Historia de la Roma antigua

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Una monumental obra sobre nuestro constante diálogo con el temor y la amenaza. Esta historia del miedo, asimismo una historia de las mentalidades, demuestra que no solo los individuos, sino también las colectividades e incluso las civilizaciones, pueden estar atrapados en un permanente diálogo con el miedo. El autor traza el retrato de una sociedad traumatizada por la peste, las guerras, las disputas religiosas y la constante inseguridad, y analiza la instrumentalización del terror, sobre todo por parte de la Iglesia. Al desvelar las pesadillas de nuestro pasado, muestra las raíces de la ...

De ningun pais de America Latina llegaron tantos voluntarios a la guerra civil como de Cuba; quiza en ninguno se viviera el conflicto espanol con tanta pasion, y en ninguno se ha mantenido tan viva la memoria de esa guerra como en Cuba. Este libro estudia el impacto de la contienda espanola en mas de ciento cincuenta escritores de la isla. Algunos eran intelectuales ya consagrados, que viajaron a Espana como periodistas o delegados al Congreso de Escritores Antifascistas. Otros eran diplomaticos que se convirtieron a la fuerza en testigos privilegiados de la guerra, responsabilizandose en la...

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...