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Re:Poolman
Hi,
I'm Peruvian and I have read the famous Pullman trilogy "His dark Materials". Pullman is a clever atheistic writer and you'll find in these books the kind of arguments - masterfully disguised inside the plot - usually found in discussions between believers and non-believers. Moroever, Pullman seems to have a strong scientific basis because he writes about superstring theory, evolution and other issues normally not so known.
Even when this trilogy is written for teens (as far as I know), I recommend its lecture.
Saludos desde el Peru! (greetings from Peru)
Angel
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Angel M.
June 7, 2006
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Re:Hay algunos libros buenos? Any good books someone wants to recommend?
Hi Alexandra,
This winter I read The Kite Runner and last week I finished The Attack by Yasmina Khadra. They are both excellent, though riveting would be a better description. Trata de conseguir un CD de Ruben Blades. Es talvez el mejor exponente de la musica latina. Es muy profundo.
Suerte,
Ibrahim
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Ibrahim H.
June 6, 2006
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Alexandra
April 26, 2006
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Re:Connecting people
Hello Marta
I ws interested to read your message because I studied Philosophy at university in New Zealand when I used to live there.
Now I´m living in Spain, near Murcia, and trying very hard to learn Spanish. I can read and understand more than I can speak, and I just want to learn as much as possible.
Maybe I could help you with your English (which seems to be really good, judging by your message!) and you could help me with my Spanish?
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Franny
February 22, 2006
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Français & Español: voice chat
Bonjour! ¡Hola! Hejsan!
Dear Friends! I’m a young lad in my 30-s, optimistic and with sense of humor. If you are native FRENCH or SPANISH speakers and want to communicate live in voice chat, I’d be more than happy to make your acquaintance. In return I can offer you Russian & Swedish.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Let’s talk!
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Alex
December 17, 2005
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Re:Learning Foreign Language with Children Picture Book
Yes! There are some wonderful books for that. We just loved Rosita y Juanito by Carmen Norma. This book is great for learning a lot of basic grammar and language skills without having to get into all of the jargon. And it's really kind of cute, too.
Personally, I already had some Spanish under my belt, so I was able to start off with the Spanish translation of Winnie de Puh. From there I went to Esperanza Renace (Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz). Then I read the Spanish Translations of the Harry Potter books, which, aside from being a lot of fun, are also a great source ov very useful vocabulary.
Before I knew it I was reading translations of Shakespeare, and El Cid in the original Renaissance Spanish.
Mark
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Mark S.
August 25, 2005
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Mark S.
July 2, 2005
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Re:You're welcome any time
As a graduate Lit major, I can probably recommend books to you from here to the moon and back again.
Maybe if you told me something about what you enjoy, we could narrow the field down a bit.
This semester I'm studying mostly Contemporary American Literature, so I've been reading Joseph Heller, Don Delillo, Saul Bellow and many others. Enjoying them all tremendously in many different ways.
My other class is one of the most exciting I've had. We started with Carl Jung and Joseph Campell, and now we're surveying a cross section of literature from Sir Gawain and the Green Night to Byatt's Possessions, which you may have heard they made a movie out of not too long ago.
One of my all-time favorites is The Little Prince, which I've read in English and in French.
Cheers!
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Mark S.
February 18, 2005
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Re:Thank you!
Delighted I could help. Please let me know what you think of the book when you've read it. It could make some interesting discussion in the Books/Literature board.
Cheers,
Mark
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Mark S.
February 15, 2005
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Re:Spanish Books Esperanza Renace
¡Hola Mathy!
No soy de esos países, pero tengo un libro que he leído que es bastante fácil leer, y fue escribido, si no en México, al menos por una Americana Mexicana escribiendo en español sobre la mudanza de su familia de México a California. "Esperanza Renace" por Pam Muñoz Ryan es una historia verdadera, sobre una joven de familia rica que les perdieron todo sus tierras y dinero en lucha de clases, y tuvieron que ir norte a California para trabajar con los campesinos.
Es muy interesante, y aprenderá mucho sobre la cultura Mexicano y de la cultura campesino de California. Lo gocé mucho.
El libro también se hace en inglés con el título, "Esperanza Rising," y me gusta eso, porque cuando estoy leyendo nuevas cosas en español, es muy ayudante poder revisar el inglés cuando tengo problemas con el español.
¡Ojala que este es algo ayudante!
Hi Mathy!
I’m not from any of those countries, but I have a book I read that was fairly easy reading, and was written—if not in Mexico, at least by a Mexican-American writing in Spanish about her family’s move from Mexico to California. Esperanza Renace by Pam Muñoz Ryan is a true story about a young woman from a wealthy family who loses all their lands and money in the class struggle in Mexico, and who has to travel north to California to join the migrant workers.
It’s very interesting, and you’ll learn a lot about Mexican culture and about the California campesino culture. I enjoyed it very much.
The book is also available in English under the title, Esperanza Rising, which I like because it is often helpful to me when I’m reading new texts in Spanish to be able to consult the English in order to see what I may be doing wrong in trying to translate the Spanish.
I hope you find this helpful!
Mark Springer
Sacramento, CA, USA
Miembro normal Hablando: inglés, español
Estudiando: español, portugués
Estudié: alemán, turco, chino mandarín
Jugué con: ruso, hebreo, latín, tagalog, francés, lenguaje por señas.
Mark Springer
Sacramento, CA, USA
Normal member
Speaking: English, Spanish
Studying: Spanish, Portuguese
Studied: German, Turkish, Mandarin Chinese
Played with: Russian, Hebrew, Latin, Tagalog, French, Sign langua
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Mark S.
February 14, 2005
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