Mercedes Sanz-Bachiller

A noted Spanish historian and specialist on totalitarianism provides a detailed, but extremely compelling, analysis of the Germany under the Nazis?from the political and economic errors of the Weimar Republic that led to its overthrow, to the human catastrophy that followed not only within Germany itself, but throughout Europe.

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.

¿Quieres conocer la fiesta de la Chaya y su origen, en la fantasía multicolor de un niño? Podrás, entonces, en esta historia, narrada en primera persona por un niño protagonista, sentir la magia y la emoción del origen imaginario de la fiesta más importante y tradicional de La Rioja. El relato es narrado en primera persona y cuenta las aventuras y andanzas vividas con unos personajes muy especiales en un entorno cultural y natural donde se rescata –además– la flora y la fauna regional. Es por ello que el relato, excede el marco de la literatura infantil, dado que tiene además...

In the sixteenth century, the Spaniards became the first nation in history to have worldwide reach--across most of Europe to the Americas, the Philippines, and India. The Golden Age of the Spanish Empire would establish five centuries of Western supremacy across the globe and usher in an era of transatlantic exploration that eventually gave rise to the modern world. It was a time of discovery and adventure, of great political and social change--a time when Spain learned to rule the world. It was also a time of great turbulence and transition, which fueled an exceptional flourishing of art and ...