Larousse Standard Dictionary - Spanish-English

Learning Spanish can be a difficult process but ¡Vívelo! makes it easier by offering a fresh approach. It emphasizes what readers know and can readily do with the language. The book includes activities that are designed to encourage readers to make cultural comparisons and connections. These activities, such as signature searches, information gap and jigsaw, are incorporated throughout the chapters to encourage a better comprehension of meaning with a purpose. ¡Vívelo! also offers metacognitive strategies to facilitate processing of advanced structures. The heavy emphasis on content and...

Brazil at the crossroads. A debate about the future after eight years of President Lulu's government.

This volume contains the Proceedings of an NEH-sponsored seminar on the above topic. The book presents the lectures by Juan Bautista de Avalle-Arce, Jorge E. Gracia, Francisco Miranda, José Rabasa, nineteen essays written by participating faculty, and twelve summaries presented by other scholars.

Tomas Segovia y Angelina Muniz pertenecen a un grupo de escritores conocidos como los -Hispanomexicanos-. La mayoria de los estudios sobre esta generacion se han centrado en el papel que el exilio juega en los primeros anos de su produccion y han dejado de lado el papel que este juega mas alla de dicha etapa, al considerar que tras esos primeros anos la mayoria pasan a tratar temas diferentes y se olvidan del exilio. Sin embargo, a traves de un analisis de la obra poetica de Muniz y Segovia, este libro pretende demostrar que el exilio continua jugando un papel central mas alla de esa primera...