Che Guevara was an inveterate letter writer and diarist throughout his short but extraordinary life. His letters and diaries are those of a master narrator, characterized by a brutal honesty, a remarkable lack of ego, a razor-sharp wit, an iron will and a great capacity to express his love and affection for his closest friends and family. This selection of Che Guevara's correspondence, beginning with letters penned in his early travels around Latin...

When pop music meets politics, the results are often thrilling, sometimes life-changing and never simple. This book tracks this turbulent relationship through 33 pivotal songs that span seven decades and four continents, from Billie Holiday crooning 'Strange Fruit' to Greenday raging against the Iraq war.