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Pick up a glass of fine wine and join West Virginia police detective Josh Draper and his spunky sidekick Annie McBride in another puzzling murder mystery, this involving a treasure from the past. When an Italian diplomat turns up dead at a rambling estate in the Allegheny Mountains, the U.S. Government calls on Josh and his subtle people skills to ferret out the killer without ruffling diplomatic feathers. He’s locked in the mansion without weapon or police resources until he can work out which of the smooth European negotiators is behind the brutal death and why. You won’t rest a ...

Before the outsider, now Chief Heads Off, brought the Elk Dogs (horses) to the People, their strategy had always been to flee or hide from their mortal enemies, the Head Splitters. Now the People live in peace, but the young warriors long for war.

This is the seventh book in the series that started with: Going Round The Bend On The QE2 and concerns the time when the never totally sane Nick is confronted by his own mortality and reacts in his typical fashion of running away. This time he takes his daughter and granddaughter with him to Mallorca where he takes a job in a posh school and reopens his dance and karate clubs. On this peaceful, holiday island, there are a number of spectres: conman Headteachers, hostile local teachers, racist locals and a gentleman who is sick over your car and offers to clean it up for cash! Covid is ...

FROM THE FOREWORD BY MILLIE STEVENTON My Uncle Stan was a grumpy man when he began to write to me from Spain and he can’t be said to have mellowed much with age. This book contains only his letters to me, as his old-school habit of always referring to my missives removes the need to include my supportive, and sometimes censorious, replies which possess little of the descriptive power and mostly unintentional humour of his own copious correspondence. In a way I suppose that in the last few years I have been his only constant and empathic contact with the rest of humanity and this first ...

Fun and easy to listen to, this three-in-one bundle contains the first volumes of the best-selling Funny Tales in Easy Spanish series. Translated, edited, and simplified to ease your listening practice and comprehension, each volume has been written in simple, easy Spanish especially for experienced, beginning, and low-intermediate students.

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 ...

The Conversational Spanish audio series complements beginner Spanish learning programs, and works by improving listening comprehension, vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammatical skills through listen-and-repeat style active learning sessions. Basic familiarity with elementary Spanish is recommended for best results.

The term “Reconquista” is a Spanish word transferred to the English language to represent the nearly 800 years in which the Moors and Christians struggled against one another for control of the Iberian Peninsula. The Reconquista: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts Between the Moors and Christians on the Iberian Peninsula examines the events that shaped the modern history of Spain and Portugal, as well as the ramifications.

If you're planning to visit Puerto Rico, it's a great idea to learn some basic phrases and expressions in the local dialect to make your experience smoother and more enjoyable. That's where a Puerto Rican audio course targeted at tourists comes in handy. This course is designed to teach you how to understand and speak Puerto Rican Spanish, with a specific focus on common tourist situations. The course is includes different topic areas, such as hotels, restaurants, shopping, airports, and directions.

Mutiny on the Spanish Main tells the dramatic story of HMS Hermione, a British frigate which, in 1797, was the site of the bloodiest mutiny in British naval history, which saw the death of her captain and many of her officers. Though her crew handed her over to the Spanish, Hermione was subsequently recaptured in a daring raid on a Caribbean port two years later.

With their temporary log-and-sod ranch house now complete, John and the rest of the Cuchara Valley homesteaders set their sights on obtaining a herd of longhorns to get their ranch off on the right foot. The ensuing journey to a cattle town gets complicated right from the get-go when, the day before they begin their journey, the bank in La Veta is robbed and three of the local citizens are killed in the process. Things then get personal after they discover that one of the bad guys is Willie ‘One-Eye’ Sloan, who gave Andy and some of the others a hard time about six months back. Along ...

