Tom Freston

A freewheeling and riveting memoir from media honcho Tom Freston that takes us behind the scenes of his global adventures—from hitchhiking around the world, to running a clothing export company out of India and Afghanistan, to cofounding MTV, to becoming CEO of MTV Networks, then CEO of Viacom, then later returning to work in Africa and Afghanistan.Tom Freston’s path to the C-suite was decidedly non-traditional. After getting his MBA, he bartended his way through the United States and the Caribbean, sparking a lifelong passion for travel. After a brief stint on the fast track at an ad agency, he chucked it all and headed to the Sahara Desert and beyond. Entranced by India and Afghanistan, he stayed on for eight years and launched his first big success, Hindu Kush, a company that designed and manufactured contemporary clothing for export to America and other countries. Freston’s next chapter followed his other passion: music. He joined the small original team that launched MTV where he swiftly climbed the ladder, eventually overseeing not only MTV but also Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, VH1, CMT, and other iconic networks. He built a creative powerhouse that transformed global popular culture in cable’s all-conquering heyday. In this unique memoir of risk-taking, rule-breaking, and warm cultural exchanges, Freston shows how to be successful at living your life on your own terms.

Voľné pokračovanie novej knihy úspešnej autorky Kiran Millwood Hargrave Júlia a ospalý žralok, ktorá bola vo Veľkej Británii vyhlásená za najkrajší darček roka, sa volá Leila a modrastá líška a vychádza zo skutočného príbehu o arktickej líške, ktorá prešla neuveriteľnú vzdialenosť z Nórska do Kanady iba za sedemdesiatšesť dní. Líška sa preberie a vykročí vpred. Prediera sa ľadom a snehom, zdoláva hory a zamrznuté oceány, stretáva medvede a vtáky a vo svetle neprestajne žiariaceho polnočného slnka objavuje nespútanú krajinu plnú divov. Leila sa medzitým vydáva na vlastnú púť - chce nájsť cestu k matke, ktorá ju opustila. Strhujúca cesta cez more a malá odhodlaná líška pomôžu Leile znovu objaviť samu seba a matku, o ktorej si myslela, že ju dávno stratila. Vzdialenosť nemá pre líšku vôbec žiadny význam. Význam má len to, aby dorazila, kam patrí. Kniha Leila a modrastá líška rozoberá zložité problémy migrácie, ľudských vzťahov aj zaujímavé fakty zo života zvierat zrozumiteľným, no pritom poetickým spôsobom. Je plná očarujúcich kontrastných ilustrácií autorkinho manžela Toma de Frestona, ktoré knižke dodávajú ešte tajomnejšiu snovú atmosféru. Publikáciu z verejných zdrojov podporil Fond na podporu umenia.

Come with an Arctic fox on a breathtaking journey ... an enthralling story from the bestselling, award-winning creators of Julia and the Shark. With dazzling blue and black illustrations, this is a perfect gift for 9+ fans of The Last Bear and A Wolf Called Wander. She was very tired. She lay down, her soft head on her soft paws. The sunset licked her face. The snow covered her like a blanket. Fox wakes, and begins to walk. She crosses ice and snow, over mountains and across frozen oceans, encountering bears and birds beneath the endless daylight of an Arctic summer, navigating a world that is vast, wild and wondrous. Meanwhile, Leila embarks on a journey of her own - finding her way to the mother who left her. On a breathtaking journey across the sea, Leila rediscovers herself and the mother she thought she'd lost, with help from a determined little fox. Based on the true story of an Arctic fox who walked from Norway to Canada in seventy-six days, a distance of two thousand miles, this compelling, emotional and beautifully illustrated story is the perfect gift for 9+ readers.

The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award, this unforgettable book now has captivating illustrations by Tom de Freston to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary. When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. One Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the ramshackle garage of his new home and finds something magical. A strange creature - human? beast? bird? angel? - a being who needs Michael's help if he is to survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health. But Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael's world changes for ever ... Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the Hans Christian Andersen award, the Nonino International Prize, and has received an OBE for services to literature. He is celebrated as - in the words of the Independent - 'a master storyteller'.

Príbeh novej knihy úspešnej autorky Kiran Millwood Hargrave Júlia a ospalý žralok rozpráva desaťročná Júlia. Toto leto má stráviť so svojimi múdrymi a trochu výstrednými rodičmi v majáku pri mori na ostrove Unst. Otec je človek čísel, má maják zautomatizovať, zatiaľ čo sa Júliina mama, morská biologička, bude venovať výskumu. Júlia svoju veselú a impulzívnu mamu obdivuje, chcela by byť presne ako ona. Pomáha mame pri oprave lode, na ktorej bude hľadať tajomného grónskeho žraloka dožívajúceho sa vyše 400 rokov. Nájsť tohto nepolapiteľného obra však vôbec nie je ľahké. Ukrýva sa v hlbinách a Júliina mama, doteraz vždy plná energie, akoby sa začala strácať v hĺbke svojich predstáv. Kniha Júlia a ospalý žralok je o priateľstve, súcite, dospievaní, psychickom zdraví a životnom prostredí. Rozoberá zložité problémy ľudských vzťahov aj zaujímavé fakty zo života zvierat zrozumiteľným, no pritom poetickým spôsobom. Je plná očarujúcich kontrastných ilustrácií autorkinho manžela Toma de Frestona, ktoré knižke dodávajú ešte tajomnejšiu snovú atmosféru.

A captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning author about a mother, a daughter and the great Greenland shark. Wrapped up in mesmerising illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback, this is a perfect gift for the holiday season, for 9+ fans of Philip Pullman, Sally Gardner and Frances Hardinge. The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfathomable depths until it ripped the whole island from its roots. The bed was a boat, the shark a tide, and it pulled me so far out to sea I was only a speck, a spot, a mote, a dying star in an unending sky... Julia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer - her dad, for work; her mother, on a determined mission to find the elusive Greenland shark. But when her mother's obsession threatens to submerge them all, Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hope... A beautiful, lyrical, uplifting story about a mother, a daughter, and love - with timely themes of the importance of science and the environment.