History
Brand: Edaf
EAN: 9788441442931
A Land so Strange
In 1528 an expedition set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But all went awfully wrong and it turned into a desperate journey of survival. Of the four hundred men who had embarked, only four survived and they wandered through the Southwest for ten years in search of the Pacific Ocean to try to rea..
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Brand: Atico de los Libros
EAN: 9788417743703
Rubicon
A vivid historical account of the social world of Rome as it moved from republic to empire. In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland’s enthralling accoun..
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Brand: Atico de los Libros
EAN: 9788417743543
Dynasty
In this dazzling portrait of Rome’s first imperial dynasty, Tom Holland traces the astonishing century-long story of the rise and fall of the Julio-Claudians—Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. Capturing both the brilliant allure of their rule and the blood-steeped shadows cast by thei..
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Brand: Almuzara
EAN: 9788410521124
Florida
This is the chronicle of a territory marked by adversity and the fight for survival. From its "discovery" by Ponce de León in 1513 until its delivery to England in 1763, it witnessed a battle to remain under the rule of the Spanish Crown. Initially conceived as a promise of riches and opportunity, i..
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Brand: Edaf
EAN: 9788441442672
Distant Banners
The feat of exploration, conquest and defense that Spain carried out, for 300 years, in what is now the United States of America is a capital historical event. Spaniards were the first Europeans to sight the Colorado Canyon, cross the Mississippi River, cross the great plains, enter the deserts of N..
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Brand: Galaxia Gutenberg
EAN: 9788418526947
Sleepwalkers
The Sleepwalkers is historian Christopher Clark's riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I. Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself but on the complex events and relationships that led a gro..
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Brand: Edaf
EAN: 9788441438156
The Art of War
Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it has been by military leaders since ancient times. /..
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Brand: Acantilado
EAN: 9788495359926
Stellar Moments of Humanity
This is probably Stefan Zweig's most famous book. In it he brings to its peak the art of historical and literary miniature. Very varied are the events that he brings together under the title of "Stellar Moments": the decline of the Eastern empire, in which the fall of Constantinople at the hands of ..
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Brand: Edaf
EAN: 9788441442603
The Violent Far West and its Weapons
The violent Conquest of the West, the Far West, represents the essence of the formation of the current United States, since it amalgamates many of the identity characteristics, aspirations, and contradictions that exist at the origin of this nation. Focusing on the weapons used and their development..
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Brand: Atico de los Libros
EAN: 9788418217982
The Story of China
A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today.
Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world’s oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity..
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Brand: Sirio
EAN: 9788496595583
The Art of War
This work is the world's most famous treaty on strategy, which now has become a cult book in the business area. Several movies set in Wall Street have contributed to popularize this booklet, which proposes a few principles which are valid both for military strategy, business and politics. This is an..
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Brand: Edaf
EAN: 9788441442665
Interethnicity and Black Legend
This work dismantles the black legend through interethnicity. The marriage union between people of different cultures and races, which occurred widely in the territories of the Hispanic Monarchy, implies the assumption of equality between persons belonging to different races. The countless families ..
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