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FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2012 Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 1-2 08/10/12 13:09 Content Content Fiction Non-Fiction PRIMAVERA, ESTIU, ETC (Spring, Summer and so on…), Marta Rojals EL SOMNI DE FARRINGDON ROAD (Farringdon Road Dream), Antoni Vives LES BANDERES DE L’1 D’ABRIL (The Flag of April 1st), Antoni Vives LA CINQUENA CARPETA (The Fifth Folder), Toni Rodríguez UN GRAPAT DE MALA HERBA (A Handful of weed), Ricard Biel ................................ ............................................. .......................................................... Children’s Literature 07 SER DEL BARÇA ÉS (Being Barça), Juanjo González&Eduardo Gonzalo 25 CUENTOS CLASICOS (Classical Tales), Various Authors .................................................................................................................................... 48 08 CUMBRES DE LEYENDA (Legendary Summits), Carlos Arribas&Sergi López-Egea .................................................................... 26 EL SOMNI DE TÀNGER (Tangier’s Dream), Xavier Vernetta ...................................................................................................................................... 50 09 ........................................................... Travel Literature LA VOLTA DELS 25 (Round Trip 25), Marc Serena ............................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 CON ESTOS OJOS MÍOS (With These Eyes of Mine), Francisco Mondino ..........................12 NUNCA JAMÁS (Never Again), Tito Drago 13 .......... 27 HISTORIAS DE ROMA, HISTORIAS DE LONDRES, HISOTORIAS DE NUEVA YORS, HISTORIAS DEL CALCIO (Historias de Roma, Historias de Londres, Historias de Nueva York, Historias del Calcio), Enric González.................... 29 LOS SECRETOS DE PORTUGAL (The Secrets of Portugal), Gabriel Magalhaes................................ 30 ................................... Essay LA REPÚBLICA ISLÁMICA DE ESPAÑA (The Islamic Republic of Spain), Pilar Rahola................................... 32 Crime Fiction SI QUAN ET DONEN PER MORT UN DIA TORNES (If They Give You up for Dead, but one Day you Come Back), Llort ................................................................................................................................................ 17 UNA BALA PARA EL COMISARIO VALTIERRA (A Bullet for Comissar Valtierra),Sergio Bufano ........................ 18 QUAN LA NIT MATA EL DIA (When The Night Kills The Day), Agustí Vehí ............................ 19 GUERRILLERS DEL TECLAT (Warriors Of The Keyboard), Lali Sandiumenge .................... 34 PERIODISMO EN EL CAMPO DE BATALLA (Journalism In The Heart Of The Jihad), Marc Marginedas .............................. 35 ESCUCHAR EL PASADO (Listening Of The Past), José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec ................................................................................... 36 UNA NOVELA DE BARRIO (A Neighbourhood Novel), Francisco González Ledesma ................................................................................. 20 LA IZQUIERDA NECESARIA (The Necessary Left), Josep Ramoneda .......................................................................................................................... 38 EL CREPUSCLE DELS AFORTUNATS (Dawn Of The Fortunate), Juli Alandes MODESTA ESPAÑA (Modest Spain), Enric Juliana .............................................. ......... 39 22 LAS AMERICAS INSURGENTES (The Insurgent Americas), Enrique Barón TODO EL MUNDO CUENTA (Tales from Every Corner of the Earth), J.M.Hernández Ripoll & Aro Sáinz de la Maza ...................................................................................... 51 CUENTOS DE HADAS DEL MUNDO (Fairy Tales from All Over the World), Various Authors...................................................................................................................................... 52 Practical Non-Fiction Cookbook CORPUS DEL PATRIMONI CULINARI CATALÀ (Corpus of Catalan Cooking), Various Authors.......................... 59 COLECCIÓN COCINA PROGRESIVA (Creative Cooking), Iker Erauzkin................................................................................................................................................ 60 LA COCINA DEL… (How to cook…Meat/Rice/Fish), Various Authors.................................................................................................................................... 62 EL NUEVO LIBRO DE LA COCINA NATURAL (The New Book of Natural Cooking), Blanca Herp ............. 63 Natural Health Comic Books CULTIVA TUS REMEDIOS (Cultivate Your Own Remedies ), Mariano Bueno ............... 66 CÓMO CURA…(How to Heal…), Various Authors ................. 68 SEXORAMA (Sexorama), Manuel Bartual......................................................................................................................................... 54 GUÍA PARA PADRES DESESPERADAMENTE INEXPERTOS (A Guide for Parents Desperately Inexperienced), Manel Fontdevila.......................................................................... 55 REMEDIOS NATURALES PARA EL COLESTEROL / LA DIABETES (Natural remedies), Francesc Fossas ..... 70 LA RESPUESTA ESTÁ EN LOS PIES (The Answer is At the Feet ), Dr. Frederic Vinyes ................ 71 PLANTAS PARA UN HOGAR SANO (Plants for a Healthy Home), Jordi Cebrián....................................... 72 EL GRAN LIBRO DEL CANNABIS (The Great Book of Cannabis), Elisabet Riera............................... 73 Psychology EL SENTIDO DEL HUMOR (Our Sense of Humour), Eduardo Jáuregui .......................................................................................................................... 76 AMOR Y HUMOR (Love and Humour), Eduardo Jáuregui .......................................................................................................................... 77 ............................................... 40 PROCESOS DE PAZ EN EUSKADI (Peace Processes), Teo Uriarte .........................................................................................................................................................................41 ENTRE LA MENTIRA Y EL OLVIDO (Between Lies And Obscurity), Francesc-Marc Álvaro .................................................... 42 DE LA PERSONALIDAD AL NUDO DEL SÍNTOMA (From The Personality to The Core Of The Symptom), Vicente Palomera Laforga ............................................................................................. 43 02/ Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 3-4 03 / Fiction 08/10/12 13:09 Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 5-6 08/10/12 13:09 Fiction MARTA ROJALS · Novel Spring, Summer, and so on.... January 2011 · 363 pages · Catalan Winner of the 2011 Prize Exhaurim-lo! 2011 Recommended by the expert panel of NEW SPANISH BOOKS (www.newspanishbooks.com) A novel about love, friendship, family, work, lost opportunities and the possibility to find your place in the world. English extract available 6a Edition! As every year for All Saints, Èlia returns to her village to make the obligatory visit to the cemetery and spend some time with her father and aunt. This year everything is a bit strange. She is 34 now, her boyfriend just dumped her and the crisis has just noticeably reduced the workload at the architecture firm where she works in Barcelona. The weekend off seems like a good opportunity to think things over and get her life back in order. After having been away for a long time for university studies and work, Èlia feels increasingly at home with her people: her laconic father, her distrustful aunt and the inquisitive yet friendly neighbours. For sometimes we only begin to see and understand things when we stop in our tracks and start looking around us... Narrated in a successions of short brushstrokes and flashbacks, Spring, Summer, and so on… is a tragically comic novel with a touch of the new generation. At the same time the novel catches the spirit and customs of a small Catalan village near the river Ebro. Marta Rojals was born in La Palma d’Ebre in 1975. She is an architect, writer and translator, and has already won numerous prices for her short stories. This is her first novel. 07 / Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 7-8 08/10/12 13:09 Fiction Fiction ANTONI VIVES · Historical Fiction ANTONI VIVES · Novel Farringdon Road Dream The Flags of April 1st March 2010 · 480 pages · Catalan A great novel that has enriched the live of those us who are lucky enough to have already read it and those who are yet to read it. Paul Preston, British Historian “ “ February 2012 · 528 pages · Catalan Antoni Vives, an author following in the footsteps of Maria Barbal and Emili Teixidor. In the strange atmosphere that envelops Barcelona a few months before the explosion of the Civil War, Pau Capdevila is a young lawyer who frequently helps anarchists to make their run ins with the law easier to bear. He still does not have any political beliefs, and nor does he understand that his naivety could lead to terrible u cconsequences. Convalescent from tuberculosis, he is forced to leave the city just as the war begins, h a moment that will change his life forever. Farringdon Road Dream, Antoni Vives’s fictional F debut, is a Civil War epic poem, as well as an d addictive love story, a story of adventures and a action, pierced through the violent debates of a those times. In times of disbelief, we should t allow ourselves to be caught up in the dreams of a freedom and justice coming from a generation f fighting for its beliefs, powerfully described in the t form of the International Brigade. Without anachronistic Manichaeism of any kind, Vives a claims engagement and idealism. For it is not true c that t things cannot be changed. After El somni de Farringdon Road (The dream of Farringdon Road, Premi Crexells 2011), Antoni Vives returns with Les banderes de l’1 d’abril (The flags of April 1st). A story that starts the day the Civil War ends, and whose characters are involved in a blood-stained chain of mistakes. Vives tackles the division of Spain in a non-Manichean, fully-nuanced style, to offer a corruption-filled fresco that portrays still ongoing events. Winner of the 2011 Crexells Prize Shortlisted for the 2010 Amat-Piniella Prize Recommended by the expert panel of NEW SPANISH BOOKS (www.newspanishbooks.com) More detailed abstract available in German The day the Civil War ends, the day Franco’s army enters Chinchón, gathers three characters who are to cross paths through the next fifteen years: Misericordia, nicknamed the Pasionaria of Chinchón, after the famous communist leader; the idealist Jesús, second lieutenant of the victorious army and a right-wing Falangist, and Julián, head of family in one of the strong houses in the village, who is willing to settle scores for the years of red revolution. Revenges, fears, ambition and ideals are at stake and decide on a new order, which might be new only in appearance. From Castile to Barcelona, from Madrid to Leningrad, following the journey of all three characters, the author draws the portrait of the deep post-war wounds: loneliness and cynicism, the hard road to hope, the triumph of the arrivistes and the inevitable end that always comes to all flags, being so empty, so trifling when years go by. Antoni Vives (Barcelona, 1965) is an economist, a politician and a writer. He enters the Catalonian Government, as secretary general. He is currently a member of the Council of Barcelona. He’s the autor of Catalunya entre la perplexitat i el somni (2002), El nacionalisme que ve (Premi Octubre d’Assaig 2003), Barcelonies: lletra de batalla per Barcelona (2006) and Per què faig de polític? Carta oberta als meus fills (2007). 