Libros de Historia y Mitología 3268 resultados

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Peter Watson

Cuando Colón llegó a América en 1492 encontró un Nuevo Mundo muy distinto del Viejo, del cual había partido. ¿Por qué habían evolucionado de manera tan distinta? Para averiguarlo Watson emprende una experiencia de arqueología cognitiva, basada en la interacción que existe entre las ideas de los seres humanos y las realidades naturales de su entorno, con el fin de ofrecernos una...

Vincenzo Ferrone

In this concise and powerful book, one of the world's leading historians of the Enlightenment provides a bracing and clarifying new interpretation of this watershed period. Arguing that philosophical and historical views of the era have long been hopelessly confused, Vincenzo Ferrone makes the case that it is only by separating these views and taking an approach grounded in soc...

George M. Fredrickson

Are antisemitism and white supremacy manifestations of a general phenomenon? Why didn't racism appear in Europe before the fourteenth century, and why did it flourish as never before in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? Why did the twentieth century see institutionalized racism in its most extreme forms? Why are egalitarian societies particularly susceptible to virulent ...

Gregory Clark

How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries. Using a novel technique—track...

Eric H. Cline

In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes ov...

Georges Lefebvre

The Coming of the French Revolution remains essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this great turning point in the formation of the modern world. First published in 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, and suppressed by the Vichy government, this classic work explains what happened in France in 1789, the first year of the French Revolution. Georges Lefeb...

William B. Helmreich

As a child growing up in Manhattan, William Helmreich played a game with his father called "Last Stop." They would pick a subway line, ride it to its final destination, and explore the neighborhood. Decades later, his love for exploring the city is as strong as ever.Putting his feet to the test, he decided that the only way to truly understand New York was to walk virtually eve...

Andy Beckett

El 16 de octubre de 1998, el general Augusto Pinochet fue detenido en Londres, acusado de crímenes contra la humanidad por el juez español Baltasar Garzón. Durante los dieciséis meses que duró su arresto, el caso se convirtió en la cause célèbre más importante de finales del siglo XX, conocía mil peripecias judiciales y provocaba encendidos debates en España, Chile, el Reino Un...

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...

Lorenzo Fernandez Bueno

La exitosa serie de Conversaciones con Dios ha alcanzado los corazones de millones de jóvenes y adultos en todo el mundo. Ahora, Neale Donald Walsch invita a experimentar de manera interactiva la sabiduría que se encuentra en sus libros.Esta obra cercana y práctica es el acompañamiento definitivo para alcanzar la iluminación más profunda: ejercicios, tareas y experimentos que p...

Eric Hobsbawm

El libro, que comienza con un estudio sobre «Marx hoy» y acaba con otro sobre la relación, a lo largo del tiempo, entre Marx y el movimiento obrero organizado, cuya conclusión es que, ante los problemas de la economía en el siglo XXI, «ha llegado de nuevo el tiempo de tomar a Marx en serio», nos ofrece una primera parte con una serie de trabajos sobre Marx y Engels, sobre sus o...

Steven Johnson

William Rosen

Melvyn P.leffler

This volume examines the origins and early years of the Cold War. In the first comprehensive reexamination of the period, a team of leading scholars shows how the conflict evolved from the geopolitical, ideological, economic and sociopolitical environments of the two world wars and interwar period, and discusses how markets, ideas and cultural interactions affected political di...

Melvyn P.leffler

Volume II of The Cambridge History of the Cold War examines the developments that made the Cold War a long-lasting international system during the 1960s and 1970s. A team of leading scholars explains how the Cold War seemed to stabilize after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and how this sense of increased stability evolved into the détente era of the early 1970s. The authors o...

Melvyn P.leffler

This volume examines the evolution of the Cold War from the Helsinki Conference of 1975 until the Soviet collapse in 1991. Leading scholars analyze the economic, social, cultural, religious, technological, and geopolitical factors that shaped the policies that ended the Cold War, looking at the personalities and policies of Carter and Reagan, Brezhnev and Gorbachev, Thatcher, K...

Simon Jenkins

Which battle was fought 'For England, Harry and St George'? Who demanded to be painted 'warts and all'? What - and when - was the Battle of the Bulge? In A Short History of England, bestselling author Simon Jenkins answers all these questions - and many more - as he tells the tumultuous story of a fascinating nation. From the invaders of the dark ages to today's coalition, via ...

Marcus Sidonius Falx / Jerry Toner

At last a clear manual for managing slaves the Roman way. How to Manage your Slaves offers practical answers to every question you're likely to have and guidance on every problem you're likely to encounter. Marcus Sidonius Falx shows where and how to buy the slaves for the purposes you have in mind and how to get the best out of them once you've got them. He explains how to tel...

Svetlana Alexiévich

«Ganadora del premio Nobel 2015 por su obra polifónica, un monumento al sufrimiento y al coraje en nuestro tiempo».Academia SuecaCasi un millón de mujeres combatió en las filas del Ejército Rojo durante la segunda guerra mundial, pero su historia nunca ha sido contada. Este libro reúne los recuerdos de cientos de ellas, mujeres que fueron francotiradoras, condujeron tanques o t...

Fernando Rueda

El Estado de derecho tambien se defiende en las alcantarillas. Esta frase, del que fuera presidente del Gobierno, Felipe Gonzalez, abre un libro apasionante y sorprendente que introduce al lector en los vericuetos del Estado desde el inicio de la Transicion. El objetivo es hacer un retrato lo mas fiel posible del comportamiento -agentes, operaciones secretas y actividades- de l...

Ginzburg, Carlo

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Snyder, Timothy J.

En esta historia épica de exterminio y supervivencia, Timothy Snyder presenta una nueva explicación de la gran atrocidad del siglo xx, y revela los riesgos a los que nos enfrentamos en el siglo xxi. En Tierras de sangre (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2011) Timothy Snyder exploraba lo que ocurrió en Europa del Este entre 1933 y 1945 cuando las políticas nazi y soviética provocaron la muert...

Hernán Horna

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Woodward, Bob

As cyber-attacks dominate front-page news, as hackers displace terrorists on the list of global threats, and as top generals warn of a coming cyber war, few books are more timely and enlightening than "Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War," by "Slate" columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Fred Kaplan. Kaplan probes the inner corridors of the National Securi...

Laura E. Matthew & Michael R. Oudijk

Indigenous allies helped the Spanish gain a foothold in the Americas. What did these Indian conquistadors expect from the partnership, and what were the implications of their involvement in Spain's New World empire? Laura Matthew's study of Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala-the first study to focus on a single allied colony over the entire colonial period-places the Nahua, Zapotec, and M...

Darnton, Robert

Erik Larson

Mark Riebling

Al revelar el plan secreto del Vaticano para asesinar a Hitler, Iglesia de espías echa abajo las acusaciones de que la Iglesia católica permaneció impasible ante el Holocausto nazi. Nada más lejos de la pasividad que la arriesgada actuación del papa Pío XII, que gracias al apoyo de católicos alemanes como Josef Müller y miembros del ejército alemán como Wilhelm Canaris y Hans O...

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 ...