Morir por la patria

The supernatural appeal of Stoker's Dracula continues to hold readers spellbound more than a century after its initial publication. This work by Bajarlía is an important precedent in that concerning the study of vampirism. Through forceful and direct language, he analyzes Stoker's vampire-triad. This essay includes four additional, unpublished chapters that serve as a crucial part to this retelling of a classic.

El estudio del período sobre la Independencia de Venezuela pareciera ser un tema maldito. Deformado por unos, ocultado por otros. Asociado más a creencias que a ideas e interpretaciones históricas. Vinculado estrechamente al mito y la leyenda, ha servido para robustecer una conciencia e identidad nacional sobre la deformación del mismo pasado. La Independencia de Venezuela, al igual que en el resto de América, significó una ruptura en el tiempo; un verdadero proceso revolucionario con repercusiones mundiales que terminó indigestándose a sus propios protagonistas. «Guerra a favor de...

A detailed study of one of the greatest tank battles since World War II, as some 950 Egyptian tanks confronted about 800 tanks of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the Sinai Peninsula. This momentous clash came to be known as the Six-Day War, and was a critical laboratory for two competing and contrasting systems of armored warfare. The Six-Day War in 1967 was a lightning Israeli campaign that changed the face of the Middle East. Israel's armored brigades, despite being heavily outnumbered on paper by Arab AFVs, managed to dominate the Arab forces tactically and technologically, through...

En este libro, “Mitología nórdica: una guía concisa de los dioses, héroes, sagas, rituales y creencias de la mitología nórdica, el lector será transportado a las antiguas costumbres de creencias de los antiguos vikingos del norte. Este libro está dedicado a la exploración de los dioses y diosas que los nórdicos adoraban, y dentro de las páginas que va a descubrir: Una descripción y explicación de los dioses y diosas mitológicos nórdicos, y a qué tribu pertenecían los dioses mencionados. Una introducción a los sistemas de creencias paganos nórdicos, y las formas...

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