History

The appearance of modern mercenaries came at the end of World War II including the French, British, and Belgians that acted during the decolonization process in the 60s and 70s. Currently, the classic mercenary has been replaced by private military companies like Blackwater. This...

War: myths, heroism, barbarism, the dead. A deep anti-war consideration... the author reads the news in the newspaper, French planes have attacked military targets in which chemical weapons were allegedly stored. The fact impacts him because he is currently living in France, specifically in...

Communism has influenced the history of people in the twentieth century and continues to do so in the twenty-first. It has monopolized numerous books on history, politics, and philosophy, but none like this, that is full of curiosities, anecdotes, secrets and keys to understanding...

Who were the first women to become Medical Doctors? What diseases were developed in warlike contexts? What is the origin of the first-aid kit? Delve into the fascinating History of Medicine with this book and discover the greatest medical achievements of humanity. / ¿Quiénes...

With an entertaining style, the author of this book, Pedro Corral, is one of the most original and non-conformist investigators of the Spanish civil war. He looked into the unknown of the Spanish conflict to unravel the most amazing contradictions and perplexities of its...

José Gregorio González has gathered dozens of clues about the pagan and magical mentality of the Third Reich. Here you will discover supernatural experiences that accompanied Hitler, Himmler's occult obsession and his strength, and the plot of counterintelligence that led to Rudolf Hess's flight....

Who were the first women to become Medical Doctors? What diseases were developed in warlike contexts? What is the origin of the first-aid kit? Delve into the fascinating History of Medicine with this book and discover the greatest medical achievements of humanity. / ¿Sabía...

Inquisition Without Complexes is the definitive book in which religion and history are presented and argued with solid historical reasoning, far from anachronistic sentimentalities that in no way benefit history and the Hispanic culture. / La Inquisición es uno de los motivos de la...

This book reveals to the readers numerous stories, anecdotes, and experiences that have been carried out by all kinds of professionals who have dedicated themselves to politics, most of them extremely famous, having appeared in countless articles and history books. / Presidentes, aspirantes, tiranos,...

This Unauthorized scientific findings answers several disturbing issues by examining the story of Nikola Tesla, an extraordinary and yet misunderstood scientist who laid the technological foundations of modern society. It will allow you to get a glimpse of how much better the world would...

In an amazing display of wit, the Spanish "Naves mancas" (Faulty ships), defeated the Ottomans and ended a tradition older than three thousand years. From the Mediterranean to the Pacific, for two centuries, the wind on the sails will push galleons, frigates, and ships...

Since the beginning of civilization, the sea has been a main route to trade and exchange ideas between different people. In this sense, the position of the Iberian Peninsula, located at the western end of the Mediterranean and projecting to the Atlantic, has always...

Acclaimed historian Philipp Blom reveals how the European landscape had suddenly changed by the mid-seventeenth century. A timely examination of how a society responds to profound and unexpected change, Nature’s Mutiny will transform the way we think about climate change in the twenty-first century....

Magris recreates the journey through the cultural landscape that crosses the 3,000 kilometers of river. Like the Danube, European culture crosses national, human, and psychological boundaries. The trip would be the way to save those borders as saved by the river, but remains above...

During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society. We encounter a different character every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes see what an average day in ancient Egypt...

As loathsome as it was, the Third Reich also arouses great fascination, which causes everything around it to hold a certain vivid and inextinguishable interest. Whoever approaches these pages will experience what Germans felt during those turbulent years. / La Alemania nazi despierta una...

This book moves away from the pejorative and stereotyped image that we have of the Middle Ages as a long period characterized by obscurantism and barbarism “to try to rescue and value the great contributions that feudal Europe bequeathed us, but which have not...

No one loves and quarrels, desires, and deceives as boldly and brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. From the birth of the universe to the creation of humankind, Stephen Fry - who fell in love with these stories as a child - retells these...

In this work we find the portrayals of the generals and commanders who intervened in the Spanish Civil War, independently of the side in which they fought. All of them, in the end, did so with loyalty to their idea of Spain and their...

This book is an exciting journey full of surprises, adventure and mystery. The passion for archeology has led its authors to travel throughout the Iberian Peninsula (and beyond) in search of great archaeological discovery that tell stories about our ancestors. Here they relate us...