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As one of the first investigative journalists to publicly question Berlusconi's fitness for government, Economist writer David Lane helped sparked a furore in Italy. Now, after years of research and using many unique documents and material, including numerous in-depth interviews with senior magistrates, top lawyers and a former President, he reveals the truth about Berlusconi's life and career: his dubiously acquired wealth and secret offshore companies; his shadowy business associates; his links with noted mafia figures; his extreme right-wing contacts and lingering sympathy for the high days of Italian Fascism; his scandalous manipulation of the legal system; and the staggering conflicts of interest that enable him to exploit his money and media to silence opposition. Berlusconi's Shadow is also an exploration of the dark underside of Italy today: a nation still steeped in violence and corruption, where bribery and back-handers are commonplace and the Mafia seems unstoppable. It is a crisis which, Lane shows, matters now more than ever and we cannot afford to ignore.

A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency more than twice. In a ranking of chief executives, no more than three of his predecessors could truly be placed in contention with his standing, and of his successors, there are so far none. In acute, stylish prose, Roy Jenkins tackles all of the nuances and intricacies of FDR's character. He was a skilled politician with astounding flexibility; he oversaw an incomparable mobilization of American industrial and military effort; and, all the while, he aroused great loyalty and dazzled those around him with his personal charm. Despite several setbacks and one apparent catastrophe, his life was buoyed by the influence of Eleanor, who was not only a wife but an adviser and one of the twentieth century's greatest political reformers. Nearly complete before Lord Jenkins' death in January 2003, this volume was finished by historian Richard Neustadt.

Este libro está relacionado co anterior estudio The Episcopate in the kingdom of ÇLeón in the twelfth century, publicado en 1978.

Number-One New York Times Best SellerWhat Melania wants, Melania gets.The former director of special events at Vogue and producer of nine legendary Met Galas, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff met Melania Knauss in 2003 and had a front row seat to the transformation of Donald Trumps then-girlfriend from a rough-cut gem to a precious diamond. As their friendship deepened over lunches at Manhattan hot spots, black-tie parties, and giggle sessions in the pentho

Este libro recrea la vida en Zaragoza y el barrio del Gancho entre los años 1950 y 1970. Narra la vida de tres personas distintas, todas ellas marcadas por hechos puntuales. La falta de una madre. El totalitarismo de unos padres. Y el brutal cambio que se produce en España en el transcurso de estos años.

Este libro nos sumerge en la biografia de Carlos Coloma (Alicante, 1566 Madrid 1637), como paradigma de los altos funcionarios que componían el engranaje politico y militar de la monarquia hispánica durante los siglos XVI y XVII en Europa.

En este libro se nos presenta la vida de la emperatriz, desde su adolescencia y cuando empieza su noviazgo con el emperador Francisco José de Austria. Luchó sin resultado contra su timidez y soledad. Al no confiarle sus hijos, se convierte en viajera entusiasta de las bellas artes. Mas tarde, a causa de la tragica muerte de su hijo y de la separacion de su hija, vuelve a caer en la melancolia. Errante por el mundo, va al encuentro del acero criminal, que puso fin a vida tan agitada.

A Sunday Times Book of the YearQueen Of Our Times is the definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth II by one of Britain's leading royal authorities, Robert Hardman. This commemorative edition includes an epilogue reflecting upon Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee, her passing and her funeral.'Sensational' - Kirsty Young, The Platinum Pageant (BBC)With fascinating revelations from those who knew her best and special access to unseen royal papers granted by Elizabeth II herself, author and royal expert Robert Hardman explores the full, astonishing life of our longest reigning monarch in this authoritative yet intimate biography.The book also charts the way in which the Queen raised the future King Charles III as both son and heir - and his own path to the Throne.Elizabeth was not born to be queen, being third in line to the throne. Yet from her accession as a young mother of two in 1952 to the age of Covid-19, she proved an astute and quietly determined figure, leading her family and her people through more than seventy years of unprecedented social change. She faced constitutional crises, confronted threats against her life, unified the Commonwealth, saw fifteen British prime ministers come and go, charmed world leaders, and steered her family through a lifetime in the public eye. Her Platinum Jubilee was celebrated in June 2022 and her death mourned months later, both events a reminder of the huge impact she had made.Queen of Our Times is a must-read study of dynastic survival and renewal, spanning abdication, war, romance, danger and tragedy. It is a compelling portrait of a leader whose legacy of steadfast service lives on.

¿Qué puedo escribir sobre mí? ¿Cómo me podría autodefinir? ¿Quién soy yo? Soy un tipo corriente, de poca condición y ningún título nobiliario, alguien anónimo. No participo en tertulias, no decido sobre el destino de otros ni pertenezco a la elite economica, social, politica o intelec...

A sudden call to action from the Empire State Building. A Royal Flush of powerful men. A smell of roses in the air. A parade of birds flying in circles, forming a halo. Where is the invisible line that separates reality from delusion? Are signs trustworthy? How far can the imagination go without restraint and what good or bad might stem from it? At the age of 37, Irma B...