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An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This "Bomber Mafia" asked: What if precision bombing could, just by...

Con la tensin narrativa de la propia furia de los elementos, Junger nos lleva al corazn de la tormenta, describiendo con gran fuerza el valor, el temor y el pnico que se desatan ante un fenmeno de estas caractersticas. Recrea los ltimos momentos de la tripulacin del Andrea Gail y relata la valenta de unos rescates en alta mar que dejaron hroes y vctimas, entretejiendo la historia de la industria pesquera, la meteorologa y los testimonios de personas que se vieron afectadas por la tormenta. La tormenta perfecta nos deja en los labios un sabor a mar y nos trasmite el desamparo que se siente...

We studied the important events in the life and work of Puerto Rican scientist and politician Narciso Rabell Cabrero (1873-1928). He lived in the turmoil of the change of sovereignty from the Spain regime to the United States of America regime during the American-Hispanic War of 1898. Despite this turmoil, he made contributions in the natural history of Puerto Rico, especially in paleontology, archaeology, pharmacy, botany and politics. Rabell Cabrero was a man without boundaries. A genealogical summary is also provided.

Este libro contiene una ardua reflexión sobre la historia política del Perú durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX. Son de especial interés las alusiones a la actividad de Bolívar y a la cadena de pactos y acciones bélicas que marcaron su vida.