Pláticas De Sobremesa

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Ésta, la magna obra de Guicciardini, abarca el periodo entre la muerte de Lorenzo de Médici y la del Papa Clemente VII (Julio de Médici). Quizá sea la época más difícil de la historia regional, pues Florencia perdió su independencia como nación, bajo el poder de España.

Dentro de su extensa actividad literaria, debe destacarse lapublicaci6n de los ensayos EI Hombre y la Revolución Científi ca (Editorial Espasa Calpe, 1964), La Ciencia como Plataforma en España (Ediciones Rialp, 1965), Estrategia y Política (Revista de Occidente, 1967), EI Nuevo Rumbo de la Libertad (Revista de Occidente, 1970), Partido Liberal (Ediciones Avia, 1977), Liberalismo (Editorial Edaf, 1978), EI Latido de Oriente (Sala Editorial, 1981) y EI Poder del Islam (Prensa y Ediciones Iberoamericanas, 1991). Entre sus novelas, merecen citarse Adrián (Grupo Libro 88,1991) y Las...

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab people and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone. This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab people and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source...