Balseros, historia oral del éxodo cubano del '94

La historia de Wilheim Canaris, el jefe del espionaje de Hitler, ahorcado por los nazis en abril de 1945 –no una vez, sino dos, con el objeto de prolongar su agonía-, encierra un misterio que Richard Bassett ha procurado descifrar, usando documentos y testimonios hasta hoy inéditos, para aclarar la conducta del hombre que, desde dentro mismo del régimen nazi, trató, según sus propias palabras, de oponerse “a la locura de Hitler, que conducía a Alemania a la destrucción”. Además de las nuevas perspectivas que nos ofrece acerca de la segunda guerra mundial, el libro resulta...

Durante los siglos XIII-XV, al amparo de los emperadores de Bizancio, el monaquismo de la iglesia de Oriente alcanzó uno de los momentos más creativos y controvertidos de la espiritualidad cristiana. El tema central de los tratados escritos por autores como Gregorio Palamás o Gregorio el Sinaíta es la técnica de oración y la atención del espíritu. Los métodos acerca del control de la respiración durante la recitación guardan sorprendentes similitudes con los ejercicios pisco-fisiológicos del yoga. Pero el trasfondo espiritual de los mismos hay que buscarlo en la tradición...

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