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Malas hijas 

Sandra Sánchez   

Have you ever felt that you didn't belong in your family? Have you vowed not to raise your children the way your parents raised you? Do you agonize over your relationship with your mother and feel guilty when you think you'd like to get away from her or ignore her expectations?

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Así acabé viviendo en la calle     

Jonatan Artiñano  

If I had had to endure his tough childhood and teenage years, with drugs, jail, and living on the streets, I might not have made it. The fact that he did is what I admire most about Jony. —Valentí Sanjuan. Everyone calls me Jony, but my name is actually Jonatan Artiñano.

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La reina de espadas  

Jazmina Barrera   

This book shows us an Elena Garro only her closest friends knew. An Elena who is human and, therefore, multifaceted and fallible. For this masterful portrait, Jazmina Barrera mines Garro’s personal writings rigorously and with a sense of humor, ..

 

El anillo del general 

Benjamín Prado   

Madrid, 2024: A new Historical Memory Law opens the possibility of prosecuting members of the Franco regime for their crimes.  Professor-detective Juan Urbano is tasked with finding The Electrician, one of the most feared torturers of the times, who blackmailed and extorted detainees and their families...

 

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AMIGOS DE ESPAÑOL

Martin Sheen  

American  actor

Martin Sheen plays Robert Hanson in the Netflix show ‘Frankie and Grace’ but the actor, who has a long and incredible career, is also a fan-favorite character and helps to give the show its star quality cast.
The father of fellow actors Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez, decorated performer Martin Sheen first rising to prominence in the 1968 drama ‘The Subject Was Roses’ and then Terrence Malick's 1973 crime drama ‘Badlands’. Sheen was catapulted to superstardom when he brilliantly portrayed Captain Benjamin Willard in Francis Ford Coppola’s Oscar-winning ‘Apocalypse Now’ in which he appeared alongside Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall.

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NEWS

For the first time Spanish surpasses 600 million speakers.

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UNE Publishers (Union of Spanish University Publishers) declare their commitment to editorial quality, also for open science communication.

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Writer and scriptwriter Miquel Obiols dies at the age of 79.

 

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The Kemper Foundation Opens Spring 2025 Read Conmigo Grant Applications for Bilingual Educators in Dallas, Los Angeles and Miami Granada.

 

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Paloma Sánchez Garnica, winner of the Planeta Prize 2024.

 

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Javier Moreno Luzón, Spanish National History Prize 2024

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Download the Essential Guide to Spanish Reading

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ARS MULTIMEDIA

Presentación de «El español en el mundo 2022. Anuario del Instituto Cervantes»

ARS Video:  The Spanish Language in the world, 2024 Report by Instituto Cervantes.

ARS RADIO: RTVE  Halloween: scary books. Interview with writer Elia Barceló 

INTERVIEW

Interview with Mónica Gutiérrez

Nuria Mónica Gutiérrez was born in Barcelona and has a degree in Journalism and History. From her personal webpage she comments on readings, carries out various cultural activities and collects readers' opinions on her favorite works.

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CHILDREN'S BOOK

Siete diente de león   

Ledicia Costas    

Huggy tIn the depths of a forest there was a gray house where an old gray woman named Iris lived, but one night she dreamed of a color and in the morning, on her pillow she found a dandelion that was not gray.

 

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