Guy Gugliotta: 2 books
Freedom's Cap
The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
The modern United States Capitol is a triumph of both engineering and design. From its 9-million-pound cast-iron dome to the dazzling opulence of the President's Room and the Senate corridors, the Capitol is one of the most renowned buildings in the world. But the history of the U.S. Capitol is also...
Kings of Cocaine: Inside the Medellín Cartel - An Astonishing True Story of Murder, Money and International Corruption
Inside the Medellín Cartel - An Astonishing True Story of Murder, Money and International Corruption
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
This is the story of the most successful cocaine dealers in the world: Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, Carlos Lehder Rivas and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. In the 1980s they controlled more than fifty percent of the cocaine flowing into the United States. The cocaine trade is capitalism...