William K. C. Guthrie (1906-1981), distinguido profesor de la Universidad de Cambridge, ofrece en esta obra un excelente resumen de la filosofía clásica griega, desde sus inciertos orígenes hasta su culminación en Aristóteles. (More) Esta síntesis recoge las más valiosas aportaciones que para la comprensión del pensamiento helénico han hecho la filología y la constante investigación histórica en torno a los griegos.
Por ello se recomienda como una excelente introducción al pensamiento filosófico griego, útil al que inicia su estudio, porque explica con desacostumbrada claridad los problemas fundamentales de su gnoseología, su ética y su metafísica, y al profesional, porque compendia y abarca el panorama de la realidad cultural.
El pensamiento griego tiene un valor eterno, no sólo porque es el punto de donde arrancan las más vigorosas corrientes de la filosofía occidental, sino por la importancia que por sí mismas tienen todavía muchas de las soluciones que dio a los problemas esenciales del pensamiento abstracto.
De ahí la necesidad de tener una visión clara y comprensiva del pensamiento griego en su expresión originaria, libre de las deformaciones con que a menudo ha sido presentado. Y de ahí también que el trato con los filósofos griegos sea la mejor iniciación a la filosofía.

Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) is one of the most beloved of the Catholic saints. In 1562, during the era of the Spanish Inquisition, Teresa sat down to write an account of the mystical experiences for which she had become famous. (More) The result was this book, one of the great classics of spiritual autobiography.Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, (March 28, 1515, at Gotarrendura (Ávila), Old Castile, Spain – October 4, 1582, at Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain) was a prominent Spanish mystic, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. In 1970 she was named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI.

It’s been nearly half a century since C.S. Lewis’s death in 1963, but this life-long professor of medieval literature remains one of the best-selling Christian authors today. And it’s not just Christians who appreciate him. In (More) 2008, The Times of London ranked him eleventh on their list of “the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.”
One reason for his enduring popularity was Lewis’ ability to write engagingly in all sorts of formats, from children’s fiction to academic treatises. As Christopher Mitchell, director of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College, says, “Lewis had remarkable instincts about what to address and what not to address and how to address it.”
This CT Essentials is a concise, engaging introduction to the man and his legacy. Spend an evening with this eBook, and you’ll want to spend a lifetime reading Lewis.

A mediados del siglo IX, la península ibérica se balancea en un frágil equilibrio de poder. Por un lado, el Emirato cordobés mantiene gran parte del territorio bajo su gobierno, aunque las riendas de su dominación se debilitan. (More) Por otro, al norte, los cristianos comienzan a organizarse, adquiriendo mayor empuje. Y finalmente, en el valle del Ebro, Mūsa ibn Mūsa, patriarca del clan Banū Qasī, feroz militar y político experimentado, ha logrado aumentar sus dominios hasta erigirse, de facto, en un tercer rey.
Pero dos personajes, sin saberlo, serán los responsables de destruir esa precaria estabilidad: Fortunio de Monforte, que tras pasar gran parte de su vida como monje recorriendo la península en busca de reliquias, es reclamado por Ordoño, rey de Asturias, para llevar a cabo una importante misión diplomática en la corte de García Íñiguez, señor de Pamplona. Y Njall Haraldsson, que acaba de embarcarse, casi contra su voluntad, en una poderosa expedición vikinga, comandada por dos temibles guerreros, Björn Costilla de Hierro y Hastein el Astuto, cuyas intenciones son saquear las costas del mediterráneo.
Las vidas de todos ellos confluirán en un desenlace sorprendente, una gesta de audacia sin igual, que hará que tiemblen los cimientos de la Tierra Dividida.

Peter Ferdinand Drucker (/ˈdrʌkər/; German: [ˈdʀʊkɐ]; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical (More) foundations of the modern business corporation. He was also a leader in the development of management education, and he invented the concept known as management by objectives.
A classic since its publication in 1954, The Practice of Management was the first book to look at management as a whole and being a manager as a separate responsibility. The Practice of Management created the discipline of modern management practices. Readable, fundamental, and basic, it remains an essential book for students, aspiring managers, and seasoned professionals.

Morning Star is a 2016 science fiction novel by American author Pierce Brown, the third in his Red Rising trilogy. Morning Star picks up as lowborn Darrow escapes capture and resumes his campaign against the tyrannical Sovereign (More) of the Society. Betrayed by his old friend Roque au Fabii, Darrow has witnessed the murders of his friends and suffered a year of torture and imprisonment. Now a shadow of his former self, he rejoins the rebellion he ignited, which has faltered since his presumed death. Darrow’s secret origin as a Red is now widely known, which has emboldened the lowColors but also galvanized the Golds against him. Pragmatic as ever, he begins to amass the resources and allies he needs to defeat the forces of the Sovereign.
Darrow is a shadow of his former self after a year of torture and imprisonment at the hands of Adrius au Augustus, the ArchGovernor of Mars, better known as the Jackal. Across the worlds, he is believed dead, thanks to a public execution faked by the Jackal and Octavia au Lune, the Sovereign. Sevro au Barca, now leader of the Sons of Ares, sends his deputy Holiday ti Nakamura to rescue Darrow, who discovers that Victra au Julii is also still alive and frees her as well. Reconciling and recovering at a hidden rebel stronghold, Darrow and Victra join Sevro’s gang of Howlers. Their first mission is to kidnap Quicksilver, the richest man in the Society, who they believe is the Jackal’s silent partner. Darrow and his men stumble into a peace negotiation between some of the Sovereign’s underlings — Cassius au Bellona, Moira au Grimmus and the Death Knight — on one side, and Darrow’s old friends — Virginia “Mustang” au Augustus, Kavax au Telemanus and Daxo au Telemanus — on the other. The room erupts in conflict and destruction; Moira and the Death Knight are killed. Mustang is shocked to find Darrow alive, and the Howlers manage to escape with Quicksilver and Kavax as prisoners. Quicksilver reveals that he had secretly co-founded the Sons of Ares with Sevro’s late father Fitchner au Barca, and offers his considerable resources to Darrow. Kavax also makes peace with Darrow and offers him allegiance.

Stevenson’s brooding historical romance demonstrates his most abiding theme—the elemental struggle between good and evil—as it unfolds against a hauntingly beautiful Scottish landscape, amid the fierce loyalties and violent (More) enmities that characterized Scottish history. When two brothers attempt to split their loyalties between the warring factions of the 1745 Jacobite rising, one family finds itself tragically divided.

Spirited, impulsive, and beautiful, Bathsheba Everdene arrives in Wessex to live with her aunt. She strikes up a friendship with a neighbor, Gabriel Oak, and even saves the young shepherd’s life. But when he responds by asking for (More) her hand in marriage, she refuses. She cannot sacrifice her independence for a man she does not love.
Years later, misfortune has bankrupted Gabriel, while Bathsheba has inherited her uncle’s estate and is now a wealthy woman. She hires Gabriel as a shepherd but is interested in William Boldwood, a prosperous farmer whose reticence inspires her to playfully send him a valentine. William, like Gabriel before him, quickly falls in love with Bathsheba and proposes. But it is the dashing Sergeant Francis Troy who finally wins her heart. Despite the warnings of her first two suitors, Bathsheba accepts his proposal—a decision that brings long-buried secrets to the fore and leaves everything for which she has fought so hard hanging in the balance.
Published a century and a half ago, Far from the Madding Crowd was Thomas Hardy’s first major success and introduced the themes he would continue to explore for the rest of his life. A love story wrapped in the cloak of tragedy, it is widely considered to be one of the finest novels of the nineteenth century.