Learn to speak like a local before you hit the streets of Sao Paulo or beaches of Rio de Janeiro with this pocket-sized Brazilian Portuguese-English phrasebook.With this book in hand you can get off the sideline and join the local Brazilians as they party from the pitch to the beach. Chock-full of up-to-date slang phrases, after-hours expressions and insider information on futebol, this book will have you cheering, dancing, drinking and celebrating with the die-hard fans of the beautiful g...

YOUR TICKET TO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PARTYWith this book in hand you can get off the sideline and join the local Brazilians as they party during World Cup 2014. Chock-full of up-to-date slang phrases, after-hours expressions and insider information on futebol, this book will have you cheering, dancing, drinking and celebrating with the die-hard fans of the beautiful game. You're sure to have the most memorable World Cup ever as you toss out phrases like:YOUR TICKET TO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PAR...

Learn cool slang, funny insults and all the words they didn't teach you in class with this comprehensive guide to dirty Portuguese.You've taken Portuguese lessons and learned all kinds of useful phrases. You know how to order dinner, get directions, and ask for the bathroom. But what happens when it's time to drop the textbook formality? To really know a language, you need to know its bad words, too. You need Dirty Portuguese.From common sla...

From U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, one of the most prominent Chicano poets writing today, here are poems like sweet musicAwarded the Pura Belpré Honor for this book, Herrera writes in both Spanish and English about the joy and laughter and sometimes the confusion of growing up in an upside-down, jumbled-up world—between two cultures, two homes.With a crazy maraca beat, Herrera creates poetry as rich and vibrant as mole de olé and pineapple tamales...an aroma of pa...