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• PrefaceHow to use this bookLa cocinaGuía para la buena alimentación A nutrition chartMenú de México A menu from a Mexican restaurantGazpacho A recipe from a Spanish cookbookPiña The story of a fruit native to the AmericasEl cumpleaños de Frida Kahlo A Mexican dinner partyPastel chabela An excerpt from a Mexican novelLa músicaDiscos A magazine review of compact discsLa música y vitalidad de Compay Segundo A Cuban musicianLos premios Grammy Latinos The Latin GrammysLos Rabanes A Panamanian groupDel Gado y la música andina Keeping Inca music aliveTomatito A Flamenco artistEl tango The Argentine music and danceSi se calla el cantor An Argentine folk songRecuerdos de la niñez Excerpts from three novels: one Puerto Rican, one Spanish, one PeruvianLos deportesTodos somos Guerreros A flyer from a baseball gameDeportes acuáticos en Costa Rica Diverse water sportsLorena Ochoa, golfista extraordinaria Mexico’s star female golferMás allá del béisbol, la vida de Roberto Clemente A baseball legendEl ciclismo y la salud The benefits of cyclingTop 7 de ejercicios que queman muchas calorías Calorie-burning activitiesLo que se necesita para ganar Winning in the NBANoticias históricas del béisbol Baseball newsTres historias Soccer stories retold by a Uruguayan authorEl cine y el teatroPelículas hispanas ganadoras al Óscar por Mejor Película de Habla no Inglesa Best foreign film Oscar winnersSolas A Spanish movieTodo sobre mi madre A Spanish OscarCarlos Saura A Spanish filmmakerYo nunca quise ser escritor A Chilean writer and movie criticFundación Arlequín Teatro A program from a theater in ParaguayEl fabricante de deudas An excerpt from a Peruvian playEl arteMuseos A tourist leaflet from HondurasEl arco iris A poem by a Mexican painterEl muralismo mexicano The story of mural painting in MexicoFrida Kahlo A Mexican painterPablo Picasso Spanish geniusSalvador Dalí An individualist from SpainFernando Botero A painter and sculptor from ColombiaA la manera de Frida Kahlo An Argentine poet on a Mexican painterGraffiti A poem about another painterLa familiaEl árbol familiar A family treeLa celebración del matrimonio The wedding ceremonyA mi hija Flor de María A father’s poemLa familia: un invento maravilloso A young mother’s reflectionsLa familia de Marcela A nontraditional familyUn padre A famous fatherLos abuelos Traditional and modern games in MexicoCuentos Family relationships in prose from BoliviaLa primera clase de ballet A daughter’s first dance lessonEl estilo de vida hoyPersiguiendo el sueño bilingüe Bringing up a child bilinguallyMi PC A song from the Dominican RepublicCristina The Cuban-American talk show hostessOscar de la Renta Fashion designer from the Dominican RepublicCarolina Herrera, qué mujer New York designer from VenezuelaEdward James Olmos: Embajador de la buena voluntad Mexican-American goodwill ambassadorUn día insólito A day in the life of a modern man—Excerpt from a novelLa historia y la políticaCronología A time lineSimón Bolívar Sayings of a South American heroCelebrando la independencia Bolivian Independence Day customsEl Canal de Panamá An engineering marvelLa pacifista A Colombian peacemakerMario Vargas Llosa, el político detrás del escritor The political side of the Nobel LaureateErnesto Che Guevara Life of the Argentine-born revolutionaryUna conversación entre marido y mujer An Argentine power couple—Excerpt from a novelContinuing to readAnswer keyAcknowledgmentsch60_fn01