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Lord Shaftesbury and Social-Industrial Progress (Routledge Revivals)
by J. Wesley BreadyOriginally published in 1926, this volume is much more than a biography of an outstanding politician, social reformer and philosopher. It provides an analysis of the history of social conditions in England during the nineteenth century, as well as a discussion of the development of social affairs and the inertia of political psychology. The role that faith and religion played in motivating Lord Shaftesbury’s desire for social reform is also discussed as is the ways in which he and John Wesley transformed the social and ethical ideas of England to enshrine in law many of the working conditions that we take for granted today such as defined hours of work and rest periods.
Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith
by Donna McdonaldDonald Smith, known to most Canadians as Lord Strathcona, was an adventurer who made his fortune building railroads. He joined the Hudson’s Bay Company at age eighteen and went on to build the first railway to open the Canadian Northwest to settlement. As his crowning achievement, he drove the last spike for the nation-building Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1896, Smith became Canada’s High Commissioner in London and was soon elevated to the peerage. He became a generous benefactor to Canadian institutions. This eminently readable biography brings to light new information, including details about Strathcona’s personal life and his scandalous marriage.
Lord of All the Dead: A nonfiction novel
by Javier CercasFrom the internationally renowned author of The Impostor, a courageous journey into his own family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war--his most moving, most personal book, one he has spent his entire life preparing to write.Javier Cercas grew up hearing the legend of his adored great-uncle Manuel Mena, who died at nineteen in the bloodiest battle of the Spanish Civil War--while fighting for Franco's army. Who was this young man? A fascist hero whose memory is an embarrassment or a committed idealist who happened to fall on the wrong side of history? Is it possible to be a moral person defending an immoral cause? Through visits back to his parents' village in southern Spain, interviews with survivors, and research into the murkiest corners of the war, the author pieces together the life of this enigmatic figure and of an entire generation. This sui generis work combines intimate family history, investigative scholarship, personal confession, war stories, and road trips, finally becoming a transcendent portrait of a country's indelible scars--a book about heroism, death, the persistence of the past, and the meaning of an individual life against the tapestry of history.
Lord of Publishing: A Memoir
by Sterling LordA frank and insightful memoir of a life spent in publishing, by one of literature&’s most legendary agentsSterling Lord has led an extraordinary life, from his youth in small-town Iowa to his post-war founding and editing of an English-language magazine in Paris, followed by his move to New York City to become one of the most powerful literary agents in the field. As agent to Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, and countless others—ranging from Jimmy Breslin and Rocky Graziano to the Berenstains and four US cabinet members—Lord is the decisive influence and authors&’ confidant who has engineered some of the most important book deals in literary history. In Lord of Publishing, his memoir of life and work (and tennis), Lord reveals that he is also a consummate storyteller. Witty and wise, he brings to life what was arguably the greatest era of book publishing, and gives a brilliant insider&’s scoop on the key figures of the book business—as well as some of the most remarkable books and authors of our time.
Lord of the Dead: Bloody Tales of the Vampire of Paris
by B K JacksonIn an age where the story of murder is told of perpetrators who are generally behind bars, by the families of the victims of crime, or by the authorities who have prosecuted killers, here is a story told from a different perspective. This is the story of Nicolas Claux, a self-confessed Vampire and Cannibal who, having been convicted of murder in the 1990’s in France, and has since been subsequently released from prison. This is the story of his life, from his own words and detailed recollections, told in a manner unlike any other. This is an insight into the life and mind of a killer.
Lord, I Want to Be Whole
by Stormie O'MartianBriefly describes the author's difficult childhood and the choices that led her into a destructive lifestyle that eventually left her empty and alone, then presents seven steps for living the Christian life in obedience to God. Includes a discussion of how to release the past, confess sins before God, seek deliverance from past bondage, and stand strong in freedom from pain. Offers ways to seek emotional, physical, and spiritual wholeness following abuse or trauma.
