European Real

What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war from 1500 onward. Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans had no general military superiority in the early modern era. Sharman shows instead that European expansion is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy earned by default.

An insightful, comprehensive and always entertaining appreciation of how European football has developed over the last three decades by the author of the much heralded The Mixer. Continental football has always cast a spell over the imagination. From the attacking flair of Real Madrid of the '50s to the defensive brilliance of the Italians in the '60s and on to the total football of the Dutch in the '70s, the European leagues have been where the game has most evolved and taken its biggest steps forward.

Literatura, pues. Y literatura mestiza. Más: gozosamente mestiza, igual que la de la novela. Porque, si no me engaño, toda buena crónica aspira a participar de una triple condición: la del poema, la del ensayo y la del relato. Más humildes o más incapaces, las mías renuncian de antemano a las dos primeras categorías; en sus mejores momentos, propenden tal vez a la última. De hecho, acaso puedan leerse, una a una, como relatos. Como relatos reales.

L'Auberge épouvantable est une des cinq nouvelles mettant en scène une poignée de vieux loups de mer qui passent le temps à se faire peur en se racontant des histoires terrifiantes à l'heure de l'apéritif...

Le capitaine James Playfair, issu d'une grande famille de négociants, s'apprête à quitter le port de Glasgow pour l'Amérique à bord d'un navire tout juste mis à flot : le Delphin.

Alors qu'en 2010, on se remémore la crue de la Seine survenue 100 ans auparavant.