Amar u odiar: esa es la cuestión

Un libro que nos adentra en la figura de Angela Merkel, probablemente la política más importante y enigmática de las últimas décadas. Nada hacía presagiar que una introvertida investigadora científica, hija de un pastor protestante, criada en la antigua Alemania comunista, fuera a convertirse en la líder fundamental para entender la Europa y el mundo de las últimas décadas. Este retrato, que combina con maestría la biografía política y el retrato humano de la canciller, ahonda en su personalidad poliédrica, su periplo vital, su método para gestionar el país y para mantenerse...

Before becoming one of the longest-ruling dictators of the twentieth century, Francisco Franco commanded troops in the kinds of wars that have since become all too familiar. He not only waged vicious counterinsurgency campaigns against Muslim warlords and defiant tribes in Morocco, but he also led a multinational force to victory in Europe’s “dress rehearsal†for World War II—the Spanish Civil War. Born into a military family in 1892, Francisco Franco first made a name for himself leading attacks against rebellious Moroccan warlords and tribesmen and by 1926 was...

Many of Ronald Reagan's ways were not only unusual, but seem to contradict his others. Some authors are so perplexed by his nature they are reluctant to even assign intelligence to his mentality. They suspect he operated on everything from instinct to hunches to gut feelings and guesses. Lawrence Nesbitt's six years of extensive research has revealed a single psychological key that makes sense of the anomalies and contradictions. He has uncovered a powerful and nearly unique mindset that directed almost all of Reagan's conduct then and causes the confusion now. This unusual belief also...

En Padre Cacho, cuando el otro quema adentro, Mercedes Clara nos invita a encontrarnos en primera persona con un excepcional e incansable "cruzador de fronteras", hombre-puente, sacerdote, educador, maestro y, sobre todo, eterno aprendiz. Con gran sensibilidad y rigor documental, a través de las voces de los protagonistas, la autora va tejiendo una historia de encuentros – y desencuentros – que cuestionan, desafían, movilizan. Pablo Bonavía en el prólogo destaca: "El gran impacto que tuvo la persona y la experiencia del Padre Cacho no se explica por sus investigaciones académicas, su ...