MultiMAC Booklist
SPANISH LANGUAGE ADULT NON-FICTION
NO. 37, Summer 2003

Clark, Carol Higgins
Los ojos de diamante
Barcelona: Umbriel, 2003. ISBN 8495618486
813 C5437fL
Translation of "Fleeced." A couple of old card-playing buddies have just decided to donate four million dollars worth of diamonds to their gentlemen's club when both of them die the same day. Private detective Regan Reilly must find out whether they were murdered and by whom, and locate the precious gems.
Reilly, Regan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Women private investigators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.* Reilly, Regan (Personaje ficticio) -- Novela. Mujeres investigadoras privadas -- Nueva York (Estado) -- Nueva York -- Novela. Nueva York (N.Y.) -- Novela.

Steel, Danielle
Aguila solitaria
Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 2003. ISBN 8401329736
813 St299Loe
Translation of "Lone eagle, " a love story between a woman and a famous aviator.
Aeronautical engineers -- Fiction. Air pilots -- Fiction.* Ingenieros aeronauticos -- Novela. Aviadores -- Novela.

Smith, Martin Cruz
Estrella polar
Mexico City: Editorial Grijalbo, 1990. ISBN 9700500314
813 Sm623po
When the body of a young Soviet sailor turns up in the nets of a trawler, an ex-policeman pursues a dangerous investigation into her death.

Robards, Karen
Ojos verdes
Buenos Aires: Javier Vergara, 1992. ISBN 9501511502
813 R5315gr
A young man set on vengeance and with the goal to reclaim his lost inheritance is sidetracked by his desire for a beautiful woman.

Camilleri, Andrea
La nochevieja de Montalbano
Barcelona: Salamandra, 2001. ISBN 8478887121
853 C14675ar
Translation of "Gli arancini de Montalbano." Short stories about Salvo Montalbano, the crime-solving police superintendent of a Sicilian town.
Montalbano, Salvo (fictitious character) -- Fiction. Police -- Italy -- Sicily -- Fiction. Detective and mystery stories.* Montalbano, Salvo (Personaje literario) -- Novela. Policia -- Italia -- Sicilia -- Novela. Novela policiaca. Sicily (Italy) -- Fiction. Sicilia (Italia) -- Novela.

Bryce Echenique, Alfredo
Un mundo para Julius
Lima, Peru: PEISA, 2001. ISBN 9972401693
863 B84mu
Story of the downfall of a powerful Peruvian family seen through the eyes of a boy whose sensibility prevents him from adapting to the cruel world that surrounds him.
Upper class -- Fiction. Peru -- Fiction.* Clase alta -- Novela. Peru -- Novela.

Perry, Anne
El caso de Farrier's Lane
Barcelona: Debols!llo, 2002. ISBN 8497593723
823 P429fa
Translation of "Farriers' Lane." When a distinguished judge dies of opium poisoning, the crucifixion five years previously of Kingsley Blaine is brought back into the public eye.
Pitt, Charlotte (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Pitt, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Women detectives -- England -- London -- Fiction. Police spouses -- Fiction. Police -- England -- London -- Fiction. London (England) -- Fiction. * Pitt, Charlotte (Personaje ficticio) -- Novela. Pitt, Thomas (Personaje ficticio) -- Novela. Mujeres detectives -- Inglaterra -- Londres -- Novela. Policia -- Esposos -- Inglaterra -- Londres -- Novela. Policia -- Inglaterra -- Londres -- Novela.. Londres (Inglaterra) -- Novela.

Pilcher, Rosamunde
Bajo el signo de Geminis
Barcelona: Ediciones Salamandra, 2002. ISBN 8478887008
823 P64un
Translation of "Under Gemini." At age 22, Flora Waring finds an identical twin sister who soon disappears, leaving Flora to role-play as her sister and to confront a shocking family secret.
Twins -- Fiction.* Mellizos -- Novela.