Lords Among the Ruins: A Medieval Romance (The Knights of England Series #5)
by Mary Ellen JohnsonAs the Fourteenth-Century Closes, So Does the Rule of England's Most Tyrannical Monarch in the Medieval Historical, LORDS AMONG THE RUINS, by Mary Ellen JohnsonMedieval England from the Aftermath of 1381 Peasants’ Revolt to the Deposition and Murder of Richard II on 14 Feb 1400As the former boy king, Richard II, approaches his third decade, Matthew Hart and England’s other great lords struggle to deflect his more destructive impulses, which increasingly threaten the kingdom.Amidst attempted assassinations, growing civil war and political intrigue, Matthew Hart, his beloved wife, Margery Watson, and their offspring live and love and war their way through the last years of the fourteenth century, seeing the deposition and murder of England’s most tyrannical monarch.Publisher's Note: Readers with a passion for history will appreciate the author's penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era, this story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and man's timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual scenes and NO use of modern vulgarity.From the Author: There is nothing new under the sun. If we seek to understand today’s events, history will always provide the answer. By 1398 the megalomaniacal Richard II had consolidated his power, executed or banished all his enemies and destroyed all those who might speak out in opposition to him. Two years later Richard was deposed, thrown into a dungeon in Pontefract Castle and starved to death. Lessons: We can never predict the future; actions always have unintended consequences; we sow the seeds of our own destruction and payback’s a bitch!THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series orderThe Lion and the LeopardA Knight There WasWithin A Forest DarkA Child Upon The ThroneLords Among the Ruins
Lorenzo de' Medici and the Art of Magnificence (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History #24)
by F. W. KentIn the past half century scholars have downplayed the significance of Lorenzo de' Medici (1449–1492), called "the Magnificent," as a patron of the arts. Less wealthy than his grandfather Cosimo, the argument goes, Lorenzo was far more interested in collecting ancient objects of art than in commissioning contemporary art or architecture. His earlier reputation as a patron was said to be largely a construct of humanist exaggeration and partisan deference.Although some recent studies have taken issue with this view, no synthesis of Lorenzo as art patron and art lover has yet emerged. In Lorenzo de' Medici and the Art of Magnificence historian F. W. Kent offers a new look at Lorenzo's relationship to the arts, aesthetics, collecting, and building—especially in the context of his role as the political boss (maestro della bottega) of republican Florence and a leading player in Renaissance Italian diplomacy. As a result of this approach, which pays careful attention to the events of his short but dramatic life, a radically new chronology of Lorenzo's activities as an art patron emerges, revealing them to have been more extensive and creative than previously thought. Kent's Lorenzo was broadly interested in the arts and supported efforts to beautify Florence and the many Medici lands and palaces. His expertise was well regarded by guildsmen and artists, who often turned to him for advice as well as for patronage. Lorenzo himself was educated in the arts by such men, and Kent explores his aesthetic education and taste, taking into account what is known of Lorenzo's patronage of music and manuscripts, and of his own creative work as a major Quattrocento poet. Richly illustrated with photographs of Medici landmarks by Ralph Lieberman, Lorenzo de' Medici and the Art of Magnificence offers a masterful portrait of Lorenzo as a man whose achievements might have rivaled his grandfather's had he not died so young.
Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter
by Loretta Lynn George VecseyHere is the story of a resourceful woman whose talent has taken her a far piece from being nervous and pregnant and poor - a bride at thirteen, a mother of four by eighteen - in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, to reigning as America's undisputed queen of country music. Though still a coal miner's daughter at heart, Loretta Lynn is Big Time: the Country Music Association has feted her with more- honors than any other recording artist; she's the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year and the first woman in country music to win a gold record.
Lorine Niedecker
by Margot PetersLorine Niedecker (1903–70) was a poet of extraordinary talent whose life and work were long enveloped in obscurity. After her death in 1970, poet Basil Bunting wrote that she was “the most interesting woman poet America has yet produced . . . only beginning to be appreciated when she died.” Her poverty and arduous family life, the isolated home in Wisconsin that provided rich imagery for her work, and her unusual acquaintances have all contributed to Niedecker’s enigmatic reputation. Margot Peters brings Lorine Niedecker’s life out of the shadows in this first full biography of the poet. She depicts Niedecker’s watery world on Blackhawk Island (near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin), where she was born and spent most of her life. A brief college career cut short by family obligations and an equally brief marriage were followed in 1931 by the start of a life-changing correspondence and complicated thirty-five-year friendship with modernist poet Louis Zukofsky, who connected Niedecker to a literary lifeline of distant poets and magazines. Supporting herself by turns as a hospital scrubwoman and proofreader for a dairy journal, Niedecker made a late marriage to an industrial painter, which gave her time to write and publish her work in the final decades of her life. During her lifetime, Niedecker’s poetry was praised by a relatively small literary circle, including Zukofsky, William Carlos Williams, Robert Creeley, Denise Levetov, and Allen Ginsberg. Since her death much more of her surviving writings have been published, including a comprehensive edition of collected works and two volumes of correspondence. Through Margot Peters’s compelling biography, readers will discover Lorine Niedecker as a poet of spare and brilliant verse and a woman whose talent and grit carried her through periods of desperation and despair.
