El Jefe

Author : Alan Feuer
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785906062
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El Jefe written by Alan Feuer and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of the rise and fall of the ultimate narco, 'El Chapo', from the New York Times reporter whose coverage of his trial went viral. Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán is the most legendary of Mexican narcos. As leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, he was one of the most dangerous men in the world. His fearless climb to power, his brutality, his charm, his taste for luxury, his penchant for disguise, his multiple dramatic prison escapes, his unlikely encounters with Sean Penn – all burnished the image of the world's most famous outlaw. He was finally captured by US and Mexican law enforcement in a daring operation that was years in the making. Here is that entire epic story – from El Chapo's humble origins to his conviction in a Brooklyn courthouse. Long-serving New York Times criminal justice reporter Alan Feuer's coverage of his trial was some of the most riveting journalism of recent years. Feuer's mastery of the complex facts of the case, his unparalleled access to confidential sources in law enforcement and his powerful understanding of disturbing larger themes – what this one man's life says about drugs, walls, class, money, Mexico and the United States – will ensure that this is the one book to read about El Chapo.

Author : H.H. Portmann
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adios El Jefe! written by H.H. Portmann and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2024-02-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adios El Jefe! Five young boys and a younger sister are orphans who barely escaped Cuba with their lives after their families were brutally murdered by Fidel Castros’ revolutionaries in the 1950s. Ludovico Santana, his best friend Angel Rodriguez, and the others each have their own horror story about how they hid while helplessly watching their parents get raped, tortured, and killed. All five are smuggled out of Cuba by friends and relatives, and they find each other in elementary school in Little Havana, Miami. As they share their stories they form a tight bond and vow to seek vengeance. As they grow older, they form a conspiracy they call Los Vengadores and start training themselves in the commando techniques they will need to secretly penetrate their stolen homeland and kill El Jefe, as Castro is called in Cuba. They plan to do what the CIA failed to do with over a thousand men in the Bay of Pigs disaster. But the Vietnam War gets in their way as they reach draft age. They formulate a clever plan to avoid being drafted to fight in Vietnam by volunteering for an Army tactical nuclear missile system deployed in West Germany. The Pershing 1a missile carries a thermonuclear warhead that can take out an entire city – and there are 108 of them deployed in Europe to protect NATO. But will their deployment with the Pershing 1a sidetrack them from their sworn objective to kill El Jefe?

Author : Julia Alvarez
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
ISBN 13 : 030743317X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Before We Were Free written by Julia Alvarez and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind. From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1980 Census of Population and Housing written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julia Alvarez
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616200995
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Time of the Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and fought against Trujillo." (Concepción de León, New York Times) Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, is coming April 2, 2024. Pre-order now! It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas—the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human costs of political oppression. "Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas."—Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review "This Julia Alvarez classic is a must-read for anyone of Latinx descent." —Popsugar.com "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." —People "Shimmering . . . Valuable and necessary." —Los Angeles Times "A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” —St. Petersburg Times "Alvarez does a remarkable job illustrating the ruinous effect the 30-year dictatorship had on the Dominican Republic and the very real human cost it entailed."—Cosmopolitan.com

Author : Philippines. Bureau of Civil Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1018 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manual of Information Relative to the Philippine Civil Service written by Philippines. Bureau of Civil Service and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 646 pages
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Download or read book 1980 Census of Housing written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chile. Empresa de los ferrocarriles del estado
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1938 pages
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Download or read book Boletin de Los Ferrocarriles Del Estado written by Chile. Empresa de los ferrocarriles del estado and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philippines
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 774 pages
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Download or read book Public Laws Passed by the Philippine Commission written by Philippines and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Comprising Acts nos. 1 to including a numerical list of acts; a general list of repealed and amended acts; a list of codes, general orders, etc., amended; joint and concurrent resolutions of the Philippine Legislature