Las fallas de Valencia: Mucho más que un sueño

An elderly woman who uses the title 'Countess' to live a life of leisure and luxury refuses to sacrifice her lifestyle as she grows old. When she is unable to travel on her own, she convinces her shy and unadventurous nurse to accompany her on the trip of a lifetime. From the series Español con guiones, a reader series based on original film scripts that invite intermediate learners to engage with the Spanish language in a modern and accessible context. Each reader features an original story, told using the dialogue and stage direction of a film script.

Unamuno, known as novelist, poet, essayist, and philosopher, was also passionately interested in the political development of Spain, and devoted much time to expressing his political ideas in thousands of articles for the Spanish and foreign press. Most of these were omitted from both editions of his complete works, and although several editions of articles have appeared in recent years, there is still a great deal of material which is still unavailable. The articles in this four-volume edition reflect both the persistence of Unamuno's campaign against politicians and royals and the complex...

INCLUDED in CengageNOW Live edition. The Workbook/Lab Manual provides practice in structures, vocabulary, reading and writing. Abundant listening comprehension practice with dialogues, simulated conversations, and pronunciation practice are included. AUTOPRUEBA self-tests at the end of each chapter test student mastery of the targeted structures and vocabulary of the language.

FACETAS is a brief and multi-faceted intermediate Spanish program ideal for use in one-semester courses. It incorporates relevant literary and cultural readings and integrates two kinds of video. The first is a specially-shot sitcom featured in every lesson. The second showcases three original short films by contemporary Hispanic filmmakers. FACETAS' interactive, student-friendly approach focuses on real communication in meaningful contexts, giving students a rewarding learning experience as they strengthen their language skills and develop cultural competency.

Los diccionarios monolingües son objetos verbales particulares: se arrogan, aparentemente, la facultad de informar acerca de la lengua en su totalidad, como verdaderos y legítimos representantes de ella; se les concibe como catálogos verdaderos de la lengua de la comunidad lingüística, no como obras de autores particulares, sujetas a gustos, modas y biografías, sino como lengua en sí, como la lengua de la sociedad en conjunto. El objetivo de este libro es explicar a la lingüística, con sus propios instrumentos de teoría y de método, qué es un diccionario monolingüe y por qué es...