Lornah Kiplagat: Long-Distance Hero (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Gold #Level R)
by Gary MillerLornah Kiplagat: Long-Distance Hero Author: Gary Miller
Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
by Susan MorrisonNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America&’s most beloved comedy show&“The kind of biographical monument usually consecrated to founding fathers, canonical authors and world-historical scientific geniuses.&”—The New York Times (Editors&’ Choice)&“Readers are treated to the Holy Grail for any journalist hoping to crack the show: a warts-and-all week in the life of SNL, where Morrison gets to see the real process of putting the thing together.&”—VarietyOver the fifty years that Lorne Michaels has been at the helm of Saturday Night Live, he has become a revered and inimitable presence in the entertainment world. He&’s a tastemaker, a mogul, a withholding father figure, a genius spotter of talent, a shrewd businessman, a name-dropper, a raconteur, the inspiration for Dr. Evil, the winner of more than a hundred Emmys—and, essentially, a mystery. Generations of writers and performers have spent their lives trying to figure him out, by turns demonizing and lionizing him. He&’s &“Obi-Wan Kenobi&” (Tracy Morgan), the &“great and powerful Oz&” (Kate McKinnon), &“some kind of very distant, strange comedy god&” (Bob Odenkirk).Lorne will introduce you to him, in full, for the first time. With unprecedented access to Michaels and the entire SNL apparatus, Susan Morrison takes readers behind the curtain for the lively, up-and-down, definitive story of how Michaels created and maintained the institution that changed comedy forever.Drawn from hundreds of interviews—with Michaels, his friends, and SNL&’s iconic stars and writers, from Will Ferrell to Tina Fey to John Mulaney to Chris Rock to Dan Aykroyd—Lorne is a deeply reported, wildly entertaining account of a man singularly obsessed with the show that would define his life and have a profound impact on American culture.
Lorraine
by Lorraine KellyNational treasure Lorraine Kelly has been great company for years: a sunny, vivacious and loveable presence in your home. Now it's possible to get to know her even better as, for the first time, she opens up about her eventful life and tells her story in her own words. From her working-class childhood growing up in one of the toughest areas of Glasgow, to her early career in journalism during which she covered heartbreaking tragedies such as Dunblane and Lockerbie, and her gradual emergence as the undisputed Queen of Morning TV, Lorraine reveals a life like no other with characteristic warmth and charm. Entertaining, funny and a little bit mischievous, her anecdotes are garnered from a lifetime of meeting, greeting and interrogating the famous and infamous. Full of gossip, glamour and Lorraines inimitable good sense, LORRAINE: BETWEEN YOU AND ME is a book to settle on the sofa with.
Lorraine
by Lorraine KellyNational treasure Lorraine Kelly has been great company for years: a sunny, vivacious and loveable presence in your home. Now it's possible to get to know her even better as, for the first time, she opens up about her eventful life and tells her story in her own words. From her working-class childhood growing up in one of the toughest areas of Glasgow, to her early career in journalism during which she covered heartbreaking tragedies such as Dunblane and Lockerbie, and her gradual emergence as the undisputed Queen of Morning TV, Lorraine reveals a life like no other with characteristic warmth and charm. Entertaining, funny and a little bit mischievous, her anecdotes are garnered from a lifetime of meeting, greeting and interrogating the famous and infamous. Full of gossip, glamour and Lorraines inimitable good sense, LORRAINE: BETWEEN YOU AND ME is a book to settle on the sofa with.
