New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2010

  • La Lección de Cuatro Patas
    Four Paws’ Lesson
    Author:
    Alfredo Gómez Cerdá
    Publisher: Lynx Edicions
    Just as he does almost every day, Four Paws, the oldest and wisest chimpanzee in the group, prepares to teach the younger ones a lesson. Today they will talk about human beings and how they evolved.
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  • La Llamada (de la) Nueva Era
    (The call of) The So-Called New Age
    Author:
    Vicente Merlo
    Publisher: EDITORIAL KAIRÓS, S.A.
    At last, a serious and intelligent analysis of the New Age phenomenon. Probably the most comprehensive and ambitious work produced on the subject by a Spanish speaking author. A study which is destined to become the essential reference work on the universe of the New Age.
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  • La medicina del alma
    Soul Medicine
    Author:
    Eric Rolf
    Josep Soler Sala
    Publisher: Distribuciones Alfaomega S. L.
    If you are ill or have a physical problem, perhaps you believe that you have not done anything to make yourself sick. It is also possible that you believe that you cannot personally do anything to make yourself better.
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  • La pelota no entra por azar
    The ball doesn’t go in by chance
    Author:
    Ferrán Soriano
    Publisher: International Editors'Co.
    How do you put together a winning team and why does it stop winning one day? How does a good leader act? How do you close a deal successfully? How do you manage highly talented human capital? This book is a calm, honest reflection, a manual littered with amusing and powerful anecdotes that will fascinate both those who love football and those who work in the business world.
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  • La pirueta
    The pirouette
    Author:
    Eduardo Halfon
    Publisher: EDITORIAL PRE-TEXTOS
    Read report: La Pirueta
    Awarded the XIV José María de Pereda Short Novel Prize, this work is the unfathomable banned story of a Serbian pianist, told by a man called Eduardo Halfon.
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  • La posada de las almas
    The Posada of Souls
    Author:
    Luisa González
    Publisher: EDITORA Y DISTRIBUIDORA HISPANO AMERICANA,S.A (EDHASA)
    A magical work, based on real events and with a very special atmosphere and characters; a splendid human landscape in which emotions blossom intensely. In Franco’s Spain, Campos is a quiet village, with charming inhabitants, where the bar is the social centre and personal relationships and shared memories make solidarity a sign of identity.
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  • La princesa y el dragon
    The princess and the dragon
    Author:
    Sonia Alins
    Publisher: PARRAMON PAIDOTRIBO S.L.
    A unique and really beautiful book based on the universal legend of Saint George and the Dragon. In this title from the Happily Ever After collection, Sonia Alins' amazingly beautiful illustrations in black, red and silver breathe life into the legend of a princess and her people saved from the jaws of a terrible dragon by the knight St. George of Cappadocia.
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  • La Prueba
    The Proof
    Author:
    Carmen Gurruchaga
    Publisher: Ediciones Martínez Roca
    Intrigue, action, corruption, bad deals, lawyers on the margins of the law. Trails and evidence that gradually unravel to reveal a twisted plot which confounds with every chapter. The equal of the American greats of the genre, Spanish author Carmen Gurruchaga takes on the legal thriller to show that Spanish reality can be as, or more, enthralling than the life beyond its borders.
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  • La reina del poker
    The queen of poker
    Author:
    Leo Margets
    Pablo del Palacio
    Publisher: Editorial Planeta S.A.
    In July 2009 Leo Margets became famous after achieving glory in Las Vegas when she was crowned best female poker-player in the world. Leo is a living example of how poker has changed from being an almost underground game, associated with people of dubious reputation, to a mass phenomenon where legendary players compete for prizes worth millions, demonstrating their skill and strategy.
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  • La señora Really y otros sueños por sonar
    Señora Really and other dreams to come
    Author:
    Lola Millás
    Publisher: Editorial Planeta S.A.
    Two neighbours whose paths cross thanks to a domestic incident begin a strange game: recycling time. They decide to tell each other about their own and other people’s memories, scouring the past to rescue the little stories forgotten in its folds. The rules of the game allow for invention, dreams and journeys.
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