New Spanish Titles - Spring 2010

  • El Templo de la Luna
    The Temple of the Moon
    Author:
    Fernando J. López del Oso
    Publisher: Minotauro
    What if the ancient gods had come to earth from other worlds, and were planning to come back to impose their law?
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  • El veneno del eunuco
    The Venom of the eunuch
    Author:
    Juan Kresdez
    Publisher: Ediciones Noufront SL
    In the city of Arcila, a mysterious letter held by the rebel Guennum is intercepted. Its content, seemingly innocent, detail the state of health of the Caliph and insinuate the existence of a spy in the court of al-Hakan II. The eunuch Faiq al-Nizami informs the prime minister about the findings and they both decide to open an investigation.
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  • El viaje de Kalilu
    Kalilu´s travel
    Author:
    Kalilu Jammeh
    Publisher: Plataforma Editorial S.L.
    Kalilu left Gambia with the goal of coming to Europe so he could work; help his family and even study. He then ignored that most part of Africans never get their destination, neither come back home. What happens in the meantime? This thrilling witness explains a true odyssey full with tramps, slow progresses and fast obstacles that leave almost no resources to these travellers.
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  • Elogio de la educación lenta
    A tribute to slow education
    Author:
    Joan Domènech Francesch
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    Slow movements offer an alternative to the fast pace of modern life: eating, travelling, personal relationships… Everything happens at such a breakneck speed that it’s impossible to get a real taste of things and we get swallowed up by a neurotic and depersonalised society.
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  • Emi y Max. Los pozos contaminados
    Emi and Max. Poisoned Wells
    Author:
    Gemma Lienas
    Publisher: LA GALERA
    Climate change is causing the sea levels to rise and flooding inhabited land. Serena, Emi and Max travel to the Sunderbans National Park, in Bangladesh, to investigate the phenomenon. From the fury of the monsoons to the controversial genetically modified crops, live the most up-to-date and full of action adventures of Emi and Max.
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  • Emprendiendo hacia el 2020
    Entrepreneuring Towards 2020
    Author:
    Pedro Nueno
    Publisher: Deusto
    After the success of the book Emprendiendo hacia el 2010, the new version of this management classic has been totally revised and updated. It provides a thorough but entertaining analysis of the process of creating companies.
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  • En el fondo. Pide una copa, paga Proust
    Deep Down
    Author:
    Begoña Huertas
    Publisher: 451 Editores
    Floating in the smoky air of a basement jazz club, we get a bird’s eye view of the fear, desires, ambition, doubts, enthusiasm and jealousy of the group of people below us: a thirty-something whose bravest gesture in life has been to roll up his sleeves and sunbathe his forearms; a young guy wracked by doubt after making a girl he is not in love with fall in love with him; a young couple
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  • En la ciudad he perdido una novela
    I’ve lost a novel in the city
    Author:
    Humberto Salvador
    Publisher: Ediciones Escalera
    The author looks for inspiration and characters for his work in the city. With this book, Salvador manages with ease to get inside the majestic circle of Cortázar, Marechal or Bolaño.
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  • Enseñar por competencias en educación física
    Teaching for competences in physical education
    Author:
    Domingo Blázquez Sánchez
    Publisher: Editorial Inde
    What should teachers of physical education keep in mind to respond to the demands of the focus based on competences? How can competences be translated into a practical field? Which is the contribution of physical education to the system of competences?
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  • Ensenyar a viure
    Teaching to Live
    Author:
    Victòria Cardona i Romeu
    Publisher: Pòrtic
    Traditional Values for parents of today.
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