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Libros de Historia y Mitología 3030 resultados

  • THE KENNEDY HALF CENTURY
    THE KENNEDY HALF CENTURY
    LARRY SABATO
    John F. Kennedy died almost half a century ago, yet because of his extraordinary promise and untimely death, his star still resonates strongly. On the anniversary of his assassination, celebrated political scientist and analyst Larry J. Sabato-himself a teenager in the early 1960s and inspired by JFK and his presidency-explores the fascinating and powerful influence he has had ...
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  • THE DAY THE PRESIDENT WAS SHOT: THE SECRET SERVICE, THE FBI, A WOULD-BE KILLER,
    THE DAY THE PRESIDENT WAS SHOT: THE SECRET SERVICE, THE FBI, A WOULD-BE KILLER,
    BILL OREILLY
    The year was 1981. Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot after leaving a speaking engagement in Washington, D. C. The quick action of the Secret Service and medical professionals saved the president's life. Mere days after his near-death experience, Reagan's personal strength propelled him back into his presidential duties. Adapted from Bill O'Reilly's his...
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  • EL OCASO DE LA ARISTOCRACIA RUSA
    EL OCASO DE LA ARISTOCRACIA RUSA
    DOUGLAS SMITH
    Durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX, en la vorágine provocada por la Revolución y la transición a la nueva sociedad soviética, la elite aristocrática de Rusia fue violentamente perseguida y desposeída de todos sus privilegios y riquezas. Centrándose en la suerte que corrieron dos grandes familias que trataron de sobrevivir y adaptarse al mundo nuevo y hostil de la Unión S...
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  • O JERUSALEM
    O JERUSALEM
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  • THE BROTHERS: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, ALLEN DULLES, AND THEIR SECRET WORLD WAR
    THE BROTHERS: JOHN FOSTER DULLES, ALLEN DULLES, AND THEIR SECRET WORLD WAR
    STEPHEN KINZER
    A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen war that decisively shaped today's worldDuring the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the United States into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the world.John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brot...
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  • EL MAR NEGRO
    EL MAR NEGRO
    NEAL ASCHERSON
    Siguiendo un itinerario que va rodeando este extraño mar interior, El mar Negro abarca cronológicamente desde la época de Heródoto hasta Yeltsin, desde la expedición de los argonautas en busca del vellocino de oro hasta la última década del siglo XX y la caída de los estados comunistas. Ascherson, en su recorrido, revela así al lector, con la amenidad de un libro de viajes, los...
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  • UNA HISTORIA DE LA GUERRA CIVIL QUE NO LE VA A GUS
    UNA HISTORIA DE LA GUERRA CIVIL QUE NO LE VA A GUS
    JUAN ESLAVA GALAN
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  • LA HISTORIA. CONCEPTOS Y ESCRITURAS
    LA HISTORIA. CONCEPTOS Y ESCRITURAS
    FRANCOIS DOSSE
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  • THE ANCIENT WORLD: IDEAS IN PROFILE
    THE ANCIENT WORLD: IDEAS IN PROFILE
    JERRY TONER
    This introduction to the ancient world, part of the Ideas in Profile series, covers all its different cultures, from the million people crammed into Rome to the Jews and Syrians who refused to be Romanised. Jerry Toner shows what can be learnt from new approaches to ancient history, from analysing the bones of the dead in Pompeii or assessing the impact of environmental change,...
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  • FOR GOOD AND EVIL: THE IMPACT OF TAXES ON THE COURSE OF CIVILIZATION ( IMPACT OF
    FOR GOOD AND EVIL: THE IMPACT OF TAXES ON THE COURSE OF CIVILIZATION ( IMPACT OF
    ADAMS, CHARLES
    The first edition of Adams' study of the history of taxation had heads turning across the nation, with excited reviews appearing in dozens of national newspapers and magazines in addition to local papers in almost every state. Adams makes a convincing case for taxes being the cause of many of the landmark events in civilization's history. Starting in ancient Egypt, Adams survey...
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  • EL TERCER REICH
    EL TERCER REICH
    MICHAEL BURLEIGH
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  • PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
    PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
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  • GRANDES ASESINATOS DEL SIGLO XX
    GRANDES ASESINATOS DEL SIGLO XX
    JULIO A. SIERRA
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  • LITTLE CYCLONE
    LITTLE CYCLONE
    AIREY NEAVE
    On a hot afternoon in August 1941, a 24-year-old Belgian woman walks into the British consulate in Bilbao, neutral Spain, and demands to see the consul. She presents him with a British soldier she has smuggled all the way from Brussels, through occupied France and over the Pyrenees. It is a journey she will make countless times thereafter, at unthinkable danger to her own life....
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  • THE VIOLENT AMERICAN CENTURY
    THE VIOLENT AMERICAN CENTURY
    DOWER, JOHN
    World War II marked the apogee of industrialized "total war." Great powers savaged one another. Hostilities engulfed the globe. Mobilization extended to virtually every sector of every nation. Air war, including the terror bombing of civilians, emerged as a central strategy of the victorious Anglo-American powers. The devastation was catastrophic almost everywhere, with the not...
