04. Education, information and entertainment in transformation Annual Report 2013 Sobrevivientes Colombia by Ricardo Silva (Colombia) and by Fernando Monacelli (Clarín Prize, Argentina), Successful titles in Brazil included Diálogos Impossíveis by Luis Fernando Verissimo and Diane Keaton’s memoirs, both published by Objetiva. Novels by Jose Luiz Passos and Ricardo Lísias, published by Alfaguara, were among the books of the year, according to the newspaper O Globo. Within the essay genre, Taurus published three of most outstanding books of the year, as voted by readers and selected by influential world media: Thinking the Twentieth Century by Tony Judt (El País’s book of the year), The price of inequality by Joseph Stiglitz, and Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century, by Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels (best political book of the year according to the Financial Times). 2012 also saw the launch of the Great Ideas collection, 62 books which throughout history have changed the world and have inspired debate, discord, war or revolution. The series includes The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Days of Reading by Marcel Proust, to name but two. Suma de Letras began the year with a new hit from successful Australian author Kate Morton, The Distant Hours. And the publisher closed the year with the digital launch in Spain of the erotic novel Naked by Raine Miller, the first book in a trilogy that is already a bestseller U.S.. In Argentina there was continued success for Florencia Bonelli and El umbral del bosque by Patricio Sturlese, and in the United States for Carlos Alberto Montaner’s Goodbye Again. The current affairs imprint Aguilar published Una maestra en Katmandú by Vicki Subirana, En resumen… o casi by Stéphane Hessel and Mapa sentimental by the psychologist Javier Urra. Top sellers in the U.S. included Micky. Un tributo diferente by Martha Figueroa and La chica de Cartagena by Dania Londoño, and in Mexico, Renuncio by Jorge Cardona. Alfaguara Infantil y Juvenil, had a great year with activity books based on Monster High and Angry Birds, as well as books by Tonya Hurley and the Christmas sensation, Wildwood Chronicles. .In the food niche, El País-Aguilar had a surprise hit with Objetivo: Cupcake perfecto by Alma Obregon, a multimedia book born on the Internet and that has become one of the bestselling titles both in print and at the Apple iBookstore. Finally, Punto de Lectura’s paperback collection included hits such as El puente de los asesinos by Arturo Pérez-Reverte and Mi hermana vive sobre la repisa de la chimenea by Anabel Pitcher. Management team ƒƒ President: Ignacio Santillana del Barrio. ƒƒ CEO: Miguel Angel Cayuela. ƒƒ Chief Operating Officer: Federico Blanco Giner. ƒƒ Chief Digital and New Developments Officer: Miguel Barrero Majan. ƒƒ Global Managing Director for Education: Francisco Cuadrado Pérez. ƒƒ Global Managing Director for General-Interest Publishing: Armando Collazos. ƒƒ Global Managing Director for Language Learning: Christopher West. ƒƒ Director of Communication: Rosa Junquera Santiago. ƒƒ Director of Institutional Relations Mariano Jabonero Blanco. ƒƒ Director of Human Resources: Francisco Lorente Power.
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