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The Philosophy of Modern Song
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One--and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.
Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over sixty essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal. These essays are written in Dylan's unique prose. They are mysterious and mercurial, poignant and profound, and often laugh-out-loud funny. And while they are ostensibly about music, they are really meditations and reflections on the human condition. Running throughout the book are nearly 150 carefully curated photos as well as a series of dream-like riffs that, taken together, resemble an epic poem and add to the work's transcendence.
In 2020, with the release of his outstanding album Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dylan became the first artist to have an album hit the Billboard Top 40 in each decade since the 1960s. The Philosophy of Modern Song contains much of what he has learned about his craft in all those years, and like everything that Dylan does, it is a momentous artistic achievement.
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
SLAVE. ESCAPE-ARTIST. MURDERER. TERRORIST. SPY. LOVER. MOTHER. TRICKSTER.
At the Golden Sunset retirement home, it is not unusual for residents to invent stories. So when elderly Ms Mook first begins to unspool her memories, the obituarist listening to her is sceptical. Stories of captivity, friendship, murder, adventure, assumed identities and spying. Stories that take place in WWII Indonesia; in Busan during the Korean war; in cold-war Pyongyang; in China. The stories are so colourful and various, at times so unbelievable, that they cannot surely all belong to the same woman. Can they?
As playful and thought-provoking as it is compelling, as brutal and harrowing as it is achingly poignant and tender, this is a novel about love and war, deceit and betrayal, about identity, storytelling and the trickery required for survival.
Coming Home to Nature
The call of the wild has never looked as stylish as in these homes nestled in the French countryside, crafted by families pursuing a new form of country living.
A manor next to an elegant seventeenth-century castle in a picturesque village, a restored four-hundred-year-old windmill, or a ruin in the Barbizon forest transformed into a contemporary timber house--our trio of authors saw the potential in these rural homes and took the leap into a life rhythmed by nature. But how did these urban dwellers step away from the glamour of Paris, and why haven't they looked back?
A calmer life enriched by its surroundings, with more space at home, a burgeoning garden, and a relaxed ambiance is a seductive combination. But a country house is different from a cozy apartment, just steps from modern conveniences. In their search for a deeper experience, they embarked on a long-term project that required planning and effort, but it brought unexpected joy along with the challenges.
Life in the countryside takes adjustment and there is much to be learned--from furnishing and organizing your home to getting the most from nature and your garden, and from dressing to suit your new setting to hosting relaxed soirées where you'll linger over dinner with your guests. This is the art of countryfication. Alongside portraits of similar-minded individuals and families who have adopted country living, this book provides insight, practical advice, and recipes that celebrate life in the countryside, all while retaining a Parisian flair.
Skrytý význam nemocí
Dnes nám už na boj s chorobami nestačia lieky, operácie a odborníci. Ak chceme byť zdraví, musíme sa k zdraviu dopracovať vedomým pochopením! A práve táto kniha nám v tom môže vynikajúcim spôsobom pomôcť.
Choroby sú odjakživa jedným z najväčších nepriateľov ľudstva. Kto sa snaží žiť uvedomelejšie a viac ovládať svoj život, má možnosť dívať sa na chorobu ako na posla, ktorý nám prináša dôležité informácie o našom vývoji a nepriznaných či neriešených problémoch. Choroba sa nás snaží naviesť na cestu, po ktorej by sme mali ísť, aby sme boli zdravší a začali žiť naplnenejší život.
Ako sa však naučiť rozumieť jazyku chorôb? Čo konkrétne sa nám rôzne zdravotné a telesné ťažkosti snažia povedať? Práve to odhaľuje kniha nemeckého autora Kurta Tepperweina.
Prvá časť vysvetľuje princípy vyššie uvedeného pohľadu na choroby. V druhej časti sú rozobraté konkrétne ochorenia a zdravotné problémy, prehľadne abecedne zoradené. Autor vysvetľuje ich skrytý význam, a potom uvádza návod alebo námet na to, ako ich posolstvo prijať, spracovať a zužitkovať – jednoducho čo treba v danom prípade robiť.
Kniha Skrytý význam nemoci sa môže stať vaším dôverným praktickým „lekárom“!
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Klasické hry na cesty: Domino na cesty
Klasická hra, ktorá je späť v kurze. Hra má veľmi jednoduché pravidlá a krátka herná doba robí túto hry vhodnou pre všetky vekové kategórie.
Klasické hry sú skvelou voľbou nielen na oslavu s priateľmi, rodinnú dovolenku, ale vďaka svojmu malému baleniu si ich môžete pribaliť aj do batôžku na výlet.
Rozmery balenia: 20 cm × 14,5 cm × 3,3 cm.
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Holandská vila
Ann Patchettová, autorka bestselleru Společenství, napsala svůj dosud nejsilnější román, dojemný příběh o nezničitelných poutech mezi sourozenci, o domě jejich dětství a minulosti, které se nelze zbavit. Na konci druhé světové války se Cyrilu Conroyovi souhrou štěstí a chytré investice podaří položit základ obrovskému realitnímu impériu, a tím rodinu katapultovat z chudoby do nezměrného bohatství. První, co udělá, je, že koupí Holandskou vilu, luxusní sídlo na předměstí Filadelfie. Překrásný dům ale rodinu rozbije a na dlouhá desetiletím se pro mnohé stane posedlostí i prokletím.
