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V rámci osudů české intelektuální elity 20. století patří životní příběh Josefa Cibulky k nejpozoruhodnějším. Spojoval totiž dráhu římskokatolického kněze a špičkového akademika s evropským rozhledem, byl mimořádně plodným badatelem, oblíbeným pedagogem a charismatickým společníkem, pevně zakořeněným nejen v prvorepublikových intelektuálních kruzích. Zároveň představoval typ humanitního vzdělance, který si dokázal udržet renomé napříč několika politickými režimy, včetně dvou totalitních. Přestože se k odkazu Josefa Cibulky dodnes hlásí hned několik oborů, zůstává v povědomí o jeho životě a několik nejasných, až problematických momentů. Kolektivní monografie, na níž se podíleli autoři z řad historiků a historiků umění či církevních dějin, se pokouší některá z bílých míst doplnit. Připomíná témata z jeho dodnes platného odborného odkazu a podrobně se věnuje méně známým částem Cibulkova životního příběhu. Nevyhýbá se přitom ani těm vůbec nejspornějším tématům protektorátnímu působení Josefa Cibulky nebo jeho údajné spolupráci s komunistickou Státní bezpečností.

Unstoppable recounts the fascinating life of Siggi Wilzig, who survived the hell of Hitler and Auschwitz to become one of the biggest success stories in post-World War II American business--a true embodiment of the American Dream. At a time of national division, this testament to the triumph of the human spirit over horrific tragedy through fortitude and faith offers an inspiring message that will both resonate with readers today and offer enormous hope for a better future. Unstoppable is the story of an American hero--a man who survived the hell of Auschwitz to become one of the most successful, mesmerizing, and outrageous personalities in postwar America. Siggi Wilzig was a force of nature: a Holocaust survivor who arrived in New York penniless and without formal education at just twenty one years old yet went on to build a $4 billion oil-and-banking empire. This is the ultimate immigrant story, an epic rags-to-riches adventure that follows Siggi from starvation on death marches to dinner at the White House--a story that starts in Auschwitz and ends with one of the most lucrative bank sales in Wall Street history. A survivor's saga in a category of its own, Unstoppable does not dwell on tragedy, but instead celebrates Siggi's ingenuity, hope, resolve and message: no matter how cruel or unjust the world may be, humans can overcome the past to achieve a bright future.

A Diana utolsó öt évéről írt könyvében Andrew Morton minden tehetségét latba veti mint kutató és tényfeltáró újságíró, hogy leírja a becstelenség, a megcsalatás és a cinikus manipuláció hajmeresztő meséjét. Évekkel Diana halála után az az író, akiben a hercegnő a legjobban megbízott, visszament és új források és anyagok felhasználásával, valamint kiadatlan anyagokra és interjúkra építve megpróbálja megértetni magát a nőt: reményeit, félelmeit, démonait és kedvteléseit. A könyv bemutatja a hercegnő felnőtt életét, boldogságkeresését, házassága alatti és utáni szerelmi kapcsolatait. Őszinte és részrehajlás nélküli beszámoló a 20. század egyik leginkább csodált, befolyásos szereplőjéről. Teljességre törekvő életrajz Dianáról, aki még halálában is a szívek királynője maradt. „Miközben meg akarjuk érteni Diana hercegnő bonyolult és rendkívüli életét, gyakran nem sokat törődünk azzal, milyen nagy utat tett meg a hercegnő, és milyenek voltak azok a személyes és társadalmi akadályok, amelyeket megpróbált leküzdeni. Élt köztünk egy nő, aki – Hillary Clinton szavaival – »bátorságról és kitartásról tett tanúbizonyságot azzal, hogy mindahányszor felállt és tovább ment, amikor az élet a padlóra küldte.« Könyvem ezt az utat írja le, és állít emléket Lady Dianának.” Andrew Morton

