La revolución democrática (1868-1874)

Which are the views of the Cuban history of those who did not see the revolutionary process? Based on strict survivorship, these are revealed as passionate gaps of different past aspects.

Este libro traza la historia de un espejismo. Tras la conquista de Filipinas en 1565, el imperio chino se alzaba en el horizonte de los conquistadores españoles como un desafío desconocido y hostil, aunque cargado de promesas de riqueza. Durante los primeros años de presencia española en Asia Oriental no faltó quien soñó en emular a Hernán Cortés, creyendo que con un puñado de hombres se podría conquistar el gran imperio celeste. En este contexto la colonia filipina promovió todo un plan perfectamente detallado para la conquista de China. Un proyecto ambicioso que, después del...

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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...

Pasear, recorrer Madrid con un libro como guía es cada vez más habitual. Hay libros que ayudan a ver, a observar, a conocer lo que queda de la historia de una ciudad, lo que falta porque se perdió y nos aproxima a la vida de las personas que vivieron en Madrid hace mucho tiempo. Hay construcciones, lugares y rincones que nos llaman la atención y que nos gustaría situarlos en su contexto, relacionarlos con la época, conocer a sus autores, identificar sus formas... Este Recorrido Didáctico por el Madrid Medieval quiere satisfacer esos deseos y facilitar un paseo más completo y agradable ...