Los cátaros

This is the story of a fire-breathing dragon that is captured by the concerned citizens of a small, isolated country. After refusing to join the army, the peace-loving dragon is put in a cage. He soon escapes and proves to all that dragons and humans can get along if they are willing to put in a little effort to understand each other.

"Jesus Torrecilla explores the question of how societies considered to be marginal perceive their relationship with those that are hegemonic. Focusing on the works of Mariano Jose de Larra, Benito Perez Galdos, and Miguel de Unamuno, he argues that the inner tension created between the foreign models and the writers' own literary tradition explains two of the most important characteristics of Spanish literature: its belatedness with respect to European trends and, more generally, its traditionalism, which, says Torrecilla, is a reaction not against modernity as such but against modernity as a ...

A beautiful metaphor about the history of mankind. Birds represent the ambitions of the people. Good intentions become perverted; but a gleam of hope shines on the horizon.

Este libro pretende dar a conocer la riqueza de datos que posee una carta lingüística cuando es desentrañado el caudal de voces que contiene. Y constata cómo la geografía lingüística aporta una información valiosísima a otras disciplinas: lexicografía, semántica, etimología... En este sentido, la autora muestra la manera de analizar mapas de atlas lingüísticos españoles (Península Ibérica, Andalucía, Canarias, Aragón, Navarra, Rioja, Marineros Peninsulares y Cantabria); observa las áreas léxicas de cada término, y estudia una por una todas las voces que contienen los...