Breve historia de la Camorra

As a community-based organization in the mountains of south-central Puerto Rico, Casa Pueblo implements alternatives to extractive capitalism that do not rely on governments or distant non-profits. In this book, Alexis Massol González, Casa Pueblo's founder, reflects on its extraordinary forty-year history of experiments with community self-governance. Massol-González received the prestigious Goldman Prize (popularly known as the Green Nobel) for the organization's initiatives to protect the environment, affirm cultural and human values, and create sustainable economic alternatives. This...

Completo y riguroso panorama de las previsiones que, hechas por expertos en distintos campos, afectan al futuro más inmediato de nuestro planeta, desde la ecología y la demografía a la nanotecnología y la exploración espacial.

“Los mayas elevaron hacia el Sol que tanto veneraban sofisticadas construcciones de piedra y sacrificaron víctimas humanas en sus altares. Fue un pueblo dominado por guerreros y sacerdotes que combinó con sorprendente paridad el talento con la barbarie, la belleza con la fuerza, el arte con la sangre.” (Web El bolígrafo) Una cultura que compaginó una sofisticación astronómica, matemática y arquitectónica sin parangón con los sacrificios humanos y la guerra continua. Mundo maya nos acerca de un modo breve pero enormemente preciso a una de las culturas más enigmáticas de la...

Elizabeth, New Jersey, the first state capital and the birthplace of Princeton University, was founded in 1665. This illustrious city was extremely influential during the Revolutionary and Colonial periods, and was home to numerous distinguished political and military figures. Over time, Elizabeth developed into an important industrial and economic center, welcoming the Singer Manufacturing Company in 1873 and becoming a recognized leader in automobile manufacturing long before Detroit. The culturally diverse city came to serve also as a crossroads for many commuting to jobs in Newark and in...