Archipiélago Gulag I

Españoles en la memoria habanera (España y Cuba en un abrazo), es un homenaje al español anónimo que llegó a Cuba, trabajó duro, hizo o no familia y se aplatanó lo suficiente como para unir sus destinos al del país que lo acogió. Hallará en el libro los nombres de algunos célebres de los que jamás escuchó antes porque la celebridad toda la alcanzaron en Cuba, donde su impronta es parte del recuerdo, la memoria y hasta la historia. ¡Cuánta satisfacción que así sea! Hallará también a otros célebres ya bastante olvidados, quizá aquí más recordados que en su patria natal. Y ...

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Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

Anar de compres era tan important en el Renaixement com ho és avui en dia. Aquest llibre fascinant, actual i original, obre nous horitzons en el camp de la cultura material del Renaixement i se centra en el mercat en els seus diversos aspectes, que recullen des del consum de la classe mitja de la cort, i des de l'aprovisionament d'aliments a l'adquisició d'antiguitats i relíquies sagrades. L'obra es pregunta sobre com els homes i dones de diferents classes socials van eixir als carrers, les places i les botigues, per a comprar els béns que necessitaven i desitjaven, diàriament o una sola ...