in Life's name and for Life's sake

I'm using a program called Pimsleur, but it's really beginner. So far I can say things like "I am American" and "How are you?" and "You understand English very well"...although to be fair I'm only on the second or third audio lesson and I've always picked up on language quickly. I find it pretty effective. I'd check out the library -- I was there the other day and they had at least ten different CD options for Italian alone -- I have a feeling they'd have even more for Spanish. Just burn yourself copies of the disks and voila!