08 / Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 9-10 09 / Fiction 08/10/12 13:09 Fiction Fiction TONI RODRÍGUEZ · Novel RICARD BIEL · Novel The Fifth Folder A Handful of Weed “ “ Jordi Martínez is a young journalist specialized in culture that was disciplinarily expelled from the newspaper he was working in, and survives through small research stories that do not happen to be very lucrative. Luckily, he has his own love story with Chantal, the French girl he is living with, and the fraternal support of a brother very much unlike him: all girls turn him on. October 2012 · 160 pages · Catalan Read it, and become hypnotized Proving again he has an innate ability to get into trouble, Jordi unwillingly accepts a new job: to follow the trace of an ensemble of characters he previously met, when writing the unpublished biography of pro-government poet Quico Pujol i Alemany. These characters are well-situated in the current Catalan society, but they have a lot to hide. Former anti-Franco fighters who were smart enough to strategically position themselves once the Transition came by, they have been linked through a common past of actions surrounded by heroism, sex flings, envies and treasons. Almost without wanting, but exposing himself too much, Jordi will delve into their hidden motives. Toni Rodríguez Pujol (Barcelona, 1946) has worked in different media and founded his own company in 1990. Always interested in the personal stories behind the facts he explains, in his first professional stage he was an intimist interviewer, both aggressive and compassionate –especially to himself- and he still is. Married with two children, he had previously written, among other things, loads of children’s tales. He was awarded the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona in 1986 for his series on the metropolitan vocation in Barcelona at El País. 10 / Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 11-12 A book as small as the world itself, as big as the human soul Selfishness, greed, cowardice, obsession, frustration projected into the other… All in all, the daily human sickness, the unavoidable conflict and its consequences, all that is going to damage victims who, often, neither they know they are such. A handful of narrations with a handful of characters that will not atone for their faults or pretend to do it, because they do not even consider they have something to atone for; while others do not know they strive to get rid of a nonexistent blame inoculated into them. And amidst this human jungle, goodness that does not prevail but exists among the weed of those who are both victims and tyrants: children and teenagers who commit the crime of being so; adults who commit the imprudence of not having overcome their childhood. “ These beautifully crafted stories are more than just some interesting characters working out their problems for our entertainment. “ October 2012 · 352 pages · Catalan The singular voice of Ricard Biel is deployed here with full swing, in nine classic tales that become a compact and ambitious compilation, highly literary and profound in surveying characters in the inside –v¬ibrant and tight as the string of a bow. Ricard Biel (Badalona, 1970) is a writer and translator with a degree in English. He has contributed to weekly publications in Barcelonès Nord, and to the cultural magazine Benzina as a columnist and literary critic. With the novel Potser perquè érem nens (Maybe because we were children, 2009) he was awarded the Premi Just M. Casero. In 2011 he was awarded the journalistic award Premi Recull with the essay Llenguatge en política i desafecció. (Language in politics and disaffection). 11 / Fiction 08/10/12 13:09 Fiction Fiction FRANCISCO MONDINO · Novel TITO DRAGO · Novel With These Eyes of Mine Never Again! Transcending the limits of space and time, the homage becomes a firm, clear, piercing scream given out from the attachment to the best in the human being, a scream that overcomes the deepest horror and melts into light. “ Storytelling is an anthropological tool, as a means to stimulate reading and listening, or, simply, as an activity capable of generating a space to enjoy the ancient pleasure or being told a story. Francisco Mondino “ This book is a homage to all the women and men who suffered different forms of political repression through the almost endless succession of dictatorial regimes in Argentina. April 2012 · 112 pages The text opens up as a box whose interior is lined with the most delicate silk (no matter how unusual and disconcerting this image might seem to allude to a highly complex and deeply painful historical episode). And that is possible, mostly, thanks to the softness of each and every word, to the verbal economy and aesthetic intuition and knowledge inherent to a first rate writer. This is a work that points to what is truly fundamental. Francisco Mondino (Buenos Aires, 1952) is a photographer and graphic designer. He defines himself professionally as an oral narrator, a storyteller, a trade he develops in primary and secondary schools as part of the group «Telar de Palabras» (Loom of words). 12 / Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 13-14 A story on how people can regain their freedom and reinstate democracy, leaving oppression and barbarity behind. Set in the Argentina of general Jorge Videla’s dictatorship (1976-1981), this novel narrates the life of a pacifist couple involved in syndicalism: a man and woman who are convinced democrats and, despite they have never taken up a weapon, end up as victims of what that dictatorial and repressive regime euphemistically called the «war against terrorism». “ Inspired by the real facts that happened during the second half of the 1970s in Argentina, Tito Drago vividly evokes the tense atmosphere of the days of Jorge Videla’s dictatorship. “ August 2012 · 240 pages It is, then, a story that truthfully elaborates on reality and reveals not only the meaning of a dictatorship to the reader, but also how both citizens and minority sectors of the army contributed and opposed to it. Tito Drago is a writer and journalist born in Argentina and living in Madrid since 1977, where he is in charge of the international news agency Inter Press Service (IPS). During the government of Salvador Allende he was editor of the Socialist weekly magazine La Aurora de Chile. He has also authored several books, among them El retorno de la ilusión. Pinochet: el fin de la impunidad (The return of illusion. Pinochet: the end of impunity, RBA, 1999): www.titodrago.com 13 / Fiction 08/10/12 13:09 Fiction OPIUM AND SARDINES • Cesc Martínez • Novel O February 2011 · 197 pages · Catalan Fe A very personal exploration of the blurred historical memory of the period spanning the Spanish Civil War, the transition to democracy and the present day. Sp When Fabre, a substitute teacher of social studies, finds himself with nothing to do during the hot W summer months, he decides to reconstruct the history of an old black and white photograph he has su found in a book, which shows a group of people in their Sunday best. fo UNDER THE SKIN • Tània Juste • Novel October 2009 · 272 pages · Catalan In Barcelona in 1924, the life of a young woman is about to change inexorably. Ever since the death of her father, she and her mother have earned a living as tailors, working from home. But Elizabeth is too young not to rebel against such a life of solitude. She wants to leave home, learn a trade, and soak up the vitality she feels vibrating in the streets of Barcelona. It is a time full of political changes, and in the years leading up to the proclamation of the Second Republic, Elizabeth embarks on her long path of emancipation. PRINCES • Josep Maria Carandell • Coming of Age Novel PRI September 2009 · 288 pages · Catalan Sept This edition recovers the only novel by the famous Catalan writer Josep Maria Carandell. Barcelona in the early fifties. Eloi has just arrived in the city from his hometown Reus to study at Barc University of Commerce. Together with his cousin Damià Zapater and his friend Marcel de the U Barbarà B Bar b he starts to explore the city. Eloi is a romantic idealist, young and restless, and searching for a friend, love, his character and destiny. UNDOING THE NAPKIN’S KNOT • Ramon Erra • Novel March 2008 · 206 pages · Catalan Winner of the 2008 Salambó Prize • English extract available Desfent el nus del mocador is a story made up of memories about love, fate, survival and blame. After suffering a traffic accident that disfigures him, an ageing waiter starts writing about the parish church of the roadside bar where he worked all his life. 14 / Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 15-16 08/10/12 13:09 Crime Fiction LLORT · Crime Novel If They Give You Up for Dead, But One Day You Come Back July 2012 · 224 pages · Catalan “ “ This novel has the bare, indisputable effect of a tequila shot. Or a punch. The bell rings. Which feelings stir inside the mother when she opens the door and recognises her son, the one who disappeared years ago? How does she react, since he will not tell her where he has been, or with whom? Since he will not say a word about what happened. Why Agustí has been fourteen years and a half missing? And why has he come back? And, missi mostly, why is he forced to remain silent about mostl it? Llort sets a puzzle with the background of a painful walk through darkness. The journey painf that goes from innocence to maturity, with stops in lies, self-improvement, violence, redemption, doubt, guilt, waits and ever present redem love and a death. story that mingles different pasts A relentless rel with one present. But, among the cracks of mystery, there is still room for lyricism, dry myste deliveries, non-clichéd images and highlydelive tuned dialogue. Lluís Llort signs his novels only as Llort and some works as Lewis York. He started working for the newspaper Avui in 1986, and he still works there, despite the paper press being in its death throes, and the never-ending rotation of area, partners, editors, owners, titles… He has published hundreds of articles, six novels and eight children’s books. 17 / Crime Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 17-18 08/10/12 13:10 Crime Fiction Crime Fiction SERGIO BUFANO · Crime Novel AGUSTÍ VEHÍ · Crime Novel A Bullet for Comissar Valtierra When the Night Kills the Day April 2012 · 144 pages “ “ From 1976 to 1983, we Argentinians learnt that [...] when a dozen guerrilla members died in a combat that left no wounded in both sides, [...] they had been mercilessly killed. Comissar Valtierra is the nostalgic and tangoloving chief of the Political Section in the Buenos Aires police department, and has his hands covered with blood. For all the tortures and murders in which he has participated, a revolutionary group has condemned him to death, and he must be executed to avenge their comrades. Among the members of the organisation there is El Inglesito (The Little Englishman), an idealist university student from the provinces who will be participating in an execution for the first time. His revolutionary decisiveness will nonetheless clash with his personal scruples, his fears and the uncertainty before the option of killing a man. A crime, political and also ethically disturbing novel. It is a deep reflection on justice, forgiveness, guilt, punishment and all the suffering of Argentina through the turbulent 20th century. Sergio Bufano (1943) is a journalist and writer from Argentina. A left-wing political activist, he was persecuted during the 1970s by the military dictatorship of general Videla and was forced to exile to Mexico, where he continued his journalistic career as editor of various publishing companies, and contributor to graphic media. He is the author of Cuentos de la guerra sucia (Tales of a dirty war), for which he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Bellas Artes de México. He currently codirects a publishing imprint devoted to political and social essays, besides writing for several media. 18 / Crime Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 19-20 “ Apart from being a superb thriller, this book offers a parable on the complexity of morality and the human condition. “ “Socialism is not a religion, despite having many worshippers. If the mistakes made in its name are not acknowledged, we will not be able to advance in the necessary reflection about the relation between violence and politics”. - Sergio Bufano December 2011 · 224 pages · Catalan Winner of the 4th Crims de Tinta Crime Novel Prize Juan Antonio Hinojosa, a local representative of the Falange, Franco’s right-wing political arm, appears dead in his bed one night in March 1958. Someone has stuck a heavy wooden cross to his skull and tied a metal belt around the neck of the half naked body. In order to avoid the government in Madrid insists a scandal sca on aan informal and discreet investigation. Consequently, Inspector Iríbar, of the crime Cons investigation department and Inspector Lopera, invest from the secret police, have different opinions about the case. While the first seeks to discover identity of the killer, the second tries to the id sabotage the investigation with unprecedented sabot arrogance. Are they faced with a political case, arrog a crime crim of passion or revenge? With Hinojosa’s background, anything is possible. backg With his naturalistic style, humour and a touch of everyday realism, as well as his deep understanding of the time period and the under workings of Franco’s police, Augustí Vehí has worki created a twisted crime novel that has earned create him the t 4th Crims de Tinta Crime Novel Prize. Agustí Vehí (Figueres, 1958) has a Ph.D. in history and works as an inspector in the local police force of Figueres, where the novel is set. He is also lecturer in Prevention and Safety at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). 