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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait Of A President And Presidential Power Ever Written
by Doris Kearns GoodwinAn engrossing biography of President Lyndon Johnson from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Team of Rivals Hailed by the New York Times as "the most penetrating, fascinating political biography I have ever read," Doris Kearns Goodwin's extraordinary and insightful book draws from meticulous research in addition to the author's time spent working at the White House from 1967 to 1969. After Lyndon Johnson's term ended, Goodwin remained his confidante and assisted in the preparation of his memoir. In Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream she traces the 36th president's life from childhood to his early days in politics, and from his leadership of the Senate to his presidency, analyzing his dramatic years in the White House, including both his historic domestic triumphs and his failures in Vietnam. Drawn from personal anecdotes and candid conversation with Johnson, Goodwin paints a rich and complicated portrait of one of our nation's most compelling politicians.
Lyndon: An Oral Biography
by Merle MillerThe bestselling author of Plain Speaking crafts a candid portrait of one of the most complex, fascinating, difficult, and colorful American presidents. From his birth in 1908 to his death in 1973, the story of Lyndon B. Johnson is told without sparing his personal excesses and contentious public image—while also highlighting the strength of his greatest accomplishments in Washington. Interlaced with interviews from Lady Bird Johnson, John Kenneth Galbraith, J. William Fulbright, Larry O&’Brien, Hubert H. Humphrey, and hundreds of others, Miller provides an extensive and objective image of the life of LBJ. &“No secret remains. This is Lyndon Johnson true, lunging through life, pouring &‘every ounce of his energy&’ into whatever he did, ranting, raving, shouting, &‘screaming at the universe,&’ flogging system, staff and self to achieve what others pronounced unachievable . . . Miller allows his posse of turncoats—336 in all, myself among them—to lead him to the Johnson few ever knew: at his best, magnificent; at his worst, outrageous.&” —Horace Busby, The Washington Post &“The domestic triumphs and the Johnson style come across like the Fourth of July . . . page-by-page, this is the low-down up to the Presidency—and one long book that never flags.&” —Kirkus Reviews
Lynton Keith Caldwell: An Environmental Visionary and the National Environmental Policy Act
by Wendy Read Wertz“A solid overview of both Caldwell’s contributions and the development of the environmental movement in the US . . . . Recommended.” —ChoiceThis is the story of a visionary leader, Lynton Keith Caldwell, who in the early 1960s introduced the study of the environment and environmental policy at a time when such areas of expertise did not exist. Caldwell was a principal architect of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and is recognized as the “inventor” of the Act’s important environmental impact statement provisions, now emulated around the world. For the next three decades, Caldwell played a leading role in establishing ethics-based environmental policy and administration as major areas of inquiry in the United States and around the world. Through his tireless global travels, writing, and lectures, and his work with the US Senate, the IUCN, UN, and UNESCO, Caldwell became recognized for his contributions to environmental ethics and the development of strong environmental planning and policy. This engrossing biography is based on interviews the author conducted with Caldwell and on unrestricted access to his memorabilia, photos, and records.“Deeply insightful . . . The field of environmental policy is richer for this addition. —H-Net Reviews
Lynyrd Skynyrd
by Gene Odom Frank DormanThe first complete, unvarnished history of Southern rock's legendary and most popular band, from its members' hardscrabble boyhoods in Jacksonville, Florida and their rise to worldwide fame to the tragic plane crash that killed the founder and the band's rise again from the ashes.In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager Ronnie Van Zant and some of his friends hatched the idea of forming a band to play covers of the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Yardbirds and the country and blues-rock music they had grown to love. Naming their band after Leonard Skinner, the gym teacher at Robert E. Lee Senior High School who constantly badgered the long-haired aspiring musicians to get haircuts, they were soon playing gigs at parties, and bars throughout the South. During the next decade Lynyrd Skynyrd grew into the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful of the rock bands to emerge from the South since the Allman Brothers. Their hits "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama" became classics. Then, at the height of its popularlity in 1977, the band was struck with tragedy --a plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and two other band members.Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock is an intimate chronicle of the band from its earliest days through the plane crash and its aftermath, to its rebirth and current status as an enduring cult favorite. From his behind-the-scenes perspective as Ronnie Van Zant's lifelong friend and frequent member of the band's entourage who was also aboard the plane on that fateful flight, Gene Odom reveals the unique synthesis of blues/country rock and songwriting talent, relentless drive, rebellious Southern swagger and down-to-earth sensibility that brought the band together and made it a defining and hugely popular Southern rock band -- as well as the destructive forces that tore it apart. Illustrated throughout with rare photos, Odom traces the band's rise to fame and shares personal stories that bring to life the band's journey. For the fans who have purchased a cumulative 35 million copies of Lynyrd Skynyrd's albums and continue to pack concerts today, Lynyrd Skynyrd is a celebration of an immortal American band.From the Hardcover edition.
