Reconocida investigación historiográfica sobre procesos políticos, sociales y culturales que se llevaron a cabo durante la construcción del estado chileno durante la Guerra del Pacífico.
Las casi cuatrocientas cartas que integran este epistolario son especialmente valiosas por su carácter personal y espontáneo, ya que la mayor parte de ellas, enviadas desde Chile —donde Candamo estuvo desterrado entre 1882 y 1883, durante la Guerra del Pacífico—, estuvieron dirigidas a su mujer, Teresa Álvarez Calderón Roldán.
La obra estudia las relaciones, las políticas y las discusiones que la primera Guerra Mundial suscitó en América Latina, desde el estallido de la conflagración hasta las consecuencias del armisticio.
Based on Captain John Orr's previously unseen campaign diary and personal documents, this is the first biography of the man who would become Superintendent of the Scottish Naval & Military Academy (SNMA).
Excerpt: "e;When Gallicia was delivered by the campaign of Talavera, the Asturias became the head of a new line of operation threatening the enemy's principal communication with France.
Von der Erde zum Mond Jules Verne - Nach dem Ende des Bürgerkriegs in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika fühlen sich die Mitglieder des Gun Club in Baltimore nicht mehr ausgelastet.
Susanne Kerckhoff: Berliner Briefe | Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu lektoriert, voll verlinkt, mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis und Fußnoten | Die ersten fünf Jahre nach dem Ende des Naziregimes erscheinen aus heutiger Sicht wie eine black box.
Anthem - Ayn Rand - Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom.
August Bebel war einer der Begründer der organisierten sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterbewegung in Deutschland und Vorsitzender der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands (SPD).
Excerpt: "e;The American people of today, weighed in the balances of the greatest armed conflict of all time and found not wanting, can afford to survey, in a spirit of candid scrutiny and without reviving an ancient grudge, that turbulent episode in the welding of their nation which is called the War of 1812.
Excerpt: "e;As we arrived a steady down-pour of rain was falling from an inky sky; the white men who met us on the wharf appeared ghostly and wraith-like, and the very negroes seemed pale and wan.
Excerpt: "e;If the intelligent foreigner, who is supposed to make so many interesting and novel observations on the aspect of the countries he visits, and on the manners of the people among whom he travels, were to visit the United States at this juncture, he would fail to detect any marked indication of the extraordinary crisis which agitates the members of the Great Republic, either at the principal emporium of its commerce, or at the city which claims to be the sole seat of its Government.
Foreword: "e;For 11 years, I was closely associated with the Cairo project, and I know how difficult it is to place the undertaking in its proper perspective and to dispassionately evaluate its historical significance.
Excerpt: "e;To those who made friends with Lucy Gordon on Governor's Island it will seem a great change to find her, in this second story, so far away from home.
Excerpt: "e;If the young people who read this last story of Lucy Gordon's army life are disappointed that the end of the war does not bring her home to America they cannot possibly be as disappointed as she herself.
Excerpt from Captain Lucy and Lieutenant Bob: The war is as yet only beginning for Lucy Gor don, and the old, pleasant times are just ending, but, like every other girl in America, she is trying hard to find the courage and cheerfulness which have never yet been wanting in our Service and which are going to help America to win.