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  • ISIS: INSIDE THE ARMY OF TERROR
    ISIS: INSIDE THE ARMY OF TERROR
    MICHAEL WEISS
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    Q. 160

  • THE ART OF THE ENGLISH MURDER
    THE ART OF THE ENGLISH MURDER
    LUCY WORSLEY
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  • CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR AND HIS TERRACOTTA WARRIORS
    CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR AND HIS TERRACOTTA WARRIORS
    FRANCES WOOD
    Unifier or destroyer, law-maker or tyrant? China’s First Emperor (258-210 BC) has been the subject of debate for over 2,000 years. He gave us the name by which China is known in the West and, by his unification or elimination of six states, he created imperial China. He stressed the rule of law but suppressed all opposition, burning books and burying scholars alive. His militar...
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  • ALONE: BRITAIN, CHURCHILL, AND DUNKIRK: DEFEAT INTO VICTORY
    ALONE: BRITAIN, CHURCHILL, AND DUNKIRK: DEFEAT INTO VICTORY
    KORDA, MICHAEL
    An epic of remarkable originality, Alone captures the heroism of World War II as movingly as any book in recent memory. Bringing to vivid life the world leaders, generals, and ordinary citizens who fought on both sides of the war, Michael Korda, the best-selling author of Clouds of Glory, chronicles the outbreak of hostilities, recalling as a prescient young boy the enveloping ...
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  • WAR
    WAR
    AARON EDWARDS / VARIOS AUTORES
    War has been a perennial feature of human history since ancient times, yet it remains a poorly understood phenomenon. It has done much to shape our world, from overthrowing leaders, establishing international governance, and inspiring social change, to destroying cities, dividing nations and breeding animosity.In this book, Dr Aaron Edwards succinctly combines political theori...
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  • LUFTWAFFE
    LUFTWAFFE
    JOHN PIMLOTT
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  • WAFFEN-SS
    WAFFEN-SS
    CHRISTOPHER AILSBY
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  • LAS SS: INSTRUMENTO DE TERROR DE HI
    LAS SS: INSTRUMENTO DE TERROR DE HI
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  • ENGINEERS
    ENGINEERS
    DK PUBLISHING
    Annotation: Presents a history of the world's most prominent and revolutionary engineers, discussing their key feats and major breakthroughs, from Archimedes and Leonardo da Vinci to Henry Ford and the Wright brothers. ...
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  • CRONICA NEGRA DEL SIGLO XX
    CRONICA NEGRA DEL SIGLO XX
    JOSE MARIA LOPEZ RUIZ
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  • LA SOCIEDAD FEUDAL
    LA SOCIEDAD FEUDAL
    MARC BLOCH
    Es importante saber si otras sociedades, en otros tiempos, han presentado una estructura parecida, en sus rasgos fundamentales, a la de nuestro feudalismo occidental, para merecer, a su vez, ser llamadas feudales. El feudalismo que intentaremos analizar fue el que primero recibió ese nombre. Como marco cronológico, la investigación, aparte de algunos problemas de origen o de su...
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  • LAS CIUDADES DE LA EDAD MEDIA
    LAS CIUDADES DE LA EDAD MEDIA
    HENRI PIRENNE
    Aunque el transcurso de los años haya modificado parcialmente algunas de sus conclusiones, las investigaciones de Henri Pirenne sobre la Edad Media continúan siendo una referencia indispensable para los historiadores actuales. En Las ciudades de la Edad Media, Pirenne demuestra que fue la expansión musulmana -que cerró el Mediterráneo al tráfico comercial durante el siglo VIII-...
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  • DIARIO DE A BORDO
    DIARIO DE A BORDO
    CRISTOBAL COLON
    Cristóbal Colón fue navegante y descubridor de América. Pero casi todo lo relativo a su persona está rodeado de polémica o permanece en el misterio: nombre, lugar y fecha de su nacimiento, educación, de todo se ha dudado. Pero su obstinación, experiencia y genialidad son indiscutibles. Experto marinero, influido por el ambiente de Portugal y por las lecturas de Ptolomeo, Marco ...
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  • LOS NIÑOS DEL FÜHRER
    LOS NIÑOS DEL FÜHRER
    KARI ROSVALL
    No son pocas las historias que se han publicado sobre el nazismo. Aún existen episodios aterradores de este régimen que no hemos terminado de explorar. Uno de ellos es la existencia del programa Lebensborn que consistió en obligar a mujeres noruegas a procrear niños con oficiales de las SS para mantener los estándares de la «raza aria». Kari Rosvall, autora de este libro, fue u...
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  • CAZADORES DE NAZIS
    CAZADORES DE NAZIS
    DAMIAN LEWIS
    CASI AL TÉRMINO DEL HOLOCAUSTO NAZI, uno de los episodios más escalofriantes y crudos de la historia, sesenta agentes del Special Air Service (SAS) se enfrentaron a las últimas defensas del Tercer Reich. El resultado fue catastrófico, treinta y uno de estos agentes sufrieron un destino terrible al ser masacrados por las tropas alemanas.Pero los derrotados se negaron a dejar que...
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