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Por trás das muralhas do lugar mais sagrado do mundo existe uma complexa rede de intrigas, corrupção e conspirações. Este livro é uma fascinante compilação de alguns dos segredos mais bem guardados do Vaticano. Na introdução, vemos como esses segredos tiveram início na fundação do cristianismo, quando são Pedro recebeu as Chaves do Reino do próprio Cristo, e de que forma os primeiros cristãos, vítimas de perseguição, precisaram recorrer a senh...

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Fiorello La Guardia, storico sindaco di New York per tre mandati consecutivi, dal 1933 al 1945, assume la carica all'indomani della Grande Depressione sollevando la città dalla prostrazione e trasformandola, alla fine dei suoi mandati, in una metropoli vivace ed efficiente. Debellata la corruzione, riorganizzato il dipartimento della sanità e della polizia, contrassegnato dal leggendario arresto del boss mafioso Lucky Luciano, legherà indissol...

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No American president has been more enthusiastic in appreciating the wilderness and in conserving our nation's natural treasures than Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). And no other president wrote more about nature and his explorations of it than T. R., in scattered books, such as African Wilderness, and in his countless letters, including those collected in The Selected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt). Roosevelt the Explorer, by historian and Ro...

Called 'the organizer of victory' by Winston Churchill, General George C. Marshall was a skillful and compassionate leader with a unique legacy. This exciting overview of Marshall's career and his skilled combination of military strategy and politics will be an important guide for military and civilian leaders everywhere.

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A lively, entertaining and well-researched portrait of a zealous reformer during the historic crusade that successfully launched his career in government."--Booklist COMMISSIONER ROOSEVELT: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt and the New York City Police, 1895 - 1897 When Theodore Roosevelt took office as New York's police commissioner in 1895, the Metropolitan Police force was barely more than a confederation of thugs and petty criminals whose ...

The inspiring true story of General Lucian Truscott, one of the greatest combat commanders of World War II.General Lucian K. Truscott was an American military giant: tough, resourceful, and devoted to the men under his command. Unlike the more flamboyant high-ranking European field commanders of the time, he was neither arrogant nor in pursuit of personal glory-but rather a loyal, humble man who led his troops from the front and fought every e...

Masters Of The World Hidden behind many of today's major news stories, the Bilderberg Group is an elite clique of the most powerful names in politics, media, business, and finance, who want to impose a one-world government on the rest of us. Led by such iconic members as Henry Kissinger, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Richard Perle, Melinda Gates (wife of Bill Gates), David Rockefeller, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, Tony Blair, and Margaret That...

The crux of the fighting was the place I headed for." -General J. Lawton Collins Known as "the GI's general" and "Lightning Joe, " General J. Lawton Collins played no less than a global part in the Allied victory of World War II. Here, for the first time, is the story of an American hero and patriot- a man who earned the admiration of the grunts with whom he shared foxholes and the respect of the highest-ranking generals. Collins was a true le...

NO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW In this story, written by future President Theodore Roosevelt long before The Great Detective's first encounter with Dr Watson, Holmes visits America to solve a most violent and despicable crime. A crime that was to prove the most taxing of his brilliant career... Recently discovered in the basement of the New York Police Department, "The Stalwart Companions" is one of Holmes' most exciting and unusual chronicles. Sir A...

No American president has been so enthusiastic in his appreciation of the wilderness and in his attention to the preservation of natural treasures as Theodore Roosevelt. This book chronicles the adventurer's lifelong quests and expeditions, which saw him traversing some of North America, South America, and Africa's most difficult terrain. 25 photos.

Today, Grover Cleveland is chiefly known as the only president to have been elected to two nonconsecutive terms. But in his day, Cleveland was a renowned reformer: an enemy of political machines who joined forces with Theodore Roosevelt to fight powerful party bosses, a moralist who vetoed bills he considered blatant raids on the Treasury, and a vigorous defender of the Monroe Doctrine who resisted American imperialism. Cleveland's career in o...