España en el corazón

Augusto Pinochet was the most important Third World dictator of the Cold War, and perhaps the most ruthless. In The Dictator's Shadow, United Nations Ambassador Heraldo Munoz takes advantage of his unmatched set of perspectives -- as a former revolutionary who fought the Pinochet regime, as a respected scholar, and as a diplomat -- to tell what this extraordinary figure meant to Chile, the United States, and the world. Pinochet's American backers saw his regime as a bulwark against Communism; his nation was a testing ground for U.S.-inspired economic theories. Countries desiring World Bank...

"Cuando te vas de viaje a un lugar desconocido, normalmente, te compras una guía que te facilita el moverte por el lugar, conocer a sus gentes y no perderte lo más interesante. Así me planteo yo este libro, si quieres viajar a las "Cruzadas", ésta tiene que ser tu guía." (Web Historias de la historia) "Un apasionante viaje a la Edad Media para conocer los lugares y los protagonistas de las ocho cruzadas en las que, entre los siglos XI y XIII, miles de guerreros cristianos lucharon contra el Islam." (Web Comentarios de libros) Si hubo un comienzo en la brecha entre Oriente y Occidente,...

Este libro aborda las formas y los efectos de las transformaciones que practicaron los hombres de la llamada Edad de la Razón. El marco del Coloquio Internacional, Las reformas borbónicas y el nuevo orden colonial, destacados historiadores de México y España plantearon imaginativas vertientes de análisis de las características más notables de la época aludida, tales como la economía, el espacio, las jurisdicciones civiles, el arte y la transición al periodo independiente.

Who has not heard of Cuba? Its beaches, music, food, the beautiful women... and even Fidel Castro? But how many of you know about the misery and repression in which the people of Cuba live? How far does the violation of the civil rights of the people of Cuba go? It's hard to put so many bad things together in a small book. I'll show you some of the most relevant and the simplest things you never think about because you always had it when you need it and when you want it.