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Tiempo
Perdiendo El Tiempo Encontrado
(Willing Time Away)
Javier Valdés 
A man decides to leave his job as an undertaker to start living. He becomes interested in the case of an alleged rapist and, when visiting him in jail, he comes in contact with the Professor, a man accused of murdering little girls. Tangled in the strings and loose ends of the story, he opens the door to a world inhabited by a Buddhist drug-dealer, a liberal priest, a decent exotic dancer, and a CIA agent with a shady past.
 

Revitalizate
Revitalizate
(Revitalize Yourself)Jorge Pérez Calvo
If you believe the popular saying that “we are what we eat,” this book is the answer to all your questions. The author, a doctor specializing in diet-therapy, reveals the special properties and energy of foods. With this guide, we can restore not only our physical health but also our emotional and mental well-being. It includes an easy to follow recipe section that helps us choose the dishes that best fit our specific daily needs.
 
       
NacidoNacido En Un Día Azul
(Born on a blue day)
Daniel Tammet
This unique first-person account offers a window into the mind of a high-functioning, 27-year-old British autistic savant with Asperger's syndrome. Tammet's ability to think abstractly, deviate from routine, and empathize, interact and communicate with others is impaired, yet he's capable of incredible feats of memorization and mental calculation.

GalaPoemas De Amor
(Love Poems)
Antonio Gala
“I promised that the publishing of my poem books, in case were done, would be posthumous. My concept of privacy and decency dictate it. However, I couldn’t refuse the request of my readers and publishers. To them, without any doubt, I dedicate this book” Antonio Gala.
 
Language regulator says use of Spanish in U.S. must be standardized
The director of the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (North American Academy of the Spanish Language), Gerardo Piña-Rosales, said there is a growing “awareness” of the need to “protect and standardize the use of Spanish in the United States.
In statements coinciding with the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (from Sept. 15-Oct. 15), Piña-Rosales said that, along with recognition of the “great (cultural) diversity” and intellectual wealth of the Spanish language in the United States, there is a responsibility to ensure that “American Spanish” has an adequate level of “idiomatic correction.”
FILANDON: internationally booming literary and Spanish Flamenco Guitar Show
Authors Juan Pedro Aparicio (Director of the London office of Instituto Cervantes), Luis Mateo Díez and José Maria Merino (both members of the Real Academia de la Lengua –Spanish Language Academy-) will present a thrilling selection of the best Filandon short stories accompanied by an Spanish Flamenco Guitar show and an actress/translator at the Bronx Public Library on Wednesday October 15th at 6:00 PM. The Instituto Cervantes of New York will also present Filandon in Spanish October 14th.
This beautifully crafted collection of short stories is in the tradition of the Filandon, a traditional Spanish gathering at which stories were recited while the audience sat in a warm kitchen on a winter’s evening.
MetaMetrics Launches Spanish Lexile Analyzer
Connecting Spanish-speaking students with targeted reading materials just got easier. MetaMetrics, Inc., developer of the widely adopted Lexile Framework for Reading, has launched a free Spanish version of its popular online Lexile Analyzer. Registered users can utilize the Spanish Lexile Analyzer to evaluate the reading demands of articles, passages and other Spanish texts and to determine the Spanish Lexile measures of titles currently not in the Spanish Lexile Book Database.
ARS Librarian Prize to be awarded during Barcelona’s LIBER book fair
 The inaugural ARS (America Reads Spanish) Librarian Prize will be awarded at Barcelona’s LIBER Book Fair to the American librarian who – in the judgment of his or her peers – has contributed the most to promoting Spanish-language books and authors in the United States. The winner will receive a $5,000 check from a representative of ICEX (Spanish Foreign Trade Institute), the sponsor of the prize.
SPECIAL REPORT
Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2005–06 Statistical Analysis Report
This report of the IES National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education) describes the characteristics of the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and its jurisdictions. These districts are defined as the 100 largest according to the size of their student population. The report uses data from the 2005–06 school year and includes student membership and staff in public schools and school districts in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Bureau of Indian Education, the Department of Defense dependents schools and the four outlying areas
 
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NEW RELEASES
New releases of books in Spanish in the US.
 
AKiMasi Oka
Actor
In the fictional TV series Heroes, Masi Oka plays the role of a nerd capable of stopping time. In real life, this 33-year-old actor who arrived in the United States at the age of six is a computer genius with a 180 I.Q. who speaks fluent Japanese, English and Spanish.
 
PARTNER OF THE MONTH
America

CASA DE AMÉRICA 
Casa de America is a joint venture created in 1990 between The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (throughout the Agency for International Cooperation and Latin America), the Madrid Regional Government and the City of Madrid.

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ARS ON THE ROAD
REFORMA
 
ARS at REFORMA Annual Conference
 
America Reads Spanish (ARS) has participated in the 3rd Annual Conference of REFORMA with a successful information booth. 

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Lightning Source
Lightning Source is the leading printer and distributor of print on demand books. The company gives the publishing community options to print books in any quantity.
 

INTERVIEW LOUNGE
Ismael Alicea 
Assistant Director of Adult Programs and Outreach in the New York Public Library’s Office of Education, Programming and Exhibitions Ismael Alicea’s career with The New York Public Library spans 35 years in different positions.


 

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