Editorial Concordia, the Spanish division of Concordia Publishing House, has just released the biography Casiodoro de Reina, patriarca del protestantismo hispano (Casiodoro de Reina, patriarch of Hispanic Protestantism) by Raymond S. Rosales. The $16.99 hardcover is the first-known effort to gather the writings of the monk and Spanish reformer who played a vital role in translating the Reina-Valera version of the Bible.

In Las enseñanzas de Jesús para la mujer de hoy: Aprende de las mujeres del Nuevo Testamento (A Woman Jesus Can Teach: Lessons From New Testament Women), academic dean Alice Mathews brings to life some of the women—named and unnamed—in the New Testament. Originally released in English in 1991 by Discovery House Publishers, the $8.99 Whitaker House paperback releases next month.

Televangelist Benny Hinn offers his personal perspective on events in the Middle East in Sangre en la arena (Blood in the Sand), released this month by Casa Creación, simultaneously with the English edition from FrontLine, also part of Strang Book Group. The 256-page softcover book retails for $9.99.

Spanish best-sellers: 1. El desafío del amor by Alex and Stephen Kendrick (B&H International); 2. San José: Libro de Bolsillo de oraciones by Thomas Donaghy (Catholic Book Publishing Corp.); 3. Mentiras que las mujeres creen y la verdad que las hace libres by Nancy Leigh DeMoss (Editorial Portavoz); 4. Libro católico de oraciones (Catholic Book Publishing Corp.); 5. Promesas eternas para ti de la Nueva Versión Internacional (Editorial Vida); 6. Una vida con propósito by Rick Warren (Editorial Vida); 7. Liderazgo by John Maxwell (Grupo Nelson); Promesas de Dios (Grupo Nelson); 9. Imitación de Cristo by Thomas À Kempis (Catholic Book Publishing Corp.); 10. Catecismo de la iglesia católica (Doubleday Religion). List based on Spring Arbor sales, June 15-30.