January 2011
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FictionAndreaa Constantin
by Esteban Torres Lana
A dangerous challenge at sea through a rock arch battered by strong waves. She ends up seriously injured in a leg when her friend Aurelio arrives at the cove. Overcoming her pain, she hides her injuries from Aurelio and tells him the extraordinary story of her mother, which propelled her to undertake such a madness. The story begins 6 years ago in Tenerife, with Nayra's expulsion from Philosophy class for the third time in a week, causing Pablo, her father, to pick her up from school and embark on a long day of disputes, confessions, and finally, complicities between them. Walking around Santa Cruz, canceling classes and professional commitments, Pablo and Nayra spend the day discovering a personal and sentimental reality that surprises them. The problems Nayra mentions with a group of immigrant classmates, along with the aggression Nayra shows towards her mother, Lola, prompt Pablo to tell her the unfinished story with Andreea, a high-class Romanian prostitute. Pablo cannot control the level of intimacy of the tale despite his own amazement, hearing himself say things he thought were unspeakable. Nayra responds, between disputes and affection, interspersing her own confidences, some of them having a strong impact, like the adventure with an immigrant who arrived on the beaches of Fuerteventura during a summer excursion. Neither tells the most intimate details of their stories truthfully, but they are accessible to the reader. Despite frequent arguments due to the teenager's incisive and groundbreaking language, their complicity grows and they end up spending the day together, walking through different places in the city. The story with Andreea takes on dramatic tones that completely captivate the young woman. Two suicides, the chase by Romanian mafia, returning to her hometown, searching for Pablo, Andreea’s struggle to regain her dignity and her artistic capacity through painting, and the apparent disappearance of her father's life, capture Nayra’s attention. Despite the narrative tricks used by Pablo, when night falls and they reach home, Nayra connects the dots and is surprised to discover that her perfectionist and successful mother, a recognized painter from Santa Cruz, with whom she has had a very conflictive season, is Andreea Constantin, the Romanian immigrant her father met as a high-class prostitute. After an initial reaction of rejection due to the ignorance in which she was kept, she understands her mother's situation. All the questions she always had about many details of her life arise with the discovery. A few years after discovering her identity, Andreea disappears from home. A call from Romania alerts them to the discovery of two charred bodies near her birthplace and the presence of her old exploiter nearby, who cursed her for life through a Transylvania ritual when she abandoned prostitution. Knowing she was discovered in Tenerife, Andreea tried to keep her family away from danger and returned to her country, where she was easy prey for the mafia. Pablo and his daughter Nayra fly to Bucharest to identify Andreea’s body, which may have been brutally murdered and burned. When it seems the identification will be negative, a small detail of the clothing makes them doubt. Desolate, they receive medical and psychological support from the Romanian team, but it turns out to be a false lead. Andreea is rescued from a hideout and has survived due to a misunderstanding by her captors. Protected by the Romanian police, she later becomes a key witness whose testimony ends the dangerous band of her pimp. But that bravery comes at a price; 2 years later, she does not return from an art exhibition in Paris. The police believe that her exploiter’s curse was fulfilled by a nephew who visited him in prison shortly before his death and was seen in Paris during the days Andreea had the exhibition. After a year of anguish, Nayra can no longer bear the situation and decides to mourn her mother at the cove where she painted her last picture. It had as its background the rock arch symbolizing the risk of living and facing life’s challenges. Nayra considers her mother lost and throws Andreea’s ashes into the sea, symbolized by those of a magnolia branch she planted many years ago. With this, she internalizes the loss and the fighting values Andreea taught her. The exit from the volcanic cove is a song to the life that continues and to the young woman who represents it. The novel is dedicated to the memory of Andreea Constantin and the thousands of women sexually exploited around the world.
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Art: general interest (Children's/YA)2017Los animales de El Bosco (The Animals of Hieronymus Bosch)
by Manuel Marín
The first artist to enter the realm of fantasy was Hieronymus Bosch. He revels in the delights of pleasure. He relishes eating giant fruits, running on water and flying on top of a fish. He is joyful without even realizing it. Bosch is also aware that serenity and calmness let things be seen as they are. No one before had ever seen our feelings as we get lost in the madness of invisible realities.
