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Experience the rhythms of Chilean Spanish through this introductory audio-course. Perfect for travelers and business professionals looking to master the unique expressions and pronunciation of Chile's distinctive dialect. Dive deep into everyday Chilean conversations filled with authentic modismos, regional slang, and local idioms that general Spanish textbooks often miss. From the bustling streets of Santiago to the coastal charm of Valparaíso, this course captures the real essence of how Chileans communicate.

In this, her first ever book, Claudia invites us all into her world. This is a memoir with a difference (owing to its lack of a plot - genuinely, how do people do that?) and Claudia shares her observations on topics such as the importance of melted cheese, why black coats are vital, how it's never okay to have sex with someone who has an opinion on your date outfit, how nurses are our most precious national treasure and why colourful clothing is only for the under 10s (if you're reading this sporting a bright red jumper and you're nine, great! If you're older, sorry).

A Word Is Not A Sparrow is a diverse anthology of stories set amid Russian repression through the centuries; personal narrator testimony about the impact in America of immigrant grandparents from Ukraine and elsewhere; powerful fables and allegories that deliver universal messages about displacement, migration, and human connection; and classic Cossack folk tales that are a touchstone of Ukrainian culture. Listen as we let these words fly out around the world.

La verdad sobre el paramilitarismo en Colombia.

Fascinated by the success of immigrant friends, Claudia Kolker embarked on a journey to uncover how their customs are being carried on and adapted by the second and third generations, and how they can enrich all of our lives. The Immigrant Advantage is an adventurous exploration of little-known traditional wisdom, and how in this nation of immigrants our lives can be enriched by the gifts of our newest arrivals.

Die Kinder der Kriegskinder melden sich zu Wort. Als Friedenskinder sind sie in den Zeiten des Wohlstands aufgewachsen. Es hat ihnen an nichts gefehlt. Oder doch? Die Generation der zwischen 1960 und 1975 Geborenen hat mehr Fragen als Antworten: Wieso haben viele das Gefühl, nicht genau zu wissen, wer sie sind und wohin sie wollen? Wo liegen die Ursachen für diese diffuse Angst vor der Zukunft? Weshalb bleiben so viele von ihnen kinderlos? Noch ist es für sie ein völlig neuer Gedanke, sich vorzustellen, ihre tiefsitzende Verunsicherung könnte von den Eltern stammen, die ihre Kriegserlebnisse nicht verarbeitet haben.

I pensieri, raccolti in questo opera, tratto da "Ad se Ipsum", "A Se stesso", o "Colloqui con se stesso", com'è conosciuto dai più, di Marco Aurelio...

With SkyRocket Your Conversational Spanish you will not only get a well-rounded Spanish vocabulary and fluency in a quick, easy and fun way while listening to relevant stories and articles, but you will also learn interesting facts that you can put to use in your daily life!

Bei einem Urlaub in der Provence verliebt sich die Britin Penelope Kite in einen alten Bauernhof. Kurzerhand erwirbt die Frührentnerin das Gehöft und zieht um. Doch kaum angekommen, erlebt sie den Schreck ihres Lebens: Im Swimmingpool schwimmt eine Leiche! Es ist Manuel Avore, der ehemalige Besitzer des Hofes, der diesen wegen Spielschulden verkaufen musste. Die Polizei geht von einem Unfall aus, doch Penelope ist sich da nicht so sicher. Sie beginnt auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln.

Do you want to travel with ease and elegance, getting what you need when you need it? This is the solution for your communication problems when you travel to Spanish-speaking countries! You can access the phrase you need by using a table of contents that will lead you to the topic you are looking for.

Dizer não a alguém é perfeitamente natural, nos traz alívio, além do respeito alheio. Se você não conhece a sua missão na Terra e se sente como um barco à deriva no meio do oceano, pode ter certeza de que isso é um resultado de todos os "nãos" que você não disse. Aprenda a dizer não e transforme sua vida! Você será a sua prioridade, sua confiança irá aumentar e você será muito mais feliz.

La mágica y eterna historia de "El Lobo y los 7 Cabritos" contada en rimas para deleite de los chicos. Las hermosas ilustraciones se podrán encontrar en el interior del libro. ¡Disfrute de la lectura!

Fun and easy to listen to, this three-in-one bundle contains the first volumes of the best-selling Funny Tales in Easy Spanish series. Translated, edited, and simplified to ease your listening practice and comprehension, each volume has been written in simple, easy Spanish especially for experienced, beginning, and low-intermediate students.

O que acontece quando um diário perdido cai nas mãos da pessoa certa? Catando mariscos na praia de uma remota ilha do Canadá, a escritora Ruth se depara com um saco plástico coberto de cracas que envolve uma lancheira da Hello Kitty. Dentro, encontra o livro de Marcel Proust, Em busca do tempo perdido, e se surpreende ao descobrir que na verdade se trata do diário da menina japonesa, Nao.

When her mother and brother are murdered, young noblewoman Accala Viridius cries out for vengeance. But the empire is being torn apart by a galactic civil war, and her demands fall on deaf ears. Undeterred, Accala sacrifices privilege and status to train as a common gladiator. Mastering the one weapon available to her - a razor-sharp discus that always returns when thrown - she enters the deadly imperial games, the only arena where she can face her enemies.

Warum Untreue passiert, warum sie so wehtut und wie wir sie überleben - der Beziehungsbestseller. Ein Mensch geht fremd. Nichts löst im Beziehungsleben eines Paares mehr Angst, mehr Heimlichtuerei und zugleich mehr Faszination aus als eine Affäre. Untreue gilt als der ultimative Verrat am Partner, und sie kann alles zerstören: unsere Beziehung, unseren Selbstwert, unser Leben. Warum betrügen Menschen, sogar in glücklichen Beziehungen? Sind bestimmte Affären schwerer zu verkraften als andere?

A very eager - and rather naive - Australian lawyer, Kerry Maxwell, flies into South Africa to volunteer at a wildlife orphanage run by notorious vet Graham Baird. Graham is as jaded and reckless as Kerry is law-abiding and optimistic. When Kerry arrives at the animal sanctuary it’s to the news that Graham is imprisoned in Mozambique following a shootout with elephant poachers. In the gunfight he killed the brother of corrupt politician and poaching kingpin Fidel Costa.

A day doesn't go by without money coming into our interactions. But how much do we really understand it? We know we need money. We tend to want more of it. But why do we behave so strangely with it? And why does it have such a hold on us? Award-winning BBC Radio 4 presenter Claudia Hammond delves into the surprising psychology of money to show us that our relationship with the stuff is more complex than we might think.

Do you want to move up from the elementary to the intermediate level? One of the most effective ways to learn new vocabulary and grammar is by reading. When learning a new language, it's difficult to find real reading material of the right level. Essentially, it needs to be easy enough so you can get started but challenging enough to ensure that you keep learning new and useful vocabulary at a manageable pace.

It’s 1985. Pony Darlene Fontaine has lived all her 15 years in “the territory,” a settlement founded decades ago by a charismatic cult leader. In this strange town run on a sinister economic resource, the women crimp their hair and wear shoulder pads, and the teenagers listen to Nazareth and Whitesnake on their Walkmans. Pony’s family lives in the bungalow at the farthest edge of town, where the territory borders the rest of the wider world - a place none of the townspeople have ever been. Except for Billie Jean Fontaine, Pony’s mother.