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La Esperada
La Esperada 
(The Expected One )
Kathleen McGowan
Historian Maureen Paschal finds herself in the middle of a religious cult war. On one side is a group that believes her to be the descendent of Jesus Christ and his wife, Mary Magdalene. On the other side is a violent sect that worships John the Baptist as the true savior.
 

Para Salvar El MundoPara salvar el mundo
(Saving the World)
Julia Álvarez
While writing her novel, Alma is sidetracked by the story of a much earlier idealist, Francisco Xavier Balmis, who in 1803 undertook to vaccinate the populations of Spain's American colonies against smallpox. To do this, he needed living "carriers" of the vaccine.
 
       
BorgesBorges
(Borges)
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Nicholas Boothman
A fascinating story of destinies that mingle and cross, of the human capacity to endure, a story of impossible love and passion. The novels main characters live in Puerto Rico during the 20th century: Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, a black woman and the male members of the Fornarís family.
Fatales que los vendedores cometen..Cuando se mata una venta..
(Killing the Sale..)
Todd Duncan
There are approximately 12.2 million salespeople in the United States. Some are making a killing, but a greater percentage end up victims of the sales industry —and their own mistakes. Duncan addresses these catastrophic mistakes clearly and directly.
Dosdoce.com launches specialized search engine for cultural sector
With the aim of facilitating the search for a particular book, writer, publisher or independent bookstore, Dosdoce.com has launched a search engine that exclusively returns links from culture-related Web sites.
The New York Times Honors Hispanic Outreach Librarians
The New York Times last month announced the winners of the 2006 New York Times Librarian Awards. Now in its sixth year, the program pays tribute to librarians from around the country who have provided extraordinary public service.
Vázquez-Figueroa returns to adventure-novel writing after years as an engineer
Spanish author Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa said that with his recently published book “El mar de Jade” (The Jade Sea) he made his return to adventure-novel writing “after dedicating myself for several years to engineering and trying to fix the world.”
Planeta Directo buys OcioJoven.com, consolidates position in e-commerce market
Planeta Directo, Grupo Planeta’s distance sales and interactive marketing company, has consolidated its position in the e-commerce market by purchasing OcioJoven.com, a Spanish entertainment Web portal and virtual store aimed at young audiences.
SPECIAL REPORT
Criticas magazine: The Best Children Books of 2006
In Críticas’s roundup of the best children’s books of 2006 there is something for every age. This year’s wide-ranging list by Ximena Diego includes books published in 2006. Some previously published titles also made the list because they were first available in the United States and/or were reviewed in Críticas last year.
BOOK SELECTIONS 

AMIGOS DEL ESPAÑOL
America FerreraAmerica Ferrera
Actress
The protagonist of "Ugly Betty" feels doubly proud at having succeeded precisely for those things that seemed to guarantee her failure as an actress. Being Hispanic and with a form more voluptuous than the skeletal shapes that dominate Hollywood’s idea of beauty, she has shown how wrong they were.
 
PARTNER OF THE MONTH
Baker & Taylor
 
Brodart Español
 
Brodart is one of the world's largest suppliers of books to libraries. However, books are just the beginning. The Books Services Division offers dozens of ways for a library to save time and money while providing the most current collection to their patrons.
 
ARS ON THE ROAD
America Reads Spanish (ARS) took part in the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting, staffing an information booth at the event that ran from Jan. 19-24 in Seattle, Washington.
 
FEATURED LINK
NABE
NABE
  National Association for Bilingual Education
The National Association for Bilingual Education is the only professional organization at the national level wholly devoted to representing both English language learners and bilingual education professionals.

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INTERVIEW LOUNGE
Lluis AgustiLluis Agusti
Library director at the Instituto Cervantes in New York City
Lluís Agustí has been the library director at the Instituto Cervantes in New York City since 2003, having previously held the same position at the Madrid-based institution’s centers in Brussels, Paris and Lisbon. 
 

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