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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
Lords of All the World: Ideologies of Empire in Spain, Britain and France c. 1500-c. 1800
by Anthony PagdenThis book compares the theories of empire as they emerged in, and helped to define, the great colonial powers of Spain, France and Britain. Pagden describes how the rulers of the three countries claimed to be 'Lord of all the world'.
Lords of Corruption
by Kyle MillsWhen an obscure charity recruits Josh Hagarty to manage their activities in a wartorn region of Africa, he is eager to sign on and atone for a past he regrets. After a lifetime of bad luck, someone is finally giving him a chance. All he has to do is not blow it.He tries to lose himself in his new job, but soon the precariousness of his situation becomes impossible to ignore. Gideon, the man assigned to guide him through the dangerous and exotic world he's been thrust into, is revealed to be a psychotic thug with ties to the country's genocidal dictator. And Josh's predecessor didn't quit as Josh had been led to believe, but was found dismembered in the jungle after asking questions that no one wanted answered.Worse yet, Josh eventually realizes he has become an unwitting player in a billion-dollar conspiracy with tentacles snaking across the globe. Escape is impossible -the only way out is to bring the whole institution down.With the help of Annika Gritdal, a beautiful Scandinavian aid worker, and journalist JB Flannary, Josh pits himself against an American criminal organization backed by a dictator who is virtually omnipotent within the borders of his country. As his own survival becomes less and less likely, Josh realizes that his life is just one of thousands-perhaps millions-at stake.
Lords of Crypto Crime: The Race to Bring Down the World’s Invisible Kingpins
by Andy Greenberg'Reads like a thriller... These stories are amazing.'-Michael Lewis, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Big Short'A master-class in the tactics and countertactics of financial cyberwarfare, laid out in a tense, exciting technothriller.'-Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother'An absorbing narrative than unfolds like a mystery'-New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) 'Immensely readable... a romp through some of the most infamous dark web takedowns in recent memory.'-Washington PostDirty cops, trafficking rings, globe-spanning, nail-biting undercover detective work and the biggest takedown of the online narcotics market in the history of the internet. This is the story of how a single innovation has fuelled the world's criminal financial markets, and unleashed a cat-and mouse game like no other.Over the last decade, crime lords inhabiting lawless corners of the internet have operated more freely - whether in drug dealing, money laundering, or human trafficking - than their old school counterparts could have ever dreamed of. By transacting in currencies with anonymous ledgers, overseen by no government and beholden no bankers, they have robbed law enforcement of the primary method of cracking down on illicit finance: following the money.But what if this dark economy held a secret, fatal flaw? What if their currency wasn't so cryptic after all? Could an investigator using the right mixture of technical wizardry, financial forensics, and old-fashioned persistence uncover an entire criminal underworld?Lords of Crypto Crime is the gripping, insider story of how a brilliant group of investigators took down the biggest kingpins of the dark web.** Published in the US as Tracers in the Dark. **
Lords of Crypto Crime: The Race to Bring Down the World’s Invisible Kingpins
by Andy Greenberg'Reads like a thriller... These stories are amazing.'-Michael Lewis, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Big Short'A master-class in the tactics and countertactics of financial cyberwarfare, laid out in a tense, exciting technothriller.'-Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother'An absorbing narrative than unfolds like a mystery'-New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) 'Immensely readable... a romp through some of the most infamous dark web takedowns in recent memory.'-Washington PostDirty cops, trafficking rings, globe-spanning, nail-biting undercover detective work and the biggest takedown of the online narcotics market in the history of the internet. This is the story of how a single innovation has fuelled the world's criminal financial markets, and unleashed a cat-and mouse game like no other.Over the last decade, crime lords inhabiting lawless corners of the internet have operated more freely - whether in drug dealing, money laundering, or human trafficking - than their old school counterparts could have ever dreamed of. By transacting in currencies with anonymous ledgers, overseen by no government and beholden no bankers, they have robbed law enforcement of the primary method of cracking down on illicit finance: following the money.But what if this dark economy held a secret, fatal flaw? What if their currency wasn't so cryptic after all? Could an investigator using the right mixture of technical wizardry, financial forensics, and old-fashioned persistence uncover an entire criminal underworld?Lords of Crypto Crime is the gripping, insider story of how a brilliant group of investigators took down the biggest kingpins of the dark web.** Published in the US as Tracers in the Dark. **(P)2024 Octopus Publishing Group
Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America's Stealth Warfare
by Scott HortonForty years ago, a majority of Americans were highly engaged in issues of war and peace. Whether to go to war or keep out of conflicts was a vital question at the heart of the country's vibrant, if fractious, democracy. But American political consciousness has drifted. In the last decade, America has gone to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, while pursuing a new kind of warfare in Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Pakistan. National security issues have increasingly faded from the political agenda, due in part to the growth of government secrecy.<P> In lucid and chilling detail, journalist and lawyer Scott Horton shows how secrecy has changed the way America functions. Executive decisions about war and peace are increasingly made by autonomous, self-directing, and unaccountable national security elites. Secrecy is justified as part of a bargain under which the state promises to keep the people safe from its enemies, but in fact allows excesses, mistakes, and crimes to go unchecked. Bureaucracies use secrets to conceal their mistakes and advance their power in government, invariable at the expense of the rights of the people. Never before have the American people had so little information concerning the wars waged in their name, nor has Congress exercised so little oversight over the war effort. American democracy is in deep trouble.<P> Lords of Secrecy explores the most important national security debates of our time, including the legal and moral issues surrounding the turn to private security contractors, the sweeping surveillance methods of intelligence agencies, and the use of robotic weapons such as drones. Horton looks at the legal edifice upon which these decisions are based and discusses approaches to rolling back the flood of secrets that is engulfing America today.Whistleblowers, but also Congress, the public, and the media, play a vital role in this process.<P> As the ancient Greeks recognized, too much secrecy changes the nature of the state itself, transforming a democracy into something else. Horton reminds us that dealing with the country's national security concerns is both a right and a responsibility of a free citizenry, something that has always sat at the heart of any democracy that earns the name.
Lords of the Desert: The Battle Between the United States and Great Britain for Supremacy in the Modern Middle East
by James BarrA path-breaking history of how the United States superseded Great Britain as the preeminent power in the Middle East, with urgent lessons for the present dayWe usually assume that Arab nationalism brought about the end of the British Empire in the Middle East--that Gamal Abdel Nasser and other Arab leaders led popular uprisings against colonial rule that forced the overstretched British from the region. In Lords of the Desert, historian James Barr draws on newly declassified archives to argue instead that the US was the driving force behind the British exit. Though the two nations were allies, they found themselves at odds over just about every question, from who owned Saudi Arabia's oil to who should control the Suez Canal. Encouraging and exploiting widespread opposition to the British, the US intrigued its way to power--ultimately becoming as resented as the British had been. As Barr shows, it is impossible to understand the region today without first grappling with this little-known prehistory.
Lorenz: Breaking Hitler’s Top Secret Code at Bletchley Park
by Jerry Roberts Paddy O'ConnellThe breaking of the Enigma machine is one of the most heroic stories of the Second World War and highlights the crucial work of the codebreakers of Bletchley Park, which prevented Britain’s certain defeat in 1941. But there was another German cipher machine, used by Hitler himself to convey messages to his top generals in the field. A machine more complex and secure than Enigma. A machine that could never be broken. For sixty years, no one knew about Lorenz or ‘Tunny’, or the determined group of men who finally broke the code and thus changed the course of the war. Many of them went to their deaths without anyone knowing of their achievements. Here, for the first time, senior codebreaker Captain Jerry Roberts tells the complete story of this extraordinary feat of intellect and of his struggle to get his wartime colleagues the recognition they deserve. The work carried out at Bletchley Park during the war to partially automate the process of breaking Lorenz, which had previously been done entirely by hand, was groundbreaking and is recognised as having kick-started the modern computer age.