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock
by Gene OdomThe first complete, unvarnished history of Southern rock's legendary and most popular band, from its members' hardscrabble boyhoods in Jacksonville, Florida and their rise to worldwide fame to the tragic plane crash that killed the founder and the band's rise again from the ashes.
Lynzsea Sky: An American True Story
by Michael RozekLynzsea Sky, a twenty-something college student, tells the author her heartbreaking, disturbing, and culture-challenging life story. She speaks at first hesitantly, then with increasing clarity about sex, drugs, family life, education, tattoos, homelessness, her dreams of becoming a filmmaker, her brother's time in prison, and her mother's struggle with mental illness.<P><P>The book is just the conversation; the absence of anything else makes this a groundbreaking new form of nonfiction. The lean prose is void of stylistic hijinks, drawing the reader in without drawing attention to the writer.The author's first book is part of a planned series called American True Stories, all of which will be similarly dialogue based. Michael Rozek's work illuminates real American lives and gives a voice to people who often are overlooked by the mainstream media.Michael Rozek has written more than two thousand articles for various national magazines including Rolling Stone, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and The Village Voice in a career spanning nearly forty years. He walked away from a lucrative free-lance career to publish the popular Rozek's Newsletter in the 1990s in response to the "fast food" journalism he saw increasingly creeping into American magazines. For more than a decade, Rozek and his wife Charlotte have struggled with homelessness and poverty, yet Rozek continues to talk to and write about everyday Americans with empathy and insight. This is his first book.
Lytton Strachey: The New Biography
by Michael Holroyd"A triumphant success. . . . His prose is confident, clear . . . occasionally perfect." --Dennis Potter, The Times (London) "It is impossible to suppose that this 'Life' will ever be superseded . . . the best literary biography to appear for many years."--John Rothenstein, New York Times "Written with vivacity and scrupulousness. . . . [Michael Holroyd] has a great novelist's sense of the obstinate mystery of the human person."--George Steiner, The New Yorker
Lytton: Climate Change, Colonialism and Life Before the Fire
by Peter Edwards Kevin LoringFrom bestselling true-crime author Peter Edwards and Governor General's Award-winning playwright Kevin Loring, two sons of Lytton, BC, the town that burned to the ground in 2021, comes a meditation on hometown―when hometown is gone.&“It&’s dire,&” Greta Thunberg retweeted Mayor JanPolderman. &“The whole town is on fire. It took a whole 15 minutes from the first sign of smoke to, all of a sudden, there being fire everywhere.&”Before it made global headlines as the small town that burned down during a record-breaking heatwave in June 2021, while briefly the hottest placeon Earth, Lytton, British Columbia, had a curious past. Named for the author of the infamous line, &“It was a dark and stormy night,&” Lytton was also where Peter Edwards, organized-crime journalist and author of seventeen non-fiction books, spent his childhood. Although only about 500 people lived in Lytton, Peter liked to joke that he was only the second-best writer to come from his tiny hometown. His grade-school classmate&’s nephew Kevin Loring, Nlaka&’pamux from Lytton First Nation, had grown up to be a Governor General&’s Award–winning playwright. The Nlaka&’pamux called Lytton &“The Centre of the World,&” a view Buddhists would share in the late twentieth century, as they set up a temple just outside town. A gold rush in 1858 saw conflict with a wave of Californians come to a head with the Canyon War at the junction of the mighty Fraser and Thompson rivers. The Nlaka&’pamux lost over thirty lives in that conflict, as did the American gold seekers. In modern times, many outsiders would seek shelter there, often people who just didn&’t fit anywhere else and were hoping for a little anonymity in the mountains. Told from the shared perspective of an Indigenous playwright and the journalist son of a settler doctor who pushed back against the divisions that existed between populations, Lytton portrays all the warmth, humour and sincerity of small-town life. A colourful little town that burned to the ground could be every town&’s warning if we don&’t take seriously what this unique place has to teach us.
