Paul Strathern: 67 books

Book cover of Dostoievski en 90 minutos
by Paul Strathern
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 26, 2016

Tras sobrevivir a un pelotón de fusilamiento a los 28 años, Dostoievski nunca se tomó las cosas a la ligera. Sus grandes novelas irrumpen en la escena literaria europea como una sucesión de tormentas y su entendimiento de los recovecos más oscuros y extremos de la mente humana arrojan mucha luz...
Book cover of Borges en 90 minutos
by Paul Strathern
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 26, 2016

Entretejiendo ficción y hechos, materia fantástica con figuras históricas, la idea de Borges de un mundo en el que convergen el tiempo, la cultura y el espacio resulta muy apropiado en nuestro progreso hacia la globalización. Fue perdiendo la vista a medida que cumplía años hasta quedarse ciego...
Book cover of D. H. Lawrence en 90 minutos
by Paul Strathern
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 12, 2016

La civilización occidental se ha impuesto de forma tan abrumadora que a veces necesitamos que nos recuerden a qué reemplazó. La voz de Lawrence nos habla de nuestros orígenes, de una libertad instintiva y gozosa que quizá poseyéramos alguna vez. Sus obras, de las mejores escritas en lengua inglesa,...
Book cover of García Márquez en 90 minutos
by Paul Strathern
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 12, 2016

La literatura latinoamericana no ha sido nunca primitiva, aunque desde sus orígenes haya hecho gala de un lirismo fresco, casi infantil. García Márquez es una extraña versión moderna de un increíble legado literario latinoamericano: un escritor que aspira a lo más elevado de su arte sin dejar...
Book cover of The Venetians

The Venetians

A New History: From Marco Polo to Casanova

by Paul Strathern
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013

A “useful and informative introduction” to the independent Republic of Venice—the first great economic and cultural power of the modern Western world (Booklist).   After winning the struggle for ascendency in the late 13th century, the Republic of Venice enjoyed centuries of unprecedented...
Book cover of The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior

The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior

The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped

by Paul Strathern
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009

Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Cesare Borgia—three iconic figures whose intersecting lives provide the basis for this astonishing work of narrative history. They could not have been more different, and they would meet only for a short time in 1502, but the events that transpired when...
Book cover of Socrates in 90 Minutes
by Paul Strathern
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997

“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit...
Book cover of Aristotle in 90 Minutes
by Paul Strathern
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996

“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit...
Book cover of Kant in 90 Minutes
by Paul Strathern
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996

“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit...
Book cover of Derrida in 90 Minutes

Derrida in 90 Minutes

Philosophers in 90 Minutes

by Paul Strathern
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2000

“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit...
Book cover of The Borgias: Power and Fortune
by Paul Strathern
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019

The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family—a world of saints, corrupt popes, and depraved princes and poisoners—set against the golden age of the Italian Renaissance. The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious...
Book cover of Poe en 90 minutos
by Paul Strathern
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 30, 2017

Poe en 90 minutos presenta una instantánea brillante de la vida y la obra de uno de los escritores más brillantes de Norteamérica considerado el padre de la novela de misterio, de los cuentos cortos y de las novelas de detectives modernas. Poe se labró una reputación como maestro de lo macabro con algunos cuentos de miedo y su poema clásico El cuervo.
Book cover of Bohr y la teoría cuántica
by Paul Strathern
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 25, 2014

Los descubrimientos de Niels Bohr en el campo de la teoría cuántica llevaron a avances monumentales en la física y en nuestra comprensión de la estructura atómica. Bohr ganó el premio Nobel por su labor en 1922 y sus ideas, aún hoy, siguen impulsando a la física hacia nuevos descubrimientos....
Book cover of Turing y el ordenador
by Paul Strathern
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 29, 2014

El ordenador ha revolucionado la era moderna de las comunicaciones y la información, y su desarrollo, al que contribuyó de forma fundamental Alan Turing, supone uno de los mayores logros del siglo XX. Sin embargo, ¿cuántos de nosotros sabemos cómo funciona realmente, y qué sabemos de Turing,...
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