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Long-Term Care: How to Plan and Pay for It (11th Edition)
by Joseph Matthews<p>To find the right kind of long-term care, you may need to make difficult personal, medical, and financial decisions during emotionally tough times. <i>Long-Term Care</i> helps you and your family understand the range of available choices. Even more important, it guides you toward the best care you can afford. You'll learn how to: <p> <li>explore your options for home care, assisted living and nursing homes <li>get the most out of Medicaid, Medicare and veterans' programs <li>evaluate long-term care insurance <li>consider the special needs of people with dementia or Alzheimer's, and <li>protect your loved ones from elder fraud. <p> <p>This completely updated edition includes an expanded discussion of Medicaid coverage, special long-term care insurance, assisted living, and long-term care. Plus, you'll get up-to-date benefit numbers, laws and taxes, and revised information on veterans' benefits.</p>
Long-Term Care: How to Plan and Pay for It (Twelfth Edition)
by Joseph Matthews<p>Finding the right long-term care often means making difficult decisions during difficult times. Whether you're planning for the future or need to make a quick decision, <i>Long-Term Care</i> helps you understand nursing home costs, the alternatives to nursing facilities, and how to find the best care you can afford. <p> <p>With Long-Term Care, you'll be able to: <li>evaluate long-term care insurance <li>arrange home care <li>explore options beyond nursing homes <li>choose a nursing facility <li>get the most out of Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs <li>protect your assets, and <li>recognize and prevent elder fraud.</li> <p> <p>The completely updated edition includes an expanded discussion of Medicaid coverage, special long-term care insurance, assisted living, and long-term care. Plus, you'll get up-to-date benefit numbers, laws and taxes, and revised information on veterans' benefits.</p>
Long-Term Community Recovery from Natural Disasters
by Lucy A. Arendt Daniel J AleschToday, governmental efforts at long-term community recovery from a natural disaster consist primarily of rebuilding the physical artifact of the community. This entails reestablishing vital community services and infrastructure and creating housing to replace that which has been lost. While restoring the built environment of a disaster area is esse
Long-Term Financial Sustainability Accounting and Reporting in the Public Sector (Routledge Studies in Accounting)
by Hassan OudaThis book addresses a longstanding issue that emerged fifty years ago and continues to persist– the lack of an accounting and reporting system for financial sustainability. Consequently, the primary aim of this book is to develop a novel accounting and reporting system for measuring and reporting long-term financial sustainability in the public sector.The significance of this book lies in its introduction of an innovative role within the field of accounting. This role entails providing guidance and issuing alerts to governments regarding essential adjustments needed in current policies to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of governmental entities. Through elucidating the prospective trajectory of public finance within the ongoing implementation of current policies, this approach functions as an early warning system for governments and empowering them to proactively modify their policies and transition from unsustainable scenarios to sustainable ones.The primary audience for this book includes practitioners, academics, students, professional bodies, and various users of accounting information in the public sector, such as public managers and policymakers seeking accounting information for corrective measures. Additionally, international organizations like the IMF and World Bank, tasked with assessing countries' long-term financial sustainability, will find this work indispensable.
Long-Term Forensic Psychiatric Care: Clinical, Ethical and Legal Challenges
by Peter Braun Birgit VöllmThis book provides an overview of forensic psychiatry, focusing on the provision of care in Europe as well as the legal and ethical challenges posed by long-term stays in forensic settings. Forensic psychiatric services provide care and treatment for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) in secure in-patient facilities as well as in the community. These services are high-cost/low-volume services; they pose significant restrictions on patients and hence raise considerable ethical challenges. There is no agreed-upon standard for length of stay (LoS) in secure settings and patients’ detainment periods vary considerably across countries and even within the same jurisdiction. Thus far, little research has been conducted to identify factors associated with length of stay; consequently, it remains unclear how services should be configured to meet the needs of this patient group. This volume fills some of those gaps. Furthermore, it presents new research on factors associated with length of stay, both patient-related and organisational. Various approaches to the provision of care for long-term patients in different countries are explored, including a few best practise examples in this specific area of psychiatry. The book also addresses the perspective of those working in forensic care by reviewing quality-of-life research and interviews with patients. The authors of this volume come from a range of professional backgrounds, ensuring a certain breadth and depth in the topic discussion, and even includes patients themselves as (co-)authors.
