Modern Mexico

World-weary agent Bernard Samson is losing control of his personal and professional life. Sent to Mexico to aid the defection of a KGB agent to the West, he has a chance to prove his worth. Instead, he is torn between conflicting loyalties and lost in a maze of double-dealing and duplicity. The second novel in the Game, Set and Match trilogy is a gripping portrayal of a man who can trust no one, not even those closest to him.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener, whose novels hurtle from the far reaches of history to the dark corners of the world, paints an intoxicating portrait of a land whose past and present are as turbulent, fascinating, and colorful as any other on Earth. When an American journalist travels to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, he is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his own Mexican ancestry.

It is 2023. Tension over illegal immigration across the U.S. Mexico border is rising. Mark Springer is in Mexico City for a conference on the “assisted migration” of species trapped by climate change. While there he encounters a young Guatemalan boy, one of 20,000 “rat children” surviving on the streets of the city, who is trying to get to America to search for his father. In helping the boy he becomes enmeshed in a scheme to sell illegal unaccompanied minors into servitude in the U.S. In probing the scheme with long-time collaborator, Justin Tso, he discovers a controlling figure ...

This was a decade-long struggle that toppled a dictatorship, reshaped the nation's social fabric, and set the stage for modern Mexico. This turbulent conflict pitted revolutionary leaders like Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, and Venustiano Carranza against the oppressive regimes of Porfirio Díaz and Victoriano Huerta, leading to sweeping political and social reforms. In this concise yet comprehensive book, you'll explore the revolutionary battles, shifting alliances, and the fight for land reform that defined the era.

Frankenstein es una historia en la que Víctor, un joven ávido de conocimientos científicos, se obsesiona por lograr el mayor reto posible en el mundo científico: dar vida a un cuerpo muerto. Su éxito será su condena, la creación de un monstruo estremecedor que, en respuesta a su rechazo por todos se entrega por completo a saciar una sed de venganza hacia su creador, culpable de su desgracia, y hacia todo lo que éste ama, tornando en muerte todo alrededor de Víctor.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador le gusta mirar hacia atrás. Culpa a las administraciones pasadas de situaciones surgidas en su sexenio…y propone soluciones de 1970 para los problemas actuales del país. Luis Rubio analiza las decisiones que ha tomado López Obrador, enumera los precedentes que ha habido (y los resultados) y, con datos en mano, explica qué México se está configurando hoy. Encuentra,así, que tenemos un presidente más preocupado por el pasado que dedicado a construir el futuro, y cuyas acciones lo asemejan mucho más a Luis Echeverría que a Benito Juárez.

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