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Un Asesino Solitario / A Lone AssassinSe me haba restituido el poder y la capacidad de chingar, y pues no me la andaba acabando de contento. Jorge Macas es un pistolero al servicio del gobierno. Lo apodan el Europeo por el escrpulo con que asume su trabajo: eliminar a los enemigos del sistema. A finales del sexenio, sin embargo, se queda sin trabajo ya que el presidente ha decidido pasar el tiempo que le resta inaugurando obras sin terminar y cosechando aplausos. Alejado del poder, Macas
«Se me había restituido el poder y la capacidad de chingar, y pues no me la andaba acabando de contento.» Jorge Macías es un pistolero al servicio del gobierno. Lo apodan el Europeo por el escrúpulo con que asume su trabajo: eliminar a los enemigos del sistema. A finales del sexenio, sin embargo, se queda sin trabajo ya que el presidente ha decidido pasar el tiempo que le resta inaugurando obras sin terminar y cosechando aplausos. Alejado del poder, Macías se siente extraviado. Por ello, cuando lo llaman para una misión especial, acepta a pesar de la enorme dificultad del encargo: asesinar al candidato presidencial del partido oficial. Conforme se interna en un territorio que se disputan narcotraficantes y policías judiciales, descubrirá que diversas conspiraciones pueden coincidir ferozmente en un solo hombre. Un asesino solitario es la asombrosa primera novela de Élmer Mendoza. Desde su aparición en 1999, esta novela situó a su autor en el escenario principal de la literatura mexicana, convirtiéndolo, como apunta Arturo Pérez-Reverte, en «el patriarca de la literatura norteña». ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "With my power and license to do damage restored, I couldn't have been happier." Jorge Macías is a government hitman, nicknamed the European for the fastidiousness he employs in his mission: eliminating enemies of the system. As the end of the administration approaches, however, he finds himself out of a job, with the outgoing president dedicating the time he has left in office to inaugurating new works and reveling in public adulation. Expelled from the inner circle of power, Macías feels lost. When he's called back for a special mission, he eagerly accepts, despite the enormity of the task: assassinating the ruling party's presidential candidate. As he ventures into territory disputed by drug cartels and the federal police, Macías discovers that all the conspiracies he is following lead back to a single man. First published in 1999, A Lone Assassin marked Élmer Mendoza's first foray into fiction, elevating him to the ranks of Mexico's leading authors and earning him the title of, in the words of Arturo Pérez-Reverte, "the father of Norteño literature."Shipping Notes
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How to capture the import of an entire war by writing on its end
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The authors seamlessly cover ed the macro and micro accounts of events and participants to capture the stunning and all important end of WWII. I was engaged and stimulated throughout my read of this book and highly recommend it for enthusiasts who are conversant with the war and want a better understanding of its close.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2025
★★★★★ 4
World War II - The Final Months
Format: Hardcover
The book takes you through the final months of World War II, focusing on eight key moments when the fighting finally came to an end. It’s not just a dry rundown of facts or battle maps — the authors do a great job of bringing the people involved to life, from famous leaders to everyday soldiers and civilians caught in the chaos.
What I really liked was how the story moves around the globe, covering Europe, the Pacific, and beyond. It keeps the narrative fresh and exciting, giving a real sense of how the war unfolded on many fronts at once. Sometimes I had to pay close attention to keep up with all the locations and characters, but that only added to the feeling of being caught up in a fast-moving, gripping story rather than a history lesson.
What stood out most was how it made me feel the human side of history—the fear, the relief, and the confusion as the war finally ended. It’s full of details, but it never felt boring or too technical.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2025
★★★★★ 5
The Fix
Format: Hardcover
An insightful and interesting book on how our country's first legislators try to make sense of the new and fairly short U.S. Constitution, which, being drafted by humans, was bound to be imperfect. A lack of clarity on some point might be due to the changeable nature of words themselves or to confusion or obscurity of thought by the authors. And, who were the authors? The men in the room who came up with the product or the various state conventions that approved the final product?
Professor Gienapp writes well and with a fine grasp of his subject. He uses concrete examples to illustrate his main points. For example, Congressional debates over the constitutionality of a proposed federal bank, the ratification of Jay's Treaty, and even whether the Bill of Rights was to be incorporated into or simply added to the original document.
Most people think of U.S. constitutional history in terms of its drafting and ratification and/or its later judicial interpretation by the Supreme Court. Here, Professor Gienapp focuses on the initial work of interpretation by the first few sessions of Congress.
This book is essential reading for those interested in the U.S. Constitution and the internal architecture of our government. I think those who spend countless hours viewing frenetic talking heads say this or that about the constitutionality of some issue or another (or the nomination of a justice to the High Court) should throw their television set out the window and, instead, settle into a corner chair and calmly read this and other such thoughtful books.
This one should win prizes.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2018
★★★★★ 5
Excellent Book
Format: Hardcover
Stanford University History Professor Gienapp has done an outstanding job of researching and writing this historical analysis of the interpretation of the American Constitution by America's first Congress. Professor Gienapp analyzes data primarily from Congress's problems interpreting the removable of executive officers, chartering a national bank and approval of the 1794 Treaty with Great Britain negotiated by Chief Justice John Jay, the "Jay Treaty." Gienapp shows in clear writing how Congress used records of the debates at the Constitutional Convention and State Ratification Conventions to resolve these constitutional issues. I highly recommend this book to anyone concerned with the interpretation of the American Constitution.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2020
★★★★★ 5
An analysis of how we came to think about the Constitution the way we do
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It provides a detailed analysis of the arguments used to talk about the Constitution in the ten years after it was ratified. These arguments shifted from treating it as a preliminary draft to be perfected through filling in the details of the operation of the government through experience, to a sacred document that had to be interpreted to determine its "true" meaning.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2018
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