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La estela de Félix Candela

cascarones de concreto armado en México y el mundo

'La estela de Félix Candela. Cascarones de concreto armado en México y el mundo', editado por Juan Ignacio del Cueto Ruiz-Funes, explora las obras proyectadas, calculadas o construidas bajo la influencia de las enseñanzas de ese gran arquitecto hispano-mexicano, y deja de lado aquellas, más ...

Marco Antonio

Dalle prime esperienze politiche a Roma fino alla tragedia di Azio e al suicidio in Egitto, passando per le terre e i campi di battaglia di Gallia, Balcani e Armenia, il percorso di un giovane ambizioso giunto ai massimi gradi del potere, la cui fine ...

Venezia

una storia di mare e di terra

L’alfa e l’omega della parabola veneziana si vedono a Torcello: qua una lapide del 639, la più antica testimonianza scritta dell'esistenza di Venezia; là i banchetti acchiappaturisti di souvenir made in China. In mezzo, quasi mille e quattrocento anni: alcuni gloriosi e ...

Survivors

children's lives after the Holocaust

How can we make sense of our lives when we do not know where we come from? This was a pressing question for the youngest survivors of the Holocaust, whose prewar memories were vague or nonexistent. In this beautifully written account, Rebecca Clifford follows the ...

London and the 17th century

the making of the world's greatest city

The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I's execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then the Glorious Revolution: the seventeenth century was one of the most momentous times in the history of Britain, and Londoners took center stage. In this fascinating ...

The last shah

America, Iran, and the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty

Offering a new view of one of America's most important, infamously strained, and widely misunderstood relationships of the postwar era, this book tells the history of America and Iran from the time the last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was placed on the throne in ...

The newspaper axis

six press barons who enabled Hitler

As World War II approached, the six most powerful media moguls in America and Britain tried to pressure their countries to ignore the fascist threat. The media empires of Robert McCormick, Joseph and Eleanor Patterson, and William Randolph Hearst spanned the United States, reaching tens ...

The last revolutionaries

the conspiracy trial of Gracchus Babeuf and the Equals

Laura Mason tells a new story about the French Revolution by exploring the trial of Gracchus Babeuf. Named by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels as the "first modern communist," Babeuf was a poor man, an autodidact, and an activist accused of conspiring to reignite the ...

Hoax

the Popish Plot that never was

In 1678, a handful of perjurers claimed that the Catholics of England planned to assassinate the king. Men like the "Reverend Doctor" Titus Oates and "Captain" William Bedloe parlayed their fantastical tales of Irish ruffians, medical poisoners, and silver bullets into public adulation and government ...

Adventurer

the life and times of Giacomo Casanova

The life of the iconic libertine Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) has never been told in the depth it deserves. An alluring representative of the Enlightenment's shadowy underside, Casanova was an aspiring priest, an army officer, a fortune teller, a con man, a magus, a violinist ...

A little history of art

Charlotte Mullins brings art to life through the stories of those who created it and, importantly, reframes who is included in the narrative to create a more diverse and exciting landscape of art. She shows how art can help us see the world differently and ...

The Bhutto Dynasty

the struggle for power in Pakistan

The Bhutto family has long been one of the most ambitious and powerful in Pakistan. But politics has cost the Bhuttos dear. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, widely regarded as the most talented politician in the country's history, was removed from power in 1977 and executed ...

Queens of the wild

pagan goddesses in Christian Europe : an investigation

A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature, and ...

Thomas Jefferson

a biography of spirit and flesh

Thomas Jefferson was arguably the most brilliant and inspiring political writer in American history. But the ethical realities of his personal life and political career did not live up to his soaring rhetoric. Indeed, three tensions defined Jefferson's moral life: democracy versus slavery, republican ...

Ángel Rodríguez de Quijano y Arroquia

ingeniero excepcional, ilustre geógrafo y desconocido caballero de la Orden de Calatrava

The New Model Army

agent of revolution

The definitive account of the superior fighting force that powered the English Revolution The New Model Army was one of the most formidable fighting forces ever assembled. Formed in 1645, it was crucial in overthrowing the monarchy and propelling one of its most brilliant generals ...

Degenerations of democracy

Three leading thinkers analyze the erosion of democracy's social foundations and call for a movement to reduce inequality, strengthen inclusive solidarity, empower citizens, and reclaim pursuit of the public good. Democracy is in trouble. Populism is a common scapegoat but not the root cause ...

Island on fire

the revolt that ended slavery in the British empire

The final uprising of enslaved people in Jamaica started as a peaceful labor strike a few days shy of Christmas in 1831. A harsh crackdown by white militias quickly sparked a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of plantation houses in smoking ruins. The rebels lost their ...

Tomorrow, the world

the birth of U.S. global supremacy

For most of its history, the United States avoided making political and military commitments that would entangle it in power politics. Then, suddenly, it conceived a new role for itself as an armed superpower-and never looked back. In Tomorrow, the World, Stephen Wertheim traces America ...

The perfect facist

a story of love, power, and morality in Mussolini's Italy

When Attilio Teruzzi, a decorated military officer and early convert to the Fascist cause, married a rising American opera star, his good fortune seemed settled. The wedding was blessed by Mussolini himself. Yet only three years later, Teruzzi, now commander of the Black Shirts, renounced ...