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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...

En dos mil años de cristianismo hay un solo hombre que ha marcado la historia de un modo inigualable: Francisco de Asís, por el que cristianos y no cristianos sienten una profunda simpatía. Hace ahora precisamente ochocientos años que el joven Francisco se presentó ante el "señor Papa" para pedirle permiso para vivir como vivió Jesús: pobre, obediente y casto. El Evangelio es "regla y vida" de Francisco y de los franciscanos.

This book narrates the rise and fall of the Wallachian voivode commonly known as Vlad Tepes or Vlad the Impaler, whose greed and cunning allowed him to conquer the throne of Wallachia. The history of this personality inspired Bram Stoker to create the most famous earl of all time in his novel Dracula.

These sincere, sometimes shocking, and always insightful essays finally strip Joaquín Sabina bare and disclose the man behind the legend. Without ignoring any details, this biography recounts the fame, music, drugs, sex, alcohol, politics, women, and loves of his life.