Novedades del último mes en libros de Historia Universal

Un universo increíble y vibrante, curioso y fascinante.410 páginas. Más de 700 ilustraciones originales, riquísimas en detalles. Una cuidada edición y, sobre todo, una selección temática inesperada y, sin duda, genial. Si nuestra civilizacion estuviera a punto de desaparecer, ¿como podriamos reconstruirla desde cero? De esta pregunta y de la extraordinaria creatividad del colectivo de artistas Hungry Minds nace The Book.The Book es una enciclopedia del saber ilustrada que relata los descubrimientos e inventos cruciales de la historia de la humanidad, acompañados de unas ilustraciones maravillosas. Desde la rueda hasta las hierbas medicinales, el submarino y la psicoterapia, sin olvidar el arte y la gastronomia, a lo largo de veintitres capitulos se exploran las conquistas materiales e inmateriales que han permitido evolucionar a nuestra especie. Inspirado en algunos de los libros mas misteriosos e imaginativos de la historia como el legendario Manuscrito Voynich del siglo xv y la Summa Technologiae de Stanisaw Lem, sus fascinantes ilustraciones combinan el estilo retrofuturista con dibujos sumamente detallados que remiten a laminas renacentistas y a los codices, invitandonos a reflexionar y conversar sobre los infinitos caminos que hemos recorrido y los que se abren ante nosotros.Para soñadores, pensadores y personas infinitamente curiosas. Este es el viaje de la humanidad.LA HISTORIA DE UN PROYECTO UNICO:En 2020, un equipo de creativos, artistas y diseñadores repartidos por los cuatro rincones del mundo y que opera como colectivo bajo el nombre de Hungry Minds, lanza una campaña de financiacion en Kickstarter para costear la fase inicial de redaccion y diseño de un libro. Su objetivo es de 8.000 dolares. La acogida es inaudita: superan los 2.300.000 dolares. The Book se convierte asi en el tercer proyecto editorial de mayor exito en la plataforma de crowdfunding. A partir de ese momento, el equipo se consolida: al proyecto se unen cientificos y profesores universitarios expertos en distintas materias, ademas de redactores publicitarios, editores y correctores, dibujantes e ilustradores que crearan esta obra unica en el panorama editorial actual.EL TALENTO DE CONVERTIR LO ORDINARIO EN EXTRAORDINARIO. LAS MENTES DETRAS DE ESTE PROYECTO:Timur Kadyrov, Seva Batischev y Artur Stelmakh, fundadores de Hungry Minds, comparten una vision: transformar objetos cotidianos en autenticos artefactos magicos que sorprendan y despierten nuestra curiosidad. Su enfoque disruptivo y su apuesta por la calidad y la originalidad han convertido a Hungry Minds en una referencia mundial, gracias a obras que combinan el conocimiento, la belleza artistica y el placer de descubrir.

Bestselling historian Frank McDonough tackles the subject in the same way as his brilliantly reviewed and bestselling titles in this series The penultimate title in the Hitler s Germany series the book marks the end of the Second World War and the end of the Nazi regime offering the reader a sweeping narrative tackling the major characters significant events of this horrific period of Nazi doctrine formed in their early years of the 1920s that would evolve into full blown genocide of a race of people by the end of World War Two The Hitler Years Holocaust 1933 1945 describes in detail the development of early persecution formulated by Adolf Hitler from as far back as the early 1920s placing in context what was to come once the Nazi Party gained power in 1933 the Nuremberg Laws to constrain the German Jewish population It covers the country s slow slide into a pre war policy of intimidation that would culminate in the murderous attacks on Kristallnacht the Night of Broken Glass As Europe marched into another global conflict in 1939 tens of thousands of German Jews had fled the country only to be swept up as Hitler s armies conquered all Western Europe With the invasion of the Soviet Union the secret meeting in early 1942 the Wannsee Conference wou

El propósito fundamental de este libro es acercar al lector al conocimiento de los esquemas de pensamiento de los autores cristianos siríacos del siglo VII d. C. que, en vísperas de, durante y tras la expansion de los arabes en el Oriente Proximo, escribieron o (re)compusieron varias obras de marcado caracter apocaliptico en la region del norte de Mesopotamia. El volumen ofrece un analisis linguistico, tematico y comparativo de los motivos literarios que configuran el concepto de guerra en estos textos. El estudio de las imagenes y creencias surgidas de este proceso de reescritura con fines mas politicos que religiosos es esencial para comprender la formacion de la conciencia identitaria de las sociedades medievales, tanto en Oriente como en Occidente.

