Libros de Historia y Mitología 3258 resultados

Roberts, Sam

The vibrant story of America's great metropolis, told through 101 distinctive objects that span the history of New York, all reproduced in luscious, full color. A wooden water barrel and an elevator brake. A Checker taxicab and a conductor's baton. An oyster and a mastodon tusk. Inspired by "A History of the World in 100 Objects," "The New York Times' "Sam Roberts chose fifty o...

Rackley, Adam

The true-life adventure of two men who rowed across the Atlantic Ocean and the history of those who came before More people have climbed Mount Everest than have rowed across the Atlantic. For more than seventy days, Adam Rackley and his rowing partner ate, slept and rowed in a boat seven meters long by two meters wide, in one of the world's most extreme environments. This is hi...

Charles Simic

Knopf

The former chief political correspondent for "The New York Times Magazine" brilliantly revisits the Gary Hart affair and looks at how it changed forever the intersection of American media and politics. In 1987, Gary Hart-articulate, dashing, refreshingly progressive-seemed a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination for president and led George H. W. Bush comfortably in the polls. ...

Brottman, Mikita

A scholar, psychoanalyst, and cultural critic explores the multifaceted role dogs play in our world in this charming bestiary of dogs from literature, lore, and life.While gradually unveiling her eight-year love affair with her French bulldog, Grisby, Mikita Brottman ruminates on the singular bond between dogs and humans. Why do prevailing attitudes warn us against loving our p...

W.a. Speck

Paul Collier

Jose Guillen

Jose Guillen

Juan Miralles

Israel Finkelstein

La pregunta central de este libro es: ¿narra la Biblia hechos constatables históricamente? Esta pregunta ha hecho que durante los últimos ciento cincuenta años los expertos hayan librado una auténtica guerra. Últimamente, ciertos descubrimientos espectaculares realizados por la arqueología bíblica han planteado dudas importantes sobre la versión más difundida del antiguo Israel...

Steven Johnson

William Rosen

Francois Dosse

Michael Burleigh

John Pimlott

Christopher Ailsby

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Jose Maria Lopez Ruiz

Fernando Prieto

Alexandre Koyre

Ian Kershaw

Ian Kershaw

Pedro Perez Herrero

Miquel Izard / Izard Llorens, Miguel

Bernard Lavalle

Jose Miguel Parra Ortiz / Parra Ortiz, José Miguel

Guillermo Palacios / Palacios Y Olivares, Guillermo

Pedro Perez Herrero