Cerro Gordo

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

España? monarquía de España? Imperio Español? Cómo organizar una explicación comprensiva de esta cambiante formación política durante el tiempo de su construcción más próxima? mas de tres centurias, desde los reinados de Isabel II...

Desde el espía que surgió del frío hasta la última película de James Bond, los servicios secretos británicos han causado siempre una fuerte fascinación. Este libro explica cómo se crearon, quiénes son los hombres y mujeres que trabajan para ellos, qué pap

En este libro Trillo aporta un testimonio valiosísimo sobre su etapa al frente del ministerio de Defensa en unos años decisivos para España en el nuevo orden mundial. Reivindica su gestión -desde el final de la mili y la profesionalización del ejército, a la modernización de los programas de armamento, la reforma del CESID y la Revisión Estratégica- que cree oscurecida por la tragedia del Yak e Irak. Aclara que no fuimos combatientes en ninguna guerra. Desvela datos inéditos sobre Perejil, las misiones internacionales, la OTAN, y la política de Defensa europea; explica su...

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