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The House of Hidden Meanings
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date?a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance.
A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity, The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag.
Central to RuPaul’s success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world’s largest television franchises, RuPaul’s ever-shifting nature has always been part of his brand as both supermodel and super mogul.
Yet that adaptability has made him enigmatic to the public. In this memoir, his most intimate and detailed book yet, RuPaul makes himself truly known.
Stripping away all artifice, RuPaul recounts the story of his life with breath taking clarity and tenderness, bringing his signature wisdom and wit to his own biography. From his early years growing up as a queer Black kid in San Diego navigating complex relationships with his absent father and temperamental mother, to forging an identity in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York, to finding enduring love with his husband Georges LeBar and self-acceptance in sobriety, RuPaul excavates his own biography, uncovering new truths and insights in his personal history.
Here in RuPaul’s singular and extraordinary story is a manual for living?a personal philosophy that testifies to the value of chosen family, the importance of harnessing what makes you different, and the transformational power of facing yourself fearlessly.
If we’re all born naked and the rest is drag, then this is RuPaul totally out of drag. This is RuPaul stripped bare.
Hunting the Falcon
A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and changed England forever.
The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is one of the most remarkable in history: a long courtship followed by a shotgun wedding and then a coronation, ending just short of three years later when a husband's passion turned to such hatred that he simply wanted his wife gone. In Hunting the Falcon, John Guy and Julia Fox examine the most recent archival discoveries and peel back layers of historical myth to present Anne and Henry in startlingly new ways. They show how Anne and Henry's relationship was tied almost completely to the major events of international politics at one of the great turning points of European history, and dispel any assumptions that a sixteenth-century woman, even a queen, could exert little influence on the politics and beliefs of a patriarchal society. Anne was in fact a shrewd and ruthless politician in her own right, a woman who steered Henry and his policies - and whom Henry seriously contemplated making joint sovereign.
Hunting the Falcon sets the facts and some completely new finds into a wide frame, unearthing the truth about these two extraordinary lives and their tumultuous times. It pays particular attention to the seven 'missing' years that Anne spent in France, and explores how she organised her side of the royal court in novel ways that ultimately sowed the seeds of her own downfall. In this feat of historical research and analysis, Guy and Fox offer a sumptuous retelling of one of the most consequential marriages in history and an exhilarating portrait of love, lust, politics and power.
Všude je střed světa
Známý básník a muzikant, člen legendární kapely The Plastic People of the Universe vypráví dětem své příběhy. Není nutné zrovna jezdit o Vánocích na Velikonoční ostrov, abychom prožili něco úžasného. Stačí se jen dobře dívat kolem sebe...??Vráťa Brabenec psal kdysi dávno pohádky a povídky o zvířatech své malé dceři Nikole. Těžko však z původního rukopisu, který měl ilustrovat Karel Nepraš, něco dohledávat - vždyť estébáci u Brabenců tolikrát obrátili domácnost vzhůru nohama, tolik písemností zabavili a v exilu se Brabencovi tolikrát stěhovali, že se sotva mohlo něco dochovat.??A tak to sepsal znovu - a jeho příběhy se zcela vymykají všemu, co se u nás pro děti píše a vydává. Jeho vyprávění je dokonale prosto všech výchovných doporučení, stejně jako vyfantazírovaných zápletek, protože podle něj se děckám nic nalhávat a vymýšlet prostě nemá.??Karel Nepraš už Vráťovu knížku ilustrovat nemůže, a tak si Vráťa Brabenec vybral Matěje Formana - je podobný komediant jako on.?Matěj se do malování pustil s velkým gustem, a když na závěr v hospodě na Wilsoňáku kreslil Vráťův portrét do knížky, kolem nich sedící Romové, kteří právě vysedli z rychlíku z Anglie, chtěli taky portrétovat, za což panu malíři nabídli štangli irské uzeniny a tři Euro. Plácli si, ale do knížky už se dostat nestihli - tak třeba budou v nějaké příští povídce...
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Once Upon a Time in Iraq
In war, there is no easy victory.
When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications continue to reverberate through the lives of millions, in Iraq and the West. As we gain more distance from those events, it can be argued that many of the issues facing us today - the rise of the Islamic State, increased Islamic terrorism, intensified violence in the Middle East, mass migration, and more - can be traced back to the decision to invade Iraq.