Few historians write with Serhii Plokhy s authority clarity or global vision Essential reading and a marvellous book Peter FrankopanFrom the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race from the first atomic bomb to todayOn 16 July 1945 the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J Robert Oppenheimer Now I am become Death the Destroyer of Worlds While the threat of mutually assured destruction kept a lid on a simmering and tense geopolitical landscape events like the Chernobyl disaster and near misses like the Cuban Missile Crisis showed that total destruction was only ever one malfunction mistake or miscommunication away Now as governments re arm their nuclear arsenals treaties designed to limit the acquisition and use of nuclear weapons fall away and nuclear weapons come increasingly within reach of non state actors we are on the brink of a renaissance of the nuclear industry In The Nuclear Age acclaimed historian Serhii Plokhy paints an intricate picture of a world governed by fear From the first artificial splitting of the atom in 1917 and the race to create the first atomic bomb in World War II through the fraught arms race of the Cold War t

Survivor Rebel Conspirator Mother and grandmother of kings Margaret Beaufort was one of the most remarkable and influential women of the Middle Ages Born the daughter of the Duke of Somerset into a century of conflict and a descendant of Edward III she was married at twelve a mother orphan and widow at thirteen and rode the vicissitudes of the Wars of the Roses and two further marriages to see her only son Henry ascend the throne of England as the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty She helped to bring about the marriage of Henry VII to Elizabeth of York a union that helped heal the wounds of a bitterly divided nation During Henry s reign she exerted considerable influence at court and played a part in the upbringing of her grandson the future Henry VIII She was a lifelong artistic patron and supporter of academia In old age she founded a professorship of divinity and two colleges at Cambridge University By the time of her death in June 1509 she had outlived by two months the son whose birth fifty two years previously had so nearly killed her Lauren Johnson s life of Margaret Beaufort brings its subject vividly and memorably to life She delineates the decades of political upheaval that were the backdrop to her long and resilient career and highli

By 1942 Churchill faced a vastly different war than the one he d inherited from Neville Chamberlain Britain was no longer alone the Soviets were now an unlikely ally in the East and Pearl Harbor had finally pushed America into action Yet the scale of violence remained unchanged On average seven British men women and children were killed every hour of the Second World War The country would never be the same again In Advance Britannia historian Alan Allport reveals the war as it was lived from the battlefields to the ration books in the War Ministry and in the air raid shelters Mixing social history with dramatic storytelling this is a definitive account of the war that reshaped the world

Una obra definitiva y magistral de una etapa determinante de la historia de Europa. Nuevo prólogo de Timothy Garton Ash «Realmente soberbia. Una obra maestra.» Ian Kershaw En 1945 Europa se encontrab

Desde el principio de la historia de la humanidad, lo único que nos ha definido es nuestro talento para fabricar cosas, desde tecnología básica y objetos cotidianos, como cuencos y hachas de mano, hasta inventos de alta tecnologia, como aviones supersonicos, dispositivos inteligentes y vehiculos exploradores de Marte.Los objetos dicen mucho de una civilizacion, nos cuentan como vivian nuestros antepasados, en que creian y que valoraban. Una momia de bronce de un gato nos muestra hasta que punto los antiguos egipcios valoraban a sus felinos compañeros, mientras que un tigre mecanico de juguete nos cuenta la historia de las crecientes tensiones entre un sultan indio y los colonizadores europeos.

Al igual que nosotros, también los hombres y mujeres del medievo estaban preocupados por envejecer, a veces les salían ampollas, sufrían indigestiones, se enamoraban y tenían hijos. Y, sin embargo, sus vidas estaban llenas de experiencias milagrosas y metaforicas radicalmente distintas de las nuestras, desarrolladas en un mundo donde las heridas mortales podian sanar de repente gracias a la intervencion divina, o donde el corazon de un rey, extraido de su cadaver, servia como simbolo eficaz de poder politico.En esta historia profusamente ilustrada, Jack Hartnell nos descubre los fascinantes modos en que las personas pensaron, exploraron y experimentaron su realidad fisica durante la Edad Media, desde Granada al Cairo pasando por Constantinopla o Bagdad. Repletas de santos, soldados, califas, reinas, monjes y bestias monstruosas, estas paginas arrojan luz sobre los cuerpos medievales, de la cabeza a los pies, y revelan al mismo tiempo el conocimiento medico sorprendentemente sofisticado de la epoca.Al combinar medicina, arte, musica, politica, filosofia e historia social, no hay mejor guia para comprender como era realmente la vida de los hombres y mujeres que vivieron y murieron en la Edad Media.

