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A history of 2,000 years of the Catholic Church through an examination of the men who led it, this book focuses on 100 of the 265 popes, from Peter to the present. It includes profiles of men such as Pope Gregory I, who became the patron saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers; Pope Innocent III, who organized for the Fourth Crusade, which ultimately led to the sacking of Constantinople; and the most recent pope, Benedict XVI. Readers interested in the history of one of the most powerful institutions in world history will find this an important resource. Una historia de 2,000...

"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...

Duncan Leung was introduced to Wing Chun Kung Fu by his childhood friend, Bruce Lee. In 2002 he accepted perhaps the greatest challenge of his life: to train six Chinese teenagers to become world-class professional fighters within two years.

La única autobiografía autorizada de Jenni Rivera. "No puedo dejarme atrapar en lo negativo porque eso me destruye. Tal vez lo mejor que puedo hacer es tratar de alejarme de mis problemas y concentrarme en lo positivo. Soy una mujer como cualquier otra y me ocurren cosas feas como a cualquier otra mujer. El número de veces que me he caído es igual al número de veces que me he levantado." Estas son las últimas palabras que la admirada cantante mexicanoamericana Jenni Rivera pronunció públicamente antes de subir al avión que al colapsar interrumpió su vida el 9 de diciembre de 2012....