New Spanish Titles - Spring 2011 - E

  • El vampir Ladislau
    The Vampire Ladislau (Picturebook)
    El vampir Ladislau
    Author:
    Enric Lluch
    Publisher: Edicions Bromera, empresa editorial, S.L.U.
    The Vampire Ladislau has a problem: his teeth are not sharpened and without them he can’t scare anyone or bite succulent necks. The life of a vampire can be very hard!
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  • El viaje a España de Charles Garnier y Gustave Boulanger (1868)
    Journey to Spain by Charles Garnier and Gustave Boulanger (1868)
    El viaje a España de Charles Garnier y Gustave Boulanger (1868)
    Author:
    Fernando Marias
    Publisher: Editorial Nerea
    In May 1868, the architect of the Paris Opera and the Monte Carlo Casino, Jean-Louis Charles Garnier set off on a journey around Spain lasting 25 days; he was accompanied by his wife, Louise Bary, and two friends: his disciple the architect Ambroise Baudry and the painter Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger.
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  • El vientre cósmico. La mujer en la posmodernidad
    THE COSMIC WOMB. Woman in Postmodernity
    El vientre cósmico. La mujer en la posmodernidad
    Author:
    María Eugenia Eyras
    Publisher: Sirpus
    What is the difference between a woman in the twenty first century and in previous epochs? Does gender equality mean she has to renounce her different point of view and her values? Postmodernity offers a new integrating paradigm which overcomes the dualist vision of opposition and suggests kinder, less aggressive ways of living. Nowadays feminine energy is becoming more prominent.
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  • El vigilante del fiordo
    The Guardian of the Fiord
    El vigilante del fiordo The Guardian of the Fiord
    Author:
    Fernando Aramburu
    Publisher: TUSQUETS EDITORES, S.A.
    Read report: El vigilante del fiordo
    In the wake of the acclaimed short story book "Los peces de la amargura" (The fishes of sorrow), The Guardian of the Ford provides eight stories written in implacable and lucid style. The circumstances and life experiences of the characters are taughtly drawn, underlining all the drama and heroism that the human soul contains, as well as the meanness, atrocity and absurdity.
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  • El zapato de la lengua rota
    The Shoe with a Broken Tongue
    El zapato de la lengua rota
    Author:
    Maria Zabay
    Publisher: Editorial Almuzara
    Young Erhard, from a well off German family and a close friend of Heinrich Himmler, is sent to Poland as a Nazi spy. He disguises himself as a Jew, even circumcising himself, and enters into a world of stratagems, manipulations, betrayals and deceit that end most unexpectedly.
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  • El zoo de Antón
    Antón's zoo
    El zoo de Antón
    Author:
    Juan Berrio
    Publisher: Bang Ediciones
     Antón likes to draw. One day, as he draws a ladybird, something magical happens: it starts to fly and becomes real. The ladybird plays with Antón and introduces him to an entire fantastic world. It draws a sheep with its wings as it flies, and then this too becomes alive; with its wool, the sheep traces the outline of a duck which, suddenly, starts to walk.
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  • Els mandarins
    Mandarins
    Els mandarins
    Author:
    Rafael Nadal
    Publisher: Columna Edicions S.A.
    Mandarins is the author's personal vision of the powerful figures with whom he has spent long, intense periods of time.
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  • Emprende tu propia aventura
    Launch your own adventure
    Emprende tu propia aventura
    Author:
    Joan Riera
    Tomás Soler
    Publisher: LID Editorial Empresarial
     Kim is an entrepreneur who decides to set up her own business. As her project advances, she must confront  all the doubts and challenges that any entrepreneur comes across. At the end of each chapter, the reader will have to make important decisions: depending on what she or he chooses, Kim's project will take one path or other.
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  • En la feria
    At The Fair
    En la feria
    Author:
    Enric Lluch
    Publisher: Algar Editorial S.L.
    At the fair there are lots of things Alex likes: a balloon, an icecream, some sweets… But you can't have everything…or can you?
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  • Entre dos lunas
    Between two moons
    Entre dos lunas
    Author:
    María Flavia Catella Zancada
    Publisher: Vértice
    With an autobiographical, and often poetic tone, the author recounts her life story, from her childhood and youth in her native Argentina to her present day experience in Spain.
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