Los 33: El rescate que unió al mundo
by Franklin, JonathanLos 33 es más que una gran crónica, es un libro escrito de manera vibrante y comprometida, que trasciende la mera anécdota y nos descubre a los seres humanos que hay detrás de las grandes epopeyas. Una serie de casualidades, los caprichos del destino y algunas decisiones de última hora hicieron que 33 hombres entrasen en la minade San José (Chile) el 5 de agosto de 2010. Ni ellos ni sus familias imaginaron los acontecimientos que se sucederían más tarde.La historia de los 33 es un testimonio de fuerza y de supervivencia en condiciones extremas que pone de relieve la lucha desesperada de un grupo de hombres contra la humedad, el calor, el hambre, el fantasma del canibalismo, la oscuridad, las alucinaciones. De cómo se desarrollaron cada uno de los 70 días que estuvieron sepultados bajo tierra -el sentimiento de comunidad y unión, Jesucristo como el minero 34, el papel del líder, la asignación de tareas, el racionamiento delos recursos, la fe- o de cómo actuó el Gobierno de Chile para organizar el rescate, de la resistencia de las familias y del poder de esta historia seguida por cientos de ojos a nivel mundial da cuenta este libro. El periodista Jonathan Franklin, corresponsal en Chile para los periódicos The Guardian, The Washington Post y The Sydney Morning Herald, obtuvo el permiso de las autoridades para contar de primera mano todo lo que estaba sucediendo dentro y fuera de la mina. Los 33 nos acerca la realidad de un fenómeno sociológico que aunó los corazones de la ciudadanía global y que supuso un desafío tecnológico como no se recordaba desde que el hombre pisó la Luna. Una obra necesaria para conocer el trasfondo de los acontecimientos vividos del que sin duda fue el rescate que unió al mundo.
Los 80 años de Sofía: Esposa, madre y abuela
by Jaime PeñafielCoincidiendo con la celebración de su ochenta aniversario, Jaime Peñafiel desvela un recorrido íntimo y personal repleto de fotografías familiares de la reina más sufridora, pero a la vez más querida por la opinión pública. Peñafiel repasa los acontecimientos más importantes de Sofía en su papel más desconocido: el de esposa, madre y abuela. Ochenta años dan para mucho: alegrías y llantos, momentos felices y otros no tan gozosos... Pero, sobre todo, es una buena ocasión para repasar lo vivido. Doña Sofía, reina emérita de España y, sin duda, el miembro más querido de la Familia Real española, tiene pocos motivos para celebrar su aniversario: sin apenas contacto con su marido, soporta como puede la humillación del destierro de su hija Cristina y el encarcelamiento de su yerno Iñaki Urdangarin. Y, por si no fuera suficiente, la relación con sus nietas Leonor y Sofía no es todo lo idílica que cabría esperar, como se demostró en el triste episodio de la catedral de Mallorca, que no lograron borrar con el paripé que la reina Letizia y la propia Sofía protagonizaron unos días después, simulando ser la familia ideal a las puertas del hospital adonde habían acudido para visitar a don Juan Carlos. Jaime Peñafiel, uno de los periodistas que mejor conoce a la soberana, nos repasa, capítulo a capítulo, la historia de su vida, una vida que poco tiene que ver con la de las reinas y princesas de los cuentos de hadas.
Los Angeles's Central Avenue Jazz
by Sean J. O'ConnellFrom the late 1910s until the early 1950s, a series of aggressive segregation policies toward Los Angeles's rapidly expanding African American community inadvertently led to one of the most culturally rich avenues in the United States. From Downtown Los Angeles to the largely undeveloped city of Watts to the south, Central Avenue became the center of the West Coast jazz scene, nurturing homegrown talents like Charles Mingus, Dexter Gordon, and Buddy Collette while also hosting countless touring jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday. Twenty-four hours a day, the sound of live jazz wafted out of nightclubs, restaurants, hotel lobbies, music schools, and anywhere else a jazz combo could squeeze in its instruments for nearly 50 years, helping to advance and define the sound of America's greatest musical contribution.
Los Angeles: People, Places, and the Castle on the Hill
by A. M. HomesThe surreal City of Angels is a unique amalgam of past and present, tradition and revolution, dreamscape and reality. Whether in history books or on the silver screen, the Los Angeles landscape has long served as an ever-shifting backdrop against which countless American anxieties and aspirations play out. New York-based novelist and short-story writer A. M. Homes distills the elusive, quixotic splendor of this most beguiling of great American cities. She checks us into the famed hotel Chateau Marmont and uses life at this iconic landmark as a multifaceted prism through which to view and experience Los Angeles culture, past and present.
Los Borgia
by Mario PuzoLA PRIMERA GRAN FAMILIA DEL CRIMEN. UNA HISTORIA DE BRUTALIDAD Y TRAICIÓN. UN JUEGO CUYO PRECIO ES LA MUERTE. Del legendario autor de El Padrino llega una novela de la familia criminal italiana original, una historia de corrupción, traición, asesinatos, romance y, por supuesto... familia. Italia, siglo XV. El Renacimiento está en pleno apogeo, anunciando una nueva edad de oro en Europa. Pero donde hay oro, hay poder. Y hay quien está dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa para hacerse con él. Este es el mundo de Alejandro VI, el Papa Borgia, y su familia, que trama y conspira para sus propios fines. Esta es la historia de su lucha por mantener el control sobre Italia, de su ambición y sed de poder. Esta es la peligrosa vida de los Borgia, crueles y cautivadores, en la que sus enemigos más letales pueden estar mucho más cerca de lo que esperan.
