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“Para pasar a la historia como un héroe hay que tener una pizca de suerte. A Di Giovanni no se le dieron las circunstancias. Y ese hombre todo coraje, todo violencia, en una carrera imparable por vol

Daniel Cardona i Civit (1890-1943) puede ser considerado, junto a Francesc Macià, el dirigente histórico más relevante de la etapa inicial del movimiento independentista catalán: la etapa separatista

Starred Review. SignatureReviewed by Michael BeschlossIn this modest, elegant, appealing and introspective autobiography, Ted Sorensen writes about his service to John Kennedy as senator and president with a candor that, he confesses, would have been inconceivable while writing his glowing 1965 reminiscence, Kennedy, or while Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was alive. The Nebraska-born Sorensen describes himself as a moralist not unlike his Unitarian father, C.A. Sorensen, a onetime state attorney general (and a Republican). He reproaches himself for still feeling shame and stigma about the emotional illnesses of his Russian-Jewish mother, Annis Chaikin Sorensen, and for his two divorces, which will make him feel embarrassed until my dying day.Sorensen does not spare the man who remains his old hero. He declines to defend or rationalize JFK''s carefree misconduct and broken marriage vows, writing, It was wrong, and he knew it was wrong. He criticizes Kennedy''s failure while a senator in 1954 to help censure the Wisconsin demagogue Joseph McCarthy. Unlike some of Kennedy''s most extreme defenders, he does not insist that JFK would have withdrawn American troops from Vietnam after reelection in 1964. Excluded from Kennedy''s glittering social life, Sorensen recalls the president''s cool crowd regarded him with thinly veiled patronizing. New sidelights include Jackie''s later private observation that her husband was truly frightened that Lyndon Johnson might someday become president. Sorensen knows that history will view him mainly as architect of much of Kennedy''s enduring rhetoricand the collaborator (at least) on JFK''s famous 1956 book, Profiles in Courage. Such prominence unsettled the Kennedys, who wanted JFK''s speeches and writings to be taken as his own. Sorensen reveals that after the commercial success of Profiles, Kennedy privately gave him a large share of the book''s substantial royalties, and Sorensen wrote his boss a letter pledging not to push for recognition of my participation in its writing. The faithful Sorensen felt crushed in 1987 when Jackie Onassis wrote him an angry letter implying (unfairly) that Sorensen might be ambitious to seize credit for her husband''s speeches. Sorensen says he never knew how much his old frostiness and protectiveness of his relationship with JFK estranged some colleagues. Blessed wi

“Lo más atractivo de Abelardo Ramos fue la novedad de enlazar creativamente al marxismo con las tradiciones del federalismo rioplatense. Por supuesto, en esa conjugación, las dos puntas fueron repens

Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats--from terrorism to pandemic--that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a broken political process, and restore to working order a government dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans.--From publisher description.

If Barak Obama is succesful in his quest to become President of the United States, he will dramatically change the face that his country presents to the world. In this bestselling book, Obbama discusses the importance of empathy in pollitics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed.

Reveals the trajectory of Hillary Clinton's life and career. This book provides an account of the complex human being and political meteor who has helped define one presidency.

Perfecto Lorenzo redactou durante anos as súas memorias de guerra, exilio, resistencia, guerrilla e cárcere. Uns escriotos, de enorme valor histórico, que recollen a súa activa traxectoria de militancia antifranquista, xusto ate o dia no que recobra, en 1959, a liberdade condicional.

The personal and political history of the first Afro-American nominee for the US presidential election is condensed into this single volume, packed with entertaining illustrations that provide a complete introduction to the ground- breaking senator for Illinois. The book can be read quickly, allowing those who know little about Obama to develop a reliable foundation of knowledge whilst observers who know more will find it a comprehensive overview. Professionals can use it as a reference and index of available source material.

Un libro para entender el corazón y la mente de un presidente que viene de la pobreza extrema, que fue acusado de extremista y de narcotraficante por los EEUU y que se propone dar vuelta la historia.Aprovechando una relacion de mas de 10 años con el actual presidente de Bolivia, el autor y periodista que tiene ya otros dos libros sobre Bolivia en su haber, logra narrar la vida y la gestion de Evo desde adentro, contando con su propio testimonio mas invalorables fuentes muy cercanas a el. Algunas de las preguntas que responde este libro son: ¿como un pastor de llamas aymara abandona el altiplano para acompañar a su familia en el tropico de Cochabamba y en pocos años se convierte en el lider del poderoso movimiento cocalero? ¿como un buscavidas sin instruccion llega a la presidencia con un record de votos y despues se convierte en nuevo icono internacional por su condicion de indigena radical? ¿Como este hombre, hermano de cuatro niños que murieron por enfermedades curables, ha pasado a integrar, segun el gobierno de los EEUU, el nuevo eje del mal junto a Fidel Castro y a Hugo Chavez? El libro cuenta un personaje complejo de un pais complejo sin ninguna idealizacion de Morales. Incluye todos sus costados vulnerables y tambien detalles de su vida no publica. La biografia de un presidente y de un pais muy particular: original, novedosa, rica y polemica. Dara que hablar en toda la region, con menciones especiales a Venezuela, Argentina y Chile. Y tambien a Europa ya que su gira europea lo catapulto a la fama mundial. No es usual que un periodista tenga el acceso que tiene Sivak al presidente: ha viajado con el, comido con el y vivido en la misma casa. Esta circunstancia enriquece mucho el libro pero no le quita objetividad, el autor se acerca al personaje para hacerlo mas humano sin dejar de marcar sus debilidades.

