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Dos libros para entender lo que nunca se deja definir. El peronismo en su hora más trágica y decisiva. El peronismo atraviesa la historia argentina desde la mitad del siglo xx hasta nuestros días y todavia nadie puede definirlo de manera univoca. Jose Pablo Feinmann milito en el peronismo de izquierda de la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras en los años 60 y siguio acompañando ese movimiento hasta que, muerto Peron, este viro hacia la derecha represiva de la Triple A. Desde entonces, fue testigo privilegiado de los diferentes momentos y las diversas caras de este fenomeno unico, idolatrado por unos y demonizado por otros. ¿Que es el peronismo? Pareciera que no tiene definicion posible o certera porque siempre muestra una arista mas y vuelve a escurrirse. Esta obra ambiciosa, desmesurada el segundo tomo va del primer regreso de Peron, en 1972, al golpe militar de 1976, consigue mostrar en toda su complejidad y dramatismo los grandes momentos que cambiarian la historia argentina. Feinmann es el unico que podia escribirlo con tanta lucidez y legitimidad. Peronismo es un libro apasionado y estremecedor. Tambien escalofriante e hipercritico. Sin rehuir la polemica o la controversia, echa luz sobre una historia tan oscura como vital, tan fascinante como tragica. Todas las mascaras caen. La Argentina queda a flor de piel, sin excusas.Tambien cae la mascara del autor, quien insiste en afirmar una verdad de la microfisica: el experimentador forma parte del sistema experimental. Hoy, a quince años de su publicacion, este trabajo vibrante y desgarrado tal vez la maxima obra de Jose Pablo Feinmann resulta tan vigente como entonces y sigue iluminando e interpelando con la misma potencia y lucidez el pasado, el presente y el porvenir. Un fresco de la cultura politica argentina contemporanea, una historia de vida, una biografia intelectual-filosofica, un folletin tragico, un conjunto de dialogos teatrales... el ensayo, el dialogo, la meditacion, todos generos clasicos, estan ahi. Verdadera pintura de epoca, con partes propias del tratadista y un dolor interno muy intenso. Horacio Gonzalez

James Joyce da inicio a la modernidad de las letras irlandesas con la publicación de "Los muertos", cuento que abre esta exhaustiva compilación de veinticinco relatos editada por Sinéad Mac Aodha y Jorge Fondebrider.Esta antologia -en palabras de sus editores- tiene como unica ambicion que los lectores "descubran una nueva constelacion de autores, que sepan algo que antes no sabian y que de esa forma encuentren conocimiento, compañia y consuelo"

La entrega del Premio Nobel de Literatura de la Academia Sueca a Gabriel García Márquez en 1982 trajo para Colombia un momento de gran significación; 40 años después este libro vuelve sobre las resonancias e irradiaciones de ese acontecimiento mayor de la memoria y cultura colombianas. Los diferentes trabajos que lo componen, escritos por suecos y colombianos, abordan no solo antecedentes y aristas de ese momento sino tambien temas de la narrativa del escritor colombiano desde claves de lectura contemporaneas.El libro esta dividido en dos partes. La primera, "Garcia Marquez-Suecia", contiene testimonios, analisis y perspectivas que permiten aquilatar y resignificar la atribucion del Nobel al escritor colombiano; la segunda, "En coordenadas garciamarquianas", nos brinda analisis de textos particulares de la obra del colombiano en epoca en que decae la perspectiva magicorrealista para dar lugar a analisis que se preocupan mas por los contextos literarios, filosoficos, historicos y politico-culturales cuyo conocimiento permite nuevas valoraciones de esta obra literaria leida en todo el mundo.

Alejandro III de Macedonia construyó un imperio que se extendía por todos los rincones del globo, desde el tranquilo y calmo reino de Macedonia hasta el mundo helénico, Persia y, en última instancia, hasta la India. El confiaba en detenerse solo al llegar al oceano Pacifico, pero todo se acabo antes, con su prematura muerte a los treinta y tres años.De esto hace a dos milenios, pero las historias de su vida, tanto de hechos reales y como lengendarios, han mantenido a Alejandro, conocido por "el Magno" siempre vivo a lo largo de la historia de las civilizaciones, pues su legado es eterno. Pero ¿quien fue realmente Alejandro en su tiempo? Han sido muchas las teorias y estudios sobre el personaje, pero al fin, en este ensayo biografico, Anthony Everitt lo juzga conforme a los criterios de su epoca, considerando todas las posibles contradicciones. Podemos, ahora si, conocer al principe macedonio: naturalmente curioso y fascinado por la ciencia y la exploracion, fue un hombre que disfrutaba de las artes y que usaba la gran epopeya de Homero, la Iliada, como biblia. A medida que conquistaba mas y mas tierras y veia su imperio crecer, Alejandro mostro respeto por las tradiciones de sus nuevos subditos y un juicio cuidadoso al gobernar sobre tan vastos territorios. Pero tambien su vida tuvo un lado oscuro: conquistador empedernido que construyo el imperio mas grande de la historia hasta el momento, tambien glorifico la guerra y fue conocido por cometer actos de notable crueldad. He aqui la biografia definitiva del mas grande estratega de la historia.

