El regalo de la modista

Durante el a o de 1831 se inici en Europa una etapa de aparente calma, con algunos episodios de rebeld a, secuela de los fuertes movimientos del a o anterior. En M xico comenzaba a resentirse el desencanto ante el gobierno conservador, mientras las medidas econ micas tend an a fomentar la inversi n extranjera, que todav a no dej huellas notables en los protocolos notariales. El fusilamiento de Vicente Guerrero fue motivo de levantamientos en contra del gobierno de Bustamante, pero la vida en la capital sigui su ritmo animado. En los paseos, tertulias y espect culos pod a verse a los elegantes ...

La obra de Häberle conforma uno de los más formidables y coherentes esfuerzos de elaboración de una teoría de la Constitución a la altura de nuestro tiempo. El pensamiento de Häberle es referencia obligada para el análisis de la actualidad y futuro de Europa.

Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte eventually was carved into 40-acre parcels, and arriving families from the East and Midwest built schools, installed water lines, and grew crops. By 1900, two major rail lines served the area's thriving citrus industry. Duarte's beneficial climate led to the establishment in 1913 of a tuberculosis sanitarium, which became City of Hope, the world-class cancer treatment center. Bandleader Glenn Miller settled in...

A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash that ended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of Vienna In Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the struggle between Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand the roots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye for detail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that examines a pivotal period in that centuries- long war, which found Europe at its most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This saga of colliding worlds is propelled by two astonishing young...