Vitamina

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.

A lyrical, surreal, moving novel chronicles the lives of three generations of Cuban-American women in Miami--Cuca, a believer in spirits; her daughter, Adela, an amorous cosmetologist; and Adela's daughter, Maribel, a dispassionate marketing analyst.

Puntos de partida offers the most teacher- and student-friendly textbook on the market as well as a host of exciting new features, most notably a state-of-the-art Instructor Edition. This Instructor Edition offers more teaching apparatus than any other introductory Spanish book on the market. An enlarged trim size, extensive annotations, and other special features sets Puntos de partida apart from every book on the market, both physically and because of the breadth and quality of the marginal annotations.

Designed to help the reader become more proficient at communicating in Spainsh about the tourist trade and the hospitality industry.