José María Escrivá llega a Madrid en 1927. Al año siguiente funda el Opus Dei, y en menos de diez años es ya un sacerdote conocido en buena parte de los ambientes eclesiásticos y universitarios de la capital española.Su actividad se describe en este libro dia a dia, evento a evento: sucesos que hilvanaron su vida, personas con quienes mantuvo un trato frecuente o esporadico, lugares que frecuento y ocupaciones desarrolladas al servicio de los demas para extender el mensaje cristiano de la Obra.Los editores ofrecen este estudio con la intencion de facilitar a los lectores una mayor aproximacion a una destacada figura de la Iglesia catolica en el siglo XX.

NADIE MÁS PODÍA CONTAR ESTA HISTORIA. Son más de 20 años los que el historiador Fritz Glockner ha dedicado a entrelazar estas letras que recorren su vida familiar y la exhaustiva investigación sobre los mecanismos de represion que el Estado ha usado contra los grupos opositores: asesinato, tortura, desaparicion forzada, control de informacion; que en conjunto denomina guerra de baja intensidad.La guerrilla existe en nuestro pais y nadie la habia detallado como Glockner. Se han expuesto muchas teorias sobre ella, pero ninguna va desde las entrañas de su organizacion ni conoce las tensiones e inconsistencias al interior de cada grupo.Los años heridos cubre los datos que faltaban o que estaban equivocados. FRITZ GLOCKNER NOMBRA A LOS FANTASMAS QUE EL ESTADO HA QUERIDO OCULTAR Y HACE DE SU MEMORIA UNA PARTE VITAL DE LA HISTORIA DEL PAIS.

Esta completa biografía es el resultado de más de veinte años de trabajo acerca de la figura de María Tudor, reina de Inglaterra y segunda esposa de Felipe II. La autora muestra su profundo conocimiento de la historia de Inglaterra y España, avalando su estudio con una solida documentacion y una seleccion de referencias textuales. Nos ofrece, sin embargo, un libro de facil lectura, dirigido tanto a expertos como a un publico general.

Simón de Rojas Clemente y Rubio (Titaguas, 1777-Madrid, 1827) es un referente para la ciencia de la Ilustración española. Inicialmente encaminado a la profesión eclesiástica, se enriquece con el estudio del naturalismo, particularmente de la botanica (fue alumno de Cavanilles). Amplio sus estudios en Paris y Londres, y realizo un viaje por Andalucia que le permitio realizar su Historia natural del Reino de Granada. Fue bibliotecario del Jardin Botanico de Madrid, y despues de años de investigaciones y penurias, fue diputado en las Cortes durante el Trienio Liberal. Con la llegada de los Hijos de San Luis, hasta que lo reclamo el rey para acabar la historia de Granada, siendo tambien elegido director del Jardin Botanico de Madrid. De esta manera, Rojas Clemente se perfila como un sabio ilustrado sin fronteras.

In the summer of 1961, Stanley Johnson, accompanied by Tim Severin and Michael de Larrabeiti, set out from Oxford on two BSA 500cc Shooting Star motorcycles to follow Marco Polos route from Venice to Beijing. Although they came tantalizingly close to the Chinese frontier, they were forced to divert to India. With one motorcycle out of action, the three of them rode the remaining machine down the Grand Truck Road from Kabul to Calcutta. In 2023, Stanley set off again with his fourth son, Max, to finish the journey he had started sixty-two years earlier. With a brilliant camera-crew in tow, they followed Marco Polos precise route across China, all the way to the Summer Palace of Kubla Khan in Xanadu and on to Beijing itself. This book tells the tale of an extraordinary dream come true.

Captures moments in time like nothing else.RICHARD E. GRANTIntimate . . . and rarely predictable.MICHAEL PALINCompletely fascinating and inspiring. Completely addictive.STEPHEN FRYA volume to treasure, sigh and snigger over. BIDISHAAn engrossing collection of the most remarkable diary writing - by the famous, infamous and everyman alike - curated by the creator of the globally bestselling Letters of Note.What is more intimate than the diary? Across human history, people have kept these repositories of their most unvarnished truths, poignant hopes, hidden desires and deepest fears. In Diaries of Note, Shaun Usher collects 366 captivating diary entries, each with a different author.The diary welcomes all to its pages. Here we encounter reflections from world leaders, artists, scientists, writers and icons of film and music - including Alan Rickman, Frederick Douglass, Virginia Woolf, Louis Theroux and Emma Thompson - alongside those who were never illuminated by fame, but whose writings reveal them as extraordinary. Beautifully illustrated, this book is a testament to the power of personal narratives, reflecting and encapsulating our deepest, and often most secret, emotions.

