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.

An informal, educational tool designed to help Spanish-speaking youngsters learn English follows children through a full day from early morning to bedtime, presenting a wide variety of words and phrases in Spanish, English, and with phonetic pronunciation, along with cartoon-style illustrations designed to reinforce vocabulary retention and word meanings. (Education)

La recepción entusiasta que Rayuela recibió desde su aparición, en 1963, proyectó a Julio Cortázar a un sostenido reconocimiento internacional. Su imagen de escritor quedó por siempre asociada a las ideas de ruptura, novedad, rechazo del realismo telúrico; y su novela, al estatuto de jalón de la literatura hispanoamericana. Rayuela renovó experimentalmente los cánones de la composición novelística al aunar de manera lúdica un gesto narrativo: la fragmentación, con una heterogeneidad de lenguajes, discursos, géneros y registros que, en su entrevero, producen un efecto de...

Letras Hispánicas en la Gran Pantalla is an innovative textbook for advanced students of Hispanic studies, which merges the studies of canonical literary works and their film adaptions. Students are guided through key literary masterpieces spanning from the Renaissance to the present day while, at the same time, interpreting their film versions. This parallel approach encourages students to develop their analytical skills as they master the terminology of contemporary studies in literature and cinema. Exploring complete works by both male and female authors and directors from Argentina,...

Provides coverage of over ninety thousand words and phrases and 130,000 translations of contemporary Spanish and English, as well as sections on grammar, culture, and communication.