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El libro Tü natüjalakat wayuu: Lo que saben los wayuu, como su nombre lo indica, es un encuentro de voces, un diálogo de saberes, en el cual confluyen la visión que emerge desde seno del mundo wayuu

Pocos debates han agitado tanto la vida política española de las últimas décadas como el que tiene que ver con el problema de la nación, España nación de naciones, Estado plurinacional, derecho a decidir... Una interminable polemica en la que topicos y creencias han ocupado casi siempre el lugar de los argumentos y las ideas. Las naciones no son realidades objetivas intemporales sino construcciones imaginarias de origen relativamente reciente, en realidad poco mas que la fe en un relato. El objetivo de España imaginada es reconstruir, analizar y explicar como se construyo este relato en el caso de una de ellas, la española, no en el campo de la politica sino en el de la cultura. El Estado-nacion, uno de los grandes artefactos de la modernidad, es una construccion politica en cuanto Estado pero cultural en cuanto nacion. El eje discursivo son las decenas de imagenes, cuadros de historia, propiciadas y tuteladas por el Estado con las que se construyo un relato iconografico, de una cierta belleza poetica, que (de)mostraba la existencia de una nacion intemporal cuyo origen se perdia en la noche de los tiempos. No se trata de un libro de historia del arte sino de historia politica en el sentido mas estricto del termino. Las imagenes se utilizan no como objetos esteticos susceptibles de explicacion sino como vestigios de un complejo proceso politico que permitio transitar de un Estado-imperio a un Estado-nacion, uno de los fenomenos mas fascinantes y revolucionarios del nacimiento de la modernidad politica en Occidente.

Después de una ambiciosa investigación, Max Paul Friedman, Profesor del Año 2014 de American University en Washington, D.C., examina doscientos años del desarrollo del valor simbólico de "América" en el imaginario colectivo y de la creciente influencia politica, cultural, militar y economica estadounidense para plantear una nueva interpretacion de uno de los mitos nacionales mas importantes de Estados Unidos y su relacion con el resto del mundo: el "antiamericanismo".El autor muestra el enorme impacto del concepto, que fue desarrollado por conservadores estadounidenses ya en el siglo diecinueve para acallar a la izquierda, tildando asi por un lado de desleal a toda critica interna y, por otro lado, de irracional a toda resistencia que encontro en el extranjero. Desde la guerra de 1812 y la guerra contra Mexico hasta las intervenciones estadounidenses en Vietnam y en Iraq, el mito del antiamericanismo ha contribuido a politicas belicosas y a la incomprension mutua que periodicamente crece entre EEUU y muchos otros paises.El libro analiza la tortuosa relacion con America Latina, desde la construccion de un imperio en el Caribe en 1898 hasta la Guerra Fria. Luchadores por la independencia como Jose Marti o Jacobo Arbenz, e intelectuales como Jose Enrique Rodo o Carlos Fuentes, fueron tildados de "antiamericanos", cuando en realidad eran criticos de distintos aspectos de la politica o la sociedad estadounidense, asi como tambien lo eran de otras sociedades. Revela nuevas informaciones extraidas de documentos secretos sobre los sucesivos golpes de Estado impulsados por la CIA contra gobiernos democraticos. Los funcionarios estadounidenses, la prensa y la mayoria de los academicos dieron por sentada la existencia de un extendido rechazo a los valores que representa su pais, sobre todo la democracia, el progreso y la libertad...

Ésta, la magna obra de Guicciardini, abarca el periodo entre la muerte de Lorenzo de Médici y la del Papa Clemente VII (Julio de Médici). Quizá sea la época más difícil de la historia regional, pues Florencia perdio su independencia como nacion, bajo el poder de España.

Fray Tomás Gómez, docto monje cisterciense castellano, dejó escrita a su muerte una extensa memoria manuscrita en la que cuenta los raros y nunca oídos sucesos de su visita de inspección al real monasterio de Valldigna. El relato autobiografico nos traslada a la Valencia de mediados del siglo XVII vista por un castellano viejo que se siente en reino extraño, menospreciado y acosado por los que se oponen a su mision. En este relato, asistimos a una lucha politica por el control de los monasterios cistercienses de la Corona de Aragon, que enfrenta a dos importantes ministros de la monarquia en los inicios del reinado de Carlos II. La edicion del manuscrito se acompaña de estudios que situan a la obra y al autor en el contexto de la agitada vida de la epoca, y que permiten conocer el desenlace de la visita, no revelado en la inconclusa "Relacion" de fray Tomas.