Los 500 sombreros de Bartolomé Cubbins (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. SeussEdición en español de uno de los primeros clásicos de Dr. Seuss, ¡un libro ideal para hablar acerca del acoso! Ahora con ilustraciones a todo color, la historia de este joven campesino y su trato injusto a manos del Rey Derwin es una de las primeras y menos conocidas obras de Dr. Seuss. Es, sin lugar a duda, singularmente «seussiano», y trata un tema que preocupó a este buen doctor a lo largo de toda su vida: el abuso de poder (como en Yoruga la Tortuga y ¡Horton escucha a Quién!) y el humor puro (como en El Gato Ensombrerado y muchos otros libros que escribió e ilustró). Tan actual hoy como cuando se publicó por primera vez en 1938, ¡este libro es ideal para los admiradores de Dr. Seuss y para dar comienzo a un diálogo sobre el acoso! Las ediciones rimadas, en español, de los clásicos de Dr. Seuss, publicadas por Random House, brindan la maravillosa oportunidad de disfrutar de sus historias a más de treinta y ocho millones de personas hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos. A Spanish edition of an early classic by Dr. Seuss book—perfect for discussions about bullying!Featuring all-new color-enhanced illustrations, this story about a young peasant and his unjust treatment at the hands of King Derwin is one of Dr. Seuss's earliest and lesser known works. It's nevertheless totally Seussian and addresses subjects the good doctor was passionate about throughout his life: the abuse of power (as in Yertle the Turtle and Horton Hears a Who!); rivalry (as in The Sneetches); and of course, zany good humor (as in The Cat in the Hat and the 43 other books he wrote and illustrated)! As timeless today as when it was first published in 1938, it's a perfect choice for Dr. Seuss fans and for sparking discussions about bullying!Random House's rhymed, Spanish-language editions of classic Dr. Seuss books make the joyful experience of reading Dr. Seuss books available for the more than 38 million people in the United States who speak Spanish.
Los 70, la década que siempre vuelve: Toda la verdad sobre Perón, la guerrilla, la dictadura, los desaparecidos y las otras víctimas
by Ceferino ReatoLa historia definitiva sobre los 70: la década en la que la Argentina llegó a naturalizar la violencia política y vivió horrores que aún estremecen. Toda la verdad sobre Perón, la guerrilla, la dictadura, los desaparecidos y las otras víctimas desde un punto de vista objetivo que presenta los hechos y se abstiene de interpretaciones simplistas. Pronto habrá pasado medio siglo y los argentinos seguiremos discutiendo una y otra vez sobre los 70. En efecto, los 70 siguen vivos, siempre vuelven. O nunca terminan de pasar. Esos años, verdadera orgía de sueños, ideales, sangre y muerte, vieron desfilar tres "patrias" por una misma nación: la socialista, que nunca llegó a nacer; la peronista, que se hizo añicos en poco tiempo; y la militar, cuyos horrores aún estremecen. No hay tragedia griega que se haya atrevido a tanto y, tal vez por eso, esa década -en la que la violencia política da la impresión de haber sido naturalizada- nos sigue interesando y atrayendo. Sin embargo, buena parte de lo dicho y escrito sobre ella lleva impresa la marca de la simplificación maniquea que presenta al pasado como una sucesión de episodios en el que batallan buenos y malos. En búsqueda de consuelo o justificación, unos y otros construyen su relato y, de ese modo, le hacen flaco favor a la historia. Y a la sociedad, porque ¿puede alguien arrogarse el monopolio del sufrimiento? Este libro sostiene que no. En él, Ceferino Reato renuncia a la interpretación y brinda a sus lectores los elementos para que hagan la propia. Logra así lo que parecía una empresa imposible: reunir todo el conocimiento objetivo sobre los 70 del que disponemos los argentinos hasta la fecha en una obra única, que conjuga la información rigurosa que hace justo su contenido con el pulso narrativo que hace apasionante su lectura.
