Product Description: Pese al tragico balance de muerte y destruccion que conlleva cualquier conflicto armado, no hay duda de que las guerras son una fuente inagotable de hechos curiosos, como que la caballeria ganara una vez una batalla naval, o que los alemanes lanzaran sobre Londres un jamon en paracaidas! Los hechos que aqui se narran de manera tan amena como rigurosa resaltan no solo los aciertos y el heroismo, sino tambien los errores y la incompetencia de sus protagonistas, revelando asi los episodios mas asombrosos de la historia militar...read more

Product Description: De entre 100, muchas son las anecdotas que merecen ser resaltadas. Algunas tienen tintes comicos, como el asombro ante los inodoros de los soldados rusos que ocuparon Viena. Muchos de ellos provenian de aldeas y en un principio creyeron que se trataba de frigorificos para conservar alimentos en el frescor del agua...read more

Product Description: As the financial crisis deepens in many European countries and the construction sector remains in a slump, many plans for urban regeneration have been shelved. Cities are cutting their spending on large public works, so the time is ripe for low-cost strategies that have a positive impact on the urban habitat...read more

Product Description: Scale & Perception documents an exhibition of the work of Rotterdam-based architects Casanova + Hernandez at the Architektur Galerie Berlin, and includes their manifesto "Scale & Perception."

Product Description: "Seis historias de valor y coraje durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La crónica heroica de los valientes que se atrevieron a enfrentarse al poderío aplastante de Hitler". La Segunda Guerra Mundial fue el episodio más dramático de la historia de la humanidad, pero también un campo abonado de gestas y proezas...read more

Product Description: This is the life of the Third Reich führer, the most controversial and complex leader of the twentieth century, who ended up leaving behind him a terrible trail of death and destruction. Discover his personality and the irresistible statesmanship that helped him achieve the power to lead the Nazi revolution...read more

Product Description: La Segunda Guerra Mundial no sólo se libró en los campos de batalla. Los servicios de inteligencia organizaron operaciones secretas para golpear al enemigo en su flanco más débil. Para ello recurrieron a hombres valientes y audaces, dispuestos a arriesgar su vida por cumplir una misión que, en la mayoría de casos, era prácticamente suicida...read more

Product Description: World War II not only took place on the battlefields, but also behind closed doors as all sides sought to organize secret operations that would take advantage of their enemies' weaknesses. To carry out these missions, many of which were practically suicidal in nature, valiant and To carry out these missions, many of which were practically suicidal in nature, valiant and daring men willing to risk their lives were recruited...read more

Product Description: Adam & Friends - "The Champion in You" is a childrens' book that teaches children important social and fundamental skills. Being courteous to others, making smart choices and being sensitive to the feelings of others are just a few examples on how simple yet powerful this book can be in parent's hands...read more

Product Description: A traves de los cincuenta hechos historicos que aqui se relatan, el lector podra obtener un panorama de lo que ha significado la masacre a lo largo de la historia. Sin embargo, esta obra no pretende ser un estudio exhaustivo de este fenomeno, sino una simple aproximacion de caracter divulgativo...read more

Product Description: A traves de los cincuenta hechos historicos que aqui se relatan, el lector podra obtener un panorama de lo que ha significado la masacre a lo largo de la historia. Sin embargo, esta obra no pretende ser un estudio exhaustivo de este fenomeno, sino una simple aproximacion de caracter divulgativo...read more

A vivid and rigorous account by one of the great Spanish scholars describes the battles, the protagonists, and the key events of WWII, and includes a guide to visit the sites where the most important events of WWII took place.

Product Description: Con esta idea se presenta la Breve Historia de la II Guerra Mundial, una obra diferente y amena destinada a trasladar al lector a los convulsos años entre 1939 y 1945. Alejada de los libros enciclopédicos sobre la materia, el historiador Jesús Hernández, apuesta por la visita de los hechos y de los lugares donde tuvieron lugar los hechos...read more

Product Description: In 1908 an explosion of atomic dimensions destroyed the valley of Tunguska en Siberia in strange circumstances. Everything within a 5000 km radius was completely decimated, thereby leaving a landscape that appeared apocalyptic. Someone or something caused this horrifying blast 500 times greater that the atomic bomb of Hiroshima...read more

Product Description: A stigma transmitted from one generation to the next. A county that is invisible from Saracen armies. A monastery that will witness the birth of the first Castilian words. A medieval manuscript that holds an unexpected message...read more

Product Description: Imprescindible relato sobre la Gran Guerra, agil, ameno y a la vez estricto y riguroso en sus acotaciones historicas y belicas, caracteristicas que definen a Jesus Hernandez, uno e los autores que mas vende sobre tematica belica en Espana.

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Relates anecdotes and unusual facts--some seldom ever written about--during the Second World War, from the roles animals played in battlefields to how soldiers, sailors, and airmen were able to distill alcohol from an interesting assortment of unlikely sources.

This book examines the troubled nature of the triangular relationship between Mexico, Central America and the United States in order to understand the implications of US policy for peace and development in the Western hemisphere.