«Obras completas» es la recopilación de obras de Francisco Bilbao, compiladas y editadas por su hermano, Manuel Bilbao. Entre los textos publicados en esta obra dividida en dos tomos se encuentran al

Nigel Farage is the great disruptor of British politics. Since co-founding UKIP in 1993, he has challenged the status quo in areas including the UKs membership of the European Union, mass immigration and net zero. He is the only person in the modern era to steer two different political parties to victory in successive national elections, topping the poll in the European elections in 2014 with UKIP and in 2019 with the Brexit Party. Now he is attempting to crown that achievement as the leader of Reform UK by sweeping to power at the next general election and becoming Prime Minister.Farage is considered an outsider with a devil-may-care attitude; a populist equally at home on Im A Celebrity and GB News as he is discussing the European Convention on Human Rights. So why is this anti-Establishment figure being spoken of as a future occupant of 10 Downing Street? Can he turn a political start-up into an election-winning machine that appeals to both the left and the right? And could he bring unity to Britain?In this meticulously researched and highly entertaining book, Michael Ashcroft charts Farages extraordinary life before examining Reform UKs advance, its struggles, its impact on British politics and its prospects for electoral success.With unparalleled access to those who know Farage best, Reformation: Nigel Farage and the Rise of Reform UK will help voters judge just how credible is his aim of forming the next government.

Trust in British politics has hit rock bottom. From the extravagant promises of Brexit to the chaos of Partygate and the fallout from Liz Trusss ill-fated premiership, the hidden wiring of government is sparking for all to see. While ministers and civil servants clash publicly, the issues that matter to voters housing, health and social care, the cost of living, climate change go unaddressed. When tragedies like Grenfell or the Post Office scandal occur, accountability is nowhere to be found.Part memoir, part manifesto, Bad Government takes us behind the famous black door to reveal why the ship of state is so hard to steer.As the first female private secretary in No. 10, the author was the only other woman in the room when Margaret Thatcher resigned. Having shaped reforms under both Thatcher and Blair before working to deepen governments connection with civil society, she now offers an unprecedented insiders view of how the system evolved and why it is breaking.Exploring why successive Prime Ministers have failed in their promises to reset government and rebuild trust, this arresting book draws on compelling personal insights into the functioning of No. 10, weaving together thirty years of history with the crises of today.This is a vital look at the urgent need for a different model of government before the electorate loses faith entirely.

The explosive, no-holds-barred account of the life of a globally renowned classical musician, Julian Lloyd Webbers autobiography lifts the lid on a world previously shrouded in mystery.From vivid descriptions of Julians childhood in one of the worlds most famous musical dynasties to unfiltered stories from his collaborations with such stars as Elton John, Yehudi Menuhin, Stephane Grappelli, Philip Glass, and his brother, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bows and Arrows reveals a cut-throat world of agents, promoters, record companies, violin dealers and substance abuse, laying bare the classical music profession as never before.With refreshing honesty and humour, Julian recounts the break-up of three of his four marriages, his lifelong passion for ensuring that every child should have a chance to play a musical instrument and his devastation at the 2014 injury that forced him to stop playing and sell his Stradivarius cello. This earth-shattering loss, however, led to a new calling, prompting Julians appointment as principal of a leading royal conservatoire and his re-emergence as a tireless champion of music education, working closely with politicians including Gordon Brown, Michael Gove and Boris Johnson.Culminating in Julians return to the stage for the first time in twelve years, this is a powerful story of passion, loss and a life reborn.

