El cuento hispánico

Unique in coverage, this comprehensive one-volume anthology of Latin American literatures—from pre-Colombian times to the present—covers not only the authors accepted within the literary canon, but innovative contemporary voices that are now breaking the ethnocentric mold. It features detailed historical introductions to each period and writer, selections drawn from literary, historical, and socio-political contexts, and instructional aids that make the language accessible and encourage critical thinking. For anyone interested in Spanish literature.

Mujeres Millionarias inspires all women to think more powerfully about money and success and to be motivated by confidence, pride and a belief in their own ability to manage it. Women will learn to enjoy the process of accumulating wealth and achieving success without the guilt and fear they traditionally experienced. The authors researched a simple question: If the formula for making money and building wealth could be distilled down to one thing, what would it be? The answers, from women like Lillian Vernon and Mary Kay, include ideas for investing wisely or starting a business. These and...

Seminar paper del año 2009 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1,7, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Romanistik), Materia: Aspectos de la evolución española, Idioma: Español, Resumen: los textos glosados son un medio muy especial para observar diversas evoluciones lingüísticas. Al igual que los Juramentos de Estrasburgo para el francés antiguo, las Glosas Emilianenses y Silenses son los primeros testimonios del español antiguo. De hecho, glosar textos no es un fenónemo exclusivamente medieval, puesto que las glosas ya existían en el tiempo de ...

Seminar paper del año 2006 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 15 Punkte, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Romanistik), Materia: PS: La Regenta de Clarin, 23 Citas bibliográficas, Idioma: Español, Resumen: I: Introducción Señor, ¿por qué no han de tener las mujeres derecho para encontrar guapos a los hombres que lo sean, y por qué ha de mirarse mal que lo manifiesten [...]?1 El siglo XIX es un período muy importante en cuanto a la situación de la mujer en toda Europa. Por todas partes empezaron poco a poco diversos movimientos de la emancipación...

Join Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and their friends as they go on a series of exciting adventures on the Mississippi River. Find out what happens when they witness a murder, hide on an island, and how getting lost in a cave leads to the discovery of a great treasure... This reader uses the Expansive Reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains : A biography of Mark Twain ; A...