Fantasy and Commemorative Titles Are Best Sellers in Spain Spain’s children and YA book industry grew 2.6 percent in 2006, according to the Anuario del Libro infantil y juvenil 2007, a yearbook published on March 29 by Ediciones SM. According to this latest edition of Anuario, more than 55 million children’s and YA books were printed last year, hitting an all time high in Spain.
Grupo Nelson and RBA Announce Partnership Nashville-based Grupo Nelson, Thomas Nelson’s Spanish-language publishing group, announced last week their new “strategic allice” with Spanish publisher RBA Editorial.
Breakfast at BEA If you are planning to be in New York City for BookExpo America this year, come have breakfast with Críticas on Saturday, June 2 at 7:30 a.m. the Millennium Broadway Hotel (145 West 44th St.).
SOLEMNE ANTE LA MUERTE
Ceremony in death
J.D. Robb
9788496575196
$19.95
Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lt. Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally. With her husband Roarke, watching her every move, Eve is drawn into the most important case of her career.
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For those unable to visit Mexico City's National Museum of Anthroplogy, the institute's newly published art book provides an almost comparable experience. Numerous full-page, color photographs depict the chronology of Mexico's pre-Colombian civilizations and great pueblos. A DVD is included to provide a virtual tour. "Museo nacional de antropología de México"
(9789680300051, $55.95), for more information see
planetausa.net.
In a former life, mega-selling Mexican historical novelist Francisco Martín Moreno spent ten years with the federal government. He wasn't writing textbooks for the national education agency—that would have never worked. Moreno's novels since México negro (Black Mexico, Joaquín Mortiz, 1986) fly in the face of the accepted narrative of Mexican history.