Homenaje Á Cristóbal Colón

Although few people know its history, Philadelphia is the third-largest Puerto Rican community in the United States. Thousands have made el viaje, or the journey, from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, beginning before 1898 and continuing today. Puerto Ricans came as political exiles, merchants, and workers and built vibrant everyday lives and community organizations. By the 1970s, the Puerto Rican community was strong and diverse. El Viaje is a photographic journey of Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia, and it refers to a popular local radio program.

Este volumen, segundo de una serie de varios que se han proyectado, reune varios estudios que tienen en comun su interes por descrubrir y conocer vinculos entre la historia humana y la naturaleza. No sera aventurado decir que esos vinculos son infinitos, o casi. Acciones y percepciones de individuos y sociedades tienen que ver, en un sentido u otro, con realidades como el clima, la hidrografia, la flora o la fauna. El correr del tiempo marca tendencias y diferencias en una sucesion interminable de cambios. Asi, los vinculos entre historia humana y naturaleza dan pie a una enorme variedad de...

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En la tradición de Mal de altura de Jon Krakauer , Tras la sombra de un submarino, clásico imprescindible de la no ficción narrativa, es el relato verídico de la increíble aventura de dos buceadores, John Chatterton y Richie Kohler, que arriesgaron sus vidas para resolver un gran misterio histórico. En el otoño de 1991, encontraron a menos de cien kilómetros de la costa de Nueva Jersey los restos de un submarino alemán de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y huesos humanos enterrados bajo décadas de sedimentos acumulados. Ningún historiador, experto, incluso gobierno, tenía idea de la...