Espacios, climas y aventuras: El Galeón de Filipinas y la fragata de las Marianas en el Pacífico occidental (1680-1700)

The book edited by researchers Thomas Calvo and Paulina Machuca - both members of the project "Proyecto Vencer la distancia" (Overcoming the distance) - comprises the participation of fourteen specialists in the discipline of social sciences. "If the Philippines and Mexico had had very close relationships in the two and a half centuries that the Manila Galleon was sailing (1565-1815), the relations diluted when Mexico chose Independence and the Philippines continued under Spanish domain until 1898. It was precisely these years of disagreement that we were interested in: like all the periods...

Guerra secreta conta a história inédita de uma campanha sombria que anulou as fronteiras entre soldados e espiões e deu precedentes para que novos conflitos ocorressem em todo o mundo. Uma guerra ocasionada pela transformação – ou, na verdade, uma espécie de restauração – da Agência Central de Inteligência americana. Uma verdadeira caçada humana, com drones armados e assassinatos direcionados. O vencedor do Pulitzer Mark Mazzetti descreve, com minúcia, um elenco impressionante de personagens envolvidos nessa guerra secreta, reconstruindo diálogos e fornecendo detalhes sobre...

Escrita por un español, con pasión pero con la suficiente ecuanimidad como para exponer los claroscuros de nuestro pasado.

Throughout the decades following the death of Mariano Jose de Larra, scholars have been intrigued by the impact that both the man and his writings have had on generation after generation of Spanish and Latin American writers. This study looks at the genesis of Larra's genius by carefully tabulating and identifying his sources in literature and history. This important resource book will help Larra scholars understand more completely the intricate and complex system of images, allusions and references "Figaro" used to compose his more than 250 newspaper articles. More importantly, the work...

¿Cómo Adolf Hitler, un simple ex cabo del ejército que ni siquiera era alemán, logró llegar a ser el líder de una nación que pondría en jaque a toda Europa? ¿De qué modo alcanzó un poder tan desmesurado? La razón hay que hallarla en una inusual mezcla de agudeza política y la convicción fanática en unas creencias delirantes.