“…Sus páginas suponen una invitación a sumergirnos en los más oscuros recovecos de la imaginación humana, un universo macabro que alberga horrores." (Amazon)…”

“…And in these heartbreaking diaries, we see the first glimpses of a question that would haunt the twentieth century: Can such unimaginable horror be represented at all?…”

“…Mientras unos personajes inolvidables vibran de miedo y de esperanza, Etty Hillesum narra la historia de su vida tal como la dejó escrita en su diario, dando testimonio de los horrores del Holocausto y, pese a todo, afirmando la tenaz belleza de la existencia. …”

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“…From Ancient Greek histories and wonder works, to Islamic curiosities and Chinese strange histories, through to European historical cabinets of curiosity and on to histories that grapple with the horrors of the Holocaust, Marnie Hughes-Warrington unpacks the ways in which historians throughout the ages have tried to make sense of the world, and to change it. …”

“…More traditional poststructuralist spatial theories are connected with concepts and methods of Actor-Network Theory in a compelling account of the skyscraper’s evolution as reflected in fictional media from early 20th-century short stories via a range of action, disaster and horror films to selected city novels of the 1990s and 2000s…”

“…Wood's sharp literary critique moves beyond formulaic or overly pious readings to show that, rather than fleeing from the ghoulish horrors of his time, Chesterton located God's mysterious goodness within the existence of evil. …”

“…Within this series, Smith depicts the horrors of war in a surrealistic way in general, but always uses various motifs to refer to the events of the time. …”

“…"Este magnífico trabajo de Javier Noya, ademas de documentar los horrores ocurridos en ambos lugares de Alemania, pretendo situar la censura en torno a ambos en el marco de las estrategias e instituciones de la propaganda y la diplomacia pública tanto del III Reich como de los Aliados. …”

“…Just as the Peace of Westphalia brought the religious civil wars of the seventeenth century to an end through the separation of church and state, so too the separation of state and nation represents the appropriate response to the horrors of the twentieth century. And just as the secular state makes the exercise of different religions possible, so too cosmopolitan Europe must guarantee the coexistence of different ethnic, religious and political forms of life across national borders based on the principle of cosmopolitan tolerance. …”
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“…Estas crónicas del despilfarro -donde conviven Machado y Carlos Fabra, Miró y Manolo Escobar- contienen un apéndice de gran valor documental que recopila los asombrosos récords de la corrupción en el litoral mediterráneo. Un museo de los horrores -aeropuertos fantasmas, urbanizaciones hipervitaminadas y delirantes proyectos culturales- por el que las generaciones futuras harían bien en pasearse de ven en cuando…”

“…"Filming the End of the Holocaust considers how the US Government commissioned the US Signal Corps and other filmmakers to document the horrors of the concentration camps during the April-May 1945 liberation. …”

“…These varied from, the distress caused by the violation of the countryside during and after the expropriations in the 40s B.C., to the horrors of the civil war and the violence of war in general, and the necessity of strong leadership. …”

“…Whether he's trying to persuade an executive that Gwyneth Paltrow has enough chin to carry the lead in a movie, forcing an enraged Alec Baldwin to shave off his mountain-man beard, or sitting through an excruciating reading of a David Mamet script as Bob de Niro toys with the notion of heading up the cast, Art Linson gives us a brutally honest, funny, and comprehensive tour through the horrors of Hollywood, from script to screen. In What Just Happened? …”
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“…En medio de la belleza de los Alpes bávaros, Magda se olvida de los horrores de la guerra y del peligro que supone su nuevo trabajo. …”

“…Exponen los afectos, las incógnitas y los horrores que conviven en su seno, y exploran los límites de la institución—desde la aparición en la tierra de las primeras familias hasta la renuncia decidida a todo tipo de relación persona…”

“…A partir de la segunda posguerra, tal vez con la intención de dejar atrás los horrores de todo lo sucedido, se procuró eliminar la tristeza para proponer una visión de la existencia bajo el signo de la serenidad perfecta. …”

“…Lejos de presentarnos un simple museo de equivocaciones y de horrores, el conservador de fotografía del Centre Pompidou retoma algunos de los iconos fotográficos más representativos, así como una serie de imágenes anónimas para demostrarnos de qué manera ciertos intentos fallidos han contribuido a impulsar los alcances y la evolución de la fotografía. …”

“…Narrated by Jim Caviezel (Passion of the Christ, Person of Interest) and with original music by Joe Kraemer (Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher) this is the incredible story of one man’s unwavering faith born of deep personal suffering, his steadfast defense of the dignity of the human person amidst the horrors of Nazi and Soviet Occupation, and his unyielding belief in the spiritual unity of Europe. …”