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Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

PATRICIO DE ROMA es una obra de narrativa histórica en la que se cuentan en primera persona las aventuras de un patricio romano, Cayo Emilio Flavio, contemporáneo de Octavio Augusto, que a su servicio y junto al arquitecto Marco Vitruvio, desarrolla en su primera etapa profesional como ingeniero civil, una serie de obras importantes de construcción e infraestructuras en diversos confines del Imperio, como el Limes Septentrional, cruzando Italia, Francia, Suiza y Alemania por la frontera del Rin, así como el Mediterráneo Oriental, Asia Menor, Egipto y el sur de Arabia. En su madurez asume ...

Tras el éxito de Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia dónde nos dirigimos. Bestseller del New York Times con 1 millón de ejemplares vendidos Yuval Noah Harari, autor de Sapiens, un fenómeno internacional unánimemente aclamado por la crítica, regresa con una secuela igualmente original, convincente y provocadora, centrando su atención en el futuro de la humanidad y en nuestra obsesión por convertirnos en dioses. A lo largo del último siglo, la humanidad ha logrado lo imposible frenando la hambruna, la peste y la guerra. Por primera vez en la historia,...