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Of mixed race and cultures, Barack Obama struggled for years with his identity and place in society. Having found his niche in public service, he has made history as the first African American U.S. President ever to be elected. From Hawaii to Chicago to Washington, D.C., Obama's life has been interesting and inspiring.

"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...

«Uno sabe que nunca hay nada definitivo en contemporáneos pero esta biografía es excelente y cultiva tanto el mito como el anti-mito. Minucioso y encomiable trabajo de entrevista y diagnóstico sobre el Mesías Marciano que siempre nos ha ofrecido David Jones» Carlos Zanón David Bowie es uno de los músicos más reconocidos y respetados del pop-rock mundial. Conocido en todo el mundo como el gran “camaleón” de la música, su brillante creatividad y constante reinvención le han convertido en un icono de nuestro tiempo. Sin embargo, a pesar de su fama, Bowie sigue siendo un enigma....

En la primera parte de este libro, José Ramón Ayllón nos ofrece semblanzas y argumentos de 15 agnósticos y ateos famosos: Borges, Camus, Hawking, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud... En la segunda, Francisco Conesa revela las señas de identidad del nuevo ateísmo, la más fuerte pretensión atea de nuestros días, donde no faltan científicos importantes como Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris o el mencionado Hawking.