Long-term Care, Globalization, and Justice
by Lisa A. EckenwilerLong-term care can be vexing on a personal as well as social level, and it will only grow more so as individuals continue to live longer and the population of aged persons increases in the United States and around the world. This volume explores the ethical issues surrounding elder care from an ecological perspective to propose a new theory of global justice for long-term care.Care work is organized not just nationally, as much current debate suggests, but also transnationally, through economic, labor, immigration, and health policies established by governments, international lending bodies, and for-profit entities. Taking an epistemological approach termed "ecological knowing," Lisa A. Eckenwiler examines this organizational structure to show how it creates and sustains injustice against the dependent elderly and those who care for them, including a growing number of migrant care workers, and how it weakens the capacities of so-called source countries and their health care systems. By focusing on the fact that a range of policies, people, and places are interrelated and mutually dependent, Eckenwiler is able not only to provide a holistic understanding of the way long-term care works to generate injustice but also to find ethical and practicable policy solutions for caring for aging populations in the United States and in less well-off parts of the world.Deeply considered and empirically informed, this examination of the troubles in transnational long-term care is the first to probe the issue from a perspective that reckons with the interdependence of policies, people, and places, and the first to recommend ways policymakers, planners, and families can together develop cohesive, coherent long-term care policies around the ideal of justice.
Look Closely
by Laura CaldwellLook CloselyThat’s all the anonymous letter said, but attorney Hailey Sutter understands the meaning behind the well-chosen words. Someone wants her to investigate what happened to her mother, who died when Hailey was only seven.The death was ruled accidental, but Hailey begins having flashbacks that tell a different story: a pounding at the door...her mother struggling to stand...a man with a gold ring that flashed in the night as he held her mother’s lifeless body.Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Hailey can’t trust anyone, especially her father, whose secrecy both unnerves and protects her. Desperate to remember that fatal night, she seeks out the brother and sister who left home after their mother’s death. But they have disappeared. It’s soon clear to Hailey that the answer is right in front of her-all she has to do is find the courage to look closely....
Look What You Made Me Do: The most emotional, gripping gut punch of a thriller of 2021
by Nikki Smith'Creepy and unsettling - a tense, toxic read that will wrong-foot you at every turn' CHARLOTTE DUCKWORTHTwo people can keep a secret . . . if one of them is dead.Sisters Jo and Caroline are used to hiding things from each other. They've never been close - taking it in turns to feel on the outside of their family unit, playing an endless game of favourites.Jo envies Caroline's life - things have always come so easy to her. Then a family inheritance falls entirely to Jo, and suddenly now Caroline wants what Jo has. Needs it, even.But just how far will she go to get it?You'll be riveted by the new psychological suspense from Nikki Smith - a gripping gut-punch of a novel . . .* * * * * *Praise for Look What You Made Me Do:'Gripping and twisty, with real heart' LAURA MARSHALL'Emotional and sinister, with characters that draw you in and a story that keeps you turning the pages' JENNY QUINTANA'Terrifying and compulsive, deeply psychological, with wonderfully drawn characters and a satisfying conclusion' LISA BALLANTYNE'Fantastic - what Nikki's really good at is keeping the reader on the edge of her seat' EMMA CURTIS'I loved it' CHRIS WHITAKER'[One of] those moments where you realise the power of the written word' EMMA CHRISTIE'A deeply accomplished novel that combines razor-sharp characterisation with perfectly-pitched suspense. A fantastic, slow-burn thriller' PHILIPPA EAST
Looking Back in Crime: What Happened on This Date in Criminal Justice History?
