El éxodo galés a la Patagonia

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...

En 1945, la comandancia soviética del campo de exprisioneros de Katowice, Polonia, pidió a Primo Levi y a Leonardo De Benedetti que redactaran un informe detallado sobre las condiciones sanitarias del campo de concentración de Auschwitz, en el que habían pasado casi un año recluidos. El resultado fue un texto extraordinario, de los primeros que se escribieron acerca de los campos de exterminio. Publicado en 1946 en la revista especializada Minerva Medica, es el punto de partida de toda la obra de Primo Levi como testigo, analista y escritor. Levi jamás dejaría de hablar de su...

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The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...