New Spanish Titles - Spring 2011 - E

  • El libro mágico
    The magic book
    Author:
    Bet Capdevila
    Cromosoma team with illustrations by Roser Capdevila
    Publisher: Cromosoma Ediciones
     In this book, the youngest children will learn how to follow instructions in a fun way. On each page, the Three Baby Triplets explain and illustrate a situation, and the reader is also asked to interact with the book: to blow, to scratch an object in drawing, to clap… On the following page, the child will see the consequences of their actions.
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  • El médico de Esquilache
    The Doctor from Esquilache
    El médico de Esquilache
    Author:
    Pedro Corral
    Publisher: El Aleph Editores
    Gesualdo Bonocompagni, a young Sicilian doctor, based in the Court of Carlos II, is sent by the Marquis de Esquilache to the north of Spain to spread knowledge of a new surgical practice: caesarean section on dead pregnant women to avoid that their children are buried alive inside them.
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  • El meu Barça
    My Barcelona
    El meu Barça
    Author:
    Bojan Krkic
    Publisher: Columna Edicions S.A.
    "I was born a Barcelonian and I'll die a Barcelonian. There's nothing to compare with wearing the blue-maroon shirt. Twelve years after arriving at Barcelona I had to leave to find happiness. If I couldn't be happy in football I couldn't be happy with life. I wanted to smile again. Turn the page. But the future is not written yet. I'll write it." Bojan Krkic.
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  • El mundo en el oído
    The World in Your Ear
    El mundo en el oído
    Author:
    Ramón Andrés
    Publisher: Acantilado/ QUADERNS CREMA S.A.
    When did music begin? This question leads Ramón Andrés from the original encounter of humans with sound to the work of contemporary composers, from China to Mesopotamia via India, Egypt, Greece and Rome to the West today, through magic, medicine, mathematics and astronomy.
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  • El port del nou mon
    The Port of Nou Mon
    El port del nou mon
    Author:
    Xulio Ricardo Trigo
    Publisher: Edicions 62 S.A.
    Agent: Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria S.L
    After the serious crisis of the 15th century, Barcelona begins to open itself to the new times of the Renaissance. But the commercial development of the city is hampered by the lack of a port offering safe harborage. In 1477, King Juan II asks the Italian specialist, Stassi de Alejandría, to undertake the difficult task of constructing a new safe port.
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  • El primer dia d'escola
    The First Day of School
    El primer dia d'escola
    Author:
    Pasqual Alapont
    Publisher: ANIMALLIBRES EDITORIAL S.L.
    José is starting a new school year and he’s a little nervous. What will the new playground be like? Is it true the big boys take your ball away. The teacher smiles. This is a good sign. Let’s see how long it lasts!
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  • El rastro del odio
    The Scent of Hatred
    El rastro del odio
    Author:
    Jordi Sierra i Fabra
    Publisher: Sirpus
    Juan Bárcenas is murdered in an old people's home in Barcelona, a sordid place governed by indifference, neglect and resentment.
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  • El ratón y los disfraces
    The mouse and the dressing up box
    El ratón y los disfraces
    Author:
    Irene Verdú
    Noèlia Conca
    Publisher: Edicions del Bullent
     What do you need to do to discover a world full of possibilities? Sometimes all you have to do is… imagine, dress up, dream, open a wonderful book, or… just take the paw of a little globe-trotting mouse!
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  • El sinsentido común
    Common Nonsense
    El sinsentido común
    Author:
    Borja Vilaseca
    Publisher: Ediciones Temas de Hoy
    Agent: Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria S.L
     Our existence is constructed on a society that conditions us to think and behave in a determined way. For this reason, most of us have an egocentric, materialistic lifestyle, aimed at satisfying our own interests. Nevertheless, work, consumption, image and entertainment are unable to fill our inner void.
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  • El sueño de Lu Shzu
    Lu Shzu's Dream
    El sueño de Lu Shzu
    Author:
    Ricardo Gómez
    Tesa González
    Publisher: Edelvives
    Lu Shzu is a little girl who works on the assembly line in a factory. She leads a tranquil life until she discovers that the factory produces toys and she wants to have a doll of her own. She begins to collect pieces, but she is discovered and dismissed. However, her grandmother will manage to give her one as a gift.
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