Preventa de libros de Historia

La crónica del proceso político que transformó España. Premio Espasa 2024.Objetivo: Democracia es el relato de los diecinueve meses que cambiaron la historia de España, los que transcurren entre el

Los cuatro hombres que decidieron la suerte de un continenteCuatro grandes príncipes nacieron en el curso de una década: Enrique VIII de Inglaterra, Francisco I de Francia, Carlos V de Alemania y I de España y Soliman el Magnifico. Todos ellos dejaron una profunda huella en la historia de sus reinos. No podrian haber sido mas distintos entre si, pero, juntos, dominaron el mundo. A principios del siglo XVI, una era marcada por el Renacimiento, los inicios del protestantismo, las guerras de religion y la expansion del dominio occidental hacia el Atlantico, estos cuatro reyes, a veces aliados, a menudo enemigos y siempre rivales, sentaron las bases de la Europa moderna.De los escandalos de las seis esposas de Enrique VIII al monacato de Carlos V; desde el Campo del Paño de Oro, el esplendido encuentro de torneos, festines y bailes tan lujosos que casi vacio las arcas de Francia e Inglaterra, a la piramide de celebracion que Soliman erigio con dos mil cabezas humanas tras la batalla de Mohacs; desde la mano de seis dedos de Ana Bolena, supuesta señal de su condicion de bruja, hasta la verdadera historia del halcon maltes, el historiador John Julius Norwich nos ofrece en Cuatro principes una apasionante historia de historias a traves de las vidas de estos cuatro magnificos monarcas y sus reinados, que cambiaron el destino del continente europeo.

Este ensayo histórico destaca el papel fundamental que desempeñó España en el desarrollo de Europa entre los siglos XVI y XVIII. Henry Kamen analiza cómo los españoles influyeron en la ciencia, la religion, el surgimiento del Estado-nacion y la expansion global. La obra ofrece una vision renovada del legado español en la modernidad europea, abordando temas como el ocio, el trabajo, la migracion y la religion en tiempos de transformacion y conflicto.

Un relato vibrante, tenso y pormenorizado que empieza leyéndose como una novela policíaca y acaba leyéndose como una novela de terror. «Este libro es un ensayo en forma de crónica o una crónica en fo

La obra en la que se basa la aclamada película de J.A. Bayona. Un testimonio conmovedor de la fuerza de la fe, la amistad y la resistencia del espíritu humano. 13 de octubre de 1972. El vuelo 571 de la Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya transporta a cuarenta pasajeros y cinco tripulantes, incluidos diecinueve miembros del equipo de rugby Old Christians Club. Cuando la aeronave se estrella en los Andes, los supervivientes se ven atrapados e incomunicados a cuatro mil metros de altura, sin abrigo ni sustento, obligados a librar un duelo fisico y moral para salir de la cordillera con vida. Desde el punto de vista de cada uno de los dieciseis supervivientes, aprendemos como fueron los setenta y dos dias que afrontaron hasta su rescate. El relato de Pablo Vierci, amigo y compañero de clase de los jugadores, logra transmitir el contexto de la montaña como nunca antes: el frio, el hambre, la profunda espiritualidad que nacio entre ellos, la capacidad del ser humano para brindar ayuda a otros, la incertidumbre que revela la certeza de la muerte y el alivio y la culpa que supone sobrevivir. Con una narracion humana y sensible que conmueve desde la primera pagina, La sociedad de la nieve se mantiene como el relato mas fidedigno del accidente de los Andes, una tragedia que redefinio no solo las vidas de los supervivientes sino las del mundo entero.La critica ha dicho: El accidente de los Andes partio la vida de aquellos jovenes, y su relato puede transformarse en una bisagra en la experiencia del lector. La sociedad de la nieve reunio a los dieciseis, con la perspectiva del tiempo transcurrido, para que dejen sus testimonios en la historia.Zenda

