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In the 17th century, in a Europe torn apart by wars, religious disputes, and superstitions, Johannes Kepler transformed a fragile life—marked by illness, precariousness, and family losses—into one of the most profound intellectual transformations in history. Between faith and method, between the intuition of a secret harmony and the discipline of Tycho Brahe's data, Kepler dismantled the 'perfect' sky of circles and constructed a new universe of ellipses, laws, and numbers that still underpin modern astronomy.

In 17th-century Italy, Galileo Galilei transforms a world built on authority into one sustained by evidence. Between classrooms, courts, and makeshift observatories, his life traces the complete arc of human genius: radical curiosity, ambition, discoveries that change the very idea of the 'heavens,' and an inevitable conflict with power.

In the tumultuous 16th century, Suleiman the Magnificent transformed the Ottoman Empire into a power that contested Europe, Persia, and the Mediterranean for control of the known world. This book traces his ascent to the throne, his decisive campaigns, and his vision of statehood as Kanuni, the lawgiver who consolidated laws, justice, and administration.

En una Europa atravesada por guerras, censura y cambios científicos, René Descartes decidió desconfiar de todo para encontrar una verdad que no pudiera derrumbarse. Este libro recorre su vida: el niño frágil que se convierte en estudiante jesuita, el soldado viajero que observa el mundo con ojos nuevos, el pensador que inaugura el método de la duda y el científico que sueña con explicar la naturaleza con matemáticas.

In the turbulent seventeenth century, amidst civil wars, revolutions, and religious disputes, John Locke became one of the minds that best understood—and best discussed—the price of authority and the value of liberty. This book traces his life and work from within: his formation, his medical-scientific turn, his proximity to power, exile, and the writing that established him as the father of modern empiricism and liberal thought.

In 16th-century Europe, a discreet and methodical canon observes the sky with modest instruments and extraordinary patience. Nicolaus Copernicus seeks neither scandal nor glory, but an insistent idea accompanies him for decades: perhaps the problem lies not with the planets, but with the point from which we observe. Amid ecclesiastical duties, power networks, educational journeys, and nights of calculation, Copernicus writes against custom and prepares, almost in silence, an intellectual shift that will change the way the universe is understood.

The Coaching Edge is the second volume in the Executive Coaching series. It offers a practical and comprehensive guide for coaches, leaders, and HR professionals seeking to deepen their coaching practice and drive meaningful change.

En el siglo XVIII, Benjamin Franklin aprendió a convertirse en muchas cosas a la vez: aprendiz y fugitivo, impresor y figura pública, científico célebre, diplomático decisivo y arquitecto de pactos en el nacimiento de un país. Esta biografía narrativa recorre su vida desde los márgenes de Boston hasta los salones de Europa, mostrando no solo sus logros, sino también sus tensiones internas, sus ambiciones y las contradicciones morales de su tiempo.

Este libro recorre la vida y el pensamiento de Adam Smith más allá de los clichés. No es solo la historia del autor de La riqueza de las naciones, sino el retrato completo de un hombre que reflexionó sobre la moral, el poder, el trabajo y las contradicciones humanas en un mundo en transformación. Desde su infancia en Escocia hasta su influencia duradera en la economía moderna, el libro muestra a un Smith complejo: crítico de los privilegios, defensor de los mercados con reglas, atento a la justicia y preocupado por los efectos morales de la riqueza.

The Persian Continuum traces how the Achaemenid Empire’s administrative genius, religious pragmatism, and infrastructural vision shaped a vast world stretching from the Aegean to the Indus—and how Alexander’s lightning conquests disrupted but did not erase that order. Through a sequence of richly drawn chapters, the book follows the Persian high tide under Xerxes, the long wars and negotiations with Greek city-states, and the empire’s resilient governance from Egypt to Bactria.

Más de un siglo después del hundimiento del Titanic, su historia sigue siendo un espejo de los desafíos y dilemas de la sociedad contemporánea. A través de un análisis profundo y accesible, este libro explora cómo la tragedia del Titanic se relaciona con temas actuales como la desigualdad social, la corrupción, la crisis climática, la influencia de las redes sociales y la lucha entre la cooperación y la supervivencia individual en tiempos de crisis.

¿Ya dominas lo básico y quieres llevar tu cocina sin gluten al siguiente nivel? Este libro es tu compañero perfecto. Aquí encontrarás técnicas avanzadas, batch cooking, cocina internacional adaptada, dulces creativos, gestión de intolerancias múltiples y recursos actualizados para moverte con seguridad y creatividad en la vida sin gluten.

Transformational Coaching brings the Executive Coaching trilogy to a compelling close by guiding readers through the real-world application of coaching principles at the highest levels of leadership. This book explores advanced coaching conversations, executive influence, team dynamics, culture shaping, and succession planning, while integrating stories, tools, and frameworks that help leaders deepen their legacy and empower the next generation.

In the England of the 16th century, marked by wars of religion, conspiracies, and external threats, Elizabeth I ascends the throne with an intimate certainty: survival will be her first victory. Between the Tudor court and the European chessboard, she builds a reign based on prudence, political intelligence, and mastery of image, while facing rivals such as Mary, Queen of Scots and the challenge of Philip II.

En estas páginas, Winston Churchill aparece como pocas veces: no solo el líder que sostuvo al Reino Unido en 1940, sino el hombre completo, con sus grandezas y sus contradicciones. Esta entrega recorre su infancia, su ambición, sus guerras, su ascenso político, sus errores, su regreso inesperado y su papel decisivo en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el inicio de la Guerra Fría.

In the turbulent England of the 16th century, the figure of Henry VIII stands as a fascinating and contradictory sovereign: humanist prince and warrior king, loving husband and ruthless spouse, defender of the Catholic faith and architect of a national Church independent of Rome. This sixth volume traces his complete life: from his gilded youth and his six marriages to the break with the papacy, the dissolution of the monasteries, the intrigues of the court, and the twilight of a monarch consumed by illness and paranoia.

This book recounts the life of Louis XVI from his childhood at Versailles to the guillotine, revealing the shy, religious, family-oriented man behind the indecisive monarch. This work traces the crisis of the Ancien Régime, the explosion of the French Revolution, and the fall of a monarchy that had sustained Europe for centuries.

This book offers a complete and humanised portrait of Hernán Cortés, from his origins as a poor hidalgo in 16th-century Spain to his role as architect of the new colonial order in New Spain. This volume covers the expedition to Mexico, the indigenous alliances, the fall of Tenochtitlán, and the construction of the viceregal system, without forgetting the private life of the conqueror: his loves, ambitions, contradictions, and conflicts.

En una nación partida en dos, Abraham Lincoln tuvo que hacer algo más difícil que ganar una guerra: sostener una idea. Desde su infancia en la frontera hasta el peso insoportable de la Casa Blanca, este libro recorre la vida del hombre que condujo a Estados Unidos a través de su crisis más brutal, mientras la esclavitud y la democracia se enfrentaban cara a cara. En esta tercera entrega, descubrirás sus decisiones clave, sus dudas, sus contradicciones, sus gestos de compasión y las sombras que también lo acompañaron.

This book offers the history of Christopher Columbus, from his uncertain origins and his formative years as a sailor to the voyages that forever changed world history. This fourth installment explores his character, his beliefs, his nautical successes, and his grave political and moral errors.