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What does a cow on a motorbike do? Flee, flee like a soul bearing the devil of a slaughterhouse, to the place where cows have rights and can live freely: India. The road will not be easy and Peggy Sue, and the little friend she makes on her frantic flight, will work ceaselessly on their show Music, and will hitchhike along many roads.
Global risk is one of the central problems facing humanity: since 9/11 we have become clearly aware of how vulnerable our societies are; many ecological catastrophes are a fait accompli and others are on the horizon, such as climate change or the social disasters brought about by the economic crisis.
One of the main deficiencies of contemporary education is in the area of co-eduation on equality, without which girls and boys tend to continue repeating gendered stereotypes, functions and roles, thus reproducing gender inequality, discrimination and violence. Perhaps for that reason, we often ask if these girls and boys are more sexist that the generation educating them.
This book proposes a profound revision of graphic illustration from the period 1800 to 1870, examined here as a problematic body of images frequently assigned contradictory meanings, plagued by anachronisms and ill-adjusted with respect to some of the stylistic and ideological principles of the historical view of 19th-century art.
Mario Menkell’s peaceful existence —a shy university professor author of one successful novel— suddenly changes when he has to take custody of the personal belongings of his tenant, Fernando Montalvo, who has just committed suicide.
The Incredible Story of the Cat Moon is the beautiful story, based on a Spanish fable and folk song, which tells of the love between the Sun and the Moon, between Lorenzo and Catalina. A love that is sustained in the calendar thanks to a cat with only one paw who makes a deal with The Moon through a lizard. A story in verse, which glows in the dark - because its cover is fluorescent.
Sara has gone through some difficult times: the death of her mother, falling pregnant when she's not yet sixteen… But now, at 24 and totally involved in this little family made up of her son Iván, her father Mario, and herself, she has found something approaching happiness.
Judit is a twelve-year-old girl with a gift: her talent for drawing. She lives with her mother and grandfather in Geneva. Her father, a famous painter, abandoned them and moved to Hungary when she was little. Judit is preparing to take part in a drawing competition when she is suddenly introduced to the game of chess, at which she proves unexpectedly good.
In the new 21st-century economic environment, characterised by globalisation and the drastic changes produced by the transition to the Information Society, companies must focus their efforts in improving competitiveness at an international level, with a clear commitment to innovation and the use of new technologies as the key factors in guaranteeing survival in ever more competitive and demandi