Tiempos oscuros?

El libro La otra cara de la Luna forma parte de un amplio proyecto concebido por su autor, el Dr. Álvaro Uribe Rueda, y que precede a un texto anterior titulado Bizancio, el dique iluminado, que reflexiona acerca de la concepción mística del universalismo, las raíces judías y helénicas, y la herencia cristiana.

What was once a romantic race for the skies at the turn of the century has become, now at the threshold of the new Millennium, a fierce commercial competition where no contestant can afford to lose ground. Catastrofes aereas is a journey through the most resonant and disastrous accidents in the history of commercial aviation, where the account of the events, experts' investigations, technical explanations, and the testimonies of those who lived or witnessed it are but the beginning of the story. There is also the political, economic and social context in which they occurred, and the outside...

This book presents a detailed analysis of the Soviet armed forces during the final days of the war, covering the soldiers that successfully turned the tide against the Nazi onslaught and pushed it back into Germany itself. This final part of the series documents the Red Army's push through Germany to Berlin, which eventually culminated in the surrender of the German forces to the Allies in 1945. It also offers a detailed breakdown of all the armed forces that conducted the offensive campaigns on the Eastern Front, including the army, air force, paratroopers, navy and NKVD troops. It also...

En este macizo y corajudo estudio histórico, sólidamente basado en abundante documentación de primera fuente y testimonios de muchos testigos, recogida con esmero y dedicación en Iquique, Lima y un sinnúmero de pueblos de la Pampa, el conocido sociólogo e historiador tarapaqueño Sergio González, sin un ánimo de reabrir viejas heridas, se adentra en un episodio sórdido y subterráneo, desconocido para la mayoría de los chilenos. El autor analiza, con oficio y rigor académico, el surgimiento, apogeo y declinación de las Ligas Patrióticas que practicaron lo que hoy día podríamos...