Redes familiares y patronazgo

The appearance of modern mercenaries came at the end of World War II including the French, British, and Belgians that acted during the decolonization process in the 60s and 70s. Currently, the classic mercenary has been replaced by private military companies like Blackwater. This is their story.

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...

¿Qué tienen en común la aparición de ovnis en el descubrimiento de América, el primer hombre que compró la Luna y los buscadores del oro de Hitler? Podrían ser figuras y acontecimientos atípicos en cualquier lugar. Sin embargo, en Chile han contribuido a crear la identidad de toda una nación. Chile bizarro es una invitación a sumergirse, a través de sesenta y dos capítulos, en la historia de un país freak y sorprendente. Un país donde conviven abducidos, ballenas míticas, momias malditas e inmigrantes nazis. Mientras el lector se pregunta qué diablos hacen ahí, entre...

After a quarter century, LOVE IS LETTING GO OF FEAR is still one of the most widely read and best-loved books on personal transformation and has become a classic all over the world. This helpful and hopeful little guide is comprised of twelve carefully crafted lessons that are designed to help us let go of the past and stay focused on the present as we step confidently toward the future. Renowned founder and teacher of Attitudinal Healing, Dr. Gerald Jampolsky reminds us that the only impediments to the life we yearn for are the limitations imposed on us by our own minds. Revealing our true...