La cultura. México (1830-1880)

En Stalingrado se libró la batalla más decisiva de la segunda guerra mundial. Su historia ha sido contada muchas veces, pero nunca como en este libro de Antony Beevor, que ha sido elogiado por especialistas como Orlando Figes y Robert Conquest, y que se ha convertido en un best seller internacional. Beevor ha llevado a cabo una investigación minuciosa en los archivos rusos y alemanes, sacando de ellos datos desconocidos, y ha interrogado a supervivientes de los dos bandos para reconstruir la experiencia vivida de una inmensa tragedia. Ello le ha permitido construir un relato del que Dirk...

A pesar del cada vez más amplio conocimiento que poseemos de nuestra historia moderna, sigue quedando un vacío importante en todo lo relativo a los Paises Bajos durante los Habsburgo españoles. Para terminar con esa ausencia, éste libro, despliega en sus páginas todo un panorama de la vida en el Flandes de los siglos XVI y XVII, buscando familiarizar al lector no especializado con aquel complejo y apasionado mundo.

As fans of entertainers our voice is often overlooked. We are passed off as simple fans who really don't know to much. The media, with all their experts, reports, opinions, and speculations are often times not the truth. For the first time the fans of Michael Jackson will speak out. False reports and rumors are exposed in this book and the Author provides in indepth look at the media theories and speculations. The fans finally have a book that expresses what they know to be the truth about The Icon of Music Michael Jackson. The Author takes you through Michael Jackson life from the viewpoint...

"Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that...