De humilde e ilustre cuna: retratos familiares de la España Moderna (siglos XV-XIX)

A beautiful slipcase holds three volumes on the history of Bogota, making this resource an indispensable and fascinating documentary of Colombia's capital. The first two volumes that cover the conquest, colonialism, and the 19th century have been updated with fresh designs, while a completely new third volume covers the 20th century and includes the history of Bogota's expansion, the development of services and institutions, and the achievements and failures of more recent times. This lovely collection constitutes a legacy of obligatory reading for both its current and future inhabitants....

Publicado pela primeira vez em 1968, é um clássico e esclarecedor estudo sobre a história da política contemporânea. Escrito por Peter Calvocoressi, uma figura de destaque mundial no campo das relações internacionais, participante do Julgamento de Nuremberg e professor de Relações Internacionais na Universidade de Sussex, Grã-Bretanha, este livro é essencial para a formação de historiadores, cientistas políticos, sociólogos, jornalistas e leitores em geral. Aclamado pelo The Sunday Times pelo seu rigor e pela riqueza magistral do seu conteúdo, apresenta um panorama geral e...

¿Quién fue la enfermera que salvó la vida de dos mil quinientos niños y niñas judíos del gueto de Varsovia? ¿Cuál es la historia de la mujer que inventó y patentó la jeringa que se puede utilizar con una sola mano? ¿O la que diseñó el portabebés y la mochila de oxígeno portátil? ¿Conoces la historia de la mujer que encabezó la primera campaña mundial de vacunación? Trepidantes aventuras de viajes y peligros, relatos de superación y grandes descubrimientos científicos es lo que vas a encontrar en la vida de estas catorce mujeres valientes e invisibles que dieron todo por...

What was once a romantic race for the skies at the turn of the century has become, now at the threshold of the new Millennium, a fierce commercial competition where no contestant can afford to lose ground. Catastrofes aereas is a journey through the most resonant and disastrous accidents in the history of commercial aviation, where the account of the events, experts' investigations, technical explanations, and the testimonies of those who lived or witnessed it are but the beginning of the story. There is also the political, economic and social context in which they occurred, and the outside...