Mercedes Sanz-Bachiller

One of the main purposes behind this book is to reveal which images have come down to us concerning Arabic culture in general and al-Andalus in particular, through translations by Spanish Arabists. This book analyzes the paratexts of a wide-ranging corpus of translations published during the last two centuries by the foremost figures in traditional Spanish Arabism.

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...

Does a “perfect assassination” exist? Perfect crimes are the ones we never hear about. Crimes involving a double affront to their victims where we couldn’t have known leaves their closest relatives, helpless and disheartened at the destruction. “Thou shall not kill,” is present in all civilizations as a fundamental premise, and perhaps the only one absolutely necessary for coexistence between humans. The majority of these crimes are considered perfect solely because of the incompetence of the investigators. With detention techniques, no crime, regardless of how well-planned, always...

Edición conmemorativa del bicentenario de la muerte de Alejandro Malaspina (1754-1810), aristócrata italiano al servicio de la Marina Real española que comandó la mayor expedición científica de nuestro país alrededor del mundo. Esta publicación nos relata la génesis, el desarrollo y las vicisitudes de esta ambiciosa y genuina expedición de gran significado no sólo en la historia de la navegación marítima, sino también en el desarrollo científico, cultural e intelectual de España. AGRADECIMIENTOS: Al Museo Naval de Madrid por la cesión desinteresada de las imágenes que...