Books

[CrOtALiTo]

In Amazon there're a lot of alternatives in the books so internationally speaking and locally speaking.

If you don't find any book for your own taste or conform, you can go the bookcase where you can get a book as borrowing.

Sincerely yours.

[wrholt]

Originally Posted by caliber1

Ok cool! Should I look at Amazon, or what would you recommend?

There are a variety of good printed Spanish/Spanish dictionaries. Some of them are also available for on-line lookup or on DVD/CD.

The printed Spanish/Spanish dictionary that I use most is the Pequeño Larousse Ilustrado, which Larousse has updated periodically. I bought the 1972 edition when I was in college as a "required book". I also own the 1999 and 2006 editions. Each edition is an "enyclopedic" dictionary: the front 2/3 focuses on common words, the short middle section lists quotes and proverbes, and the back 1/3 focuses on people, places, and significant cultural objects. It contains LOTS of color pictures, drawings and maps. I found all three copies at Schoenhof's in Cambridge, MA (my local foreign-language bookstore).

I also own a 2-volume copy of the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (DRAE) that I found at Powell's Books in Portland, OR during my only visit (so far) to the Pacific NW. It's currently packed away in some box, and I don't recall whether it's an abridged version or not, but it is hardcover, thin paper, fairly small print, and each volume measures about 7-8 inches high, 5 inches wide, and 2 inches thick. However, you can always look up words in this dictionary as well as in the RAE's Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas at their website (www.rae.es), so the only advantage of owning a print copy is as a historical record when new editions come out or when you don't have internet access or their site is down, or if you just like sitting down with a print copy to browse through entries in order to discover words that you've never seen before.

[caliber1]

Thanks guys. I will look up the larousse one because I Angelica told me in a different post that they have a good verb conjugation book. Maybe I can get them both. I appreciate the advice. I am picking up more and more stuff and I'm starting to understand a little more how to put sentences together that are more complex. Again, Thanks so much!

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Apart from wrholt's recommendations: If you look for a Larousse, they have the "Pequeño Larousse Ilustrado", which is a mini-encyclopaedia. It has photos for some concepts (machines, animals, plants, etc.), maps, a catalog of propernames... I think it's a good tool for a Spanish learner.

[CrOtALiTo]

I'm not quite sure Angelica.

If she lives outside of the country the book Larousse is present in any country or the books is exclusively from México.

I mean, if she's looking for the book, I don't believe that she can finds the book in her country.

[Rusty]

The book that Angélica recommended is available online, Crotalito. He (caliber1 is a guy) can easily obtain it.

[caliber1]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I'm not quite sure Angelica.

If she lives outside of the country the book Larousse is present in any country or the books is exclusively from México.

I mean, if she's looking for the book, I don't believe that she can finds the book in her country.

Yeah!!! ¿Qué pasó?

[CrOtALiTo]

Did you find the book that you was seeking?

Please you tell me what happened with your quest?

[SaltSlasher]

Some books that i am using right now that seem to be working are;

101 Spanish Verbs: The Art of Conjugation

Countdown to Spanish: Learn to Communicate in 24 Hours

Instant Spanish Vocabulary Builder


The verb books is great.

The Countdown is covering the rules and the basics

The Instant Spanish is showing all the ir, ar type cognates, that have expanded my spanish dictionary to understand many words, or how to recognize them.