¿Cuánto falta? Viajar en coche con niños por Europa

¿Cuánto falta? Viajar en coche con niños por Europa

Author: Marc Ripol Sainz

Publisher:

Published: 2018-04-28

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9788416395705

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El libro que tiene entre sus manos propone veinte rutas por Europa pensadas para hacer en coche y en familia. Todos ellas están planteadas con tres objetivos: divertirse, aprender y pasar tiempo juntos. Las hemos elaborado de manera que no haya trayectos demasiado largos (para evitar la fatídica pregunta que da título al libro) y alternando lo que sería pura diversión, como por ejemplo los parques de atracciones, con visitas culturales que puedan resultar interesantes y divertidas para toda la familia. En cuanto a pasar tiempo juntos, quizás sea lo más esencial de un viaje. Durante el año cumplimos con una rutina diaria que permite que pasemos ratos en familia pero habitualmente son momentos cortos en los que comentamos las anécdotas del día y poco más. Durante un viaje, especialmente si se hace en coche, tendremos muchas experiencias para compartir pero también ratos muertos en los que charlar de mil temas, ya sean relacionados con el viaje o con cualquier otra cosa. Por otro lado, viajando estimularemos los sentidos de los niños y podremos conseguir algo que muchas veces nos parece imposible: que tengan ganas de aprender. De saber cosas. ¿Cómo se construían estas catedrales tan enormes sin grúas?¿Por qué pintan tan raro los impresionistas? ¿De verdad se pueden comer los calçots con las manos? ¿Por qué las salchichas de Frankfurt no se llaman así en Alemania?¿Por qué desaparecieron los dinosaurios? Nos atrevemos a decir que un niño con ganas de aprender tiene más probabilidades de ser feliz. Y lo mismo podríamos afirmar de un adulto, por cierto.


The Almost Nearly Perfect People

The Almost Nearly Perfect People

Author: Michael Booth

Publisher: Picador

Published: 2015-01-27

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1250061970

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The Christian Science Monitor's #1 Best Book of the Year A witty, informative, and popular travelogue about the Scandinavian countries and how they may not be as happy or as perfect as we assume, “The Almost Nearly Perfect People offers up the ideal mixture of intriguing and revealing facts” (Laura Miller, Salon). Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western media. In this timely book he leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success, and, most intriguing of all, what they think of one another. Why are the Danes so happy, despite having the highest taxes? Do the Finns really have the best education system? Are the Icelanders as feral as they sometimes appear? How are the Norwegians spending their fantastic oil wealth? And why do all of them hate the Swedes? In The Almost Nearly Perfect People Michael Booth explains who the Scandinavians are, how they differ and why, and what their quirks and foibles are, and he explores why these societies have become so successful and models for the world. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker picture emerges of a region plagued by taboos, characterized by suffocating parochialism, and populated by extremists of various shades. They may very well be almost nearly perfect, but it isn’t easy being Scandinavian.


A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish

A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish

Author: John Butt

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 533

ISBN-13: 1461583683

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(abridged and revised) This reference grammar offers intermediate and advanced students a reason ably comprehensive guide to the morphology and syntax of educated speech and plain prose in Spain and Latin America at the end of the twentieth century. Spanish is the main, usually the sole official language of twenty-one countries,} and it is set fair to overtake English by the year 2000 in numbers 2 of native speakers. This vast geographical and political diversity ensures that Spanish is a good deal less unified than French, German or even English, the latter more or less internationally standardized according to either American or British norms. Until the 1960s, the criteria of internationally correct Spanish were dictated by the Real Academia Espanola, but the prestige of this institution has now sunk so low that its most solemn decrees are hardly taken seriously - witness the fate of the spelling reforms listed in the Nuevas normas de prosodia y ortograjia, which were supposed to come into force in all Spanish-speaking countries in 1959 and, nearly forty years later, are still selectively ignored by publishers and literate persons everywhere. The fact is that in Spanish 'correctness' is nowadays decided, as it is in all living languages, by the consensus of native speakers; but consensus about linguistic usage is obviously difficult to achieve between more than twenty independent, widely scattered and sometimes mutually hostile countries. Peninsular Spanish is itself in flux.


Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea

Author: Jean Rhys

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780393308808

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"A considerable tour de force by any standard." ?New York Times Book Review"


Modern Spanish Grammar

Modern Spanish Grammar

Author: Christopher Pountain

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-06-01

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 113448254X

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Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide is an innovative reference guide to Spanish, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume.The Grammar is divided into two parts. The shorter section covers traditional grammatical categories such as word order, nouns, verbs and adjectives. The larger section is carefully organized around language functions and notions such as: giving and seeking information putting actions into context * expressing likes, dislikes and preferences comparing objects and actions.All grammar points and functions are richly illustrated and information is provided on register and relevant cultural background. Written by experienced teachers and academics, the Grammar has a strong emphasis on contemporary usage. Particular attention is paid to indexing and cross-referencing across the two sections. This is the ideal reference grammar for learners of Spanish at all levels, from elementary to advanced. It will prove invaluable to those with little experience of formal grammar, as no prior knowledge of grammatical terminology is assumed and a glossary of terms is provided. The book will also be useful to teachers seeking back-up to functional syllabuses, and to designers of Spanish courses.


Borges and Dante

Borges and Dante

Author: Humberto Núñez-Faraco

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9783039105113

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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctorate--University College, London, 2001).


Severe Asthma

Severe Asthma

Author: Kian Fan Chung

Publisher: European Respiratory Society

Published: 2019-06-01

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1849841047

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Severe asthma is a form of asthma that responds poorly to currently available medication, and its patients represent those with greatest unmet needs. In the last 10 years, substantial progress has been made in terms of understanding some of the mechanisms that drive severe asthma; there have also been concomitant advances in the recognition of specific molecular phenotypes. This ERS Monograph covers all aspects of severe asthma – epidemiology, diagnosis, mechanisms, treatment and management – but has a particular focus on recent understanding of mechanistic heterogeneity based on an analytic approach using various ‘omics platforms applied to clinically well-defined asthma cohorts. How these advances have led to improved management targets is also emphasised. This book brings together the clinical and scientific expertise of those from around the world who are collaborating to solve the problem of severe asthma.