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Este libro recoge una muestra de cien de las más eficaces plantas medicinales seleccionadas de todo el mundo, pensamos por ejemplo en el eucalipto, la valeriana, el boldo, el ginseng o el sen. Además de una explicar profusamente las características de cada planta, la autora añade una ficha en la que se sintetizan sus principios activos, propiedades, partes utilizadas, uso interno y externo, dosificación, efectos secundarios y contraindicaciones. Un libro inapreciable tanto para el profesional como para todo lector interesado en las plantas medicinales, y que desee iniciarse en su...

An informal, educational tool designed to help Spanish-speaking youngsters learn English follows children through a full day from early morning to bedtime, presenting a wide variety of words and phrases in Spanish, English, and with phonetic pronunciation, along with cartoon-style illustrations designed to reinforce vocabulary retention and word meanings. (Education)

What cities were there in early 16th-century Spain? With how many inhabitants? Were they fortified? And how many leagues apart were they? Those are the questions that Ferdinand Columbus tried to answer in his Vocabulary containing the names of the places and kingdoms of Spain. The present edition reconstructs the "cosmographic" endeavor of Christopher Columbus’ youngest son based on two codices from the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of Seville.

Designed for second- and third-year Spanish conversation courses, Conversaciones creadoras offers a dynamic, learner-centered approach to developing oral communication skills and cultural competence. A preliminary chapter presents the objectives, approach, and structure of the text, as well as useful learning strategies and "ice-breaking" activities. The following 12 chapters contain a strong pedagogical apparatus that requires students to use Spanish to resolve meaningful conflicts.