La Real y Pontificia Universidad de Toledo

Results of a regional settlement study which argue that the emergence of highly nucleated early Wankarani villages can be attributed to concentration of highly productive land for a mixed farming-herding economy, defense, and labor pooling. There is little evidence of exotic imported goods, but some indication of small-scale village specialization and economic interdependence. The full regional settlement dataset is available online to complement the volume. Complete text in English and Spanish.

Primera traducción íntegra al castellano del libro en el que Benjamin estuvo trabajando los últimos trece años de su vida. Una obra fundamental del pensamiento europeo del siglo XX.

Estudio clásico de la sociología que describe profunda y puntualmente la presencia del sentimiento romántico, característico del siglo XIX francés, en múltiples campos del conocimiento: trátese, de literatura, novela, teatro o poesía; ya de pensamiento político y social, en la formulación de utopías socialistas o del feminismo aún en ciernes, los sentimientos románticos son el punto de partida de un gran número de enunciaciones. El autor analiza tanto obras famosas como personajes que el tiempo borró de la memoria, para evidenciar los lazos que existieron entre el romanticismo...

Henri Charriere, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: "escape." After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken. Charriere's...