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Pope John Paul II is now universally considered to have been one of the great leaders of the twentieth century and possibly the most politically influential pope since St Peter. His achievements are well documented, yet he once said, 'I can only be understood from the inside.' In this vivid and accessible living portrait, O'Connor investigates the inner man, including Karol Wojtyla's life before he became Pope and his friendships with men and women, subtly analysing the Pope's own poems, plays and philosophical works for clues as to what made him tick. It also dramatically follows his life,...

Ahora, en este esperado libro que abarca grandes recuerdos, Jorge Posada detalla su viaje a la meta, compartiendo una remarcable historia generacional de su viaje desde los campos de pelota de Puerto Rico hasta la casa que Ruth construyó. Ofreciendo una visión desde atrás de la máscara a diferencia de cualquier otro, Jorge analiza los momentos clave y jugadas de los equipos que forjaron un legado que llegaron a definir a los Yankees de béisbol durante una generación. Con el recuerdo “pitchbypitch”, Jorge mira hacia atrás a través de los años, explicando cómo siendo parte de las...

"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way?" With these words, Pablo Picasso described the revolutionary methods of painting and artistic perspective with which he challenged the ways people and the world were defined. His life was a similarly complex prism of people, places, and ideologies that spanned most of the twentieth century. Acclaimed scholar Mary Ann Caws provides in Pablo Picasso a fresh and concise...

El 12 de octubre de 1492 Cristóbal Colón desembarcó en las costas del Nuevo Mundo, dando inicio a una de las mayores epopeyas de la Historia. Entre los nombres de los principales protagonistas que participaron en la gesta del descubrimiento de América nos resulta difícil encontrar el de alguna mujer. Este silencio obedece a una interpretación de los hechos desde un punto de vista exclusivamente masculino. Sin embargo, en los testimonios y crónicas de aquella época, podemos encontrar el rastro de la presencia femenina en tierras americanas desde los primeros pasos de un acontecimiento. ...