A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish


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A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish has been fully revised and updated, including over 500 new entries, making it an invaluable resource for students of Spanish. Based on a new web-based corpus containing more than 2 billion words collected from 21 Spanish-speaking countries, the second edition of A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish provides the most expansive and up-to-date guidelines on Spanish vocabulary. Each entry is accompanied with an illustrative example and full English translation. The Dictionary provides a rich resource for language teaching and curriculum design, while a separate CD version provides the full text in a tab-delimited format ideally suited for use by corpus and computational linguistics. With entries arranged both by frequency and alphabetically, A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish enables students of all levels to get the most out of their study of vocabulary in an engaging and efficient way.




The Bridges Of Madison County


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Fall in love with one of the bestselling novels of all time -- the legendary love story that became a beloved film starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. If you've ever experienced the one true love of your life, a love that for some reason could never be, you will understand why readers all over the world are so moved by this small, unknown first novel that they became a publishing phenomenon and #1 bestseller. The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, The Bridges of Madison County gives voice to the longings of men and women everywhere -- and shows us what it is to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again.




IPhone VISUAL Quick Tips


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A compact manual takes readers through the diverse applications and features of Apple's new iPhone, offering a host of tips, tricks, and techniques to help users take full advantage of the device's cell phone, iPod, and Internet capabilities.




A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English


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First published in 2010 . Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.




The Usborne Guide to E-mail


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It is predicted that by 2001, some 450 million people will be using e-mail worldwide.




Mil 13 ejercicios y juegos aplicados al balonmano (2 Vol)


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Dos son las ideas claras que marcan la intencionalidad de la obra: 1) El análisis del ejercicios jamás debe ser efectuado desde la óptica intrínseca del propio ejercicio. Recomendamos que antes del análisis de los ejercicios, el lector revise los planteamientos teórico-metodológicos desarrollados. De este modo, será fácil entender los criterios de estructuración de los mismos y la relación del juego-ejercicio en su contexto. A su vez, posiblemente las diferentes propuestas que aportamos no se considerarán como una imposición categórica sino como una argumentación de posibilidades. 2) Por otro lado, el énfasis del ejercicio no radica en los aspectos estructurales-organizativos del mismo, sino en la relación objetivo-tarea existente en el mismo. Deberíamos valorar a su vez, primero, que es lo que queremos enseñan (determinación del objetivo de trabajo), en segundo lugar, si el ejercicio cumple con el objetivo propuesto (verificación de la correlación actividades-objetivos) y, finalmente, si el jugador aprende la conducta requerida por el objetivo, o si únicamente realiza la tarea con ajuste a su organización o estructura (evaluación del aprendizaje). A continuación vamos a tratar de justificar el porqué de la aparición de las diferentes unidades de contenido, aparecidas en los ocho capítulos del libro. Hemos de distinguir, en primer lugar, cinco capítulos que se plantean como una superación de etapas perfectamente estructuradas entre sí, lo que denominamos bloques temáticos articulados, a partir de unas líneas directrices establecidas por un programa marco de actuación. En segundo lugar, se introducen tres capítulos que aparecen como bloques específicos con contenido propio (bloques temáticos diferenciales), con una lógica explicativa intrínseca. La obra, presentada en dos volúmenes, consta de ocho capítulos. Los cinco primeros (volumen I): Ejercicios y juegos de desarrollo motor, Las situaciones individuales de desarrollo del juego con balón, Las situaciones de finalización de la acción individual, se plantean como una superación de etapas perfectamente estructuradas entre sí, a partir de una líneas directrices establecidas para un programa marco de actuación. Los cuatro capítulos del segundo volumen: Los medios o combinaciones de responsabilidad colectiva, La estructuración de los sistemas de juego en ataque y defensa, El entrenamiento del portero y Las situaciones especiales, aparecen como bloques específicos con contenido propio con una lógica explicativa intrínseca. Los más de 1000 juegos y ejercicios desarrollados constan de una descripción, objetivo y observaciones, además del gráfico que los complementan.




Black Sky, Black Sea


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Poised between the secular values of socialism and the conservatism of a tenuously balanced government, Istanbul of 1977 was a fractured city haunted by demons of its own making. Along with thousands of other left-wing activists, Oak's interest in politics leads him to join the annual May Day rallies. There he encounters Zuhal, a fearless girl with a gun. As battles rage between nationalists and socialists, Oak witnesses the violent suppression of dissident minorities by his fellow citizens. The bewitching Zuhal begins to shape his ideals, bringing him face to face with disillusionment, and death.




Under the Lemon Trees


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A beautifully written debut novel of a young Indian woman struggling between embracing her heritage and fitting in as an American In Oak Grove, California, 1976, there are as many Sikh temples as Christian churches, the city council has prints announcements in both English and Punjabi and the large Indian immigrant community is gracefully coexists with the old farming families. But for 15-year-old Jeeto, figuring out where she fits best—and what she must do to find that fit—isn't so easy. Jeeto soon realizes that the women around her do far more than drink tea on balmy California afternoons—their traditions and religion give shape to fortune and destiny in a world of arranged marriages and strict family politics that force Jeeto to struggle with reconciling the possibilities of freedom and love. In the tradition of Jhumpa Lahiri and Arundhati Roy, Under the Lemon Trees is poised to speak to this same audience in an historically successful market. A stellar debut from an acclaimed writer, this is a story about finding love and discovering a true home while navigating traditions, family and faith—part Bend it Like Beckham, part Monsoon Wedding, this is a cultural and romantic tour de force.




Vocabulary and Language Teaching


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The material in this book reviews work dating back to the vocabulary control movement in the 1930s and also refers to more recent work on the role of lexis in language learning. Two chapters describe the main foundations of lexical semantics and relevant research and pedagogical studies in vocabulary and lexicography; and a further chapter discusses recent advances in the field of lexis and discourse analysis. There is also a series of specially commissioned articles which investigate the structure and functions of the modern English lexicon in relation to its exploitation for classroom vocabulary teaching.




The Nun


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Winner of the Italian PEN Prize: A tale of illicit love and a girl forced into a convent in the early nineteenth century. 1839, Messina, Italy: Agata is the daughter of an aristocrat, albeit an impoverished one, and she has fallen in love with wealthy Giacomo Lepre. Their families, however, view their romance as unacceptable and tawdry—and when Agata’s father dies, her mother decides to ferry her daughter far away, to Naples, where she hopes to garner a stipend from the king. The only boat leaving Messina that day is captained by young Englishman James Garson. Following a tempestuous passage to Naples, during which Agata confesses her troubles to James, Agata and her mother find themselves rebuffed by the king, and Agata is forced to join a convent. The Benedictine monastery of San Giorgio Stilita is rife with rancor and jealousy, illicit passions and ancient feuds. But Agata remains aloof, devoting herself to the cultivation of medicinal herbs, calmed by the steady rhythms of monastic life. She reads all the books James sends her and follows the news of the various factions struggling to bring unity to Italy. She has accepted her life as a nun, but she is divided between her yearnings for purity and religiosity and her desire to be part of the world. And she is increasingly torn when she realizes that her feelings for James, though he is only a distant presence in her life, have eclipsed those for Lepre . . . “Hornby enriches her story with sensuous details of food, fashion, furnishings, and the rules of an extravagant society, savoring local color and personality quirks.” —Publishers Weekly “An historical novel, a coming-of-age novel, a perfect portrait of family dynamics, The Nun also gives us, in Agata, an unforgettable heroine.” —Gazzetta di Mantova