La Corona de Aragón

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was created during 1940s. It's a key indicator of economic policy, and it's considered as rule to measure the significance of a country's economy, and it's a common base for other important indicators, such as fiscal deficit and the human development index (HDI). Diane Coyle reminds us that this instrument is not supposed to turn into a fetish; on the contrary, since it possesses a history that explains its consolidation, along with a structure and strategies that show the conception of economy from those who postulate it. Nonetheless, the GDP is currently one ...

La historia de Wilheim Canaris, el jefe del espionaje de Hitler, ahorcado por los nazis en abril de 1945 –no una vez, sino dos, con el objeto de prolongar su agonía-, encierra un misterio que Richard Bassett ha procurado descifrar, usando documentos y testimonios hasta hoy inéditos, para aclarar la conducta del hombre que, desde dentro mismo del régimen nazi, trató, según sus propias palabras, de oponerse “a la locura de Hitler, que conducía a Alemania a la destrucción”. Además de las nuevas perspectivas que nos ofrece acerca de la segunda guerra mundial, el libro resulta...

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Esta novela de Lion Feuchtwanger, autor ya consagrado entre los lectores de habla española, es una apasionada historia de amor y violencia, ocurrida en el siglo XII, y que, a través de siglos, ha ocupado la imaginación de los lectores. Narra la pasión que el rey Alfonso VIII de Castilla sintió por la judía Raquel, hecho que registran las crónicas de su vbiznieto, el rey Alfonso X el Sabio. La acción transcurre en una época todavía en parte sumida en la barbarie, en la que el arrojo de aquellos nobles castellanos, fruto de una fe sin fisuras, y el ansia de matar, junto con su...