La profecia de Orion

La batalla del Somme se cuenta entre los conflictos más sangrientos de todos los tiempos. Con todo, y a pesar de los horrores y la destrucción de la batalla, ésta se caracterizó por la increíble valentía individual de quienes la libraron.

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

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Avatares de uno de los últimos empresarios de la industria del tabaco puertorriqueña, en que el drama familiar se une a los efectos de una macroeconomía signada por el avance avasallador de la modernización. Relatada a partir de cartas familiares, el estudio de una impresionante masa documental de la época, su autora, nieta de aquel personaje de fábula, nos ofrece en este libro un inolvidable, nuevo y criollo relato sobre héroes ... y tumbas.