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Health & Personal Development
And Then There Was Light
by Blanca Rosa Gutiérrez
Faced unexpectedly with Lyme Disease, Spanish Architect Blanca Rosa Gutiérrez must face illness and abandonment, while at the same time trying to take care of her two small children. She struggles to find help and treatment from doctors, until the combination of finding the right physician, and an iron will to overcome adversity through meditation and non traditional healing, puts her back on the road to full health. As the author says in her own words: "I wrote this book with a single purpose in mind: make it into a song of hope for anybody who is ill and feels defeated by pain, and have lost the will to live." This book is not about illness, is about recovery and new beginnings
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Humanities & Social Sciences
The Gospel of Prosperity
Literary and critical perspectives about the science of getting right quick
by Luis Miguel Estrada
In 2020, amidst the whirlwind of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ideas from books about the science of becoming a millionaire returned to Luis Miguel Estrada whom, since he left a financial job, has dedicated himself fully to literature. In this book, he thinks some of the key questions raised by bestsellers from Napoleon Hill to Kiyosaki. Do we stop seeking money just because we pursue art? More importantly: regardless of what we do, how do we seek money? Why have narratives like positive thinking and the law of attraction become a universal language that gains strength during each economic crisis? Is there a link between bestsellers about the science of getting rich and great universal literature? This book attempts to answer these questions, beginning with the origins of books on becoming a millionaire, which delve into the agile 19th-century United States, transition through the fast-paced turn of the century, and explode in the years after the Great Depression. The journey continues with examples of wild successes (real-life fraudsters like Elizabeth Holmes or fictional criminals like Walter White from Breaking Bad) that prompt us to question the influence of success-at-any-cost ideas on popular culture, as well as their ethical limits. How can one reconcile readings, cultural products, and experiences that seem so distant? The broader reading audience responds more to "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill than to "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. Is there a way to read them alongside each other and emerge renewed from the experience? This book invites you on that adventure.
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Health & Personal DevelopmentPause and Sense
by Emily Atallah
Thousands of people say things such as “I have no time”, “when did life pass me by”, or “I have nothing left to live for.” According to the WHO, nearly 700,000 people commit suicide every year, and conditions such as depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and lack of purpose are increasingly rooted in our societies, blocking our view to a life full of light and possibilities. In the age of instant connectivity, we have never been as disconnected, unmotivated and empty as we are now. In these pages, you will find 10 practical tools that will help you get unstuck, find your way through pain, and reconnect with your purpose towards a plentiful life. The book is divided in three sections that help you understand what is valuable about life, what we can give to the world as human beings, and how we can embrace challenges, increase connectivity with each other and increase our awareness. This book invites you to enrich your own life, through reflections that help you go deep inside, and examples of how others who when through similar experiences, got through them to live a happier, meaningful, and purposeful life.
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The Missing Witches Deck of Oracles
Feminist Ancestor Magic for Meditations, Divination, and Spellwork
by Risa Dickens , Amy Torok
A beautiful and accessible oracle deck presenting 52 of history’s most inspiring witches—incredible stories, spellwork, and wisdom for inspiration, insight, and empowerment. The Missing Witches Deck of Oracles invites those new to and experienced with the craft to connect with witches living and legend. An opportunity to commune with real feminist histories and magic in art, literature, and liberation, this deck offers a uniquely rich experience for discovery, self-reflection, meditation, divination, and daily ritual. Users may pull a card or spread a day—or find what works for them—to discover each historical witch and the guidance they offer. Each card features a unique illustration and simple message on one side; the other shares and each witch’s story along an insight, prompt, or meditation. The deck includes an accompanying booklet and can be used to create or expand your ritual or practice, its straightforward design making it easy to incorporate into a daily, weekly, or as-you-need-it ritual.A complement to Missing Witches and New Moon Magic as well as a standalone deck, Missing Witches Oracle Deck pulls 52 figures—from Zora Neale Hurston to Hildegarde to Mayumi Oda and more—from the authors’ previous titles and presents their stories in potent and poignant spells that restore, inspire, and empower.
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December 2013Chef Fritz and His City
by Samuel Young
It was the first visit to Philadelphia's Deux Cheminees restaurant for Samuel Young and his wife, Risa, and after the meal, Chef Fritz Blank came grumbling by to join them for a few minutes. Despite his rant, though, his eyes were merry, and he left the table with a joke about the tears of the city's chefs.After that engaging introduction, it was hard not to say oui when the mail brought an announcement that a class with Blank would be introducing students to the preparation of three simple French meals, followed by a sumptuous lunch at Deux Cheminees.That was the start of a personal and culinary odyssey over the years that took Young through kitchens and cooking schools, dining rooms and classrooms, and–most important–into a rich and abiding friendship with the great chef himself. Now Young's new book takes us all along the path that brought such a full menu of varied experiences, fascinating people, and immersion into the entertaining, warmly human story of the highly creative and talented Fritz Blank.