In The Iraq War, award-winning documentary maker James Bluemel collects first-hand testimony from those who lived through the horrors of the invasion and whose actions were dictated by such extreme circumstances. It takes in all sides of the conflict - working class Iraqi families watching their country erupt into civil war; soldiers and journalists on the ground; American families dealing with the grief of losing their son or daughter; parents of a suicide bomber coming to terms with unfathomable events - to create the most in-depth and multi-faceted portrait of the Iraq War to date. Accompanying a major BBC series, James Bluemel's book is an essential account of a conflict that continues to shape our world, and a startling reminder of the consequences of our past decisions.
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald
A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) possessed one of the twentieth century’s most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald’s death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist.
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer’s difficult childhood in Yonkers, New York, the tragic death of her mother, and the year she spent in a girls’ reformatory school?where she sang in its renowned choir and dreamed of being a dancer. Rarely seen profiles from the Black press offer precious glimpses of Fitzgerald’s tense experiences of racial discrimination and her struggles with constricting models of Black and white femininity at midcentury.
Tick’s compelling narrative depicts Fitzgerald’s complicated career in fresh and original detail, upending the traditional view that segregates vocal jazz from the genre’s mainstream. As she navigated the shifting tides between jazz and pop, she used her originality to pioneer modernist vocal jazz. Interpreting long-lost setlists, reviews from both white and Black newspapers, and newly released footage and recordings, the book explores how Ella’s transcendence as an improvisor produced onstage performances every bit as significant as her historic recorded oeuvre.
From the singer’s first performance at the Apollo Theatre’s famous “Amateur Night” to the Savoy Ballroom, where Fitzgerald broke through with Chick Webb’s big band in the 1930s, Tick evokes the jazz world in riveting detail. She describes how Ella helped shape the bebop movement in the 1940s, as she joined Dizzy Gillespie and her then-husband, Ray Brown, in the world-touring Jazz at the Philharmonic, one of the first moments of high-culture acceptance for the disreputable art form.
Breaking ground as a female bandleader, Fitzgerald refuted expectations of musical Blackness, deftly balancing artistic ambition and market expectations. Her legendary exploration of the Great American Songbook in the 1950s fused a Black vocal aesthetic and jazz improvisation to revolutionize the popular repertoire. This hybridity often confounded critics, yet throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Ella reached audiences around the world, electrifying concert halls, and sold millions of records.
A masterful biography, Becoming Ella Fitzgerald describes a powerful woman who set a standard for American excellence nearly unmatched in the twentieth century.
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Z koho jsme vznikli?
Vše začalo jednoduchou otázkou: proč se díváme jeden druhému do očí? Mě jako oftalmologa tato otázka zaujala. Započali jsme výzkum... Pak jsme se dozvěděli, že každý tibetský chrám v Nepálu má na svých zdech jako vizitku zobrazení ohromných, neobyčejných očí. Podrobili jsme obraz těchto očí matematickému zpracování podle principu oftalmogeometrie a podařilo se nám určit vzhled jejich nositele, který byl zcela neobvyklý. Kdo je to? Přemýšlel jsem. V té době jsem nemohl předpokládat, že takto vzniklý portrét neobyčejného člověka, který budu držet v rukou v Indii, Nepálu a Tibetu, udělá na lámy a swámí takový ohromný dojem, že při pohledu na obrázek budou vykřikovat: „To je On!". Tehdy mě ani nenapadlo, že se tento obrázek stane klíčem k hypotetickému odhalení největšího tajemství Genofondu lidstva. Čím pomohl výše uvedený obrázek? Tím, že Zvláštní lidé viděli a vidí pod zemí lidi s neobvyklým vzhledem. A mezi nimi je takový, který je podobný člověku, zobrazeném na našem obrázku. Právě jeho uctivě nazývají „On". Kdo je to On? Nemohu přesně odpovědět, ale myslím si, že On je člověk Šambaly. Nyní nehledě na to, že jsem racionálním vědcem praktikem, jsem začal zcela věřit v existenci Genofondu lidstva. Dovedla mě k tomu logika a vědecká fakta. Kdo jsme? Jsme ještě nerozumné děti v porovnání s civilizací Lemuřanů, s nejvyšší civilizací na Zemi, která vytvořila Genofond lidstva. V sázce je příliš mnoho - být prarodičem lidstva v případě globální katastrofy nebo sebezničení existující civilizace na Zemi.
