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The lives of Rita Marley and her husband Bob Marley are intimately shared in this look at their youths, their marriage, and the music that has made them legends. Beginning with her youth in the Trench Town ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, Rita narrates her early encounters with the Wailing Wailers and how her relationship with Bob developed and changed as he transformed from local musician to international icon. This memoir emphasizes Rita's own musicianship, first as part of Bob Marley's backing vocalists, the I-Threes, and later her career after his death carrying on the musical legacy he began.

Desde la muerte de Napoleón Bonaparte en 1821 se han escrito innumerables libros sobre su vida. Todas las editadas desde 1857 se han basado en la correspondencia que publicó su sobrino Napoleón III, distorsionada con fines políticos. Sin embargo desde 2004, la Fondation Napoléon de París ha sacado a la luz todas y cada una de las más de 33.000 cartas que firmó el propio Napoleón. La culminación de este ingente proyecto exige una reevaluación completa de la visión de este gran personaje, y esta es la primera tarea que Roberts realiza a fondo en este libro. El autor, premiado...

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...

La increíble historia de un hombre que intentó escaparse más de veinticinco veces de la cárcel durante trece años por un delito que, asegura, no cometió.