19 / Crime Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Crime Fiction Crime Fiction FRANCISCO GONZÁLEZ LEDESMA · Crime Novel A Neighbourhood Novel THE STORY OF GOD IN A CORNER September 2010 · 384 pages October 2007 · 304 pages More detailed English resume available A neighbourhood Novel is a story of revenge. After robbing a bank in the seventies, two thieves kill a hostage, a young boy, as they flee. The novel begins in present-day Barcelona, when one of the robbers, Omedes, is murdered. Knowing he will be targeted next, the other thief, Erasmus Leónidas Pérez, tries to get ahead of the game by murdering the man who must surely be the avenger: David Miralles, the father of the boy killed during the bank robbery. “is unleashes an inexorable spiral of violence. Méndez, a one-of-a-kind, semiretired cop employing rather unorthodox methods, intervenes decisively to solve the case. Sold to Italy, Portugal, Germany and France “ Once we reach the last page, we know two things: first, that Una novela de barrio is a simple story, like all great stories, and second, that we have just read a classic of the genre. What could have convinced old Méndez to leave Barcelona’s medieval walls behind and travel to the Nile with a colt older than him in his hands? What could provoke such a fury in this policeman for whom cynicism is a virtue? “ Winner of the 2007 International Crime Fiction award Narrated in a concise, agile, and fluid style, and featuring an ample display of resources, particularly a cauterizing humour, this is a brilliantly written crime novel with all of the ingredients of that genre. “rough the use of short sentences and Swiss paragraph changes, effective dialogue and highly accurate descriptions, the author immerses us, brushstroke by brushstroke, in a solid, wellrounded plot that grabs the reader on page one and never lets up. Francisco González Ledesma was born in Barcelona in 1927. He began writing at the age of twelve and is now one of the best known crime novel authors in Spain. He has twice received the Mystère Award for the best foreign novel published in France, for La Dama de Cachemira (1989) and Cinco mujeres y media (2007). He has also received plenty of recognition for his work as a lawyer and a journalist. 20 / Crime Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 21-22 From Barcelona’s underworld to Cairo’s necropolis via Madrid’s elegant neighbourhood, Méndez will search breathlessly for the missing clue for what he has been suspecting for a long time: the world absolutely deserves its bad reputation, and virtue is never found where you think it should be. A history of murderers, perversion, children and innocence, a story of old men that do not accept what they had to see and live through. THE CASHMERE LADY October 2009 · 256 pages Sold to Italy, Portugal, Germany and France The mo most famous policeman in the Spanish underworld is chasing a wheelchair through the of Barcelona. From that chair a crime has been committed. And Méndez thinks dirty streets str knows who is sitting on it. he know Winner of the Mystére Prize for the best crime novel published in 1986 in France, The Cashmere Lady is the irrefutable proof that for Méndez, even though twenty five years have Cashme Cas h passed, p sed, time is just an inappropriate coincidence: his novels, just like him, do not grow old. pas pa ABOUT INSPECTOR MÉNDEZ Inspector Méndez is a man who acts against the current and does not believe in the law or the goodness of all beings, but does believe in justice, and remains a humanist. Méndez, along with the city of Barcelona and the changes that take place there throughout his career as a policeman, viewed through his own memory and that of the characters encountered throughout the series, constitute the center of what could be considered a poetic, rather than solely thematic, work. Méndez is street-wise, expert, ironic and disbelieving, a man who has seen it all, and lives with one foot in the past and the other in the present. He is the philosopher who knows that he has no future, and that his world, the only world he knows, is doomed, perhaps fortunately, to disappear. The cashmere lady and The Story of God in a corner were first published in 1986 and 1991 respectively. 21 / Crime Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Crime Fiction JULI ALANDES · Crime Novel Dawn of the Fortunate May 2010 · 192 pages · Catalan “ “ Discover a new Catalan voice obsessed with crime. Shortlisted for the 2nd Crims de Tinta Crime Novel Prize A classic crime novel with all the ingredients of the genre, a red-hot topic and an unassuming antihero with irresistible charm. English extract available Miquel O’Malley, son of an Irish father and Catalan mother, is a local police inspector a Catal reader of crime novels. Though and passionate pas currently on sick leave because of depression, currentl encourage him to return to his his colleagues colle childhood home in Valencia to take up a very childhoo special case c of real estate speculation. Assuming the identity of a special agent for Assumin environmental issues, O’Malley arrives at the small environm where three dead bodies have shown town Bellvig, Be local authority, an employee of a brothel up: a lo and a sstreet prostitute. At first sight everything indicates that the murdered people were victims indicate of a crime crim of passion, but with the help of Mat, a O’Malley unravels a whole world local journalist, jou secrets and interconnections. o secret of Juli Alandes is a native of Valencia. Among other things more or less confessionable, he works as a secondary school teacher and spends his free time writing. Currently he is working on his next novel. 22 / Crime Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 23-24 08/10/12 13:10 Reportage / Non-Fiction JUANJO GONZÁLEZ & EDUARDO GONZALO Being Barça September 2012 · 256 pages Total football “ “ Excellent! A brilliant examination of why the club’s fates and fortunes always go well beyond the game itself.” A unique, visual and gripping tale about the philosophy of a club that has become a worldwide phenomenon and an intimate look at how the club operates from within. FC Barcelo Barcelona is much more than just a football club. It is tthe personal identity of the Catalan their pride and glory, and a symbol for people, the progressivism and rebellion. During Franco’s progressivis oppression the relation between supporters and became closer as the club was more the team b and more aassociated with Catalan nationalism. narrative perfectly captures the essence of “is narrativ fragmented by history, language and a club fra failing to inform on a neutral politics, without wi basis. Unique Uniq among the world’s biggest clubs, Barcelona has stayed true to its origins as FC Barcelo institution. It is effectively a a quasidemocratic quasidem members club, made up of the 170,000 private mem supporters whose subscriptions bankroll the team, but a sense of ownership extends across itself. Being a Barça fan is an attitude, Catalonia it philosophy that affects every day life. At the a philosoph heart of the book is the struggle for this unique iidentity id entity to survive the commercial colonization off the sport: o spor an essential and revealing portrait for anyone with even the most remote interest in football and its values. Juan José Gonzalez Lamua is a renowned sports journalist who has worked with players, coaches and assistants at FC Barcelona for the past decade. When he is not on a football pitch he can be found writing about football together with co-author Eduardo Gonzalo Navarro. 25 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 25-26 08/10/12 13:10 Non-Fiction / Travelogue Non-Fiction CARLOS ARRIBAS & SERGI LÓPEZ-EGEA MARC SERENA Legendary Summits Round Trip 25 February 2011 Sold to Great Britain (Mousehold Press) “ A riveting cycle memoir of the world’s greatest sporting event “ 2013 is the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France! If the Tour were a saga, the mountains would be the only possible place for the heroic exploits. If it were a war, there would be no better battlefield. If the Tour were a legend, the heroes, gods and semigods could only inhabit the mountain peaks. If it were a Way of the Cross, the 14 stations would be 14 cols. The Tour is the mountain: legend, war, myth and saga all in one and more, to become the ideal stage for memory. And this is the subject of the present book, which could be the topography of legend or a military map, with such places as Tourmalet, Aubisque, Alpe d’Huez, Ventoux, Sestriere, Puy de Dôme, Galibier, Izoard and Pra Loup, so many unique places that have allowed human beings to experience the solitude of the hero and go beyond themselves, the human race, our miseries. Legendary Summits is also about them, about their resounding victories, their dismal defeats, their struggles against destiny, everything that has allowed them to gain a place in our hearts. “ · 288 pages · Catalan Sold to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Korea. His blog www.lavueltadelos25.com won the LONELY PLANET Travel Blogger Award in nonEnglish language in 2009. “ June 2005 · 280 pages English extract available When Marc Serena was 25 he was saving money to buy a car but then changed his mind and decided to spend it on a multicultural trip in order to spend time with other people of his own age. His aim was to see first-hand the present future of 25 countries through the eyes and and fu perspectives of the locals, to discover which persp things he had in common with them, how they lived, what problems worried them… As a result, travelled from Africa to Asia and Australia and he tra all over ove the globe, looking for 25 different stories from the t people aged 25 he met on his trip. Each chapter begins with the name of the person, city, country and the date on which the author job, ci visited it. The way he met each of the 25 people was ccompletely different: some meetings were arranged, others took place by chance. “Each arrang country was completely different. What I had count learnt from the previous country didn’t serve me for the th next one, so every time I crossed a border it was a totally new experience and I had to start from tthe beginning,” he stated in an interview. Carlos Arribas (Arevales, 1966) was a professional cyclist with the team BH (later AmayaSeguros) and Artiach until 1992. Nowadays he works as a sport journalist for El País and covers all the major cycling events in the world. Sergi López-Egea (Barcelona, 1960) Works for the newspaper El Periódico. He has personally witnessed 21 Vueltas a España, 7 Giro d’Italia and 16 World Cups. In 2010 he received the “Médaille de la fidélité” from the organization of the Tour de France, for having covered the Tour for over 20 years. 26 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 27-28 Marc Serena was born in Manresa in 1983. As a journalist he cooperates with radio stations (Catalunya Radio, RAC1, Radio Bélgica…), television (TVE-1. Canal 33, BTV…) and newspapers (Avui, El Periódico, Público…) on a daily basis. 