Guatemala After the Peace Accords

Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had...

Este libro ofrece un recorrido historiográfico de la ciudad localizada al occidente del estado de Morelos. La autora nos conduce a uno de los monumentos mas reconocidos del México central previo a la Conquista: La Pirámide de las Serpientes Emplumadas. Asimismo, se aborda el inicio de las investigaciones arqueológicas formales que comenzaron en los primeros años del siglo XX.

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¿Quién puede resistirse a la poderosa magia de Venecia? Esta ciudad que en palabras de la autora es “un ídolo de oro con pies de barro” emerge majestuosa y vacilante de las aguas de una laguna del Adriático. Sus calles y sus canales son laberintos que siempre guardan sorpresas. Venecia es la ciudad de la ilusión, del espectáculo, del carnaval, de la grandeza de los palazzos que se reflejan en las aguas del gran canal, de los cafés con siglos de historia, del arte que nos aguarda en cada iglesia y en cada museo. Y este lugar único en el mundo llega a nosotros con todo decadente...