El texto relata como, tras haber sido percibido durante siglos como un cerro inofensivo, el volcan Arenal hizo erupcion el 29 de julio de 1968, arrojando fuego y lava que en pocas horas causaron destruccion y numerosas muertes.
Depuis 2021, des recherches ont ete menees sur l'acquisition de plus de 400 restes humains provenant des colonies allemandes d'Afrique de l'Ouest et conserves au Museum fur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte de Berlin.
Escrito por Fernando Vidal, este segundo volumen de la Trilogia de la celebracion desnuda profundiza en la sociologia del erotismo a traves de las obras de Francesco Alberoni, Octavio Paz y Luis Eduardo Aute.
The first English-language anthology of Latin American communication theory Latin American communication scholarship has shaped global debates on mediation, dependency, and mediatization, yet most foundational texts remain unavailable in English.
Discover the forgotten wisdom of traditional Vietnamese households — where health, food, and daily life were shaped by generations of observation, experience, and cultural knowledge.
*Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize* A fascinating exploration of the linkages between ancestral inheritance, diasporic belonging, and our climate future.
'One of the most valuable books I've ever read' Adwoa Aboah______________________________________________________________________________________If change is the natural order of things, why do we struggle with the huge milestones in our lives?
ANTI TRANSHUMANISM: Adversus Transhumanismum (Introducing Parahumanism) 1st EditionA bold philosophical critique of the transhumanist movement, Adversus Transhumanismum exposes how the promises of human enhancement, immortality, and post-biological evolution remain inaccessible to most—especially in developing nations where basic needs are still unmet.
El presente trabajo es una reflexion sobre la escena analitica construida a partir de la perspectiva de las y los analizantes, es decir, de las teorias que ellas y ellos construyen respecto a ese espacio/tiempo especial, donde encuentran a un otro, al mismo tiempo intimo y extrano, a quien le hablan.
Este libro se situa en un pasaje de epoca marcada por una decada de cambio e incertidumbre, que va del ocaso del ciclo progresista a la irrupcion de fuerzas autoritarias en el escenario politico latinoamericano.
The Ethics of Uncertainty: Why Human Vows Fail is an irreverent, insightful, and deeply human exploration of why our promises so often crumble beneath the weight of real life.
A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive usJust as surgeons once believed pain was good for their patients, some argue today that death brings meaning to life.
'Singh is a brilliant young scholar and a gifted writer, and this remarkable book will change how you think about religion, spirituality, consciousness, and human nature' Paul BloomWhat are the origins of shamanism and what is its future?
THE PATTERN OF WHOLENESS: The Civilizational Truth of Human Continuity is a comprehensive civilizational inquiry into the structural realities that sustain human continuity, relational balance, family stability, and social cohesion across generations.
The French drink, smoke and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet they live longer and have fewer heart problems than the English and the Americans.
A NEW SCIENTIST BEST NEW SCIENCE BOOK MAY 2026: 'An insider's must-read book' - New Scientist'From the scientist who identified the remains of Richard III, this lively, myth-busting tour of modern genetics unpacks how DNA solves crimes, rewrites history and shapes our lives.
El presente libro analiza los multiples sentidos y significados que se produjeron, transmitieron, interpelaron, objetaron y pusieron en circulacion a la hora de describir, narrar e interpretar la muerte, el funeral y/o la biografia postuma de algunos de los deportistas argentinos mas populares de los ultimos cien anos.
La revolucion sexual de los anos sesenta apelo a un cambio radical de las relaciones entre los sexos en pos de la equidad, la abolicion de la heterosexualidad obligatoria, la separacion del sexo y la reproduccion.
Salas, negocios y publicos de cine en Latinoamerica, 1896-1960 nos brinda claves para aventurarnos a una mirada mas compleja de las sociedades del siglo XX, cuando el cine se constituia en una experiencia cultural que ocupaba el centro de la escena; y lo hace considerando la necesidad de situar espacial y temporalmente nuestras tradiciones academicas sobre el tema para no reproducir viejas, y no tan viejas, practicas de dependencia intelectual que obliteran los aportes teoricos y artisticos latinoamericanos.
A radical retelling of human history through collapse from the dawn of our species to the urgent existential threats of the twenty-first century and beyond.
The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of UNNATURAL CAUSES, Dr Richard ShepherdA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Deeply insightful.
