Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary

The Yoruba are responsible for one of Africa's oldest and most dynamic artistic traditions. This cultural heritage now extends to 25 million people of Yoruba descent in other parts of Africa and the Americas.This is a Spanish dictionary for hundreds of words and expressions used in this religion.

Publio Ovidio Nasón (43 a. C.-17 d. C.) es uno de los más grandes poetas de la antigua Roma. Fabulador genial, versátil, irónico, erudito, jocoso, sensible, provocador..., son innumerables las facetas que muestra su inagotable obra. En este estudio, Vicente Cristóbal ofrece una panorámica general de la poesía de Ovidio, pero presta especial atención a las obras de tema amoroso de su primera etapa creadora. Colecciones como Amores o Arte de amar, que parten de los poetas romanos previos del género elegíaco, van más allá de sus modelos y ofrecen una perspectiva totalmente nueva al...

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This Spanish edition of Becky and Her Friends, by Rolando Hinojosa, is the latest novel in Hinojosa's Klail City Death Trip series which follows generations of Anglos and Mexicans in the fictional Rio Grande Valley town of Klail City, Texas. In this novel, however, Hinojosa focuses on a character who has previously not taken the limelight: the strong-willed, upwardly mobile Becky Escobar. Following her story, Hinojosa explores the world of Latinas: women's culture, language and spirit in the world of the Valley. Delightfully playful in narrative perspective, this story gives the reader a...