Los Delfines son Hipopótamos
by Pablo Palacios ColladoLa solución está en nuestra fuerza interior como seres humanos, porque «la vida es demasiado hermosa como para dejarnos vencer por los obstáculos que esta nos impone». <P><P>Pablo Palacios, español radicado en Los Ángeles, estudiante de dirección cinematográfica, aspirante a escritor y casado con una mala mujer -la víbora sin alma-, se ve de pronto y sin previo aviso atacado por un brote psicótico -de proporciones bíblicas- que le hace perderlo todo. <P><P>Aquí comienza la odisea de un hombre que tiene que combatir a su peor y más implacable enemigo: su propia mente. <P><P>Narrada en primera persona, esta novela autobiográfica nos sumerge en el mundo incierto y aterrador de las enfermedades mentales, y nos hace sentir en carne propia la desesperación, la indefensión, el terror, la incertidumbre, la incomprensión y la infinita desesperanza de quien sufre una enfermedad mental. Esto, dice el autor, nos puede pasar a todos, y es necesario comprender que si el resto del cuerpo se enferma, la mente también puede hacerlo. <P><P>Así, Pablo Palacios nos lleva de la mano a través de un viaje alucinante y espinoso de auto superación: su propio viaje. El libro es una auténtica, valiente declaración y un emotivo -yo acuso- hacia una sociedad que nos empuja fuera de nuestros propios límites. <P><P>La solución está en nuestra fuerza interior como seres humanos,porque «la vida es demasiado hermosa como para dejarnos vencer por los obstáculos que esta nos impone». «Somos dioses en estado de crisálida».
Los Generales Más Brillantes De La Historia.
by Michael Rank Miriam Rodríguez RodrigoEste libro realiza un recorrido por las vidas de diez de los generales que han marcado el curso de la historia, diez personajes sin los cuales la sociedad en la que vivimos actualmente quizá no sería así. De forma amena, este libro describe sus hazañas, sus relaciones con la época en la que vivieron y las opiniones que sus adversarios tenían sobre ellos. Los generales cuyas vidas se relatan en este libro tienen algo en común: luchaban por ideales en los que creían firmemente y, por encima de todo, luchaban por lograr una paz duradera en los territorios bajo su influencia.
Los Lobos: Dream in Blue (American Music Series)
by Chris Morris&“An overview of the seminal California band&’s four-decade career . . . A useful cultural history that is sure to please fans and musicologists.&” —Kirkus Reviews Los Lobos leaped into the national spotlight in 1987, when their cover of &“La Bamba&” became a No. 1 hit. But what looked like an overnight achievement to the band&’s new fans was actually a way station in a long musical journey that began in East Los Angeles in 1973 and is still going strong. Across four decades, Los Lobos (Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, and Steve Berlin) have ranged through virtually the entire breadth of American vernacular music, from rockabilly to primal punk rock, R&B to country and folk, Mexican son jarocho to Tex-Mex conjunto and Latin American cumbia. Their sui generis sound has sold millions of albums and won acclaim from fans and critics alike, including three Grammy Awards. Los Lobos, the first book on this unique band, traces the entire arc of the band&’s career. Music journalist Chris Morris draws on new interviews with Los Lobos members and their principal collaborators, as well as his own reporting since the early 1980s, to recount the evolution of Los Lobos&’s music. He describes the creation of every album, lingering over highlights such as How Will the Wolf Survive?, La Pistola y El Corazon, and Kiko, while following the band&’s trajectory from playing Mexican folk music at weddings and dances in East LA to international stardom and major-label success, as well as their independent work in the new millennium. Los Lobos gives one of the longest-lived and most-honored American rock bands its due.