After a devastating spinal cord injury Fergus Farrell was told hed never walk again. He refused to believe it.What followed was a brutal reckoning not just with his body, but with his identity as a man. He lost his business, his marriage and, for a time, his will to go on. But through the darkness, Fergus found something deeper than hope: determination.One year later, he walked 206km across Ireland. And that was just the start. From an attempted row across the unforgiving North Atlantic to tireless advocacy for spinal injury research, Fergus has redefined what it truly means to be strong. This is more than a story of recovery. Its about resilience, reinvention and finding out who you really are when everything else falls away.A formidable reminder that no matter how tough the challenge, the strength to walk through it lies within Niall BreslinA powerful, unflinching account of resilience, this book grips you from the first page and refuses to let go David GillickThis book gives great insight into his journey, and his resilience and mental strength are inspirational Bernard Jackman

1 NIGHT. 1,807 DAYS. AND EVERY SINGLE MINUTE IN BETWEEN.In July 2019, Bláthnaid Raleigh was enjoying a typical night out in Galway with friends and a few acquaintances from Mullingar. At the house party that followed, a night that had started like any other took a sinister turn when Jonathan Moran attacked and raped her.Back in their hometown of Mullingar, Blathnaid would spend the next five years living with the after-effects of that night, she and her family left in limbo, wracked with uncertainty. Meanwhile, her attacker, unable to be identified for legal reasons, continued his life as if nothing had happened working, socialising and playing rugby.On 1 July 2024, Moran was sentenced to eight years in jail, without ever offering a moments remorse. What would this verdict mean for Blathnaid and the life that she was forced to put on hold? Would this be the day that the old Blathnaid would re-emerge? Could it ever be that simple?Aftermath is raw, powerful and a truly devastating account of a system that left Blathnaid feeling forgotten, irrelevant and lost. In an Ireland that claims to be victim-centric, Blathnaids words provide the ultimate and unequivocal victim impact statement.

Bouncing Back is the inspiring story of Michael Flynn, a struggling furniture salesman from Pearse Street, who reinvented himself to become Irelands favourite retailer. With the inner city that shaped him at its core, its the story of his enduring close bond with his family and the communities that have supported him along the way.With Dublin heart and entrepreneurial spirit, this hilarious and, at times, heartbreaking memoir is filled with joy and sadness, love and lifelong friendships, mad adventures and meaningful moments.Bouncing Back is a testament to never giving up, no matter what life throws your way.

50th Anniversary EditionEverest the highest peak in the world, the ultimate challenge to a mountaineers skill and endurance. It had been climbed before, but never like this. Chris Bonington and his team had ambitions to climb it the hard way.Yet before Bonington and his team set out in August 1975, even their well-wishers gave them only a fiftyfifty chance of success. The South West Face of Everest had already defeated five expeditions, including one led by Bonington himself.Everest the Hard Way is an exhilarating story of courage, endurance and teamwork. Boningtons narrative celebrates the big moments and recreates the excitement and danger of the climb with vivid immediacy. He shares the logistical problems involved in keeping a large expedition moving, and the very real psychological ones of balancing and pairing lead climbers and giving each a chance to make the route on the face. He describes the constant avalanche threat which made the Western Cwm more dangerous than the ever-treacherous Ice Fall, and explains how lowering the sites of camps 4 and 5 solved a supply problem and kept the upward momentum for the attack on the notorious thousand-foot-tall Rock Band at 27,000 feet which had barred the way to the summit for all previous attempts.Drawing upon his experiences and the first-hand accounts and diaries of his fellow climbers, Bonington gives us the first-time jitters and unexpected emergencies, the pressures of balancing egos and skills, the meticulous planning, and the undiluted joy of mastering a seemingly impossible climb which would see Britons stand on the summit of the world for the first time. It is an immensely absorbing narrative, stunningly augmented with photographs and maps, with eleven appendices on everything from communications and equipment to food and medicine.How Boningtons team climbed on Everest in 1975 bears no relation to how Everest is climbed fifty years on, with endless resources and helicopter support. It was much riskier in 1975. Weather forecasts were threadbare and, although equipment was improving, it was much more basic than today, so the risk of frostbite was much greater for mountaineers in the 1970s. These climbers, the best of their generation, were leading hard new ground in the only style which gave them a meaningful chance of success. Chris Boningtons Everest the Hard Way is a beautiful, fascinating and tragic story of their legendary achievement.

