Frankfurt 2011 NON FICTION catalogue by Daniel Cladera

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Foreign Rights Manager Daniel Cladera (dcladera@planeta.es)

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Spanish language authors

Leopoldo Abadía, 28 Ferran Adrià, 5 Tomás Alcoverro, 7 Claudi Alsina, 44 Santiago Álvarez de Món, 10 Rubén Amón, 2 Ricardo Aroca, 29 Sylvia de Béjar, 30 Marisa Bosqued, 31 Ramiro Calle, 32 José Carlos Capel, 6 Josep María Caralps, 45 Julián Casanova, 16 Eugene Chudnovsky, 46 Neus Colomer, 50 Josep Corbella, 5 Manuel Cruz, 25 Juan Carlos Cubeiro, 11 Ángeles Díaz Simón, 17

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Pierre Durand, 33 Lorenzo Fernández Bueno, 3 Mª Luisa Ferrerós, 22 Valentín Fuster, 5 Xavier Gabriel, 36 Alicia Gallotti, 34 Vicente Garrido, 23 Ángel María Herrera, 38 Daniel Innerarity, 26 José María López-Galiacho, 35 Jorge Lorenzo, 51 José Antonio Marina, 24 José María Martínez Selva, 37 Montecarlo, 38 Covadonga O’Shea, 39 José Miguel Parra, 18 Alfredo Pastor, 12 Anxo Penalonga, 13 Eduardo Punset, 47

Juan Ramón Rallo, 14 Borja de Riquer, 19 Carlos Rodríguez Braun, 14 Enrique Rojas, 40 Luis Rojas Marcos, 48 Antonio Salas, 8 Josep Sánchez Cervelló, 20 José Manuel Sánchez Ron, 49 Fernando Savater, 27 Eva Snijders, 38 Valerie Tasso, 9 Javier Tejada, 46 Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, 4 Bernabé Tierno, 41, 42 Santiago Vega Sombría, 21 Dra. María Concepción Vidales, 43 VV.AA., 15

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Rights sold to Azbooka (Russia).

Rubén Amón

The deﬁnitive biography of the biggest tenor of all times. Translated into Russian. It is not a usual biography, but also a book about all the public and outstanding sides of the singer.

In the dawn of his seventh decade of life, Plácido Domingo still goes onstage with the same strength as he did in his debut. A real sociological phenomenon in Spain and in all the world, his rate of influence and international popularity, have lead him to be appointed as the best tenor of all times, according to a BBC survey. His figure, his unbeatable vocal career, his past and his future are tackled in this book, in which Domingo also speaks in first person. A tireless being, a very human celebrity, a singer without limits. The most relevant and never before revealed moments of the great vocal myth of Spain.

It is a book written with Plácido and his people, and not only a book about the singer, for the author is a person close to the tenor. Plácido Domingo is a sociological genius in Spain and in all the world. His degree of inﬂuence and popularity is quite high worldwide.

Plácido domingo. A Giant in the Theatre of the World Planeta / 416 pages / January 2011 Rubén Amón (Madrid, 1969) is a writer and a journalist that has regularly worked in the world of classical music and opera, both in specialized magazines and in national media. His bibliography covers politics, culture and bullﬁghting, even though he has also worked as a war

correspondent. He has contributed to several international media (Libération, Corriere della Sera, Reforma). Rubén Amón is also the «holder» of an opera blog at elmundo.es (blog de pecho) and has attended the Plácido Domingo milestones of the last twenty years.

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Lorenzo Fernández Bueno What did Colonel Percy H. Fawcett ﬁnd in the Rare Books section of the National Library in Rio de Janeiro that made him immediately set off on a life-long search for a mysterious city lost in the depths of the Amazon jungle? Why did the Nazi archaeologist Otto Rahn spend years scouring Cathar settlements convinced that the Holy Grail was hidden in a cave in the mountainous region? What drove Shackleton to embark upon on the greatest adventure ever known, which would only lead him to his own death? These are some of the mysteries explored by Lorenzo Fernández Bueno as he travels to the putative destinations of ten great explorers...

The author’s previous works (Las claves del Código da Vinci, Los guardianes del secreto, Crónicas del misterio, Gótica: secretos, leyendas y simbología oculta de las catedrales) have been great successes with readers. A ﬁlm is about to come out about Percy Harrison Fawcett, proﬁled in The Explorer’s Curse, starring Brad Pitt.

The Explorer’s Curse Libros Cúpula / 320 pages / September 2011 Lorenzo Fernández Bueno, journalist and writer, is the author of several books including Desafíos a la historia (Challenging History, Libros Cúpula, 2010). He has been a presenter and scriptwriter for television series and is currently working on new projects in which travel, adventure and a

good dose of mystery go hand in hand.

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Heinrich ThyssenBornemisza The fascinating life of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen Bornemisza as told by himself; an exhaustive memoir of his entire life, leaving nothing out. This is a life story worthy of a Hollywood film. The book begins with his origins, the start of the Thyssen Empire on the 17th May 1842 with the birth of August, Heinrich’s grandfather, and continues with the Baron’s rise, at 23 years of age, to the head of the family business, an empire which he knew how to manage to perfection thanks to his excellent business instincts; he had a knack for buying and selling at just the right moment – a talent he claims to be the secret of his success. A significant part of his memoir is dedicated to his love of art, which can also be traced back to his grandfather and was passed onto him by his father, who owned eight hundred major works when he died. The Baron’s continuance of this family trait over his lifetime saw him build up the most important private art collection in the world. The memoir also covers the Baron’s turbulent love life in detail. He was married five times

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In My Own Way, Memories Planeta / 370 pages / October 2011

and had ﬁve children from these unions, some his own blood, others not. It further includes his no less agitated social life, full of luxury and travel, meeting some of the most important people in the world. And it ﬁnally covers the controversial subject of the inheritance which has always and continues to be associated with the Thyssen name.

A fascinating, entertaining, revealing and surprising book, presenting the personality of a man who might well have come across as frivolous and superﬁcial but was actually profoundly intelligent, visionary and enterprising in every aspect of his life, a man who has undoubtedly left an important legacy for our country. The protagonist and author of the memoir writes about many interesting aspects of his business, artistic and personal life, which in spite of his death is still very relevant, both for his artistic and business legacy and his lingering – indirect – presence in the media. The book is extremely well structured by chapters, its different subjects are well separated and documented. The memoir was dictated by the Baron and so the text is written in his personal voice.

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Josep Corbella, Valentín Fuster & Ferran Adrià

All the tips, ideas and advice that you’ll need to eat healthily, from the world’s best chef and a worldrenowned cardiologist. This book is a profound reﬂection on our relationship with food. The reader will learn how to eat better not only through the information provided – information which they could get from any textbook– but also because they’ve been asked to think hard about how they eat. The book has a narrative format following a family of six through twenty four hours. It maps out a typical day in family life, a Saturday for example, with successive chapters covering breakfast, shopping, food preservation, cooking, the food itself, etc.

Rights sold to: Manuscrito (Portugal), Senac (Brazil), Corint (Romania), Sperling Kupfer (Italy). La cocina de la salud offers the reader health and food tips by the pen of two world specialists in their own ﬁelds. This book has many practical advices, recipes for everyday cooking, ideas and solutions for cooking, together with many sorts of recommendations and curious information. Valentín Fuster’s previous books have sold more than 200,000 copies.

Healthy Cooking Planeta / 350 pages / October 2010 Ferran Adrià (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 1962) is one of the best-respected chefs in the world. Starting his career in elBulli in 1983, he was named head chef the next year. His interest in innovation led him, in

2003, to found the Scientiﬁc Department of elBulliTaller, which is dedicated to research into new products that tha improve cooking operations and methods. op The Th Cardiologist Valentín Fuster Va (Barcelona, 1943) (Ba is the t director of the Cardiovascular

Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, President of the Scientiﬁc Committee of the Spanish National Centre of Cardiovascular Research and was previously President of the American Heart Association (AHA) and the World Heart Federation (WHF). 5

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The Spanish Omelet is one of the most famous dishes in our culture and in our gastronomy.

