Dirty Spanish Flash Cards

Using mnemonics is an age-old technique for remembering names, numbers, and many other things. In Spanish Memory Book, William Harrison and Dorothy Welker offer original mnemonic rimes that are by turns amusing, ironic, pathetic, sentimental, and sardonic to help students and independent learners acquire and remember Spanish vocabulary. Included are mnemonic jingles for 700 of the 2,000 most commonly used Spanish words. Each jingle contains both the sound of the Spanish word and its English meaning. The authors have included a general pronunciation guide to Spanish vowels and consonants. This ...

Jack Ryan, quien acaba de asumir como vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos, se convierte en el máximo líder del país luego que un atentado terrorista termina con la vida del presidente y de varios de sus ministros. En este escenario de crisis extrema, el protagonista debe desplegar sus mejores recursos para gobernar una nación que se siente perdida y profundamente golpeada por un atentado que destruyó su orgullo, su confianza y su fe en el futuro, dejándola a la deriva y a merced de un enemigo cruel, extremadamente astuto y cuya obstinación por lograr sus siniestros propósitos está...

A must reference for students of Spanish and travelers anywhere in the Spanish-speaking world -- over 18,000 commonly used words, phrases, and expressions, plus valuable supplements on pronunciation, grammar, currency, road signs, geography, and foods.

At the Charmartin station, a student named Frank waits in line to buy his return ticket to Paris. Right behind him is Marta. Meanwhile, Federico arrives in Sydney, unaware of when or how he boarded the airplane that took him from his bed all the way to Australia.