Growing interest in the ideas of the German legal and political theorist Carl Schmitt have sparked an interest in the thinkers and ideas that influenced him. Chief among those influences stands the 19th-century Spanish and conservative thinker Juan Donoso Cortes (1809-1853). Donoso stands in a uniqu[...]

Cada dias del ano con Juan Pablo II (1920-2005). A traves de una cuidada seleccion de textos del gran Papa, realizada por el carmelita Juan Gil Aguilar, su magisterio permanece vivo. Y su grata presencia diaria es una invitacion a seguir con mayor fidelidad a Cristo, a amar a su Iglesia, a confiar e[...]

The fate of democratic governments throughout the world is a topic of growing concern. The crises of modern history, from the Machtegreifung by Hitler through the downfall of the Allende government in Chile, have caused many to suspect an inevitable downfall of democracies. In a systematic review of[...]

In "The Double Life of Fidel Castro," one of Castro's soldiers of 17 years breaks his silence and shares his memoir of years of service, and eventual imprisonment and torture for displeasing the notorious dictator, and his dramatic escape from Cuba. Responsible for protecting the "Lider maximo" for [...]

"This luxurious translation of a Spanish tour de force, about the return of an exile to his native Barcelona after the Spanish Civil War, should captivate those who prize the elegant lyricism and complexity of Latin American fiction"-"Publishers Weekly""Marks of Identity" is the first volume of Goyt[...]

Written in 1950, "A Brief Life" is the first novel to feature Onetti's mythical town of Santa Maria. His protagonist Brausen eavesdrops on the conversation of his neighbours, a husband and wife, imagining their gestures, their expressions.Brausen lives with his wife, who has undergone major surgery [...]

By Night The Mountain Burns recounts the narrator's childhood on a remote island off the West African coast, living with his mysterious grandfather, several mothers and no fathers. We learn of a dark chapter in the island's history: a bush fire destroys the crops, then hundreds perish in a cholera o[...]

Europäischer Referenzrahmen: B1 'Espacios literarios' - die neue Reihe für literarische Ganzschriften in spanischer Sprache für die Sekundarstufe II. Praxisorientierung 'Espacios literarios' richtet sich passgenau nach den zentralen Abiturvorgaben. Die lesefreundliche Typografie und die Voka[...]