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Celebrating Cervantes and Shakespeare

This year we celebrate four hundred years of Cervantes and Shakespeare. This event will take place on April, 22nd at NPTI, 4000 W. Flagler St., Miami, Florida

Get to know this week's list of best selling titles in Spanish for week 14 ending on April 10th., 2016

Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 14 of 2016 (week ending 04/10/2016).

Switching Languages Mid-Conversation Does Not Impair Performance

New research finds that bilingual speakers can switching between languages mid-sentence without a lag — if they switch at the right time. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign investigators believe consistent use of a language for certain words appears to allow bilingual speakers to avoid the costs that comes with switching between languages.

Shakespeare and Cervantes: Timeless Commentators on the Human Condition

TotalBank Distinguished Speaker Series - Spanish and Mediterranean Studies Program. Shakespeare and Cervantes - Timeless Commentators on the Human Condition

En cinco minutos levántate María (Get Up in Five Minutes, Maria), by Pablo Ramos, Editorial Malpaso

“En cinco minutos levántate María (Get Up in Five Minutes, Maria) is the kind of novel that has been seen before but nonetheless has three important virtues: a big heart, literary ambition and brilliant writing.

Google celebrates the 121st Birth Anniversary of Angela Ruiz Robles

Ángela Ruiz Robles, born 121 years ago today, was a writer, teacher, inventor, and pioneer of the e-book. Inspired by technological advancement in things like television and cars, she aimed to bring innovation to education as well.

Spanish Language Forum

The Department of Applied Languages and the Center for Hispanic Studies of the Antonio de Nebrija University (Madrid), as well as Editorial SGEL publishing house are extending an invitation to you to participate in this Forum, .......

High School Teachers Tap 'House Hunters,' Tiny Houses for Ideas

Students get to use geometry in a real-life setting when building a tiny house in one Texas classroom. Teachers should link teens' outside interests into lessons whenever possible, since it makes class more enjoyable and realistic for them, one teacher says.

Library of Congress to Honor Mario Vargas Llosa

The Library of Congress will present its Living Legend award to Mario Vargas Llosa, the renowned Peruvian novelist, journalist, public intellectual and political commentator, at the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium, 10 First St. SE, Washington, D.C on Monday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m..

Zenda, the new literary website run by Pérez-Reverte and other writers

“A digital space seeking to bring distinctive content to the web, drawing on the talents of twenty writers from Spain and Latin America.

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