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August 2015Bittersüße Schokolade
Mexikanischer Roman um Liebe, Kochrezepte und bewährte Hausmittel in monatlichen Fortsetzungen
by Laura Esquivel, Petra Strien
"Bittersüße Schokolade", der erfolgreich verfilmte Roman, ist Liebesroman und Kochbuch in einem: Mexiko, im vorigen Jahrhundert. Pedro liebt Tita und sie ihn, doch die Konventionen bestimmen, daß die 16-Jährige unverheiratet bleiben muß, um später einmal ihre Mutter zu versorgen. Also heiratet Pedro die ältere Schwester Rosaura, um in Titas Nähe bleiben zu können. Doch die Familie hat nicht mit Titas magischen Kochkünsten gerechnet. All ihre Liebe und Emotionen fließen in die Zubereitung der traditionellen Gerichte ein. Und nicht nur Pedro ist betört ... So führt ihr Weg in die Emanzipation ausgerechnet über den Ort, an den ihre Mutter sie hatte verbannen wollen: die Küche.
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Literature & Literary StudiesApril 2009Mientras los hombres mueren
Carmen Conde
by Catherine Davies, Jean Andrews
Carmen Conde is a major figure in twentieth-century Spanish poetry. Though neglected up to now, Mientras los hombres mueren is the most important collection of war poetry to emerge from the Spanish Civil War. It was first published, in a limited edition, in Italy in 1953. Though it has been included in its entirety in anthologies of her work published in Spain in 1967, 1986 and 2007, this is the first free-standing edition since 1953 and the first ever critical edition. The collection was written in 1938-39, in Valencia, then the seat of the Republican Government. In prose poetry densely packed with imagery of nightmarish destruction, Conde gives voice to the experience of women and children suffering bombardment from air and sea, hunger and homelessness, and the loss of husbands, brothers and fathers at the front. The second half of the collection, 'A los niños muertos en la guerra', is an extended elegy for all those children killed in bombing raids during the war. This edition will be of interest to students and scholars of the Civil War and lovers of Spanish poetry in general. ;
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True stories (Children's/YA)August 2018Niños
by María Jose Ferrada, María Elena Valdez
Thirty-four poems, one for each of the young children (all under the age of 14) that were executed, arrested or disappeared during the Chilean dictatorship. A book dedicated to all those little Chilean victims, but also to all the children that each day suffer the consequences of violence.
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Poetry (Children's/YA)August 2018Animal
Poemas breves salvajes
by María José Ferrada, Ana Palmero
"Hidden in his horn he guards the secret of the jungle”. This might be as well the beginning of a novel, but it's an inspired riddle about wild animals. The illustrations in high varnish of this edition highlight the different skin textures of each animal and invites the reader to discover a new way of reading in a tactile and playful way.
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Science & MathematicsAugust 2018Tomatoes
by E Heuvelink
This new edition of a successful, practical book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of all aspects of the production of the tomato crop, within the context of the global tomato industry. Tomatoes are one of the most important horticultural crops in both temperate and tropical regions and this book explores our current knowledge of the scientific principles underlying their biology and production.Tomatoes 2nd Edition covers genetics and breeding, developmental processes, crop growth and yield, fruit ripening and quality, irrigation and fertilisation, crop protection, production in the open field, greenhouse production, and postharvest biology and handling. It has been updated to:- reflect advances in the field, such as developments in molecular plant breeding, crop and product physiology, and production systems.- include a new chapter on organic tomato production.- present photos in full colour throughout.Authored by an international team of experts, this book is essential for growers, extension workers, industry personnel, and horticulture students and lecturers.
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Literary FictionAugust 1976Minotaur Fighting
by Tita Valencia
In 1976, when Minotauromaquia was awarded the Xavier Villaurrutia prize, the Mexican literary system was scandalized with the bluntness that is used to deploy the love disagreement with one of the protagonists of the very masculine intelectual universe of that time. Maybe the most annoying fact was the extraordinary poetic ability that Valencia displayed to build a profound, moving and honest piece of art. To read these pages 43 years later is to give us the chance to make a series of questions that were urgent then and are even more urgent now.
