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El triunvirato es una figura anómala en el curso de la historia, un poder compartido, inestable por su propia naturaleza, al que se ha recurrido en situaciones de transición. Es una figura que poco han estudiado los historiadores y que no recibe mayor atención de parte de las ciencias políticas. Por eso este libro de Roberto Ardón, dedicado por entero a los triunviratos de la historia reciente, resulta atrayente y original, un verdadero aporte a la historia del país. Para escribir este relato, que abarca desde 1944 hasta el presente, Roberto Ardón ha recurrido a la bibliografía existente y a información de primera mano obtenida a través de documentos inéditos, diarios y entrevistas. Sorprende, realmente, la riqueza de la información obtenida por el autor, que permite al lector entender los motivos de la formación de cada triunvirato, lo que hizo durante el tiempo que detentó el poder y el destino que –después- siguió cada uno de los triunviros, personajes de tanta relevancia histórica como Francisco Javier Arana, Jacobo Árbenz, Carlos Castillo Armas y Efraín Ríos Montt.
Hay que leer este libro: es importante y es distinto. Hace varias décadas, en su adolescencia, Carlos Sabino era un joven trotskista argentino. Quería acabar rápidamente con las miserias de este puerco mundo. Y en eso llegó al poder Salvador Allende. Era el socialismo bautizado en las urnas. Sabino, ilusionado, se fue a Chile. Lo que vio allí, sin embargo, lo decepcionó. Mientras Allende hablaba de libertad y justicia, el país se caía a pedazos y la sociedad, crispada, se preparaba para el enfrentamiento. Antes del golpe Sabino, muy desalentado, marchó a Perú y Venezuela. Ya sabía que la solución de los problemas no estaba en la teoría marxista ni en la acción de estados voraces que usurpaban las funciones de la sociedad civil y esterilizaban la capacidad creativa de los individuos. Pero todavía no sabía cómo ni con qué sustituir la cosmovisión socialista que había impregnado los primeros treinta años de su vida. Eso llegó poco a poco. Lo que diferencia este libro es el tono absolutamente pedagógico y tranquilo con que está escrito. Sabino no tiene la furia a veces repelente del converso, lo que le permite demoler pulcramente y sin odio todos los mitos del socialismo. Por eso es un libro distinto: Sabino no sólo condena el pecado; también señala el camino para salir del infierno. Carlos Alberto Montaner
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Ficciones es quizás el libro más reconocido de Jorge Luis Borges. Entre los cuentos que se reúnen aquí hay algunos de corte policial, como "La muerte y la brújula", otros sobre libros imaginarios, como "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", y muchos pertenecientes al género fantástico, como "Las ruinas circulares" o "El Sur", acaso su mejor relato, en palabras del mismo autor. Está compuesto por los libros El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (1941) y Artificios (1944), considerados piezas fundamentales del universo borgeano.
Magnífico retrato de los últimos esplendores de la aristocracia inglesa, un mundo de convenciones y secretos atravesado por vehementes pasiones y terribles desengaños. Verano de 1924. Durante una rutilante fiesta de la alta sociedad en Riverton Manor, una preciosa mansión a orillas de un lago, un joven y prometedor poeta se quita la vida. Las únicas testigos de ese dramático hecho, las hermanas Hannah y Emmeline Hartford, no se volverán a hablar nunca más. Invierno de 1999.
Número de paginas: : 320 páginas Editor: Scribner; Edición: Reprint (11 de octubre de 2016)ISBN-10: 1501121472 ISBN13: 978-1501121470 Peso: 12 oz.
Editor: Scribner; Edición: First Edition (27 de octubre de 2015)ISBN-10: 1501121464 ISBN13: 978-1501121463 Peso: 1 lb.