The most terrifying novel of the year from the internationally bestselling author of The Whisper Man available to pre order now You never forget the day you meet a serial killer Dan was just a teenager when he had a chance encounter with the elusive killer known only as the man made of smoke Nobody could blame him for being too scared to intervene for being too scared to save the latest victim for letting the killer vanish again Nobody except Dan himself Years later Dan has a successful career as a criminal psychiatrist unpicking the very darkest of human behaviour Because despite what he saw that day Dan knows there s no such thing as a monster But now his father John has gone missing And when Dan returns to the small island where he grew up he finds out that not long before his disappearance John had stumbled across a body As Dan begins to dig he finds unsettling links stretching all the way back to the man made of smoke Which means this might just be a chance to not only save his dad but to finally find redemption But what if he s been wrong about that day for all these years What if he was right to be scared Praise for Alex North As terrifying as a great horror novel as unpredictable as the best type of crime novel and

Pacy witty and authoritative Jonathan Freedland In her hands ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern world concern a powerful and important book Daily Telegraph

A WARREN OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL FACTS AND TALES RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY The first trivia book from the team behind the hit history podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives investigating all manner of weird and wonderful facts and stories you never knew you wanted to know Compulsively dip in able The Times Ever fallen down a rabbit hole Ever got lost chasing a fact a hunch or a curious piece of cultural ephemera Then the Rabbit Hole Detectives Richard Coles Cat Jarman and Charles Spencer are here to do the burrowing for you Why were eight WWII Hurricane fighter planes buried in Ukraine What have chimpanzees to do with the invention of toilet paper How many dynamite sticks should not be used to blow up a whale Which ancient civilisation liked a short tongue and a shaved head The Rabbit Hole Book follows Richard Cat and Charles as they investigate and elucidate weird and wonderful curiosities from history telling stories that are as often dumbfounding as they are gripping as unexpected as they are hilarious or deeply moving

After the collapse of Soviet communism the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would be the dominant system of governance However in February 2022 Vladimir Putin proved it is unwise to make such predictions In the early years of Putin s presidency he appeared to commit himself to friendship with the West But the Putin of those years is unrecognisable today an autocratic nationalist dedicated to repression at home and anti Western militarism abroad So what happened Was he lying when he proclaimed his support for freedom democracy and friendship with the West Or was he sincere Did he change his views at some stage between then and now And if that is the case what happened to change him Putin and the Return of History examines these questions in the context of Russia s thousand year past tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin s politics of aggression the enduring terror of encirclement by outsiders the subjugation of the individual to the cause of the state the collectivist values that allow the sacrifice of human lives in battle the willingness to lie and deceive the co opting of religion and the belief in Great Russia s mission to change the world

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER Chosen by WATERSTONES as one of their BEST HISTORY BOOKS for 2024 Compelling Nichol has a terrific eye for detail an ability to blend tear jerking letters quotation and personal anecdotes into a rich thought provoking narrative Daily Telegraph Over one million British Empire soldiers were killed during the First World War More than a century later over half a million still have no known grave The scale of the fighting the catastrophic destruction the relentless military engagement and glutinous mud meant that many of the dead were never identified of often never recovered Names were left without bodies and bodies or fragments of bodies without names To help staunch the tide of national grief in the aftermath of the conflict an idea was born for a single Unknown Warrior representing all the missing to be brought from the battlefields and buried in Westminster Abbey alongside the nation s kings and queens Using diaries archives and interviews with the descendants of that generation and modern day experts Sunday Times bestselling author and former RAF Tornado navigator John Nichol draws on his own experience of combat and loss to shine light on this 100 year old story And in speaking to those who have lost lov

An urgent indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters for China the West and everyone s future An erudite primer Brown s mission to educate westerners about Taiwan and why it matters is a critical one which makes this book well worth reading SUNDAY TIMES Anyone with a care to avoid a third world war between China and the US should read this book JACK STRAW An authoritative primer to all things Taiwan BARBARA DEMICK When the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949 two Chinas were born Mao s Communists won and took China s mainland Chiang Kai shek s Nationalists fled to Taiwan island Since then China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political and cultural entities Taiwan is now a flourishing democracy and an economic success story just one of its companies produces over 90 per cent of the semiconductors that power the world s economy It is a free and vibrant society For the United States and the West the island is a bastion of freedom against China s assertive presence in the region And yet China increasingly bellicose under Xi Jinping insists Taiwan is part of its territory and must be returned to it Should China blockade the island and mount an invasion it would set off a chain reaction that would pitch it against the

