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A second revised and updated edition of Carlos Gracia Zamacona’s Manual de Egipcio Medio [Handbook of Middle Egyptian]. The book is designed as a primer, written in Spanish, to learn Middle Egyptian (2000-1500 BC) and a guide to read hieroglyphs.

Paisaje con figuras estudia el viaje del Beagle por el sur americano, en el que abordaron Robert Fitz Roy y un joven Charles Darwin, y las representaciones literarias y visuales producidas durante la travesía. Enmarcada en algunas aproximaciones de las teorías poscoloniales, Penhos busca desnaturalizar los discursos heredados por medio del estudio de las imágenes en su contexto de producción, y desenmascarar la violencia implícita en las relaciones coloniales en las que se inscriben estos viajes, que puede descubrirse también en sus imágenes y discursos.

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...

Fidel Castro's account of how in 74 days of battle in the summer of 1958, 300 revolutionary fighters—with the support of workers and farmers across Cuba—defeated Batista's 10,000-strong “final offensive.” Introduction, maps, photos, facsimiles of historical documents, illustrated glossary of weapons.