Eddie Jaku mindig és elsősorban németnek tartotta magát, és csak azután zsidónak. Büszke volt a hazájára. De ez egy csapásra megváltozott 1938 novemberében a kristályéjszakán, amikor megverték, letartóztatták, és koncentrációs táborba hurcolták. Az ezt követő hét évben Eddie-nek nap mint nap elképzelhetetlen szörnyűségekkel kellett szembesülnie előbb Buchenwaldban, azután Auschwitzban, majd pedig a nácik halálos erőltetett menetében. Elveszítette a családját, a barátait, a hazáját. De mivel túlélte, Eddie megesküdött, hogy ezentúl mindennap mosolyogni fog. Azzal tiszteleg az elveszítettek előtt, hogy elmondja történetét, közkinccsé teszi bölcsességét, és a lehető legjobb életet éli. És most már meggyőződése, hogy ő "a világ legboldogabb embere". Ebben a megrázó, szívbemarkoló, de végső soron reményteli visszaemlékezésben a százéves Eddie - Edith Eva Egerhez és Viktor E. Franklhoz hasonlóan - arról ír, hogyan találhatunk rá a szabadságra és a boldogságra a legeslegsötétebb időkben is. Eddie Jaku 1920-ban Németországban született Abraham Jakubowicz néven. A második világháborúban több koncentrációs táborban raboskodott, mígnem 1945-ben sikerült megszöknie a halálmenetből. 1950-ben a családjával Ausztráliába költözött. A Sydney-i Zsidó Múzeum 1992-es megalakulása óta önkéntes munkát végez az intézményben. Hetvenhárom éve boldog házasságban él feleségével, Flore-ral. Két fiuk született, számos unokája és dédunokája van. A legmagasabb ausztrál állami elismerés, a Medal of the Order of Australia kitüntetettje.

In this powerful and emotional New York Times bestseller, Nobel Peace Prize winner and activist Malala Yousafzai shares various stories of displacement, including her own. Part memoir, part communal storytelling, We Are Displaced introduces readers to some of the incredible girls Malala has met on her many journeys and lets each tell her story - girls who have lost their community, relatives and often the only world they've ever known, but have not lost hope. Longing for home and fear of an uncertain future binds all of these young women, but each is unique. In a time of immigration crises, war and border conflicts, We Are Displaced is an important reminder that every single one of the 79.5 million currently displaced is a person - often a young person - with dreams for a better, safer world. Includes a new Afterword by the author

'Exquisite... a deeply insightful memoir which charts our fundamental longings for place and identity, and ultimately our yearnings for love.' Helena Kennedy 'Extremely moving...an unusually thoughtful take on becoming a mother, enabled by removing babyhood and biology.' Guardian How to find an outlet for a love that demands expression? Single, in her mid-forties and having experienced a sudden early menopause, the realisation comes to Peggy quietly, and clearly, she decides to adopt a child. But the preparation is arduous and the scrutiny intense. There are questions about past lives, about capability and expectations. Asking big questions about identity and belonging, as well as about what makes a mother - and a home - this is a beautiful meditation on how the legacies of childhood might be overcome by a mother's determination to love. 'A remarkable book...wise and arresting' Sarah Winman

History does not run in straight lines. It is made by men and women and by accident. The path of events and ideas does not stretch smoothly from Thucydides, through Machiavelli and thence to perpetual peace. Instead of inevitable progress, what we get is more often false starts, blind alleys, random events, good intentions that go wrong. This is therefore not a continuous diplomatic history. Richelieu and Mazarin inhabited a world we can hardly imagine today; but it is from their time that we can begin to see the outline of today's Europe. Talleyrand and the Congress of Vienna in 1815 take us closer to the present day. Talleyrand was a man of the ancien regime; but he was the first European statesman to see America. It is at this Congress that, for the first time, a humanitarian question - the slave trade - was discussed. Humanitarian issues have formed part of the diplomatic agenda ever since. Robert Cooper's incisive and elegantly written book includes a brilliant analysis of the people who built the Western side of the Cold War. The high point of the drama was the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its contrast between the open debate that John F. Kennedy used to help him make decisions and the closed system in Moscow. Henry Kissinger is a pivotal figure in the post-war world, as well as one of the great writers on diplomacy. His story is in some ways typical: he failed in his most important aims, and succeeded in ways he never expected. Meanwhile a notable and neglected success story is that of German diplomacy in the last half-century. Robert Cooper's masterly The Ambassadors pieces together history and considers the fragments it leaves behind. It is these fragments that prove so illuminating.