Opiniones editoriales:Opinión:"Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality." --"The Los Angeles Times" "Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality." --"The Los Angeles Times""A spiritual masterpiece touching the innermost sanctum of the human soul. Boyle approaches each person as a child of God and fully deserving of love and compassion. His capacity to reach the heart of the most hardened, and to see the best in everyone, inspires. I laughed, wept, and underlined on virtually every page." --KERRY KENNEDY, FOUNDER OF THE RFK CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS"An astonishing book . . . about suffering and dignity, death and resurrection, one of my favorite books in years. It is lovely and tough and tender beyond my ability to describe and left me in tears of both sorrow and laughter."--ANNE LAMOTT, AUTHOR OF GRACE (EVENTUALLY)"An extraordinary reflection of a life totally committed to reshaping and redirecting the lives of countless young gang members (from L.A.'s gang culture), Greg Boyle's Tattoos on the Heart proves one man with courage is a majority." --MARTIN SHEEN"Father Boyle reminds us all that every single child and youth is a part of God's 'jurisdiction'--and when they know that we are seeing them as God does, they are capable of great things. Father Boyle is a national treasure." --MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, PRESIDENT, CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND"One of the bravest, most humane, heartbreaking, brilliant, and hopeful stories I've read in ages. Father Greg, the Gandhi of the Gangs, fills Tattoos with unquenchable soul force and down-to-earth love." --JACK KORNFIELD, AUTHOR OF A PATH WITH HEART"Sometimes we are allowed to see in our own lifetimes what we were supposed to see in the life and ministry of Jesus. Read, and let your life be changed!" --FATHER RICHARD ROHR, O.F.M., CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO"Tattoos on the Heart is an astounding book and a remarkable testament. No one brings more triumph and tragedy to the street gang story than Greg Boyle. No one brings more conviction and compassion than Greg Boyle. And no one writes the gang story more beautifully." --MALCOLM KLEIN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA"Tattoos on the Heart is an honest, raw, and compelling collection from Father Greg Boyle's life and work with gang-involved youth. His commitment should teach us all a lesson in compromise, sharing, learning, loving, and, most important, living life to the fullest." --ANJELICA HUSTONSobre el autor:Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, CA. Now in its 30th year, Homeboy traces its roots to when Boyle, a Jesuit priest with advanced degrees in English and theology, served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church, then the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles, which also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city. Homeboy has become the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program in the world, and employs and trains gang members and felons in a range of social enterprises, as well as provides critical services to thousands of men and women each year who walk through its doors seeking a better life. Father Boyle has received the California Peace Prize, the James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Award, and the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal. He was inducted into the California Hall of Fame and named a 2014 Champion of Change by the White House. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.
Opiniones editoriales:From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In this artful, disquieting, yet surprisingly jubilant memoir, Jesuit priest Boyle recounts his two decades of working with homies in Los Angeles County, which contains 1,100 gangs with nearly 86,000 members. Boyle's Homeboy Industries is the largest gang intervention program in the country, offering job training, tattoo removal, and employment to members of enemy gangs. Effectively straddling the debate regarding where the responsibility for urban violence lies, Boyle both recounts the despair of watching the kids you love cooperate in their own demise and levels the challenge to readers to stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it. From moving vignettes about gangsters breaking into tears or finding themselves worthy of love and affirmation, to moments of spiritual reflection and sidesplittingly funny banter between him and the homies, Boyle creates a convincing and even joyful treatise on the sacredness of every life. Considering that he has buried more than 150 young people from gang-related violence, the joyful tenor of the book remains an astounding literary and spiritual feat. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Opinión:“Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality.” — The Los Angeles Times "An astonishing book . . . about suffering and dignity, death and resurrection, one of my favorite books in years. It is lovely and tough and tender beyond my ability to describe and left me in tears of both sorrow and laughter."— ANNE LAMOTT, AUTHOR OF GRACE (EVENTUALLY)"One of the bravest, most humane, heartbreaking, brilliant, and hopeful stories I’ve read in ages. Father Greg, the Gandhi of the Gangs, fills Tattoos with unquenchable soul force and down-to-earth love." — JACK KORNFIELD, AUTHOR OF A PATH WITH HEART"Father Boyle reminds us all that every single child and youth is a part of God’s ‘jurisdiction’— and when they know that we are seeing them as God does, they are capable of great things. Father Boyle is a national treasure." — MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, PRESIDENT, CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND"Sometimes we are allowed to see in our own lifetimes what we were supposed to see in the life and ministry of Jesus. Read, and let your life be changed!" — FATHER RICHARD ROHR, O.F.M., CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO"Tattoos on the Heart is an astounding book and a remarkable testament. No one brings more triumph and tragedy to the street gang story than Greg Boyle. No one brings more conviction and compassion than Greg Boyle. And no one writes the gang story more beautifully." — MALCOLM KLEIN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA"A spiritual masterpiece touching the innermost sanctum of the human soul. Boyle approaches each person as a child of God and fully deserving of love and compassion. His capacity to reach the heart of the most hardened, and to see the best in everyone, inspires. I laughed, wept, and underlined on virtually every page." — KERRY KENNEDY, FOUNDER OF THE RFK CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS"An extraordinary reflection of a life totally committed to reshaping and redirecting the lives of countless young gang members (from L.A.’s gang culture), Greg Boyle’s Tattoos on the Heart proves one man with courage is a majority." — MARTIN SHEEN"Tattoos on the Heart is an honest, raw, and compelling collection from Father Greg Boyle’s life and work with gang-involved youth. His commitment should teach us all a lesson in compromise, sharing, learning, loving, and, most important, living life to the fullest." — ANJELICA HUSTON"Incandescent, always hope-filled and often hilarious. Boyle somehow maintains an exuberant voice that celebrates the strength, compassion and humanity of people often demonized. He simply highlights charity and goodness wherever they are found. Boyle intersperses his narratives about gang members and his work with them with theological and spiritual reflections from a variety of theologians, poets and other writers. By introducing book-buying, highly educated readers to people we may never otherwise encounter, Boyle aspires to "broaden the parameters of our kinship.'"--The Christian CenturySobre el autor:Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, CA. Now in its 30th year, Homeboy traces its roots to when Boyle, a Jesuit priest with advanced degrees in English and theology, served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church, then the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles, which also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city. Homeboy has become the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program in the world, and employs and trains gang members and felons in a range of social enterprises, as well as provides critical services to thousands of men and women each year who walk through its doors seeking a better life. Father Boyle has received the California Peace Prize, the James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Award, and the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal. He was inducted into the California Hall of Fame and named a 2014 Champion of Change by the White House. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.
