Before our next round of Spanish classes begin, brush up on your knowledge with one of these great Spanish-language movies about family currently streaming online.
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Interested in learning more about some of the places that have been in the headlines lately? Our recommendations for books about Greenland, Hong Kong, El Salvador & more.
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Our selections for best international books to read this Pride month!
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Whether you call it Stolz, Orgullo, Fierté, Orgulho or Orgoglio, here's our selection of foreign-language films streaming online that are perfect for Pride month!
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Our picks for the best books to prepare you for a trip to Tokyo!
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Our selection of the most delightful Portuguese-language films streaming this spring.
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Our selection of books in stock now for the Paris vagabond in you.
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The Spanish Civil War ended eighty years ago. The conflict seized the world's attention, and many of the era's greatest writers wrote about it. Here, our reading list.
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The next entry in our Valentine's Day series on Romance-language romance films to stream now: ♥ Italian ♥
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A week out from Valentine's Day, here are a few of our current titles that might put you in a dreamy mood.
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Next up in our Valentine's Day series on Romance-language romance films streaming online now: French!
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For Valentine's Day, we are recommending Romance-language romance films streaming online now! First up: Spanish.
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New Year, New You! If your resolution is to learn a new language, here are our picks for great documentaries in foreign languages that will get you excited about learning
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Our selection of the best French-language movies available now to stream.
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Our selection of the best Spanish-language movies and TV shows available now to stream.
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Our favorite classic French films, available to stream now!
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Our list of fun October events that take place around the city where you can practice speaking Spanish!
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A reading guide for one of the most popular destinations for the travelers who visit our store: Mexico City!
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In honor of the newest language to be added to our class schedule, Portuguese, here's our selection of great movies in Portuguese streaming online now.
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We are thrilled to be listed with some of our favorite bookstores on Something Curated's latest list of the best indy bookstores in NYC. Have you been to all of them?
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One of our "favourite foreign-language bookshops"
"Best language classes in New York"
"In [this] cozy mezzanine-level space, the classic travel texts of guidebooks, maps and phrasebooks are grouped with literary fiction, memoirs, [and] novels."
“Idlewild could be considered the Murray’s Cheese of bookstores. Catering to the taste of literary travellers, books are organized by country, with guidebooks, nonfiction, and fiction served together, the way they should be, like cheese and crackers.”
“Chatty and conversational” classes taught in a “sunny storefront” by “gregarious native speakers.” “If you need to hold your own at a party in Paris, Idlewild takes the gâteau.”