Lz-'75
by Stephen DavisStephen Davis's brilliantly-written personal account of criss-crossing America with Led Zeppelin on their 1975 tour. A warts-and-all snapshot of the world's biggest hard-rock band at their peak. As a young rock writer Stephen Davis landed the ultimate commission - touring America with Led Zeppelin. This is a personal account by Davis of his journey, which saw him crossing the country with the band on board the Starship, their famous Boeing passenger jet, complete with deep shag purple carpet, electric pianos, girlfriends and star-struck hangers-on. This is also the story of one of the hardest-living bands in the world at their peak. For Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham, the most beautiful women in America tear their spangled jackets from them and riots start outside their gigs. LZ-75 captures a few perfect months in rock, when Led Zeppelin epitomised the free-living rock dream, but, like Icarus, their wings were already beginning to melt. It wouldn't be long before John Bonham died of a vodka overdose, and punk killed their brand of monumental rock. With it's up-close-and-personal accounts of band members, managers, groupies, fans and drug-dealers, there's a lot of Almost Famous about this book - Led Zep's 1975 tour is in fact the very one on which Cameron Crowe's film was based. Stephen Davis was barely twenty in 1975, but now he is recognised as one of the best rock writers in the world. He is the author of the mega-selling Hammer of the Gods - a biography of Led Zeppelin. He recently unearthed his notebooks of the 1975 tour - which he didn't use for Hammer of the Gods - to write LZ-75. LZ-75: ACROSS AMERICA WITH LED ZEPPELIN is a wonderful and unique thing - a beautifully succinct account of a single moment in rock, when no lyric was too far-fetched, no drink went undrunk and no expense was ever, ever spared. It's a moment that will never be repeated.
Lázaro Cárdenas. Un mexicano del siglo XX
by Ricardo Pérez MontfortLa biografía definitiva sobre un hombre que transformó un país. El nombre Lázaro Cárdenas se convirtió en una alegoría. Es inevitable que al pronunciarlo se piense en la expropiación petrolera, la Revolución de 1910, la construcción del México moderno, la idea de soberanía y la noción misma de lo heroico. Pero esa metáfora encubre toda la complejidad de Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, un hombre de carne y hueso que tuvo una vida inaudita, trepidante y asombrosa, plena de sutilezas y claroscuros. En esta obra, Ricardo Pérez Montfort -uno de los mayores investigadores del expresidente- relata sin cortapisas la vida del michoacano, con brillante fluidez explica las motivaciones que lo guiaron y contextualiza las decisiones de quien tal vez sea uno de los políticos mexicanos más reconocidos pero más desconocidos, más alabados pero más envueltos en mitos. En este primer tomo de Lázaro Cárdenas. Un mexicano del siglo XX, se profundiza en los años de formación del general: su infancia y juventud, su participación en la Revolución mexicana, sus inicios en la política y su meteórico ascenso en los pasillos del poder: en resumen, los hechos que configuraron al hombre que cambiaría México.
Lázaro Cárdenas. Un mexicano del siglo XX (El hombre que cambió al país #Volumen 2)
by Ricardo Pérez MontfortLa biografía definitiva sobre un hombre que transformó un país. El nombre Lázaro Cárdenas se convirtió en una alegoría. Es inevitable que al pronunciarlo se piense en la expropiación petrolera, la Revolución de 1910, la construcción del México moderno, la idea de soberanía y la noción misma de lo heroico. Pero esa metáfora encubre toda la complejidad de Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, un hombre de carne y hueso que tuvo una vida inaudita, trepidante y asombrosa, plena de sutilezas y claroscuros. En esta obra, Ricardo Pérez Montfort -uno de los mayores investigadores del expresidente- relata sin cortapisas la vida del michoacano, con brillante fluidez explica las motivaciones que lo guiaron y contextualiza las decisiones de quien tal vez sea uno de los políticos mexicanos más reconocidos pero más desconocidos, más alabados pero más envueltos en mitos. En este primer tomo de Lázaro Cárdenas. Un mexicano del siglo XX, se profundiza en los años de formación del general: su infancia y juventud, su participación en la Revolución mexicana, sus inicios en la política y su meteórico ascenso en los pasillos del poder: en resumen, los hechos que configuraron al hombre que cambiaría México.
