Joan Fuster: escritos de crítica cultural

A beautiful slipcase holds three volumes on the history of Bogota, making this resource an indispensable and fascinating documentary of Colombia's capital. The first two volumes that cover the conquest, colonialism, and the 19th century have been updated with fresh designs, while a completely new third volume covers the 20th century and includes the history of Bogota's expansion, the development of services and institutions, and the achievements and failures of more recent times. This lovely collection constitutes a legacy of obligatory reading for both its current and future inhabitants....

CUBA 1959 is a fictional novel written in the Spanish language that recounts the determination and success of a group of young Cubans resisting against Fidel Castro's takeover of the island on January 1, 1959. Their political organization, the Brigada de Accion Popular manages to escape Castro's vindictive militias, and form an insurgent government inside Cuban territory; from there on the novel embarks on a fast-paced, entertaining and suspenseful narrative. As the author says: "it could have made the difference". Readers, Cuban or not will enjoy this novel's creativity, action and profound...

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...

Sin dejar de lado la intensa y plurisecular presencia de los modelos islámicos en al-Ándalus, resulta indudable el relieve de aspectos como la herencia romana del mundo hispanogodo, la articulación de los sistemas feudales, el despliegue de las actividades agrarias, el despertar del desarrollo urbano y de las actividades mercantiles, la consolidación de los modelos monárquicos en los diversos espacios políticos y, por supuesto, el peso y evolución de los valores culturales que confluyen en -y se difunden desde- el mundo hispano. El conjunto muestra una imagen global completamente...