El Colibrí

English Spanish Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids learning English or Spanish as their second language. In this children's book, you meet a girl named Amanda who has a habit of wasting her time. That is until, one day, something magical happens and Amanda finally realizes that time is the most precious thing we have - and that once it is wasted, it is lost forever. In order to get her lost time back, Amanda goes on a journey and learns to use her time wisely.

Ensayos de arte y literatura cubana: Regino Boti, Lydia Cabrera, Eliseo Diego, Fina Garc a Marruz, Lorenzo Garc a Vega, Jos Lezama Lima, Virgilio Pi era, Jos Manuel Poveda, Cintio Vitier / Eduardo Abela, Cundo Berm dez, Mario Carre o, Carlos Enr quez, A

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Drawing on authentic cultural materials ranging from thought-provoking artwork to classic literature and short contemporary films, Retratos: Arte y sociedad en Latinoamérica y España offers a fresh and inspired approach to the teaching of advanced Spanish Composition. In each of the eight thematically-organized chapters, these primary source materials are used to illustrate—to provide a “portrait” of—a historically or culturally important figure in the Hispanic world. These first-hand introductions to such personalities offer students rich opportunities to explore cultural...