New Spanish Titles - Spring 2011 - O

  • O señor don Nicanor
    O señor don Nicanor
    O señor don Nicanor
    Author:
    Ana Fernández Abascal
    Flavio Morais
    Publisher: Kalandraka Editora
    The author brings together three personalities as the protagonists of a story which each one reads in turn, with a formula which is repeated like a chorus. The three turn to a book to fill a need for excitement, entertainment and learning which television doesn't offer them.  The illustrations are  flat, schematic, with intense colours and striking contrasts.
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  • Ocultos
    Ocultos
    Author:
    Jordi Sierra i Fabra
    Publisher: Montena
    When Enrique Ardiach, an important businessman and well-known antiquarian, dies in a strange plane accident, his two grandchildren Elisabet and Eduardo are left on their own. They find their grandfather's briefcase in the wreckage of the plane, along with mystical signs and a hastily scribbled note telling them to "look for Gerard de Villiers".
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  • Oficio editor
    The profession of editor
    Oficio editor
    Author:
    Mario Muchnik
    Publisher: El Aleph Editores
    The memoirs of one of the most important literary editors in Spain.  'Oficio editor' is a declaration support for a profession as old as the book. Muchnik responds to the imminent digital revolution by defining the insurmountable and irreplaceable qualities of the editorial profession:  to protect the author from their errors and the reader from theirs.
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  • On el dia dorm amb els ulls oberts
    On el dia dorm amb els ulls oberts
    On el dia dorm amb els ulls oberts
    Author:
    Toni Pou
    Publisher: Editorial Empúries
    'On el dia dorm amb els ulls oberts' is a reconstruction of the journey of  young scientific journalist Toni Pou to the Canadian Arctic. Embarking on the Amundsen, he took part in the research carried out on board the boat which was equipped with state of the art scientific equipment.
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