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One year just after Christmas when Ximena is thirteen, she overhears her parents talking - a conversation she is not supposed to hear. She catches the word, "father," but wonders why they are whispering? Federico is the only father Ximena has ever known since he and her mom married six years ago. Of course, she knows she has a biological father, but her mom never talks about him - and Ximena never asks. All she knows is that he is "away" and doesn't live near them. But after overhearing her parents' discussion, she starts to wonder why she has no contact with him. At the same time, too, life...

Ideas is an intermediate or advanced reader that emphasizes the use of reading strategies to help students become more effective readers. It has a unique format, with all readings found in the six chapters of Parte I, which are designed to look like individual magazines on high interest topics such as pets, food, relations between the sexes, and so on. Reading strategies plus exercises, as well as lively activities that stimulate in-class conversation and composition topics make up Parte II. The entire text is in Spanish, including the reading strategies themselves. All readings--from...

Acompañado de un indispensable CD de audio para aprender y memorizar una perfecta pronunciación y entonación, este manual está dirigido para todo aquel que desee aprender portugués. Tras las nociones básicas de fonética y ortografía, las siguientes lecciones se desarrollan siguiendo un núcleo temático, con diálogos y textos de situaciones cotidianas. Además, el libro presenta estructuras gramaticales, glosarios y fraseología que preceden a los ejercicios. Un práctico instrumento para el aprendizaje, que favorece un trabajo autónomo y la autocorrección, elaborado por una gran...

The newest addition to an invaluable self-help series, this down-to-earth guide shows how to build confidence and offer positive strategies for dealing with difficult emotions. "Manage Your Anger" explores the effects of anger on one's body and mind. It offers strategies for preventing the build-up of frustration, and explains how to deal assertively with problems of buried or misdirected anger.