El Colibrí

Accompanied by audio exercises and downloadable mini-dialogs for practice in usage and review, offers 555 fully conjugated verbs, current idioms and expressions for each verb, extended usage examples, and more than 2,500 verbs cross-referenced to conjugation models.

Impartial, modern, and friendly, this book introduces readers to the civilization and culture of Latin America-- from the most obscure beginnings to the present--and at the same time provides them with opportunities to improve their listening, speaking and writing skills. Comprehensive and chronological in approach, it offers well-researched coverage that goes beyond historical facts to include aspects of modern interest, sociology, economy, politics, philosophy, literature, arts, and communication. It covers the traditions in all of Spanish America--"Mesoamerica" and the Caribbean, as well...

[This] is a high-intermediate to advanced-level reader that invites students to link their study of Spanish with the many professional opportunities in other disciplines and to explore in particular the fields of communications, social services, business, education, health professions, law, tourism, computer applications, and engineering. The reading selections in [this book] profile people, work environments, and key issues associated with a wide variety of occupations in the United States and in the Spanish-speaking world. [This book] aims to expand [students'] appreciation of the Spanish...

Written by Venezuela's Minister for Culture, this memoir relates a personal vision of President Hugo Chavez and the reforms that are sweeping Venezuela today, describing the reasons for the changes, the transformation of Venezuelan society, and the importance of culture in Venezuela's development. Above all the book asserts the importance of revolutionary values and ethics as the basis for the political, social and cultural revolution in Venezuela.