Títulos en Política

The Austrian writer Joseph Roth's first novel, 'Das Spinnennetz', 1923, intensely chronicles the development of a fascist and the first steps in his rise to power. It is a vivid portrait of the nationalist fervor and the struggle between Right and Left in Germany during the years immediately following the end of the Great War, or First World War.

It was the end of World War II. FDR's New Deal had redefined American politics. Taxes were at an all-time high. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had created a fear of total annihilation. The rise of secret government agencies and sanctions on business had many watching their backs. America's sense of freedom was diminishing... and many were desperate to take that freedom back.

Frank Barnes, a former professor and senator from West Virginia, is running for president of the United States. Tired of the corruption and illegal acts perpetrated by the current president, he’s determined to make a difference. Behind in the polls, Frank hasn’t a ghost of a chance of winning, until a real ghost - the ghost of Theodore Roosevelt makes a startling appearance. A book bought for Frank’s birthday, Alice in Wonderland, came from Teddy’s personal library and his ghost is attached to that book.

En el Puerto Alegre de los años veinte se desarrolla esta implacable alegoría de las dictaduras latinoamericanas. El viejo león, tirano de la isla caribeña de Arepa, en vísperas de su quinta reelección se dispone a decretar una presidencia vitalicia. En el centro de esta conspiración política, el magnicidio, varias veces frustrado, desatará una de las más vigorosas críticas al poder dentro de la obra de Jorge Ibargüengoitia, autor imprescindible para la literatura hispanoamericana.

In the 99th district of a sprawling labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician - and hundreds just like them - are undergoing Re-education, to restore their revolutionary zeal and credentials. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in draconian rules, monitoring behaviour and confiscating treasured books. But when bad weather arrives, followed by the ‘three bitter years’, the intellectuals are abandoned by the regime and left on their own to survive.

Wie erträgt man das Vergehen der Zeit, wenn man zur Untätigkeit gezwungen ist? Wie geht man um mit dem Verlust derer, die man geliebt hat? Wer trägt das Erbe weiter? Richard, emeritierter Professor, kommt durch die zufällige Begegnung mit den Asylsuchenden auf dem Oranienplatz auf die Idee, die Antworten auf seine Fragen dort zu suchen, wo sonst niemand sie sucht: bei jenen jungen Flüchtlingen aus Afrika, die in Berlin gestrandet und seit Jahren zum Warten verurteilt sind.

La década del 70 en la Argentina ha sido uno de sus períodos más terribles y violentos. Dos bandos en pugna desataron una serie de actos de violencia que amenazaron y dañaron la estructura básica de la sociedad argentina. Derechos y Humanos es una ficción dramática que recrea los acontecimientos desarrollados en la ESMA durante los años de la dictadura.

Britannia, 45 AD: Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods – not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on midsummer's day. Vespasian must strive to save his brother whilst completing the conquest of the south-west of the haunted isle, before he is drawn inexorably back to Rome and the heart of Imperial politics.

Julian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine the Great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the history of the Roman Empire. A military genius on the level of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, a graceful and persuasive essayist, and a philosopher devoted to worshipping the gods of Hellenism, he became embroiled in a fierce intellectual war with Christianity that provoked his murder at the age of thirty-two, only four years into his brilliantly humane and compassionate reign.

Displaced by the sectarian violence in the city, Maha and her husband are taken in by a distant cousin, Youssef. As the growing turmoil around them seeps into their household, a rare argument breaks out between the elderly Youssef and his young guest. Born into sanctions and war, Maha knows nothing of Iraq’s good years that Youssef holds dear. Set over a single day, The Baghdad Eucharist is an intimate story of love, memory, and anguish in one Christian family.

Timely and powerfully thought-provoking, Intention finds best-selling author Tom Abrahams (The Traveler Series) return to his roots with this breathtaking novel that brilliantly unpacks a vast, global conspiracy to alter the balance of power.

Former government minister Ralph Singh is the perpetual outsider: displaced, disillusioned, and now living in exile, Ralph reflects on his earlier life and the searing effects of colonialism. Ralph's constant estrangement sees him ever attempting to fit into various communities, only to find home in more transient spaces. Born on the tropical island of Isabella, he is one of West India's many "Mimic Men".

In rural Turkey, Meryem is raped by her uncle. Outcast for shaming her family, she is expected to kill herself. Her commando cousin instead tells her he will take her to Istanbul. By chance, they meet Irfan, a celebrity professor who has left his wife, and the three embark on a journey that shows what unexpected things can happen in the space between wounded people.

July 1540: the shocking news of Cromwell's fall reaches the court of Margaret of Navarre, sister of Francis I of France and arguably the most cultured woman north of the Alps. She sends her courtier and poet, Nicolas Bourbon, an avid reformer with many friends in English court circles, to find out what is happening. What Bourbon discovers from members of Cromwell's family, his proteges and his enemies sets him on what becomes a hazardous quest for the real man behind all the competing versions on offer.

La llamada la despertó a medianoche. Elba Esther contestó inquieta, del otro lado de la línea los secretarios de Hacienda y Gobernación insistían en verla: las negociaciones con el sindicato habían llegado a un punto muerto y el presidente deseaba que se reunieran. La recorrió un mal presentimiento, sabía que podría ser una trampa, pero no le quedaba otra opción. Al día siguiente, abordó el avión privado que la esperaba para llevarla hasta Toluca, de ahí viajaría hacia la capital para desayunar en Los Pinos.

En plena dictadura chilena, un angustiado hombre llega a las oficinas de una revista de oposición. Es un agente de la policía secreta. Quiero hablar, dice, y una periodista prende su grabadora para escuchar un testimonio que abrirá las puertas de una dimensión hasta entonces desconocida. Siguiendo la hebra de esta escena real, Nona Fernández activa los mecanismos de la imaginación para acceder a aquellos rincones donde la memoria y los archivos no han podido llegar.

Amor y desamor, exilios y desencuentros, erotismo y búsqueda de la identidad marcan el relato. El mejor testimonio para ejercitar la memoria colectiva con una historia terrible y lúcida, de acertados toques psicológicos. Ezequiel Szafir ahonda en la historia reciente de Argentina y hace de la literatura el mejor testimonio de la memoria colectiva. Una novela que plantea también un debate ético: ¿deben los hijos pagar las culpas de sus padres?, ¿existen barreras insalvables para el amor cuando el límite excede las posibilidades aceptables?

Raül Romeva decideix posar sobre el paper els seus pensaments des de la presó i ho fa amb els valors de l'esperança i la llibertat al centre de tot. Sense pocions màgiques ni retrets, amb el cap ben alt i la mà estesa i amb pas decidit cap a la República. Es tracta d'un llibre sobre la captivitat dels presos polítics, amb reflexions i propostes, molts dubtes, per. també algunes certeses. Amb raons i arguments sobre la nostra democràcia, sobirania i independència; amb records per l'1 d octubre, alguns silencis incomprensibles i el dolor compartit. Sense retrets, amb convicció.

In this now-classic thriller, he and fellow author J. Frederick George tell a shocking tale with an all-too plausible premise. There's no way William A. Cozzano can lose the upcoming presidential election. He's a likable midwestern governor with one insidious advantage - an advantage provided by a shadowy group of backers.

Jean Legarec, responsable d'une agence privée de renseignements, n'a qu'une vague idée de ce qu'il va affronter lorsqu'il accepte une demande inhabituelle : enquêter sur la disparition d'un enfant de six ans, petit-fils d'un homme politique français influent. Pour un million d'euros, il va se lancer dans des recherches qui lui feront prendre tous les risques et le confronteront à son propre passé.