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November 2016No hay risas en el cielo
by Ariel Urquiza
Entre México y Buenos Aires, en una lucha violenta entre la lealtad y la traición, los destinos de los personajes se entrecruzan, todos ellos sicarios y narcotraficantes, formando una trama más amplia, que hace de los relatos de No hay risas en el cielo una novela. El mundo del narcotráfico, narrado desde la ficción con duros golpes de realismo, revela un sinnúmero de experiencias violentas en las que las consecuencias últimas de nuestros actos y la búsqueda de la identidad cobran resonancias inesperadas. En última instancia, la narrativa de Urquiza revela la dificultad de seguir adelante en un mundo en que una vez que entrás, resulta imposible salir. Between Mexico and Buenos Aires, in a violent struggle between loyalty and betrayal, the destinies of the characters intertwine, all of them assassins and drug traffickers, forming a broader plot, which makes the stories of No laughter in heaven a novel. The world of drug trafficking, narrated from fiction with harsh blows of realism, reveals countless violent experiences in which the ultimate consequences of our actions and the search for identity take on unexpected resonances. Ultimately, Urquiza's narrative reveals the difficulty of moving forward in a world where once you enter, it is impossible to leave.
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Children's & YAMarch 2020Die Waltänzerin
by Birgit Baader
Kaiana besitzt eine besondere Gabe: Sie gehört zur Gruppe der Waltänzer. Seit Urzeiten suchen die Wale Kontakt mit einzelnen Menschen, die direkt mit ihnen kommunizieren können. Kaiana ist einer dieser Menschen. Sie lebt mit ihrer alleinerziehenden Mutter Seloina und ihren Geschwistern Roko und Aisha zusammen in einer kleinen Küstenstadt. Zwischen ihr und Seloina kommt es immer wieder zu Spannungen. Seloina ist häufig überfordert mit Kindereziehung, Haushalt und Arbeit und kann ihre träumerische Tochter nicht wahrnehmen und verstehen. Zum Glück gibt es Risa, Kaianas Großmutter. Sie versteht ihre Enkelin nicht nur, sondern schafft es, auch ihrer Tochter zart, aber bestimmt einen Spiegel vorzuhalten. Risa weiß, dass Kaiana eine besondere Gabe besitzt. Doch bevor Kaiana ihre einzigartige Aufgabe erfüllen kann, muss sie zunächst vieles lernen und einige Initiationen überstehen. Gemeinsam mit Toroa, einer schwangeren Buckelwalin, die vor der Geburt ihres Kalbes fast an Komplikationen stirbt, und durch Risas Unterstützung findet Kaiana das Selbstvertrauen und die Stärke, zu sich zu stehen und auf ihre Fähigkeiten zu vertrauen. Auch wenn es ihr nicht immer leicht fällt, erkennt sie nach und nach, dass sie ihr Glück nur findet, wenn sie sich selbst treu bleibt. Die Waltänzerin ermutigt Heranwachsende, ihre Eigenheiten und Gefühle anzunehmen und sich nicht von ihrem Weg ablenken zu lassen. Wer seine Talente erkennt und sie gezielt einsetzt, unabhängig von äußerer Akzeptanz und Unterztützung, findet sein Lebensglück. Kinder werden körperlich immer früher reif und zum Erwachsenen. In ihrer emotionalen und spirituellen Entwicklung sind sie jedoch häufig auf sich alleine gestellt. Ihr Umfeld versteht sie entweder nicht oder ist zu sehr mit sich selbst und anderen Dingen beschäftigt, um einen verlässlichen Rahmen bieten zu können. Die Folge sind dramatisch ansteigende Zahlen von Jugendlichen mit mentalen Störungen, die seelisch und geistig aus der Balance geraten sind.
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Children's & YANovember 2018Tilín tilín
by Nádia Giuliese / Mundial
Tilín tilín es una historia de encuentros. Cuando las palabras se vuelven extranjeras, los gestos, las risas y las onomatopeyas nos ayudan a crear un idioma propio que trasciende cualquier frontera. Con un tilín tilín una niña descubrió que se puede agregar personas a nuestra familia si las señalamos con la punta del corazón.
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August 2019Esferas de la insurrección
Apuntes para descolonizar el inconsciente
by Suely Rolnik
Este libro es como un bellísimo gusano que crece en un estercolero: la ondulación y la suavidad aterciopelada de su pensamiento, la risa contagiosa, la falta de vergüenza y de miedo le permite entrar en las capas más oscuras del fascismo contemporáneo, guiarnos en los lugares que más nos aterran, y sacar de allí algo con lo que construir un horizonte de vida colectiva. Suely Rolnik es una artista cuya materia es la pulsión. Una cultivadora de gusanos de seda de la izquierda bajo la piel. No se puede pedir más de una escritora: devenir-gusano, cartografiar el fango con la misma precisión con la que otro cartografiaría una mina de oro. Por ello, lector, entra con este gusano en el magma de la bestia y busca los gérmenes de vida que, aunque desconoces, te rodean, y que, con una torsión de la mirada, podrían ser tuyos –podrían ser tu propia vida–. (Del prólogo de Paul B. Preciado).
