New Spanish Titles - Spring 2012

  • Veo veo 2
    I-Spy 2
    Veo veo 2
    Author:
    Bet Capdevila
    Cromosoma team with illustrations by Roser Capdevila
    Publisher: Cromosoma Ediciones
    Second volume in the I-Spy collection. New collection of drawings that put children's observational skils to the test. All the pictures feature the Triplets and their friends in various situations: A street at Christmas, a costumed dance, a play, a rock concert, a day out at the zoo…
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  • Viaje al optimismo
    Journey to optimism
    Viaje al optimismo
    Author:
    Eduard Punset
    Publisher: EDICIONES DESTINO, S.A
    'The past has always been worse, and there's no doubt the future will be better.' It is this message that guides 'Viaje al optimismo', a journey Punset invites us to join him on. The author examines the constant scientific advances that justify an enthusiastic view of the future.
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  • Vive el momento
    Live for the moment
    Vive el momento
    Author:
    Moonhawk
    Publisher: EDICIONES ROBINBOOK, S.L.
    1001 ideas to inspire your life. The knowledge and advice of the great masters at your fingertips.  Living for the moment is a skill that can be learned and one that makes us more aware of the present and our surroundings. In order to understand that existence is beautiful, sacred, a blessing and a pleasure, you will have to live a different type of life: a life without reprieve.
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  • Vivir sin jefe
    Living without a Boss
    Vivir sin jefe
    Author:
    Sergio Fernández
    Publisher: Plataforma Editorial S.L.
    Many people are paid employees in jobs for which they feel no passion, jobs they continue doing solely for the pay cheque at the end of the month. On the other hand, there are the enterprising people who have set out on a business adventure and who often have deal deal with a variety of problems and difficulties in fulfilling their dream.
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  • Waluk
    Waluk
    Waluk
    Author:
    Ana Miralles
    Emilio Ruiz
    Publisher: Astisendo Grupo Editorial SL (Astiberri)
    A polar bear cub, abandoned by its mother, latches onto an old, grumpy bear who tries to teach it to cope with life's ups and downs. Admiration and fear. Beauty, liveliness, and an at times human aspect.
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  • Yinn. Fuego Azul
    Djinn. Blue fire
    Yinn. Fuego Azul
    Author:
    Ana Alonso
    Javier Pelegrín
    Publisher: Grupo Anaya
    It is the year 1120. Akil the Djinn returns to the world of men to serve a Leonese nobleman called Diego Tovar. Diego has lost his lands and is prepared to do anything to get them back. But the only way of achieving his goal is to steal a valuable manuscript from the messenger carrying it… who turns out to be a girl called Sahar.
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  • Zooilógico
    Zoo-illogical
    Zooilógico
    Author:
    Daniel Montero
    Publisher: Jaguar Ilustrado
    Read report: Zooilógico
    Daniel Montero presents a surprisingly original and fun bestiary of illogical animals, an imagined world in which all kinds of beasts and animals are possible. All expressed with surprising illustrations that will not go unnoticed.
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  • ¡Elemental, querida Zoe!
    Elementary, my dear Zoe!
    ¡Elemental, querida Zoe!
    Author:
    Ana García-Siñeriz
    Jordi Labanda
    Publisher: Destino Infantil & Juvenil
    Elementary my dear Zoe! is a mad adventure that takes us to London. And all this, because Zoe's aunt sends her a postcard which is impossible to decipher (she's like that!), and then, an epedemic of lice, and another of chickenpox, and…
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  • ¿Puede volar un cangrejo?
    Can crabs fly?
    ¿Puede volar un cangrejo?
    Author:
    Florencia Esses
    Graciela Repún
    Javier Peña
    Publisher: EDITORIAL OCÉANO, S.L.
    Can a crocodile start a flood? Some people think so. Others don't. It's the same with other questions, like can crabs fly? Can a frog kiss a princess? But seriously, what's possible and what's impossible? A book that reminds us the importance of this apparently simple question.
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  • ¿Qué se sabe de Jesús de Nazaret?
    What do you know about…Jesus of Nazareth
    ¿Qué se sabe de Jesús de Nazaret?
    Author:
    Rafael Aguirre Monasterio
    Publisher: Editorial Verbo Divino
    Jesus is not the property of any group or church: it is legitimate and necessary to socialise his story from the point of view of the shared background and knowledge of any person interested in him, independently of their religious stance.  This historical study of Jesus, like others undertaken two centuries ago, questions Western cultural tradition, dogmatic formulations and the fundament
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