José Carlos Capel With just quality potatoes, fresh eggs and olive oil, one can prepare one of the tastiest dishes of popular Spanish cookery. With these mysterious ingredients, thirteen great professionals of modern Spanish cooking —Ferran Adrià, Andoni Luis Aduriz, Hilario Arbelaitz, Sergi Arola, Juan Mari Arzak, Martín Berasategui, Quique Dacosta, Dani García, Josean Martínez Alija, Joan Roca, Paco Roncero, Carme Ruscalleda and Pedro Subijana— offer their thoughts and unpublished alternative recipes for the preparation of this popular delicacy. Their formulas are as fun as they are succulent, and add weight to this great homage to the potato tortilla.

Juan Carlos Capel is one of the best well-known gastronomical critics in Spain with more than 25 national and international awards. In this book the reader will ﬁnd new versions of this recipe, created by famous cooks like Ferran Adrià or Sergi Arola.

The Big Book of the Potato Tortilla Planeta / 350 pages / September 2010 José Carlos Capel is one of the most prestigious and experienced food critics in Spain. He is the author of forty-eight books of food literature and cookery, is director of cookery courses at the Universidad Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) and is a member of various gastronomic clubs in Spain and Europe. He

has received more than twenty-ﬁve prizes and honours both nationally and internationally, including the Premio Nacional de Gastronomía for the best publication and the World Cook Award for the books Fashion Food and Desafío de la Cocina Española.

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After more than forty years as a correspondent in the region, he is one of the few great reporters still active in the Middle East.

Tomรกs Alcoverro

The style; cultured, excellent prose, places him on the same level as the great journalists Robert Fisk and Josep Pla.

A chronicle of four decades of tumultuous life in the Middle East by the most respected Spanish correspondent in the region. La historia desde mi balcรณn includes more than seven thousand chronicles for the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia about the big warlike and social events in the last years in the Middle East and bordering zones. And actually many of his chronicles were written from his balcony, in the old building Saad in Beirut.

His reports always expand beyond the immediate event to become lasting works thanks to both their style and content.

History From My Balcony Destino / 336 pages / May 2011 Tomรกs Alcoverro (Barcelona, 1940) Middle East correspondent for La Vanguardia since 1970, king of Spanish war correspondents, has written more than seven thousand stories on his balcony in Beirut for the Barcelona newspaper, covering the major war-related and social events that took place

in the Middle East and surrounding area.

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Antonio Salas After six years inﬁltrating various terrorist organisations under the cover of the ﬁctitious identity of Muhammed Abdallah, arises The Palestinian (‘El Palestino’), a startling chronicle in which the well known investigative journalist, Antonio Salas, tells us of his time living on the edge. In it he attempts to reveal to his readers what is true or false in the terrifying news which hits us day after day regarding the rising violence in the world. Spain, Palestine, Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Mauritania, Venezuela, Egypt, Sweden and Lebanon are the settings for this unprecedented investigation, so valuable it goes beyond the limits of paper.

Antonio Salas is the pseudonym of a well known investigative journalist who must keep his identity secret for obvious reasons. Since Diary of a Skinhead (‘Diario de un skin’), 2003´s best selling non-fiction book in Spain, he has received as much praise as he has death threats. He followed this title with another equally polemical: The Year I Trafficked Women (‘El año que trafiqué con mujeres’), where

he centred himself in the white slave trade networks. His materials have been used as evidence in many cases such as that which ended in the conviction of Hammerskin España, and have prompted political actions such as that of the Mexican government ordering the investigation of the trafﬁcking of girls from Chiapas.

The Palestinian Temas de Hoy / 720 pages / May 2010

Rights sold to: Newton Compton (Italy), Manuscrito (Portugal), PWN (Poland). Salas made himself known through Diario de un skin, published in 2003. For more than a year he infiltrated into the neonazi movements in Spain to explain how they work from the inside. Later on he infiltrated in the international prostitution rings and wrote El año que trafiqué con mujeres. Now, he has infiltrated for six years in the deepest of international terrorist networks. After six years of travelling around thirteen countries and four continents and spending “up to the last penny and up to the last drop of energy and strength”, Antonio Salas has described his experiences as a mole in the networks of international terrorism. A thorough investigation with surprising revelations.

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Rights sold to: Marco Tropea (Italy).

Valérie Tasso What would happen if your boss investigates your most intimate life? A novel focused on the business world and on the peculiar relationships that happen between workmates, where sex, lies, secrets and the deepest passions reveal the ultimate nature of human condition. An ironic and ﬁerce approach to what a human being is able to do to look different from what he really is and to hide how he really is... until the person responsible of the enterprise decides to intervene and investigate the private life of his closest assistants and discover all of their secrets.

Tasso is the author of Diario de una ninfómana one of the sexual novels more surprising and read in the Spanish market. This book has all the elements of a good bestseller: sex, lies, secrets and hidden passions. A sex book that is at the same time a business fable. Valérie Tasso has already been translated into Italian, Hungarian, Polish, French, Portuguese, Serbian and Slovenian.

I’ll Know All of your Secrets Alienta / 300 pages / September 2010 Valérie Tasso, born French, graduated in Economy and Applied Foreign Languages, and obtained a Master’s Degree in Business Management. In 2003 she published Diario de una Ninfómana, a work that has placed her amongst the Spanish writers with a better international

renown. She is studying a Postgraduate Degree in Sexology at the INCISEX, a college within the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares in Madrid.

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The author is a respected IESE professor and has written several books.

Santiago Álvarez de Món

Currently, the business world is beginning to place more importance on intuition, heart, etc.

Can there be harmony between our business values and the moral principals that guide us? What do we hope to get from our job? A simple monetary compensation or an activity that helps us to achieve our full potential? Should our natural talent and abilities have something to do with our profession? When do we feel committed and full of energy? When does what we do take on signiﬁcance and meaning? Professor Santiago Álvarez de Mon answers these questions in a friendly wide-ranging discussion with different professionals in business, sport, the arts, and other ﬁelds. The Logic of the Heart Deusto / 290 pages / October 2011 Santiago Álvarez de Mon is one of the most prestigious professors in the discipline of Management in Spain. A Professor of People Management at the IESE and honoured guest at many prestigious business schools, he is the author of several books including Con ganas, ganas (When

you want it, you win it, Plataforma, 2010), Desde la adversidad: Liderazgo, cuestión de carácter (Out of Adversity: Leadership, a question of character, Pearson Educación, 2003). Álvarez de Món is a Doctor in Sociology and Political Sciences at the Universidad Pontiﬁcia de Salamanca

and has a Law Degree by Universidad Complutense in Madrid. He also obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics and Business Management in IESE.

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This book doesn’t only explain what the world of coaching is all about, but it also tells you about the necessary skills to take charge of both your professional and personal life.

Juan Carlos Cubeiro Myths and truths in the world of coaching. This book is a guide for anyone who wants to know what the world of coaching is all about, what skills it is designed to help develop and the alternatives it can offer on the path to achieving our goals. Written by Juan Carlos Cubeiro, one of Spain’s foremost experts, it explains the main concepts of coaching in order to dispel the fears and change the beliefs which can prevent one from achieving their goals. Introducing oneself to the world of coaching is an efﬁcient and quick way of achieving personal excellence. It will help you to be brave and take the action necessary to take full advantage of your needs, to work in a more intelligent manner, manage your schedule, reduce and control stress, and, especially, take charge of your own destiny in your professional and personal life.

Why You Need a Coach Alienta / 216 pages / April 2011 Juan Carlos Cubeiro is considered the most important leadership expert in Spain, holds a place of honour at the Spanish Coaching and Process Consultancy Association (AECOP) and presides over Eurotalent. Furthermore, he is a professor of Leadership and Team Dynamics

at the Universidad Comercial de Deusto; Director of the MPA and the Superior Coaching School of the CEU, the Advanced Leadership Institute at EBS and the Superior Coaching Course at the Caixanova Business School in Galicia and Fundesem in Alicante.

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Revised version from the 2007 edition of the book. The simplicity of the framework of the book will show the reader how the knowledge of the basic economy concepts can help us all to understand the economical, political and social changes in our world.

