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The difficulties women have had to face in order to make their presence felt in many professions are well known by all, and so it is perhaps not surprising that the role of women in early aeronautics was bound to be a road plagued with obstacles and misunderstandings.
The first "air stations" were small hangars - some even made of canvas - or modest structures designed to shelter passengers from inclement weather. With the passing of time it became necessary to construct more solid, functional buildings, so that the growing number of passengers could enjoy greater comfort, and the transported cargo and post would have reception and storage space.
This book is a sincere homage to all those whoseeffort, tenacity and scant resources made it possible for aviation to become the most secure form of transport.
‘My name is Blo, I’ve got Down’s Syndrome, a girlfriend, lots of friends and a favourite record.’ Normality and integration are the hallmarks of the comical, carefree strips in this book. In the words of its authors: ‘Anyone with a relative with Down’s Syndrome always has some really funny anecdotes.
In the last twenty years experimental economists have confirmed what we already know, for example that people are jealous, although they are also altruistic and cooperative but, above all, experiments have shown precisely in which circumstances all these very human characteristics have great economic importance.
This interactive book, magnificently illustrated by Fernando Vicente, brings the fascinating and mysterious world of Ancient Egypt closer to young readers.
This is book is an instrument that aids mental exercise in an entertaining and varied manner. 200 exercises are given related to different cognitive areas: attention, orientation, memory, language, reasoning, calculation and motor skills.
This is a practical book containing 150 exercises which work on different cognitive faculties, beginning with simple activities and gradually increasing the level of difficulty. The exercises are varied and designed not to become boring to carry out, so the memory is stimulated in an entertaining and efficient manner.
A very useful tool for all those professionals who work with these boys and girls. It defines the disorder in a clear way and offers practical advice to use in and out of the classroom.
Did Federico García Lorca’s lover Enrique Amorim steal his corpse? Did he disguise himself as Jean Paul Sartre to attend a secret meeting between Chaplin and Picasso? Did he sabotage Pablo Neruda’s efforts to win the Nobel Prize?