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 Police Department Meltdown: The Fall of the Professional-Reform Model of Policing
by James LasleyOnce considered among the most respected police departments in the world, the LAPD suffered a devastating fall from grace following the 1991 police officer beating of Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots stemming from the officers acquittal in 1992. Unique to the literature of policing, management, and policy studies, Los Angeles Police Departmen
Los Angeles and the Summer Olympic Games: Planning Legacies (SpringerBriefs in Geography)
by Eva Kassens NoorThis open access book describes the three planning approaches and legacy impacts for the Olympic Games in one locale: the city of Los Angeles, USA. The author critically compares the similarities and differences of the LA Olympics by reviewing the 1932 and 1984 Olympics and by analyzing the concurrent planning process for the 2028 Olympics. The author unravels the conditions that make (or do not make) LA28’s argument “we have staged the Games before, we can do it again” compelling. Setting the bid’s promises into the contemporary local and global mega-event contexts, the author analyzes why LA won the bids, how those wins allowed LA to negotiate concessions with the IOC and NOC, and how legacies were planned, executed, and ultimately evolved. The author concludes with a prediction which 2028 legacy promises might and might not be fulfilled given the local and international Olympic contexts.
Los Angeles's Bunker Hill: Pulp Fiction's Mean Streets and Film Noir's Ground Zero!
by Jim DawsonAn illustrated history of the iconic Hollywood neighborhood featured in numerous film noir classics—and the shadowy story of how it disappeared. When postwar movie directors went looking for a gritty location to shoot their psychological crime thrillers, they found Bunker Hill, a neighborhood of fading Victorians, flophouses, tough bars, stairways, and dark alleys in downtown Los Angeles. Novelist Raymond Chandler had already used its real-life mean streets to lend authenticity to his hardboiled detective stories featuring Philip Marlowe. But the biggest crime of all was going on behind the scenes, run by the city&’s power elite. And Hollywood just happened to capture it on film. Using nearly eighty photos, writer Jim Dawson sheds new light on Los Angeles history with this grassroots investigation of a vanished place.
Los Caprichos
by Francisco GoyaAfter a serious illness in 1792, Goya spent five years recuperating and preparing himself for the burst of creativity that was to follow. He read deeply in the French revolutionary philosophers. From Rousseau he evolved the idea that imagination divorced from reason produces monsters, but that coupled with reason "it is the mother of the arts and the source of their wonders." In Spain he saw a country that had abandoned reason, and he peopled Los Caprichos with the grotesque monsters that result from such an action. Plate after plate shows witches, asses, devils, and other strange creatures, many of which are caricatures of members of the society against which Goya was fighting. The plates were first published in 1799. There are still in existence, however, six extremely rare sets of artist's proofs, considered by most who have managed to see them as infinitely superior to the work actually published. Now, for the first time, this edition reproduces one of these sets of 80 prints, together with the "Prado" manuscript, a commentary on the plates. In addition, this collection contains supplementary material to the Los Caprichos series, inlcuding a never-before-published study for Caprichos 10; three unique proofs of plates probably intended for publication with the others; a preliminary drawing for plate I, a self-portrait of Goya (which appears as the frontispiece to this volume); and a unique proof of "Woman in Prison" which may represent an earlier version of Caprichos 32.
Los Kirchner: La política de la desmesura 2003-2008
by Joaquín Morales SoláUna selección de las mejores columnas del autor en el diario La Naciónsobre el gobierno de los Kirchner. Cada una de sus columnas fue una crónica a la vez que un análisis lúcidoacerca del proceso político que permitió transformar a un hombre votadopor apenas el 22% de los argentinos en un fenómeno de concentración depoder pocas veces visto en la breve historia democrática argentina. Peromás allá de la crónica y el análisis, Morales Solá supo ver -para enojodel matrimonio Kirchner, que muchas veces usó los atriles paracriticarlo- cómo aquel poder hegemónico iba dejando fisurasinstitucionales, heridas políticas, problemas económicos irresueltos,curiosas interpretaciones históricas que degradarían con mayor rapidezque la que fue necesaria para construir el sistema creado por lapareja gobernante.Este libro se lee como un ensayo en tiempo presente y como un drama envarios actos. Cada columna seleccionada por Bartolomé de Vedia parecehaber sido escrita ayer mismo. Los personajes principales son siemprelos mismos, los secundarios entran y salen de la escena.
Los Nuevos Peregrinos: Como Los Inmigrantes Estan Renovando la Fe y los Valores de los Estados Unidos
by Ed. D. Joseph CastleberryPerfectly timed to address the strategic immigration debate that is a major focus of the 24/7 news cycle now and will continue even beyond the 2016 presidential election.
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.
