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La construcción de bajeles en los Astilleros Reales de Guarnizo

El Real Astillero de Guarnizo se situó durante algo más de la primera mitad el siglo XVIII como el principal proveedor de navíos de guerra para la monarquía hispánica. Construyó algunos de los buques más conocidos de su época, como el Real Felipe o el ...

El libro azul

Llega la hora de dormir y también de leer. El preferido de Serafina es El libro azul, porque nada más abrir sus páginas se inicia un viaje lleno de sorpresas en el que no hay límites ni se sigue una senda preestablecida. A través del ...

Un manager del Terzo Reich

Il caso Hans Biebow

Tódz, primavera del 1947. Sul banco degli imputati della Corte Distrettuale siede Hans Biebow, nato a Brema nel 1902 e che, durante la guerra, era stato amministratore (Amtsleiter) del ghetto di Tódz. Lo stato polacco considera quest’uomo, alto, biondo e dagli occhi azzurri, come ...

La diplomazia del terrore

1967-1989

Alla fine degli anni Sessanta, Italia, Francia, Germania occidentale e Gran Bretagna – Paesi già colpiti dal terrorismo interno – si trovarono a far fronte a una nuova minaccia: le organizzazioni armate, nate in Medio Oriente, che internazionalizzarono la propria lotta, esportando il terrorismo in Europa. Raggiunsero ...

Filippo il Macedone

L’affascinante percorso politico di un re capace di modulare guerra e diplomazia, compattare il frammentato mondo greco, preparare al figlio Alessandro Magno la strada per la conquista dell’impero persiano. Schiacciato dalla preponderante figura del figlio Alessandro Magno, Filippo II, in circa 24 anni ...

Marckalada

Quando l'America aveva un altro nome

Un secolo e mezzo prima del viaggio di Cristoforo Colombo, in Italia si conosceva già l’esistenza dell’America. La prova sta in un antico manoscritto perduto, ritrovato e ora conservato in un luogo sconosciuto. Una scoperta straordinaria che ci rivela un medioevo insolito e ...

Le rivolte giudaiche

Un periodo drammatico del passato del popolo ebraico, che lo vide combattere battaglie spesso vittoriose contro il dominio romano. Dopo la fine dello Stato indipendente asmoneo ad opera di Cneo Pompeo, nel 63 a.C., l’ampia vicenda storica delle rivolte degli ebrei di Palestina ...

Valfierno

Una novela de aventuras que retrata el delito internacional más insólito de la historia del arte, protagonizada por la enigmática figura del estafador argentino Marqués de Valfierno. «Una exquisita e inteligente mirada en torno a la identidad, la clase y el arte, todo en una ...

Defining nature's limits

the Roman inquisition and the boundaries of science

A look at the history of censorship, science, and magic from the Middle Ages to the post-Reformation era. Neil Tarrant challenges conventional thinking by looking at the longer history of censorship, considering a five-hundred-year continuity of goals and methods stretching from the late eleventh century ...

Beyond the monastery walls

lay men and women in early medieval legal formularies

Our understanding of life in the early Middle Ages is dominated by Christian churches and monasteries. It is their records and libraries which have survived the centuries, to tell us how the clerics, monks, and nuns who lived and worked within their walls experienced the ...

Churchill, Chamberlain and appeasement

Was Churchill correct when he claimed the Second World War could easily have been prevented if Chamberlain had not appeased Hitler? How far did Churchill and Chamberlain differ on defence and foreign policy? To what extent was Chamberlain responsible for military defeats in 1940? In ...

The people's dictatorship

a history of Nazi Germany

In this up-to-date, succinct, and highly readable volume, Alan E. Steinweis presents a new synthesis of the origins, development, and downfall of Nazi Germany. After tracing the intellectual and cultural origins of Nazi ideology, the book recounts the rise and eventual victory of the Nazi ...

Prophetic times

visions of emancipation in the history of Italy

Throughout Italy's history, prophetic voices-poets, painters, philosophers-have bolstered the struggle for social and political emancipation. These voices denounced the vices of compatriots and urged them toward redemption. They gave meaning to suffering, helping to prevent moral surrender; they provided support, with pathos and anger ...

Israel's Declaration of Independence

the history and political theory of the nation's founding moment

Israel's Declaration of Independence brings to life the debates and decisions at the founding of the state of Israel. Through a presentation of the drafts of Israel's Declaration of Independence in English for the first time, Neil Rogachevsky and Dov Zigler shed new ...

12 poemas de Rafael Alberti

“12 poemas de Rafael Alberti” es un recorrido por el extenso legado de uno de los mayores representantes de la llamada Edad de Plata de las letras españolas y una aproximación a las diferentes etapas de su producción poética, desde la inspirada en el cancionero ...

Los Borgia

LA PRIMERA GRAN FAMILIA DEL CRIMEN. UNA HISTORIA DE BRUTALIDAD Y TRAICIÓN. UN JUEGO CUYO PRECIO ES LA MUERTE. Del legendario autor de El Padrino llega una novela de la familia criminal italiana original, una historia de corrupción, traición, asesinatos, romance y, por supuesto... familia ...

In praise of polytheism

What ancient polytheistic religions can teach us about building inclusive and equitable futures At the heart of this book is a simple comparison: monotheistic religions are exclusive, whereas ancient polytheistic religions are inclusive. In this thought-provoking book, Maurizio Bettini, one of today's foremost classicists ...

Dibujo, luego pienso

TODOS PODEMOS SER CREATIVOS:Apúntate al Gimnasio de Ideas de Javirroyo, autor de Homo machus, ganador del Premio Gràffica y embajador español de Positively Men en la Unesco. «Por fin un libro creativo sobre la creatividad».Mariano Sigman Todas las personas somos creativas, pero es ...

Sobre la belleza

De la aclamada autora de Tiempos de swing y Dientes blancos, Zadie Smith, descubre una historia brillantemente divertida y profundamente conmovedora sobre el amor y la familia. Profesor universitario en una pequeña ciudad de Nueva Inglaterra, el británico Howard Belsey está pasando, a sus cincuenta ...

The King's Road

diplomacy and the remaking of the Silk Road

An exciting and richly detailed new history of the Silk Road that tells how it became more important as a route for diplomacy than for trade The King's Road offers a new interpretation of the history of the Silk Road, emphasizing its importance as ...