As Dr Eger would say, "you cannot heal what you do not feel." We applaud Breda for having the courage to face her past so that all of us who read this book will connect to our own purpose and story. Jordan Engle, grandson of Edith Eger, author of The ChoiceBreda OTooles early life was marked by abandonment. When she sought help, she entered a mental health system that continued the pattern misdiagnosing her, medicating her into silence, binding her in a straitjacket for 11 days and subjecting her to 29 rounds of electroconvulsive therapy.Refusing to be defined by the failures of the system, Breda fought to reclaim her health, her voice and her life. Through courage, determination and a relentless search for dignity, she uncovered a sense of self that had long been buried.Unseen is the story of a mental health system that too often ignored the human being at its heart. More so, it is the story of the fierce capacity of the human spirit to heal when we are safely allowed to reveal and feel our pain so that we can move forward with hope.When a dysfunctional system adds trauma to the already traumatised, it takes a powerful person to overcome it and thrive. Breda OToole is a shining example to us all of the courage of the human heart.Fiona Brennan, author of The Positive Habit

Anne Marie Allen was fifteen when she was accepted onto a cookery school course that promised real qualifications and a future in the career of her dreams. Seeking a better life, she moved to the calm and peaceful countryside of the west of Ireland. However, her happiness was short-lived as it became clear she had been tricked instead into a life of domestic servitude to the members of the Opus Dei cult.She was then whisked away to Rome where she signed her life away with vows to serve. What followed were years of misery in slavery, forced celibacy and traumatic physical suffering under an ambitious and tyrannical institution that demanded perfection, humiliation and pain.Eventually her family managed to coerce a visit home where they refused to let her return to the Order, and where they began the long process of deprogramming Anne Marie a task that has been a life-long struggle. Serve is a truly remarkable story of strength and resilience in the face of religious zealotry.

These insider stories are written with genuine love and passion Irvine WelshEvery chapter of Looking For The Perfect Beat is absolutely mesmerising.Buzz MagazineFor fifty years as DJ, producer and remixer, Arthur Baker has been at the pioneering forefront of hip-hop, rock, and electronic music. His unique and genre-defying sound can be heard on tracks by legendary artists like New Order, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, the Rolling Stones, Al Green, Pet Shop Boys, Quincy Jones, New Edition, Hall & Oates, Neneh Cherry, Mogwai and Fleetwood Mac.Starting as a club DJ and disco producer at the start of the seventies in his native Boston, Baker moved to New York City in 1981. Through his early disco and hip-hop productions, he came to the attention of the most influential names in a music industry at the height of its powers. This would begin a career that would take him from the sweaty dancefloors of NYC to late-night studio sessions with Bob Dylan and to his celebrated anti-apartheid album Sun City, created with Little Steven Van Zandt. From the underground to the mainstream, Looking for the Perfect Beat is the unique story of an artist with a need to discover new sounds and new ways to move an audience -- and who has influenced the sound of popular music for half a century.

In June 2019, Valerie French Kilroy was brutally murdered by her husband at their home near Westport, while her three young sons lay in bed. For her brother David and the rest of her family, it was the beginning of a battle against a system unprepared to protect the three innocent children whose father remains their legal guardian, despite being convicted of their mothers murder.From the devastating shock of hearing of his sisters death to the multiple criminal trials before the guilty verdict was delivered, David describes the issues his family faced in the aftermath of Valeries murder. He provides a deeply personal insight into Valeries marriage and the hidden struggles she faced in the run-up to her murder.This book is both a heartfelt tribute to Valeries life and legacy and an urgent call to rethink the way our society responds to domestic homicide.

Ballybunion to the River Kwai is the remarkable account of Don Kennedys harrowing experience as an Irish prisoner of war in Singapore and Thailand from 194245. Vividly narrated by Dons son Fergus, this is the first account of an Irish citizen as a POW along the infamous River Kwai, offering fresh insights into a chapter of history that the world presumes it knows.More than a biography, this is a journey through the darkest times to find light and love. Its a story that promises to touch hearts, provoke thought, and, perhaps most importantly, remind us of the enduring strength and resilience of the human spirit.

A devious speakeasy owner. A crooked undertaker. A cunning bartender. A psychotic cabbie. A hapless greengrocer. A notorious thug.And one Irishman who came to be known as Iron Mike.Set around New Yorks Prohibition-era speakeasy scene in the 1930s in what became known as the most grotesque chain of events in New York criminal history, The Many Murders of Michael Malloy is the tragic true story of six low-rent, desperate and extraordinarily incompetent murderers and one lonely Irish emigrant of exceptional fortitude and resilience.Poisoned, frozen, knocked down twice Malloy survived it all, until he didnt.This is the utterly compelling, stranger-than-fiction story of the most infamous Irish murder youve never heard of.