Devociones políticas

Un viaje al corazón de la Cuba contemporánea que convoca a los fantasmas del oscuro pasado revolucionario de la isla. Por escribir un poema a los dieciocho años en Cuba, Néstor Díaz de Villegas fue acusado por la Seguridad del Estado de ser un "diversionista ideológico" y condenado a seis años en un campo de trabajos forzados, de donde saldrá en 1979 rumbo a Miami. Treinta y siete años después, el autor regresa a la isla con la perspicacia de un periodista experimentado. Tras la reanudación de las relaciones diplomáticas entre los Estados Unidos y Cuba, Néstor y su esposa se...

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But other emperors, such as Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero, infamously used their power to indulge vice and harm others. Ever since their publication, Suetonius' imperial biographies have appealed to readers, both because of their sensational stories and the larger questions of power they raise. They spawned many sequels in antiquity (as well as more recent works like Robert Graves's famed, I, Claudius). While a number of good English translations are in print, reading Lives of the Caesar from cover to cover can be daunting, so many details are included. Also general readers, including...

"Breve Historia de los Gladiadores es una obra completísima que nos acerca de forma asombrosa al mundo de los ludi circenses (carreras de caballos) y munera (juegos gladiatorios) romanos." (Blog Cientos de miles de historias) "Breve Historia de los gladiadores presenta las técnicas de lucha a muerte que aprendieron aquellos fornidos prisioneros que se enfundaban sus armaduras y se lanzaban a la arena del Coliseo romano en el que se congregaban hordas de ciudadanos romanos, patricios y plebeyos para aclamar a sus gladiadores preferidos." (Blog Literariacomunicación) Hubo un tiempo en que la ...