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California became a territory in the United States when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty ended the Mexican War. Several days before its signing, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what is now Sacramento. The non-Native population of the territory was less than one thousand in 1848, but the gold rush increased that number to one hundred thousand by the end of 1849. The gold rush not only made many people wealthy, it brought ecologic devastation while speeding up California’s statehood. This book richly explores this interesting history.

A lo largo de dos cartas dirigidas a un juez, un joven y aparentemente exitoso asesor bancario desgrana sus inquietudes y desvelos, la amargura que se oculta tras una fachada de triunfo social. Silva denuncia el sentimiento de estafa vital que asalta a muchas personas víctimas del modo de vida occidental. Una novela aparentemente sencilla, pero de indudable valor testimonial.

When Vladan Borojevic googles the name of his father Nedeljko, a former officer in the Yugoslav People's Army, supposedly killed in the civil war after the decay of Yugoslavia, he unexpectedly discovers a dark family secret which recollects the events of 1991. Seventeen years later, Vladan's discovery that he is the son of a fugitive war criminal sends him off on a journey around the Balkans to find his elusive father. The story of the Borojevic family strings and juxtaposes images of the Balkans past and present, but mainly deals with the tragic fates of people who managed to avoid the...

En 1912 el británico Robert Scott y el noruego Roald Amundsen rivalizaron sobre las nieves de la Antártica por ser el primer hombre en pisar el polo sur. Los dos aventureros arriesgaron su vida y las de sus acompañantes en una carrera tan angustiosa como temeraria que se saldo con una rotunda victoria y una trágica derrota. La trepidante historia de esta pugna se completa en el libro con la narración de otros arriesgados intentos por conquistar el polo sur.