27 / Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Non-Fiction / Travelogue Non-Fiction ROME STORIES RO Enric González I did not know Enric González until I read New York Stories. The word ‘striking’ is no exaggeration: few books have given me such satisfaction as this one. José Saramago “ “ May 2010 · 144 pages They say Rome is the Eternal City. Time passes slowly through its streets, it is chaotic and paused, full of melancholy. The book presents a peculiar, and personal, vision of Rome: its cats, Caravaggio’s paintings, John Keats’s grave, bureaucracy, the best pizzeria in town and the most sublime coffee pain you can have, Aldo Moro’s body and the Pope, Berlusconi and Saint Peter’s dome, and much, much more. m or Everything Enric González has seen and thought should be seen by us, too, is in this book. More than 45,000 copies sold Rights sold to Portugal (Tinta da China) Top Ten of Portugal’s bestseller list LONDON STORIES March 2010 · 175 pages The author loved London long before he got to know it, but journalism and some unexpected circumstances allowed him to actually move to the city, where he met many interesting people and got to know the hidden corners of this wonderful place: the narrow streets of Whitechapel, the old football stadiums, the underground tunnels... This personal guide was written when the author was already living in another city, implicating a certain dose of nostalgia, timidly wrapped up inirony, there were other cities and other passions in the years after, but there is no love like the first one. And there is no city like London. NEW YORK STORIES Febru February 2010 · 144 pages TH PRESS ON ENRIC GONZÁLEZ THE The reader gets hypnotized by Enric Go González’s style, and without noticing it one will learn about another culture while hav having a lot of fun. Sergi Pàmies, El País Some knowledge is totally unnecessary. One can live happily without ever knowing which gruesome incident happened on the Chrysler building, why the Yankees are New York’s major team, what the link is between Saudi Arabia and Brooklyn Beer, why the fat of US meat is yellow that that found f in Europe, in which bar Dylan Thomas drank his last whiskey or where you can taste the best b hamburger in Manhattan. N York Stories tells us about all of this: about a roaring and wonderful city, about a black day in New Septe September, about a group of people and about three unforgettable friends… Wr Written to be reread right after finishing it. E. R Rodríguez Marchante, ABC Wit a correspondent who writes so briskly With and graceful about the city, plenty of rea readers will feel the need to visit it. Joan de Sag Sagarra, La Vanguardia Enric González (Barcelona 1959) is a journalist, working as a correspondent for El País from London, Paris, New York and Washington. He currently lives in the Middle East where he is covering the Arab revolutions. 28 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 29-30 CALCIO STORIES June 2010 · 256 pages · Rights sold to Italy (Aísara) It is impossible to talk about Italy without talking about football. Italians consider themselves to be the founders of this sport, that they call “kick”. Politics, economy and social life, everything depends (and not only metaphorically) on football. Calcio implies violence, passion, tricks and money, but it is also a complex mechanism of symbols, a social code, a way through which a historic country like Italy expresses its wisdom. 29 / Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Non-Fiction / Travelogue Non-Fiction BACKLIST GABRIEL MAGALHÃES The Secrets of Portugal AFRICAS · Bru Rovira AFRIC February 2011 · 192 pages Februar October 2012 · 192 pages “ One of the most skillful portraits written about Portugal – ever! “ Gabriel Magalhães reveals the secrets of Portugal: its major lines of history, the fundamental features of its culture, the codes and manners of its people. At a time when the world has become a smaller place, this book offers us an unprejudiced, insider’s view of our neighbors. The reader is invited to stand on that forgotten balcony of our house which is Portugal and contemplate the peninsula we share and the world around us from a new, surprising perspective. Portugal has given the world such authors as Eça de Queirós, Camões, Pessoa and Saramago. It is the cradle of fado and of polemic football stars. At the same time, it is now a State with a fragile economy that has required a financial bailout. This book provides a good basis for understanding today’s Portugal. Part tra travelogue, part biography of a country, this is a riveting account of colonialism and its effects on o present-day Africa THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL · Ana Carbajosa April 2011 · 272 pages After reading this book we cannot simply return to our simplistic views on Israel, a country that, out of mere convenience, is seen as a homogenous block with people either for it or against it. Things are never that simple. CUBA IN SLOW MOTION · César González-Calero January 2011 · 192 pages Cuba is i an island where the unexpected is lurking behind any corner: According to the author, full of inhabitants who seem to have just escaped the film set of Alice in Wonderland. The it is ful protagonists of this book are sunset hunters, posh troubadours, a sax player with the air of a protago pipe smokers... poet, occasional poe o AMAZONIA - CHINA · Óscar Calavia December 2011 · 144 pages · Premio Hotusa Gabriel Magalhães is a Doctor of Hispanic and Portuguese Philology (PhD) who combines teaching literature and doing research with writing. In addition to contributing assiduously to the newspaper La Vanguardia, he has also published a number of essays and works of fiction. 30 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 31-32 Brazil and China seem to have little in common except that they are emerging economies, the first one thanks to an abundance of natural resources and the latter one because of their even bigger factories. In the western world we see them as opposites: the virgin nature on the one side, the natural habitat of Indians, a symbol of freedom, and the absolute state on the other, with Chinese slavery work ethics. However, both are closely linked to each other. 31 / Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Non-Fiction / Political Essay Non-Fiction PILAR RAHOLA Pilar Rahola has received numerous awards for her lifework, the most recent ones are: The Islamic Republic of Spain June 2011 · 280 pages Why don’t we see demonstrations against Islamic dictatorship in London, Paris or Barcelona? Why aren’t there demonstrations against the enslavement of millions of women who live without any legal protection? Why aren’t there demonstrations against the use of children as human bombs where there is conflict involving Islam? Why has there been no leadership in support of the victims of Islamic dictatorship in Sudan? Why is there no outcry by the European left against Islamic fanaticism? “ Pilar Rahola is known for her denunciations of Islamic and Arab dictatorships, as well as for defending the rights of women in Islamic societies. She has received numerous death threats and was designated an ‘enemy of Islam’ by Spanish Muslim organizations. “ A book against those who use religion, culture and traditions to violate, enslave and kill This book is not about a clash of civilizations, but aims to mediate between civilization and barbarism. And if barbarism includes all those who use religion and God to justify hatred, slavery, bigotry and terrorism, civilization includes all those who fight for freedom. “is is not, therefore, a book against Islam. It is a book for all Muslims, men and women who fight for their rights and so that their cultural identity is not used to destroy their fundamental values. It is also a book against those Muslims who, in the very name of that identity, are destroying Islam while trying to destroy us all. But this book is not born out of fear, it is a book born out of the conviction that today we are afraid to speak out. Pilar Rahola (Barcelona, 1958) comes from a Republican and anti-Fascist family, and works as a journalist and writer. As a former politician in ERC her areas of interest include women’s rights, international human rights, and animal rights. She has covered the Eritrean-Ethiopian War, the Balkan Wars, the Gulf War, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Rahola is married and has three children, two of them adopted: one from Barcelona, the other from Siberia. 32 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 33-34 Pilar Rahola was honored with the “Daniel Pearl Award 2010” by the AntDefamation League (ADL) for her commitment to a code of ethics in journalism and her fight against anti-Semitism. In 2011, UN Watch awarded her with the Morris Abram Human Rights Award for her tireless championing of the rights of women and children, defending the rule of law, and combating intolerance, racism and anti-Semitism. Together with the ex-politicians Felipe González, José Maria Aznar and Jordi Pujol, Pilar Rahola is recognized with the “Samuel Hadas Award 2012” by the Israeli Embassy for her efforts to improve the relationship between the Jewish and Spanish community, as well as her stand for tolerance and respect. Pilar Rahola has been closely following the Middle East question for many years and is an expert on the political, fiscal, and social geography of the area. She is a fervent fighter against media distortion and the current criminalization of the state of Israel. The battle against anti-Semitism has become one of her priorities. This struggle is reflected in dozens of speeches and articles, most prominently her reference text “On behalf of Israel” and her speech “The Jews and the flies” at UNESCO in Paris in May 2003, which was one of the first European texts that denounced the left and the role of journalists, whom she accused of promoting the current wave of anti-Semitism. Both were translated into many languages. Voted Nr. 1 of the Top 10 Non-Jews Positively Influencing the Jewish Future 2012 by one of the most important Jewish newspapers in the US, The Alegemeiner. 33 / Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Non-Fiction / Essay Non-Fiction LALI SANDIUMENGE MARC MARGINEDAS Warriors of the Keyboard Journalism in the Heart of the Jihad September 2012 · 192 pages “ “ An honest, exhaustive and mostly revealing book: reading it, it is possible to understand what all those imprisoned, persecuted, tortured, battered and censored young people felt when Mubarak, who wanted to perpetuate in power, announced he was leaving. Together with her family, the journalist moved to Cairo in 2004, looking for a change in their lives and a place to be a freelancer. It was there where Sandiumenge started following a series of bloggers who, with lots of difficulties, explained their experiences in a country that repressed freedom of speech. It did not take her long to find a brutal, extremely hard reality, one that still had not become news outside the borders of touristy Egypt: the ruthless persecution and torture of the young people that shared an online space where they reported the injustices they suffered. Sandiumenge did not hesitate to contact these bloggers, the “warriors of the keyboard” to find out what was really happening in the Arab world (it was not only happening in Egypt) and why no one was talking about it in the West. Lali Sandiumenge (Barcelona, 1965) is a journalist specialized in international information. She has spent most of her professional life abroad and has lived in Lima, Brussels, Rabat and Cairo. She has contributed to several media such as La Vanguardia, TimeOut and TVE. She discovered the world of blogs and their power as a tool for social change when she arrived in Egypt in 2004 and started a research in digital activism that she is still conducting. 34 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 35-36 “ Given the tense state of the world, this volume could not come at a better time “ After a long research, this book studies the role of Internet to promote freedom of speech and the democratic fight in the Arab world, but mostly it explains in a journalistic report the thrilling story of a group of boys and girls who benefit, both courageously and creatively, from all the possibilities granted by Internet and social media to raise awareness, to politicize and mobilize a generation everyone believed to be asleep. June 2012 · 256 pages This title is a healthy exercise of selfcritique trying to present war correspondents not as heroes from another galaxy, but as they are: human beings with fears, doubts and imperfections From the C Civil War that covered Algeria with blood in the th 1990s to the uprising of the Syrian Revolution against president Bashar al-Assad in reporter Marginedas revives, in his first 2011, repor using the formula of the short story, book and u transcending moments lived in fifteen the most tr experience: the massacres years of professional pr of Algerian civilians, the reconquest of Chechnya by Russia, the t Anglo-American invasion of Iraq, offensive of Lebanon, or the combats the Israeli o Lebanese desert between revolutionary in the Leb youngsters and the forces of Muammar Gaddafi. takes of the opportunity to share with the And he take and problems faced by a reader the vicissitudes v journalist rreporting from that part of the world: self-censorship, ambiguous relations to the self-censors rush, real motivations, moral dilemmas power, rush professional mistakes. and even simple si Marc Marginedas has been a special correspondent in conflict zones for El Periódico de Catalunya since 2002. Previously, he was correspondent in Moscow between 1998 and 2002, as well as correspondent in Algiers and Rabat between 1995 and 1998 for that same publication. He has collaborated with the BBC, both in their world and Spanish service, and he has published articles in Le Monde Diplomatique and The World Today. 