Alfredo Pastor It is obvious that we live in a world ruled by economic phenomena: unemployment, inﬂation, ﬁscal policy, the cost of money, markets, interest rates, monetary policy, the role of the state, the global distribution of wealth and the nature of the laws of the market. These phenomena affect and condition our lives every day of the year. However, most of us do not really understand the true mechanisms of the economic factors that surround us, which we think are only the concern of brainy specialists. Alfredo Pastor manages to teach us the basic principles of a subject that concerns us directly, because we participate in it every day of our lives.

Alfredo Pastor has managed to explain the basic principles of a subject that we all build together, a science –a humble science– that is and should be at the service of the citizen and not the other way round.

The Humble Science Crítica / 336 pages / January 2011 Alfredo Pastor has a PhD in Economics by the Universitat de Barcelona and by the Massachussets Institute of Technology. Previously, he has been a dean for the China-Europe International Business School, Secretary of State for Economy, economist in the World Bank, General Manager

of the INI, Chairman of Enher and Director of the Instituto de la Empresa Familiar (Institute of the Family Company). At present he is a docent at the IESE and has the Chair of Spain in the China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS).

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An explanation of the world via economics.

Anxo Penalonga Why do they call it a democracy when it’s really an oligarchy? Why are cocaine consumers bad for the environment? Homo Economicus is an interesting, pertinent look at the world around us through the lens of economics, a science that can answer many of our worries and questions about a wide variety of subjects including politics, social relations and work. His conclusions might seem unreal and even shocking but they’ll definitely surprise you. It is not, however, a book of banal anecdotes and assorted curiosities. The author develops arguments and makes statements that will help us to understand contemporary themes and the mechanisms that structure our society. Why is it so hard to find a job? What are the flaws of Spanish politics? What are the main causes of the financial crisis?

Presents an original focus that will help readers to understand many different aspects of life via economics. It is divided into short chapters and brief explanations based on contemporary events and curious anecdotes. It is a controversial book which uses an economic basis to argue for the legalization of drugs and the expansion of multinational organizations into the third world.

Homo Economicus Gestión 2000 / 240 pages / April 2011 Anxo Penalonga (Lugo, 1969) is a professor of Economics. He graduated in 1993 and since then has given classes at schools, to candidates and at universities. He came ﬁrst in his Business Administration exam and has worked on over thirty economics

manuals for training courses.

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Carlos Rodríguez Braun Juan Ramón Rallo Economics lessons (liberal ones) for the general public. A politically incorrect manual on the myths and falsehoods of a science that keeps the world moving. Braun and Rallo, two of the most prestigious economists in Spain, both fervent liberals, set out to explain economic science to us from a new, politically incorrect, combative perspective.

Everything really worth knowing about economics in ﬁve extended lessons. Carlos Rodríguez Braun is a wellknown economist with great communication skills. He works for some of the most important media outlets in the country; Antena 3, La Razón, Onda cero, Telemadrid… The book aims to be politically incorrect and debunks many established ideas about economics and its history.

Liberalism is Not a Sin Deusto / 256 pages / November 2011 Carlos Rodríguez Braun (Buenos Aires, 1948) received his Doctorate in Economic Sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and is a Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the same university. He has published academic articles in the most prestigious journals in

the discipline in Spain, the USA, the UK, Italy and other countries. Juan Ramón Rallo is a Doctor of Economics with a distinction and has a Law degree, also with a distinction, from the Universidad de Valencia.

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José María Palomares

Public Speaking in a Week In a week / 140 pages / June 2011

Montserrat Andreu

Job Searching in a Week In a week / 96 pages / October 2010

Pedro Rojas

Community Management in a Week In a week / 138 pages / April 2011

Cristina Aced

Social Networks in a Week In a week / 80 pages / October 2010 15

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“Julián Casanova has written a brilliant political and ideological synthesis of the processes which caused the European crisis of the 20th Century as well as its repercussions for smaller countries... This is highly recommended reading”.

Julián Casanova The First World War is considered by many historians to be the watershed of European history in the 20th Century. The destruction and millions of deaths that the First World War caused, the changes in borders, impact of the Russian Revolution and problems millions of ex-soldiers had with adapting to civilian life were at the heart of the violence and confrontational culture which became endemic in many societies during that turbulent period. This book examines these factors in detail: the Russian revolution and the rise of fascism, democratic decline and authoritarian advances, the culture of confrontation and the consequences all these factors had for Europe.

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Europe Against Europe 1914-1945 Crítica / 264 pages / April 2011 Julián Casanova is a tenured professor of Contemporary History at the Universidad de Zaragoza. His works include La historia social y los historiadores, Anarquismo y violencia política en la España del siglo XX, República y guerra civil and, together with Carlos

Gil Andrés, Historia de España en el siglo XX. He has been a guest professor at several prestigious Universities in England, the USA and Latin America.

“There are few historians – Spanish or European – who are able to capture the immense complexity of the period and to do so in an accessible way. Julian Casanova, who has already written a series of books which have combined profound analysis with an attractive, lively style, is one of them. This magniﬁcent book resounds with wisdom and literary excellence. It is an achievement of which any international historian would be very proud.” PAUL PRESTON

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A cookery book with a historical ﬂavour. An original way of discovering the ancient pleasures of gastronomy.

Ángeles Díaz Simón What did meatballs taste like in Ancient Mesopotamia? How do you make hamburgers worthy of an Egyptian Pharaoh? What ingredients go into an Ancient Greek soup? What was Roman garum? What was so special about green soup in the Middle Ages? What were the shards and bones that Don Quixote ate? Ángeles Díaz Simón sets out to discover the mysterious tastes and smells of the kitchens of our ancestors. In order to do this she takes us on a gastronomic journey into the past, presenting recipes for dishes which might be very old but will still be new to our palates. This is an original way of learning about history whilst having fun cooking up surprises for our family and friends.

The book is ﬁlled with memorable moments and delicious anecdotes about the art of cooking. “Enjoy this book. Learn from it. Expand your knowledge of the world and the human beings who came before us. But, above all, make use of the recipes and you’ll be time travelling without leaving your kitchen.” FROM ÁNGELES CASO’S PROLOGUE

Recipes with History Ariel / 320 pages / 2011 Ángeles Díaz is a chef and a historian, and owns a restaurant in Asturias. Ángeles Caso has worked in different cultural and media institutions. Her works include El peso de las sombras (1994 Premio Planeta ﬁnalist), Un largo silencio (2000 Premio Fernando

Lara) and Contra el viento, winner of 2009 Premio Planeta, and is translated into more than 10 languages.

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The author is one of the most important and renowned experts in the world of Egypt and Ancient History.

José Miguel Parra Women beaten up by husbands and making a formal complaint before the corresponding court? Domestic violence. Workers that interrupt their activity when they are not earning their wages? Strike. More than one person will be surprised to know that we are talking about Ancient Egypt and not about events appeared in the latest news. The surprising informations discovered about the hidden meaning of the decoration of the tombs, the legal problems of people, the assassination attempts against the Pharaoh... will undoubtedly fascinate not only the scholar but also the lover of the ancient Pharaonic society.

This book is a nice and enriching way of understanding our current times through the times of Ancient Egypt. Specially famous because of its pyramids and its big temples, the civilization of the Pharaohs still has many unkown details that will keep attracting the attention of any curious reader.

History Begins in Egypt Crítica / 400 pages / March 2011 José Miguel Parra Ortiz (Madrid, 1968) has a PHD in Ancient History from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, where he also received a Master’s Degree in Translation. He has given seminars and conferences about ancient Egypt at various Spanish universities as well as for numerous

cultural associations and societies related to Egyptology. A regular contributor to history publications, he has published an important body of work on many different aspects of the history and society of ancient Egypt.

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A comprehensive overview which will undoubtedly be seen as an essential work of reference for all those wishing to know more about this period of Spanish history.

Borja de Riquer General Franco’s dictatorship lasted the longest of any of the regimes which governed Spain in the 20th Century. It must thus be considered in all its complexity; not just its origins and nature but also aspects such as the long period of repression and resistance, of initial poverty and economic development, political immobility, and the progressive decline of the system when a closely controlled culture was eventually able to make its dissenting voices heard. Professor Borja de Riquer has realised an ambitious vision which encompasses politics, economic evolution and social and cultural change, a synthesis drawn from recent research and testimony which is only now coming to light: internal reports from the regime’s organizations, the memories of the people involved, etc. All this is a comprehensive achievement which will undoubtedly become an essential work of reference for anyone wishing to know more about this period of Spanish history.

