New Spanish Titles - Spring 2011

  • Robinson Crusoe
    Robinson Crusoe: A Graphic Novel Inspired by Daniel Defoe's Work
    Author:
    Ajubel
    Publisher: Media Vaca
    It is always a challenge to transmute a narrative text into images, even more so when the original text tells one of the most famous stories of universal literature. The only valid techniques for achieving a successful transition between these languages are synthesis, suggestion and connotation.
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  • Rompefrenos
    No-Brakes: The number one rule in high-growth marketing
    No-Brakes: The number one rule in high-growth marketing
    Author:
    Juan José Pérez Cuesta
    Rafael Esteve
    Publisher: Ediciones Urano, SAU
    Can advertising once again re-invigorate brands and businesses?
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  • RUÍDO. RELATOS DE GUERRA
    Noise. War stories
    Author:
    Miguel Anxo Murado
    Publisher: Editorial Galaxia
    A book about war and the disasters it causes, borne out of the author's trips to ex-Yugoslavia in 1991 and 1994. This book is about war and the way people behave in extreme situations. The stories that make up this volume came out of Miguel Anzo Murado's personal experiences of the conflict that destroyed old Yugoslavia, a place he was working in as a war correspondent.
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  • Sabor a chocolate
    The Taste of Chocolate
    Author:
    José Carlos Carmona
    Publisher: Punto de Lectura
    Over sixty years ago, Adrian Troadec saw a girl leaving a music class. Two world wars later, the chocolate factory he opened to win her is still open. Set between two continents, games of chess and violin notes, The Taste of Chocolate is an unfinished symphony of love and dreams. A novel as intense and addictive as the best chocolate.
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  • Sakamura, Corrales, y los muertos rientes
    Sakamura, Corrales and the Laughing Dead
    Author:
    Pablo Tusset
    Publisher: EDICIONES DESTINO, S.A
    Three foreigners dead on the Costa Brava, all three red as crabs and with inexplicable smiles on their lips. The case seems clear for National Guardsman Rafael Corrales: it must have been jellyfish, whose poison doesn't affect the locals because they have 'better skin'.
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  • Sapo Manuel Quenorrana
    The Frog Manuel Quenorrana
    Author:
    José Campanari
    Publisher: EDITORIAL MIL Y UN CUENTOS
    The classic character of the popular stories: the enchanted prince turned into a frog who can only be released from his enchantment by the kiss of a princess. The story is rewritten so that the Frog Manuel Quenorrana doesn't want to stop being a frog: quite the contrary, although a princess might spend her whole life in the pond kissing frogs and toads without any luck.
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  • Segunda parte
    Part Two
    Author:
    Javier Montes
    Publisher: EDITORIAL PRE-TEXTOS
    What do we inherit from those who are absent? How much - or for how long - are we allowed to miss them? Do things speak when their owners have gone? Is love or its memory sweeter?
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  • Ser y estar sano
    Being and Being Healthy
    Author:
    Julio Zarco
    Publisher: Península
    'A well-lived life is one which is lived with full consciousnesss and absolute responsibility, not only for oneself but also for others. For humans, the most valued posession is life itself, and for that reason, living life fully is an art, perhaps the most sublime of arts.' Dr Jullio Zarco
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  • Siete colores de Canarias
    Seven Colours of the Canary Islands
    Author:
    Francisco Javier Bello Lecuona
    Publisher: BLEX EDITORES
    The Canary Islands seen through the kaleidoscope of colours that are its beaches, skies and water. Incredible photographs accompanied by geological notes by experts and specialists.
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  • Sistemas de Seguridad y Confortabilidad
    Security and Comfort Systems
    Author:
    TecnoProducciones Multimedia
    Publisher: TecnoProducciones Multimedia
    This 115-page multimedia monograph explains the various physical principles underlying the circulation of refrigeration fluid, plus the mechanical and electronic functioning of the systems and elements involved in the acclimatization of cars.
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