35 / Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Non-Fiction / Essay Non-Fiction JOSÉ ENRIQUE RUIZ-DOMENÈC Listening to the Past EUROPE. KEYS TO ITS HISTORY EUROP March 20 2010 · 384 pages · Sold to France (Ed. Saint-Simon) August 2012 · 224 pages An essay on music and history written by someone who is convinced that Europe will be whatever its music is. After the critical success of Europa, las claves de su historia (Europe, the keys to its history), José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec has written a book on classical music which brims with originality. A fascina fascinating book on an idea, the idea of an unfinished Europe, which is being built as we speak. But, as the th author says, “It is completely useless to go ahead without knowing what is left behind.” “Profound without being obscure; rigorous but agile, full of suggestions and winks to the intelligence of the reader” Organized in nine sessions, the book draws a trajectory through the history of music in the last eight hundred years; a trip where music provides access to an interesting range of topics: from culture to politics, through economy and the events in the lives of some singular characters, always willing to listen to the past: How did polyphony affect the Gothic period? Why was Purcell witness to the Glorious Revolution of 1688? Did Bach consider the attempt of exile of Frederick the Great when composing some violin pieces? What did Berlioz intend by adding music to the Three Glorious Days in 1830? What did the escape of Brahms to Vienna meant, disillusioned as he was with the German ideals that had fascinated Wagner? José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec was born in Granada. He is a professor of Medieval History and the Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a full member of the Real Academia de Buenas Letras, a scriptwriter, director of television documentaries and a contributor to the literary supplement of La Vanguardia in Barcelona. His previous books have been translated into Italian and Catalan. 36 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 37-38 SPAIN, A NEW HISTORY November 2009 · 1152 pages A fascinating tale of Spain’s historic reality. An enthusiastic and critical analysis of Spanish history, essential for anyone who wants to understand the current state of affairs in Spain. CATALONIA, SPAIN CATAL January 2011 2 · 192 pages · Catalan Review of a relationship the industrial revolution, pop music, sport and major public events at have led to convergence and at times radical alienation and disaffection between Catalunya times hav and Spain. Spain How are the feelings, politics and history of both intertwined? SHORTLISTED FOR LE PRIX DU LIVRE EUROPÉEN IN 2010 37 / Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Non-Fiction / Essay Non-Fiction JOSEP RAMONEDA ENRIC JULIANA The Necessary Left Modest Spain March 2012 · 256 pages “ “ A fundamental reading for all of those who resist plunging into resignation and impotence. A defence of politics to save democracy This book is an invitation to react to the triumph of money and arrogance. Being well inside the economic, political, social, cultural and moral crisis, without seeing the light at the end of the seems as if there are no alternatives but tunnel, it se to comply with the austerity and deregulation by the European elites. But the recipes imposed imp claims there actually is an alternative. Or author claim there should be. Because democracy at least, th exist without alternatives. cannot exis This book delves into the causes of the “disappearance” of the left and alerts to the loss “disappeara democratic quality in Western societies as well of democra dangers of the “tyranny of indifference”. as to the da But also, and an mostly, it encourages the reaction of those who wh will not resign themselves and still the ideas of progress, justice, freedom believe in th equality. and equalit Josep Ramoneda (Cervera, 1949) is a philosopher, journalist, writer and director of several essay collections. He managed the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona between 1989 and 2011 and contributes to several newspapers and radio programs. 38 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 39-40 A political chronicle of the current state of affairs in Spain, going through the main scenarios from the latest political congresses to the threat of ruin in Southern European countries Spain has gone from economic euphoria to serious concerns regarding the future. What changes, opportunities, risks, tensions or uncertainties can the people expect in the upcoming years, both in the national and international arena? “ Eric Juliana is one of the most influential and better-informed political analysts of the national journalistic panorama, and he provides with lucid and smart answers. “ September 2012 · 256 pages The current economic crisis is not only going to be a parenthesis in Spain: nothing will be as it used to. Despite conventional political discourses are playing with the supposedly reassuring metaphor of the parenthesis, Spain might never be able to get back to the high levels of consumption, speculation and hedonism of the past two decades. A stage is over, and Spain is to become a definitively modest country. Enric Juliana Ricart (Badalona, 1957) publishes daily political chronicles from Madrid in La Vanguardia which have particularly followed the last years of the Spanish economic situation. He was an Italy correspondent for La Vanguardia in the 1990s and contributor to TVE and El País. He is the author of La deriva de España (Spain adrift), published in 2009 by RBA, where he analysed the first effects of the economic crisis. 39 / Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Non-Fiction / History Essay Non-Fiction ENRIQUE BARÓN TEO URIARTE The Insurgent Americas Peace Processes. Testimony of a Protagonist March 2012 · 320 pages A wonderful essay, very well supported, very readable and with highly valuable insight on the current circumstances “ Mario Vargas Llosa “In this bicentenary of independences I am sure this book is going to be of extreme help to understand how Latin American countries achieved independency without breaking with Spain”. Alain Touraine This book b offers a historical, sociological, economic econom and political analysis of the key aspects that gradually forged the insurgent spirit in America and led to the independence of a Ame continent contine Europeans had been trying to make in its own ow image, but where, due to cultural and racial miscegenation, new societies were born. m The author shows how the ideas of British au liberalism liberalis from authors such as Milton, Locke or, subsequently, Stuart Mill influenced the political subsequ attitude of the colonizers, and how decisive was the Constitution delivered by the constituent Co assembly assemb in the city of Cadiz in 1812. Now that is the bicentenary of that historic milestone, integration is still to be achieved; despite it integrat has rec received a new democratic and economic impulse in the Latin American countries thanks to globalisation processes. globa Enrique Barón Crespo (Madrid, 1944) was a lawyer specialized in human rights under the Franco dictatorship, and became a constituent deputy once democracy arrived. As a minister in the Spanish government he was in charge of negotiating the inclusion of Spain into the European Community, and later, in the decades from 1980 to 2000, he was a deputy and president of the European Parliament. Also, he was president of the European Socialist Group. He has combined his activity as a politician and teacher with authoring several books. 40 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 41-42 Explaining the end of ETA The commotion that terrorism causes in society not only makes it into an instrument in the hands of its perpetrators, but many times it is also manipulated for the benefit of those in power and those managing media. The long history of ETA can be explained by the support of many Basque citizens, but also by how it has been exploited by political parties -as in the exceptionally candid statement attributed to the historical leader of the PNV, Xabier Arzalluz: «Some shake the tree, others pick the nuts”-, and by the many mistakes made by the State. “ The testimony of one of the main protagonists of terrorism. “ “ 2012 · 464 pages Throughout this book, these questions are analysed in the period of time comprised from the process of Burgos to the current police defeat of ETA, followed by a paradoxical political victory of its followers after a long process of negotiation with the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. A complex and contradictory frame that is no longer so when conducting a serene analysis of the keys that, to the surprise of some, are in full view of everyone. Eduardo Uriarte Romero (Sevilla, 1945) has been a Basque parliamentary for two terms. His nickname Teo, Teo Uriarte, comes from his affiliation to ETA when he was young, which had him arrested and condemned to two death sentences in the process of Burgos of 1970. Those sentences were commuted for thirty years in prison, but he actually spent eight years with his partner and friend, the already deceased Mario Onaindia. In 1977, after the death of Franco, they both were “estranged» to Belgium and subsequently granted amnesty. They shared the creation of Euskadiko Ezkerra, participated in the process of the political and military liquidation of ETA and later they both joined the PSOE. He was awarded the order of Constitutional Merit in 2003. 41 / Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Non-Fiction / History Essay Non-Fiction FRANCESC-MARC ÁLVARO VICENTE PALOMERA LAFORGA Between Lies and Obscurity From the Personality to the Core of the Symptom May 2012 · 144 pages Qué Leer “ “ An intense journey through a series of cases related to collective memory, stricken with pain and lack of memory A daring work inviting to think about the raw material of our personal and collective identity, about what is left in our minds and hearts once time has sifted through them. Every memory is a subtle elaboration, very fragile and complex. It is a combination of what remembered and what is forgotten, where we is rem the impact of the traumas we live and also of feel th the lies, lie the disfigurement and the propaganda. We are ar memory or we are not. With his characteristic forceful and expressive style, Francesc-Marc Álvaro goes through several specific cases related to world, combining severa political, literary, film, art and daily examples in politic diverse places such as Buenos Aires, Berlin, so div New York, Paris, Mauthausen, Warsaw, the trenches of the Ebro battle, Madrid or Barcelona: trench collective memory embedded in our present collec and controversy, with the bittersweet with pain p ertaste of the shadows and the erased names. afterta “ An outstanding book, easy to understand and with all of the pertinent information you need to learn about the psychology of personality! “ September 2012 · 192 pages An invaluable guide to Lacanian psychoanalysis To make personality into the most characteristic trait in the mind structure and to conceive its unity and totality as being similar to the reality of the organism might seem obvious, but, is it not tthe mind a totality in itself? On the t contrary, the symptom is the opposite of personality and it brings the singularity trait the p each speaker with it. Personality is paranoid of ea far as it only accentuates the imaginary unit as fa and falls for the illusion of “being alone against everyone”. every Thus, us between the personality and the symptom there is a rupture, and psychoanalysis is precisely based on getting rid of all that belief in the ego, base rid of the primitive paranoia to access on getting ge of the symptom and to know how to act the core c with it. As a traveller who will not resign to choose between nostalgia and indifference, the author betwe questions himself about the value of our questi recent past considering how our current world enthrones what is ephemeral. enthr Francesc-Marc Álvaro (1967) is a writer, columnist and journalism professor at Universitat Ramon Llull. He has worked in radio, newspapers and magazines, and he contributes to La Vanguardia since 2000. He has received several professional awards, the most prominent being the Premi Nacional de Periodisme. (www.francescmarcalvaro.cat) 42 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 43-44 Vicente Palomera Laforga is a psychoanalyst, member of the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis and the World Association of Psychoanalysis, who teaches at its clinical section in Barcelona. He has a PhD in psychoanalysis from Université Paris 8. He has presided over the European Federation of the Schools of Psychoanalysis from 2007 to 2010. He has authored several articles in specialized magazines. 