A great new novel is out, written by Esther Cross. It is available to buy in most bookstores in Argentina. Read about it and order it online:
http://labibliotecadeasterion.blogspot.com/2010/01/la-senorita-porcel.html
http://www.sigloxxieditores.com.ar/fichaLibro.php?libro=978-607-03-0078-3
http://www.intramed.net/contenidover.asp?contenidoID=63439
http://bitacoras.com/anotaciones/la-senorita-porcel/8291610
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-77509531-la-senorita-porcel-cross-esther-_JM
http://alrededoresweb.com.ar/notas/la-palabra-lograda.htm
http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/libros/10-3691-2010-01-30.html
http://criticadigital.com/impresa/index.php?secc=nota&nid=35614

Photo of author, Esther Cross

Sex, Time, and Power
by Leonard Shlain
448 pages, US $17.00
A review by Cinthia Pacheco
Ranging from the orgasm to seeking true love, both sexes are aware of how their bodies naturally follow different paths. In Sex, Time, and Power, Leonard Shlain treads through the complex and fascinating interactions between men and women, observing the evolution of female and male sexuality from the prehistoric age through its effects on the progress of our species. It becomes very apparent that in order to understand the current state of male-female relationships, looking at Mother Nature’s …

AMANDA AUCHTER has work from her second manuscript recently published/forthcoming this fall in Anti-, Bellevue Literary Review: The 10th AnniversaryIssue, Crab Orchard Review, Gigantic Sequins, The Journal, Linebreak, and the anthology,Poetry Doesn’t Need You: From the First 10 Years of 32 Poems Magazine.  Her first book of poems, The Glass Crib, was released in September from Zone 3 Press, and is available from Small Press Distribution, Amazon.com, and Zone 3 Press.  She was invited to read this fall at the Improved Lighting Reading Series/University of Arkansas in Fayetteville on Oct. 22 and …

By Don Merritt
Bantam Books, 215 pages. US$7.95
A Review by Stephen Page
This is the third book of Don Merritt’s trilogy concerning the character Franklin Hatcher, nicknamed Hatch, who due to circumstance becomes a drifter-loner living on a tropical island. Hatch is a former Captain in the U.S. Army infantry.
In this closing of the trilogy, Hatch and his old college-best-friend’s wife, Jan, travel to Laos and Bangkok to seek revenge for the death of Jan’s husband. Involved in the intrigue are the CIA, mercenaries, and shoot-’em-up bad guys.
This book will …

Dear friends:

This Saturday 24 th of September from 7pm to 9.30pm we are going to meet at Pizza Mass
As usual, we are going to see again one another, practice our English and Spanish and French talk and hang out in a cosy atmosphere.

At PIZZA MASS.
Sarmiento 1601 (Corner Montevideo)
at Paseo La Plaza

Buenos Aires City

Look forward to seeing you

Cheers
Pablo

Never been to Patagonia?  Well, read the book: A Place of Meadows and Tall Trees
Visti the website: A Place of meadows and Tall Trees
Watch a video about the book on Youtube
Go directly to the publisher, Seren Books
The Book has been optioned by Cai O’Leary - who is writing a filmscript.

Publicity flyer for “Blossom”

This is the flyer sent out for publicity by the publisher. The book goes to the printer this week and should be available for sale in the usual places within two to three weeks. I am not sure when the eReader versions will be available, but within a month, I think. This shows the front cover. The back cover continues the same color pattern and offers critical commentary about other of my novels. The copy here is reproduced from the inside front jacket flap. The back jacket …

Yesterday, I was strolling up Florida Street (Calle Florida), checking out the tango dancers and the artesian wares laid out on rugs, occasionally stepping into one of the clothing stores to see if I could find a bargain, when I stumbled into a men’s store named Boüzak and found a multifarious line of clothing—suits, sport coats, ties, shirts, dress pants, sweaters, jeans, khakis, t-shirts, belts, and shoes. The stitching on the garments rendered tailor-made, and all of the apparel was stylistically current, but the numbers on the price tags never reached above …

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Spanish Phrase of the day:
“meter la pata”
This phrase figuratively translates to the English expression “to put your foot in your mouth” (to say something very embarassing).
HOW IT WORKS: Literally, “meter” is a verb meaning “to put something inside of something” (for example “meter billetas en el cajero” or “to put bills in the ATM”).
And “pata” refers to an animal leg, but can mean “leg” more broadly.
Want to learn more useful phrases in Spanish? Check out Bueno, entonces… Learn Spanish Levels I & II. We teach you everything from grammar …