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Literary FictionJanuary 2015Tita
by Marie Houzelle
This book is a delight! - Anne Korkeakivi Like Louise Fitzhugh's classic Harriet the Spy, the story is powered by a precocious and independent loner whose observations and reports are both charming and moving. Tita is a remarkable debut. .- Katharine Weber ...Witty, wry, and clever...I cannot recommend it enough! - Janet Skeslien Charles This book has a charm so unique and powerful, it pulls you in simply, effortlessly...I loved it.-Nicola Keegan, There’s nothing simplistic about this novel. Tita is not an exercise in blind nostalgia for a lost past. It is a rich and warm, yet open-eyed portrait of a place and time just beyond our current reach. It’s a book worth savoring.– Judith Starkson – New York Journal of Books Tita is seven, and she wonders what’s wrong with her. She has perfect parents. She puts on plays with her friends, spies on adults, challenges her teacher, even manages to read forbidden books. She should be happy. But she dreams of a time without meals, and keeps worrying about her mother’s whereabouts, spoiling her own life for no reason at all. Tita wants to be good – but how? As her beloved small town vibrates to age-old Latin rituals on the verge of slipping away, Tita finds refuge - and a liberation - in books.
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Children's & YAMarch 2020Iconic Plants of the World 1
by Candy Tang
Which fruit gets its name from Buddha’s head? Discovery other fun facts about other fruits and plants: Valencia oranges, ginseng, red poppies, edelweiss, and irises.
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Historical fictionJune 2021The Admiral's Baths
by Dana Gynther
The Admiral’s Baths is composed of four inter-connected stories, each told from the perspective of a different woman in her own time period. The story opens as a contemporary historian conducts research at the baths, making discoveries which lead us back in time. History unfolds through the stories of the struggles, desires, tragedies, and triumphs of these four protagonists. Although they are separated by hundreds of years, we find that what connects them is more powerful than the passage of time. The Admiral’s Baths (102,300 words) revolves around an actual monument in Valencia, Spain, a medieval public bathhouse which was open for nearly seven centuries and is now a museum. Some years ago, I translated several articles about the monument, covering its history, owners, architecture, and restoration. I became fascinated with the subject, and was particularly struck by its longevity. The Baths’ long history became an integral part of the story; instead of choosing one moment in the Baths’ – and Spain’s—history, I chose four: the 14th, 16th, and 19th centuries as well as the 21st.
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FictionMay 2019Gaoh
En tierras de Urantia
by Díaz Latorre, José Ignacio
Are you ready to read the story of the second coming of Christ in full s. XXI? Do you want to know first-hand who he was, what he did and with whom? Do you know that this time she was a woman and that her mothers were lesbians?Get ready to explode your neurons with this groundbreaking, entertaining, and surprising novel, set in real settings in Spain (Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona) and Europe.Action, adventure, travel, sex, technology, chases, magical scenarios, extraterrestrial beings ...You have before you a new modern and daring thriller that will make you reflect on reality.
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Quick & easy cookingNovember 2018PAELLA LOVERS
by DAVID MONTERO
«PaellaLovers», by David Montero, is also known as RicePaella, rice master and representative of the Valencian paella culture, brings us, in book format, great part of his knowledge, illusion and passion in the stoves. In this book we can learn about the different types of rice and the basic ingredients for cooking it. We will know how to differentiate which are the best material to cook a paella and also how to do it with fire. We will discover how to chose the best type of rice depending on the recipe and to calculate the time. RicePaella brigs us those recipes that made him more popular, divided into seasons, so that we can use the seasonal ingredientes. Along with every recipe, the author tells us about his personal experience and above all, his tips as a chef so our rice will be like a real rice master one. Are you ready for learning about the traditional and most original rice dishes? Do you want to be a real rice master?
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Graphic novelsSeptember 2018The Violet
by Juan Sepúlveda / Antonio Mercero / Marina Cochet
Valencia, 1955. Bruno falls into a trap set by the police at the Ruzafa cinema to arrest homosexuals under the law of social danger. His entry into prison at the age of eighteen, and the pressure of his family, will force him to make decisions that will mark the rest of his life. The violet is a graphic novel about the persecution suffered by homosexuals during Franco's regime in Spain, and the coexistence of the women who married them. A story that brings to light the concentration camps for homosexuals that the regime created and that historically are being forgotten. It is a unique and self-concluding work. Marina was nominated as the best Spanish cartoonist in the Heroes Comic Con Valencia 2019 for this work. Antonio Santos Mercero, one of the two writers of the graphic novel EL VIOLETA, has won on Friday, October 15, the Planeta 2021 Award for the novel LA BESTIA, co-written with two other writers (Jorge Díaz and Agustín Martínez) under the pseudonym Carmen Mola. The Planeta 2021 Prize was presented by King Felipe VI to the winners and is endowed with 1 million euros. It is currently the literary prize with the largest financial endowment in the world, above the Nobel Prize for Literature. Antonio Santos Mercero is the author of four other novels: El final del hombre, La cuarta muerte, La vida desatenta and El caso de las japonesas muertas. He is also the scriptwriter of television series such as Hospital Central, Lobos and MIR. This title is one of the few selected by the ICEX panel of experts for the U.S. and Brazilian markets. New Spanish Books is a project of the Spanish Foreign Trade Institute ICEX in cooperation with the Spanish publishers' association FGEE. It is intended to make it easier for publishers from the world to gain access to new books from Spain and to help them decide which titles are worth translating. See www.newspanishbooks.us and www.newspanishbooks.br.com
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Religion: generalJuly 2012EDUCAR EN EL SILENCIO Y EN LA INTERIORIDAD
Una propuesta a partir de los diez años para Educación Primaria y Secundaria
by Piera Gomar, Mario
La propuesta de educación en el silencio y la interioridad que recoge el libro es una actividad realizada en el Colegio María Auxiliadora de Sueca (Valencia). Los objetivos han sido educar a los jóvenes en el silencio mediante el encuentro con su interior; posibilitar el descubrimiento de la dimensión espiritual y el deseo de trascendencia como una realidad universal de todas las personas; proponerles un proceso de educación en la interioridad, despertando en ellos el deseo de la quietud como medio para el encuentro con Dios, que habita en la propia intimidad, tal y como expresó san Agustín: «Intimor intimo meo».
