Muhammad El Mensajero de Dios

In 1579 Philip II awarded a large territory in New Spain to a Portuguese man named Luis de Carvajal. That territory included a significant portion of present day Mexico, as well as portions of Texas and New Mexico. This remarkable man discovered, conquered, and settled most of that territory. He also brought a large group of settlers from Spain and Portugal whose impact on its cultural development was very significant. Many of those settlers were of Jewish descent and some of them were tried by the Inquisition for practicing the faith of their ancestors. This book is a biography of Carvajal...

Bosquejo biográfico de Martín Cortés, hijo del conquistador, que trató de comandar uno de los primeros intentos por conseguir la independencia de México. Bibliófilo, cronista e historiador, Luis González Obregón se dedicó sobre todo a la crónica de la ciudad de México durante la Colonia, por lo que se le considera como uno de los más distinguidos y entrañables historiadores de nuestro pasado.

Silvia Cherem reconstruye una historia sin paralelos que permite al lector adentrarse en la filosofía social de Bimbo, conocer los secretos del éxito y atestiguar los problemas que enfrentaron sus fundadores derivados de la severa competencia, de las rupturas en el equipo, los vaivenes sexenales y el paso de las estafeta a las nuevas generaciones.

An up-to-date, authorized biography of the Dalai Lama draws on more than a dozen personal interviews to furnish an incisive, in-depth portrait of one of the world's most important religious figures, offering a detailed study of Tibet and its Buddhist traditions; the forces that shaped his beliefs, politics, and ideals; his role in exile; and the future of Tibet.