San Juan Pablo II

Se diría que sabemos todo (o casi todo) de Winston Churchill. Y, sin embargo, como en toda vida, siempre se nos escapa algo. Y es ahí, en esos resquicios dejados de lado por la historiografía oficial o crítica, donde entra el excepcional talento narrativo de Erik Larson. Circunscrito a un período muy concreto, de mayo de 1940 a mayo de 1941, el período más cruento del Blitz, este libro narra, casi como una novela, "cómo Churchill y su círculo sobrevivían cotidianamente: los pequeños episodios que revelan cómo se vivía de verdad bajo la tempestad de acero de Hitler. Ese fue el...

“Mi Vida...en uniforme” in English means “My Life ...in uniform” and is a sequel to my first book titled “Mi Calle, Mi Barrio ,Mi Pueblo” which again translated to English means “My Street, My Neighborhood, My Town”. Each one of those books narrates a distinct phase of my life with all the anecdotes , persons , and situations that formed me as a person. Mi Vida starts where Mi Calle ends and walks the reader while having a conversation, as good friends do, through my life as a college student and then as a United States Army Officer for twenty one years which included a war ,...

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Quand le parrain de Marine Le Pen, proxénète, régnait sur Pigalle Il s'appelle Henri-Armand Botey, mais, dans le Pigalle d'aprèsguerre, tout le monde le surnomme " Monsieur Éric ". Comment cet orphelin, d'abord apprenti pâtissier, est-il devenu l'empereur des cabarets et des hôtels de passe de la capitale ? Ses premiers pas dans le monde des nuits parisiennes, son amitié avec Jean-Marie Le Pen – qui fera de lui le parrain de la petite Marine –, ses femmes, associée ou béguin... jusqu'aux trois tentatives d'assassinat dont il sortira indemne : Monsieur Éric a connu un destin...