Che Guevara

The first authorized biography of the Dalai Lama - an alternately inspiring and shocking story - of an acclaimed Tibetan scholar, with privileged access to the subject of his book. The Dalai Lama's message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and those of no faith. However, due to all his fame around the world, he is often evasive. Alexander Norman - an acclaimed Oxford-trained scholar of Tibetan history - offers the definitive biography, unique and unforgettable. The Dalai Lama recounts an incredible odyssey from a remote Tibetan village to his global position as...

These 44 profiles of universal writers along with their portraits, will help you see how the way of living of the writers affected their work.

Called “a masterpiece” by The New York Times, the acclaimed trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in the field of genre-bending confessional writing. Tove Ditlevsen is today celebrated as one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth-century Danish literature, and The Copenhagen Trilogy (1969–71) is her acknowledged masterpiece. Childhood tells the story of a misfit child’s single-minded determination to become a poet; Youth describes her early experiences of sex, work, and independence. Dependency picks up the story as the narrator embarks on the first of her four...

Un pintor, un hombre, un genio. Un hombre para quien pintar significa ver y que ve su siglo mejor que nadie. As es, un visionario. Hombre pblico cuya tumultuosa existencia fascina a la muchedumbre; pero personaje arisco, misterioso e imprevisible.Un hombre que deja en el siglo XX una marca de fuego. Descubramos a Picasso en 95 obras: los cuadros de la infancia, poco conocidos, sorprendentes; las obras esenciales de los perodos azul y rosa; los ms bellos cuadros cubistas; las grandes y serenas obras del perodo clsico; la huella de Guernica; la obsecin por Minotauro. Los grandes retratos...