New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2011

  • Don Quijote y la narrativa posmoderna
    Don Quixote & post-modern narrative
    Author:
    Mercedes Juliá de Agar et al.
    Publisher: Cadiz University
    This work brings together 10 studies by contemporary literature scholars, who analyse current novels and theories in relation to Cervantes' Quixote. The book opens with an essay by Antonio Muñoz Molina, who reflects on man's conduct in the face of his circumstances, taking the Cervantine protagonist as his model.
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  • Dublinés
    Dubliner
    Dublinés
    Author:
    Alfonso Zapico
    Publisher: Astisendo Grupo Editorial SL (Astiberri)
    Read report: Dublinés/ Dubliner
    “Alfonso Zapico’s graphic novel Dublinés provides a witty and intuitive guide to the life and times of James Augustine Aloysius Joyce. Required reading for anyone who believes that Joyce is too serious for them”. (Lise Jones)
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  • Dulce veneno
    sweet poison
    Dulce veneno
    Author:
    Blas Parra
    Publisher: El Nadir
    Two short novels that complement and complete each other. Arcadia, the protagonist of 'Mad desires', sucks the blood of a rapist and husband, after her incredible transformation into a legend.
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  • Ecoetiquetado de bienes y servicios para un desarrollo sostenible
    Goods and Services Eco-etiquette for Sustainable Development
    Author:
    Adolfo Carballo Penela
    Publisher: AENOR
    Maintaining the environment so that generations to come will still have access to ecological resources and services in the future is one of the keystones on which sustainable development should be founded. Companies and organizations are themselves crucial in this process.
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  • Ecologiaviscuda
    Living Ecology
    Ecologiaviscuda
    Author:
    Jaume Terradas
    Publisher: Publicacions de la Universitat de València
    This is not an autobiography. Rather, it is the author's reflection on the world as seen through his own experience, full of questions, as is to be expected. Perhaps the most serious question arises from a terrifying doubt, that our species is not really ready to solve the problems we face.
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  • El ángel negro
    the black angel
    El ángel negro
    Author:
    Nieves Hidalgo
    Publisher: Esencia
    In the winter of 1667, Migel de Torres and his brother Diego are accused of high treason and condemned to eternal banishment. As they try to rebuild their lives in Maracaibo, the pirate Morgan captures them and sells them as slaves in Port Royal market.
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  • El ayudante de Darwin
    Darwin's Assistant
    El ayudante de Darwin
    Author:
    Vicente Muñoz Puelles
    Publisher: Algar Editorial S.L.
    The ship Beagle sets sail from England in 1831 to make a voyage around the world which will change history. On board are Charles Darwin, a 22 year old naturalist, and 15 year old cabin boy Syms Covington who will work for Darwin hunting animals, dissecting and labelling them.
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  • El bolígrafo de gel verde
    the green gel pen
    El bolígrafo de gel verde
    Author:
    Eloy Moreno
    Publisher: Espasa
    Can a person live in 445 m2 space for the rest of their life? They probably can, you probably know lots of people like this. People who move around a cell without being prisoners; who get up each morning knowing everything will be the same as yesterday, as tomorrow; people who despite being alive, feel dead.
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  • EL CADETE VARGAS LLOSA.LA MEJOR FICCIÓN NACE DE LA REALIDAD.
    EL CADETE VARGAS LLOSA.LA MEJOR FICCIÓN NACE DE LA REALIDAD.
    Author:
    Sergio Vilela
    Publisher: ALCALA GRUPO EDITORIAL Y DISTRIBUIDOR DE LIBROS
    'El cadete Vargas Llosa' is a book that aims to explain, exonerate, redeem or defend the mark/stamp that was woven in the stories told in 'The City and The Dogs'.
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  • El camí dels campions
    The Way of Champions
    Author:
    Martí Perarnau
    Publisher: Columna Edicions S.A.
    Who was the grandmother who planted the seeds of La Masía [FC Barcelona's youth system]? And who was the father who helped the players believe, educating and taking care of them? And who are the inheritors now reaping the rewards? What is the philosophy that defines La Masía? What are the squad players given that they become the best footballers in the world?
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