43 / Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Non-Fiction / Political Essay Non-Fiction BACKLIST HISTORY OH THE ANARCHISTIC MOVEMENT IN SPAIN · Josep Termes HISTOR TAMARA, LAURA, TANIA · Gustavo Rodríguez Ostria TAMAR june 201 2011 · 720 pages March 20 2011 · 448 pages In a century cent marked by revolutionary ideas and political confrontation, anarchism has not been spared persecution, separatism and violence. This meticulously researched document sheds light impartially persecut on the rise ri and fall of anarchism in Spain, which passed from being an anarchist stronghold in the XIX century centur t y to a gradual decline in the post-Franco era. On August Augu 31st, 1967, a bullet hit the body of Laura Gutiérrez Bauer, better known as Tania, the only woman in Che Guevara’s expedition to Bolivia. THE ROSE OF FIRE · Joaquín Romero Maura Who was she really? Tamara, Laura, or Tania? One, or all three of them? TATI ALLENDE · Margarita Espuña June 2010 · 224 pages June 2012 · 752 pages Between 1898 and 1909, a series of events happened in Barcelona, the centre of the political, olitical, social and economic Spanish life, which had repercussions throughout the country: the he raise of the working class meant the creation of the first modern party of their kind in Spain; terrorism imposed as a daily reality; anarchism became organized; a general strike took k place, and finally, the Tragic Week. THE S SACRED WRATH · Manuel Delgado 20 April 2012 · 256 pages A book about anticlericalism, iconoclasm and anti-ritualism in contemporary Spain. During the summer of 1936 an extraordinary exterminating wrath unleashed against places, objects object obj e s and a representatives of the Spanish catholic cult. 44 / Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 45-46 In novelistic episodes based on the limited documentation existing, Margarita Espuña recreates a brilliant and exciting biography of a brave and honest woman who became a victim of the troubled history of Latin America in the second half twentieth century. MY ID IDEA OF EUROPE · Felipe González October 2010 · 240 pages Octobe A stron strong promoter of the European Union, Felipe González reflects on Europe’s past, present future. Though not always without controversy, his witty way of writing avoids clichés and fut and gives us an insightful glance into possible ways to shape this still unfinished dream we and giv Europe. call Eur 45 / Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:10 Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 47-48 08/10/12 13:11 Children’s Literature Children’s Literature VARIOUS AUTHORS Classical Tales French Rights sold to Canada An updated collection of fairy tales from a wide array of classical works make a delightful collection of immortal tales which were passed down from generation to generation. Perfect for parents and children to read together. The following beautifully illustrated stories are included: DREAMFUL FAIRY TALES · Illustrations by Macus Romero October 2010 · 92 pages Peter and the Wolf / Thumbling / Sinbad the Sailor / The Tortoise and the Hare / The Magic Grinder / Rumpelstiltskin / The Nightingale / The Shoemaker and the Elves / The Town Mouse and the City Mouse / The Beanstalk / The Twelve Dancing Princesses / The Ant and the Grasshopper / The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep. UNFORGETTABLE FAIRY TALES · Illustrations by María Jesús Álvarez October 2009 · 92 pages Beauty and the Beast / Little Thumb / Rapunzel / The Ugly Duckling / The Musicians of Bremen / Fairies / The Seven Billy Goats and the Wolf / Donkeyskin / The Snow Queen / The Brave Little Tailor / The Little Mermaid / The Emperor’s New Clothes / Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves / The Steadfast Tin Soldier. llero, aba c ombrero. abra tenía el extraño el s s de c a d t o Pa itos le salían por debaj c e n r cue EVERLASTING FAIRY TALES · Illustrations by Marta Chicote October 2008 · 92 pages The Princess and the Pea / Hansel and Gretel / Snow White / Aladdin and the Magic Lamp / The Pied Piper of Hamelin / Sleeping Beauty / Little Red Riding Hood / Puss in Boots / The Milkmaid / Cinderella / Three Little Pigs / The Story of the Three Bears. onto que rapidito quí a r p l pajarito es a ás a r t M me 48 / Children’s Literature Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 49-50 49 / Children’s Literature 08/10/12 13:11 Children’s Literature Children’s Literature M. HERNÁNDEZ & ARO SÁINZ DE LA MAZA · Children aged 1-100 Tales from Every Corner of the Earth XAVIER VERNETTA · Children Age 11+ Tangier’s Dream October 2008 · 480 pages “ “ This book will break your heart, then inspire you, and hopefully move you into looking at how you can use your life to make a positive difference. English extract available Rights sold to the Basque Country (Elkar) A boat with twelve Moroccan immigrants reaches the Andalusian coast. Just arriving, they are caught by the Spanish police, all but one: Akram, who is i able to hide from the police and set out for Paris, where his uncle lives and works. “us begins Akram’s journey to the city of his dreams. He will Akram meet people that will help him, but nothing will easy: xenophobia, anguish, danger, hunger be ea and ffear are travel companions that are very cult to bear. difficu Xavier Vernetta was born in Barcelona in 1956. He is a popular author of more than 15 novels, plays and short stories. The Man with the White Jaguar and It will be Night are also available at RBA. In 2003 he received the Fiction Prize by the Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana. 50 / Children’s Literature Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 51-52 Stories from different corners of the world told by their people. Legends, fables, extraordinary happenings, beautiful princesses and princes, ugly ogres, animals large and small, fearless children who become involved in the most fabulous and crazy adventures, and much more. Tales from Every Corner of the Earth is a book to return to a world of illusion. These children’s stories originate from other cultures with a rich oral tradition, a collection of over 50 fantastic tales from around the world: “ A true longseller! “ May 2011 · 96 pages · Catalan Ukraine, Panama, Algeria, Armenia, Serbia, Seychelles, Austria, Honduras, Vietnam, Finland, Nigeria, Australia, Cyprus, Malaysia, Guatemala, Moldova, Syria, Nicaragua, Mauritius, Netherlands, South Korea, Togo, Portugal, Indonesia… The authors, Josep María Hernández Ripoll and Aro Sáinz de la Maza have travelled around the world in order to collect the stories in person. Each storyteller is presented at the end of the chapter. 51 / Children’s Literature 08/10/12 13:11 Children’s Literature ILLUSTRATED BY SARA MANZANO · Children Age 1-100 Fairy Tales from All Over the World March 2010 · 350 pages Many of today’s fairy tales have evolved from centuries-old stories that have appeared, with variations, in multiple cultures around the world. They typically feature folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes. “ The multicultural quality of fairy tales teaches children that people all over the world share many of the same values and concerns. “ Did you know that only a small number of fairy tales actually refer to fairies? This book shares fairy tales from different countries and cultures all over the world. The stories, some of which are well-known and others less familiar, reflect the huge wealth and diversity of fables and fairy tales. Lovingly illustrated, they lead us into a world full of adventure and wisdom. Sara Manzano is a freelance illustrator who creates her images with the help of a pencil and photoshop. She is open to all styles and particulary likes strange animals, fantastic creatures, anatomy sketches and manga. www.saramanzano.com 52 / Children’s Literature Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 53-54 08/10/12 13:11 Comic Books Comic Books MANUEL BARTUAL · Comic MANEL FONTDEVILA · Comic Sexorama A Guide for Desperately Inexperienced Parents April 2011 · 96 p pages g April 2008 · 128 pages Sold to France (Fluide Glacial) and Italy (Linus) An illustration of just how real and ridiculous love can be A witty but sinful dissection of the world of sex and relationships. One-night stands, auto fellatio, infidelity, threesomes, erections, pillow talk, sex at work or f*** records are only some of the many issues discussed in this book. Charming and explicit! We are home. Now what? Many couples think that making babies is like making a cup of tea. Curiously, unlike with tea, the preparation and maintenance of babies is surrounded by a thousand theories and conventions, which are often contradictory (if not downright absurd), whose only function seems to be bullying parents and forcing them to buy guides like this. WE ARE PARENTS, NOT PERSONS · March 2010 · 96 pages After the success of A Guide for Desperately Inexperienced Parents here is the long-awaited sequel! longManuel Bartual has two arms, two legs, two hands, two feet and a lot of fingers. However, he only has one head, though he would need more because he not only writes comic books, draws cartoons and runs a magazine but also collects Hulk dolls and joins all the social networks he comes across. 54 / Comic Books Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 55-56 Manel Fontdevila works for the satirical magazine El Jueves and has drawn 7 books full of comic strips about The Couple, which have won numerous prizes over the last 10 years. 55 / Comic Books 08/10/12 13:11 Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 57-58 08/10/12 13:11 Practical Non-Fiction INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA CUINA · Catalan Cookbook Corpus of Catalan Cooking February 2011 · 512 pages The Catalan counterpart to the Italian Silver Spoon This Corpus of Catalan cooking brings together Catalonia’s culinary heritage: it is the most comprehensive cookbook ever made of our gastronomy and offers lovers of fine cuisine, both amateur and professional, a practical and comprehensible guide to the traditional dishes of our country and which are part of our identity. This book can be considered the most important and systematic collection of Catalan recipes ever undertaken. The more than 1,136 entries are arranged alphabetically, both numerically and by type of dish. www.cuinacatalana.eu The Institut Català de la Cuina was founded in 2001 and has established Catalan cuisine as a brand. It evaluates, homologates and validates Catalan recipes throughout Catalonia with the aim of being able to systematically track traditional dishes and establish an inventory of them. The Corpus has been officially recognized by the Institut Européen d’Histoire et des Cultures de l’Alimentation (IEHCA), which forms part of the UNESCO. They also award a quality seal that helps identify Catalan dishes and products in restaurants and supermarkets. 