Includes the senator's speech from the 2004 Democratic National Convention! In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father-- a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man-- has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey-- first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.

DAVID ELLIOT COHENWhen Barack Obama became president - elected on the 4th of November 2008 - he transformed Martin's Luther King's dream into reality. This book documents Obama's journey to the White House. It includes front covers, speeches and photographs from Obama's initial declaration of candidacy, his Democratic nomination, election and inauguration.

Estas páginas no son sólo una apasionante crónica política y social, narrada por un testigo veraz y convincente, de los acontecimientos históricos que desembocaron en el derrocamiento de la dictadura de Somoza y de los hechos que constituyeron la revolucion sandinista y su epilogo. A la vez que memoria colectiva, son memoria personal y autobiografia espiritual que tienen como vertice la fe cristiana de su protagonista, Fernando Cardenal, su compromiso con los pobres y su lucha contra la opresion social y la injusticia. Como escribe Sergio Ramirez en su prologo, fue bajo la premisa del amor, vivido desde su identidad cristiana, de sacerdote y de hombre de su tiempo, que Fernando ejercio una influencia ejemplar sobre sucesivas generaciones de jovenes nicaraguenses, desde los albores de la lucha contra la dictadura con la toma de los templos, contribuyendo a fijar el sentido etico y hondamente humanista de aquella forja de conciencias juveniles, hasta la lucha armada, que fue obra tambien de jovenes que renunciaban a todo, aun a la vida, y de alli hasta la cruzada, cuando los alfabetizadores se fueron a enseñar a leer y a escribir a los mas reconditos lugares de Nicaragua.

El verdadero retrato de una política ambiciosa y calculadora que, bajo la apariencia de un discurso marcadamente populista, oculta un programa liberal que aspira a estrujar el erario público hasta el último céntimo. Detrás de la aristocrática y pizpireta millonaria que actúa con aire arrabalero y maneja la Comunidad de Madrid con absoluto desparpajo, hay un plan sistemático de destrucción de los servicios básicos y de saqueo del presupuesto público en busca del beneficio privado. Amigos, correligionarios y parientes se benefician de la política de Esperanza Aguirre. Consigue que el AVE pare en una finca de su familia, y construye carreteras y líneas de metro con la intención de multiplicar los beneficios de las poderosas empresas constructoras que se mueven a su alrededor. Además, ha convertido Telemadrid en un órgano de desinformación y propaganda a su exclusivo servicio. La desmedida ambición de Aguirre tiene como objetivo la presidencia de su partido y la del Gobierno, pero los escándalos protagonizados por sus más estrechos colaboradores y el rechazo que ella misma genera fuera de Madrid -incluso en sus propias filas-, la apartan, cada vez más, de esa competida carrera.

James E.Carter representa a una de las figuaras vivas del stateman de nuestro siglo . Candidato demócrata , presidente de los Estados Unidos(1977-1981) y Premio Nobel dela Paz, su trayectoria hacía la nominación en clara carrera de frontrunner, su emotiva retórica y el uso de viejas y nuevas estrategias de comunicación política le llevaron a la victoria eb una época de desencanto que dominaba a su país tras los fiascos de Vietnam y Watergate.

The election of Barack Obama as President of the USA is a defining moment for all of us. After years of failed policies and a failed politics from Washington, change has arrived. Barack Obama now has the chance to reclaim the American dream. He has proven to be a new kind of leader-one who can bring people together, be honest about the challenges we all face, and move his nation forward. "Change We Can Believe In" outlines his vision for America and its standing in the world. In these pages you will find bold and specific ideas about how Barack Obama plans to fix the ailing American economy and strengthen its middle class, make health care affordable for all, achieve energy independence, and keep America safe in a dangerous world. "Change We Can Believe In" ask us not just to believe in Barack Obama's ability to bring change to Washington, it asks us to believe in the ability of each of us to change the world.