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Portugal has a rich history that dates to prehistoric times. The first settlers left amazing art behind in the form of rock carvings and rock monoliths. Even though Portugal is probably best known for exploring the world during the Age of Discovery, the history of mainland Portugal is rarely described outside of the country. The purpose of this audiobook is to familiarize English speakers with the events and personas that built the Portuguese kingdom, its overseas empire, and the state that Portugal is today.

أكثر من خمسة قرون مضت منذ ضاع الفردوس، وانتهى الوجودُ العربيُّ في تلك البقاع الإسبانيَّة التي شهدت فتراتٍ من الإشراقِ والتألُّقِ الآخذِ بالألباب، شاغلِ الناس قديمًا وحديثًا.

Publikacja skupia się na ukazaniu historii Hiszpanii w czasach młodości, a następnie dyktatury generała Franco. Opisuje jego karierę wojskową, zaangażowanie polityczne w kraju oraz kontakty m.in. z przywódcami Niemiec, Włoch czy Stanów Zjednoczonych. Przybliża czynniki wybuchu hiszpańskiej wojny domowej, jej następstwa oraz nieustanne przetasowania na najwyższych szczeblach w kraju.

La historia de España es larga y generosa en episodios dignos de ser contados y recordados. Momentos sublimes y miserables, grandes gestas, guerras por doquier y mucha perseverancia llevada a veces a extremos quijotescos. Desde la Edad Media las generaciones que nos precedieron expulsaron a un invasor de la península ibérica, forjaron un reino muy poderoso, cruzaron los océanos y se extendieron por todo el mundo llevando consigo su lengua, su religión y su manera de entender el mundo.

Em 1822, Laurentino Gomes compara diferentes relatos sobre o dia 7 de Setembro e a proclamação da independência. A verdade é que esse fatídico dia foi bem menos épico do que a pintura “Independência ou Morte”, de Pedro Américo, nos mostra. Mais do que desmistificar o grito às margens do Ipiranga, o escritor analisa como Dom Pedro conseguiu, apesar de todas as dificuldades, fazer do Brasil uma nação na sequência das mudanças provocadas pela fuga da família real portuguesa em 1808.

Along with the volcanic destruction of Pompeii and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Lisbon quake of 1755 is one of the most destructive natural disasters ever recorded. After being jolted by a massive quake, Lisbon was then pounded by a succession of tidal waves and finally reduced to ash by a fire that raged for five straight days.

¿Otro libro sobre la guerra civil? Pues sí, otro, pero con una diferencia: no confunde con datos innecesarios y relata lo ocurrido en aquellos tres años de locura homicida sin catequizar sobre quiénes eran los buenos y quiénes eran los malos. No es una novela, porque todo lo que cuenta ocurrió (incluso las menudas historias que espantan o que mueven a risa), pero se oye como una novela y pretende instruir deleitando.

From bloodthirsty conquest to exotic romance, stereotypes of Spain abound. This new volume by distinguished historian Stanley G. Payne draws on his half-century of experience to offer a balanced, broadly chronological survey of Spanish history from the Visigoths to the present. Who were the first “Spaniards”? Is Spain a fully Western country? Was Spanish liberalism a failure? Examining Spain's unique role in the larger history of Western Europe, Payne reinterprets key aspects of the country's history.

La bibliografía reciente sobre la historia de la Guerra Civil española está integrada, sobre todo, por obras especializadas, destinadas a los investigadores. Faltan hoy síntesis accesibles que puedan cumplir la función que en su tiempo desempeñaron libros como los de Gabriel Jackson o Hugh Thomas, aproximando al lector medio el estado actual de los conocimientos, lo cual resulta tanto más urgente tras unas décadas en que la investigación ha aportado nuevas certezas y ha desvanecido viejos mitos.

A Goya painting come to life, Crimson Blood offers a larger-than-life portrayal of a Spanish bullfight in all its glorious, vibrant, cruel, gory, and ecstatic details.

Do you know the bloody story of the Spanish Civil War and what we need to learn from it to understand today’s world? The Spanish Civil War is more relevant than ever, yet it is not that well known. However, the lessons that we can learn from the war can help us today in our divided world. The Spanish Civil War is seen as a dress rehearsal for WWII. However, few understand its origins, causes, and main battles.

Patagonia is in the southernmost region of South America, comprising about 400,000 square miles going from the Colorado River in the north to the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in the south. Longitudinally, it covers the whole continental soil, going from the Atlantic shore to the Pacific’s waters, including a few islands near the coast, part of the South American plate.

De las apicultoras prehistóricas al 8-M. Nuestra historia la componen con esfuerzo, audacia y esperanza, todas las gentes, día a día, pero muchas de sus protagonistas habían sido eclipsadas, arrinconadas injustamente. En este audiolibro se da cuenta del relevante...

Un original ensayo político sobre cómo la mediocridad ha conquistado el poder, en el que Jano García desmonta con datos el relato establecido sobre la igualdad, la justicia social, la multiculturalidad o la solidaridad intergeneracional. Un audiolibro imprescindible que nos ofrece argumentos para contrarrestar la más dañina de las pandemias: la de la estupidez.

In the 1930s, women and men from across Britain, Europe and America made their way to Spain to be part of what they identified as a historic fight for freedom from fascism. Tomorrow Perhaps the Future follows a handful of extraordinary outsiders who were determined to live out their lives with courage and conviction.

In 1886, there appeared in Spain a little work under the title El Liberalismo es Pecado, Liberalism Is a Sin, by Dom. Felix Sarda y Salvany, a priest of Barcelona. The book excited considerable commotion. It was vigorously assailed and was sent to Rome to be added to the banned book list. However, the Holy See received the book favorably, and the book remained in circulation.

Guided by myths of golden cities and worldly rewards, policy makers, conquistador leaders, and expeditionary aspirants alike came to the new world in the sixteenth century and left it a changed land. Came Men on Horses follows two conquistadors--Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and Don Juan de Oñate--on their journey across the southwest.

La culpa exclusiva de la España castellana por el Desastre del 98, la condena de todo el pasado de España, la inferioridad racial de los españoles, la manipulación de la historia, la utilización de la lengua como arma política, la agitación del odio, la complicidad de la izquierda, la parálisis de la derecha, y el recurso final a la España que nos roba son los temas principales de este trepidante repaso, tan riguroso como mordaz, por el problema más grave con el que se enfrenta la España del siglo XXI.

During the 17th century, the Netherlands, despite having only 1.5 million people in 1600, became a global maritime and trading power. By contrast, France at the time had 20 million people, Spain had eight million, and England had five million. Nevertheless, Amsterdam became one of the most important urban centers in the world and the location of the world’s first stock market, and Dutch merchant ships and pirates plied the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.

Thinking of Spain as a modern nation state today distorts the complicated reality that the Iberian Peninsula faced in the past. Spain was a nation in progress, consisting of regions united under the Spanish crown, but with strong regional identities based on different historical and cultural experiences. The largest entities were the kingdoms of León and Castile, but Spain also included the kingdoms of Navarre, Andalusia, Granada, Jaén, Aragon, and Valencia.