59 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 59-60 08/10/12 13:11 Practical Non-Fiction Practical Non-Fiction Creative Cooking Iker Erauzkin · May 2012 · 144 pages MEAT RECIPES “ “ APPETIZERS Learn how to cook haute cuisine in three simple and easy steps! There is a recipe for every occasion. Our cook, Iker Erauzkin, knows that and has developed a collection of recipes that will become indispensable in your kitchen. FISH RECIPES NOODLE & RICE RECIPES VEGETABLES & LEGUME RECIPES 60 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 61-62 Each volume in this collection presents 40 tasty recipes with three possible variations, each adding a level of difficulty to the plate. Discover tasty and healthy recipes for learners and professionals: starting from basic recipes for any day of the week, like spaghetti carbonara, our chef will go on to teach you how to vary recipes for special occasions and holidays, when you have more time to cook, such as giving your spaghetti carbonara a special touch by incorporating truffle and poached egg. By incorporating more sophisticated ingredients, you will soon be ready to elaborate creative dishes for special occasions in a few easy steps. DESSERTS 61 / Practical Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:11 Practical Non-Fiction Practical Non-Fiction INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA CUINA · Catalan Cookbook HOW TO COOK… BLANCA HERP · Natural Cooking The New Book on Natural Cooking October 2012 · 336 pages HOW TO COOK RICE · Roger Martínez October 2008 · 240 pages Roger Martínez Martín is a chef at the restaurant La Mifanera and a rice specialist. In this book he explains the th best recipes to prepare risottos, stews, sauté rice and much more. The from traditional proposals, like the classical paella, to the most innovative recipes go fro formulas, such suc as fried rice snacks. An easy, delicious vegetarian recipes for day-to-day cuisine. The vegetarian diet has been expanded with new foods, cooking techniques and recipes that make it appropriate for everyone and attractive to any palate. This book brings you the latest information and innovations in the field, updating the pioneering work on vegetarian cuisine in our country to create a new classic for the 21st century. An essential book for enjoying vegetarianism at home. “ “ In this comprehensive book series, we return to the very roots of cooking to look at the techniques and the staple ingredients which underline the best traditions of cookery. Vegetarian cuisine made simple! • Contains over 240 recipes and color photographs • New ingredients and superfoods HOW TO COOK MEAT · Dani Lechuga • Utensils and ecological materials • The healthiest culinary techniques March 2010 · 96 pages dishes where meat is the protagonist, and this cookbook offers a There are countless cou selection of the t very best recipes, where the star ingredients are lamb, poultry, beef, and game. • How to create balanced meals • Recipes for daily meals and for eating on the go • Recipes for refreshing drinks HOW TO COOK FISH · Francesc Morgadas 2009 · 192 pages September 20 A journey alo along the coast presenting the fish that can be found in Spanish markets, its characteristics, the different names by which it is known, the best way to character cook it, the measures and the ideal weight for consumption, and much more. 62 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 63-64 63 / Practical Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:12 Practical Non-Fiction Practical Non-Fiction 700 EASY, FAST AND LUCIOUS RECIPIES TO INVITE YOUR FRIE FRIENDS OVER FOR · Clara González Marti CHEAP AND AN HEALTHY · Miguel Angel Almodóvar June 2 2011 · 400 pages January 2011 · 144 pages Easy, because they are well-explained and use easy-to-find ingredients, and do not need sophisticated equipment. Hard bread, o overripe fruit, cans past their shelf life... Every day we throw out approximately a quarter of the food we have bought. With a little imagination, approximatel these leftover overs can be converted into cheap and original dishes in no time! Third edition KITCHEN TRICKS · Graciela Bajraj BREAKFAST IN MADRID. Sara Cucala February 2011 · 144 pages October 2009 · 320 pages In this little gem of culinary literature, the expert Graciela Bajraj offers tricks to make tastier dishes, save time and money and, most of all, solutions to everyday stove dramas: burned dishes, clotted cream, overcooked vegetables... In Madrid there are as many ways to have breakfast as bars. Breakfast in Madrid offers us a tasty tour to the town before starting the day, from classic and traditional cafés to the most innovative and modern places. English translation available. COOKING FOR BEGINNERS · Salvador Moré COO February 2011 · 208 pages Febru When I wrote this book I did not know how to cook, but I was hungry. I craved for real food instead of sandwiches, so I had no choice but to launch myself into the adventure: I went wen to the market and asked the traders to explain to me what I could cook with what I bought. 64 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 65-66 65 / Practical Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:12 Practical Non-Fiction Practical Non-Fiction MARIANO BUENO · Natural Health Cultivate Your Own Remedies How to Grow Organic Vegetables with your Family January 2012 · 400 pages June 2012 · 192 pages A reference work for those willing to take care of their health in a healthy, conscious and responsible way. “ “ A classic title on organic gardening: more than 50,000 copies sold! A book for families who are new to gardening as well as for those who already have a garden but would like to switch to ecological growing. The art of healing through plants has been the most important tool with which humanity has treated several ailments for centuries. An expert on the remedies the generous nature has to bring, Mariano Bueno provides with a complete guide to identify the most beneficial medicinal plants, to learn how the cultivate them at home and to elaborate the most effective remedies with each and every one of them. From garlic, basil and aloe to camomile, mint, sweet leaf, thyme and valerian. With this natural kit, the reader might found healing for a variety of problems such as burns, inflammations, migraine, constipation, menstrual pain, cold, flu, lumbago, tiredness, lack of sexual appetite and whatever obstacles come between people and their well-being. -Discover the 30 healthiest plants and their indications -Cultivation techniques: inside homes, in balconies and terraces, in cultivation tables, gardens and soil -Harvest and preservation of therapeutic plants -How to prepare medicines: infusions, syrups, cataplasms… THE PRESS ON MARIANO BUENO I like the Bueno style and his plant associations and rotations are just as valid in the UK as in the Mediterranean. He seems very much at home with the plants he describes. Anna Pavord, The Independent I couldn’t put the book down until I’d finished it and it’s inspired me so much I can’t wait to get started. Carol Ann Fuller 66 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 67-68 HOW TO ENJOY YOUR HARVEST ALL YEAR ROUND June 201 2010 · 160 pages In his n new book Mariano Bueno teaches us how to conserve the surplus fruit and plants from the or found in the forest, like mushrooms, to enjoy them in our kitchen all year round. Step garden o by step, it explains all the conservation techniques in an ecological home: Drying and dehydrating, heating in a double-boiler, freezing, preparing juices, jams and jellies, soaking in oil or vinegar, canned can nned n spirits, sugar-based syrup… This book offers recipes to conserve each vegetable, fruit or aromatic plant. aromati HOW TO GROW VEGETABLES IN YOUR FLOWER-BED January 2010 · 224 pages Mariano Bueno and Jesús Arnau are renowned authors on ecological growing and self-sufficiency. In this little guide they tell us their secrets on how to combine the beauty of flowers with an ecological vegetable garden. And not only in big gardens! You only need a small garden or a balcony! This precious handbook helps us to understand how to take care and use: edible flowers, aromatic and medicinal plants, vegetables and ornamental flowers in order to enjoy your terrace all year round. Mariano Bueno is an expert on and pioneer of Organic Agriculture, Geobiology and Green Buildings. With his more than 15 books about healthier life choices he has become very popular all over Spain and Latin America. He collaborates regularly with Spanish television, where he has his own shows on natural health and ecological gardening. His title Mediterranean Kitchen Garden is being published by Frances Lincoln in the UK www.mariano-bueno.com 67 / Practical Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:12 Practical Non-Fiction Practical Non-Fiction “How to Heal” - The big series on natural health HOW KEFIR HEALS · Mercedes Blasco June 2012 · 112 pages Vital alternatives for the health of the people and the planet This collection includes some great titles in the history of Integral, now revised and updated, with reference topics for everyone, written by the best national and international specialists and with a very dynamic and useful approach and design for the reader. «Kefir» designates both a lactic fermented product and the nodes that produce it. Kefir can also be made from water or tea. Milk-based kefir is a drink with healing properties playing an important role on the daily diet to repair and regenerate the organism. Some of the most prominent features among the several virtues of this healthy food from the Caucasus are the power to regenerate the intestinal flora, its antibiotic and antiviral action, and the improvement of physical appearance as a reflection of good health. A book with detailed instructions on how to elaborate all three variants of Kefir plus numerous kitchen recipes, as well as external use preparations. HOW GREEN TEA HEALS· Laura Álvarez HO June 2012 · 96 pages Ju Gr Green tea prevents cardiovascular illnesses, helps controlling diabetes, protects from certain bacteria and virus and strengthens the immune system. It has been proved it is effective in ba preventing certain kinds of cancer, so that it is a fundamental part in every anticancer diet. pre Through the ingestion of green tea, it is possible to delay aging, balance the liquids in the body, lose weight and control stress. los Be Besides all these therapeutic functions, this book provides insight into other common uses for green tea: as a food preservative, as part of creams, suntan lotions and skin masks and to provide scents for perfumes and deodorants. HOW LEMON HEALS · Francesc Fossas HO HOW ALOE VERA HEALS · Montserrat Mulero Oc October 2012 · 128 pages Al vera is specially indicated to solve acidity, allergies, asthma, cholesterol, arthritis and Aloe rh rheumatism, hypertension, psoriasis and skin marks. Besides, it provides an excellent preventive tre treatment against hair loss, digestive problems, and it is also a wonderful guardian of skin hy hydration and the proper cicatrisation of wounds. A book that explains the purposes and applications of the different products available in the m market stemming from this plant, and how to make gels, lotions and other preparations at home. June 2012 · 144 pages In healthy people, lemon strengthens the defences and helps preventing infections; it improves the physical and intellectual performance and prevents vascular aging. It is a universal remedy within everybody’s reach. For ages, lemon has been considered an elixir able to solve endless health problems without causing side effects. Its disinfecting properties are highly appreciated both in hygiene and cosmetics as well as in natural medicine. Lemon has a singular ability to reestablish the balance in health when it is lost. Further titles of the Series: - How Hemp Heals - How Onion Heals - How Honey Heals - How Echinacea Heals - How Oat Heals* - How Olive Oil Heals - How Alga Heals - How Primrose Heals HOW GARLIC HEALS · Josep Luis Berdonces HO October 2012 · 160 pages Oc Ga is one of the oldest natural remedies we know, appreciated by the Chinese, Roman, Egyptian Garlic and Indian peoples through the centuries. Popular wisdom has attributed many properties to an garlic that have been corroborated by science: it normalizes blood pressure, controls cholesterol, ga strengthens the immune system and is very helpful against rheumatism. In this book you will find str everything you need to know about this miraculous food and its healing power. ev 68 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 69-70 * WE DISPOSE OF A FRENCH TRANSLATION OF HOW OAT HEALS! Health and alternative life books, more attractive than ever 69 / Practical Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:13 Practical Non-Fiction Practical Non-Fiction FRANCESC FOSSAS · Natural Health DR. FREDERIC VINYES · Natural Health Natural remedies The Answer Is At the Feet September 2012 · 176 pages · Sold to Italy Although there are conventional treatments to palliate and mitigate symptoms of illnesses, they are not definitive and the patient tends to resort to the options offered by natural medicine, which are more innocuous and often provide with solid relief. NATURAL REMEDIES AGAINST COLESTEROL NAT April 2012 · 80 pages This book is a practical manual that explains everything there is to know kn about cholesterol: its functions in the organism, what is “bad” and “good” cholesterol, and how to decrease cholesterol “bad levels in blood when they are too high. It offers the guidelines level le a healthy diet which is low in cholesterol, and includes to follow fo some menus to keep cholesterol at the right levels. som Doctor Frederic Vinyes clear and pedagogical guides to natural health, with innumerable illustrations and step-bystep pictures – now translated in Italy, too! It has been proved that feet reflexology is extremely helpful in illnesses that entail painful and spasmodic processe, but not all organs reflect on the feet nor they reflect with the same intensity. Backaches, constipation, pains in the urinary apparatus and migraines, among many others, find symptomatic relief and often a therapeutic answer through feet reflexology. A full-colour poster is included with the reflex areas of the feet THE LYMPH AND ITS NATURAL DRAINAGE October 2012 · 126 pages Octobe Manu lymphatic drainage (MLD) can be useful in states of flooding, swelling Manual when they have been caused by problems in lymphatic circulation. or oedemata oed drainage involves very soft manoeuvres, based in a deep knowledge of the This d anatomy and physiology of the lymphatic system. anato NATURAL REMEDIES AGAINST DIABETES NAT April 2012 · 128 pages It offers practical information and advice to follow a preventive and healthy diet which is also pleasing. People with diabetes will learn through this manual to calculate their daily ingestion of ccarbohydrates, which foods are essential in their diet and how ho w to combine them in the most efficient way. 70 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 71-72 lymphatic system in great detail · Medical and aesthetic indications of the The ly MLD · MLD and body massage · Step-by-step basic manipulations · Limitations and d complements of the MLD Doctor Frederic Vinyes has a medical degree from the Universidad de Barcelona and was educated as a naturist doctor in Germany; he introduced the concept of reflex therapy in Spain. He is a regular contributor to health magazines and author of Hidroterapia and La linfa y su drenaje manual (both RBA Integral). 