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Publicada en 1940 y considerada una obra maestra, La vida privada y pública de Sócrates consagró a René Kraus como biógrafo de excepción. René Kraus realiza impagables descripciones del filósofo, de algunos de sus célebres contemporáneos y del ambiente de la ciudad y la época, subrayando la tesis que subyace en esta obra: que los seres excepcionales, incluso cuando son incomprendidos y maltratados en vida, terminan imponiendo su elevado ejemplo moral y proporcionan a la humanidad un horizonte de civilización.

In the decade before the onset of the Civil War, groups of Americans engaged in a series of longshot - and illegal - forays into Mexico, Cuba, and other Central American countries in hopes of taking them over. These efforts became known as filibustering, and their goal was to seize territory to create new independent fiefdoms, which would ultimately be annexed by the still-growing United States. Most failed miserably. William Walker was the outlier. Soft-spoken with no military background, in 1856 he managed to install himself as president of Nicaragua.

In this insider's look at one of the 20th century's most infamous trials, ex-juror Tracy Kennedy discloses what life was like for himself and his wife in the days leading up to the O.J. Simpson trial, and how it subsequently differed so much from their expectations. Kennedy reveals what happened during the trial and sequestration, a sequestration that turned the lives of a normal, married couple into an emotional hell.

Two Daytime Emmy Awards winner Suze Orman, host of the CNBC Suze Orman Show, tells it all: Why and what she prays before being on the air, the meaning of true love to her life partner Kathy and why she really believes in her catch phrase "People first then money then things!"

Emmy-and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian actor William Shatner, who gained fame for his starring role as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise reveals how he survived when he was broke and unwanted, how he copes when destiny strikes and more private details of his life.

"Oscar"-winner Helen Mirren ( The Queen) reveals why she is lazy in real life and why she does not believe in marriage and never wanted to have kids.

The funniest interview ever - "Columbo" star Peter Falk about his faible for nude women, how he copes with the fact living with only one eye, where he really hides his famous raincoat and how he managed to be naked in front of the camera.

Meet David Caruso, star of "CSI Miami", and listen to his confessions what he did wrong in his life and why he regrets his past.

The star of Departed, Invcincible and The Italian Job: Mark Wahlberg's true confessions about his youth as a gangster, what he learned in prison and how he made it ...against all odds.

In this touching last interview with the late star, taped in his home in Connecticut, he talks about death, and why he is not afraid of it, his etertnal love to his wife Joanne and other never revealed details of his personal life.

Ronn Moss, leading man of The Bold and the Beautiful, tells it all: Why his first marriage failed, why he does not want to tie the knots again, what bothers him in his home state California, how he educates his two daughters being a single parent. A revealing interview.

The unforgotten star of "Dallas" tells it all: Why he was addicted to alcohol and drugs and who seduced him to take it, where he met the love of his life and why he still drinks -even knowing he ruins his health. True confessions of a man who should know better.