Self-taught Spanish

I'm going to teach myself as much as I can about Spanish over the Summer. I have a College Spanish book my brother gave me, and I was wondering if the Teach Yourself Spanish book was any good. It can be found on Amazon, and I've always found their reviews to be horrible. If not, what do you reccomend?

I'm going to practice my Spanish over LiveMocha with Spanish speakers in return for helping them learn English. Does anyone know any other good resources online for learning Spanish or a really good book? I can find a lot on google, but I know someone out there has saved a site he/she thinks is awesome.

I recommend you haul your ass to Tijuana and get a couple of nice latina babes to suck ya

i have the teach yourself latin american spanish and it isn't as good as the german one, if that's any measure for you.

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Sadly, I'd rather know Spanish before doing that. Need to know if they have AIDS or not.

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Thanks for that. I know the quality of the books vary. The Latin book is simply amazing, and the Mandarin one is alright. I'll keep searching Amazon for books on this then and come back here with my results.

OP reporting again, good god there are way more Teach Yourself Spanish books than I thought.

Teach Yourself Spanish Complete Course (Book + 2CD's) (Teach Yourself Language Complete Courses) (Hardcover): http://www.amazon.com/Yourself-Spanish-Complete-Language-Courses/dp/0071502459/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1187533-5098805?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212868845&sr=8-1

Teach Yourself Spanish Conversation (3CDs + Guide) (Teach Yourself Conversation Packs) (Paperback): http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Spanish-Conversation-Guide/dp/0071456546/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-1187533-5098805?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212868845&sr=8-2

Teach Yourself Spanish Grammar (Teach Yourself) (Paperback):
http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Spanish-Grammar/dp/0340867183/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/105-1187533-5098805?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212868845&sr=8-3

Teach Yourself Latin American Spanish Complete Course Audiopack (Paperback): http://www.amazon.com/Yourself-American-Spanish-Complete-Audiopack/dp/0071419047/ref=pd_bbs_4/105-1187533-5098805?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212868845&sr=8-4

Teach Yourself Spanish Verbs (Paperback): http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Spanish-Verbs-Hollis/dp/0071420029/ref=sr_1_13/105-1187533-5098805?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212868845&sr=8-13

Teach Yourself Instant Spanish Package (Book + 2CDs) (Teach Yourself Instant Languages) (Audio CD): http://www.amazon.com/Yourself-Instant-Spanish-Package-Languages/dp/0071474293/ref=pd_bbs_11/105-1187533-5098805?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212868845&sr=8-11

Teach Yourself Beginner's Spanish, 3rd Edition (Book & 2 CDs) (Teach Yourself Beginner's Language Series) (Paperback): http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Beginners-Spanish-Language/dp/0071424679/ref=pd_bbs_sr_10/105-1187533-5098805?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212868845&sr=8-10

Teach Yourself Spanish Starter Kit (Teach Yourself Languages) (Paperback):  http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Spanish-Starter-Languages/dp/0340846739/ref=sr_1_16/105-1187533-5098805?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212868845&sr=8-16