Lázaro Cárdenas: Un mexicano del siglo XX
by Ricardo Pérez MontfortLos años que definieron una vida y una idea de patria. En este segundo tomo de Lázaro Cárdenas. Un mexicano del siglo XX, se relata el periodo central en la vida del General: aquél que transformó nuestro país y lo catapultó a la historia. Los años de su sexenio (1934-1940) y de su encargo como secretario de la Defensa Nacional -durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ni más ni menos- son analizados con una prosa rigurosa y ágil por Ricardo Pérez Montfort, quien desmonta mitos del michoacano, de la Expropiación Petrolera, de su visión de la política y de su existencia tras Los Pinos. Así, en este tomo II de la biografía más documentada de Cárdenas del Río se presentan las coordenadas imprescindibles para entender el México de hoy, sus luchas y contradicciones.
Léeme.txt
by Chelsea ManningLa extraordinaria autobiografía de una de las activistas y mujeres trans más relevantes de nuestro tiempo. Febrero de 2010. Chelsea Manning, una analista de inteligencia militar estadounidense destinada en Irak, revela 720.000 documentos militares clasificados a través de WikiLeaks. Su coraje se apodera del mundo entero al protagonizar la mayor filtración de la historia. Manning fue acusada de veintidós cargos y condenada a treinta y cinco años de prisión militar. Pero, al día siguiente de conocer su sentencia, declaró su identidad de género como mujer y empezó otra lucha: la del derecho a la transición en una prisión de hombres. En 2017, después de un largo desafío legal y un gran apoyo civil, el presidente Obama conmutó su pena y la dejó en libertad. Hoy Chelsea Manning es una de las mayores activistas globales por la transparencia de la información y por los derechos de las mujeres trans. Léeme.txt estádestinado a convertirse en uno de los testimonios definitivos de nuestra era digital. Es una historia impresionante de rebelión personal, resiliencia y supervivencia: desde la adolescencia atormentada de Manning y los motivos que la llevaron a alistarse en el ejército hasta el juicio kafkiano al que fue sometida y su heroica lucha por la libertad. «Chelsea Manning es la mayor heroína que jamás ha existido».Vivienne Westwood Reseñas:«Una de las personas vivas más valientes del mundo».Yanis Varoufakis «Una lectura fascinante, llena de detalles y giros inesperados que contrarrestan muchas de las suposiciones hechas sobre Chelsea Manning... Empieza como una novela de Jason Bourne».The Guardian «Una heroína para millones de personas».Alan Moore «Apasionante... Se necesitan cualidades extraordinarias para hacer algunas de las cosas narradas en este libro».The Observer
Léon Blum
by Pierre BirnbaumLéon Blum (1872–1950) was many things: a socialist and political activist, leader of the Popular Front; a dedicated statesman who served as France's prime minister three times; a hero who courageously opposed anti-Semitism, Nazi aggression, and the pro-German Vichy government; a passionate lover of women, art, and life. A tireless champion for workers’ rights, Blum dramatically changed French society by establishing the forty-hour work week, paid holidays, and collective bargaining on wage claims. He was also a proud Jew and Zionist, and a survivor who endured the horrors of Buchenwald and Dachau. Unlike previous biographies that downplay the significance of Blum’s Jewish heritage on his progressive politics, Pierre Birnbaum’s portrait depicts an extraordinary man whose political convictions were shaped and driven by his religious and cultural background. The author powerfully demonstrates how Blum’s Jewishness was central to his milieu and mission from his earliest entry into the political arena in reaction to the Dreyfus Affair, and how it sustained and motivated him throughout the remainder of his life. Birnbaum’s Léon Blum is a critical chapter in the larger history of Jews in France.