Twenty-three-year-old John Wainwright was pretty much a loner. He was purely content to happen around the mountains, tending his traps and living the loner existance the Lord had steered him to. ​ But all that was tossed by the wayside the day a couple of strangers showed up needing his help with finding a pair of wagons the Utes had made off with from their wagon train. It wasn't so much just the wagons that needed finding, as it was the folks who had been caught up in the ruckus. ​ It doesn't take long before the ensuing undertaking turns out to be one of locating and freeing the ...

(THE TONKS IN SPAIN containing SETTLING IN SPAIN and PROSPERING IN SPAIN is now also on sale at a reduced price.) Doreen B. Tonks, thoroughly steeped in the rich tradition of books on the subject of living in Spain, decided to add her own contribution to this ever-growing body of first-rate literature, and here it is. Determined to emulate her peers by telling nothing but the truth, her able pen guides us adeptly through the trials, tribulations and occasional joys of a roving expatriate in her new land. Doreen, aided and thwarted in equal measure by her obdurate husband Ken, steps out of ...

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War on July 17, 1936, 42 thousand Internationals, comprised of Canadians, Americans, and Spaniards, fought together on the side of the Republicans who were trying to throw back fascist dictator General Franco’s troops, which included countless German and Italian soldiers. By October 29, 1938 though, only two thousand Internationals were able to gather for a speech requesting them to withdraw. Despite all their efforts, Spain wanted to continue on its own, hoping the war would become a Spanish affair once again.

Seventeen-year-old Gina Falcone has been alone for much of her life. Her father passed away when she was a young girl and her un-affectionate mother eventually leaves her to care for herself when she is only thirteen. Though her epic journey begins in 1920 by an almost deadly mistake, Gina will find many of her heart's desires in the most unlikely of places. The loss of everything is the catalyst that brings her to a level of achievement she could have never imagined. Yet Gina soon realizes it's the same events that brought her success that may also bring everything crashing down around her...

For six years, Alec Milius has been trying to escape his past, but his past refuses to release him. Abandoned by MI6 after a disastrous operation against the CIA, Milius has slowly rebuilt his life in Madrid. Older and wiser than the young spy who first caught the eye of British Intelligence, Milius still has a talent for deception - and a fatal weakness for secrets. So when a prominent politician disappears under suspicious circumstances, Milius can't resist tracking him down.

This book is a translation of the Spanish-language original by Horacio Quiroga entitled Cuentos de la Selva. Collect children's stories that frame the author's experiences in his native Uruguay, telling stories around some animals of the local fauna, such as the yacaré, the ura, the coatis among others.

FROM BRITAIN TO SPAIN AND BACK AGAIN is Sam Haigh’s account of his family’s four challenging years in their new country, as he and his wife Emma do their best to build a life for themselves and their young son Luke. Wishing to do more than just get by, Emma and Sam try their hardest to progress in their respective professions – teaching and building – and live a similarly prosperous life to the one they left behind in Todmorden, Yorkshire. Arriving in the town of Ontinyent, Valencia in the summer of 2007, little do they know that a cataclysmic economic crash lies just around the ...

El objetivo principal de los cursos es romper la barrera comunicativa y el aprendizaje del vocabulario util en las situaciones diarias. Todas las palabras y expresiones están grabadas con sus traducciones, lo que permite un uso más fácil del curso y consigue un resultado más rápido en lo que se refiere al dominio y consolidación del material. Además, el curso Vocabulario y gramática básica amplía el vocabulario y enseña la base gramatical necesaria en la formación de frases simples en inglés. Se trata de un aprendizaje eficaz, fácil y disponible a cualquiera.

EPISODE 30: In 2006, the teenage son of Cuban immigrants in America has a dream, which inspires him to write his first short story. He pitches it to a publisher who immediately offers him a deal, but soon a private detective starts investigating him. After the two men clash, the young writer learns that he is a suspect in an intellectual crime he hadn’t committed. (Standalone version.) Available also in print as part of the STARCALL Anthology, Vol.3, illustrated by the author. The eBook is not illustrated to save on file size.