New Spanish Titles - Spring 2011

  • Meditaciones para occidentales
    Meditation for Westerners
    Author:
    Jordi Colomer
    Publisher: Ediciones Luciérnaga
    Meditation is not a fad. By now it has become a way of life, a way to combat the stress and anguish caused by our daily lives. Jordi Colomer explains how 'all roads lead to Rome'. There are many techniques that can help us to be more aware of ourselves and of everything surrounding us; to be more connected to the inner and outer worlds and to attain that so-desired harmony.
    Read more
  • Memento mori
    Memento mori
    Author:
    Paloma Orozco Amorós
    Publisher: Ediciones de la Torre
    Forty souls speak to us in death, in the first person. They all tell the story of their life and death, writing their tale in the great book of the library of Demétere, the city where souls gather before continuing on to their next destination: the brilliant city of light, Sulmina (a paradigm of heaven), or the terrible city of Hécate (hell).
    Read more
  • Memorias de un hombre feliz
    Memoirs of a happy man
    Author:
    DARÍO JARAMILLO AGUDELO
    Publisher: EDITORIAL PRE-TEXTOS
    I have lived in a time and a place in which everyone, not only criminals, exempts themselves from obeying the law. When the time or need arises, anyone - for instance, a wealthy technocrat and watchmaking enthusiast - will find reasons to consider that the law does not apply to him and will proceed as a result.
    Read more
  • Mi niño, ¿es obeso?
    Is My Child Obese? Advice to mothers and fathers for preventing obesity i
    Author:
    Antonio Sarría Chueca
    Luis Moreno Aznar
    Publisher: Mira Editores, S.A.
    This is a book for parents, written in language easy to understand but ofering in-depth information of this chronic condition.
    Read more
  • Mil millones de tuberías
    A Thousand Million Pipes
    A Thousand Million Pipes
    Author:
    Diego Arboleda
    Raúl Sagospe
    Publisher: Grupo Anaya
    Read report: MIL MILLONES DE TUBERÍAS (A Hundred Thousand Pipes)
    The country where M lives is not like yours. M lives in a kingdom of metal criss-crossed by a thousand million pipes, in a metal house whose garden has a shiny grey lawn. In this country, in this house, on this lawn, a meteorite is about to fall. If you ever see one falling on you, do what M does: first, get out of the way, next, don't let anyone take it away.
    Read more
  • Mitología de Nueva York
    New York mythology
    Author:
    Vanessa Montfort
    Publisher: Algaida Editores
    'All I'm asking you for is an opportunity. This is a one-trick bet. If I win, if I manage to convince you in time, you will not read a single page of this book.
    Read more
  • Morir por el Sahara
    To die for the Sahara
    Author:
    Julián Delgado Aguado
    Publisher: Sepha
    A novel that takes place in the historical setting of the Sahara's decolonisation (1970-1975). A novelistic essay that is a blend of reality and fiction, the work as such cannot be taken as a faithful reflection of historical events.
    Read more
  • Motores
    Engines
    Author:
    TecnoProducciones Multimedia
    Publisher: TecnoProducciones Multimedia
    This 711-page multimedia book offer a broad-ranging knowledge of themal engines from their origins to the present day. It includes a detailed description of the theoretical and practical cycles of internal combustion and diesel engines, plus an explanation of how to take them apart and a description of the various components.
    Read more
  • MUCHO MAS QUE UN SUEÑO
    Much more than a dream
    Author:
    Sensi Romero
    Publisher: S.R. SERVICIOS Y PRODUCCIONES S.L.
    Marta was happy when her grandmother arrived one weekend. She knew that with her visit would come stories with happy endings. What she didn't know was that one night, she herself would be the protagonist of one of the stories her grandmother told.
    Read more
  • No es tan fácil llevar bragas
    It's not so easy wearing knickers
    Author:
    Ana Manrique
    Publisher: Ediciones Temas de Hoy
    Three women full of anger at the world and at themselves, trapped in a life that is the opposite to ideal. Carmen, Rebeca and Susana all live lives they don't want. The three of them meet and distrust the others, although deep down they share more than they can imagine: Carmen cleans for Susana, who exploits her.
    Read more