Accompanying the 4 part documentary series from multi award winning filmmaker James Bluemel It s been 63 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first human to ever go into space Since then only 676 people have followed him up there But now with huge technological advances bridging the gap between our planet and all that lies beyond that number is about to rise dramatically Once Upon a Time in Space is the human story of how we ve made it this far the remarkable achievements tragic losses left field experiments renegade characters and ever shifting powerplay and where we re about to go Featuring stunning full colour photography from both personal collections of astronauts and NASA s archives the human story of space is told through intimate and powerful testimony from the astronauts scientists engineers and space tourists who have lived it Looking ahead as we take the first steps towards becoming an interplanetary species Once Upon a Time in Space brings you closer to the incredible story of our next stage of evolution as the human species Life on Earth will never be the same again

Libro-homenaje que reúnen dieciocho trabajos de investigadores, profesores y arqueólogos, colegas y amigos de Enrique Gozalbes Cravioto (1957-2018). Todos le brindan un recuerdo cariñoso y un merecido homenaje. Una de sus principales lineas de investigacion fue el territorio del Norte de Africa en epoca romana, que es, precisamente, el titulo que se ha dado a este libro. El lector podra encontrar trabajos de historiografia arqueologica, con contribuciones sobre los viajeros pioneros y arqueologos que se interesaron por el Africa romana hace siglos, estudios de Historia Antigua, con contribuciones sobre historia politica, la vida en las ciudades y el ejercito, asi como estudios de arte e iconografia, romanizacion y numismatica.

Los romanos se sintieron inclinados desde muy pronto a promover una política expansiva por todo el Mediterráneo, razón por la que han pasado a la Historia por ser un pueblo fundamentalmente “conquist

Reúne las contribuciones presentadas al XVII Coloquio de la Asociación Interdisciplinar de Estudios Romanos (AIER), celebrado en la Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid los dias 23, 24 y 25 de febrero de 2022. Al conmemorar el vigesimo aniversario de la AIER, este Coloquio, al contrario que los otros, no se ha guiado por una linea tematica concreta, sino que el titulo vertebrado ha tenido un caracter abierto: La Historia Antigua de Roma y nosotros. El resultado ha sido una miscelanea de trabajos que abarca distintos campos de estudio: iconografia, religion (paganismo, judaismo, cristianismo), politica, situacion de la mujer, espectaculos publicos, legislacion tardorromana, analisis historico de provincias o el complejo debate sobre la caida del Imperio romano. En definitiva, un panorama intelectual diverso, como diverso fue el portentoso Estado que construyo la Roma antigua.

A superb work of history JAMES HOLLAND A thrilling account from a master of Second World War history DAN SNOW A landmark history of the U Boat war told through the experiences and recollections of

In this fully revised and updated edition of the best selling popular science book of the 21st century Bill Bryson makes complex subjects clear and compelling for everyone with an interest in the world around them NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED Possibly the best scientific primer ever published Economist Truly impressive It s hard to imagine a better rough guide to science GuardianBill Bryson can t contain his curiosity about the world around him A Short History of Nearly Everything 2 0 is the result of his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization how we got from being nothing at all to what we are today Now fully updated to reflect the many scientific discoveries in the last twenty years since this book was first published it explains among much else why Pluto is no longer a planethow the number of moons in the solar system has more than doubled in 20 yearshow scientists used advances in genetics to discover previously unknown species of early humanswhy we still don t know what most of the universe is made ofhow the little Higgs boson transformed physicsThis journey through time and space will inform a new generation of readers young and old as well as those who read this book on first publication w

From the bestselling author of FEMINA a brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been exploited over centuries for political nation building ends In LEGENDA bestselling historian Professor Janina Ramirez peels back the layers of time to reveal how the lives of women have been co opted by those intent on crafting national identities Their names are well known and summaries of their achievements have been recited in classrooms for decades but medieval women like Joan of Arc Lady Godiva and Isabella of Castile have been misrepresented their stories twisted and weaponised Meanwhile ground breaking 18th and 19th century women who blazed a trail through revolutionary Europe have been forgotten their legacies too easily dismissed or ignored Questioning established narratives and searching for the real women behind the legends Ramirez interrogates what defines a nation and who gets to build it shining a light on how history is so often hijacked to serve the ideological and political interests of the present PRAISE FOR JANINA RAMIREZ Ramirez blasts a powerful spotlight into the so called Dark Ages and reveals a vibrant world awash with colour and character DAN SNOW host of History Hit Skillfully brings out from the shadows the lives of w