Léon Blum: Humanist in Politics
by Joel ColtonJohn Colton is a meticulous researcher and a fine craftsman. In his political biography of Leon Blum, these two qualities are beautiully blended; none of the available evidence appears to have been over looked, and the enormous mass of variegated material has been transmuted in a polished, richly tapestried, and absorbing narrative.
Léxico familiar
by Natalia GinzburgEl libro más fascinante de Natalia Ginzburg, por cuyas páginas autobiográficas se pasea en bata la historia de la Italia antifascista y donde brilla todo el talento de la autora. «Aunque esté basado en hechos reales, me gusta pensar que Léxico familiar va a leerse como una novela, pidiéndole a este libro todo lo que solemos pedir a la ficción.» Así se expresaba Natalia Ginzburg hablando de este magnífico texto que cuenta su infancia y su juventud, y donde aparecen los nombres reales de parientes y amigos, entre ellos Cesare Pavese y Elio Vittorini. Léxico familiar habla de los Levi, una familia judía y antifascista que vivió en Turín, en el norte de Italia, desde 1930 hasta 1950. Natalia era una de las hijas del profesor Levi y fue testigo privilegiado de los momentos íntimos de la familia, de ese parloteo entre padres y hermanos que se convierte en un idioma secreto. A través de este léxico tan peculiar vamos conociendo al padre y a la madre de Natalia, unas personas que inundan de vitalidad el libro; veremos también a los hermanos de la autora, a su primer esposo, a políticos de gran valía y a muchos de los intelectuales que animaban las tertulias en estas décadas tan importantes del siglo XX. La crítica ha dicho...«Ginzburg recrea los sentimientos y las relaciones, las simpatías y antipatías, los amores y odios de todas las familias, tan predecibles y caprichosos, pero también, una generación tras otra, la singularidad de los hijos.»Italo Calvino «Llegué a Natalia Ginzburg vestida con los trapos sucios del desarraigo. Ella se reveló ante mí como una mujer que vivía en mi cabeza sin saberlo. Ella me enseñó a lavar mi propia ropa, llorando.»Karina Sainz Borgo «Distante, divertida y melancólica. ¿De dónde viene su estilo? ¿Está conscientemente construido o inconscientemente ocultado? ¿Inventado o heredado?El sello de Ginzburg es inconfundible. [...] Ella nos dio un nuevo modelo para la voz femenina.»Rachel Cusk «Su obra cumbre. Autobiografía de infancia y juventud, se lee como novela. Por sus páginas pasea en bata la historia de la Italia antifascista de la mano de los Levy, su propia familia. Anécdotas cotidianas se mezclan con precisas y profundas reflexiones, rescatando los secretos y sucesos que se esconden en la intimidad de los que la rodean.»Miguel Polo, Gentleman «Léxico familiar son todas esas expresiones únicas que funcionan tanto como chistes privados como elementos de enorme capaz evocadora, capaces de volvernos niños en un momento sentados otra vez en el comedor familiar. Son las pequeñas historias que transcurren en la intimidad de la familia y que tanto significan para nosotros aunque las creamos olvidadas.»Cuchitril Literario «Una de las escritoras más influyentes del siglo XX. La sencillez de su estilo y la claridad de su prosa siguen seduciendo.»Aloma Rodríguez, Ahora «Natalia Ginzburg es una autora que hay que leer.»Luis Soravilla «Un libro fascinante y autobiográfico, por las páginas del cual se pasea en bata la historia de la Italia antifascista. Con su discreción y su sutileza habituales, Ginzburg siempre consigue hablar de nosotros cuando parece que en realidad habla solo de sí misma. Una escritora imprescindible en nuestra era.»Gentleman «No soy ella, pero aquí -en esta lectura, ante este libro-, por arte de literatura, me siento Natalia Ginzburg, quizá porque haya dicho algo de mí que yo no sospechaba, y espero que, al cerrar la última página de Léxico familiar, todos sus lectores nos reconozcamos en ella.»Elena Medel «Hay algo de Beckett en la prosa de Ginzburg; de Chéjov, que ella admiraba profundamente; y de las últimas obras de Shakespeare, donde la tragedia suele ocurrir entre bambalinas. Una de las ironías de la
Líbranos del mal
by Ernestina SodiUno de los secuestros que mayor consternación ha causado en la opinión pública mexicana fue el de la escritora Ernestina Sodi y su hermana, la actriz Laura Zapata, perpetrado por la banda de secuestradores "Los Tiras", quienes se encuentran tras las rejas a raíz de la denuncia que ambas presentaron después de su liberación. Las hermanas fueron privadas de su libertad la noche del 22 de septiembre del 2002 a la salida de un teatro, después de asistir a un ensayo de la actriz; golpeadas y amedrentadas, fueron trasladadas a una casa que los secuestradores adaptaron para retener a sus víctimas y donde permanecieron encerradas, con los ojos vendados, mientras los secuestradores iniciaban las negociaciones para pedir su rescate. Después de transcurridos 18 días, y al no obtener respuesta de los familiares de sus víctimas, los secuestradores liberaron a Laura Zapata. Sin embargo, Ernestina Sodi permaneció cautiva durante tres meses, hasta que su hermana menor, la cantante y actriz Thalía, completó la suma exigida.