Franco’s Dictatorship Crítica / 976 pages / 201o Borja de Riquer is a professor of Contemporary History at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He was the editor of Història, política, societat i cultura dels Països catalans (History, Politics, Society and Culture in the Catalan Countries,

13 vols.). Awards and distinctions he has received include the Medal of Honour from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and “Investigador Reconegut” from the Generalitat de Catalunya. He is a member of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres of Barcelona. 19

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Josep Sánchez Cervelló The story told in this book is quixotic; that of the Republican resistance which confronted the military coup in 1936 in spite of the Republic’s isolation and notorious non-intervention policies. The legitimate government of Spain, for all its ﬂaws, represented positive values: democracy, secularism, solidarity, social justice and self-government for historical communities. None of these values could be found on Franco’s side. And when the Civil War ended, whilst the Franquistas supported the Axis, the republicans were committed to the Allied cause. Furthermore, the exiles maintained democratic institutions: the Presidency of the Republic, the Government, the Courts and the Basque Government.

The story of Republican Resistance during the Franco regime. The history of Spain, from the end of the Civil War in 1939 until the ﬁrst democratic elections in 1977, cannot be properly understood without knowledge of the Republic in exile. There are many books which cover the subject partially, but none that provide an overall vision. This is the ﬁrst work which gives us the full story, with the objectivity conferred by the passing of the time.

The Second Republic in Exile -1937-1977 Planeta / 576 pages / June 2011

Many of the events which occurred during the Transition have their origins in practically unknown factors —the return of the President of the Catalan Generalitat, Josep Tarradellas, for example, cannot be explained without detailed knowledge about the Republican institutions in exile.

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For the ﬁrst time, not just a chronicle of deaths, but a detailed study of the politics of fear as an essential element of the Francoist state to ensure the population’s submission.

Santiago Vega Sombría Repression is usually considered to be a consequence of the Civil War and the violence caused by both sides during the conﬂict. But Santiago Vega Sombría, after comprehensive analysis, now offers us a new and very different perspective on the role of repression, seeing it as an essential element of the Francoist state and political system. This is not just a chronicle of the deaths, but an overall study of the different ways in which the politics of fear was used to ensure submission: imprisonment, conﬁscation of possessions, purges and other means of coercion: from beatings, forcefeeding with castor oil and humiliation, including the forms reserved especially for women, to the symbolic violence exercised in schools, in churches or on the street itself

Santiago Vega Sombría has a PhD in Contemporary History by the Universidad Complutense in Madrid and has published several works on Francoist repression.

The Politics of Fear Crítica / 432 pages / April 2011 Santiago Vega Sombría, (Segovia, 1964), has worked as an adult educator in prisons for twelve years, and is currently a secondary school teacher. He has a PhD in Contemporary History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has published several works on

Francoist repression. Vega Sombría presides over the Forum for Memory in Segovia, an association which recovers and promotes the memory of those repressed by the Franco regime.

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The paediatric psychologist Mª Luisa Ferrerós studied at the Department of Psy¬chology in Barcelona and later specialised in neuropsychology to take her Masters in sleep depravation at the Institut Universitari Dexeus under Doctor Eduard Estivill. Currently, she alternates her professional work as a psychologist in the team of specialist paediatrics at the BCM

Mª Luisa Ferrerós You’re punished without... going out, without your pay, without your mobile phone, without the game console, without computer, without football... We don’t know what else can we make up to make our children fulﬁl their obligations. It’s the trendy punishment, but most of the parents complain that it does not even work, and they admit that they no longer know what to do to make their children react. Discipline is necessary, but it shouldn’t be based in the child’s fear: it should favour thought as means to know the reason and the reach of the offense, at the same time that he is advised about what is the right action.

centre, with her own research into is¬sues that affect children. She has given numerous conferences on her speciality in educational and childcare centres. She is the author of Olvídate del pañal, Abrázame, mamá and Dormir sin problemas amongst many other titles, and is an advisor at the Lenoarmi Centre, a pioneer in integrated education through water therapy.

Mª Luisa Ferrerós has already become a key author in the ﬁeld of child education. Her books have sold more than 160,000 copies in Spain. The author has the great ability of mixing psychology and child education in a simple way, without ambiguities and in a straightforward language, close to the reader. It includes some examples that help understand the text better, and the book is also divided by ages, so that the reader can ﬁnd the best method to use, from zero to seventeen years. The author has been successfully translated into Catalan, Brazilian Portuguese and Turkish.

You’re in Trouble! Planeta / 200 pages / March 2011

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The author’s professional interests have been focussed on two subjects: he has developed programs for preventing antisocial behaviour in children and young people and also worked to understand and treat the most implacable and systematically aggressive criminals.

Vicente Garrido The news headlines are increasingly regular and alarming: parents attacked by their children, adolescents beating up their teachers, abuse of fellow students at school... What’s going on? Is this a new problem or an old story which is ﬁnally being brought to light? Is our society too permissive with young people? Is this an unprecedented crisis in values in the world of education? Are our children copying behaviour learned from an increasingly violent society? And above all: what can we do to combat the problem?

Tyrannous Children Ariel / 160 pages / September 2011 Vicente Garrido is a tenured professor at the Universidad de Valencia, studying subjects related to Criminal Psychology and Pedagogy for the rehabilitation of Criminals. Doctor Garrido is a Doctor of Psychology, has a Diploma in Criminology and is one of the pioneers and most renowned

authorities in the ﬁeld of violent criminology. He has acted as a consultant for the United Nations on the prevention of delinquent behaviour in Latin America.

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José Antonio Marina The objective of education is to develop the talent of individuals and collectives. Management gurus insist tirelessly on the need for talent and there are professionals whose job it is to search it out. We would all like to have talent. We all admire it. The question is, how can we develop it in our boys and girls and ourselves? There are no miraculous short cuts. Nor can one be an ‘instant millionaire’, or ‘learn Chinese in twenty hours’, or achieve any of the other marvellous things promised by deceptive self-help books. Talent is a habit and like all habits, it is difﬁcult to acquire. There are also many kinds of talent. This book attempts to help our children to discover their own.

José Antonio Marina is a philosopher, writer, lecturer, and contributor to several publications. His long career as a researcher has centred on human intelligence and feelings. On many occasions he has said he considers himself a cultural detective. Using the resources of science, he investigates what makes people think, and later explains it by using the resources of literature. In his work, Marina has employed

several literary genres in order to bring the great philosophical questions closer to the great public in an enjoyable and clear manner. If you would like to learn more about his intellectual projects and his literary life, and follow his research, you can visit www. joseantoniomarina.net

Rights sold to Corpus Books (Russia). Ariel’s Biblioteca UP offers texts and resources to help parents and teachers with the hard educational process of their children or pupils. Jose Antonio Marina is one of the most important and best-selling author in the ﬁelds of psychology and pedagogy. Jose Antonio Marina has been translated into Italian, Romanian, Chinese and Portuguese.

The Education of Talent Ariel / 220 pages / September 2010

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Manuel Cruz

Manuel Cruz is a Contemporary Philosophy professor at the Universitat de Barcelona. He has been a visitor professor in several European and North American universities. Author of more than twenty books and compiler of more than twelve collective works, amongst his most recent titles we can highlight Las malas pasadas del pasado (2005), Siempre me sacan en página par (2007), Acerca de la

diﬁcultad de vivir juntos (2007), Cómo hacer cosas con recuerdos (2007), Filosofía de la Historia (2008) and Menú degustación (2009). He is the director of several collections of essays, and is part of the editorial board of certain magazines of his speciality, not only national but also international ones.

The erotism of Plato, the luxury of Saint Augustine, the frustration of Spinoza, the passion of Abelard and Héloïsse, or the strange relationship between Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir have contributed to give shape to our own concept of love. Amo, luego existo brings us closer to the way of living love for those who devoted their lives intensely to think about how to love and be loved. The philosopher Manuel Cruz deepens in the life and thoughts of some of the most important thinkers in Western culture.