by James O. WindellJust as people are captivated by murder mysteries, detective stories, and legal shows, they are also compulsively interested in the history of criminal justice. Looking Back in Crime: What Happened on This Day in Criminal Justice History? features a treasure trove of important dates and significant events in criminal justice history.Offering hundre
Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Confronting the Armenian Genocide
by Richard G. HovannisianThe decades separating our new century from the Armenian Genocide, the prototype of modern-day nation-killings, have fundamentally changed the political composition of the region. Virtually no Armenians remain on their historic territories in what is today eastern Turkey. The Armenian people have been scattered about the world. And a small independent republic has come to replace the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was all that was left of the homeland as the result of Turkish invasion and Bolshevik collusion in 1920. One element has remained constant. Notwithstanding the eloquent, compelling evidence housed in the United States National Archives and repositories around the world, successive Turkish governments have denied that the predecessor Young Turk regime committed genocide, and, like the Nazis who followed their example, sought aggressively to deflect blame by accusing the victims themselves.This volume argues that the time has come for Turkey to reassess the propriety of its approach, and to begin the process that will allow it move into a post-genocide era. The work includes "Genocide: An Agenda for Action," Gijs M. de Vries; "Determinants of the Armenian Genocide," Donald Bloxham; "Looking Backward and Forward," Joyce Apsel; "The United States Response to the Armenian Genocide," Simon Payaslian; "The League of Nations and the Reclamation of Armenian Genocide Survivors," Vahram L. Shemmassian; "Raphael Lemkin and the Armenian Genocide," Steven L. Jacobs; "Reconstructing Turkish Historiography of the Armenian Massacres and Deaths of 1915," Fatma Muge Go;cek; "Bitter-Sweet Memories; "The Armenian Genocide and International Law," Joe Verhoeven; "New Directions in Literary Response to the Armenian Genocide," Rubina Peroomian; "Denial and Free Speech," Henry C. Theriault; "Healing and Reconciliation," Ervin Staub; "State and Nation," Raffi K. Hovannisian.
Looking at and Beyond Corporate Governance in India: A Journey of Three Decades of Reforms
by Seema Joshi Ruchi KansilThis book explores theoretical and empirical perspectives on corporate governance and sustainability and reflects upon India’s three decades of corporate governance reforms. It provides a solid base of information culled from extensive empirical research. It will contribute to the 2030 agenda of the United Nations on Sustainable Development Goals by lighting the way forward and enhancing the convergence of corporate governance with sustainability in business entities. Adopting a credible and uniform sustainability reporting framework and cultivating a pervasive “sustainability culture” through effective “sustainability leadership” has become a business imperative. It will be highly relevant for all stakeholders, including shareholders, boards of directors, managers, academicians, and researchers, and it will empower, enrich, and enable them to gain more conceptual clarity and empirical understanding of corporate governance and sustainability issues. In addition, it shows the pathway for policymakers and practitioners to address the myriad challenges that emanate from sustainability by suggesting new approaches emerging in the critical domain of corporate governance.
Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places: Justice Beyond and Between (Berkeley Forum in the Humanities)
by Wendy Brown Saba Mahmood Daniel Boyarin Christopher Tomlins Samera Esmeir Ramona Naddaff Kathryn Abrams Sara Ludin Sarah Song Rebecca M. McLennan Bath H. Piatote Daniel FisherFor many inside and outside the legal academy, the right place to look for law is in constitutions, statutes, and judicial opinions. This book looks for law in the “wrong places”—sites and spaces in which no formal law appears. These may be geographic regions beyond the reach of law, everyday practices ungoverned or ungovernable by law, or works of art that have escaped law’s constraints.Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places brings together essays by leading scholars of anthropology, cultural studies, history, law, literature, political science, race and ethnic studies, religion, and rhetoric, to look at law from the standpoint of the humanities. Beyond showing law to be determined by or determinative of distinct cultural phenomena, the contributors show how law is itself interwoven with language, text, image, and culture.Many essays in this volume look for law precisely in the kinds of “wrong places” where there appears to be no law. They find in these places not only reflections and remains of law, but also rules and practices that seem indistinguishable from law and raise challenging questions about the locations of law and about law’s meaning and function. Other essays do the opposite: rather than looking for law in places where law does not obviously appear, they look in statute books and courtrooms from perspectives that are usually presumed to have nothing to say about law.Looking at law sideways, or upside down, or inside out defamiliarizes law. These essays show what legal understanding can gain when law is denied its ostensibly proper domain.Contributors: Kathryn Abrams, Daniel Boyarin, Wendy Brown, Marianne Constable, Samera Esmeir, Daniel Fisher, Sara Ludin, Saba Mahmood, Rebecca McLennan, Ramona Naddaff, Beth Piatote, Sarah Song, Christopher Tomlins, Leti Volpp, Bryan Wagner
Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places: Why State Constitutions Contain America's Positive Rights (Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives #132)
by Emily ZackinUnlike many national constitutions, which contain explicit positive rights to such things as education, a living wage, and a healthful environment, the U.S. Bill of Rights appears to contain only a long list of prohibitions on government. American constitutional rights, we are often told, protect people only from an overbearing government, but give no explicit guarantees of governmental help. Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places argues that we have fundamentally misunderstood the American rights tradition. The United States actually has a long history of enshrining positive rights in its constitutional law, but these rights have been overlooked simply because they are not in the federal Constitution. Emily Zackin shows how they instead have been included in America's state constitutions, in large part because state governments, not the federal government, have long been primarily responsible for crafting American social policy. Although state constitutions, seemingly mired in trivial detail, can look like pale imitations of their federal counterpart, they have been sites of serious debate, reflect national concerns, and enshrine choices about fundamental values. Zackin looks in depth at the history of education, labor, and environmental reform, explaining why America's activists targeted state constitutions in their struggles for government protection from the hazards of life under capitalism. Shedding much-needed light on the variety of reasons that activists pursued the creation of new state-level rights, Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places challenges us to rethink our most basic assumptions about the American constitutional tradition.
Loomered: How I Became the Most Banned Woman in the World
by Laura LoomerLaura Loomer is the most banned woman in the world.An investigative journalist, activist, and truth-teller who has earned many powerful enemies in Silicon Valley and the media, Loomer has been banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, PayPal, Venmo, GoFundMe, Periscope, Medium, and TeeSpring…so far. Loomer works tirelessly for Americans banned from essential online services for having the wrong political opinions. In addition to filing lawsuits against the companies that have wrongfully ostracized and defamed her, she is running for Congress in Florida&’s 21st District. This is her story.
Loot the Moon: A Novel (Billy Povich #2)
by Mark ArsenaultFrom the Shamus Award nominee of Spiked comes this much-anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed GravewriterIn this next electifying thriller from up-and-coming author Mark Arsenault, former journalist and beaten-down gambler Billy Povich returns to aid Martin Smothers, the Patron Lawyer of Hopeless Causes.Martin's old law partner, the well-respected superior court judge Gilbert Harmony, has been shot by a thief who dies in a car crash. The cops close the case, but Martin doesn't believe a two-bit shoplifter would suddenly kill a judge---somebody must have paid him to do it.The suspects range from a vengeful mobster to a jealous brother to the judge's widow, and---oops---his mistress and her son. And as Billy comes closer to the truth, it isn't long before the killer takes aim at him.