The first biography of one of the twentieth centurys foremost champions of Hebridean culture. The American-born folklorist and musician Margaret Fay Shaws passion for the Hebrides led her to the island of South Uist in 1929 and then to Canna in 1935 as the wife of the eminent folklorist John Lorne Campbell. Her extraordinary work in documenting and preserving traditional Gaelic songs and customs remains a vital resource for understanding Hebridean music, and the Campbells house on Canna is a unique collection of priceless material celebrating the Hebridean world. This vast archive also includes Margarets collection of still and film photography, which capture the essence of island life at a time when old traditions were vanishing. This book celebrates the legacy and life of a remarkable woman, who herself wrote with such wit and flair of her travels and adventures and which took her from turn of-the-century Pennsylvania to 1920s New York, Paris, Nova Scotia and the Hebrides, where she lived until her death in 2004. Fiona J. Mackenzie has been named as one of The Lists Hot 100 Arts and Culture Contributors in Scotland for 2025.

UM LIVRO PARA ENTENDER A REVOLUÇÃO FRANCESA, SEUS DESDOBRAMENTOS E O IMPACTO DE ROBESPIERRE NA DEMOCRACIA O dia 27 de julho de 1794, ou dia 9 Termidor, é amplamente reconhecido como um marco na histó

Ne quid falsi dicere audeat ne quid veri non audeat.Não ouse dizer nada de falso, nem omita nada de verdadeiro.— Leão XIIIA Igreja é uma realidade simultaneamente divina e humana. Templo do Espírito

A brilliant and bloody examination of the axes foundational role in human history, from prehistoric violence, to war and executions, splashed across newspaper headlines and popular culture. For as long as the axe has been in our hands, we have used it to kill. Much like the wheel, the boat, and the telephone, the axe is a transformative piece of technology one that has been with us since prehistory. And just as early humans used the axe to chop down trees, hunt for food, and whittle tools, they also used it to murder. Over time, this particular use has endured: as the axe evolved over centuries to fit the needs of new agricultural, architectural, and social development, so have our lethal uses for it.Whack Job is the story of the axe, first as a convenient danger and then an anachronism, as told through the murders it has been employed in throughout history: from the first axe murder nearly half a million years ago, to the brutal harnessing of the axe in warfare, and from its use in King Henry VIIIs favourite method of execution, to Lizzie Borden and the birth of modern pop culture. Whack Job sheds brilliant light on this familiar implement, this most human of weapons. This is a critical examination of violence, an exploration of how technology shapes human conflict, the cruel and sacred rituals of execution and battle, and the ways humanity fits even the most savage impulses into narratives of the past and present.

When Maiwand Banayee was 16, he wanted to become a suicide bomber for the Taliban.In this inspiring tale of survival and self-discovery, the reader will follow Maiwands journey down a dark path and his ultimate redemption. Growing up in Kabul amid the Afghan wars, he witnessed atrocities that no child should ever see - rotting corpses, starving families, a neighbourhood torn apart. He escaped to a refugee camp in Pakistan, where religious militants began the gradual grooming of Maiwand and other Afghan boys. These confused and traumatised children were indoctrinated, radicalised and prepared to die in the name of a religious war. But Maiwand escaped this life. Fleeing Afghanistan, he had a life-altering crisis of faith, confidence and meaning, finding new purpose and rebuilding himself.Maiwand taught himself how to read and write in English, and here tells his astonishing story in crystalline prose. Delusions of Paradise offers a powerful warning about the dangers of radical religion, and is a stunning celebration of self-determination and redemption from an important new voice.

In Western Europe, we typically associate Vikings with the storm-tossed waters of the North Sea and the North Atlantic, the deep Scandinavian fjords and the attacks on the monasteries and settlements of north-western Europe. This popular image rarely includes the river systems of Russia and Ukraine, the wide sweep of the Eurasian steppe, the far shores of the Caspian Sea, the incense and rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the high walls and towers of the city of Constantinople. Yet for many Viking raiders, traders and settlers, it was the road to the East that beckoned.These Viking adventurers founded the NorseSlavic dynasties of the Rus, which are entangled in the bitterly contested origin myths of Russia and Ukraine. The Rus were the first community in the region to convert to Christianity in its Eastern Orthodox form and so they are at the heart of the concept of Holy Russia. Russian rulers have frequently referenced these Norse origins when trying to enhance their power and secure control over the Ukrainian lands, most recently demonstrated by Vladimir Putin as his justification for seizing Crimea and invading Ukraine.In this fascinating and timely book, historian Martyn Whittock explores the important but often misunderstood and manipulated role played by the Vikings in the origins of Russian power, the deadly consequences of which we are still living with today.

