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En este acercamiento antropohistórico al fenómeno de las curaciones milagrosas, Theo Löbsack se pregunta seriamente qué secreto tienen los "charlatanes" que son capaces de curaciones súbitas, con la aparencia completa de un milagro por medios convencionales y excepcionales, en distintas épocas.

Esta Historia de Sevilla, dirigida por Francisco Morales Padrón y realizada con motivo de la celebración del V Centenario del descubrimiento de América, reúne a los especialistas más prestigiosos en el estudio de cada etapa histórica. Editada en gran formato, está ilustrada con una interesante y cuidada colección de imágenes.

Los doce relatos que conforman este libro nos invitan a formar parte de este lugar de encuentro que es, también, un verdadero mundo dentro del mundo.

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A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...