Centenario de la República Cubana, 1902-2002

Una novela sobre la inevitabilidad de huir, la orfandad y la libertad que pondrá en duda la historia oficial de la isla para hablar de los vínculos familiares, del poder y de la influencia que la han llevado al yugo que vive actualmente. Con un ritmo trepidante y un lenguaje poético, conviven el humor y la crítica social. Afloran personajes en cuyo destino se vislumbran la posibilidad de los recuerdos, la primordial importancia de la música, la facultad de los sueños, el delirio del carnaval y la esencia de la identidad. Un réquiem por la Habana, un canto de cisne por una ciudad...

This book provides an introduction to ancient Egypt. Beginning with a geographical overview that explains the development of Egyptian belief systems and its political development, it examines methodology, the history of Egyptology, religion, social organization, urban and rural life, and death.

¿Qué dice Aristóteles en París que no digan otras historias de la filosofía medieval? El autor caracteriza a los pensadores de aquel extenso periodo como abocados a una tarea: comprender de manera racional «el acontecimiento Cristo». En el proceso, el impacto de la concepción aristotélica de la ciencia, que sedujo a las mentes medievales como la gran tentación, ocupa un lugar central. En ese sentido, se muestra cómo el conocimiento del mundo natural, expresado por medio del lenguaje analítico, terminó por naturalizar la comprensión tradicional que de lo sobrenatural tenía la...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...