Lisa Rogaková
autor
Propaganda Girls
This is the incredible untold story of four women who helped win World War II by generating a wave of black propaganda.
Betty MacDonald was a 28-year-old reporter from Hawaii.
Zuzka Lauwers grew up in a tiny Czechoslovakian village and knew five languages by the time she was 21.
Jane Smith-Hutton was the wife of a naval attaché living in Tokyo.
Marlene Dietrich, the German-American actress and singer, was one of the biggest stars of the 20th century.
These four women, each fascinating in her own right, together contributed to one of the most covert and successful military campaigns in WWII.
Members of the Office of Strategic Services, their task was to create a secret brand of propaganda produced with the sole aim to break the morale of Axis soldiers. Working in Europe, across enemy lines in occupied China and in Washington D.C., Betty, Zuzka, Jane and Marlene forged letters and 'official' military orders, wrote and produced entire newspapers, scripted radio broadcasts and songs and even developed rumours for undercover spies and double agents to spread to the enemy. And outside of a small group of spies, no one knew they existed.
Until now.
Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS
This is the incredible untold story of four women who helped win World War II by generating a wave of black propaganda.
Betty MacDonald was a 28-year-old reporter from Hawaii. Zuzka Lauwers grew up in a tiny Czechoslovakian village and knew five languages by the time she was 21. Jane Smith-Hutton was the wife of a naval attaché living in Tokyo. Marlene Dietrich, the German-American actress and singer, was one of the biggest stars of the 20th century. These four women, each fascinating in her own right, together contributed to one of the most covert and successful military campaigns in WWII.
Members of the Office of Strategic Services, their task was to create a secret brand of propaganda produced with the sole aim to break the morale of Axis soldiers. Working in Europe, across enemy lines in occupied China and in Washington D.C., Betty, Zuzka, Jane and Marlene forged letters and 'official' military orders, wrote and produced entire newspapers, scripted radio broadcasts and songs and even developed rumours for undercover spies and double agents to spread to the enemy. And outside of a small group of spies, no one knew they existed. Until now.
Muž, který stvořil Šifru mistra Leonarda
Syn učitele matematiky a hudebnice vyrostl přímo v areálu elitní školy, aby se posléze stal učitelem jako jeho otec, jenom pro změnu angličtiny. To ale neuspokojovalo jeho ambice ani touhu po dobrodružství, takže se vydal rovnou do Los Angeles, aby se proslavil coby profesionální skladatel a zpěvák pop music. Když ale pochopil, že světová pěvecká hvězda z něj nikdy nebude, vrhl se jiný druh umění: napsal román. A druhý a třetí.
Potom se ale stalo něco, něco nepostižitelného, snad souhra šťastných okolností, tvrdá práce, absolutní posedlost snem o veliké slávě anebo všechno dohromady a celý svět náhle nemluvil o ničem jiném…
Ne tohle není pohádka - to je životopis!
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Muž, ktorý stvoril Da Vinciho kód
Lisa Rodaková je známa špecialistka na zaujímavé životopisy zaujímavých ľudí. Jedným z nich bol napríklad americký minister zahraničia Colin Powelll či demokratický kandidát na prezidenta Howard Dean.
Nie je teda div, že si Lisa Rogaková všimla muža, o ktorom sa v súčasnosti hovorí nielen v televízii, ale aj pri pápežskom stolci vo Vatikáne. Slávny románopisec Dan Brown skrátka nemohol uniknúť jej pozornosti. A hoci sa hovorí, že len málokedy je autor zaujímavejší než jeho dielo, v tomto prípade rozhodne ide o výnimu.
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