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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.
"Since 1880" is a graphic novel, a story without words that reveals the passage of time over the last 140 years. Set in a western city, on a down-town street, we observe the passing of the years from a constant vantage point, watching the changing outfits of the street's inhabitants, different family groups, types of transport and technological advances.
Since he lost his job Damien has been feeling confused. One day he steals something from an antique market and is forced to hide inside a wardrobe. But then the wardrobe is sold while he is still inside, and taken to Lucia and Fede’s bedroom, and Damien is stuck as though he were part of the furniture.
A novel set in Italy in the aftermath of World War II. A boy, Román Alberdi, sees the great cyclist Gino Bartali for the first time in the Tour of the Basque Country. As a child exiled by the Civil War, he will meet his idol again at the Tour de France. Later, he will go in search of him in the Tuscan town of Ponte a Ema.
Martina, the 16 year-old-girl who is writing a letter to a boy in her class (which is the novel we are reading) defines the relationship with her parents and with the world in general in relation to music. Her relationships with the adults in her life (both belligerent and amiable) are always mediated through a legendary song or unforgettable album.
Companies and their employees are plagued by stress. This is a book for overcoming, using a wide variety of techniques, one of the great evils of our society and business world. Its main theme is the vision of a new business, with new values, in which professionals attain their highest levels of productivity, creativity and, at the same time, a sense of wellbeing.
The ghost of a woman who flows through Jaime's veins has fallen in love with her creator, and has an unusual wish: to wake up. Her passionate proposal shatters the fabulous Fantasy World, where imaginary beings recreated by humanity live together in chimeric balance. Meanwhile, Jaime's life moves from his turbulent university years to the placid present.
Ever since Nerea was a little girl, her father has been telling her the same story: when she grows up, one day somebody special will wake her with true love's kiss, just like Sleeping Beauty. But these things happen when you least expect them. Nerea has not been lucky in love. Her childhood sweetheart turns out to be a liar, which leaves her with a mistrust of all men.