Richard Allen
autor
Skinhead
Šestnáctiletý Joe Hawkins je antihrdina antihrdiny. Jeho životu vládne oblečení, pivo, fotbal a především násilí - násilí vůči hipíkům, autoritám, rasovým menšinám a všem ostatním, kteří se mu nešťastně připletli do cesty.
Joe je londýnský skinhead - příslušník jedinečné britské subkultury, která vznikla na konci šedesátých let. Zatímco ostatní skiny hnala hlavně hudba, móda a hrdost dělnické třídy, Joe a jeho parta používají svůj impozantní pouliční styl jako odznak agresivního hněvu, i když Joe sní o tom, že si zařídí lepší život.
Skinhead, který je drásavý ve svém zobrazení násilí a sexu, často šokujícím i na dnešní poměry, je zároveň provokativním průřezem britskou městskou společností. Nešetří pokrytectvím, korupcí ani přílišnou tolerancí, které podle autora umožnily rozkvět extremistického křídla skinheadské kultury.
Kniha Skinhead, která poprvé vyšla v roce 1970 a stala se obrovským kultovním bestsellerem, je nyní poprvé k dispozici v češtině. I po téměř padesáti letech zůstává jedním z nejsilnějších artefaktů britské populární kultury, které kdy byly vydány tiskem.
William Shakespeare + CD
William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time ...or when he was writing his plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet ...or when his only son died? We know the facts of his life, but we can only guess at his hopes, his fears, his dreams.
Henry VIII and his Six Wives + CD
There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life. After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to be the wife of Henry VIII of England.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time ...or when he was writing his plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet ...or when his only son died? We know the facts of his life, but we can only guess at his hopes, his fears, his dreams.
