The book opens with an illustrated glossary of essential Spanish ingredients from chorizo to sardines to prepare & inspire the first-time home cook. There's a big chapter naturally on tapas
- those tasty snacks traditionally eaten with sherry & pre-dinner drinks
- that are probably the best-loved & well-known of Spanish foods. There are many seafood recipes & piquant vegetable accompaniments as well as classic desserts many with a Moorish influence such as crema catalana that are sure to delight.

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This is a colourful dictionary containing over 2000 words & phrases illustrated with amusing pictures of busy everyday scenes. It is arranged thematically so words appear in context with topics on: Buying Food At Work In The Countryside & more. It comes with a pronunciation guide to every word read by a native German speaker at the Usborne Quicklinks Website. ...

Written for 2009 curriculum change Essentials provides concise coverage of all the externally assessed course content & skills for GCSE Spanish. The student-friendly uncluttered approach guides students through the core content with succinct revision notes & practice questions that focus on the essential content needed for the exams. * Short sentences focused paragraphs & bullet points help to make the content accessible to students of all abilities * Essential verb lists are presented in a separate box for quick & easy reference * Spanish is given in bold text with the English translation in normal text to help clarify the information * Different verb endings are highlighted to aid memory & recall * Relevant diagrams & illustrations clarify key points & aid visual learning * Practice questions at the end of each section test & reinforce understanding * Quick Test at the end of every spread. Written for 2009 curriculum change Essentials provides concise coverage of all the externally assessed course content & skills for GCSE Spanish. The student-friendly uncluttered approach guides students through the core content with succinct revision notes & practice questions that focus on the essential content needed for the exams. * Short sentences focused paragraphs & bullet points help to make the content accessible to students of all abilities * Essential verb lists are presented in a separate box for quick & easy reference * Spanish is given in bold text with the English translation in normal text to help clarify the information * Different verb endings are highlighted to aid memory & recall * Relevant diagrams & illustrations clarify key points & aid visual learning * Practice questions at the end of each section test & reinforce understanding * Quick Test at the end of every spread. ...

Intended for use alongside the GCSE Spanish Essentials Revision Guide this workbook

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This ultimate study guide with in-depth GCSE course coverage is all you need for exam success. Revise GCSE Spanish has everything you need to achieve the GCSE grade you want. It is written by GCSE examiners to boost learning & focus revision. This guide covers the new GCSE curriculum for students starting Year 10 in 2009 or later. * Key facts highlight essential information * Progress check questions test your learning * Model GCSE answers show how examiners are looking for * Exam questions provide crucial exam practice ...

Matthew Parris & Andrew Bryson bring together some of the funniest despatches from British Ambassadors abroad in this sequel to their acclaimed Parting Shots. Based on a new BBC Radio 4 series it features some classic stories from the horse given to John Major by the authorities in Turkmenistan which got lost in the Russian rail system to the puzzling behaviour of the Spanish Ambassador in the Algerian desert. With an introduction by Matthew Parris who began his career in the FO the book shows our representatives in their best & worst lights
- rude & sympathetic clever & confused by turns
- & throws a light on how we British have viewed the world.. .and how the world has viewed us.

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The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase is a hilarious new collection of diplomatic tales by Matthew Parris & Andrew Bryson Heard the one about the Spanish Ambassador who arrived in the scorching Saharan desert fully suited & with a mysteriously enormous suitcase? Or the horse they gave Prime Minister John Major in Turkmenistan
- which hapless embassy officials had to rescue from the clutches of the Moscow railway? These & other 'funnies' as they are known in Whitehall are included in Matthew Parris & Andrew Bryson's glorious new volume of not so diplomatic writing which accompanies a new BBC Radio 4 series is a follow up to their acclaimed collection of ambassadors' final despatches Parting Shots. Drawn from Freedom of Information requests & previously overlooked Valedictories these startling despatches throw a revealing light on how the British have viewed the world
- & unwittingly perhaps on how the world has viewed the British. Praise for Parting Shots: Parting Shots is unbuttoned indiscreet & very funny". (Yorkshire Post). " Fascinating if sometimes uncomfortable reading". (Financial Times). " Very funny". (Guardian). After working in the Foreign Office then serving as a Conservative MP Matthew Parris joined The Times in 1988. He writes two weekly columns for The Times & one for the Spectator & in 2011 won the Best Columnist Award at the British Press awards. His acclaimed autobiography Chance Witness was published by Penguin in 2003. He is a frequent broadcaster. Andrew Bryson is a radio journalist working in the BBC's Business & Economic Unit. He frequently works as a producer on Radio 4's Today programme & on Radio 5 Live."

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Children will learn everyday foreign language words in a flash with these illustrated cards featuring art from the popular Adventures with Nicholas" series. 50 cards teach the words kids need to know: numbers colours animals & more. This proven learning activity builds vocabulary word recognition memory & confidence. The four-colour engaging illustrations provide visual clues & the cards are durable to allow for frequent handling." ...

Shot-proof fever-proof & a veteran campaigner at the age of twenty-five Brigade-Major Harry Smith is reputed to be the luckiest man in Lord Wellington's army. But at the siege of Badajos his friends foretell the ruin of his career. For when Harry meets the defenceless Juana a fiery passion consumes him. Under the banner of honour & with the selfsame ardour he so frequently displays in battle he dives headlong into marriage. In his beautiful child-bride he finds a kindred spirit & a temper to match. But for Juana a long year of war must follow.. . Georgette Heyer was for over fifty years one of the most prolific succesful & best writers of historical romance. In The Spanish Bride she shows the skill that has won the hearts of a new wide audience in the twenty-first century. ...

A rousing & full-blooded account of the Spanish Civil War & the rise to prominence of General Franco. No modern conflict has inflamed the passions of both civilians & intellectuals as much as the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. Burned into our collective historical consciousness it not only prefigured the imminent Second World War but also ushered in a new & horrific form of warfare that would come to define the twentieth century. At the same time it echoed the revolutionary aspirations of millions of Europeans & Americans after the painful years of the Great Depression. In this authoritative history Paul Preston vividly recounts the political ideals & military horrors of the Spanish Civil War
- including the controversial bombing of Guernica
- & tracks the emergence of General Francos brutal but extraordinarily durable fascist dictatorship.

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