In Ascending Republic, Patrick Luiz Sullivan De Oliveira explores how the French transformed the balloon into a potent symbol of modernity in the late nineteenth century and how this reinvention laid the cultural groundwork for the airplane’s later acceptance. Although initial excitement over ballooning in...
The 2008 crisis put an end, among other things, to the promise of national happiness established during Spain’s Transition to democracy. Much has been analyzed about the collapse of the economy and the precipice to which the state apparatus was driven, but a third element...
This book presents an introductory and comprehensive history of the Slavic-speaking peoples who inhabited Eastern and Southern Europe during the 700-year period stretching from the first archaeological and historical records to the establishment of their first organised polities. The book isorganised thematically (social organisation, politics and...
This study uncovers the plethora of new, innovative drawing strategies that shaped French visual arts at the height of France’s imperial power. HoraceLecoq de Boisbaudran, Eugene Guillaume, and Félix Ravaisson, among others, designed new drawing procedures that responded to leading concernsof modern art and the...
What if the history of Spain were the greatest series you’ve never seen? Marcelino Lominchar revolutionized social media by revealing that Spain’s past is brimming with moments worthy of the best TV seasons: palace betrayals, unlikely heroes, and plot twists no screenwriter would dare to invent....
Glocalization, which can be defined as globalization refracted through the local, has been proposed as one of the most potent and innovative theoretical frameworks in the humanities and social sciences at this moment. However, its full application to and potential for archaeological studies has yet...
“Espejismos” is an anthology composed of nine stories that offer a unique reading experience. Each story, though different, is connected by universal themes such as personal identity, loneliness, and nostalgia. The narratives span a variety of settings, from war conflicts to shipwrecks, each offering a...
Do you feel like you don’t have enough time? Like you’re running around aimlessly, trying to keep up with everything? You’re not alone. In our society today, 8 out of 10 people have a negative relationship with their time, which leads to stress, anxiety, and,...
In this novel, a fifteen-year-old boy recounts his life within his family, among his circle of friends, and at the boarding school where he resides, all during a year filled with challenges for him. The description is rich in detail. His deep admiration for his...
Don Juan de Tassis, Count of Villamediana, was the quintessential Spanish nobleman of the Renaissance—brilliant, daring, charismatic, and deeply immoral, as Gregorio Marañón once put it. A knight among knights, poet among poets, and gambler among gamblers, his legend spread from Flanders to Rome and...
In this fascinating book, Javier Fernández Aguado gives voice to the satrap Stalin. In an exhaustive interview, he questions the most paradigmatic communist revolutionary of the 20th century and the second largest serial killer in history. With fine intellectual rigor, not devoid of irony in...
Do you like vacations? Join Lila and her fairy godmother as they discover the new destination her father has prepared for her. Lila begins her vacation with her father, where many adventures await her, always accompanied by her best friend, a big polar bear. This time,...
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