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Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing...

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Known as the "Queen City of the Ozarks," Springfield was founded in 1829 and became the seat of Greene County in 1835. Beginning in 1870, Springfield served as a railroad hub that connected the Ozarks culturally and financially to Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, and points along the East Coast. In 1938, Route 66 became part of the city's history when the legendary highway came through the public square on College Street. Built on land donated by Springfield founder John Polk Campbell, the square continues to be a vital part of the city's culture and economy. Postcard History Series:...

Nuestra relación con África es mucho más lejana y mucho más profunda de lo que creemos, esta obra ofrece una completa investigación sobre el tema. España llegó tarde al reparto de África, demasiado centrada en administrar colonialmente el sur de América, eso no impidió, sin embargo, que sus relaciones con el continente africano fueran muy estrechas y polémicas en casos como el de Guinea Ecuatorial. Españoles en África ofrece un detallado y documentado recorrido por los casos más interesantes y desconocidos de españoles en África, desde el S. XII con el comercio de lápidas con ...