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  • The Perfect Gift

    by Julio Torres ...
    From the beloved comedian, writer, and director of Fantasmas and Problemista Julio Torres, a hilarious and whimsical journey through the art of giving.In this beautifully illustrated book from a brilliantly absurd mind, Julio Torres, cult comedian, filmmaker, and former Saturday Night Live writer, brings his signature surreal humor to this creative collection of gift ideas for every person and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    The Perfect Gift

    by Julio Torres ...
    Narrated by Julio Torres ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 30 min

    From the beloved comedian, writer, and director of Fantasmas and Problemista Julio Torres, a hilarious and whimsical journey through the art of giving.In this beautifully illustrated book from a brilliantly absurd mind, Julio Torres, cult comedian, filmmaker, and former Saturday Night Live writer, brings his signature surreal humor to this creative collection of gift ideas for every person and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Outcomes of University Spanish Heritage Language Instruction in the United States

    by Melissa A. Bowles, Julio Torres, Sara M. Beaudrie, Bonnie C. Holmes, Adrian Bello-Uriarte, Celia Chomón Zamora, Sara Fernández Cuenca, Damián Vergara Wilson, Claudia Holguín Mendoza, Diego Pascual y Cabo0, Josh Prada1, Florencia Giglio Henshaw2, Maria M. Carreira3 ...
    Series series Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics series
    The first volume to explore the effectiveness of instructional methods for college-level Spanish heritage learnersIn the United States, heritage language speakers represent approximately 22 percent of the population and 29 percent of the school-age population. Until now, though, few studies have examined the outcomes of classroom teaching of heritage languages.Outcomes of University Spanish ... Read more

    $44.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oscar Romero

    A Man for Our Times

    by Julio O. Torres ...
    A unique perspective on one of the greatest religious figures of recent history.An in-depth portrait of Oscar Romero, the Fourth Archbishop of San Salvador, based on research of his diaries and sermons and on interviews with most of his surviving relatives, friends, and co-workers. This biography provides a unique insider/outsider perspective on both Romero and the plight and struggle of Central ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I Want to Be a Vase

    by Julio Torres ...
    Illustrated by Julian Glander ...
    Former SNL writer and comedic rising star Julio Torres takes readers on a journey through the lives and intimate dramas of some of the unsung shapes of our time in this picture book inspired by his HBO special My Favorite Shapes.Shapes. You’ve heard of them. You might have even interacted with a few. But do you really know them? From plucky Plunger, who wishes to defy his shape and become a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Cloudburst

    An Anthology of Hispanic Canadian Short Stories

    by Hugh Hazelton ...
    Series series Literary Translation
    Cloudburst is a milestone in Canadian literature. For over a half-century, beginning with the Spanish Civil War and continuing through the coups d’état and military repression in South and Central America in the 1970s and 80s, Spanish-speaking writers have been arriving in Canada as exiles and immigrants and have been creating new works in their native language. Cloudburst is the first anthology ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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  • Pope Francis

    From the End of the Earth to Rome

    by The Staff of the Wall Street Journal ...
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  • Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition

    Learning to Use Language in Context

    by Kimberly L. Geeslin, Avizia Yim Long ...
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    Bilingual education is one of the fastest growing disciplines within applied linguistics. This book includes the work of 20 specialists working in various educational contexts across Europe, Latin America and North America to create a volume which is both comprehensive in scope and multidimensional in its coverage of current bilingual initiatives. The central themes of this volume, which draws on ... Read more

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