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Palomas
(Dove)
Keila Ochoa Harris
From
the fresh pen of Keila Ochoa Harris comes the story of Jonah you've
never been
told.
In
the classic tradition of biblical fiction, Keila Ochoa Harris dives
into the short but powerful biblical narrative of Jonah and his
prophetic mission to Nineveh and draws us into the
characters’ lives. Jonah becomes a profoundly flawed yet
compassionate human who deals face to face with the real people on whom
he is called to pronounce damnation.
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La
cortesana
(In the Company of the Courtesan)
Sarah
Dunnant
In
16th Century Venice, the art of seduction is the art of survival. Sarah
Dunant's epic novel revolves around this premise, as the courtesan
Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, escape the sack of Rome and
head for Venice. Together they make the perfect partnership: the
sharp-tongued, quick-witted dwarf and his vibrant mistress, trained
from birth to charm, entertain, and satisfy men who have the money to
support her.
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 FABULOSAS NARRACIONES
(Fabulous
Narration)ANTONIO OREJUDO
This
is the story of three friends in the 1920 decade in Madrid. The three,
as long as the time pass by, they will not longer be friends. Santos of
rural origins, discovers in the City that he likes mature ladies and
pornography. Martiniano, nephew of Azorín, promise eternal
hate to intelectuals, after the abuses he got from his uncle. And
Patricio, the writer, who dreams to see his first novel published.
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 Lagartija
sin cola (Tailless Lizard)
José Donoso
Donoso’s
“Lost” Novel
Defeated, hiding in his
Barcelona apartment, the painter Armando Muñoz-Roa relates the
story of his flight with Luisa –his cousin, lover and
benefactress, after his scandalous desertion from the Informalist
movement, where he had been a member of a certain standing.
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Cervantes
Institute to use Google as platform for greater penetration in U.S.
The Cervantes
Institute has begun negotiations with Google to use the
Internet’s leading search engine company “as a
platform for (greater) penetration” in the United States,
which has more than 40 million Spanish speakers and is a country where
the institution plans to bolster its presence.
The director of
the Cervantes Institute, Carmen Caffarel, made the announcement during
her participation in the “Sociedad en Red” (Network
Society) forum in Madrid, adding that her institution is present on the
Internet-based virtual platform “Second Life,”
where it already shows videos and exhibitions and in the future will
offer Spanish courses.
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International Book Fair of
Puerto Rico to be dedicated to children’s literature
The
10th International Book Fair of Puerto Rico (FIL-PR), whose slogan this
year is “Only Readers See Higher than I Do,” will
be dedicated to children’s and adolescent
literature,” organizers said.
Writers
and publishers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Guatemala,
Panama, Peru, Mexico, the United States and the Dominican Republic, as
well as New York-based Dominicans and Puerto Ricans, will give lectures
and take part in different forums to be held at the Puerto Rico
Convention Center in San Juan.
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America
Reads Spanish present in AASL National Conference
The largest
gathering of school library media specialists took place in Reno,
Nevada, on October 24-28. AASL 13th National Conference plots course
for the future of U.S. school libraries. There were many valuable
sessions taking place at the same time. The American Association of
School Librarians (AASL) is a division of the American Library
Association (ALA). More than 3,790 librarians, exhibitors and guests
gathered at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center from October 24 to 28 to
discuss the challenges that face U.S. school libraries.
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24th
Annual Miami Book Fair International
Each
year, the Florida Center for the Literary Arts (The Center) at Miami
Dade College (MDC) hosts the largest and finest book fair in the
nation. This year, the 2007 Miami Book Fair International will be no
exception.
“The
Book Fair is a wonderful Miami tradition almost a quarter of a century
old,” said Alina Interián, executive director of the
Florida Center for the Literary Arts. “This year we are
introducing exciting new ventures, including an all-day trade-only
conference on translation and world literature.”
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New releases of books in Spanish in the US.
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 Jessica
Alba Actress
Jessica Alba
doesn’t speak Spanish. Nor does she speak Danish for that
matter, the language of her mother’s family. But this
26-year-old actress from California, best known for her roles in
“Sin City” and “Fantastic
Four,” is eager to learn. She feels very proud of her
Spanish-language surname and is very close to her father’s
family even though she is a third-generation Mexican-American. While
she is learning the language of her ancestors, however, she avidly
reads everything she can get a hold of in her native tongue.
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| PARTNER
OF THE MONTH |
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Barnes
& Noble.com
Barnes
& Noble.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes &
Noble, Inc., a publicly traded company listed on the NYSE. Barnes
& Noble.com leverages the power of the Barnes & Noble
brand to offer online customers the Web’s premier destination
for books, music, DVD, video games, and related products and services.
Taking advantage of vast warehouses across the United States, they
stock over 1 million titles for immediate delivery.
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HACU’s
21st Annual Conference highlighted recruitment, retention of Hispanic
Students
America Reads Spanish (ARS)
actively participated in HACU’s 21st Annual Conference that
highlighted recruitment, retention of Hispanic Students. America Reads
Spanish participated with an information booth. The promotion of books
in Spanish set in motion by America Reads Spanish has met with enormous
approval and enthusiasm throughout the academic world in the United
States.
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FEATURED
LINK
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Instituto
Cervantes
Servicio
de Traducción Automática
The
Cervantes Institute has developed a free service of automatic
translation, sponsored by Telefonica, whose objective is to facilitate
the access in Spanish to contents in other languages.
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| INTERVIEW
LOUNGE |
 Lucía
González
Driving force behind Hispanic Cultural and
Educational Center in Broward County (Florida)
Lucía
González is the deputy director of the Broward County
(Florida) library system. The author of numerous books, some of them
children’s titles such as “The Bossy
Gallito” and “Señor Cat’s
Romance and other Favorite Stories from Latin America,”
González is the driving force behind Broward’s
Hispanic Cultural and Educational Center project.
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