Lord High Executioner: An Unashamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen, and Their Kind
by Howard EngelA grisly tour of hangings, electrocutions, beheadings—and other state-sanctioned deaths that are part of the long history of the death penalty. In Lord High Executioner, award-winning writer Howard Engel traces the traditions of capital punishment from medieval England and early Canada to the present-day United States. Throughout &“civilized&” history, executioners employed on behalf of the kingdom, republic, or dictatorship have beheaded, chopped, stabbed, choked, gassed, electrocuted, or beaten criminals to death—and Engel doesn&’t shy away from the gritty details of the executioner&’s lifestyle, focusing on the paragons, buffoons, and sadists of the dark profession. Packed with all-too-true stories, from hapless hangings to butchered beheadings, this historically accurate look at the executioner&’s gruesome work makes for a thoroughly gripping read.
Lord Mansfield
by Norman PoserIn the first modern biography of Lord Mansfield (1705-1793), Norman Poser details the turbulent political life of eighteenth-century Britain's most powerful judge, serving as chief justice for an unprecedented thirty-two years. His legal decisions launched England on the path to abolishing slavery and the slave trade, modernized commercial law in ways that helped establish Britain as the world's leading industrial and trading nation, and his vigorous opposition to the American colonists stoked Revolutionary fires. Although his father and brother were Jacobite rebels loyal to the deposed King James II, Mansfield was able to rise through English society to become a member of its ruling aristocracy and a confidential advisor to two kings. Poser sets Mansfield's rulings in historical context while delving into Mansfield's circle, which included poets (Alexander Pope described him as "his country's pride"), artists, actors, clergymen, noblemen and women, and politicians. Still celebrated for his application of common sense and moral values to the formal and complicated English common law system, Mansfield brought a practical and humanistic approach to the law. His decisions continue to influence the legal systems of Canada, Britain, and the United States to an extent unmatched by any judge of the past. An illuminating account of one of the greatest legal minds, Lord Mansfield presents a vibrant look at Britain's Age of Reason through one of its central figures.
Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason
by Norman S. PoserIn the first modern biography of Lord Mansfield (1705-1793), Norman Poser details the turbulent political life of eighteenth-century Britain's most powerful judge, serving as chief justice for an unprecedented thirty-two years. His legal decisions launched England on the path to abolishing slavery and the slave trade, modernized commercial law in ways that helped establish Britain as the world's leading industrial and trading nation, and his vigorous opposition to the American colonists stoked Revolutionary fires. Although his father and brother were Jacobite rebels loyal to the deposed King James II, Mansfield was able to rise through English society to become a member of its ruling aristocracy and a confidential advisor to two kings. Poser sets Mansfield's rulings in historical context while delving into Mansfield's circle, which included poets (Alexander Pope described him as "his country's pride"), artists, actors, clergymen, noblemen and women, and politicians. Still celebrated for his application of common sense and moral values to the formal and complicated English common law system, Mansfield brought a practical and humanistic approach to the law. His decisions continue to influence the legal systems of Canada, Britain, and the United States to an extent unmatched by any judge of the past. An illuminating account of one of the greatest legal minds, Lord Mansfield presents a vibrant look at Britain's Age of Reason through one of its central figures.