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Graphic novelsJanuary 2019The Violet
by Juan Sepúlveda, Antonio Mercero, Marina Cochet
Valencia, 1955. Bruno falls into a trap set by the police at the Ruzafa cinema to arrest homosexuals under the law of social danger. His entry into prison at the age of eighteen, and the pressure of his family, will force him to make decisions that will mark the rest of his life. The violet is a graphic novel about the persecution suffered by homosexuals during Franco's regime in Spain, and the coexistence of the women who married them. A story that brings to light the concentration camps for homosexuals that the regime created and that historically are being forgotten. It is a unique and self-concluding work. Marina was nominated as the best Spanish cartoonist in the Heroes Comic Con Valencia 2019 for this work. Antonio Santos Mercero, one of the two writers of the graphic novel EL VIOLETA, has won on Friday, October 15, the Planeta 2021 Award for the novel LA BESTIA, co-written with two other writers (Jorge Díaz and Agustín Martínez) under the pseudonym Carmen Mola. The Planeta 2021 Prize was presented by King Felipe VI to the winners and is endowed with 1 million euros. It is currently the literary prize with the largest financial endowment in the world, above the Nobel Prize for Literature. Antonio Santos Mercero is the author of four other novels: El final del hombre, La cuarta muerte, La vida desatenta and El caso de las japonesas muertas. He is also the scriptwriter of television series such as Hospital Central, Lobos and MIR. This title is one of the few selected by the ICEX panel of experts for the U.S. and Brazilian markets. New Spanish Books is a project of the Spanish Foreign Trade Institute ICEX in cooperation with the Spanish publishers' association FGEE. It is intended to make it easier for publishers from the world to gain access to new books from Spain and to help them decide which titles are worth translating. See www.newspanishbooks.us and www.newspanishbooks.br.com
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Health & Personal DevelopmentOctober 2018Biting without Teeth
Guide for Families to Introducing Supplementary Foods with the BLW – Method
by Juan Llorca, Melisa Gómez
A unique book with simple recipes and practical valuable advice to support families who seek to give their babies a healthy diet in their first months. This accessible and comprehensive guide will help you solve frequent doubts about the next steps from breastfeeding to complementary feeding regulated and directed by the baby itself (also known as Baby Led Weaning or BLW). This baby food cookbook by Valencia Montessori School chef Juan Llorca and dietitian-nutritionist and pediatrics specialist Melisa Gómez, is a unique and timeless resource, providing parents with the essential know-hows about necessary nutrition to start and accompany your baby’s diet at the different stages, from their first bite to their first birthday.
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Football (Soccer, Association football)August 2015Baggies Abroad
The Complete Record of West Bromwich Albion's Global Travels
by Tony Matthews
West Bromwich Albion first ventured off the British mainland in April 1893, taking the relatively short trip to Ireland to play two friendly matches, both of which were unfortunately lost! Since then the Baggies have visited more than forty different countries, covering virtually all four points of the globe. The Albion have played everywhere from Abu Dhabi and Argentina, Bahrain and Brazil to the UAE, Uganda, Uruguay and the USA. They've contested European Cup Winners' Cup games, UEFA Cup ties, Anglo-Italian matches and have participated in several pre-season tournaments. Baggies Abroad covers every one of these games - including some great tests against the world's best: Ajax, AS Roma, Benfica, Feyenoord, Inter Milan, Napoli, Real Madrid, Red Star Belgrade, Sporting Lisbon, Valencia - with a mini match report, a great selection of photographs, match tickets and programmes.
