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Spanish is already the second-most-used language on Twitter, after English, said Victor García de la Concha, director of Spain's Cervantes Institute at an event in Madrid to launch the institute's 2012 Yearbook, which provides an in-depth examination of the presence of the Spanish language throughout the world. 
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Language is history. Words have been our constant companions on the long journey of human evolution, capturing the prosaic and the sublime, conveying the tangible and the ephemeral, express-ing the essence of our existence. In the natural order of things, words are assimilated and discarded as times change, people move, and cultures overlap. Like us, our languages are organic; like us, our languages evolve or die.
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Terra nostra
Carlos Fuentes
Phillip II of Spain, the “Defender of the Faith,” is tired and ill. Years of fighting the infidel, excessive takes and the plague have taken a toll on his subjects. At a time where castles are giving way to cities, Phillip seeks refuge in the place he had built to become his final dwelling: the Escorial.
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Centauros
Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa
Fray Bartolome de las Casas assured that ""he had been involved in nearly a thousand duels to death and nobody could ever hurt him."" Adventurous, charming and tough during his youth, Alonso de Ojeda embarks with Columbus on his second trip, and comes to become commander in chief of his troops. After returning to Spain, Queen Elizabeth receives from the task of traveling again to the newly discovered lands to determine if in fact this is a continent or just a small group of islands, such as continuing to Columbus.
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These are the voices of children, women, immigrants, animals and the dead. The voices of those who have no wish to lead and feed off of words and stories. Written as an autobiography, everything in this novel seems real and unreal at the same time—as memories are wont to do. Opening in a real geographical place, the reader can see how the innocent eyes of childhood begin to discover....
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Comida sana, comida rica
Marisa Fernández
Our food is our best medicine and we could not survive without it. The author, Maria Fernandez, is knowledgeable in healthy eating tips and she teach us in this book the importance of using natural ingredients, guiding us to be conscientious about our food choices. In this book you will find out how eating well with simple yet delicious recipes for healthy eating.
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