Visual / Picture / Illustrated Dictionary (Russian, English, German, French and Spanish)
Большой иллюстрированный словарь отражает возросшие потребности человека начала XXI века. В отличие от традиционных изданий этот словарь наглядно иллюстрирует наиболее важные аспекты повседневной жизни, объединенные тематически, - природа, человек, экономика, общество и т.д. Для обозначения объектов, предметов и их частей используется около 7000 русских слов и словосочетаний, которые переведены на четыре языка: английский, немецкий, французский и испанский. Таким образом, справочник содержит более 35 000 словарных единиц.
Catalonia’s leader announced a declaration of independence but then suspended it. His announcement followed a controversial referendum vote. We explain why many, but by no means all, Catalans want self-rule, how their actions have angered people in the other parts of Spain and why the Spanish government insists that it’s impossible.
A Course in English Phonetics for Spanish Speakers
This book aims at covering the English Phonetics syllabus which is generally taught in the first two or three years of University and College courses for EFL teachers, translators, interpreters, and anybody who aims at acquiring a near-native English pronunciation.
In 1572 the Spanish sacked Vilcabamba, the last Inca stronghold, and the city was rapidly overtaken by the jungle, receding for hundreds of years into legend and myth. This is the story of how Vilcabamba was founded and how the Incas held out against the Spanish for over 30 years in a savage guerrilla war. Hundreds of years later, at the turn of this century an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, stumbled on the ruins of Machu Pichu and announced to the world that he had found Vilcabamba, the lost city of the Incas. For fifty years the academic world agreed with him until in 1967 another American explorer discovered the real Vilcabamba…