Líneas de sangre: La historia verdadera sobre el cartel, el FBI y la batalla por una dinastía de carreras de caballos
by Melissa del BosqueDinero, drogas y cárteles: eso es lo que el novato agente del FBI esperaba tener cuando lo enviaron al pueblo fronterizo de Laredo; pero en cambio, se encontró con una tarea sedentaria, redactando reportes de inteligencia acerca de la guerra contra el narcotráfico. Hasta que, un día, le piden a Lawson que chequee una pista anónima: un caballo que se vendió en una subasta en Oklahoma por un precio mucho más elevado de lo usual, y el comprador fue Miguel Treviño, uno de los líderes de los Zetas, el cártel más brutal de México. La fuente sugirió que Treviño estaba lavando dinero mediante las carreras de caballos Cuarto de Milla. De ser cierto, eso le brindaría a un novato como Lawson la oportunidad perfecta para infiltrar el cártel. Lawson se une en equipo con la agente más experimentada, Alma Pérez, y, enfrentándose a una misión imposible, van en busca del caballero más aterrador del mundo de la droga. En Bloodlines, la periodista ganadora del Premio Emmy y del National Magazine Award [Premio Nacional de Revistas], Melissa del Bosque, traza el peligroso intento de Lawson y Pérez por desmantelar la dinastía en carreras de caballos del líder del cártel, construida sobre extorsión y dinero sangriento. Habiendo tenido acceso a evidencias de investigación y entrevistado en profundidad a los protagonistas de la historia, del Bosque capitaliza más de tres años de exploración y décadas como reportera en México y en la frontera, y lo convierte en una narrativa cautivante sobre la codicia y la corrupción. Bloodlines ofrece una mirada sin precedentes al trabajo interno de los Zetas y de las agencias federales de los EE. UU., y abre una nueva perspectiva sobre la naturaleza dinámica de la guerra del narcotráfico y su expansión mundial.
López Rega: El peronismo y la Triple A
by Marcelo LarraquyVida de José López Rega, un anónimo policía retirado al servicio del matrimonio de Juan Domingo Perón e Isabel Martínez, que terminó influyendo en el destino de la Argentina en los años setenta, con la gestación de la organización paraestatal Triple A durante el tercer gobierno peronista. Más de dos mil muertos, en crímenes todavía impunes, fueron el antecedente del terrorismo de Estado de la dictadura militar que usurpó el poder en 1976. Este libro puede leerse como la clásica biografía de un personaje oscuro, menor, al que los acontecimientos históricos le dieron dimensión política. José López Rega empieza a gravitar en la vida de los argentinos en 1966, cuando ingresa al servicio doméstico del matrimonio de Juan Perón e Isabel Martínez; por eso, a la vez, es una historia íntima de Perón. En esta notable investigación, Marcelo Larraquy profundiza además en las circunstancias que originaron la violencia durante el tercer gobierno peronista (1973-1976), de la cual la Triple A comandada por "el Brujo" fue brazo ejecutor, y que fue el preludio de la feroz represión desplegada por la dictadura. Este intenso trabajo de reelaboración actualiza una obra necesaria para comprender no sólo qué se discute hoy sobre los años setenta, sino también la naturaleza de las disputas en el interior del aparato justicialista.