Rights sold to Einaudi (Italy). Winner of the 2010 Espasa Award for the Best Essay. Love is a very common subject, but in this case, Manuel Cruz has written a history of the love of the philosophers, and how this love reﬂects their thought. Love is directly related to the core of our existence. Unlucky are those who spent their lives hating, who consumed their fury to destroy their enemies.

I Love, Therefore I Am Espasa / 256 pages / October 2010

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This book expounds the theory that knowledge and its associated disciplines (science and innovation policies, political assessment of governments, evaluation of public policies, comprehension of current social transformations and the cognitive competence of regulators) are areas which decide not only economic prosperity but the fundamental quality of democracy.

Daniel Innerarity Rather than a means of accumulating facts, knowledge can be a tool for mutually beneﬁcial coexistence. Its most important function does not consist of reﬂecting a supposedly objective truth, modifying our perception of exterior reality, but in becoming the most powerful device with which one can create a democratic shared space with fellow human beings. Because our main collective problems are not, as is often claimed, related to will, indecision or immorality; we should actually consider ourselves to be cognitive failures. A failure whose origin lies in poorly organized knowledge about democratic legitimacy.

Policies related to and about knowledge have become matters that concern the democratic citizency in which many different theoretical problems are considered, especially the quality of public space. The Democracy of Knowledge Paidós / 2011 Daniel Innerarity is a professor of Political and Social Philosophy, an “Ikerbasque” researcher at the Universidad del País Vasco and a director of the Institute for Democratic Governance. His numerous works include Ética de la hospitalidad; La transformación de la política (winner of the

national non-ﬁction award); La sociedad invisible; El futuro y sus enemigos and, together with Javier Solana, he compiled the volume La humanidad amenazada: gobernar los riesgos globales. These last two works were published by Paidós.

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Savater is our best-selling and more international philosopher. He has been translated into Dutch, Chinese (SimpliďŹ ed and Traditional), German, French, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Portuguese, Danish, Romanian, Korean, Ukranian and Catalan.

Fernando Savater In the middle of the 21st century, religion is provoking passions, moving multitudes and being used as an excuse by terrorists and politicians. Those who have a purely scientiďŹ c view of the world are scandalised, while others consider a belief in some supernatural presence to be vital for us to be able to face life and, even more importantly, death. This is a book about religion, or more accurately, religions: what is belief? What do we believe in, or choose not to believe in? And, what relation do these beliefs share with our search for immorality? The book also explores the concept of truth, the difference between belief and faith, the non-dogmatic paths of the spirit, the political implications of orthodox fanatic fanaticism and the role of religious education in democratic societies.

Religion today: from skepticism to fanaticism, Fernando Savater thinks about God, religion and life after death. A critic to traditional religions and dogmatisms. A lucid book, full with provoking and brilliant ideas. A ďŹ&#x201A;uent writing, that fascinates all readers, with many references to movies, literature... Savater teaches and delights. Life Eternal Ariel / 264 pages / March 2007 Fernando Savater is a Professor of Philosophy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is the author of numerous philosophical, literary and political essays as well as books and plays.

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By the author of La crisis ninja y otros misterios de la economía actual (The Ninja Crisis and Other Mysteries of the Contemporary Economy), La hora de los sensatos (A Time for Sensible Thinking) and ¿Qué hace una persona como tú en una crisis como esta (What is Someone Like You Doing in a Place Like This)?

Leopoldo Abadía In this book, the great guru of the Spanish economy, Leopoldo Abadía, author of La crisis ninja y otros misterios de la economía actual (which sold more than 150,000 copies), father of twelve children and grandfather to forty grandchildren, addresses problems that affect all families at one time or another. The children’s education, managing the domestic budget, family relationships..., these are just some of the themes which Abadía explores in his unique instructive style with simple wisdom and a sense of humour.

36 Things You Should Do To Help Your Family Work Better Espasa / 208 pages / October 2011 Leopoldo Abadía (Zaragoza, 1933) is a Doctor of Industrial Engineering and was a professor at the Institute of Higher Business Studies for thirty-one years. He has given over a hundred conferences throughout Spain and often appears in the press, on the radio and television to give his

original and perceptive views on contemporary affairs founded in his core belief in common sense.

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The monuments and buildings selected are all well-known by the general public.

Ricardo Aroca

A rigorous, comprehensive work in the idiosyncratic style of an extremely well-known and prestigious architect: the book thus becomes a kind of personal guide.

A collection of emblematic Spanish architectural monuments and buildings, from Pre-history to the contemporary period, presented with anecdotes and information on the speciﬁc context of their origin, various interesting facts related to the construction process, the reasons certain solutions were chosen and the mysteries that in some cases surround their creators.

“In this book I have tried to create selection of buildings that illustrate a number of key aspects of our history and the social circumstances of different eras; in some ways it is the kind of history that I’d have liked to have been taught when I was at school.”, RICARDO AROCA

The Secret History of Buildings Espasa / 304 pages / October 2011 Ricardo Aroca (is one of the most renowned creators in contemporary Spanish architecture and his experience as an innovative architectural builder is complemented by his professorial work (he has been the director of the Madrid School of Architecture) and his work as a researcher. He has also been the

deacon of the College of Architects.

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His previous book, Tu sexo es tuyo is the book about sexuality that has sold the most in Spain (250,000 copies) and has been translated into different languages. The new edition, published by Planeta (Tu sexo es aún más tuyo) has sold more than 45,000 copies.

Sylvia de Béjar This book is the natural followup of the book Tu sexo es tuyo. If the latter dealt with everything that a woman (and a man) must know about their sexuality to live it with the better conditions, this one tries to face the lack of desire and/or the differences with desire inside a couple. The ﬁnal aim is to help couples meeting again or to help them avoiding sexual problems. The subjects that this book deals with are the pressure for desire, the lack of desire, the differences of desire inside the couple and how to overcome them, rediscovering desire or increasing it... It speaks about everything related to sexual desire and how it affects our lives and our couple relationships, so that we can all ﬁnd the way to enjoy much more.

Sylvia de Béjar is a regular contributor to the radio programme «Hoy por hoy» in Cadena Ser, presented by Carles Francino, with a slot devoted to sex, and with a very faithful audience. Many psychologists and sexual therapists in Spain recommend her as a must.

Desire Planeta / 250 pages / March 2011 Sylvia de Béjar is a writer and an expert in Human Sexuality and in Sexual Education (UNED), and has a PhD in Neurolinguistics Programming. She has spent the last two decades doing research and writing about love and human sexuality, and her book Tu sexo es tuyo, has become

the best sold book of this genre in Spain. The Spanish Academy of Sexology and Sexual Medicine awarded her in 2010 with the National Award of the Academy for the Promotion of Sexual Health in the Media.

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Psychological exercises to achieve wholeness and emotional well-being.

Marisa Bosqued

Marisa Bosqued offers us a friendly guide which includes games that will help us to improve every aspect of our lives.

The book is organized into seven chapters which address themes such as stress reduction, improving your self-esteem, controlling negative thoughts, life as a couple and improving one’s assertiveness. Each chapter, furthermore, is accompanied by a questionnaire you can use to evaluate yourself and ﬁnd out if there are facets of your life which could be improved. In this case, she proposes several exercises which, explained step by step, will help us to ﬁx them simply and effectively.

She is the author of ﬁve books, all related to psychology and the world of work which include Mobbing and Quemados. El síndrome del burnout. Qué es y cómo superarlo (Burned Out: BurnOut Syndrome and How to Prevent it), both published by Ediciones Paidós. She currently works at the Centro de Salud Mental del Hospital Provincial in Zaragoza and makes regular media appearances. Be Happy! Paidós / 192 pages / March 2011 Marisa Bosqued is a specialist in Psychology with extensive experience in the ﬁelds of education (Centro Médico de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento Educativo in Barcelona) and training, as a specialist professor at diverse clinical centres and hospitals.

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Ramiro Calle

Ramiro A. Calle, a pioneer in the teaching of Yoga and Orientalism in Spain, is the author of more than two hundred works. He is a great researcher of Buddha and his thought and is a master of Buddhist meditation and yoga. His work Grandes maestros espirituales won him the 2003 Premio Espiritualidad and he often appears in the media. He was an important promoter of the ﬁrst medical-yogic research in Spain.

