New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2009

  • La risa de las mujeres muertas
    The laughter of the dead women
    Author:
    José Emilio Iniesta González
    Publisher: Fernando Fernández Villa
    Julio Pretel, a soloist from Seville, has a strange encounter with a mysterious woman in the beautiful Alcazar of Seville. Then the girl disappears before his eyes, vanishing into thin air. Hallucination? A paranormal experience? A leap in time?
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  • La torre Agbar. El interior
    The Agbar Tower. The Interior
    Author:
    Gerardo García Ventosa
    Publisher: Edicions UPC
    It is easy to recognize the Agbar Tower, but it is difficult to discover its interior. How is light treated? How is the space distribution approached? Is it compartmentalized space or open floor? Which are the innovative technical solutions? What kind of furniture have the designers created or chosen? Do the outside colours have anything in common with the interior?
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  • La tortuga
    The tortoise
    Author:
    Elisenda Queralt
    Publisher: COMBEL EDITORIAL S. A.
    An entertaining and surprising collection to help the little ones understand the need to protect endangered species close to home. In the first two volumes, curiosities and fascinating details about the Mediterranean tortoise and the salamander.
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  • LA VENGANZA ES DULCE Y ADEMÁS ENGORDA
    Author:
    Gervasio Posadas
    Publisher: Espasa
    Victim to the current crisis, to past ones and to his proverbial bad luck, Leonardo Expósito takes a radical decision: he mortgages his mother’s house and enrols in a prestigious business school. There he intends to hobnob with other businessmen and get back on the road to success, while hiding the downfalls of his professional career and his past life.
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  • La veu del noi cantor.
    The singer child’s voice
    Author:
    Ireneu Segarra
    Publisher: AMALGAMA Edicions
    This singing method collects the experiences carried out with the children of the Choir School of Montserrat, the result of years of work by the author. Some chapters are intended to provide information about the Choir School and its history as a summary of its music curriculum.
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  • La vida privada de los Seymour
    The Private Life of the Seymours
    Author:
    Itsaso Lozano Madariaga
    Publisher: CÍRCULO DE LECTORES, S.A.U.
    Audrey´s life has been turned upside down. She has left her lover with whom she shared a home since University. She has quit her job, tired of never receiving enough recognition for her work at the Museum. But only days later does it dawn on Audrey that she has thrown it all away. She has lost the love of her life as well as the career she had always dreamed of.
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  • La voz de los flamencos. Retratos y autorretratos
    Flamencos’ voice. Portraits and self-portraits
    Author:
    Miguel Mora Díaz
    Publisher: Ediciones Siruela, S.A.
    Read report: La voz de los flamencos: Retratos y autorretratos
    An indispensable book about Flamenco, with 28 interviews, three authors dictionaries, more than 100 photographies and a CD with 20 tracks comprising a Century of Flamenco Art.
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  • LA VOZ. La técnica y la expresión
    THE VOICE. The technique and the expression
    Author:
    Inés Bustos Sánchez
    Publisher: Editorial Paidotribo S.L.
    This manual takes a comprehensive approach to the voice in its different categories. The first part of the book introduces the concept of voice from its symbiosis with the body and the surrounding environment, as well as the professional voice potential and the various vocal needs for the different professional groups: opera singers, teachers, actors, presenters, etc.
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  • Las rutas del exilio
    Author:
    Marc Ripol Sáez
    Publisher: ALHENA MEDIA
    It tells eight real stories that take place during the civil war, stories rescued from those who, in order to survive, had to leave Spain to try their luck in another country. Almost anonymous characters who went to great lengths to survive and help others parade through these pages.  
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  • Las velas mágicas
    The magic candels
    Author:
    Nuria Torrell
    Publisher: Ediciones Palabra
    The story of "The magic candles" has not been written by anyone yet. It cannot be found in any bookshop. Only my father knows it: Once in Bondadia, a craftsman made two candles, Fidelón and Luz Bella, two magical candles turning anyone who would come close to them into a good person. What a change occurred in the country! Until one day ...
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