexual en la historia
    The sexual difference in history
    Author:
    María-Milagros Rivera Garretas
    Publisher: Publicacions de la Universitat de València
    This book has the risky goal of offering a passage to a place where almost nobody has yet been. That place is the History that goes beyond a social aspect, and not against it. In the 20th century, the triumph of the left thinking has lead people to believe that all History is social.
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  • La educación física
    Physical education
    Author:
    Domingo Blázquez Sánchez
    Publisher: Editorial Inde
    “Physical Education” offers a perspective of PE through the years: beginnings, evolution according to different trends, possible trends in the future. It speaks about its important role in the education system.
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  • La espada y la llama
    The Sword and the Flame
    Author:
    Mónica Peñalver
    Publisher: Esencia
    This is the love story between Morvan and Lua, two young nobles in the Spanish Middle Ages. Morvan is widely known as ‘the impassive’ because of his ability to hide his emotions. After years of service to Prince Pelagius he has finally been given a feudal seat to occupy.
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  • La fe cristiana en la societat actual
    Christian Faith in Contemporary Society
    Author:
    Josep Maria Rovira Belloso
    Publisher: Edicions 62 S.A.
    In this rigorous and accessible essay, the renowned theologian Josep Maria Rovira Belloso reflects on the basis and the role of Christian Faith upon today’s society, both at an individual and collective level.
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  • La libertad esta dentro
    Freedom is within us
    Author:
    Idota Ronzón
    Publisher: Plataforma Editorial S.L.
    Prison equals to punishment, but it can also mean redemption. This book is a heart-breaking story of 10 real –life examples about misanthropy, hatred, cruelty, ambitions or mere disgrace. A piece of journalistic work that tells us about the experience of 10 people, some of whom hiding their identity, in order to discover never heard-of details of their crimes.
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