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 adversarios
by John GrishamTres emocionantes historias del maestro Grisham con el mundo de la ley como hilo conductor. «Vuelta a casa» nos lleva de regreso a Ford County, escenario de muchas de las inolvidables historias de John Grisham. Esta vez Jake Brigance no está en el tribunal; quien acude a él es un viejo amigo, Mack Stafford, un exabogado de Clanton. Tres años antes, Mack se convirtió en una leyenda local cuando robó el dinero de sus clientes, se divorció de su mujer, se declaró en bancarrota y abandonó a su familia en mitad de la noche sin que nunca más se volviera a oír hablar de él... hasta ahora. Mack ha vuelto y confía en sus viejos colegas para que le ayuden. Pero su regreso no resulta como lo había planeado. En «Luna de fresa», Cody Wallace, un joven preso, se encuentra en el corredor de la muerte a solo tres horas de su ejecución. Sus abogados no pueden salvarle, el tribunal le ha cerrado sus puertas y el gobernador se ha negado a una última petición de clemencia. Mientras el reloj avanza, Cody tiene una última petición.Los adversarios está protagonizado por los hermanos Malloy, Kirk y Rusty, dos ambiciosos y exitosos abogados que heredaron un próspero bufete cuando el fundador, su padre, fue enviado a prisión por el asesinato de su mujer. Kirk y Rusty se aborrecen y solo se hablan cuando es estrictamente necesario, y el bufete se encuentra en plena decadencia y a punto de desintegrarse. Y ahora que su padre podría salir de la cárcel antes de lo esperado..., el enfrentamiento entre los Malloy parece inevitable. La crítica ha dicho:«La obra de Grisham -siempre un entretenimiento excelente- está evolucionando a algo más serio, más poderoso, más merecedor de su excepcional talento».The Washington Post «Estas tres historias en un solo volumen muestran a un Grisham en su mejor momento... Una pequeña obra maestra».Daily Mail «El mejor autor vivo de thriller».KEN FOLLETT«John Grisham es uno de los mejores escritores que tenemos en Estados Unidos en estos momentos».The New York Times «Tres chispeantes historias de Grisham por el precio de una... Un fantástico entretenimiento».Irish Independent
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.
Los cuadernos: Cómo fue la investigación secreta del caso de corrupción más importante de la historia argentina
by Diego CabotCómo se hizo la investigación periodística que develó cómo el kirchnerismo recaudaba millones de dólares de empresarios corruptos para financiar su aparato político y enriquecer funcionarios. 902 páginas10 años de recaudación ilegal43 compañías involucradas112 funcionarios y empresarios mencionados36.000 millones de dólares en efectivoLa trama secreta del caso de corrupción más importante de la historia argentina El 1 de febrero de 2005, Oscar Centeno empezó a escribir un diario de sus tareas como chofer de Roberto Baratta, el principal recaudador de dinero negro del kirchnerismo. Página a página aparecen funcionarios, empresarios y miembros del círculo gubernamental, hoteles y domicilios adónde se retiraban paquetes enormes de billetes. Desde los pedidos de helado para el ministro Julio De Vido -la cabeza del sistema recaudador al servicio de Néstor Kirchner- hasta las facturas de los bolsos para transportar sobornos millonarios que se dejaban en la Casa Rosada, la Residencia de Olivos y el edificio del matrimonio presidencial. Una década después, Centeno había completado 8 cuadernos y un anotador. Cuando llegaron a sus manos, Diego Cabot se dedicó a chequear uno a uno los datos que allí se consignaban. Meses más tarde, esa pesquisa minuciosa y secreta se transformó en la primicia más espectacular de la historia y dio pie a la mayor causa anticorrupción de la que se tenga memoria en el país. En Los Cuadernos, Cabot revela al fin toda la verdad de una investigación sin precedentes que generó cientos de especulaciones, operaciones y contra operaciones, arrepentidos, denuncias, encarcelamientos y traiciones y que cambió para siempre la forma de hacer política en la Argentina.
Los cómplices del presidente
by Anabel HernándezLos cómplices del presidente contiene la denuncia más consistente y documentada que se ha hecho hasta ahora sobre corrupción e impunidad durante el presente sexenio. Los cómplices del presidente fue publicado originalmente a fines de 2008. Van más de 40 000 ejemplares vendidos desde entonces. En la nota a esta nueva edición en Debolsillo, la autora escribe: Han pasado un año y tres meses desde la aparición de Los cómplices del presidente. En este corto periodo el libro ha adquirido gran importancia y demanda una nueva lectura, incluso para mí como autora. Hoy más que nunca sus líneas se vuelven vigentes para comprender la convulsa época que vivimos. En septiembre de 2008, cuando le puse punto final a esta obra, tuve la certeza de que ninguno de los tres protagonistas, Felipe Calderón, Juan Camilo Mouriño y Genaro García Luna terminaría bien el sexenio. El tiempo me ha dado la razón. La muerte de Juan Camilo Mouriño lo convirtió en mártir y no en el político que debía rendir cuentas por sus abusos y excesos (aquí documentados). Calderón vive su propio infierno. Hoy García Luna es señalado públicamente por políticos de oposición como corrupto. Por todo esto, el libro permite entender lo que está sucediendo en nuestro país.
