América

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Biografía de Costa Rica es un libro de historia deliberadamente escrito para el lector común en el que se narran los hechos fundamentales de la historia costarricense (hasta el siglo XX). Fundamentado en autores de todas las épocas, aspira a no abrumar a los lectores con un excesivo aparato bibliográfico; al final de cada capítulo, sin embargo, aparecen las principales fuentes utilizadas.

As a veteran Israeli guide I realised that there was no concise history book for the amateur historian wanting to understand the complex history of this small piece of land nestled between Egypt and the Fertile Crescent so I wrote and published this book in 1996. An updated edition was published in 2000 and the third edition in 2010. My greatest joy is when people who are not history buffs tell me they enjoyed the book and learnt from it.

Prólogo de Prólogo de Fabricio Portelli Infaltable en el brindis, en los buenos momentos compartidos y en la mesa cotidiana, el vino argentino es nuestra bebida nacional, en los últimos tiempos reconocida, apreciada y premiada por los paladares más exigentes del mundo. Para ello ha sido necesaria una larga historia de casi cinco siglos, forjada por la labor de generaciones de mujeres y de hombres que arraigaron y adaptaron las vides provenientes del Viejo Mundo, las cultivaron e hicieron nuestros vinos, muchas veces en las condiciones más desfavorables. Una historia que continúa hoy y...