Diario de las operaciones militares del Sitio de Puebla en 1863 escrito por el teniente coronel Francisco P. Troncoso durante el asedio de la plaza

A lo largo de la historia, los finales de siglo y especialmente de milenio han tendido a aumentar la preocupacion de los humanos por el fin del mundo y el papel que un agente malvado pueda desempenar en su llegada. En esta completa y orportuna investigacion, Bernard McGinn rastrea el concepto de Anticristo desde sus origenes judeocristianos hasta nuestros dias, alertandonos acerca de la violencia latente que suele acompanar a la creencia literal. Formulada sobre la base de una combinacion de mito, historia y leyenda, la idea del Anticristo ha estado siempre al servicio de la necesidad humana...

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On the assassination of three Salvadoran representatives to the Parlamento Centroamericano, Eduardo D'Aubuisson, William Pichinte and José Ramón González, in Guatemala on Feb. 19, 2007, as well as the crimes that followed it and the associated investigations.

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...