Los gobernadores: caciques del pasado y del presente
by Andrew PaxmanSomos testigos de una nueva época de corrupción y caciquismo en los estados. Desde los desfalcos de Javier Duarte hasta la mano dura de Rafael Moreno Valle, muchos gobernadores recientes son prueba contundente de que una mayor democracia electoral no necesariamente se traduce en un mayor Estado de derecho. Aun la Jefatura de Gobierno de Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a pesar de sus logros, fue criticada como autoritaria y tolerante de la venalidad. Por medio de doce perfiles, los colaboradores de este tomo -la mitad periodistas, la mitad académicos- señalan las raíces de la conducta caciquil y documentan el modus operandi de varios de los gobernadores "sobresalientes" de nuestros tiempos.
Los guardianes
by John GrishamUn hombre inocente fue condenado por asesinato hace veintidós años. Su abogado no parará hasta verle libre. Pero quienes le encerraron ya mataron una vez. Y están preparados para volver a hacerlo. NADIE LO CUENTA MEJOR QUE GRISHAM. En la pequeña ciudad de Seabrook, Florida, un prometedor abogado llamado Keith Russo fue asesinado a tiros una noche mientras trabajaba hasta tarde en su despacho. El culpable no dejó pistas. No hubo testigos, nadie tenía un motivo. Pero la policía pronto sospechó de Quincy Miller, un joven negro que había sido cliente de Russo.Miller fue juzgado y condenado a cadena perpetua. Durante veintidós años languideció en prisión, manteniendo su inocencia sin que nadie lo escuchara. Desesperado, escribe una carta al Ministerio de los Guardianes, una pequeña organización sin ánimo de lucro liderada por el abogado y sacerdote episcopaliano Cullen Post. Post viaja por el país luchando contra sentencias injustas y defendiendo a clientes olvidados por el sistema. Sin embargo, en el caso de Quincy Miller encuentra obstáculos inesperados. Los asesinos de Keith Russo son personas poderosas y despiadadas, y no quieren que Miller sea exonerado. Mataron a un abogado hace veintidós años, y matarían a otro sin pensarlo dos veces. La crítica ha dicho:«Grisham en su mejor, y más apasionada, forma.»Daily Mail «El mejor autor vivo de thriller.»Ken Follett «Estupendo. Conmovedor. Grisham lo ha vuelto a lograr. La longevidad creativa no es inusual en el género de suspense, pero lo que resulta único es la hazaña de mantener el ritmo de una novela al año sin que disminuya el ingenio o la calidad literaria.»The Washington Post «Escrito con su característico estilo sencillo y fluido. Grisham es el gran maestro del arte de crear personajes con destreza y de aumentar con habilidad la tensión en un crescendo sobrecogedor.»Irish Independent «Grisham ha escrito de nuevo un thriller lleno de suspense que se mezcla con temas de peso como las detenciones injustas, la pena de muerte y los prejuicios del sistema legal. Los personajes de esta novela son de primera clase.»Associated Press «Rápido y atrapante.»Daily Mirror Los lectores opinan...«Tiene un estilo narrativo que me ha gustado, muy ágil, unos magníficos personajes y un trama perfectamente documentada.»dragonesylibros en Instagram «Libro entretenido, de fácil lectura y profundizando de lleno en leyes obsoletas y ambiguas. Un diez para Grisham...»sergibooks en Instagram «La trama da vueltas y vueltas y los personajes son MUY interesantes.»subookish en Instagram