We live in a conflict-filled time that generates great stress in daily life. In this book, Ramiro Calle –a yoga, meditation and relaxation expert– offers a few simple millennia-old techniques to anyone who wants to relax and introduce more sense, equilibrium and wellbeing into their lives. Learn all you need to positively influence thought, improve your psychological and emotional quality of life, achieve peace and harmony, overcome anxiety and reduce stress. You can also effectively improve your mental, emotional and organic health.

A simple, strict manual on the principal meditation techniques by one of Spain’s most renowned experts. Ramiro Calle introduced yoga and oriental philosophy to Spain and is the author of dozens of books that have become important titles in the various spiritual disciplines in which he is a specialist. He has achieved recognition and prestige amongst innumerable doctors, psychoanalysts and psychologists.

The Big Book of Meditation MR / 384 pages / February 2011

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Enjoy this original method and prepare to improve both your shape and your mood.

Pierre Durand Do you hate diets which make you eat boring food? Do you get bored in gymnasiums? Can’t stand doing difﬁcult physical exercise? This book offers an alternative method that combines more appetising diets with the best way to lose weight: making love. This is an instructive manual in which you’ll ﬁnd: • Highly erotic positions to exercise your body with detailed information on the calories burned and muscles exercised. • Practical advice to make the positions more rewarding and useful with regard to physical exercise. • Healthy recipes to accompany the exercises.

Lose Weight By Making Love MR / 224 pages / May 2011 Sex is one of the healthiest body-toning exercises around. It improves one’s health, mood and body. Its connection with dieting regimes was only a matter of time. Pierre Durand is a renowned French nutritionist and sexologist. Author of many different medical articles, after

his extensive experience and excellent clinical results he has decided to share his wisdom in this début book.

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Alicia Gallotti

A journalist and a writer, Alicia Gallotti has been a columnist at Playboy for more than ten years. She has participated in radio programmes and written for Spanish women’s magazines on different aspects of sexuality as seen from a practical and psychological point of view. Among the author’s recent books are Placer sin límites, Guía sexual para adolescentes, and a wide range of books on the art of erotic love.

This book reveals all the secrets of the erotic arts: different erotic games, the erogenous zones, ways to increase sexual excitement, tricks to intensify pleasure during coitus, positions that increase sensitivity during orgasm, techniques to control ejaculation and maintain an erection for longer… The New, Illustrated KamaSutra combines traditional wisdom and the modern needs of safe sex. Sex should be seen as it really is: healthy, necessary and uninhibited.

Profusely illustrated with explicit and enlightening images of the most sensual postures of the Kama Sutra. Alicia Gallotti is the author of longsellers such as the Kama-sutra para la mujer (15 reprints), Kama-sutra gay (7 reprints), or the Kama-sutra lésbico (7 reprints) el nuevo Kamasutra ilustrado (26 reprints), is undoubtedly the most known and read book of the author. She is very popular in South America – where her books are huge bestsellers– and Europe –her books have even been translated into Russian–.

The New, Illustrated Kama Sutra MR / 224 pages / January 2011

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Being stylish, dressing properly, glamour... These concepts are no longer exclusive of woman. Men are taking care of their looks and the way they dress, more and more these days.

Jose Mª López-Galiacho Oxford Shoes, Derby or moccasin, Peruvian or Egyptian cotton shirts... the basic elements that should garnish the wardrobes of everyone that might want to dress and feel like a true gentleman are not few. However, the correct choice of a tie, or the best bet when choosing a jacket are tasks that seem quite complicated. The author will not only reveal how to make naturally disappear the creases in our trousers, but he will also tell us how to look taller or thinner, or how to disguise a fallen shoulder. We will also learn when must we wear a tail coat, a morning coat or a dinner jacket, or when it is better to wear casual, for having an elegant and stylish look without wearing a suit is also important and easy.

The author is an expert in professional appearance. A book that will become a must for all those men who would like to have some advice to improve their look.

Manual of the Perfect Gentleman MR / 300 pages / May 2011 Born in Albacete, José María LópezGaliacho studied Law in Madrid. After spending several years abroad, where he got a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm) and studied a Master in Business Administration (MBA), he returned to Madrid to combine his PhD in Economics with his

work as a responsible for the activities of a consultant agency in the American continent. After creating the most important Spanishlanguage blog in the ﬁeld of classic male fashion www. elaristocrata.com, he began to contribute with several written and online media. 35

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This book summarizes the author’s vision of the world and business in 111 maxims.

Xavier Gabriel

Each maxim is accompanied by a brief biographical explanation and a short explanation of the maxim. For example: “Impossible, in the entrepreneur’s dictionary, means interesting.”

What makes an entrepreneur? Does good luck play a part? What is the biggest risk that businessmen face? With Nada es imposible, the reader will be able to learn from one of Spain’s most charismatic entrepreneurs and see how he has made a lottery administrator; La Bruixa d’Or in Sort, into an extremely successful business which in 2011 won the National Marketing Prize.

This is an easy to read, optimistic and humorous book. The author is a born inventor and it reﬂects his extroverted character.

Nothing is Impossible Alienta / 160 pages / September 2011 Xavier Gabriel, founder of La Bruixa d’Or and many other businesses, answers these questions and provides the keys to success in the world of business via 111 maxims listed and explained throughout this book. With a direct, forthright style, Gabriel outlines his vision of the world and the business

universe as he also shows how each of these ideas has affected him in his personal experience as a businessman.

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Reading Technostress will greatly help people who feel uncomfortable or suffer when trying to use digital technology and those who simply do not understand the rapid changes occurring today.

José María Martínez Selva In an easy and accessible style, the author explains how digital advances have affected the workplace, exploring the problems associated with information overload, the correct use of email in our daily life and the loneliness that many people paradoxically suffer within this interconnected world. He also provides clarifying analysis of social networks, their possible risks and how to approach techno-addictions. He goes on to warn against the possible dangers the internet poses to adolescents, such as cyber-bullying and sexting, and provides guidelines on educating our children and taking the necessary protective measures.

This book will help readers to overcome some of the problems associated with forced immersion in new technologies in order to better use them and live happily with them.

Technostress Paidós / 224 pages / May 2011 José María Martínez Selva (Elche, 1955) is a Professor of Psychobiology at the Universidad de Murcia, where he has taught Psychophysiology and Physiological Psychology since 1978. He has been a guest professor at universities in France, Mexico and Panama, and has been

invited to residencies at the University of South California, Harvard Medical School and Strathclyde University in Glasgow in the UK. He has also been a member of the Nation Commission for Science and Technology.

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Montecarlo Eva Snijders Ángel Mª Herrera Delgado has just joined the company. He is a young, serious, highly qualified executive. His first act will be to prepare a presentation for potential investors willing to increase the company’s capital. However, after a boring first draft filled with unintelligible data and figures, the board of directors decides that Delgado needs help from a ‘superconsultant’. The only catch is that this mysterious character lives in a remote place which he never leaves so the young man will have to go to find him. As a guide and companion he will be assigned a dishevelled, friendly extrovert called Gordillo. Together they will begin a journey full of accidents and strange encounters on which Delgado will discover the best and worst of himself.

A fascinating story about the power of story telling. A captivating, absorbing tale which demonstrates the magic of story telling; the art of weaving stories and tales that move and seduce your audience. An addictive, entertaining and fascinating fable.

The Council Alienta / 280 pages / May 2011 Montecarlo has written, drawn and ﬁlmed stories for very different media: comics, cinema, television, Internet, exhibitions and interactive installations. Eva Snijder has always worked in communications; as an event organizer and public relations or press ofﬁcer. She is trained

in Neuro-linguistic Programming (PNL) and Coaching. Ángel María Herrera is the creator of grupobuho. com (2000), which began as a site for his storytelling group, and grew to become one of the largest Spanishspeaking literary communities on the Internet.

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A positive reﬂection on what we can and should do to build a happier life for ourselves. It will give readers a good dose of optimism.

Covadonga O’Shea

For thousands of years, the wisest, most sainted and idealistic people have reﬂected on the qualities which make a person more human. I simply want to add my own contribution to the work. I would be happy with just waking the people who read this book up to the joy of seeing these virtues and above all the effort of living according to them.”

