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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...

A finales de 1776, apenas seis meses después de la histórica Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, la Revolución americana agonizaba. Nueva York había caído y el Ejército Continental de George Washington se batía en retirada. Filadelfia, sede del Congreso Continental, parecía tener las horas contadas. La recién nacida nación norteamericana carecía de marina, de artillería que se preciara, de preparación militar, de pólvora... y de posibilidades reales de derrotar a Gran Bretaña; al menos por sí sola. Hermanos de armas. La intervención de España y Francia que...

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Frente a una era plagada de imagenes via satelite, esta obra busca atraer la mirada de un circulo de lectores mas amplio sobre las herencias culturales y recursos escenicos alternativos de Asia y africa. Las creencias, los ritos y las tradiciones de paises aparentemente tan lejanos como Cuba, Brasil, Mexico, Japon, Indonesia, China e India, representan no solo una rica pluralidad de las manifestaciones artisticas, sino ademas significa la posibilidad de generar reacciones en cadena en cuanto a encuentros interculturales se refiere.