Poesía de la generación del 27

Esta colección de poemas invita a un paseo, a veces sereno, a veces atormentado, e incita a una exploración de los matices con que cientos de poetas han enriquecido el AMOR, el tema de inspiración más universal. Desde las hermosas jarchas mozárabes y la poesía cortesana, se llega a la elegancia de Garcilaso y las cumbres místicas de San Juan de la Cruz. Asistimos a la vitalidad arrebatada de Lope de Vega, a las atrevidas metáforas de Góngora, al pensamiento hirviente de Quevedo o a la clara inteligencia de Sor Juana Inés. Tras ellos, Esponceda, Bécquer, Darío, Juan Ramón, los...

Now learn real Mexican lingo with this book and CD guide to contemporary idioms and expressions of street Spanish as heard in modern Mexico and Latin America! Read and hear the way the teens and sophisticates, drug dealers, cholos, outlaws and in-laws, pimps and street walkers all talk in their real lives. Whether you want to use street terms, avoid them, or just understand what you hear, this program will clear up the confusion. Translators, travelers, and serious students of Spanish no longer need to thumb through dictionaries seeking answers, to no result. More than just a book of word...

Ideas is an intermediate or advanced reader that emphasizes the use of reading strategies to help students become more effective readers. It has a unique format, with all readings found in the six chapters of Parte I, which are designed to look like individual magazines on high interest topics such as pets, food, relations between the sexes, and so on. Reading strategies plus exercises, as well as lively activities that stimulate in-class conversation and composition topics make up Parte II. The entire text is in Spanish, including the reading strategies themselves. All readings--from...

Conversar en español B1 B2 es un manual destinado a universitarios que estudian español como segunda lengua y que, habiendo adquirido las competencias comunicativas básicas, necesitan reforzar la fluidez expresiva, el léxico y la adecuación a distintas situaciones cotidianas. Está dirigido a estudiantes y profesores de los niveles B1 y B2 del Marco Común Europeo de Referencia. La obra se fundamenta en el principio de que es posible sistematizar la enseñanza de los modelos conversacionales a partir de las funciones básicas que estructuran los discursos cotidianos. Los temas propuestos ...

After years of living with uncertainty, first with his mother and then in foster care, J.P.'s life is finally becoming more predictable, routine and even comfortable. Now that he is living with his father, his stepmother and his two half-sisters, J.P. finally has the opportunity to learn more about himself. As a fan of professional wrestling that he views on TV, he decides to pursue that sport at his new school. What he is not nearly as keen on is the idea of studying, mostly because it's hard for him. Nevertheless, he resolves to do well enough to ensure eligibility for participation on the...