El Madrid de Baroja

With the help of the victim's widow, a close associate of the murdered defector, Alexander Litvinenko, offers an in-depth account of the former spy's career, from his work in Russia, to his escape to the United Kingdom and his efforts to expose the intrigue and assassinations of the FSB (formerly the KGB), to his murder in October 2006.

As a young man, Ramon Perez aka Tianguis interrupted his studies and elisted in a burgeoning guerrilla movement to reclaim his people to ancestral communal lands in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. From the grassroots organizing conducted by the peasants to the power of regional and national politicians to enforce their social order with pistoleros -- through Tianguis' unwavering account we experience the struggle and its consequences. The pursuit of Guiero Medrano -- and of Tianguis and his friends -- is unremitting; there is no escape as they flee through the forests, small towns, and...

"Cuando te vas de viaje a un lugar desconocido, normalmente, te compras una guía que te facilita el moverte por el lugar, conocer a sus gentes y no perderte lo más interesante. Así me planteo yo este libro, si quieres viajar a las "Cruzadas", ésta tiene que ser tu guía." (Web Historias de la historia) "Un apasionante viaje a la Edad Media para conocer los lugares y los protagonistas de las ocho cruzadas en las que, entre los siglos XI y XIII, miles de guerreros cristianos lucharon contra el Islam." (Web Comentarios de libros) Si hubo un comienzo en la brecha entre Oriente y Occidente,...

Seventeen Egyptologists and archaeologists probe the most compelling mysteries of ancient Egypt in this illustrated collection of 70 brief essays. Answers to age-old questions about Egyptian burial rituals, architecture, and royalty are provided, and recent discoveries are discussed—evidence that Tutankhamen was murdered, boats buried intact deep in the desert beside the tombs of the earliest kings, unexplained shafts inside the Great Pyramids aligned with the stars, and a massive mausoleum built for the many sons of Ramses II. The essays are supplemented with evocative photographs,...