Inglés A1

Aimed at third-year students of Spanish, this book fills a need not met by other Spanish conversation textbooks. It facilitates lively and meaningful conversations via a variety of texts, including newspaper and journal articles, short stories, and passages from novels, as well as visual material and detailed guides for three films and novels. The texts have universal resonance and are designed to complement and enrich each other. A wide assortment of creative activities enhances comprehension, analysis, spontaneous discussion, and role-playing. The book includes online resources for each...

Presents English definitions of over four thousand Spanish language idioms and colloquialisms, grouped according to Spanish key word, and includes example sentences, matching English expressions, and a Spanish-English index.

Ya sea que ejerza sobre el mundo occidental un poder de fascinación o que provoque temores, China ha llegado a ser inevitable. Sin embargo, cuanto más se inmiscuye en nuestra vida cotidiana, más lejana y misteriosa parece. Para abrirnos las puertas del universo y del modo de pensar de los chinos, Cyrille J-D Javary se ha entregado a una especie de inventario a la Prévert contando las mil y una historias que contienen los ideogramas. Concebidos hace treinta y cinco siglos, y permanecido sin cambio en sus principios, estos signos, que son dibujos de ideas, transmiten valores siguiendo una...

Images of Latin America offers a historical and cultural overview of Hispanic America: from pre-Columbian cultures to the contemporary cultures of each country. This work-a wealth of information, to analyze in depth the processes that occurred after the arrival of the Spanish to America, and devotes special attention to the events occurred in the twentieth century, country by country.