"Cultura y cine: Hispanoamerica hoy," a Spanish-language textbook designed for students at the intermediate/advanced level, explores contemporary Hispanic America through Spanish-language feature films and authentic cultural texts. Topics covered include politics, education, diversity of people and geography, immigration, religion, indigenous traditions, economic issues (both advantages and challenges), music, art, and family life. Each of the eight chapters focuses on a central theme and a high-interest film and includes interviews providing current perspectives on the topic, one or more articles from periodicals, a literary selection, cultural notes, and a variety of activities including many that will appeal to today's digital-age students. Five "Vistazo panoramico" sections provide a visual introduction to course fundamentals.

EN CONTACTO: LECTURAS INTERMEDIAS Enhanced Ninth Edition, provides reading, vocabulary, and conversation activities. The program encourages students to work more communicatively through pair and group activities that combine the grammar and vocabulary featured in EN CONTACTO: GRAMATICA EN ACCION. New video segments provide students with additional grammar support and encourage cultural exploration.

Developed for use in upper-level courses and written entirely in Spanish, this anthology introduces students to Peninsular literature. Representative works by major literary figures in a variety of genres (fiction, poetry, drama, and essay), exemplify important literary movements from the Middle Ages to the present. This text is part of a two-volume anthology that can be used separately or in conjunction with its companion volume, Panoramas literarios: America hispana.

EN CONTACTO: GRAMATICA EN ACCION is a best-selling intermediate Spanish program designed to put the English-speaking learner in touch with contemporary Hispanic culture through its language and literature. The program stresses communication and, when used with the LECTURAS INTERMEDIAS volume, emphasizes the acquisition of reading skills and text comprehension.