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PublisherMcgraw-Hill Education

ISBN-100071770313

ISBN-139780071770316

eBay Product ID (ePID)104261597

Product Key Features

Number of Pages272 Pages

Publication NameBetter Reading Spanish, 2nd Edition

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSpanish

Publication Year2011

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study

AuthorJean Yates

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight12.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-928615

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal468.2421

Table Of ContentPrefaceHow to use this bookLa cocinaGuía para la buena alimentación A nutrition chartMenú de México A menu from a Mexican restaurantGazpacho A recipe from a Spanish cookbookPiña The story of a fruit native to the AmericasEl cumpleaños de Frida Kahlo A Mexican dinner partyPastel chabela An excerpt from a Mexican novelLa músicaDiscos A magazine review of compact discsLa música y vitalidad de Compay Segundo A Cuban musicianLos premios Grammy Latinos The Latin GrammysLos Rabanes A Panamanian groupDel Gado y la música andina Keeping Inca music aliveTomatito A Flamenco artistEl tango The Argentine music and danceSi se calla el cantor An Argentine folk songRecuerdos de la niñez Excerpts from three novels: one Puerto Rican, one Spanish, one PeruvianLos deportesTodos somos Guerreros A flyer from a baseball gameDeportes acuáticos en Costa Rica Diverse water sportsLorena Ochoa, golfista extraordinaria Mexico's star female golferMás allá del béisbol, la vida de Roberto Clemente A baseball legendEl ciclismo y la salud The benefits of cyclingTop 7 de ejercicios que queman muchas calorías Calorie-burning activitiesLo que se necesita para ganar Winning in the NBANoticias históricas del béisbol Baseball newsTres historias Soccer stories retold by a Uruguayan authorEl cine y el teatroPelículas hispanas ganadoras al Óscar por Mejor Película de Habla no Inglesa Best foreign film Oscar winnersSolas A Spanish movieTodo sobre mi madre A Spanish OscarCarlos Saura A Spanish filmmakerYo nunca quise ser escritor A Chilean writer and movie criticFundación Arlequín Teatro A program from a theater in ParaguayEl fabricante de deudas An excerpt from a Peruvian playEl arteMuseos A tourist leaflet from HondurasEl arco iris A poem by a Mexican painterEl muralismo mexicano The story of mural painting in MexicoFrida Kahlo A Mexican painterPablo Picasso Spanish geniusSalvador Dalí An individualist from SpainFernando Botero A painter and sculptor from ColombiaA la manera de Frida Kahlo An Argentine poet on a Mexican painterGraffiti A poem about another painterLa familiaEl árbol familiar A family treeLa celebración del matrimonio The wedding ceremonyA mi hija Flor de María A father's poemLa familia: un invento maravilloso A young mother's reflectionsLa familia de Marcela A nontraditional familyUn padre A famous fatherLos abuelos Traditional and modern games in MexicoCuentos Family relationships in prose from BoliviaLa primera clase de ballet A daughter's first dance lessonEl estilo de vida hoyPersiguiendo el sueño bilingüe Bringing up a child bilinguallyMi PC A song from the Dominican RepublicCristina The Cuban-American talk show hostessOscar de la Renta Fashion designer from the Dominican RepublicCarolina Herrera, qué mujer New York designer from VenezuelaEdward James Olmos: Embajador de la buena voluntad Mexican-American goodwill ambassadorUn día insólito A day in the life of a modern man--Excerpt from a novelLa historia y la políticaCronología A time lineSimón Bolívar Sayings of a South American heroCelebrando la independencia Bolivian Independence Day customsEl Canal de Panamá An engineering marvelLa pacifista A Colombian peacemakerMario Vargas Llosa, el político detrás del escritor The political side of the Nobel LaureateErnesto Che Guevara Life of the Argentine-born revolutionaryUna conversación entre marido y mujer An Argentine power couple--Excerpt from a novelContinuing to readAnswer keyAcknowledgmentsch60_fn01

SynopsisSharpen your Spanish language skills through readings about its speakers' daily lives and culture Better Reading Spanish offers you entertaining, "real world" texts to help you understand and learn more Spanish vocabulary and phrases. Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, such as cuisine, music, sports, film and theater, art, the family, today's lifestyle, or politics and history. Along the way, you will find instruction and exercises to help develop improved reading speed, comprehension, and vocabulary. The articles become gradually more difficult as you proceed through the book to keep you challenged and engaged. Better Reading Spanish is an easy, engaging way to boost your language skills and learn more about the language and its speakers as you go.

LC Classification NumberPC4117