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Leicester, winter 1862. Mary Jane Potterton falls under the feet of an elephant in the Wombwell Circus procession. The incident is prophetic, and the child she is carrying will bear the cross his whole life. Little Joseph was born, pitilessly deformed by a strange illness, and his mother rocks him and wraps him in love, the strongest medicine that exists against human cruelty.
The best footballer in the world has never had it easy: overcoming his growing-up problems, becoming an adult far from home, shining in such difficult clubs as F. C. Barcelona or the Argentinean national squad, without losing his smile or forgetting his roots.
This handbook aims to provide an introduction to scientific research in the field of Psychology and Education: it provides the basics of scientific methodology, presents the specific research methods used in these areas and teaches how to build and, especially, how to assess the quality of the instruments to measure psychological and educational characteristics or variables.
"I play at hiding kisses with my Grandpa Simón every day. Although he may have to go to hospital, although he may not be there, my Grandpa Simón and I keep playing...". An attractive artistic picture book, with simple words which describe the relationship between a granddaughter and her grandfather.
Hélene has experienced great love and sexual passion with her husband. When their two children are born, however, he starts to lose interest in her as a lover. She can't bear it.
Ariadna is the main character of this book, a girl who loves animals. In first person and in rhyme, her father tells us what his little girl likes about animals. She likes them much so that every day she copies them, imitates them and simulates their behaviour. But there is one animal that is her favourite of all: the cat.
Laura is a kid who owns a red biplane and in it, she travels the world, reaching Australia where she meets koalas and kangaroos before getting back home. This is a story with two main themes, friendship and protecting the environment.
My great-grandmother is an old woman, a very old woman, and that's why she knows a lot about almost everything. She's very interesting and funny. Sometimes she seems sad, but she's almost always happy. She loves being with me, and I love being with her. If you like, I'll introduce you. Do you fancy meeting her? I call her Great Granny.
Faced with the challenge of writing about the complex city of today, and the impossibility of taking on the impenetrable urban maze that is Buenos Aires - in reality, it contains various different cities, each with its own character completely distinct from its neighbour's - I saw only one possible option: to concentrate on 'my' city (the reason for the title of this book), the deli