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Finally you have a real opportunity to truly leap toward fluency in Spanish with this amazing new approach to language teaching called Automatic Fluency. It comes with a complete word-for-word audio script called Automatic Fluency which is full of cutting-edge strategies to improve and accelerate your language learning experience.

With intriguing plots that will spark your imagination and keep you listening, Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners, Volume 2 will take your grasp of Spanish to the next level with key features to support and consolidate your progress. As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language all without ever feeling overwhelmed.

A Spanish course for Colombia, teaching basic Spanish as well as the nuances of the language including slang commonly used in Colombia. This introductory audio course spans 10 sessions, including topic-based vocabulary using sound effects to aid recall of key terms as well as lots of games and music to keep you engaged. The course focuses on commonly used words and phrases. Topics covered include numbers, greetings, manners, foods, animals, vehicles, colors, places, time, positions the weather, verbs, cognates, simple grammar, and many others.

With Paul Noble’s simple, relaxed approach you will learn in a way that suits you – without having to memorise long lists of words you won’t use, scribbling notes as you listen, or feeling frustrated. Instead, Paul will help you build on what you learnt in Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners – Part Two, and guide you through over 3 hours of everyday scenarios that are practical, fun, and applicable. Just listen, interact, and learn wherever you are.

The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Mexican Spanish - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our Mexican Spanish language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Mexican Spanish language. Hear the word to master the pronunciation. Then you'll see how the word is actually used in everyday speech with sample sentences and phrases. Learning Mexican Spanish vocabulary has never been easier!

The beauty of learning a new language is that it can be done from anywhere in the world - even in your car as you take your daily commute to work. In this audiobook, you will discover how to learn this new language without wasting a fortune in classroom studies that amount to nothing. You can teach yourself Spanish with some consistency and practice!

We have compiled more than 100 Spanish stories for beginners along with their translations, allowing new Spanish speakers to have the necessary tools to begin studying how to set a meeting, rent a car, or tell a doctor they don’t feel well.

This audiobook contains 100 entertaining and culturally interesting Spanish short stories for beginners and intermediate learning level. Spanish for beginners can be challenging, but not with this audiobook. All the Spanish short stories in this audiobook are unique and hopefully entertaining in content, new vocabulary is gradually added at a manageable pace so you won't get overwhelmed. This Spanish language audiobook offers you a wide range of culturally important information you can use when you travel to Spain or study there.

A course in Mexican Spanish, combining detail on Spanish with the nuances of Mexican usage. The course contains 10 learning sessions spanning multiple vocabulary areas, starting with new material and then reviewing the material using the technique of spaced repetition, grammar tips, and included music to help improve your pronunciation, along with games to help recall. Topics covered include numbers, greetings, foods, vehicles, places, simple verb usage, parts of the body, positions, colors, weather, time, and many other topics.

With a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918–1920 was the greatest human disaster. And yet, in our popular conception it exists largely as a footnote to World War I. Laura Spinney recounts the story of an overlooked pandemic, tracing it from Alaska to Brazil, from Persia to Spain and from South Africa to Odessa. She shows how the pandemic was shaped by the interaction of a virus and the humans it encountered, and how this devastating natural experiment put both the ingenuity and the vulnerability of humans to the test.

Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is 18-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography - and fate - introduce him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War.

Electrodomésticos is an elegant yet powerful depiction of the post Spanish Civil War era, where class divisions lay bare those who can afford to eat a decent meal and those who can not. Josu is an inexperienced electrician, tasked with installing an oven in the home of an upper-class Basque couple. He’s completely captivated. But the couple, though they seem to have it all, are in a prison of their own. Mesmerizing in its subtlety and sinister intimations, Electrodomésticos reveals the poverty and loneliness of this era.

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings. With hearty singing of Psalms, Drake and his crew greeted the Pomo Indians who resided in an area known today as San Francisco. Sir Francis Drake is the first English explorer to circumnavigate the globe and thus sail upon the Pacific Ocean. Ned Hearne and three of his friends make up part of Drake's crew. The boys will share in Drake's adventures on the Spanish Main in the 1580s.

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A perfect introduction to Spanish for children and beginners, this engaging audiobook of captivating short stories vividly brings to life the many wondrous animals, foliage, and colors of a rainforest. Travel along on a jungle adventure with Sony, his sister Sonya, and their friends as they explore their home in the rainforest, meeting new friends and learning at each step of the way.

Learn the history of the Spanish Inquisition with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series. The Spanish Inquisition was a governing authority started by the crown in the late-15th century. It included a network of spies who worked across the state to ensure Spaniards conformed to the accepted behaviour of traditional Catholic subjects. t was relentless in ensuring Catholic orthodoxy within Spain. But why was Spain so self-conscious in ensuring a singular religious identity?

There is nothing more frustrating than being on vacation and struggling to communicate and make your way through the city. Most tourist destinations have English-speaking zones with attractions that have English covered. But once you get outside of that, it can be tricky. And Spanish-speaking countries are no exception. The good news is that it doesn’t take much to get covered. You’ll find you can quickly learn the essentials that you need for most interactions and situations.

The population is terrified by reports of so-called COVID-19, measles, swine flu, SARS, BSE, AIDS, or polio. However, the authors of "Virus Mania", investigative journalist Torsten Engelbrecht, Dr. Claus Köhnlein, MD, Dr. Samantha Bailey, MD, and Dr. Stefano Scoglio, BSc PhD, show that this fearmongering is unfounded and that virus mayhem ignores basic scientific facts: The existence, the pathogenicity and the deadly effects of these agents have never been proven.

Whether you dream of exploring the vibrant streets of Mexico City, Mexico, Medellin, Colombia, or just connecting with Spanish-speaking friends in the USA or elsewhere, this book is your key to unlocking fluency and cultural understanding.