Andancas E Viajes de Pero Tafur

The first picaresque novel ever written and the inspired precursor to works as various as Vanity Fair and Huckleberry Finn. Banned by the Spanish Inquisition after publication in 1554, Lazarillo was soon translated throughout Europe, where it was widely copied. The book is a favorite to this day for its vigorous colloquial style and the earthy realism with which it exposes human hypocrisy.

As is normal with one of the most influential texts in the history of mankind, the Torah has been the subject of several translations, and this book presents the one by two Sephardic Jews, Yom Tov Atías and Abraham Usque, published for the first time in 1553 in the Italian city of Ferrara, in a beautiful facsimile based on the edition published by Meir Halevi Leteris in 1942 in Buenos Aires.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Spanish language translation of Twenty-Four Hours a Day. Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over nine million copies in print (the original text has been revised), this "little black book" offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life. A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives. "For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision" is part of the Sanskrit proverb quoted at the beginning of the book which has become one of the basic...

Un recorrido con todos los matices por la Buenos Aires del quinquenio anterior al festejo del Centenario. La vida cotidiana, cultural y política de una población llena de inmigrantes e hijos de inmigrantes.

Alfonso I el Batallador, rey de Aragón y Pamplona y de Castilla y León por su matrimonio con Urraca, destacó en su época por la rápida expansión de sus reinos con las conquistas de Zaragoza, Tudela y Calatayud, y por tratar de establecer una vasta monarquía desde Galicia hasta los confines de Pallars. A todo ello se añade una importante labor como repoblador, concesión de fueros y organización de un territorio. Su atípico testamento, por el que legaba sus reinos a las órdenes de Tierra Santa, constituye un verdadero reto para los historiadores. El objeto de la presente obra es...

A pesar del cada vez más amplio conocimiento que poseemos de nuestra historia moderna, sigue quedando un vacío importante en todo lo relativo a los Paises Bajos durante los Habsburgo españoles. Para terminar con esa ausencia, éste libro, despliega en sus páginas todo un panorama de la vida en el Flandes de los siglos XVI y XVII, buscando familiarizar al lector no especializado con aquel complejo y apasionado mundo.

Hace quinientos años, la expedición de Magallanes y Elkano dio la primera vuelta al mundo. Ahora Ander Izagirre sale de Getaria y vuelve a Getaria, el pueblo natal de Elkano, para darle una vuelta geográfica, histórica y mental al país de los vascos. Viaja en bicicleta y va encontrando historias asombrosas: las de hace quinientos años (navegantes, exploradores, esclavos, revolucionarios, emperadores, desterrados, balleneros, espíritus locales, dioses remotos) y las actuales (exploradoras, pescadores, mineras, inmigrantes, carpinteros, arqueólogas, cocineros, escultores, poetas,...