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Los guardianes del libro. (People of the Book)
LJ 11/1/07 - 11/01/2008
Brooks, Geraldine.
tr. by Claudio Molinari. Spain: RBA, dist. by Santillana USA. 2008. 394p. ISBN 978-84-9867-358-6. pap. $19.99. FIC More
Radio Muerte. (Ghost Radio)
Carlos Rodríguez Martorell, East Elmhurst, NY - 11/01/2008
Gout, Leopoldo.
tr. by Santiago Ochoa. U.S. Rayo: HarperCollins. 2008. 365p. ISBN 978-0-06-169726-5. pap. $14.95. FIC More
La historia del general Dann y de la hija de Mara, de Griot y del perro de las nieves. (The Story of General Dann and Mara’s Daughter, Griot and the Snow Dog)
LJ 12/15/05 - 11/01/2008
Lessing, Doris.
Spain: Bruguera: Ediciones B., dist. by Urano Pub. 2007. 285p. ISBN 978-84-024-2003-9. pap. $16.95. FIC More
El amor como forma de vida. Siete cualidades que transformaran tus relaciones. (Love as a Way of Life: Seven Keys To Transforming Every Aspect of Your Life)
PW 4/28/08 - 11/01/2008
Chapman, Gary D.
tr. by Joan Quesada. U.S.: Vintage Español: Random House. 2008. 283p. ISBN 978-0-307-45457-7. pap. $13.95. SELF-HELP/CHRISTIANITY More
El traductor. La historia de un nativo del desierto de Darfur. (The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur)
LJ 4/15/08 - 11/01/2008
Hari, Daoud.
tr. by María Isabel Merino. Spain/U.S.: Tendencias: Urano. 2008. 187p. ISBN 978-84-936194-1-1. pap. $19.95. AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR More
Einstein. Su vida y su universo. (Einstein: His Life and Universe)
LJ 2/15/07 - 11/01/2008
Isaacson, Walter.
tr. by Francisco J. Ramos. Spain: Debate: RH. 2008. 733p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-84-8306-788-8. $43.95. BIOGRAPHY More
Conversaciones con Woody Allen. (Conversation With Woody Allen)
PW 11/5/07 - 11/01/2008
Lax. Eric.
tr. by Ángeles Leiva. Spain: Lumen: RH. 2008. 425p. bibliog. index. photogs. ISBN 978-84-264-1675-9. $37.95. BIOGRAPHY More
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