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HEADING SOUTH is a light-hearted account of an English brother and sister’s reconnection with the Spanish side of their family. When the author was just four years old their father, Francisco, left the family home in Preston, Lancashire and disappeared from their lives. One day Adam, now twenty-eight, receives a letter from his errant dad and decides to take a break from supply teaching and accept an invitation to visit him in rural Malaga. Later joined by his sister Kate, a series of events begins to unfold which promises to change both their lives forever. Please ‘look inside’ ...

Embark on an extraordinary journey of language mastery with...A meticulously curated collection designed exclusively for Advanced Spanish learners. This book combines the joy of reading with the rigor of language learning, presenting engaging narratives that reflect everyday life while seamlessly integrating advanced vocabulary and complex phrases.

In this stand-alone story, (that is now part of a series) two recently graduated friends uncover an international fraud, but there is plenty of fun along the way to exposing it as Bobbie seeks her own form of revenge on those who cross her. This fast-moving light-hearted thriller moves from romance to hilarious adventure and back again with the gentle Bob Able humour and his distinctive writing style much in evidence. The story involves and captivates the reader, with an unexpected twist at the end, of course. Read on to find out more about Bobbie's adventures, a romance in Spain, how she ...

For the first time ever, this collection of short stories by Gary Troia brings together, in chronological order stories and memoirs from Spanish Yarns and Beyond, English Yarns and Beyond and A Bricklayer’s Tales into one complete volume. "Excellent! A collection of short stories about depression, alcoholism and drug use. Very compelling reading. I read this short story collection all in one go." (Maria, Goodreads.) A Bricklayer's Tales is the ultimate "I hate this job" story, written as a collection of short stories and memoirs, each one revealing a snapshot in the life of Ray. Troia ...

Adjusting to the death of his wife hasn’t been easy on Baxter Shaw—or on their eight-year-old daughter, Mia. Baxter has left his band and abandoned his dreams to focus on being a single father, but it’s not enough: Mia’s exhibiting escalating behavioral problems. And neither has been able to face the past head-on...until the past reaches out to them. After surprising results from a DNA test, Baxter and Mia journey to southeastern Spain to connect with their mysterious roots.

Encuentre un mejor trabajo o mejore su comunicación dónde está trabajando. Entienda y hable más con su supervisor, sus compañeros de trabajo o los clientes. Va a adquirir las destrezas del lenguaje que son necesarias para sentirse más seguro y tener éxito en su trabajo. Inglés Para Construcción está diseñado a la medida para un trabajador de construcción que quiere aprender inglés para hablar y entender mejor en el trabajo.

This course includes Lessons 21-25 from the Spanish Level 1 program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides thirty minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Spanish.

Crime shatters the harmonic equilibrium in Doctor Quiroga’s yoga center. Completely focused on chanting mantras, he insists that he didn’t realize anything had happened. But the cadaver appeared in a room full of people. Is it possible that nobody saw or heard anything? Inspector Atento will have to solve the mystery with the help of the young and inexperienced Ruiz, who really gets on his nerves. But he must keep calm. Oooooooom. A crime story with a touch of humor by Susana M. Gijón, detective fiction author. Finalist for the Cruce de Caminos Negrocriminal Award.

A timeless European classic. 7 million copies in 7 languages. Three generations of fans. And now finally in English! Who are you, really? A beautiful tale of extraordinary people in an extraordinary land. In 1726, a Polish-Virginian in trouble with the law took to the sea and was stranded on an uninhabited Caribbean island. His only desire was to survive and find a way back to his civilization. But fate had other plans: he would meet a tribe of Native Americans and they would adopt him. The Polish Virginian would become someone new and different, someone he had no idea he could be: John ...

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BOUGHT is a light-hearted, informative account of a Scotsman’s relocation to the Spanish hinterland. When Jack Waldie and his wife Nicola buy a house in rural Spain they intend to start a new life there, away from the hustle and bustle of Glasgow, but when things go awry between them Jack chooses to keep the spacious old place and moves there to write his crime novels in peace. In the small village in an area known as Spanish Lapland, due to its ever decreasing population, Jack befriends key local people who refuse to allow their birthplace to die. When he’s ...

* BERYL AND FRED IN SPAIN now available, containing this book plus A Cat called Cheryl, with Fred and Beryl at a reduced price.* When Beryl and Fred decide to sell up and take a camper van tour around Spain with their lovable Cocker Spaniel, Ted, little do they realise how eventful their poorly planned trip will turn out to be. Intending to tour the whole country thoroughly in an anti-clockwise direction, one unexpected incident after another throws them off track and sees their faithful VW Camper, Vernon, transporting them to the south coast well ahead of any real or imagined schedule. ...

Have you always wanted to learn how to speak Spanish but simply didn't have the time? Well, look no further. This is the most advanced and revolutionary method ever designed for quickly becoming conversational in a language. If your desire is to learn complicated grammatical rules, this book is not for you. However, if you need to actually hold a conversation while on a trip to a Spanish-speaking country or to impress that certain someone, then the Nitzany method is what you have been looking for.

Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well-paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months.

Uncover the connection between a teenager coming of age in 1960s America and pirates from the 1700s in a epic romance that spans centuries.In the the summer of 1966, teen "shag" dancer Billy Dunagan and his two friends are working as lifeguards at Ocean Drive along the South Carolina coast. When Billy falls for a girl with a mysterious connection to the past, he's drawn into the perfect storm of circumstances that will change his life forever.Billy's new life unfolds in sometimes exhilarating, sometimes heartbreaking ways, and on this journey, he discovers his wife's mysterious past that ...

Querido estudiante: Thank you for taking an interest in this book. We are sure that you will be very glad you did. Why? Simply because once you have worked through the straightforward systems, the easy explanations and the practical exercises found here, you will be able to do the following with confidence: Use Ser and Estar accurately. Choose intelligently between the Preterite and Imperfect Past. Know how to say WAS and WERE correctly in Spanish. Understand and utilise the Perfect Past tenses.... and so much more. Talking in the Past is a challenge that you can overcome!

The War to End All Wars has finally ceased, for now, but a new horror has taken its place. While the Spanish Flue ravishes the globe, a Golem gobbles up little boys in the East End of London.

Solar-Powered Dreams is the second part of The Contented Expat, Alan Laycock’s sequel to his successful series, The Reluctant Expat. Back home again, Alan begins a new career which he hopes will make his fortune, and the search for a new home begins in earnest.

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) inspired and haunted an extraordinary number of exceptional artists and writers, including Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Martha Gellhorn, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, and John Dos Passos. The idealism of the cause--defending democracy from fascism at a time when Europe was darkening toward another world war--and the brutality of the conflict drew from them some of their best work.

¡Hola amigos! Transform your language skills with the first installment of a brand-new series created just for audio. Join the Superpolyglotbros on a comprehensive and entertaining tour through your first steps in speaking Spanish. In this fully sound-designed audiobook you’ll learn the most important phrases for Spanish communication, arming yourself with everything you need for your next holiday or school trip or simply to impress. ¡Buen viaje!

Learn the basic phrases for communicating in Spanish. Get the tools you need to feel comfortable in a conversation. Discover the most common phrases in Spanish through numerous examples. Listen to fun stories and learn more about Spanish culture. Answer questions to test your understanding. Study the basic ways to introduce yourself and meet other people. Learn how to solve conflicts in Spanish.