1714. Cataluña en la España del siglo XVIII

Hardcover edition comprising the books "Crónicas de Pichilemu" ("Chronicles of Pichilemu") and "Camino al progreso" ("On the road to progress").

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Perhaps the opening paragraph from Paul Larson¿s (Baylor University) prologue to the Epistola ad Mahomatem II summarizes what this new Scripta Humanistica volume has to offer to readers of literature and history alike: ¿This new scholarly edition certainly begs the question: how can a fifteenth century letter from the then Pope Pius II to the Muslim conqueror of Constantinople have any relevance for contemporary scholars and students in the early 21st century? Embroiled as we are in chaotic and tumultuous religious and political conflict in Europe and the Middle East, perhaps the answer is...

Eddy de Wind llega a Auschwitz en 1943 junto a su esposa Friedel. Él es médico y ella enfermera. Allí son separados. Ella queda entre los presos destinados a los crueles experimentos médicos del Dr. Mengele; él al cuidado de los prisioneros políticos polacos. Cuando la guerra está perdida y los nazis huyen del campo con los presos que sobreviven (entre ellos su mujer), Eddy decide esconderse y esperar la llegada de los rusos. Permanece por un tiempo con ellos en el campo y allí empieza a escribir Auschwitz, última parada, donde describe la rutina diaria, las atrocidades de las que ha ...