Las cadenas alimentarias en el desierto (Desert Food Chains)

Este apasionante estudio de Maurizio Viroli, que reivindica al tan vapuleado Nicolas Maquiavelo (1469-1527) como uno de los mas inteligentes historiadores y pensadores politicos de todos los tiempos, es el mejor portico de la nueva coleccion Tiempo de Memoria, en su vertiente de Historia. Fundador de la moderna teoria politica, astuto diplomatico al servicio de su Florencia natal y desapasionado observador de los asuntos humanos, Nicolas Maquiavelo ha dado su nombre a una forma de hacer politica. Se le ha asimilado a la figura de un defensor a ultranza de la idea segun la cual el fin...

Surveys the life of the American statesman, lawmaker, writer of the Federalist Papers, and first secretary of treasury under George Washington.

When Edward goes to school for the first time, he isn't quite ready to join in with the other children. The author delights us once again with her warmth and humor.

Trained originally in the French classical manner, Matisse was inspired by the Impressionists and Cezanne to create a style that brought out the beauty of color, form and line by reducing them to the bare essentials. While considered a leader of the Fauves and an inspiration to most of the great figures in modern art, he wasn't interested in being associated with any school or trend. A family man who worked 'office hours' in his studio, he defies the image of the artist as a tortured soul. In a career spanning six decades, he produced masterpiece after masterpiece that constantly challenge...