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A lyrical, surreal, moving novel chronicles the lives of three generations of Cuban-American women in Miami--Cuca, a believer in spirits; her daughter, Adela, an amorous cosmetologist; and Adela's daughter, Maribel, a dispassionate marketing analyst.

Los libros de texto gratuitos (LTG) repartidos desde 1960 como textos de enseñanza escolar obligatoria para todos los niños mexicanos constituyen una herramienta utilizada por el gobierno para inculcar, entre otras cosas, un modelo compartido de identidad nacional. Este libro propone analizar las estrategias de construcción discursiva mediante las cuales se estructuró el modelo cognitivo idealizado (MCI) de identidad nacional mexicana en cuatro generaciones de LTG de primero de primaria (1960–1971; 1972–1980; 1981–1993; 1994–2009); verificar cuál fue la evolución de dicho MCI; y ...

Utilizing native speakers, this guide offers a quintessential course in Spanish. Here, listeners will perfect their pronunciation and listening skills.

From vulgar insults to religious oaths, colloquialisms to clichés, the personality and passion of a language can be found in its slang. Spanish is no exception, as the McGraw-Hill Diccionario del Argot makes clear. This monolingual Spanish dictionary provides the most authoritative reference to all aspects of non-standard Spanish, with more than 12,000 entries supported by 20,000 citations. The broad range of sources, from literature to newspapers and TV, reflects the full spectrum of contemporary usage in Spain. For scope and depth as well as bibliographic reference, this is an essential...