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Ph.D. in History from the University of Oxford, a professor of Spanish Contemporary History at the prestigious London School of Economics, author of a dozen titles on the recent Spain, Paul Preston as nobody knows the figure of Francisco Franco. In the great manipulator, Preston offers us an updated and accessible biography, covering all aspects needed to understand the figure of the general (his ascension into the army during the Republic, the Civil War and postwar relations with Hitler, the forty years of dictatorship) and shows how he was always haunted by the image control, progressively...

Don Pablo de Santamaría y 16 epístolas, de Pérez de Guzmán, es una colección de biografías breves de personajes de la política de la España de su época. Su estilo, vivaz y apasionado, se fundó en la observación personal y la veracidad opuesta al estilo laudatorio de otros autores.

Tras la ruta del hambre ofrece un sugerente y didáctico recorrido por uno de los principales problemas de salud pública del siglo XX: la desnutrición y el hambre. A través de la fórmula del ensayo autobiográfico, el autor expone su visión sobre estos problemas, al mismo tiempo que destaca la necesidad de combatirlos abordando cuestiones claves como la pobreza o la injusticia. La mejora de la alimentación y la nutrición no serían la meta, sino el camino para poder alcanzar un desarrollo integral.

The Dramatic Imagination of Robert Browning offers an accessible and authoritative guide to the essentials of Robert Browning's life and poetry. Drawing from his personal letters and from the diaries and memoirs of his contemporaries, this literary biography provides a wealth of information about the main events of his life, including the social, political, religious, and aesthetic issues that concerned him; it offers critical commentary defining the central characteristics of his poetry; and it tracks the changes in his reputation through contemporary reviews and the growth of the Browning...