Francisco: 1215 books

Los Sueños (Dreams or Visions) is a satirical prose work by the Spanish Baroque writer Francisco de Quevedo. Written between 1605 and 1622, it was first published in Barcelona in 1627 under the title Sueños y discursos de verdades descubridoras de abusos, vicios y engaños en todos los oficios del...

An insightful study of the political, economic, and social changes Brazil experienced during the twenty-year rule of its Cold War military regime. Cuba’s revolution in 1959 fueled powerful anti-Communist fears in the United States. As a result, in the years that followed, governments throughout Central...

Descubra los últimos años de la interminable dictadura de Porfirio Díaz, una época en la que México vivió en un volcán a punto de estallar. La historia de un país que había disfrutado de un extraordinario progreso económico, pero que conservaba aún el profundo lastre del analfabetismo y...

In his time, the main purpose of the Apostle Paul was to make the Gospel of Jesus of Nazareth known to people with pagan background, to start the first Christian churches and to direct their growth in the new faith. The process is known as discipleship, these are the roots of our society and modern...

This novel is based on the life of Alfonso Nuñez Balboa, former Iberia commander with more than 25,000 flight hours under his belt. The nineteen thirties: Nuñez is a boy from a small town called Dos Barrios de Aragón. The flight of a plane captivates his heart. He could have never imagine that...

With a voice of imaginative verse and prose in his previous collections of exuberant and enduring poetry, Francisco A. Ojeda has further inspired works of sensuous flare and sultry descriptions yet, at times, with relatable observations. With a touch of elegance and bits of humor, these poems are meant to be shared with another out loud or in precious moments of privacy.

El 28 de noviembre de 1911, en las montañas de Ayoxuxtla fue proclamado el Plan Libertador de los Hijos del Estado de Morelos, mejor conocido como “Plan de Ayala”, redactado por Otilio Montaño bajo la dirección de Emiliano Zapata. En él se plasmaron los ideales de la revolución campesina...

Marxismo e Guerra Étienne Balibar Fascismo comum, sonho e história Tales Ab'Sáber Cartas De Gilles Deleuze para Félix Guattari Que horas são? Zuca Sardan e Francisco Alvim Nós não vamos pagar nada Pedro Meira Monteiro Deslocamentos e instabilidades na ficção de Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza Adriano...

En esta obra se reúnen diversos textos de Francisco de Miranda, como la carta dirigida al rey Carlos III en 1785, la proclama fechada en Coro a 2 de agosto de 1806 (dirigida a los habitantes del continente americano) o la carta dirigida al ilustre cabildo y ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Buenos Aires en octubre de 1808.

The tragedy that devastated Spain for 33 months from July 1936 to April 1939, was, first and foremost, a brutal fratricidal conflict, the product of the fatal clash between diametrically opposed views of Spain and an attempt to settle crucial issues which had divided Spaniards for generations: agrarian...

Miguel de Quintana was among those arriving in New Mexico with Diego de Vargas in 1694. He was active in his village of Santa Cruz de la Cañada where he was a notary and secretary to the alcalde mayor, functioning as a quasi-attorney. Being unusually literate, he also wrote personal poetry for himself...

The screams of a crazed woman shatters a morning in Santo Domingo. In her home she has discovered a mysterious boy with a large, crimson M on his shirt. When the Los Pardos family shelters this enigmatic child who can only say “M,” they become part of a terrifying ordeal involving renegade nuns,...

En la opulenta Valencia del siglo XV, una joven lucha por preservar el legado de sus padres: un hospital célebre por atender a los más desposeídos. Una novela apasionante, llena de acción e intriga, que retrata el valor de unas mujeres cuyo único pecado fue defender su dignidad en un mundo...

While leftist governments have been elected across Latin America, this ‘Pink Tide’ has so far failed to reach Peru. Instead, the corporate elite remains firmly entrenched, and the left continues to be marginalised. Peru therefore represents a particularly stark example of ‘state capture’,...