Dirty Spanish Flash Cards

Identifies common trouble spots and explains the reasons behind them and shows how grammar patterns of Spanish differ from those of English.

En el nuevo contexto de la globalización, el lenguaje se convierte en un elemento imprescindible para la comunicación, la negociación y para culminar los intercambios mercantiles; esto es, constituye un rasgo esencial para adecuarse a las normas que imperan en el funcionamiento de las actividades económicas. En el específico campo de las actividades marítimas, el inglés está reconocido como lengua franca por la Organización Marítima Internacional, y adquiere cada vez mayor importancia en el proceso de estandarización de las gestiones realizadas para el desarrollo del transporte...

What cities were there in early 16th-century Spain? With how many inhabitants? Were they fortified? And how many leagues apart were they? Those are the questions that Ferdinand Columbus tried to answer in his Vocabulary containing the names of the places and kingdoms of Spain. The present edition reconstructs the "cosmographic" endeavor of Christopher Columbus’ youngest son based on two codices from the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of Seville.

The Federal Benefits Book for Veterans and Dependents booklet provides a comprehensive overview of federal benefits provided to military veterans and their families. This 184-page booklet includes detailed eligibility criteria and descriptions of the full range of benefits administered by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs, including medical care, compensation and pension, education, home loan guaranty, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, and burial and memorial services. The booklet also contains address and telephone contact information for VA medical centers, medical...