Esta recopilación de escritos, artículos y entrevistas en torno a la droga, la música, la política exterior norteamericana, la CIA, el periodismo, la moral convencional, etc; nos revela una mente descarada, elegante y muy en la onda.
Uno de los politólogos británicos más destacados se enfrenta a la década que vivimos peligrosamente —del 11-S a la primavera árabe, la crisis económica, el auge de China y los conflictos en Oriente Medio— poniendo patas arriba las ortodoxias de la generación anterior.
Als der Journalist Thomas Franke zum ersten Mal nach Russland reiste, musste man eigentlich keine Angst mehr haben: Das Sowjetreich war zusammengebrochen, der russische Bär bleckte nicht länger die Zähne.
In the turbulent period from 2018 to 2021, Canada saw a majority government reduced to minority standing, a political dynasty tainted by scandal, a neighbouring nation's struggle to transfer power, and a paradigm-changing pandemic.
In the turbulent period from 2018 to 2021, Canada saw a majority government reduced to minority standing, a political dynasty tainted by scandal, a neighbouring nation's struggle to transfer power, and a paradigm-changing pandemic.
In ihren Kolumnen ist der Titel Programm: Birgit Schmid befragt, beobachtet, durchleuchtet, analysiert Beziehungen - insbesondere zwischen Liebespaaren und überhaupt Frauen und Männern, aber auch zwischen Eltern und Kind, Freunden oder von Mensch zu Tier.
El horror del penal de La isla del Diablo, la explotación comercial de Latinoamérica, la situación de la mujer trabajadora, todo está en los reportajes María Leitner.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023 A searing study of American poverty from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EvictedThe United States is the richest country on earth, yet has more poverty than any other advanced democracy.
«Escritos del exilio» ofrece una faceta sorprendente del autor de «Zama» y se presenta como un valioso testimonio de la vida cultural del Madrid de la transición.
Este libro estudia la posición editorial de las revistas sobre política más destacadas de la Argentina de los setenta y primeros años de los ochenta ante acontecimientos clave.
The first nonfiction volume in the "e;superb series"e; -true crime stories from Bushwick to Borough Park to Brooklyn Heights (The Globe and Mail, Toronto).
"e;Not only is this book the best sort of true-crime writing, but it is also a stunning exploration of the concept of manhood in America"e; (Sebastian Junger, New York Times-bestselling author of War).
Florence Maybrick was the first American woman to be sentenced to death in England--for murdering her husband, a crime she almost certainly did not commit.
Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the Ripper--are among the most written-about women in history.
From an author praised by the Wall Street Journal for his ';eye for a good story' comes an account of the Herbert Fuller tragedy of 1896, a tragedy that occurred on the high seas and involved the senseless slaughter of three of the twelve souls on board.
For nearly three decades, a series of rapes and murders occurred around Western New York by a nameless, faceless man dubbed ';The Bike Path Rapist' by local media.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE A Pulitzer Prize FinalistA National Book Award FinalistA Writers' Trust Award FinalistShortlisted for the Wainwright Conservation PrizeA Guardian Book of the YearA New York Times Book of the Year 'No book feels timelier .
Un joven de 19 años termina enlistado en el ejército e internado en las selvas del Putumayo para enfrentar a las FARC; una mujer regresa a su pueblo luego de ser secuestrada y tras haberse enterado de que fue señalada por alguno de sus vecinos; un grupo de guerrilleros escribe cartas de amor en medio de la guerra; un bailarín de ladera baila salsa con Jennifer López en Las Vegas; una pareja asiste a una fiesta swinger para reactivar el amor; un predador de cuerpos cuenta qué pasa cuando arregla un cadáver de prisa; un mimo de calle que no habla francés ingresa al camerino de Marcel Marceau.
The Devils Right Hand chroniclesthe legacy of death and destruction in the gunmaking Colt family during the nineteenth century, a legacy largely remembered for a lurid murder case that inspired Edgar Allan Poe's story ';The Oblong Box'but one that encompassed much more.
From the author of The History of Rock ’n’ Roll in Ten Songs comes his “Basement Tapes”: the complete “Real Life Rock Top 10” columns For nearly thirty years, Greil Marcus has written a remarkable column called “Real Life Rock Top Ten.
James Boswell (1740-1795), best known as the biographer of Samuel Johnson, was also a lawyer, journalist, diarist, and an insightful chronicler of a pivotal epoch in Western history.
Well documented by public records, actual court reports, and newspaper accounts, this book is a true story of greed, ambition and murder in the first degree.
For six decades, Pittsburgh-based forensic scientist Cyril Wecht has been an outspoken authority when horrible things happen to everyday people--murders, childhood deaths, tragic accidents and police brutality.
A trunk dripping blood, discovered at a railway station in Stockton in 1906, launched one of the most famous murder investigations in California history--still debated by crime historians.
