El libro de los Libros de Chilam Balam

A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash that ended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of Vienna In Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the struggle between Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand the roots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye for detail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that examines a pivotal period in that centuries- long war, which found Europe at its most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This saga of colliding worlds is propelled by two astonishing young...

Commercial ships attacked in the middle of the night, airplanes descending from the clouds to attack submarines at the surface, shipwrecks, bandits, good times and bad....all of this and much more formed part of submarine warfare in World War II. Learn about it in this book combining historical rigor with the dramatic touch of the best war stories.

En esta obra el autor analiza la gran guerra de resistencia que libraron los indios tepehuanes en 1616 en su intento por deshacerse de los invasores españoles, la más importante de las guerras indias después de la del Mixtón, que puso en jaque a las autoridades civiles de la provincia de la Nueva Vizcaya y amenazó con trastocar el régimen virreinal y destruyó el sistema misional jesuítico de la Sierra Madre Occidental. A partir de una lectura atenta de las fuentes primarias, el autor encuentra que el arma ideológica principal que utilizaron los tepehuanes para organizar y sustentar...

Beginning with the days of ancient Egypt and Greece and spanning through the Middle Ages, this study of myths and legends tells the stories of various characters in mythology, from gods and men to heroes and monsters. These chronicles from distinctive times, places, and cultures provide an explanation of the origin of man and the world. Desde los dioses egipcios y griegos a los mitos de la Edad Media, este estudio de mitos y leyendas fascinantes relata la historia de los personajes de la mitología desde dioses y hombres hasta héroes y monstruos. Estas crónicas de distintos pueblos, épocas ...