Merlín

Fidel Castro's account of how in 74 days of battle in the summer of 1958, 300 revolutionary fighters—with the support of workers and farmers across Cuba—defeated Batista's 10,000-strong “final offensive.” Introduction, maps, photos, facsimiles of historical documents, illustrated glossary of weapons.

This academic book explores the life and contributions of Pedro Sánchez de la Hoz, a sixteenth-century Spanish merchant, conquistador, and adelantado. As secretary to Pizarro during the conquest of Peru, Sánchez de la Hoz wrote a firsthand account of the Spanish conquest of Peru and Incan ethnography, which is presented here, and includes some of the most significant campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, which was led by conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and indigenous allies. This conquest paved the way for the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru and spin-off...

Historia fundamental de la crónica de la conquista del Perú. En el primer volumen, Guaman Poma de Ayala relata la historia del Imperio inca: biografías de la jerarquía incas, ordenanzas legales y finalmente, informa de una realidad simbólica sobre la vida en los Andes, concretamente la vida en el Cuzco como centro del mundo andino.

Roger Caillois examina en este libro las múltiples formas de manifestación y de creación de la imaginación mítica; en estas páginas están al mismo tiempo las habilidades del poeta y las destrezas del investigador riguroso.