Our obsession with land is the driving force behind human history It has sparked revolutions and fuelled economic booms as well as financial crises Land is the world s oldest and most important asset and it governs the course of our lives more than any other form of wealth But this immense power is also what makes it so dangerous In The Land Trap The Economist s Wall Street editor Mike Bird reveals a sweeping global history that shows how fortunes have been built or destroyed all on the bedrock of land It has become the linchpin of the world s banking system and it affects everything from soaring housing prices to geopolitical tensions From the speculative land grabs of colonial America to China s modern day real estate crisis this gripping narrative shows how the economics of land can make and break families businesses and even entire nations This is the book for anyone who wants to see beyond markets and money to the hidden game being played out on the ground beneath our feet

Un documento único: la transcripción de las conversaciones que mantuvo Leon Goldensohn, psiquiatra del Ejército Estadounidense, con los principales encausados en el proceso de Núremberg. En 1946, con los juicios de Nuremberg en marcha, el psiquiatra del ejercito estadounidense Leon Goldensohn recibio el encargo de entrevistar a dos docenas de lideres alemanes encausados, asi como a numerosos testigos de la defensa y de la acusacion. El contenido de estas conversaciones no se ha desvelado hasta ahora, mas de cincuenta años despues. Robert Gellately -uno de los principales historiadores especializados en la Alemania nazi- nos ofrece en este libro treinta y tres de estas entrevistas (cuidadosamente transcritas, editadas y anotadas) con soldados y algunos de los oficiales nazis de mayor graduacion encarcelados en Nuremberg, entre los que se encuentran Hans Frank, Hermann Goring, Ernest Kaltenbrunner y Joachim von Ribbentrop. Como entrevistador, Goldensohn era especialmente astuto y, en cada una de las conversaciones, logro extraer las motivaciones y la desviacion moral que llevo a estos hombres a planear y cometer tan diabolicos crimenes. Nos presenta a unos soldados y oficiales que se debaten entre la admision y la negacion de los hechos, bien acusando a sus superiores o considerando que actuaron correctamente en todo momento. Gracias a la informacion biografica y las notas con las que Gellately ha completado cada entrevista, esta obra aporta informacion imprescindible para comprender la mentalidad y la mision de una ideologia enloquecida.

Winston Churchill -primer ministro durante los períodos 1940-1945 y 1951-1955- describe el transcurso de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y sus principales acontecimientos desde la profundidad de su análisis y la intensidad de su vivencia con pluma lucida e incisiva. El camino hacia el desastre desde el Tratado de Versalles hasta que Hitler conquista Polonia, la caida de Francia y la batalla de Gran Bretaña, el bombardeo de Londres, las operaciones anfibias en el norte de Africa e Italia, el dia D, Pearl Harbor, la liberacion de Europa Occidental o el lanzamiento de la bomba atomica son algunos de los hechos relatados en este extraordinario documento, considerado una obra maestra de la literatura del siglo xx, que trasciende cualquier genero para constituir un clasico de la politica, la diplomacia y la estrategia militar.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Cobalt Red discover the incredible true story and page turning account of the 18th century slave ship often known as the Zong yet actually named the Zorg ironically meaning care that sparked the human rights campaign to end the slave trade Perfect for fans of David Grann s The Wager and The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides Remarkable riveting Adam Hochschild historian and bestselling author of King Leopold s Ghost and Bury the ChainsIn 1781 the Zorg set off from The Netherlands to West Africa and from there onto the Caribbean The fateful voyage would alter the course of history forever By the time its journey ends the Zorg would become the first undeniable argument against slavery When a series of unpredictable weather events and navigational errors led to the Zorg sailing off course and running low on supplies the ship s captain threw more than a hundred slaves overboard in order to save the crew and the most valuable slaves The ship s owners then claimed their loss on insurance a first for slaves who had not been killed due to insurrection or died of natural causes The insurers refused to pay due to the higher than usual mortality rate of the slaves on board leading to a trial which initially found