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Children's & YAFebruary 2017Hoy es miércoles
Children whose future has been stolen have only their imagination
by Patricio Nouveau
An unknown adult unexpectedly turns up in the lives of Gilmar and Lanh at the same time but in different parts of the world. Gilmar lives in Bolivia and his father works in the old silver miines of Cerro Rico in the city of Potosí; Lanh is an orphan, she was taken in by the Thuy Xuân orphanage in Vietnam after her parents died when the Perfume River flooded. From their native cities, accompanied by the strange adult, they each undertake a journey that will lead them to Sas, a child soldier who, tries to escape during the Sierra Leone civil war to find his family, return to his former life and set out on a new future. The journey brings together three points on the planet, three languages and three cultures whose only relationship is a book whose photographs have disappeared since Sas was kidnapped from his school. The three boys are eleven years old. They are searching for each other, they need to find each other.
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Children's & YAThe Guest and Other Sinister Stories
by Dávila, Amparo
Through a selection of thrilling and exciting illustrated stories, Mexican author, Amparo Dávila, and Argentinian illustrator, Santiago Caruso, create a fascinating reading spectrum for young audiences. This set combines classic tales of the author: “Petrified trees” and “Concrete music”, alongside with fantastic stories as “The guest”, the story of an ordinary woman hunted by an unknown creature; “High kitchen”, a short story where miniature beings confront their inevitable fate, among others.
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Humour collections & anthologiesOctober 2022Incomplete works (2015-2022)
by Lorenzo Montatore
In recent years, Lorenzo Montatore has demonstrated an unusual ability to combine a variety of references. In his works we can see the influence of literary classics, key figures from graphic humour, comics, music and, of course, 8-bit videogames. This all combines to create a highly original approach to the language of comics, praised by fellow industry professionals and critics alike. In 2017 and 2021 he was nominated for the Cómic Barcelona awards in the best new author and best children’s comic categories. Restless and prolific, in addition to collaborations with major publishers, Montatore has created numerous self-published offerings. Obras Incompletas compiles a major part of the fanzines that he has published over the last five years. It also includes unpublished comics and plenty of additional material: photos, sketches, texts providing background to each piece, a complete interview by Gerardo Vilches and a prologue by Rubén Lardín allowing the reader to enjoy a total immersion in the fascinating imaginary world of an author who manages to blend tradition and modernity to make, in Max’s words, “pure comics”.
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October 2014Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics
Classical and Modern Methods
by T.S.Rana, K.N.Nair & D.K.Upreti
The basic aim of this manual is to provide useful resource materials for training young students and faculties working in the area of plant systematics. The manual provides updated information on basic as well as applied aspects of plant systematics on various groups of plants like Algae, Lichens, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 to 3 describe the various approaches and methods to study microbial and fungal diversity, which is basically a very useful precursor to the students and young researchers. 4 and 5 provide deals with the multi-dimensional approaches in Lichen systematics. The book progresses upwards through the plethora of information on the diversity and systematics of Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms ( 6-10). 11 to 15 contain on the plant methodological details identification, approaches and methods of Flora, revision, monograph and development of herbarium. This information is very important for the students and young faculties who intend to pursue their researches in plant taxonomy. 14 and 15 particularly provide all the relevant information on the International Code of Plant nomenclature including cultivated plants. These s per se are very significant for the amateur as well as serious readers of plant taxonomy. Plant taxonomy and biosystematics is a dynamic subject, as it derives information from various other disciplines like palynology, seed morphology, pharmacognosy, molecular biology, etc. We have, therefore, broaden the scope of this book by including the s on palynology, seed morphology, molecular systematics, biostatistics, ecological and remote sensing methods for diversity analyses, and pharmacognostical tools for identification of herbal drugs ( 16-22). The knowledge and information on these applied aspects of biology in relation to taxonomy will certainly infuse the interest in readers, who are pursuing plant taxonomy as their scientific pursuits. 23 and 24 describe the various methods of characterization and evaluation of ornamental and medicinal plants. The last (25) of the book provides the information about CSIR-NBRI Botanic Garden and its various repositories, which could be of great interest to the readers from the perspectives of plant conservation.
