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Una historia desde Zoroastro hasta hoy
A comprehensive history of Iran, from the glories of the Persian Empire to the Islamic Republic's newly powerful -and much vilified- role in the Middle East.
Iran is a land...
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Violencia, perfume y humo
José Félix Llopis nació en Madrid, se fue a París de niño, cuando sus padres se exiliaron al estallar la Guerra Civil, y de allí a Venezuela, donde empezó muy joven a...
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La vida moral de los animales
Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals a...
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Falacias históricas, ciencia amañada y pseudo-religiones
Were the Chinese the first to discover America in 1421? Did Jesus and Mary Magdalene have children together? Did extraterrestrials visit the earth during prehistory and teach...
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¿Quién se llevó la Gioconda del Louvre?
In Paris at the start of a radically new century, the most famous face in the history of art stepped out of her frame and into a sensational mystery.
On August 21, 1911,...
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La música del Delta del Mississippi
In this “expertly researched, elegantly written, dispassionate yet thoughtful history” (Gary Giddins), award-winning author Ted Gioia gives us “the rare combination of a tome...
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Un descubrimiento, un genio y su tiempo
La invención del aire is a book of world-changing ideas wrapped around a compelling narrative, a story of genius and violence and friendship in the midst of sweeping...
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El genio al que le robaron la luz
In Tesla: Man Out of Time, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest scientists and inventors. Called a madman by...
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Un análisis de la (in) felicidad colectiva
• Large inequalities of income in a society have often been regarded as divisive and corrosive, and it is common knowledge that in rich societies the poor have shorter lives...
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