Los Políticos al Diván. Volumen II: La carrera al poder
by Federico MedinaEl psicólogo Federico Medina vuelve a trabajar con humor sobre los perfiles psicológicos de los políticos más relevantes de la escena nacional. En esta entrega se sentaran en el diván: Daniel Martínez, Luis Lacalle Pou, Jorge Larrañaga, Juan Sartori, Edgardo Novick, Carolina Cosse y algunos emergentes. En los Políticos al diván volumen II, Federico Medina da rienda suelta a su propia locura, y a partir de sus manías y obsesiones, invita al lector a un paseo vertiginoso por las cabezas y los deseos de les candidates a presidente de esta zafra 2019. En en el marco de un Uruguay electoral y febril de múltiples tiempos, este tour analítico recorre sus biografías, y se detiene en sus promesas, conflictos, traumas sin resolver, miedos, vestimentas, trucos, y torpezas, en una aventura tan delirante como cercana, donde se cruzan las más variadas figuras de nuestra farándula política. Por el diván de este libro pasan los principales candidatos de esta nueva carrera electoral: Daniel Martínez, Luis Lacalle Pou, Carolina Cosse, Juan Sartori, Edgardo Novick, Jorge Larrañaga y un pelotón de aspirantes a figurar en la política nacional o solo en estas páginas. Con conceptos propios del psicoanálisis, y con mucho humor sin palabrotas el autor se instala en un consultorio imaginario y presenta en cada capítulo una suerte de diagnóstico final, que no deja afuera sus aspectos sanos y los detalles más llamativos de las personalidades de estos personajes de idéntica aspiración.
Los Políticos al Diván. Volumen II: La carrera al poder
by Federico MedinaEl psicólogo Federico Medina vuelve a trabajar con humor sobre los perfiles psicológicos de los políticos más relevantes de la escena nacional. En esta entrega se sentaran en el diván: Daniel Martínez, Luis Lacalle Pou, Jorge Larrañaga, Juan Sartori, Edgardo Novick, Carolina Cosse y algunos emergentes. En los Políticos al diván volumen II, Federico Medina da rienda suelta a su propia locura, y a partir de sus manías y obsesiones, invita al lector a un paseo vertiginoso por las cabezas y los deseos de les candidates a presidente de esta zafra 2019. En en el marco de un Uruguay electoral y febril de múltiples tiempos, este tour analítico recorre sus biografías, y se detiene en sus promesas, conflictos, traumas sin resolver, miedos, vestimentas, trucos, y torpezas, en una aventura tan delirante como cercana, donde se cruzan las más variadas figuras de nuestra farándula política. Por el diván de este libro pasan los principales candidatos de esta nueva carrera electoral: Daniel Martínez, Luis Lacalle Pou, Carolina Cosse, Juan Sartori, Edgardo Novick, Jorge Larrañaga y un pelotón de aspirantes a figurar en la política nacional o solo en estas páginas. Con conceptos propios del psicoanálisis, y con mucho humor sin palabrotas el autor se instala en un consultorio imaginario y presenta en cada capítulo una suerte de diagnóstico final, que no deja afuera sus aspectos sanos y los detalles más llamativos de las personalidades de estos personajes de idéntica aspiración.
Los Republicanos: Why Hispanics and Republicans Need Each Other
by Leslie SanchezHispanics comprise one of America's largest business-minded, faith-based, culturally-conservative entities—and their numbers continue to grow. Long assumed to be aligned with the Democrats, Hispanics have been ignored by many Republicans. Noted Hispanic marketing expert and political commentator Leslie Sanchez passionately argues that Hispanics, after years of watching Democrats fail them, need to shift their bets to Los Republicanos or risk gambling away their political future. In her book, Sanchez debunks the cultural and political myths about Hispanics and Republicans alike. She also offers a look at today's changing Hispanic mindset and the new dynamic force that is rising.
