Almuzara jan 2026 (11 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Counting the Visigoth and Suebi kings, the emirs and caliphs of Al-Andalus, the kings of the various Christian kingdoms and Taifa states, the Habsburgs, the Bourbons, plus a Bonaparte and a Savoy, Spain has had around four hundred crowned heads. Except for twelve queens, all were men. Of these, five reigned in Castile-León and Navarre, and one in Aragon, plus Isabel II, who was the only queen of Spain. This book contains the biographies of these women, plus those of two other queen consorts who, in fact, ruled more than the titular monarchs--Toda of Pamplona and Isabel de Farnesio--and those who served as regents. Most of these monarchs and regents were good rulers. Only two of them, the regent María Cristina de Borbón and Queen Isabel II, were the exception to the excellence that characterized the trajectory of women when they had the opportunity to reign. Manuel García Parody, professor of Geography and History, takes us on an exciting journey through the history of the Spanish monarchy when it fell to women, many of whom were far from the throne at birth. Through these pages, we will learn about their fascinating lives, marked by political vicissitudes, sacrifices, and challenges that pitted heart against reason for the future of their people and their lineages, in order to give them the recognition they deserve for the important role that the vast majority of them played in shaping Spain and its history.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - There was a time when the fate of America was decided in the taverns of New Orleans. Spain, in the shadows, moved its pieces while a new nation was born. A young spy infiltrated conspirators, merchants, and patriots with a mission that could change everything. This is the story no one told you about the independence of the United States. El fuego en el Misisipi reveals the exciting story--inspired by real events--of Alfonso Salazar, a young man fleeing pain and loss to reinvent himself in vibrant Spanish Louisiana. Under a false identity and in the service of the government of Charles III, he becomes a privileged witness to diplomatic intrigues, Creole rebellions, and the birth of a nation. Amid spies, conspirators, merchants, and revolutionaries, Alfonso faces moral dilemmas, impossible loves, and the weight of history being written with every step. In the best tradition of adventure storytelling, Juan Pérez-Foncea rescues an unknown but crucial episode: Spain's decisive intervention in American independence. A novel that combines rigor and emotion, adventure and memory, to shed light on a fire--that of the Mississippi--that still burns at the foundations of the modern world. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - What role does culture really play in our lives How is it constructed, sustained, and transformed in an interconnected and constantly changing society How Culture Is Created is a choral, necessary, and courageous work that offers a profound and up-to-date look at the strategic role of culture in social, economic, and human development. Through expert voices from the cultural, business, and academic spheres--Inmacula Benito, Fernando Rodríguez Lafuente, Sara Zaldívar, Félix Plaza, Kike Labián, Sara Magán, Ana Velasco, Hernán León, Berta Roca, Joan Álvarez, and Hernán Rodríguez--this book charts a clear map of the challenges and opportunities facing the sector in the 21st century. From the economic impact of creative industries to the relevance of cultural narratives, digital innovation and internationalization, each chapter invites us to rethink culture not as a mere adornment, but as a driving force for transformation. Cultural manager Federico Buyolo states: 'Culture is not a luxury or a form of entertainment; it is, above all, an essential instrument of life.' This idea runs throughout the book: without culture there is no narrative, and without narrative there is no cohesion or shared horizon. An essential work for those who believe that culture is not only lived: it is also thought, constructed, and defended. A call to those who want to create the future through the power of culture.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - When the great European powers were competing for domination of the seas and continents, Spain forged an empire that would change the course of history. But behind that legacy lie forgotten battles, brilliant strategies, and heroes silenced by time. In La España invicta (The Undefeated Spain), Samuel A. Ochoa travels through the battlefields where the fate of a nation and two worlds was decided. From the masterful maneuvers of the Tercios in Bicoca to the desperate resistance in Krasni Bor, this historical journey reveals how Spanish soldiers and commanders forever transformed the art of war. BEYOND THE BLACK LEGEND: THE EMPIRE OF IMPOSSIBLE VICTORIES. Discover how a force of just 4,000 men defeated 21,000 soldiers at the Battle of Pavia, how Fernando Melgarejo's ingenuity used fighting bulls to repel an English attack in Jamaica, or how Blas de Lezo, the Half-Man, defended Cartagena de Indias against an English fleet six times its size. Marvel at the tenacity of the 600 men who stopped 20,000 Soviets at Krasni Bor or at the strategy of the Glorious One, who managed to defeat an entire British squadron. Ochoa debunks myths, rescues episodes buried by official history, and rethinks what we thought we knew about Spain's past. In these pages, the miracle of Empel, the English Counter-Armada, and the Battle of Arapiles come to life again, witnesses to a time when Spain was not just a country, but an idea that transformed the world. Spanish military history was waiting for this book, which strips away the dark legends and shows it as it was: the story of how an empire was forged through decisive victories that rarely took their rightful place in the annals of world history.