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Two Riders Were Approaching: The Life & Death of Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan. A black guy playing white rock music, he wanted to be all things to all people.
But when Jimmy arrived in England and became Jimi, the cream of swinging London fell under his spell. It wasn't that Jimi could play with his teeth, play with his guitar behind his back. It was that he could really play.
Journeying through the purple haze of idealism and paranoia of the sixties, Jimi Hendrix was the man who made Eric Clapton consider quitting, to whom Bob Dylan deferred on his own song 'All Along the Watchtower', who forced Miles Davis to reconsider his buttoned-down ways - and whose 'Star Spangled Banner' defined Woodstock.
And when his star, which had burned so brightly, was extinguished far too young, his legend lived on in the music - and the intrigue surrounding his death.
Eschewing the traditional rock-biography format, Two Riders Were Approaching is a fittingly psychedelic and kaleidoscopic exploration of the life and death of Jimi Hendrix - and a journey into the dark heart of the sixties. While the groupies lined up, the drugs got increasingly heavy and the dream of the sixties burned in the fire and blood of the Vietnam War, the assassination of Martin Luther King and the election of President Richard Nixon.
Acclaimed writer Mick Wall, author of When Giants Walked the Earth, has drawn upon his own interviews and extensive research to produce an inimitable, novelistic telling of this tale - the definitive portrait of the Guitar God at whose altar other guitar gods worship.
Jimi Hendrix's is a story that has been told many times before - but never quite like this.
Portréty historikov rímskych dejín
Odborník na dejiny starovekého Ríma zoradil do publikácie 45 portrétov rímskych i gréckych historikov, ktorých diela sa zachovali až do súčasnosti. V portrétoch stručne píše o živote jednotlivých historikov, ale predovšetkým sa venuje charakteristike ich diela.
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Job-boj
Reprint proslulé sbírky konkrétní a experimentální poezie Josefa Hiršala a Bohumily Grögerové představuje jeden z prvních pokusů prozkoumat možnosti experimentální poezie v českém kulturním kontextu. Kniha vyšla v jediném vydání v roce 1968 a dlouhou dobu byla prakticky nedostupná. Navazuje na výboje futurismu, dada a meziválečné avantgardy a je rozdělena do dvanácti kapitol: Vznik textu, Gramatické texty, Logické texty, Stochastické texty, Syngamické texty, Intertexty, Objektáže, Přísloví, Partitury, Portréty, Mikrogramy a Koacerváty. Autoři byli napojeni na mezinárodní hnutí konkrétní poezie a jejich texty ukazují jazyk nejen jako nástroj komunikace, ale také jako specifický výtvarný materiál, který navíc poukazuje na ideologické zneužití řeči a její byrokratickou vyprázdněnost.
Reprint původní vydání vychází u příležitosti výstavy SETINY, pořádané ke stému výročí narození Bohumily Grögerové. K vydání připravila Helena Šantavá.
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Vyvolená bohy Smrtící dotyk
Jsem dokonalá zbraň. Můj dotyk je smrtící.“ Twylla je dívka vyvolená bohy. Je zosobněním božské dcery a jako taková je zaslíbená princi. Za svoji výjimečnost ale draze platí: každý měsíc musí pozřít jed, a přinést tak důkaz o svém božském postavení. Její dotyk je však pro obyčejného člověka smrtící. Twylla proto není běžným členem královského dvora. Je královninou popravčí. Každý měsíc navštěvuje vězení a přikládá své ruce na ty, kteří jsou odsouzeni k smrti. Žije osaměle a izolovaně. Když ale nastoupí nový strážce, vše se změní. Spustí se kolotoč dvorských intrik, úkladů a vražd... Dokáže si dívka správně zvolit mezi královským snoubencem a přitažlivým, ale obyčejným smrtelníkem? Rozhodne se pro povinnost, nebo pro lásku?