With these words, Covadonga O’Shea sets out on an optimistic, but realistic, search for lost values, the “endless caverns” in which the further one plunges, the more they discover. Gratefulness, perseverance, faith, prudence, simplicity, responsibility and tolerance, amongst many other things, inspire a positive reﬂection about what we can and should do to build a happier life for ourselves. A book about the incalculably important values which could turn hope for a brighter future and a better world into a reality.

COVADONGA O’SHEA

The Value of Values Temas de Hoy / 256 pages / April 2011 Covadonga O’Shea has degrees in Information Sciences and Philosophy and Literature from the Universidad de Navarra, and was editor of the magazine Telva from 1970 to 1997. She has worked with different media organizations including ABC, El País, El Mundo and El Correo Español,

and written the books La armonía vital, Así piensa el Papa: 150 preguntas a Juan Pablo II, La brújula de la vida, La herencia de un santo, Un viaje a Tierra Santa, En busca de los valores and El lujo de elegir. She has given conferences in Spain, the USA and several European countries. 39

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Structured into twelve sections – one for each month of the year – the book approaches themes such as love, family, work, culture and friendship; an original almanac in which the prestigious psychiatrist Enrique Rojas offers us his wise advice and provides lucid, intimate company as he guides us through the battles we must wage in our lives to achieve happiness and personal fulﬁlment.

Enrique Rojas How should we face up to the difﬁculties and frustrations we come across in our daily lives? Can we learn from our mistakes? How should we adapt to change? No te rindas offers us a friendly and accessible way of dealing with adversity and the doubts and fears that stalk us every day, encouraging us to grow and meet new objectives. • Happiness does not depend on how things are, but on our interpretation of them. • Affective maturity is the ability to give and receive love. • Only those who make sense of their lives can really enjoy existence and completely live up to their potential. • Controlling negative thoughts can help us to improve our mood.

This is a book especially suited for our times of crisis, depression, lack of a will to live, emotional instability, etc.

Don’t Give Up Temas de Hoy / 320 pages / June 2011 Enrique Rojas is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology. He is the Director of the Spanish Institute for Psychiatric Research in Madrid and President of the Rojas-Estapé Foundation for deprived young people with personality disorders. He is a humanist psychiatrist who has

worked in both clinical (anxiety, depression, personality disorders) and psychological (marriage crises, failure at school, motivation problems, difﬁculties with sexuality and on the paths which lead to happiness) spheres.

In essence, this is a practical book, in which, for the ﬁrst time, we see the two sides of Enrique Rojas: both the psychiatrist and the person who has faced the same problems.

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The author, regardless of different individual beliefs, has focused on the importance faith, meditation and spiritual precepts and values have had for different communities throughout the ages. These systems have managed to place body and mind in harmony and encourage health and well-being.

Bernabé Tierno If sciences such as anthropology, sociology and history have taught us anything it is that the human mind needs a concept of God (or a force of creation) to alleviate the anxiety caused by the unknown. Chance and the chaos of a life that cannot be planned and that, as much as we wish it were otherwise, cannot be controlled, threatens us, damaging our emotional system. Recent scientiﬁc studies show that faith in God, participation in rites and fulﬁlment of religious precepts reduce symptoms of depression and help self-control, improving our neuronal abilities. But, at the same time, our reasoning mind is unable to come to any absolute conclusions about spiritual factors.

With this book, Bernabé Tierno creates a space where the latest scientiﬁc research and religious faith coincide, taking us on a revolutionary path towards a new 21st Century spirituality.

A Spiritual Mind Temas de Hoy / 320 pages / May 2011 Bernabé Tierno is a psychologist, educator and writer. He makes frequent media appearances and is a tireless conference goer. He is the author of many different works including El psicólogo en casa, La fuerza del amor, Hoy, aquí y ahora, Optimismo vital, Los pilares de la felicidad,

Poderosa mente and Sabiduría esencial.

This book teaches us in a practical and simple manner to take advantage of religious precepts in both religious and secular lives in order to improve our well-being. The author’s previous sales for books on similar subjects have been around 50,000 copies.

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Bernabé Tierno is a respected ﬁgure in the self-help genre, which he has used to contribute to the well-being and health of his readers.

Bernabé Tierno The Psychologist At Home addresses the everyday worries and neuroses which afﬂict us as individuals, our families and the people around us. Bernabé Tierno explains each of these disorders to us, covering how we think and feel, our body’s reaction to them and how we can fall into a vicious circle from which it can seem impossible to escape, providing us with the keys to successfully overcoming these bouts of suffering. Anxiety, lack of communication, insomnia, depression, sexuality, anorexia... These pages show the necessity of addressing psychology in the everyday environment, providing useful advice and practical solutions which point the way towards a cure.

A practical book designed to help understanding of the disorders which sometimes appear in our everyday life, offering simple and effective solutions to overcoming them.

The Psycologist At Home Temas de Hoy / 384 pages / June 2011 Bernabé Tierno is a psychologist, educator and writer. He makes frequent media appearances and is a tireless conference goer. He is the author of many different works including El psicólogo en casa, La fuerza del amor, Hoy, aquí y ahora, Optimismo vital, Los pilares de la felicidad,

Poderosa mente and Sabiduría esencial.

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Dra. María Concepción Vidales Do you find it hard to lose weight because your anxiety keeps you eating constantly? Do you eat even though you’re not hungry? Is food your only consolation when you have emotional trouble or a problem at work? If you’ve ever found yourself in one of these situations, this is the book you need. In this book, readers will find the keys to controlling and treating the anxiety that keep them eating desperately; they’ll find out which foods satisfy and which simply enhance your appetite, they’ll learn how often you should be eating, be presented with complementary treatments that help combat anxiety and read about the examples of other patients Dra. Vidales has successfully treated.

This book is an excellent tool to help you take control of your appetite and loose your extra weight forever! Dr. María Vidales is a well-known nutritionist, specialized in human diets and eating disorders. She currently carries out the majority of her professional work in her own medical clinic.

I’m not Hungry, It’s Anxiety Libros Cúpula / 184 pages / February 2011 Dra. María Vidales has a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and is also a specialist in nutrition, human diet and eating disorders. She is a member of the Spanish Society of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychology and the Spanish Society

of Mesotherapy. She regularly writes for diet and nutrition publications.

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Claudi Alsina

Claudi Alsina (Barcelona, 1952) is Chair of Mathematics at the E.T.S de Arquitectura in Barcelona at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He has worked widely in mathematical research and also innovation and promotion of education. Author of numerous popular mathematics books, he is a renowned writer and conference speaker. This guide is the result of his many travels and particular

way of looking at the world. With Ariel he has published Vitaminas matemáticas and El club de la hipotenusa.

Claudi Alsina has spent years compiling mathematical errors of journalists, politicians, and celebrities of all kinds, even renowned scientists; mathematical nonsense affects us all (like the ﬂu), because we all use mathematics. He has decided to call this collection of errors Mathematical Murders. It contains mistakes both legendary and new, logical and absurd, all from diverse origins. So, when someone says that funds are being distributed and “All communities will get an above average amount,” it is evident that a mathematical murder has been committed. Enjoy it!

Rights sold to Sakyejul (Korea). A book of mathematical curiosities aimed not only at mathematicians, but also those who would like to read on this subject with humour. The author has been compiling for years the mathematical mistakes made by journalists, politicians, famous people, and even scientists, for numerical nonsense affect us all as mathematics is a part of life. Claudi Alsina has already been translated into Portuguese.

Mathematical Murders Ariel / 250 pages / June 2010

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Doctor Caralps is a hugely respected medical ﬁgure, the head of the Cardiac Surgery Unit at the Quirón clinic who is best-known for being the person who carried out the ﬁrst successful heart transplant in Spain 25 years ago.

Josep Maria Caralps Supercorazón is an exemplary guide to the basic everyday action we must take to enjoy excellent health. Doctor Caralps, who carried out the very ﬁrst heart transplant in Spain, explains how the heart works and how to take care of it. Some of the subjects addressed in Supercorazón are the dangers of cholesterol, sugar and salty foods, circulation, heart attacks and chest pains, artery hypertension, tobacco, stress, alcohol consumption and basic physical exercise. Supercorazón clearly and precisely explains in a simple and friendly manner what the heart is, how it works, why it gets sick and how to avoid this happening prematurely.