Delgado, Fernando
No estabas en el cielo
Barcelona: Planeta, 2002. ISBN 8408044621
863 D3745no
A tender and heartfelt story about Carlos, a boy who had accepted the story that his father is dead till he starts attending school. Fantasy takes over and he imagines or invents explanations for his father's absence.
Fatherless families -- Spain -- Fiction. Children -- Spain -- Fiction.* Familias sin padre -- España -- Novela. Niños -- España -- Novela.

Hassel, Sven
La legion de los condenados
Spain: Salvat, 2002. ISBN 8434533553
839.813 H27fo
Translation of "Fordomtes legion." Hassel, a Danish volunteer who served in the German army throughout WWII, based this story on his own horrific experiences fighting on the Russian front. Never before has violence been described in such graphic and realistic detail.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.* Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 -- Novela.

Warner, Rex
Pericles, el ateniense
Barcelona: Edhasa, 2002. ISBN 8435016889
823 W242pe
Translation of "Pericles the Athenian." Novel based on the life of the general and statesman who became supreme leader of the Athenian democracy. Under his rule Athens saw the furthering of democracy and the height of Athenian culture.
Pericles, 499-429 B.C. -- Fiction. * Pericles, 499-429 B.C. -- Novela.

Coelho, Paulo
Once minutos: una novela
New York: Rayo, 2004,  ISBN 0060591838
869.3 C653on
Spanish translation of "Onze minutos." A young woman's search for sex and true love.
Sex -- Fiction. Love -- Fiction.* Sexo -- Novela. Amor -- Novela.

Murray, Yxta Maya
La conquista: una novela
New York: Rayo, 2003. ISBN 0060515767
813 M967co
Translation of "The conquest." What does Sara, a restorer of rare books and manuscripts, have in common with Helen, an impassioned Aztec woman whom Cortes enslaved and eventually gave to the Pope as a gift?
Manuscripts -- Conservation and restoration -- Fiction. Women museum curators -- Fiction. Aztec women -- Fiction. Authorship -- Fiction. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction. Spain -- Fiction.* Manuscritos -- Conservación y restauración -- Novela. Conservadoras de museos -- Novela. Mujeres aztecas -- Novela. Arte de escribir -- Novela.  Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Novela. España -- Novela.

Taxi para 3 [videorecording] = A cab for 3
Deerfield Beach, FL: Maverick Latino, 2003.
791.4372 T1996
A black comedy telling the story of Ulises, a taxi driver who thinks that joining the gang that holds him up may just be the way out.
Feature films. Comedy films. Taxicab drivers -- Drama. Spanish language videocassette collection.

Bad times [videorecording] = Mala epoca
Buenos Aires: Universidad del Cine; New York: Distributed in the U.S. by Latin American Video Archives, 2000.
791.4372 B1473
A collection of four stories set in Buenos Aires attempting to depict the whole of the "Argentine experience" in the 1990s, with the political climate of elections as a backdrop.
Feature films. Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Drama. Spanish language videocassette collection.* Peliculas de largometraje. Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Teatro.

Los niños invisibles [videorecording] = Invisible children
New York, NY: Latin American Video Archives, 2001.
791.4372 N6249
In a small town in Colombia in the 1950s three eight-year-olds attempt to make themselves invisible by following the directions in a book of black magic. Fifty years later one of these children tells the story of their adventures.
Feature films. Children -- Colombia -- Drama. Spanish language videocassette collection.* Peliculas de largometraje. Niños -- Colombia -- Teatro.

Las muertas de Juarez [videorecording]
Van Nuys, CA: Condor Pictures; Loveland, CO: Distributed by NODA Audio Visual, 2002.
791.4372 M8837
Based on the killings of over more than 200 young women who were kidnapped, raped and murdered in the city of Juarez, Mexico. The perpetuators  have not been apprehended.
Serial murders -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- Drama. Women -- Crimes against -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- Drama. Murder -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- Drama.ý ex crimes -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- Drama. Murder victims -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- Drama. Feature films. Spanish language videocassette collection.* Asesinatos en serie -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- Teatro. Mujeres -- Delitos contra las -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- Teatro. Asesinato -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- Teatro. Delitos sexuales -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- Teatro. Víctimas de asesinato -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- Teatro. Películas de largometraje.