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Cover of Three years with the Duke, or Wellington in private life. By an Ex-Aid-de-Camp
by Lord William Pitt Lennox
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013

A tribute to the Duke of Wellington, written after his death in 1852 by one of his former aides and a popular author of amusing autobiographical works. In it, the author provides an account of life in Paris with the British army of occupation following Waterloo. In 1813, Lennox had been gazetted a...
Cover of Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de Las Cases - Vol. IV
by Comte Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné de Las Cases
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013

Before the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed his Emperor into exile on St. Helena. During his time with Napoleon on the “Rock in the Atlantic”,...
Cover of Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de Las Cases - Vol. II
by Comte Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné de Las Cases
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013

Before the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed his Emperor into exile on St. Helena. During his time with Napoleon on the “Rock in the Atlantic”,...
Cover of HISTORIA MODERNA DE LAS ESPAÑAS IV
by Francisco Gijón
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 16, 2013

La guerra de sucesión que tiene lugar tras la muerte sin descendencia de Carlos II provoca una seria convulsión en España.  Los Austrias son sucedidos por los Borbones, y con ellos llegan las Luces y la Ilustración al país. Nuevas ideas vienen a perturbar todos los cimientos del Antiguo...
Cover of Jardín de Venus (Poemas eróticos)
by Félix María Samaniego
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016

Félix María Samaniego, célebre por sus fábulas, escribió también este libro de poemas eróticos en la España del siglo XVIII.
Cover of Todo es dar en una cosa
by Tirso de Molina
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016

Todo es dar en una cosa pertenece a una trilogía dedicada a la familia Pizarro. Todo es dar una cosa (sobre Francisco), Amazonas en las Indias (sobre Gonzalo) y La lealtad contra la envidia (sobre Hernando). Tirso de Molina vivió algún tiempo en la Hispaniola (actual República Dominicana) y regresó...
Cover of El hijo del Serafín
by Juan Pérez de Montalbán
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016

En El hijo del Serafín Juan Pérez de Montalbán mezcló elementos de la tradición teatral con episodios de la vida de fray Pedro de Alcántara, de quien se dice que dormía muy poco; que andaba siempre descalzo y apenas se alimentaba.Aquí se relatan algunos de los milagros atribuidos al santo:...
Cover of Trato de Argel
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016

Los escritos iniciales de Cervantes datan de los tiempos de reclusión en Argel. A su regreso a España, entre 1582 y 1587, escribió sus primeras obras teatrales. Solo se conservan dos: El cerco de Numancia y El trato de Argel. Tras estos textos, en la tradición clásica y el teatro humanista, durante...
Cover of La crítica de la crítica

La crítica de la crítica

Inconsecuentes, insustanciales, impotentes, prepotentes y equidistantes

by Alberto Reig Tapia
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 11, 2017

"La Segunda República fue un régimen ilegítimo", "la Guerra Civil la iniciaron las hordas rojas en Asturias en 1934", "Franco no fue un reaccionario de ultraderecha" o "la Dictadura fue el germen de la democracia" son algunos ejemplos de las tesis que una...
Cover of Filhas de Safo
by PAULO DRUMOND BRAGA
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: February 28, 2012

Cover of The Last Crusade in the West

The Last Crusade in the West

Castile and the Conquest of Granada

by Joseph F. O'Callaghan
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014

By the middle of the fourteenth century, Christian control of the Iberian Peninsula extended to the borders of the emirate of Granada, whose Muslim rulers acknowledged Castilian suzerainty. No longer threatened by Moroccan incursions, the kings of Castile were diverted from completing the Reconquest...
Cover of Learn Spanish III - Parallel Text - Culturally Speaking Short Stories (English - Spanish)
by Polyglot Planet Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015

Learn Spanish - Culturally Speaking!Learning Spanish III with parallel text is the most rewarding and effective method to learn a language. Existing vocabulary is refreshed, while new vocabulary is instantly put into practice. No dictionary needed!Recommended for intermediate level learners...
Cover of Birds of the Canary Islands
by Mr Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018

This new and comprehensive guide covers all bird species found in the Canary Islands, a group of beautiful islands that are home for endemics such as the Blue Chaffinch, and are one of the best places in the world to see a number of rare species. · Covers every species recorded in the Canary...
Cover of Historia contemporánea de España (Volumen I: 1808-1931)
by Varios Autores
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 14, 2017

Primer volumen de Historia contemporánea de España, uno de los proyectos historiográficos españoles más importantes de las últimas décadas. «Nada empieza totalmente de cero, y nada termina de manera abrupta, siendo la evolución, en forma de antecedentes y consecuencias, de construcciones...
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