Better Reading Spanish

Preface
How to use this book
La cocina
Gu­a para la buena alimentaci³n A nutrition chart
Menº de M©xico A menu from a Mexican restaurant
Gazpacho A recipe from a Spanish cookbook
Pi±a The story of a fruit native to the Americas
El cumplea±os de Frida Kahlo A Mexican dinner party
Pastel chabela An excerpt from a Mexican novel
La mºsica
Discos A magazine review of compact discs
La mºsica y vitalidad de Compay Segundo A Cuban musician
Los premios Grammy Latinos The Latin Grammys
Los Rabanes A Panamanian group
Del Gado y la mºsica andina Keeping Inca music alive
Tomatito A Flamenco artist
El tango The Argentine music and dance
Si se calla el cantor An Argentine folk song
Recuerdos de la ni±ez Excerpts from three novels: one Puerto Rican, one Spanish, one Peruvian
Los deportes
Todos somos Guerreros A flyer from a baseball game
Deportes acu¡ticos en Costa Rica Diverse water sports
Lorena Ochoa, golfista extraordinaria Mexicoâs star female golfer
M¡s all¡ del b©isbol, la vida de Roberto Clemente A baseball legend
El ciclismo y la salud The benefits of cycling
Top 7 de ejercicios que queman muchas calor­as Calorie-burning activities
Lo que se necesita para ganar Winning in the NBA
Noticias hist³ricas del b©isbol Baseball news
Tres historias Soccer stories retold by a Uruguayan author
El cine y el teatro
Pel­culas hispanas ganadoras al "scar por Mejor Pel­cula de Habla no Inglesa Best foreign film Oscar winners
Solas A Spanish movie
Todo sobre mi madre A Spanish Oscar
Carlos Saura A Spanish filmmaker
Yo nunca quise ser escritor A Chilean writer and movie critic
Fundaci³n Arlequ­n Teatro A program from a theater in Paraguay
El fabricante de deudas An excerpt from a Peruvian play
El arte
Museos A tourist leaflet from Honduras
El arco iris A poem by a Mexican painter
El muralismo mexicano The story of mural painting in Mexico
Frida Kahlo A Mexican painter
Pablo Picasso Spanish genius
Salvador Dal­ An individualist from Spain
Fernando Botero A painter and sculptor from Colombia
A la manera de Frida Kahlo An Argentine poet on a Mexican painter
Graffiti A poem about another painter
La familia
El ¡rbol familiar A family tree
La celebraci³n del matrimonio The wedding ceremony
A mi hija Flor de Mar­a A fatherâs poem
La familia: un invento maravilloso A young motherâs reflections
La familia de Marcela A nontraditional family
Un padre A famous father
Los abuelos Traditional and modern games in Mexico
Cuentos Family relationships in prose from Bolivia
La primera clase de ballet A daughterâs first dance lesson
El estilo de vida hoy
Persiguiendo el sue±o biling¼e Bringing up a child bilingually
Mi PC A song from the Dominican Republic
Cristina The Cuban-American talk show hostess
Oscar de la Renta Fashion designer from the Dominican Republic
Carolina Herrera, qu© mujer New York designer from Venezuela
Edward James Olmos: Embajador de la buena voluntad Mexican-American goodwill ambassador
Un d­a ins³lito A day in the life of a modern manâ"Excerpt from a novel
La historia y la pol­tica
Cronolog­a A time line
Sim³n Bol­var Sayings of a South American hero
Celebrando la independencia Bolivian Independence Day customs
El Canal de Panam¡ An engineering marvel
La pacifista A Colombian peacemaker
Mario Vargas Llosa, el pol­tico detr¡s del escritor The political side of the Nobel Laureate
Ernesto Che Guevara Life of the Argentine-born revolutionary
Una conversaci³n entre marido y mujer An Argentine power coupleâ"Excerpt from a novel
Continuing to read
Answer key
Acknowledgments
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