Enigmas y misterios de la Segunda Guerra Mundial es una apasionante recopilación de sucesos inexplicados, misteriosas desapariciones, enigmáticos espías, y otros hechos desconocidos de la mayor contienda de la historia de la humanidad tratados con rigor histórico y amenidad. El libro imprescindible para conocer la II Guerra Mundial menos conocida.

Millions of us take package holidays for granted every year but did you ever wonder how it all began? Thanks to Vincent Cobb's 35 years’ experience working in the travel industry culminating in his position as Managing director of Thomson Holidays we can learn about all the tricks they had to get up to that formed the basis of the business at its outset. This fascinating book allows us to observe the industries steep learning curve from its infancy...

La XX Reunión de la Asociación Interdisciplinar José de Acosta (ASINJA) tuvo lugar del 15 al 19 de septiembre de 1993 en el bello marco del Palacio Heredia junto al Hospital de San José de los Hermanos de San Juan de Dios en la periferia de la ciudad de Málaga. El tema de la Reunión fue Europa. Raíces y horizonte. Su desarrollo se estructuró en seis ponencias, la primera de las cuales fue dedicada a las raíces cristianas de Europa y la segunda...

A journey back in time to find out why legislation was passed so unexpectedly in the UK in 1885 to make homosexual behavior illegal - a law that led to the prosecution of tens of thousands of men until it was repealed eight decades later, but not before the prosecution of Oscar Wilde led to a moment of fear, unprecedented in modern British history, for those whose lives made them vulnerable. This is not just an important work in an emerging gay history,...

Taking the terrorist attacks of 9/11 as their starting point, five new essays look at how Jewish culture has changed over the past two decades. Covering music (Vanessa Paloma Elbaz), art (Monica Bohm Duchen), literature (Bryan Cheyette), theatre (Judi Herman) and film (Nathan Abrams), the essays explore the role of confidence in the cultural output of minority communities and ask whether the trends identified look set to continue over the coming years. Commissioned...

We trace one family, generation by generation, throughout the one thousand years of the second millennium. The trilogy sets the family within its social environment, describing its migration from the continent, and across England, Scotland, and Ireland to settle in the New World. From that we get a vivid picture of what affected, motivated, worried, and encouraged this Saxon family and how they coped. Since the migration of this family was typical...

A survey in 1776 recorded almost 2,000 parish workhouses operating in England, while the number in Wales was just nineteen. The New Poor Law of 1834 proved equally unattractive in much of Wales — some parts of the country resisted providing a workhouse until the 1870s, with Rhayader in Radnorshire being the last area in the whole of England and Wales to do so. Our image of these institutions has often been coloured by the work of authors such as...

Do you remember collecting shrapnel and listening to Children's Hour? Carrying gas masks or sharing your school with evacuees from the city? The 1940s was a time of great challenge for everyone who lived through it. From the hardships and fear of a World War, with Britain's towns and cities were being bombed on an almost nightly basis, to the trauma of being parted from ones parents and sent away to the country to live with complete strangers. For...

Witchcraft unravels the myth from the mystery, the facts from the legends, in this bewitching introduction to witchcraft's lesser-known history. Spanning several centuries and comprising unbelievable facts and little-known legends, meet all the witches of your imagination and learn why, where and how it all began. • Uncover the meanings of their rituals and rites, their lore, and their craft • Discover the significance of their sabbats and...