La maldición de Tutankamón y otras historias de la Microbiología

Profiles nine important figures in the history of México including the Emperor Montezuma, Hernán Cortés, Benito Juárez, and Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán.

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...

Este libro responde a la demanda creciente de viajeros concienciados con el medio ambiente. La presión humana sobre el medioambiente se hace cada vez más evidente y produce grandes desequilibrios. No obstante existen rincones del planeta que se mantienen inmunes a la contaminación. Estos lugares son las islas sin coches, merecedoras de un éxito evidente. Las islas han prohibido el tráfico contaminante de vehículos, ofreciéndonos transportes alternativos. Son islas que además utilizan las energías renovables; paneles solares, turbinas eólicas, programas hidroeléctricos…

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