Los Superhéroes están en Todas Partes
by Kamala HarrisAntes de que Kamala Harris se convirtiera en abogada, senadora y vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos, fue una niña a la que le encantaban los superhéroes. Y cuando los buscaba a su alrededor, ¡se sorprendía al encontrarlos en todas partes! Los había en su familia, entre sus amigos, incluso en su misma calle; los superhéroes estaban dondequiera que ella miraba. Y esos superhéroes le enseñaron que todo lo que se necesita para ser un superhéroe es dar lo mejor de ti. En esta motivadora y expresiva memoria, que va directa al corazón de los niños, Kamala Harris lleva a los lectores a través de su vida, y les muestra que el poder para lograr un mundo mejor está dentro de cada uno de nosotros.
Los Yarderos: Mexican Yard Workers in Transborder Chicago (Latinos in Chicago and Midwest)
by Sergio LemusMigrants from the Mexican states of Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Michoacán have become an important presence in Chicago and the Midwest. Many hold jobs as yarderos gardening, caring for lawns, and doing other landscaping work. Sergio Lemus explores the lives of these migrants and looks at the struggles they face as they work to make the city their home. Drawing on fieldwork in South Chicago, Lemus tells the stories of first and second-generation yarderos and discusses the historical, economic, cultural, and political ramifications they face as they acquire their working-class identity. Lemus’s compassionate portrait places them within America’s ongoing tradition as a nation of immigrants while analyzing their place within today’s transborder cultural moment. Perceptive and humane, Los Yarderos reveals how a group of Mexican immigrants navigates the crossings of the borders that divide class, color hierarchies, gender, and belonging.
Los Zetas Inc: Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in Mexico
by Guadalupe Correa-CabreraThe rapid growth of organized crime in Mexico and the government's response to it have driven an unprecedented rise in violence and impelled major structural economic changes, including the recent passage of energy reform. Los Zetas Inc. asserts that these phenomena are a direct and intended result of the emergence of the brutal Zetas criminal organization in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. Going beyond previous studies of the group as a drug trafficking organization, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera builds a convincing case that the Zetas and similar organizations effectively constitute transnational corporations with business practices that include the trafficking of crude oil, natural gas, and gasoline; migrant and weapons smuggling; kidnapping for ransom; and video and music piracy. <P><P> Combining vivid interview commentary with in-depth analysis of organized crime as a transnational and corporate phenomenon, Los Zetas Inc. proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the emerging face, new structure, and economic implications of organized crime in Mexico. Correa-Cabrera delineates the Zetas establishment, structure, and forms of operation, along with the reactions to this new model of criminality by the state and other lawbreaking, foreign, and corporate actors. Since the Zetas share some characteristics with legal transnational businesses that operate in the energy and private security industries, she also compares this criminal corporation with ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and Blackwater (renamed “Academi” and now a Constellis company). Asserting that the elevated level of violence between the Zetas and the Mexican state resembles a civil war, Correa-Cabrera identifies the beneficiaries of this war, including arms-producing companies, the international banking system, the US border economy, the US border security/military-industrial complex, and corporate capital, especially international oil and gas companies.
Los años que vivimos PPeligrosamente: Todo lo que siempre quisiste saber sobre el PP y solo algunos se atreven a preguntar
by Cristina PardoUna crónica fresca, ácida, divertida e inteligente de la trastienda política de los últimos años. ¿Cuántas versiones regionales existen del himno del PP? Y ¿cuántas puede escuchar un ser humano y mantenerse cuerdo? ¿Es inconveniente servir chorizos en mitad de un escándalo de corrupción? ¿Existe alguien que sepa qué es una indemnización en diferido en forma de simulación? ¿Cuántas veces puede cambiar de opinión un ministro? ¿Cuánta tensión puede soportar el cuerpo humano durante una rueda de prensa? ¿Contiene el diccionario suficientes sinónimos para evitar la palabra «rescate»? ¿Puede el Gobierno terminar la legislatura sin recortar el capote de la Virgen del Rocío? Los años que vivimos PPeligrosamente es una crónica fresca, ácida, divertida e inteligente de la trastienda política reciente. Un periodo austero, sobre todo en buenas noticias, en el que necesitamos más que nunca lalabor de periodistas como Cristina Pardo, capaces de contar, y a veces traducir, lo que sucede a nuestro alrededor. Observación periodística, ingenio y denuncia en un libro que habla abiertamente de política sin dramatizar, y sin perder nunca la sonrisa.