Hoy dÃa: Spanish for Real Life focuses on the Spanish you need for everyday communication and teaches you to function in a variety of settings. Hoy dÃa helps you focus on what you need to know now to use Spanish effectively in real life.This Books á la Carte Edition is an unbound, three-hole punched version of both volumes of the textbook and provides students the opportunity to personalize their book by incorporating their own notes and taking only the portion of the book they need to class â all at an affordable price.