José Agustín Blanco Barros / Obras completas Tomo II Encomiendas, hacienda y pueblos

El "Camino de Santiago para mayores de 75 años", pretende ser una guía, llena de vivencias, anécdotas, experiencias y recomendaciones, del autor, sacadas de un primer caminar (2009) por la Vía de la Plata. Animar y convencer a los mayores - previa autorización médica - a dejar el miedo atrás y tomar la mochila. En la seguridad de que la alegría será inmensa. El autor describe sus consejos sacados de la realidad de su caminar a los 79 años.

Ensayo político sobre la isla de Cuba, de Alejandro de Humboldt, es un libro clave en el análisis de la esclavitud en el Caribe en la primera mitad del siglo XIX.

"The authenticity and contributions of some 20 Cuban musicians, immortalized by the camera, are revealed in this photographic tribute. Throughout these pages, the lives of Sindo Garay, Compay Segundo, Adalberto Alvarez, Arsenio Rodriguez, Benny Moré, Chano Pozo, Felix Chapotín, Ibrahim Ferrer, José Luis Cortés, Miguel Matamoros, Ñico Saquito, Omara Portuondo, Cachaíto Lopez, Pancho ""El Bravo,"" Polo Montañez, Puntillita, Rubén González, and Tata Güines are explored. The companion audio CD provides examples of the vibrant music these artists create."

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...