Mía y el león blanco

En las últimas décadas, los estudios del lenguaje humano y la interpretación han experimentado un importante giro desde posiciones tradicionales (que atribuían un excesivo valor al código lingüistico en detrimento de la práctica cotidiana del lenguaje) hacia el paradigma de la pragmática y la creciente importancia que esta perspectiva lingüística otorga a las diferentes variedades de información contextual en el desarrollo y la calidad de los intercambios conversacionales. Lejos de ser una simple descodificación pasiva de los mensajes que los oyentes reciben de sus interlocutores, ...

La Pequeña historia de Pablo Neruda explica de manera amena y a la vez rigurosa la vida y obra del escritor chileno. Esta nueva edición del libro, revisada y validada por la Fundación Pablo Neruda, recorre la trayectoria literaria y el compromiso social y político del autor de Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada, ganador del premio Nobel en 1971.

Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a neurological disease at age 21, Stephen did not let the illness define his life. Known for his groundbreaking work in physics, and identified by his wheelchair and computerized voice system, Stephen continued...

A 2014 report by the US Department of Education found that 22 percent of students ages twelve to eighteen had experienced bullying. This cogent narrative provides readers with supportive methods to help a friend who is being bullied and to promote a bully-free learning environment at school. Physical, social, psychological, and verbal bullying are examined, as well as cyberbulling. Readers discover the consequences of bullying both as a target and as a bystander. They also consider ways to intervene in a bullying situation, how to seek adult help, and how to be empowered and recover from...