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The Spanish SpeakOut guide combines a dictionary, menu decoder, and phrasebook in one durable, pocket-sized package, with color photos throughout. Written by native speakers in an accessible, easy-to-understand style, it introduces Spain and her people and provides entertaining insights into the delights of regional Spanish cuisine. Readers learn how to follow a menu in Spanish and order local specialties like paella in the southeast or hearty stews inland, as well as tapas throughout the country. Dialogue boxes throughout the two-way dictionary ensure that travelers can deal with every situation, from booking a hotel room to filling the car with gas. In addition, two PopOut phrase menus provide instant access to 200 essential phrases on eating, shopping, traveling, and sightseeing, and a light-up pen in the spine can be used on note pages at the back of the dictionary.