71 / Practical Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:13 Practical Non-Fiction Practical Non-Fiction JORDI CEBRIÁN · Natural Health ELISABETH RIERA · Natural Health Plants for a Healthy Home The Great Book on Cannabis The engagingly written reference book is a thoughtful contribution to the discussion of hemp. It makes a strong case for reconsidering hemp now! “ “ March 2012 · 208 pages Plants are the origin and foundation of life in our planet, since they create the oxygen we breathe and are at the base of the food chain. Besides, they have subtle, more essential functions such as purifying the air in hard struggle against pollution and cheering up whoever contemplates their beauty or inhales their fragrance. A subtle guide to the various ways in which plants can improve and heal our lives, counteracting our habitual immersion in electromagnetic fields, artificial materials and an endless array of synthetic products. Besides, it provides 122 clear examples of plants whose only presence suffices to make our homes much nicer and healthier, and so our existence. Divided into the two big categories of indoor and outdoor plants, the reader will find the plant specimens most satisfying his or her needs through their depurative, environmental, insect repellent or just ornamental functions. A detailed and rigorous book about the qualities and effects of hemp on health, its psychoactive properties, the domestic cultivation for personal consumption and its culinary applications, both psychoactive and non-psychoactive. “ The engagingly written reference book is a thoughtful contribution to the discussion of hemp. It makes a strong case for reconsidering hemp now! “ May 2012 · 176 pages Throughout history, we have benefited from the multiple properties of hemp (Cannabis sativa) as a fibre to manufacture clothes, ropes and resistant fabrics, paper and so on… But cannabis also has excellent properties as a food (it contains high doses of omega 3 and highquality vegetal protein) and a medicine. In the last years, medical research has identified its properties as contributory in treating numerous illnesses, which has led legislators in many countries to authorize its consumption in certain cases, as in that of cancer patients, to palliate the side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments. Besides, due to its THC content, the psychoactive power of cannabis has made it into a highly appreciated plant for recreational and relaxing use. • The most practical and simple manual for the personal cultivation of cannabis • 75 recipes for feeding both body and soul MEDICINAL PLANTS MEDI • Legal aspects and useful addresses September 2012 · 680 pages Septem The most m updated, complete and useful dictionary. It describes more than 500 medicinal traditional plants, as well as those of Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine. medic illustrations of most of them, information about their history, It includes incl indications for illnesses and active principles, recipes to use them at home and indi in dica ca of each plant in Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque and English. tthe he names na 72 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 73-74 Elisabet Riera (Barcelona 1973) is a journalist and writer. She was editor in chief at Integral magazine and editor of Mente Santa magazine. She has contributed to several written media and she currently directs the collection “Integral” at RBA. She is the author of the novel La línea del desierto (The line of the desert, RBA, 2011). 73 / Practical Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:13 Practical Non-Fiction A NATURALISTIC APPROACH TO WEIGHT LOSS June 2011 · 224 pages Ju D Don’t subject your body to unhealthy diets, leading to the infamous yo-yo effect. The best way to lose weight is to eat healthily and to learn the basic rules of a natural diet. Only this way we can lo find n our ideal weight, correct cellulites and other cosmetic problems of our body. REVITALIZE YOURSELF · Jorge Pérez Calvo February 2011 · 304 pages The food we eat can help us find our inner balance. This is not a book about calories, it is about knowing our energy intake and its effect on our body. The result is surprising: we improve our health, peace and inner balance and enhance our physical and mental abilities. It includes user-friendly recipes that will help us choose the most suitable dish for us every day according to our needs and those of our family. WHAT IS GM FOOD? · Jorge Riechmann January 2011 · 112 pages A clear and understandable guide on one of the great issues of our time: the role of new biotechnologies and the industry called “life sciences”, which will shape our world in the decades ahead. Jorge Riechmann talks about genetic engineering, food safety, food and nutrients. What are the hopes and hazards of genetic engineering? How are they produced and what environmental risks do they entail? NATURAL FOOD CURES · Miguel Ángel Almodóvar November 2009 · 192 pages More than 30,000 copies sold! This practical guide presents the most suitable food to effectively combat various diseases. It also indicates general eating habits to prevent health problems. Often, food is the best medicine! EATING MAKES US HAPPY · Felipe Hernández Ramos September 2009 · 256 pages All about an orthomolecular diet and how the brain works in conjunction with our nutritional al habits. Full of tips to correct bad nutritional habits we have that can affect our health as well ass how to establish the correct biochemical balance in our brain. Eating the correct food can help p us to strengthen our mind and our emotions, thus avoiding the need to take medicines for anyy psychological diseases. 74 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 75-76 08/10/12 13:13 Practical Non-Fiction Practical Non-Fiction EDUARDO JÁUREGUI · Psychology EDUARDO JÁUREGUI · Psychology Our Sense of Humour Love and Humour October 2012 · 208 pages “ “ A book for the women and men of the 21st century. A fundamental guide to remembering that we own one of the most important mechanisms biology gave us: we can laugh and enjoy life. Humour is a high biotechnology tool. It connects people and helps communication without the need for cables or Wi-Fi. It is withou capable of producing a huge amount of energy capabl without pollution and it helps us enjoy our withou everyday routines with a smile on our face. everyd Based on a solid scientific research and full examples, this book aims to of exhilarating exh make your sense of humour work, while help m understanding every aspect of it for applying it under everyday life. to ever on the subject and a great comedian.” “An expert ex Antonio Fraguas “Forges”, cartoonist. Anton “ In this original and funny essay, full of hilarious examples based on scientific studies, Eduardo Jáuregui explores the relationship between love and humour. “ October 2012 · 344 pages Tender and inspiring Did you know that we laugh 30 times more often in company than by ourselves? That we tend to like people who laugh at our jokes better than those who don’t? “at people with an active sex life laugh more often than those without? That people who share a fun activity together find themselves more attracted to each other? Love and humour are two major keys to wellbeing, and two of the deepest mysteries of What is more, according to human existence. exi there is a close relationship positive psychology psy and caressing. The people between tickling t with whom we laugh are the ones that we most, and vice versa. Fooling around love most fundamental in the game of love, and the is fundam relationship of couples who laugh and joke relationshi will last longer and be more satisfying. together w humour are two poles that help us Love and h mental balance, two complementary keep our m emotional ties, two lovers who laugh, play and distract each eac other. Eduardo Jáuregui has a Ph.D. in Social Sciences and is Professor of Positive Psychology at Saint Louis University. He is also co-founder of the company Positive Humor, which specializes in bringing out the humour in clients such as DaimlerChrysler, GlaxoSmithKline, Olympus and Natural Gas. He lives together with his best friend and her stuffed penguin. 76 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 77-78 77 / Practical Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:13 Practical Non-Fiction Practical Non-Fiction EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION · Manuel Campo Vidal EFF BONDING · Àngels Torras & Miriam Tirado October 2011 · 160 pages Octob Is it important i to learn how to communicate more efficiently? Absolutely yes! If we do not communicate our ideas well, our live and our professional career will become frustrated. muni THE TRIBE WE-ALWAYS-DID-IT-THIS-WAY · Mercè Dedeu & Joan Alfons Torrent January 2010 · 288 pages Rather than the typical child care approach that provides a list of generic “do’s and don’ts” during certain phases in a baby’s development, the attachment theory assumes that parents know their child better than so-called experts. This title will help soon-to-be parents to lay a secure basis for the future independence of their child. SHIATSU FOR BABIES AND CHILDREN · Juan José Plasencia March 2009 · 92 pages Strategies to adapt to a constantly changing world. Experience shows that in order to grow we need self-reflection, analysis and strategic planning. A witty tale about the basic matters when it comes to family businesses. February 2011 · 144 pages From the moment of birth, touch becomes a language of love and attention, which is essential for the emotional and physical well-being of the newborn baby. This book provides the essential shiatsu techniques to relieve common childhood ailments. GOOD IDEA! · Susana Cros, Alexandre Forasté & Mariona Masgrau GOO AFTER BREAST CANCER · Dr. Jaume Masià June 2 2009 · 128 pages React to the crisis with creativity, imagination and … ideas! Who hasn’t dreamed of having a brilliant brill idea that will lead to riches in the blink of an eye? But where do good ideas come from? June 2009 · 176 pages How to improve the quality of life during and after the disease. There are lots of books offering medical advice on cancer, but this book is different. It chronicles the cancer experience through a professional’s eyes and through the immediacy of personal experience. THE THREE GOBLINS · Carlos Delgado June 2009 · 109 pages Do you earn what you are worth? Are you worth what you earn? A crisis does not only affect companies. It also forces us to reassess our careers and person situations. In order to help us evaluate our situation just go along with this little tale the author creates. 78 / Practical Non-Fiction Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 79-80 WANT TO SEE MORE? Contact us at [email protected] 79 / Practical Non-Fiction 08/10/12 13:13 RBA Libros, SA Avda. Diagonal 189 08018 Barcelona Spain Tel. (34) 93 217 00 88 [email protected] www.rbalibros.com Catalogue 2012 RBA.indd 81-82 08/10/12 13:14
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