Mary Beard mostra-nos como o passado de Roma é o presente do mundo, séculos depois «Uma história arrebatadora e "magistral" do Império Romano, escrita por uma das nossas mais importantes classicistas

Todas as frentes da guerra num só livro. Todas as frentes da guerra num só livro Esta é uma obra notável e inovadora, desde logo pela sua abordagem global. Ao contrário de outros livros sobre a Segunda Guerra Mundial, Olivier Wieviorka no se limita a abordar somente as operaçes militares. O historiador, especialista em Segunda Guerra Mundial, estuda todas as frentes de batalha: a Europa, como e evidente, mas tambem o teatro de operaçes da Asia-Pacifico (tantas vezes descurado, sobretudo no que diz respeito a China) o Norte de Africa e ainda o Medio-Oriente. Interessa-se igualmente pelos diversos atores (canadianos, australianos, indianos), mas cobre nesta obra multidimensional outros dominios fundamentais para compreender estas grandes batalhas como: o estrategico, o ideologico, o economico, o logistico, o diplomatico, o geopolitico. No esquecendo ainda, a historia social e memorial, habitualmente tratada como parente pobre. Fruto de anos de investigaço este livro e um relato rigoroso. Uma narrativa viva, poderosa e empolgante que mostra ate que ponto este terrivel conflito foi realmente mundial e total. Uma obra que se empenha em relatar, compreender e explicar, fazendo sua a exigencia avançada por Albert Camus em O Homem Revoltado : Poderiamos supor que uma epoca que, em cinquenta anos, desenraiza, escraviza e mata setenta milhes de seres humanos deve somente, e antes de mais nada, ser julgada. Mas e preciso primeiro compreender a sua culpabilidade. Premio Livro de Historia Contemporanea de 2024, atribuido pela associaço francesa Lire la Societe Uma sintese magistral da Segunda Guerra Mundial Le Figaro Magazine

Shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize. Discover the true story of St. Kilda. When the last 36 inhabitants of St Kilda, 40 miles west of the Scottish Hebrides, were evacuated in 1930, the archipelago at the edge of the world lost its permanent population after five millennia. It has long been accepted that the islanders failure to adapt to the modern world was its demise. Andrew Fleming overturns the traditional view. Unafraid of highlighting dark times, he shows how they sacrificed their reputation as an uncorrupted, ideal society to embrace and exploit the tourist trade. Creating a prestigious tweed, exporting the ancestors of todays Hebridean sheep, the islanders gained access to consumer goods and learned how to play politics to their advantage. This book tells the absorbing and eventful story of St Kilda from earliest times, up to the evacuation and its aftermath. Previously untapped sources and fresh insights bring to life the personalities, feelings, attitudes and rich culture of the islanders themselves, as well as the numerous outsiders who engaged with the remote island community.

An enthralling narrative of the rise and fall of Britains republican experiment. DOMINIC SANDBROOK, The Times Best History Books of 2024A gripping tale of political and cultural crisis but also one of joy and hopeful innovation, told with eloquence and passion.MALCOLM GASKILLMagisterial, compelling and eye-opening.SUZANNAH LIPSCOMBEvents moved with giddying speed in the 1650s. After the execution of Charles I, dangerous monarchy was abolished and the House of Lords was dismissed, sending shock waves across the kingdom. These revolutionary acts set in motion a decade of bewildering change and instability, under the leadership of the soldier-statesman Oliver Cromwell.Englands unique and distinctive republican experiment may have been short-lived, but it changed the course of British history. It transformed the relationship between England, Scotland and Ireland, reset the compact between the monarch and the people, and re-fashioned the story the British told - and continue to tell - about themselves.REPUBLIC is a richly engrossing year-by-year account of this exhilarating and daring period. It tells the story of what Britains republic was really like: why it failed, but also, what it got right.