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Som Dieta Sestdesiatych Rokov
Ukážka z knihy:Roztratená generácia
(Narodená 1935-1945)
Sme odchovanci výtvarých škôl československého socializmu - faktograficky a v prenesených významoch. Zažili sme až "zvápenatenie" výtvarného tvaroslovia (Generácia 1909, Skupina Život, Skupi
na 29. augusta) hraničiace s jeho nekrofíliou v bode tzv. normalizácie. Sprevádzalo nás posluhovanie až na hranici únosnosti, zväčša zaplatené štátnou kúpou obrazu, prípadne jeho vystavením. Inotaje, metafory, odkazy - cítácie, zrkadlenia oficiálnej
histórie - útočisko "k názvu obrazu" ako útek od vnútorného výtvarného obsahu. Zátišie, kytica, portrét, skupinový portrét, krajina, krajina s historizujúcou udalosťou. To boli zaužívané metódy, ako uspokojiť politickú cenzúru. Posluhovanie (niekedy
podmedomé) alebo viažuce sa na konkrétnu situáciu prekračovalo hranice humanity. Samozrejme sa to dalo obísť iným príjmom: ilustrovanie, detská kniha, obálky kníh a takzvané monumentálky (ktoré zväčša nahrádzali tvorbu v architektúre), divadelné insc
enácie, kostýmy, účasť na filme, televízia, dedičstvo, získanie mecenáša a mnohé iné. Ideálna pre mnohých bola emigrácia do zahraničia.
Michal Studený
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David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the Sun Machine
In this one-of-a-kind book, novelist and academic Nicholas Royle brings together two remarkably different creative figures: Enid Blyton and David Bowie. His exploration of their lives and work delves deeply into questions about the value of art, music and literature, as well as the role of universities in society.
Blending elements of memoir and cultural commentary, Royle creates a tender and often hilarious portrait of family life during the pandemic, weaving it together with musings on dreams, second-hand bookshops and unpublished photos of Bowie taken by Stephen Finer. He also shares previously unrecorded details about Blyton’s personal life, notably her love affair with Royle’s grandmother.
David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine offers a singular perspective on the cultural significance of two iconic figures. In doing so, it makes a compelling case for the power of storytelling and music to shape our lives.
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Observations by Gaslight
Discover Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson through the eyes of those who knew them best.
From familiar faces like Mrs Hudson to minor characters like Lomax the sub-librarian, Observations by Gaslight - told through diaries, telegrams, and even grocery lists - paints a masterful portrait of Holmes and Watson as you have never seen them before. See Irene Adler team up with her former adversary in an eerie and near-deadly enquiry. Learn of the case that cemented the friendship between Holmes and Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard. And witness Stanley Hopkins' first meeting with the remote logician he idolizes.
Lyndsay Faye, two-time Edgar Award nominee, debuted with Dust and Shadow, her much-admired novel pitting Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper. Now Faye is back with a thrilling volume of new and previously published short stories and novellas narrated by those who knew the Great Detective best.
Jézus nyomában
Az egyik legismertebb Jézus-kutató és egy zseniális régész együtt kutatja az ókori szövegeket és köveket, hogy megrajzolja Jézus eddigi legteljesebb portréját. John Dominic Crossman és Jonathan L. Reed a bibliakutatás és a régészet legjavát egyesítve ás le a Biblia és az ókori világ legkorábbi rétegeibe, a legjelentősebb modern felfedezéseket használva ablakul Jézus életére és azokra a küzdelmekre, melyek során tanai megfogantak. Ezt a lenyűgöző és igen olvasmányos utazást gazdag képanyag egészíti ki, mely segít abban, hogy kövessük a Jézus nyomában járó két vezető szaktekintélyt.
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Always Audrey
• Includes many rare and unseen photos of Audrey Hepburn on and off stage
• Features images from the archives of six top photographers: Norman Parkinson, Milton H. Greene, Douglas Kirkland, Lawrence Fried, Terry O'Neill and Eva Sereny
• Extensive commentary throughout from Douglas Kirkland, Terry O'Neill and Eva Sereny
Audrey Hepburn once said "I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine." Nothing could be further from the truth. As one of the 20th century's most loved icons, her face is instantly recognizable the world over. Here, for the first time, ACC Art Books and Iconic Images proudly present the work of six wonderful photographers - Norman Parkinson, Milton H. Greene, Douglas Kirkland, Lawrence Fried, Terry O'Neill and Eva Sereny - who were fortunate enough to capture the star at different moments of her life. In addition, former Curator of Photographs for the National Portrait Gallery and co-curator of the Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon exhibition, Terence Pepper, opens up his personal archive of vintage press prints, making this ode to Hepburn truly unique. Throughout the book, Douglas Kirkland, Terry O'Neill and Eva Sereny share their memories of working with the icon. They present a wonderful mix of on-set, fashion, portrait and behind-the-scenes photographs, including contact sheets and never-before-seen images. With an introduction by Terence Pepper, Always Audrey is sure to delight any Hepburn fan.
