Egipto en la época de las pirámides

El archipiélago de Cabo Verde, formado por diez islas situadas frente a las costas de Senegal, sorprende a quien se adentra en su historia, apasionante y compleja.

With the help of the victim's widow, a close associate of the murdered defector, Alexander Litvinenko, offers an in-depth account of the former spy's career, from his work in Russia, to his escape to the United Kingdom and his efforts to expose the intrigue and assassinations of the FSB (formerly the KGB), to his murder in October 2006.

Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had...

La presentación de esta biografía no supone una vuelta a la historia política tradicional, en que se trataba de resaltar las relevantes aportaciones que el personaje objeto de estudio había legado a la sociedad de su tiempo, sino que este trabajo se inscribe en una línea de investigación que viene estudiando los grupos de poder y las facciones cortesanas de la Monarquía hispana durante el siglo XVI. Utilizando como vehículo la longeva existencia de Gaspar de Quiroga y los significados cargos que ocupó a lo largo de su vida, se presenta un estudio que aborda episodios esenciales del...