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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sardonic white hotel owner watches Haiti sink into barbarism with growing fatalism. Complications include a friendship with a rebel leader, politically "charged" hotel guests, an affair with the wife of a European ambassador, and the manipulations of a conniving British arms dealer.
3) Broken city
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Formats
Description
Seven years after being forced to resign as a New York city police officer, private detective Billy Taggart takes on his toughest case yet when he's hired to follow the mayor's wife. By the time the mayor reveals his true intentions, Taggart's already in too deep, with his freedom and possibly his life, on the line. Taggart will risk it all in a desperate bid to expose the truth and seek redemption in a city where second chances don't come cheap.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"This portrait of Washington super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, from his early years as a gung-ho member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as a disgraced, imprisoned pariah, confirms the adage that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A tale of international intrigue involving Indian casinos, spies, sweatshops, and a mob-style killings, this is a story of the way money corrupts our political process"--Container.
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Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Este es un testimonio sobre los 18 ąos que vi̕v cerca del presidente Andřs Manuel ̤Lpez Obrador, al ser pareja de su entonces jefe de prensa Čsar ̜Ỳez. Ellos dos son los protagonistas de esta historia llena de traiciones po̕lticas, ambiciones personales, infidelidades, abusos laborales, corrupc̤in y autoritarismo. Mi pro̤psito es evidenciar ̤cmo el poder ha sido el gran amor y la obses̤in de ̤Lpez Obrador, y ̤cmo el odio y el resentimiento...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Romania, 1999. As the Kosovo conflict rages, a no-nonsense U.S. military officer leads a platoon of Marines and a shipment of top-secret communications equipment toward a NATO outpost. But when a corrupt stationmaster halts their train, the soldiers find themselves the unexpected guests of an impoverished village filled with stubborn bureaucracy, beguiling young women, and odd pop culture celebrations.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (560 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mayor Tome Kane's grip on Chicago is as powerful as ever. With high doses of medication, he's able to beat back the physical symptoms of his debilitating brain disease, but it comes at a cost. Committed to his unorthodox agenda, Kane cuts out the cancers within the political machine he helped build. As corrupt heads roll and his list of enemies grows, Kane's virtuous actions begin to erode the very foundation of power he's worked a lifetime to build....
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Series
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
295 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Description
Desde su llegada a Los Pinos, la esposa del presidente mexicanos, Angélica Rivera, se ha visto envuelta en distintos escándalos relacionados con la adquisición de propiedades y el tráfico de influencias, además de provocar la indignación en amplios sectores de la sociedad por sostener un tren de vida ostentoso. En este contexto, la periodista Sanjuana Martínez ha escrito un perfil de La gaviota que, a partir de entrevistas, documentos y fotografías,...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
El narco inunda el país... excepto la Ciudad de México. Por increíble que parezca, ése ha sido el discurso oficial de todos los gobernantes que ha tenido la capital del país. Ningún jefe de gobierno, nunca, ha aceptado que los cárteles campean en el corazón de México. Este libro los refuta y evidencia el problema. Caso a caso, documenta qué grupos se pelean las 16 alcaldías, cómo operan, qué está en juego y de qué tamaño es el monstruo...
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