Economía y finanzas en la guerra civil española, 1936-1939

Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last year 1,607 people were killed, a number that is on pace to increase in 2009. In Murder City, Charles Bowden, one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juarez, has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants, a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing...

Los vikingos irrumpieron violentamente en la historia europea a finales del siglo VIII, cuando saquearon las islas británicas, y se convirtieron en dueños de los mares y las costas del norte de Europa durante trescientos años. Aunque muertos y enterrados desde hace casi un milenio, los señores del mar y de la espada siguen muy vivos en la cultura popular y, gracias a los avances tecnológicos, estamos siendo testigos de hallazgos sorprendentes de su sociedad, mucho más compleja de lo que se creía. Este libro ofrece luz sobre la civilización vikinga, tan próspera que llegó a 37...

An interesting trip in the time This book explains the intricacies of the Mayan Calendar with many pictures.

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