Títulos en Políticos

For the first time, and with surprising and revealing insights, former Vice President Kamala Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history. Your Secret Service code name is Pioneer. You are the first woman in history to be elected...

El político y abogado Antonio Ledezma, quien fuera Alcalde Mayor del Distrito Metropolitano de Caracas, narra con extremo rigor cómo fue secuestrado, en dos ocasiones, por los órganos de seguridad del régimen venezolano, y describe las prisiones de las que se sirve la dictadura para reprimir a la oposición, tanto en la era de Hugo Chávez como en la actual, con el ilegítimo presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, al frente del poder.

Il 'delitto Matteotti', di cui quest'anno ricorrono i cento anni, è stato senza dubbio il più grande 'caso' della storia italiana. All'inizio dobbiamo analizzare la scena del crimine, sul lungotevere di un afoso pomeriggio romano, e descrivere la meccanica del delitto.

Vladímir Ilich Lenin, su verdadero nombre, fue un famosísimo revolucionario ruso, líder bolchevique, político comunista, principal dirigente de la Revolución de octubre y primer dirigente de la Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas. La importancia de su papel como líder soviético y su pensamiento marcaron la vida de su país y del mundo por más de 60 años.

Porfirio Díaz. Su vida y su tiempo narra la historia de uno de los personajes más fascinantes en la historia de México. Héroe para unos, villano para otros, su vida de soldado ilustra en plenitud una novela de aventuras del siglo XIX. Es el tema que aborda La guerra. Díaz nació en un mundo donde la gente despertaba a las cuatro de la madrugada para rezar el Rosario; formó parte de la generación que derribó a sablazos aquel mundo durante la Reforma y destacó como nadie en la lucha contra la Intervención y el Imperio.

Malala ha solo undici anni quando decide di alzare la voce. E ne ha quindici quando, in un giorno come tanti, mentre insieme alle sue amiche sta andando a scuola, i talebani tentano di ucciderla. Perché? Nel suo Paese, il Pakistan, si è scontrata contro chi vuole togliere alle ragazze e alle donne i loro diritti.

Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his political activities while being groomed to assume his legacy, politics, status...and power. But everything changed when Mosab turned away from terror and violence and embraced instead the teachings of another famous Middle East leader.

De niña, disimulaba mis deseos en textos de ficción. Dos hermanas en fuga. Perseguidas por un monstruo de dos cabezas. Huían por sombríos bosques. Se armaban con ramas, palos. Hoy ya no escondo mis deseos. Quisiera que este texto diezmara a mi familia toda.

Caputo vio en el personaje extravagante de Milei, en su auténtica incorrección política, el potencial emergente para encarnar el cambio que la sociedad estaba reclamando. Al ultraliberal, le agregó el condimento "anticasta" y así convirtió al libertario en un antisistema. El consultor se mantuvo en las sombras, como un fantasma, hasta que Milei lo entronizó como el "arquitecto" de su triunfo electoral.

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Así comienza este recorrido en el que Felipe Calderón reflexiona sobre la compleja tarea de gobernar y lo que significa tomar decisiones en escenarios de incertidumbre, decisiones que, a fin de cuentas, nadie más quiere tomar. Al enfrentar este reto, dice el autor, es inevitable relatar las circunstancias, las vivencias, las ideas que rodean cada hecho. Así, a partir de una concepción muy particular de la política, como vocación y deber, Felipe Calderón presenta una visión de conjunto de las decisiones más difíciles que ha tomado en su trayectoria....

Jorge Edwards fue el primer escritor latinoamericano en notar que algo iba irremediablemente mal en la Revolución cubana. Las ilusiones románticas de la primera etapa, que despertaron la esperanza de las masas latinoamericanas y de los intelectuales de izquierda a nivel mundial, comenzaban a resquebrajarse. En Persona non grata el autor narra con agudeza su experiencia en La Habana como representante del gobierno de Salvador Allende, adonde llegó en 1971 con la misión de reanudar las relaciones diplomáticas entre ambos países.

The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world's first transatlantic empire, complicate the task.

Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage. Almost single-handedly responsible for transforming Singapore into a Western-style economic success, he offers a unique perspective on the geopolitics of East and West. American presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama have welcomed him to the White House.

Vladimir Lenin lies in a tomb in Moscow's Red Square. History has not been kind to this Russian leader, his teachings reviled by modern mainstream politics. But in today's capitalist society, riven by class inequality and imperialist wars, perhaps it is worth returning to this communist icon's demand for "Peace, Land and Bread", and his radical understanding of democracy.

For half a century, Bob Brown has been standing up to the powerful interests who would put profit before planet. In Defiance, he draws on this experience to inspire a new generation of individual and collective action. He reflects on the people and places that have shaped him, celebrates the irreplaceable beauty and value of nature and shares what motivates him to keep fighting.

This magnificent biography of Henry VIII is set against the cultural, social and political background of his court - the most spectacular court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. An entertaining narrative packed with colourful description and a wealth of anecdotal evidence, but also a comprehensive analytical study of the development of both monarch and court during a crucial period in English history.

Shortlisted for the Channel 4 Political Book Award, 2007.
Longlisted for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2007.
The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever hear. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, these audio extracts chart the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life.

La biografía de un ser de una vida que parece haber sido sacada de la ficción. Gran investigador judío, tras haber estado prisionero en el campo de concentración de Mauthausen-Gusen durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, dedicó la mayor parte de su vida a localizar e identificar criminales de guerra nazis que se encontraban fugitivos, para así llevarlos a la justicia.

Brand Whitlock was an American attorney, author, elected official and diplomat in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He wrote this excellent little life of Lincoln but recognized that his book could serve only as an introduction to the great man's life when he wrote, "To compress between the covers of a little book like this the whole story of AbrahamLincoln, to present within such limitations a life so epical, a character so original and yet so universal, is obviously impossible."