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Los griegosA “monumental, sweeping” (Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads) history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts,...
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El papa en guerraWhen Pope Pius XII died in 1958, his papers were sealed in the Vatican Secret Archives, leaving unanswered questions about what he knew and did during World War II. Those questions have only grown and festered, making Pius XII one of the most controversial...
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La mente del samuráiHere, premier translator Thomas Cleary presents a rich collection of writings on bushido by warriors, scholars, political advisors, and educators from the fifteenth century through the nineteenth century that provide a comprehensive, historically rich view of samurai life and philosophy. Training the Samurai Mind gives an...
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Israel: historia de una guerra permanenteIn the face of terrorist attacks, Israel, although it has the recognized right to defend itself, cannot find a way to act that guarantees the protection of civilians. Which brings us back to the Bible: “When a man strikes a pregnant woman in a...
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Malas y cabronasThe sugarcoated history is as harmful as the distorted one. In this book, Javier Sanz challenges historical conventions by showcasing the feats of women who were heroines, warriors, and villains. From Semiramis to Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen, he presents stories of women who,...
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BizancioThe geohistoric region of the Strait of Gibraltar is an area of great interest for human evolution, as a place of passage and mobility of prehistoric societies between North Africa and southern Europe. The natural marine resources of this Atlantic-Mediterranean environment, from the Algarve...
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Eso no estaba en mi libro de historia de la Iglesia CatólicaWhat do the fall of the Roman Empire, the creation of the first universities and the rise of anticlericalism in contemporary Europe have in common? The Catholic Church has been at the center of some of the most fascinating and unknown episodes in history....
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Despachos de guerra (Crónicas)When Michael Herr went to Vietnam in 1967 as a correspondent for Esquire, he was a virtually unknown writer. But he was unanimously praised after publishing his famous article "Hellish Sips," and his reputation grew as more and more of his work appeared. Dispatches...
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Animal, vegetal, basuraThe story of Homo sapiens is often told as a story of technology or economics. But there is a more fundamental driver: food. How we hunted and gathered explains our emergence as a new species and our most primitive technology, our earliest food systems,...
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PresidioThe Spanish presence in the territory of what is now the United States of America lasted three hundred years. The presidio-missions binomial was the cornerstone of its conquest, Christianization and defense, both from the internal threat posed by the Indians, and from the external...
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Afganistán. Historia de un estado fallidoAfghanistan is a country shrouded in a web of stereotypes and prejudices that make it unique among other nations. This book explores the complex process of state formation in the late 19th century, using both local and English sources, with an in-depth look at...
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Mujer se naceThe history of mankind begins with the invention of writing more than five thousand years ago in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Prehistory includes the knowledge of the previous time, where there are no written records, but there are records of another order, such as burial...
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El exterminio de las tribus indias de NorteaméricaCan the existence of the United States be understood without talking about genocide? How much indigenous blood did it take to baptize the land of the free and the home of the brave? How did its governments manage to legitimize the colonization of the...
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PaxThe Pax Romana, a revered golden age, saw the Roman Empire at its peak, stretching from Scotland to Arabia and containing a quarter of humanity. Starting in 69 AD with four Caesars in quick succession and ending with Hadrian’s death seven decades later, Pax...
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Las arterias del mundoweight: 400;">The rivers have always been there. They have served as roads and borders for us; they have quenched our thirst and have been dyed with our blood; they have moved our machines and destroyed our crops and our homes; they have brought us...
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La FloridaThis 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....
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La inquisición españolaDespite what the vast majority thinks, the Inquisition did not originate in Spain, but was a Vatican creation to put an end to the spread of the Cathar or Albigensian heresy in France, which spread throughout Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries. The...
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Mestizaje y Leyenda negraThis 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 thus created...
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Por tierrras extrañasIn 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...
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DominioCrucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion - an obscure provincial by the name of Jesus - was to...
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