New Spanish Titles - Spring 2011 - D

  • Daniela, luna nueva
    Daniela, New Moon
    Daniela, luna nueva
    Author:
    Sonia Ruiz
    Publisher: Arcopress
    A side-splitting romantic comedy and witty satire on the safari and jungle adventure genre.
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  • De aquí se sale
    The Way Out
    De aquí se sale
    Author:
    Mario Conde
    Publisher: Ediciones Martínez Roca
    Everything that happens in the present is derived from the past, and for that reason, knowledge of that past is essential if we wish to construct the future on a solid basis. These are the two central ideas of this book. We must understand the reason for our situation, assume our responsibilty and add our own effort, our own dream and even our courage to change the situation.
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  • De camino a Karachi
    On the Road to Karachi
    De camino a Karachi
    Author:
    Kike Anzizu
    Publisher: Sirpus
    In 1969 the author begins his unusual journey east to save his girlfriend who is imprisoned in Beirut. When he doesn't achieve this, he decides to continue travelling. His open attitude to people and his positive poetic predisposition to marvel at everything is balanced by a sense of reality and justice which makes him rebel against the abuses he sees throughout his journey.
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  • Diccionario de la Biblia
    Dictionary of the Bible
    Diccionario de la Biblia
    Author:
    Xabier Pikaza Ibarrondo
    Publisher: Editorial Verbo Divino
    The Dictionary of the Bible brings together the principal writings on biblical exegesis and theology, centring them around two themes. The first is the story told in the Bible, constituting an important moment in human development, at least from a Western viewpoint.
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  • Diez ciudades y un sueño
    Ten Cities and One Dream
    Diez ciudades y un sueño
    Author:
    Meritxell Martí
    Xavier Salomó
    Publisher: COMBEL EDITORIAL S. A.
    The creators of 10 viajes y 1 sueño (Ten Journeys and One Dream) surprise us again with this 3D book, a poetic and colourful tour of ten of the prettiest cities on the planet. The final pop-up is a great homage to the world of fantasy.
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  • Diosas y guerreras
    Goddesses and Women Warriors
    Diosas y guerreras
    Author:
    Alfonso Azpiri
    Diana Azpiri
    Publisher: DIBBUKS S.L
    Woman: Powerful. Dominant. Sometimes cruel. Independent and seductive. Alfonso Azpiri illustrates her better than anyone. All the goddesses and women warriors are represented here, in all their glory. Fiction, real life and myth all have examples of the most beautiful -- and dangerous -- women.
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  • Dones del cielo. Abeja y miel en el Mediterráneo antiguo
    Gifts from God: The Bee and Honey in the Ancient Meditterainean
    Dones del cielo. Abeja y miel en el Mediterráneo antiguo
    Author:
    Pilar Fernández Uriel
    Publisher: UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA
    This book offers a vision of the bee and its products from their economic, social, symbolic, religious and cultural perspectives in the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, in chronological order starting in Prehistory and continuing to Late Antiquity, in an analysis supported by a great number of references drawn from literature, epigraphs, numismatics, archaeology and iconography.
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  • Dos palabras
    Two Words
    Dos palabras
    Author:
    Garazi Goia
    Publisher: ALBERDANIA, SL
    The heroine of this novel, a woman accustomed to being in control of her life since the start of her freshly minted youth, has been hurt. But, far from being daunted, she makes an effort of will to overcome any self pity or melancholy. She faces a challenge that will probably mark her for life: to learn to live with sadness without being beaten by it, without giving up on life.
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