Large 3.5 color LCD screen. 70,000 English explanations with the WordNet Princeton English Dictionary. Unique Users Dictionary lets you create personalized word lists. Advanced Speech Recognition. True Voice human pronunciation for words and phrases. Pre-recorded words list provides access to spoken dictionary entries. Talking Picture Dictionary with pronunciation for all words. 56,000 entry Audio PhraseBook for commonlycame across situations. Patented Language Teacher system with hands-free, eyes-free U-LearnTM Car Tutor. Unbeatable Word-of-the-day vocabulary builder. Full Text Translation functionality. Spell-Check, History and Slang Lock options. Smart Virtual Keyboard with Audio interface. Vector UltimaTM Spell-checker and MorphofinderTM to help find the words you need. Customizable English interface with support for the C-Pen OCR Handheld Scanner. English Grammar, Irregular Verbs, Idioms, and SAT 200/5000 vocabulary builders. Linguistic Crossword, Pockets, Spell (more…)

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“This trenchant second volume sets a new standard for reflecting on the Portuguese world empire during the early modern period. Covering the Lusitanian presence on five continents, it pays attention simultaneously to political decisions of opposing court factions in Portugal, to the leading role of noble captains and agents working inside and outside formal colonial institutions, and to their involvement in a variety of local cultures. As a result, Anthony Disney is able toaccentuate the centrality of Portuguese colonial situations as cultural hybrids.” -Diogo Ramada Curto, European University Institute, Florence and Universidade Nova de Lisboa”Anthony Disney has provided in this impressive two-volume survey of the history of Portugal and its overseas empire to the beginning of the nineteenth century a work of synthesis that has long been needed. Up-to-date in its scholarship, lucid and coherent in its exposition, his account, skillfully blending narrative and a (more…)

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“In response to the global turn in scholarship on colonial and early modern history, this book provides a fresh and much-needed perspective integrating metropolitan and colonial Portuguese histories. In fact, this analytical combination of national and imperial dimensions iscompletelyoriginal in the panorama of Portuguese histories where nearly all the works available in English tend to concentrate exclusively on overseas expansion.” -Diogo Ramada Curto, European University Institute, Florence and Universidade Nova de Lisboa”Anthony Disney has provided in this impressive two-volume survey of the history of Portugal and its overseas empire to the beginning of the nineteenth century a work of synthesis that has long been needed. Up-to-date in its scholarship, lucid and coherent in its exposition, his account, skillfully blending narrative and analysis, will immediately take its place as the essential starting-point for all those interested in the origins and chara (more…)

These pendants are created with scrabble tiles as the frame and resin coating. The stamp is a vintage, used postal stamp from Portugal. The bail on the pendant is silver and the pendant hangs on a 16 inch black satin cord that’s finished with sterling silver components.All SilverChicks items arrive in gift packaging.Since these pendants are hand-made, no two are alike.

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In the 16th century, Portuguese navigators circumvented the globe, conquering new lands to build one of history’s largest empires, and at the same time carrying and introducing crops, food products and a variety of culinary cultures to all corners of the earth. This fascinating collection of 225 authentic recipes is the first cookbook to encompass the entire Portuguese-speaking world and explains how Portugal and its former colonies influenced each other’s culinary traditions. Included are dishes containing Asian, South American, African, and European spices, along with varied ingredients like piripiri pepper, coconut milk, cilantro, manioc root, bananas, dried fish, seafood and meats. The author also explores the impact of Sephardic Jews on the cuisines of Cape Verde, Angola, and Brazil and the influence of the Moors, who brought to the Iberian peninsula rich desserts, which the Portuguese in turn took around the world. The recipes range from appetisers like: Pastel com (more…)

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. This is the perfect cookbook for lovers of salt cod, and it just might be the perfect cookbook for those who dislike the mild, Atlantic fish. Leite, a three-time James Beard–award winner and proprietor of the Web site LeitesCulinaria.com, offers a wealth of recipes for the brackish dried fish, including a traditional version of pastéis de bacalhau (salt cod fritters). But cod is but one of the amaazing dishes offered here. By highlighting the eclectic ingredients and modern techniques that define the country today, Leite brings the often-overlooked foods of Portugal center stage. This fully illustrated book begins with an extensive glossary of Portuguese staples, plus a port primer and an introduction to Madeira, and ends with a chapter devoted to workhorse sundries such as fiery piri-piri paste and smoked paprika oil. Along the way home cooks are introduced to a delectable jumble of dishes that range from classic to contemporary. (more…)