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This is a story of a boy raised in an extreme ultra-strict Protestant family, members of “the Exclusive Brethren”. From an early age, James found he was at war with his family and the Brethren. Nothing that would be considered normal was acceptable. This book details his experiences growing up in this family, showing his struggles and confusions. It tells of the Brethren’s involvement in his love affair and how the family put an end to his marriage because he had slept with his fiancée. It outlines his escape from the Brethren while he was working in a large London hospital. The book...

Of the 110 letters pertaining to the last seven years of Quevedo's life (1639-1645), 42 were composed during his four-year imprisonment in San Marcos de León. They are extensive and addressed to two distinguished Jesuits with whom Quevedo shared frankly (but under pseudonyms) news received in prison, including literary activity, military campaigns, politics and even his own parodies of the intrigues of the most powerful nobles at Court. These letters were carefully copied by two early 18th-century scholars in a hitherto unpublished manuscript of great interest and accuracy. This critical...

¿Quién fue María Magdalena? ¿Qué papel desempeñó en la vida de Jesucristo? Una investigación exhaustiva sobre un personaje que constituye uno de los grandes tabúes del cristianismo. Entre el mito y la realidad histórica, esta obra introduce al lector en la época y nos ofrece una hipótesis plausible sobre el significado real de una figura sobre la que se siguen vertiendo ríos de tinta y que ha dado pie a ficciones con ventas millonarias.

La mayoría de los amantes de la historia conoce a Alejandro Magno, pero ¿qué hay de Péritas, el perro que salvó su vida durante una batalla?, ¿o Trouve, el perrito de Alexander Graham Bell que lo ayudó a inventar el teléfono? Desde los antiguos egipcios hasta la actualidad, este libro recorre algunos hitos de la historia mundial mediante los canes que los atestiguaron; como Laika, posiblemente la perrita más famosa de la galaxia, los perros del Titanic o los héroes cuadrúpedos de las guerras mundiales. Aquí te enterarás de las anécdotas épicas que han ocurrido, ¡completamente...