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'Rafael Orozco, uno de los grandes pianistas de nuestra generación.' Martha Argerich Aclamado en las salas de concierto más renombradas del orbe, el cordobés Rafael Orozco es una de las figuras más atractivas que ha deparado el pianismo español y, por extensión, el europeo. Tras situarse en un lugar de privilegio de la escena internacional al ganar en 1966 el primer premio en el muy prestigioso Concurso Internacional de Piano de Leeds (Reino Unido), Orozco contó en sus comienzos con la protección de personalidades como Herbert von Karajan o Daniel Barenboim, actuó junto a los mejores directores y las más famosas orquestas, y dejó tras su prematura desaparición, en las postrimerías del pasado siglo, un legado discográfico de ingente valor. Esa temprana pérdida, cuando contaba cincuenta años de edad y estaba en la cima de su quehacer artístico, no ha disminuido un ápice el fervor por su asombrosa trayectoria, de la que se ocupa en este libro con rigor y profusión de detalles Juan Miguel Moreno Calderón, catedrático de piano del Conservatorio Superior de Córdoba ùque, no por casualidad, lleva el nombre del propio Orozcoù y fino crítico musical. El autor recoge los años de formación del artista, sus influencias más señaladas, así como el exitoso periplo de conciertos por medio mundo, y desgrana las claves últimas de su estilo pianístico, que despertó la admiración de propios y extraños y todavía hoy sigue siendo un referente obligado. Una obra para melómanos y neófitos, imprescindible para conocer al pianista de culto que hechizó al público con su arte, dejando tras de sí una huella indeleble.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Four missing girls. Four daughters cruelly torn from their parents. Four families torn apart, united by the same cry: justice and answers. The Fens, England. The battered body of a young woman appears on a remote and desolate beach on the North Sea, plunging the community into a spiral of fear and uncertainty. Shortly afterwards, a troubled teenager named Toni is found wandering, disoriented and covered in mud, in the thick fog of the Fenland wetlands. In a deep delirium, the young woman repeats the name Emily over and over again. She says she met her at a secret party they both attended and claims to have seen someone take her away by force. In light of these findings, the echoes of a case relegated to oblivion resurface: the disappearance, ten years earlier, of a girl whose whereabouts remain a mystery. Her mother, devastated by grief, demands that the police reopen the investigation. Once again, Detective Rowan Jackman and Sergeant Marie Evans find themselves caught up in a web of secrets and danger, where nothing is as it seems. On the trail of a group of men who run an underground club where alcohol, drugs, and child abuse run rampant, their investigations lead them to Windrush, an old abandoned sanatorium whose walls hide unimaginable horrors. The Lost Daughters is a gripping, tension-filled thriller where innocence is pitted against the most inhuman brutality and corruption. With every unexpected twist, the novel unfolds a dark reflection on loss, guilt, and the struggle for justice in a world where the shadows of evil lurk closer than we think.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - ¿Quién fue la mujer que financió en secreto la construcción de esta iglesia cuando no era más que unos cimientos retorcidos Pocos saben que el edificio más enigmático del mundo no existiría de no ser por el tesón de una mujer cuyo nombre yace ignorado bajo el polvo de cien años. Historiadores de todas las latitudes han intentado desvelar su identidad, sin que ninguno de ellos haya dado con la respuesta. Pero conocer el apellido de esa misteriosa dama no es lo más fascinante de este libro. Una carta mantenida en secreto descubre una historia impensable.'La dama sin rostro' narra de forma novelada el descubrimiento de la persona que, de forma anónima, financió la construcción de la Sagrada Familia en sus orígenes. Alguien sin quien no existiría esta asombrosa obra de Gaudí y a quien los historiadores no han sabido poner nombre, hasta la fecha. Esta apasionante novela no es ficción, es una historia real.