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKAs winter comes and the hours of darkness overtake the light we seek out warmth good food and good company But beneath the jollity and bright enchantment of the festive season there lurks a darker mood one that has found expression over the centuries in a host of strange and unsettling traditions and lore Here Sarah Clegg takes us on a journey through midwinter to explore the lesser known Christmas traditions from English mummers plays and Austrian Krampus runs to modern pagan rituals at Stonehenge and the night in Finland when a young girl is crowned with candles as St Lucy a martyred Christian girl who also appears as a witch leading a procession of the dead At wassails and hoodenings and winter gatherings attended by ghastly grinning horses snatching monsters and mysterious visitors we discover how these traditions originated and how they changed through the centuries and we ask ourselves if we can t keep the darkness entirely at bay might it be fun to let a little in

La obra más ambiciosa sobre la Armada Invencible de Felipe II, de la mano de los dos mayores expertos en la materia.En 1588, tras un despliegue colosal para la época, la Gran Armada de Felipe II vio frustrado su intento de invadir Inglaterra en una operacion que pasaria a la historia como uno de los mayores fracasos de la historia militar y naval española. El episodio, sin embargo, comprende algo mas que la debacle de una flota: su estudio compone el retrato de una epoca en la que las luchas de poder y las intrigas politicas jugaron un papel tanto o mas importante que el de los barcos y los elementos.Mas de treinta años de investigacion se reunen en esta obra completamente nueva, en la que Geoffrey Parker y Colin Martin ponen su conocimiento al servicio del analisis mas minucioso de la que fuera la gran empresa de Felipe II. Valiendose de un vasto conocimiento que se sustenta tanto en los documentos como en los restos de los naufragios de la Armada, los autores ofrecen aqui un relato incomparable de este episodio que marco un antes y un despues en la historia de Europa.Una obra de referencia para la comprension de la Edad Moderna española.

Podem aprendre del passat? Una reflexió de llarg abast sobre la història, alimentada per una experiència humana i intel·lectual única.Per a Edgar Morin, la història —incloent-hi aquella part de la qu

El 8 de noviembre de 1936 las tropas sublevadas contra la II República Española iniciaron lo que pretendía ser el asalto final para la toma de Madrid. Dio comienzo el bombardeo aéreo sistemático de la capital por la Legion Condor de la Alemania nazi y por la Aviazione Legionaria de la Italia fascista, asi como el bombardeo artillero desde tierra por las baterias apostadas en las posiciones de la Casa de Campo y del Cerro de los Angeles. Estos ataques no cesaron hasta febrero de 1939, poco antes de la rendicion de la ciudad y del fin de la contienda. Este libro-mapa, escrito y diseñado por dos arquitectos, profesores de la Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, muestra las huellas de aquellos bombardeos en la ciudad actual. Es el resultado de una investigacion laboriosa, de varios años, metodologicamente impecable y con ambicion de continuar en el tiempo, aspectos que no son nada faciles de conjugar. Madrid tiene ya, como otras ciudades europeas que sufrieron poco despues el mismo destino, un estudio y un plano de sus bombardeos. Pero lo que usted tiene en sus manos es mucho mas que una relacion cronologica de los ataques, que hasta este momento no estaban datados por completo, no hay que olvidarlo, es un atlas vivo del primer ensayo real de Guerra Total.

Chronicles sugar s history exploring lesser known stories while revealing its role in such developments as the Industrial Revolution World War II and the fast food era

Absolute heaven Jilly CooperA hilarious and heartfelt year following one woman and her puppy from chaos and tears to healing and new beginnings It s a love story but not as you know it Raising a puppy is simple feed them walk them love them Right Wrong Armed with Pinterest perfect plans and firm ideas about training Sophia brings Dennis a scruffy and defiant Parson terrier into her life But just as the puppy pads hit the floor the rest of her world falls apart Suddenly single and quietly unravelling Sophia finds herself solo parenting a tiny gleeful agent of chaos who devours foam earplugs destroys her shoes and has an alarming taste for spiders He s also the only thing keeping her afloat As the months roll by in a haze of dodgy first dates sleepless nights and meltdowns in the park Sophia begins to make sense of it all the grief of a life that didn t go to plan the weirdness of being single in your late thirties and the surprising ways love shows up when you least expect it By the end of their first year together Dennis hasn t just wrecked the furniture he s quietly rebuilt her life For anyone who s ever been through shattering heartbreak this is a story of quiet resilience unpredictable joy and the quiet wonder of a small body curle