The author explains in a simple, accessible manner how our heart works and how we can take care of it in our daily life. Everything you need to know to keep your heart in shape: how it functions and how to prevent damage.

Superheart Planeta / 150 pages / September 2011 Josep María Caralps who has more than one hundred heart transplants under his belt, is the head of the Heart Surgery Unit at Quirón Hospital in Barcelona. He carried out the ﬁrst successful heart transplant in Spain.

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Eugene Chudnovsky Javier Tejada After a billion year journey through the universe, Chloe, a tiny nuclear particle, arrives at the Earth. She explores the sea and the sky and even enters the human body, where she observes, amazed, the electrical and magnetic processes set in motion by lovers’ beating hearts and the brain activity created by thoughts, creativity and consciousness. She discovers that gamma rays don’t affect her and ﬁnds out why humans use them to treat cancer. The powerful light beams that are lasers, the chaotic dance of water molecules during storms and the notion of quantum uncertainty all convince her to stay. Because something about the Earth irresistibly attracts her. What is it?

An exciting and surprising tour through the universe, natural phenomena, technology and the human being.

Chloe’s Journey Destino / 208 pages / June 2011 Javier Tejada (Castejón, 1948) is a professor of Physics at the University of Barcelona and Doctor Honoris Causa at City University New York. Together with his colleagues, he has made fundamental discoveries in quantum magnetism for which he was elected to be a

fellow of the American Physical Society. Eugene Chudnovsky (Saint Petersburg, 1948) is a professor at City University New York and a member of the Santa Barbara Institute of Theoretical Physics in California.

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Eduardo Punset is a lawyer and economist and played an important role in opening up Spain to the outside as Minister of Relations for the European Communities. He participated in establishing Spain’s autonomous communities as Secretary of Finances of the Autonomous Government, and as president of the delegation of the European Parliament for Poland, he

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Eduardo Punset Clear and entertaining answers to the uncertainties that grip us all, with the usual writing of the best Punset. From the “how did it all begin?” to the summary of formulas that help us being happier in a better world, passing through the keys to our emotions, the complexity of the brain or the secrets of the Earth. Eduardo Punset presents us his clear, entertaining and easy to understand thoughts around these burning questions. And, besides, he expands the domains of his answers to ﬁelds that worry us all nowadays, like the economical crisis or the impact of politics in the citizen’s everyday life. Today, more than ever, there are no excuses to avoid thinking.

supervised part of the process of economic transformation of the Eastern European countries after the Iron Curtain fell. He has also worked as a journalist for The Economist and the BBC and as a representative of the International Monetary Fund in the Caribbean. He is a professor of Science, Technology and Sociology at IQS and he directs and presents the program Redes for TVE.

Eduardo Punset has sold more than one milion copies of his books only in Spain and is the living author with more fans in Facebook. Eduardo Punset is a very well-known communicator and a TV presenter with a wide audience. He is also a very well known personality amongst international science forums. Author of a trilogy that embraces the three keys that move the world. In the ﬁrst book, he claims that happiness is nothing but the lack of fear. In the second one, he suggests that love is nothing but survival instinct. And in the third book, Eduardo Punset has tried to deepen the minds’ ins and outs. Punset’s books have been translated into English, Croatian, Corean, Italian, Chinese, Catalan, Brazilian Portuguese and Turkish.

Excuses to Avoid Thinking Destino / 200 pages / March 2011

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Luis Rojas Marcos is a psychiatrist who has become extremely wellknown due to his best-selling books. The concept of what memory is, and the best ways to improve it, is currently a very hot topic and attracts a healthy readership.

Luis Rojas Marcos What are the secrets and hidden power of memory? Luis Rojas Marcos explains in detail what memory is, how it is created, the processes that make it work, how memories construct our past, how events are recorded and why failures and memory blocks occur. He also addresses substances that are toxic for memory, acute and chronic illnesses, and the effects of stress and ageing.

Memory: What it Tell Us, What it Hides, and What it Invents Espasa / 256 pages / October 2011 Luis Rojas Marcos is a Lu professor of Psychiatry pr at the University of New York. Yo He coordinated the th psychological support operation after su the th 11th September tragedies. His previous tra works include: La wo pareja rota (The Broken pa Couple), Las semillas Co de la violencia (The Seeds of Violence), Se

Nuestra felicidad (Our Happiness), La fuerza del optimismo (The Strength of Optimism), La autoestima (SelfEsteem), Coraz贸n y mente (Heart and Mind) and Superar la adversidad, el poder de la resiliencia (Overcoming Adversity, The Power of Resilience).

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The author has already written and successfully published some other titles about the history of science, both for kids and for adults.

José Manuel Sánchez Ron The History of Science is rich in splendorous moments. One of them corresponds to the 19th and 20th centuries: the discoveries and improvements done by that time in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Biology and Medicine shocked the world, changing it thoroughly. It was in those times when science turned professional and entered inside the structures of political, economical and military power. This book analyzes the power of science and the different «non scientiﬁcal» powers. It is, actually, a unique work in the historiography of science, not only for the subjects it talks about, but also for the wa way it does so; and it is also an essen essential who read book, whose will allo allow us to under understand bette the better world we in live in.

José Manuel Sánchez Ron has already been published in Italy and Turkey.

The Power of Science Crítica / 1088 pages / January 2011 José Manuel Sánchez Ron (Madrid, 1949) is a professor of History of Science in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a member of the Real Academia Española. He is also an academic at the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales and of the Académie

Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences in Paris, besides of the author of a huge work focused in the history of science. His works combine the rigour of the historical and scientiﬁcal analysis with the clarity, narrative beauty and passion of the best humanists. 49

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The author is a renowned professional in the ﬁeld of psychology and works for different media outlets such as Salud Vital, Men´s Health and RAC1.

Neus Colomer

An educational book on psychology which addresses many of the cases the psychologist encounters in her practice.

How many of us have suffered from psychological mistreatment in our lives? Who doesn’t know someone whose family or work life has been made impossible by someone else? How does society react to so-called “emotional predators” and how can we relate to them without getting hurt? There are people who cause plenty of destruction in the world around them but who are not found out until the damage is clear or cannot be repaired. This is why it is necessary to learn to distance oneself from these hidden enemies and their hurtful actions in order to keep one’s mind healthy and to live a more liberated life.

Mistreatment, both psychological and physical is, unfortunately, still very common today.

Emotional Predators Zenith / 240 pages / September 2011 Neus Colomer was born in Barcelona in 1954. She is a teacher, clinical psychologist, speech therapist, an expert for ofﬁcial psychological assessments and a professor attached to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She has had her own practice since 1981, works for different

media organizations (RAC1, Men’s Health, Salud Vital, etc.) and is a conference speaker for different educational publications on subjects of interest to parents and teachers. She is also the author of Las nuevas adicciones (New Addictions) published by Zenith.

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A biography of Jorge Lorenzo, 2010 MotoGP World Champion, written by himself and illustrated with lots of fantastic pictures, from in and out of the track.

Jorge Lorenzo In this book, sprinkled with striking photographs, Lorenzo tells us, in his own words, about his experiences during the magical last season, when he surpassed all his rivals, even his team mate and eight times MotoGP World Champion, Valentino Rossi. In the first pages of this book, we find endearing photographs from the rider’s childhood and first steps in the world of motorcycling. In them, we see a very young Lorenzo already showing his potential and achieving his first successes. Later on, his experiences in every class of the Championship are shown in numerous pictures; Jorge tells us of his victories and his funny celebrations, but also of his lowest moments; and together with all the photographs there are his notes, thoughts and funny histories. Moreover, the rider shows us his most intimate side, with pictures taken outside the paddock, strolling in New York or at the Madrid premier of the documentary “Jorge”.

The pictures (more than 400) are the work of the prestigious photographer Mirco Lazzari, form Getty Images. Matthew Roberts, journalist and BBC MotoGP presenter, did with the transcription of Lorenzo’s words. “It’s nothing to do with money; I just wanted to make a nice souvenir for all the people who love motorcycle racing and have been following me either from yesterday or from 2002, when I started in 125cc.” JORGE LORENZO

Jorge Lorenzo. The New King of Moto GP Libros Cúpula / 220 pages / April 2011

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