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My Friend Van Gogh
An intimate testament to the power of friendship between two creative forces
The painter and poet Émile Bernard’s firsthand account of the beloved painter Vincent van Gogh’s life offers deep perspective into the Dutch artist’s process, artistic preoccupations, and difficulties. In the 1890s, Bernard penned prefaces for collections of letters from Van Gogh, some of which were published while others were not. In 1911, Bernard gathered together these prefaces for a new publication, to which he also contributed a new introductory text, of the artist’s letters and sketches which he enclosed in his correspondence. This volume comprises these prefaces, published in English for the first time, as well as a selection of letters from Van Gogh to Bernard. In addition to including biographical details and reflections on art and friendship, Bernard chronicles his attempts to have Van Gogh’s work recognized after his death. Shedding light on the artistic community they inhabited, he also discusses notable figures such as Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin.
Letters written by Van Gogh to a young Bernard further highlight the significance of the friendship between the two men. Van Gogh’s words of advice to Bernard as well as ruminations on his own practice, inspirations, and creative struggles are revealed in these pages.
Introduced by Van Gogh specialist Martin Bailey, these texts present a sensitive and discerning portrait of the artist that goes beyond his reputation as a troubled genius.
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Bruce Gilden: Cherry Blossom
Bruce Gilden first set foot in Japan in 1994. On that trip and subsequent others, he explored the meandering streets of a country that had long fascinated him. From Tokyo to Osaka, he laid Japan bare in his own inimitable photographic style. Each image is a very close and powerful encounter with a story behind it. As ever, Gilden makes his approach, talks, tells stories, takes photographs, and paints a portrait of a unique street scene. In search of personalities as strong as his own, Gilden drew on the details around him to transcribe his vision of Japan: one man's suit, another's hat, or a woman's posture. All of these elements, which give strength to the images, form a captivating ensemble - on the margins, just like him.
In Cherry Blossom, Gilden tells the story of these voyages and the ties he maintains with Japan in a rare introductory text. The stories told alongside these pictures - whether an anecdote or a dialogue with their characters - render the American photographer's vision even more contemporary than ever.
With 60 illustrations
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The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 2: 1966-2021
The second volume of Clinton Heylin's magisterial biography takes us from Dylan's 1966 motorcycle accident to the present day. We meet a man who is determined to confound expectations; yet whatever he does only seems to confirm his iconic status to fans and critics alike.
There are peaks and troughs. Long periods of writer's block are followed by sudden bursts of creativity that produce some of the best work of his career, including perhaps his most celebrated album, 1975's Blood On The Tracks. There is the unpredictable recording process, with Dylan often including on his albums the worst takes and leaving off the best songs altogether. On the Neverending Tour he reinvents his songbook on a nightly basis, at times without recognition. Then there are the albums and songs that reveal the genius of an artist whose lyrics draw on centuries of American culture but who refuses to be shackled to his own past.
Today his voice is almost unrecognisable from his 1960s peak, and the man whose songs had been devoted to dissecting his romantic relationships has become focused on mortality, solitude and getting old. Yet his albums continue to top the charts, 2020's Rough And Rowdy Ways being his fourth No. 1 album of the twenty-first century.
There is no other living artist whose creative output has remained constantly intriguing, often baffling, sometimes infuriating but always fascinating for over sixty years. Clinton Heylin's definitive, scrupulously researched and revelatory life, based on unprecedented access to the official Tulsa archive and other new sources, paints the fullest and brightest portrait yet of an iconic figure that has defined contemporary culture.
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Women
15 hours
The missing. The forgotten. The brave… The women.
From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s. The Women is that rarest of novels—at once an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided by war and broken by politics, of a generation both fueled by dreams and lost on the battlefield.
“Women can be heroes, too.”
When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm’s way to help others. Women whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has all too often been forgotten. A novel of searing insight and lyric beauty, The Women is a profoundly emotional, richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose extraordinary idealism and courage under fire define a generation.