Vypravěčem je Cyrilův syn Danny, kterého nakonec z domu, kde vyrostl, vypudí nevlastní matka, a s ním i jeho starší sestru, báječně jízlivou, sebevědomou Maeve. Oba zámožní sourozenci jsou uvrženi zpátky do chudoby, z níž se rodičům povedlo vymanit, a zjistí, že se mohou spoléhat jen jeden na druhého. A právě jejich nerozlučné pouto jim zachrání život a zajistí budoucnost.
Holandská vila, román s temnými podtóny, vypráví na rozsahu pěti desetiletí o dvou chytrých lidech, jimž se nedaří setřást minulost. Je to příběh ztraceného ráje, který zkoumá problémy dědictví, lásky a odpuštění, i toho, jak sami sebe chceme vidět, a kým jsme doopravdy.
Tak, jako u Patchettové vždycky, nám hlavní postavy rychle a snadno přirostou k srdci. Wall Street Journal
"Při četbě Ann Patchettové můžete očekávat zázraky." New York Times Book Review
Ann Patchettová píše sebejistě, přehledně a bez zbytečných ornamentů. New York Times
Patchettová ve svém skvělém románu s pochopením zkoumá posedlost i odpuštění, co lidé získávají, čeho se drží, co ztrácejí a čeho se zbavují, a co po sobě zanechávají. Publishers Weekly
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Little Chick
A peep-through adventure on the farm with Little Chick, to share with the youngest readers, illustrated by award-winning author-artist, Petr Horácek.
Who can you find on the farm? Join Little Chick and peep through the cut-outs on each spread to spy a whole host of animals. And there is a very special someone waiting at the end of the book.
The Bang-Bang Club
The Bang-Bang Club was a group of four young war photographers, friends and colleagues: Ken Oosterbroek, Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva, war correspondants during the last years of apartheid, who took many of the photographs that encapsulate the final violent years of racist white South Africa. Two of them won Pulitzer Prizes for individual photos.
Ken, the oldest and a mentor to the others, died, accidentally shot while working; Kevin, the most troubled of the four, committed suicide weeks after winning his Pulitzer for a photograph of a starving baby in the Sudanese famine. Written by Greg and Joao, The Bang-Bang Club tells their uniquely powerful war stories. It tells the story of four remarkable young men, the stresses, tensions and moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme violence, pain and suffering, the relationships between the four and the story of the end of apartheid. An immensely powerful, riveting and harrowing book, and an invakuable contribution to the literary genre of war photography. An eye-opening book for readers of Susan Sontag.
Životom nekráčam sama
Tento román sa rodil veľmi ťažko. Námet naň nosila autorka v hlave niekoľko rokov, ale k jeho realizácii došlo až po napísaní a vydaní knihy Slzy muža, ktorá si získala priazeň mnohých čitateľov.
Životom nekráčam sama je príbeh ženy, ktorú poznačila choroba. Zákerná choroba, ktorá nemilosrdne zasahuje do mnohých rodín. Choroba, ktorá prináša bolesť a ťažké chvíle nielen trpiacemu, ale aj jeho najbližším.
Príbeh Danice, hlavnej postavy knihy, je plný zložitých životných situácií. Autorka sa, pre ňu typickým sugestívnym spôsobom, vnára do pocitov ženy, ktorej osud je už desať rokov spätý s bojom o život. Je len na nej, ako túto, asi najťažšiu životnú skúšku zvládne.
Podkladom pre napísanie románu Životom nekráčam sama bol rovnako ako pri knihe Slzy muža skutočný príbeh. Skutočný príbeh s autobiografickými črtami, pretože tentoraz je to životný príbeh autorky, Dariny Hamarovej.
Prehrávať môžete, no prehrať nie.
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Cut the clutter, live better with less, give yourself headspace, and enjoy life more.
Create Space shows you how to turn chaos into calm and discover the health and wellbeing benefits of living in an organised home.
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A master class in detoxing your home
Packed with practical solutions, advice and techniques, this book will teach you how to declutter your home, simplify your living space, and find a more organised and peaceful life. Explore step-by-step methods that you can adapt and sustain for your own needs so you can live better with less.
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Get Ready to Reclaim Your Space, Your Time, and Your Mind Today!
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The Forbidden Love
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Lacná kniha Nečakaná diagnóza
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Art & Fear is about the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. Drawing on the authors' own experiences as two working artists, the book delves into the internal and external challenges to making art in the real world, and shows how they can be overcome every day.
First published in 1994, Art & Fear quickly became an underground classic, and word-of-mouth has placed it among the best-selling books on artmaking and creativity. Written by artists for artists, it offers generous and wise insight into what it feels like to sit down at your easel or keyboard, in your studio or performance space, trying to do the work you need to do. Every artist, whether a beginner or a prizewinner, a student or a teacher, faces the same fears - and this book illuminates the way through them.