El Deporte en Occidente

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"España es diferente". El famoso eslogan franquista se adecua muy bien a la imagen que se tiene de nosotros en el exterior, pero William Chislett, veterano periodista afincado en nuestro país desde los años setenta, nos ofrece un estudio sociopolítico e histórico que intenta acabar con este mito. Y para ello se vale de un esfuerzo de síntesis ímprobo, que comienza con la conquista musulmana en 711, pasando por la conquista del Nuevo Mundo, la República, la Guerra Civil, el franquismo o el legado de Felipe González y Aznar, para llegar hasta el día de hoy, de terrible incertidumbre....

Named the 2009 AAUP Best of the Best - Outstanding Book Distinction The history of Mexican Americans spans more than five centuries and varies from region to region across the United States. Yet most of our history books devote at most a chapter to Chicano history, with even less attention to the story of Chicanas. 500 Years of Chicana Women's History offers a powerful antidote to this omission with a vivid, pictorial account of struggle and survival, resilience and achievement, discrimination and identity. The bilingual text, along with hundreds of photos and other images, ranges from...

Esta magnífica obra trata del amor que sentía el gran cacique Guarionex por la hermosa taina Loarina. Pero este gran amor no era correspondido, pues Loarina amaba a su vez al soldado español Cristobal de Sotomayor. Al sentirse rechazado, Guarionex reta a un duelo a muerte a Sotomayor, que termina con graves consecuencias para ambos...