Número de paginas: : 448 páginas Editor: Crown; Edición: 1st (2011)ISBN-10: 030740885X ISBN13: 978-0307408853 Peso: 12 oz.
Editor: Crown; Edición: 1st (10 de mayo de 2011)ISBN-10: 0307408841 ISBN13: 978-0307408846 Peso: 1.6 lb.
Número de paginas: : 480 páginas Editor: Broadway Books; Edición: Reprint (22 de marzo de 2016)ISBN-10: 0307408876 ISBN13: 978-0307408877 Peso: 12 oz.
Editor: Crown Publishers; Edición: 1st (10 de marzo de 2015)ISBN-10: 0307408868 ISBN13: 978-0307408860 Peso: 1.6 lb.
Número de paginas: : 284 páginas Editor: Yale University Press; Edición: 7/20/08 (7 de octubre de 2008)ISBN-10: 9780300143324 ISBN13: 978-0300143324 Peso: 14.1 oz.
Editor: Yale University Press; Edición: Reprint, Translation (13 de octubre de 2005)ISBN-10: 0300108834 ISBN13: 978-0300108835 Peso: 1.1 lb.
Editor: Arcturus; Edición: Slp (15 de julio de 2016)ISBN-10: 1785991426 ISBN13: 978-1785991424 Peso: 1 lb.
Número de paginas: : 416 páginas Editor: Random House; Edición: Reprint (20 de agosto de 2019)ISBN-10: 0525512195 ISBN13: 978-0525512196 Peso: 15.2 oz.
Editor: Random House; Edición: 1st Edition (4 de septiembre de 2018)ISBN-10: 0525512179 ISBN13: 978-0525512172 Peso: 1.4 lb.
Número de paginas: : 960 páginas Editor: W. W. Norton & Company; Edición: Revised (1 de octubre de 2019)ISBN-10: 0393357422 ISBN13: 978-0393357424 Peso: 1.8 lb.
Editor: W. W. Norton & Company; Edición: 1 (18 de septiembre de 2018)ISBN-10: 0393635244 ISBN13: 978-0393635249 Peso: 2.8 lb.
Opiniones editoriales:From the Inside FlapOn January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp, among them the last survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March. A recent prison massacre by Japanese soldiers elsewhere in the Philippines made the stakes impossibly high and left little time to plan the complex operation. In Ghost Soldiers Hampton Sides vividly re-creates this daring raid, offering a minute-by-minute narration that unfolds alongside intimate portraits of the prisoners and their lives in the camp. Sides shows how the POWs banded together to survive, defying the Japanese authorities even as they endured starvation, tropical diseases, and torture. Harrowing, poignant, and inspiring, Ghost Soldiers is the mesmerizing story of a remarkable mission. It is also a testament to the human spirit, an account of enormous bravery and self-sacrifice amid the most trying conditions.From the Back Cover“[Sides] liberates his story from documentary and turns it into epic. . . . More than any monument, Ghost Soldiers is the memorial both prisoners and liberators deserve.” — The Seattle Times“The greatest World War II story never told.” — Esquire“[A] beautiful account of heroism . . . Sure to be a classic.” — Men’s Journal“Riveting and patriotically stirring without ever slipping into mawkishness or sentimentality.” — The New York Times“Thoroughly researched and artfully told. . . . A compelling story filled with colorful characters.” — The San Francisco ChronicleSobre el autor:Hampton Sides is a contributing editor to Outside. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, DoubleTake, The New Republic, The Washington Post and on All Things Considered. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Número de paginas: : 450 páginas Editor: Griffin; Edición: Reprint (9 de enero de 2018)ISBN-10: 1250160839 ISBN13: 978-1250160836 Peso: 13.6 oz.
Editor: St. Martin's Press; Edición: First Edition (3 de enero de 2017)ISBN-10: 1250072247 ISBN13: 978-1250072245 Peso: 1.3 lb.
Número de paginas: : 464 páginas Editor: Harper Perennial; Edición: Reprint (4 de septiembre de 2018)ISBN-10: 0062464345 ISBN13: 978-0062464347 Peso: 2.2 lb.
Número de paginas: : 404 páginas ISBN-10: 9780143125471 ISBN13: 978-0316497039 Peso: 12 oz.
Editor: Viking; Edición: First Edition (2013)ISBN-10: 067002581X ISBN13: 978-0670025817 Peso: 1.5 lb.