Desde principios del siglo XX, el desarrollo de la economía capitalista acentuó cada vez más las tensiones sociales e impulsó una fuerte expansión de las economías centrales sobre las periféricas y una competencia vertiginosa por acceder a nuevos mercados.
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.
*Shortlisted for the 2024 Wolfson History Prize*'Gripping and profoundly moving' DAMON GALGUT'Deft and operatic' OBSERVERFrom one of South Africa's foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela's relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
As he did for Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams, award-winning biographer Fred Kaplan offers a fresh, illuminating look at the life of Thomas Jefferson and his contributions as a writer.
Elegant man-about-town and the director of Bridesmaids, Spy, and A Simple Favor Paul Feig serves up a beautifully designed cocktail and lifestyle guide with hilarious stories from his life.
From an impoverished childhood in the Scottish highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of two brothers - Daniel and Alexander Macmillan - who built a publishing empire - and brought Alice in Wonderland to the world.
Una investigación única sobre Bill Gates, la Fundación Gates y sobre cómo utilizar la filantropía para ejercer un inmenso poder político sin control alguno.
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Galvanizing and uplifting' The Guardian'Bernie Sanders has changed US politics forever' Owen JonesIt's OK to be angry about capitalism.
"Pero que no se confundan con mi aparente fragilidad", dijo Cristina Fernández el primero de abril de 2008, a casi cuatro meses de ser electa y en medio del conflicto con las patronales agropecuarias.
John Jenkins, Maines first Black state senator and mayor of both Lewiston and Auburn, led a remarkable life and his influence extended far beyond his politics and his constituents.
"El presente libro es un recorrido por la historia reciente de la ultraderecha en España, que comienza con el pasado falangista de Javier Ortega Smith a finales de los años ochenta, para llegar a un partido que ya está presente en nuestras instituciones y donde todo lo decide un reducido grupo con Santiago Abascal al frente.
La luz y la sombra se suceden en la corta vida de Álvaro Obregón, nacido en la hacienda de Siquisiva en 1880 y ultimado a traición en la Ciudad de México en 1928.
En la historia del quehacer político nacional, Gladys Marín es una de las figuras más prominentes debido a su activa presencia, que cubre más de cuatro décadas de lucha y consecuencia a toda prueba.
Join New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield as he dives into the incredible story of Abraham Lincoln's spiritual life and draws from it a deeper meaning that's sure to inspire us all.
One of Argentinas 30,000 disappeared, Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed.
This first full-length treatment of Russell Kirk's life and accomplishments blends new biographical insights and critical perspectives about the author of the ground-breakingThe Conservative Mind.
Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency at a time when Japan and Europe, fully recovered from wartime devastation, threatened America's position as the number one economy in the world.
';To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that's not hard,' Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa on her porch in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Veteran political journalist Scott Farris tells the stories of legendary presidential also-rans, from Henry Clay to Stephen Douglas, from William Jennings Bryan to Thomas Dewey, and from Adlai Stevenson to Al Gore.
Born in a paper mill town in Maine's western foothills, Muskie was one of six children of a Polish immigrant and a Polish-American mother whose English was worse than her husband's.