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ESTE LIBRO NO ES UN ENSAYO, NI UNA CRÓNICA: ES UNA BÚSQUEDA. UNA LLAMADA. Algunas palabras no existen solo para decirlas: las más hondas se invocan. España pertenece a esa estirpe solemne. Pronunciar ese nombre es despertar siglos de coraje, de ruinas y resurrección, de gestas olvidadas, de llamas que aún arden. En estas páginas no buscamos la España que discute en los telediarios, sino la que resistió en Numancia y resplandeció en los claustros; la que cruzó mares llevando consigo audacia, esperanza y eternidad. En busca de España es un canto a lo que fuimos, lo que somos y lo que aún podemos ser. Es memoria y destino, una herencia que nos compromete. España aún vive. Late en estas páginas como un espejo para aquel lector que se atreva a mirarse, a descubrirse y a recordarla.

Sophie Beckett never dreamed she’d be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton’s famed masquerade ball—or that she would be spinning in the arms of her “Prince Charming”—the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton. But when the clock strikes midnight, Sophie’s enchanting evening ends. Since that night Benedict has been able to think of nothing but the bewitching young woman, and he’s sworn to find and wed his mystery miss. Yet will another unexpectedly steal his heart—and his chance for a fairy tale love?

In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince—while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable…but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced honestfor that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen. Amiability is not a characteristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. Recently returned to England from abroad, he intends to shun both marriage and society—just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend’s sister offers another option. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar. The plan works like a charm—at first. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London’s elite, there is only one certainty: love ignores every rule... This novel includes the second epilogue, a peek at the story after the story.

Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother for ... well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret . . . and fears she doesn’t know him at all. Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought of as nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can’t seem to publish an edition without mentioning him. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same—especially Penelope Featherington. The girl who was always simply there is suddenly the girl haunting his dreams. When he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide . . . is she his biggest threat— or his promise of a happy ending?

Un corpus excepcional tanto para entender el pensamiento romano como para examinar las técnicas retóricas de Cicerón, admirar la depuración de su lenguaje y adentrarse en lo que supuso el derecho romano tanto para su época como para períodos posteriores. Este tomo engloba textos n los que el trasfondo político adquiere un peso específico fundamental.

San Agustín es una de las personalidades más fascinantes y complejas de la historia del cristianimo. Una de sus más importantes obras es, sin duda, La ciudad de Dios, redactada en los años de la toma de Roma a manos de los visigodos. En ella se establece por primera vez la idea del paralelo entre Estado divino y Estado terrenal, de gran influencia histórica en la política y las leyes de la historia occidental. Este volumen, que incluye los libros XVI-XXII, cierra la publicación íntegra de esta obra, culminando así la labor de Rosa Mª Marina Sáez con una espléndida traducción exhaustivamente anotada. En esta última parte, Agustín de Hipona recurre a la historia bíblica para explicar la evolución entre la ciudad de Dios y la terrenal; y a continuación recapitula todo lo dicho en la obra antes de acometer por último las finalidades de ambas ciudades: el juicio final, el infierno y el cielo.