L’Afrique de l’Est à l’Ouest
by Peter BoehmL’AFRIQUE DE L’EST À L’OUEST, récit de voyage Peter Boehm traverse l’Afrique dans des quatre-quatre roulant à toute vitesse, des cars bringuebalants et des trains fichus. En presque six mois, il traverse neuf pays en parcourant plus de dix mille kilomètres : Somalie, Djibouti, Éthiopie, Soudan, Tchad, Nigeria, Niger, Mali et Sénégal. Ce voyage était long à couper le souffle, énervant mais pas ennuyeux. Les personnes qu’il a rencontrées étaient intéressantes, bizarres et émouvantes, mais elles ne font ni froid ni chaud à personne. Peter Boehm fait le portrait des psychiatres de Somalie qui considèrent toute la population nationale comme des fous - ainsi que les Somaliens eux-mêmes et même l’auteur à la fin ! Au Soudan, il rencontre des médecins qui « referment » les femmes ; au Tchad, des enfants de la rue qui sont fin prêts pour l’Allemagne ; au Mali, des guérisseurs traditionnels qui sont également médecins de famille, Dr Sommer et Kummertante ; au Nigeria, des chefs traditionnels devant qui les sujets s’agenouillent et des juges islamiques qui goûtent, comme du vin gouleyant, aux coups de fouets ordonnés par eux. En supplément, Peter Boehm a exactement suivi le protocole de l’Européen que l’Afrique embrouille et transforme. Peter Boehm emploie un ton laconique et sobre de toute fausse sensiblerie. Comme vous n’en avez jamais lu sur l’Afrique.
L’empio cammino di un avventuriero riluttante
by Dr Rosie KuhnNeanche in un milione di anni avrei sognato una vita simile per me. Da bambina immaginavo solo di sposarmi il prima possibile, avere dei figli e vivere per sempre felice e contenta. Fine della storia. Qualcuno, non so chi, deve avermi lanciato una maledizione, quella che dice: "Che tu possa avere una vita interessante". Per quale altro motivo una brava ragazza cattolica dovrebbe finire per avere una vita come questa? Cosa avrebbe spinto la figlia di un medico del Midwest a fare il tipo di scelte che ho fatto io? Scegliere una vita come madre non affidataria di bambini, attraversare l'Oceano Atlantico su una goletta di ventotto metri, acquisire tre lauree magistrali e un dottorato e scrivere un libro sull'autoimprenditorialità... Cosa è successo al mio sogno di essere una mamma felice che gioca con i suoi figli? Sono abbastanza sicura che sia stata una maledizione. Raramente siamo in grado di comprendere lo svolgersi della nostra storia finché non cogliamo l'opportunità di guardarci indietro e di esserne testimoni.
L’eterno istante in cui mi sono sentita felice
by Hitomi IidaUna lettera d'amore per la mia anima gemella capace di guardare con occhi nostalgici oltre il tempo e lo spazio.
M Train
by Patti SmithFrom the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey into the mind of this legendary artist, told through the prism of cafés and haunts she has visited and worked in around the world. M Train is a journey through seventeen "stations." It begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. We then travel, through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations: from Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico, to a meeting of an Arctic explorer's society in Berlin; from the ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York's Far Rockaway that Smith buys just before Hurricane Sandy hits, to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation, alongside signature memories, including of her life in Michigan with her husband, guitarist Fred Sonic Smith, whose untimely death was an irremediable loss. For it is loss, as well as the consolation we might salvage from it, that lies at the heart of this exquisitely told memoir, one augmented by stunning black-and-white Polaroids taken by Smith herself. M Train is a meditation on endings and on beginnings: a poetic tour de force by one of the most brilliant, multi-platform artists at work today.
M Train
by Patti SmithFrom the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as "a roadmap to my life." M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorer's society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York's Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today.From the Hardcover edition.
M Train
by Patti SmithNational Best Seller From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as "a roadmap to my life." M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorer's society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York's Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today.From the Hardcover edition.