Los Ortega: Una saga intelectual en la España del siglo XX
by José Ortega SpottornoEn Los Ortega, el hijo de Ortega y Gasset presenta un fresco de la vida cultural de la España del siglo XX. Un lúcido homenaje a una estirpe de intelectuales, escritores, científicos y políticos como Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Gregorio Marañón y Manuel Azaña, pero cuyo centro lo ocupa siempre la figura de su padre. «Ésta es la historia de mi familia paterna, los Ortega. Escribir sobre ellos es un empeño difícil porque los Ortega fueron personas complicadas y porque uno de ellos, mi padre, fue un filósofo, un intelectual de primer rango en la España contemporánea. Creo más justo y razonable que, cuando un hombre es ilustre, la fama y los honores irradien sobre sus padres y no sobre sus descendientes; algo aportan aquellos al triunfo de sus hijos, sea el peculiar ritmo en la hélice de su ADN, sea la atención, el aliento o el ejemplo que supieron darle.»José Ortega Sporttorno Reseña:«Desde el ámbito de lo privado al barullo de lo público, Los Ortega recupera, cuenta, analiza, padece o celebra más de cien años de luces y sombras de un país.»El País
Los Peores Dictadores De La Historia
by Marcela Gutiérrez Bravo Michael RankRepugnante, brutal y mezquina.Así es como el filósofo inglés Thomas Hobbes describió el estado natural de la humanidad y la condición en la que los humanos inexorablemente caen sin una autoridad central fuerte.De cualquier manera, Hobbes hubiera concordado probablemente en que vivir bajo un gobernante brutal llevaría a las mismas condiciones. Él sabría - él vivió un siglo después del reino sangriento de Enrique VIII, 150 años luego de que los conquistadores españoles atestiguaran a Moctezuma II ofreciendo miles de sacrificios humanos, y cuatro siglos luego de que Gengis Kan viajara por toda Eurasia y dejara atrás suficiente muerte y destrucción para despoblar grandes porciones del orbe.Este nuevo emocionante libro del historiador Michael Rank revisa las vidas y tiempos de los peores dictadores en la historia. Aprenderás sobre sus gobiernos y acciones violentas como...El asesinato de los miembros de la familia de Nerón, sospechoso del incendio de Roma, y de la extendida ejecución de minorías religiosas, lo que causó que muchos cristianos de la era temprana creyeran que él era el Anticristo.Herodes el Grande asesinó en masa, mató a familiares e incluso cometió infanticidio para mantener su reinado.Las conquistas militares de Gengis Kan mataron a decenas de millones y causaron que millones más abandonaran sus hogares resultando en la re forestación de tierra de cultivo abandonada y el aumento de los niveles de carbono que, en realidad, generaron un enfriamiento global hecho por el hombre.Vlad el Impalador (También conocido como Vlad Dracul, el tocayo del vampiro) y su uso de empalamiento para matar a más de 20,000 víctimas, incluso causando que ejércitos superiores dieran vuelta evitando pelear con él al ser testigos de su carnicería.Estos cuatro líderes y otros seis de la historia antigua, medieval y moderna completan este libro. Conozca sobre cómo se ganaron su reputació
Los Peores: Vagos, chorros, ocupas y violentos. Alegatos del humanismo cascoteado
by Juan GraboisProvocativo y visceral, este libro confronta el estereotipo de los pobres movilizados como colectivo de vagos, ocupas y violentos manipulados por gerentes de la pobreza que lucran con la desesperación, sin evadir una cruda mirada introspectiva sobre los aspectos oscuros de un proceso social cuyo rumbo está en disputa. Cuenta la leyenda negra que los movimientos sociales son un colectivo de vagos, ocupas y violentos manipulados por gerentes de la pobreza. Esta prédica vernácula no solo proviene de voces que gozan de mucha influencia en la sociedad, sino también de la gente común. ¿Qué hay detrás del estereotipo más declamado de la Argentina? ¿Realmente los excluidos no trabajan? ¿Por qué el poder real invierte tiempo y recursos en demonizarlos? ¿Alcanza la economía popular para llevar una vida digna? ¿Es verdad que la mitad del país mantiene a la otra mitad? Sin romantizar a los movimientos populares ni evadir las contradicciones de todo proceso vivo, con vigorosa eficacia y un enfoque de carácter ético, en este libro de alegatos el referente social Juan Grabois deconstruye el mito de Los Peores y responde los ataques mediáticos de sus detractores: "Nosotros, Los Peores, tenemos un plan. No me refiero al plan estilo 'plan trabajar', de esos tenemos más o menos 1,2 millones... Digo que tenemos un plan magistral para nuestra propia extinción". Una historia de entrega y compromiso, de errores y desvíos, de conquistas y derrotas, que revela la compleja trama de la economía popular organizada y la militancia social como alternativa a la exclusión y el descarte.