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - alid ben Idris recibió el honor de dirigir la biblioteca más importante de su tiempo por parte del sabio califa al-Hakam II. Bajo su dirección, la Gran Biblioteca de Córdoba llegó a poseer casi doscientos mil libros y se convirtió en un faro de la cultura que atraía a sabios e intelectuales de todo el mundo conocido, tanto de Occidente como de Oriente.Sin embargo, todo cambió cuando el poder califal cayó en manos de Almanzor. En una triste y lamentable noche, los libros de la biblioteca fueron quemados en una enorme pira en la plaza. Los responsables de la Gran Biblioteca fueron perseguidos y condenados, obligando a Jalid ben Idris a huir para salvar su vida.Después del éxito de La cautiva de la Alhambra, Antonio Torremocha nos descubre en El bibliotecario de Medina Azahara la fascinante vida de un hombre que dedicó su vida a proteger y preservar el conocimiento en un mundo en constante cambio.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Science has been trying to answer one question for centuries: is there life beyond our planet If the first cells appeared on Earth under specific chemical and environmental conditions, did the same thing happen elsewhere Numerous theories have been developed on this subject, one of which, panspermia, suggests that microorganisms travel between planets, spreading life throughout the cosmos via meteorites and other natural vehicles. Miguel Ángel Sabadell reveals the numerous efforts made throughout history to solve this enigma. From rambling scientists who proposed new and outlandish theories to enormous antennas that track artificial signals from star systems. Astronomical data has even been analyzed in search of technosignatures--anomalies that only a technological civilization could produce--and sightings of unexplained aerial phenomena have been studied using scientific methodology to obtain verifiable evidence beyond isolated testimonies. 'In Search of Life Beyond Earth' addresses the challenges faced by some of the most distinguished minds, such as creating messages that can be understood by non-human minds, rethinking our basic concepts of language and cognition, and sending probes to Mars to perform chemical tests on rocks and soil in search of organic molecules and microbial traces. What are extraterrestrials like How would humans react to their appearance Have they already visited us Will our search for life be endless.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - European blood and boundless ambition run through the saga of Charles I, architect of an unprecedented imperial network. Numerous historians meticulously examine in this work how this monarch forged strategic alliances and took advantage of dynastic inheritances to consolidate his transcontinental power. The evangelization of the conquered territories contrasted with the customary slavery of other empires of the time, while American silver flowed to Madrid to sustain the Spanish Armada, which ended up crashing against England. In the fields of Flanders, the pikes of the tercios wrote memorable pages of military tactics and resistance. At the same time, Cervantes, Lope, and Velázquez brought cultural prestige to an empire whose seams were beginning to show. This duality defined the Spain of the Habsburgs: innovative in the arts and letters, but gradually overtaken in economic and administrative matters. Political decisions became complex and marked the second phase of the dynasty, as evidenced by the expulsion of the Moriscos. The Habsburg decline progressed amid insufficient reforms and international rivalries that undermined its European hegemony. The last of the dynasty, Charles II, managed with limitations a state that required profound transformations. 'The Habsburgs' unravels the internal mechanisms of the dynasty that shaped the Modern Age. Grandeur and misery coexist in the legacy of foreign monarchs who ended up being genuinely Spanish.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'La prosa evocadora ayuda a transmitir las realidades cambiantes de la soledad tal como la experimentan tanto las personas entrevistadas como las autorasà Es una visión esclarecedora sobre un aspecto fundamental del ser humano', Publishers WeeklyEl ser humano pasa aproximadamente un tercio de su vida en soledad. Lejos de ser un tiempo perdido o un motivo de angustia, la soledad puede convertirse en un espacio con extraordinario potencial personal. Con base en los últimos hallazgos científicos, La paradoja de la soledad desmitifica uno de los conceptos más temidos de nuestra existencia social y desentraña los beneficios ocultos de los momentos en solitario: desde la profunda relajación hasta la resolución creativa de problemas, pasando por la regulación emocional y el crecimiento personal.¿Cómo podemos transformar la soledad de una experiencia temida en un recurso de desarrollo y sentirnos cómodos en nuestra propia compañía Esta obra ofrece una perspectiva revolucionaria: la soledad no es un vacío que debe llenarse, sino un territorio inexplorado de posibilidades. Desde una perspectiva científica, y a través de decenas de testimonios reales de transformación y consejos prácticos, descubriremos cómo esos momentos pueden convertirse en fuente de bienestar, creatividad y conexión más profunda con nosotros mismos.…