"I am a product of traditional India and its ancient wisdom, and modern India and its urban bustle. My upbringing was always an amalgamation of the two Indias, and, just as much, of East and West." Unfinished takes readers from Priyanka's childhood in India, where she was raised by her grandparents and her parents-two army doctors committed not only to their children but to their careers and to philanthropy-before being sent away to boarding school at an early age; through her formative teenage years in the U.S. living with extended family in the Midwest (Cedar Rapids and Indianapolis), Queens, and suburban Boston, where she endured bouts of racism; to her return to India, where she unexpectedly won the national and global beauty pageants (Miss India and Miss World) that launched her acting career. Readers looking for a glimpse into what it takes to succeed in the massive Indian film industry will find it here, and they'll also find an honest account of the challenges Priyanka faced navigating her career, both in India and Hollywood. The result is a book that is warm, funny, sassy, inspiring, bold, and rebellious. Just like Priyanka herself. From her dual-continent twenty-year-long career as an actor and producer to her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, from losing her beloved father to cancer to marrying Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra Jonas's story will inspire a generation around the world to gather their courage, embrace their ambition, and commit to the hard work of following their dreams.

We all face moments that bring us to our knees: heartbreak, trauma, illness. When things don't go to plan this is the book to reach for - an inspirational memoir about what we can learn about life from a brush with death. At just twenty-two, on the cusp of adult life, Suleika Jaouad was diagnosed with leukemia and given a 35 per cent chance of survival. For the next five years, her world comprised four white walls, a hospital bed, fluorescent lights, tubes and wires. She became patient 5624. At twenty-seven, and celebrating her first year of remission, Suleika realized that, having survived, she now had no idea how to live. And so she set out to meet some of the many strangers who had written to her about their experiences of life, death, healing and recovery in response to her Emmy-Award winning New York Times column, 'Life Interrupted'. Between Two Kingdoms is the result. Drawing on Suleika's TED Talk, now with 4 million views, it illuminates universal questions about how we live, mourn, heal and grow up, and what it means to begin again.

This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys were swallowed whole, only to re-emerge on corners and prison tiers Ta-Nehisi Coates grew up in the tumultuous 1980's in Baltimore known, back then as the murder capital of the United States. With seven siblings, four mothers, and one highly unconventional father: Paul Coates, a larger-than-life Vietnam Vet, Black Panther, Ta-Nehisi's coming of age story is gripping and lays bare the troubled, often violent life of the inner-city, and the author's experience as a young black person in it With candor, Ta-Nehisi Coates details the challenges on the streets and within one's family, especially the eternal struggle for peace between a father and son and the important role family plays in such circumstances.

Kerri ni Dochartaigh was born in Derry, on the border of the North and South of Ireland, at the very height of the Troubles. She was brought up on a council estate on the wrong side of town. But for her family, and many others, there was no right side. One parent was Catholic, the other was Protestant. In the space of one year they were forced out of two homes and when she was eleven a homemade petrol bomb was thrown through her bedroom window. Terror was in the very fabric of the city, and for families like Kerri's, the ones who fell between the cracks of identity, it seemed there was no escape. In Thin Places, a mixture of memoir, history and nature writing, Kerri explores how nature kept her sane and helped her heal, how violence and poverty are never more than a stone's throw from beauty and hope, and how we are, once again, allowing our borders to become hard, and terror to creep back in. Kerri asks us to reclaim our landscape through language and study, and remember that the land we fight over is much more than lines on a map. It will always be ours but, at the same time, it never really was.

A revelatory biography of the first Black woman to be elected Vice President of the United States. In Kamala's Way, longtime Los Angeles Times reporter Dan Morain charts how the daughter of two immigrants born in segregated California became one of this country's most effective power players. He takes readers through Harris's years in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, explores her audacious embrace of the little-known Barack Obama, and shows the sharp elbows she deployed to make it to the US Senate. He analyses her failure as a presidential candidate and the behind-the-scenes campaign she waged to land the Vice President spot. And along the way, Morain paints a vivid picture of her family, values and priorities, as well as the missteps, risks and bold moves she's made on her way to the top. Kamala's Way is a comprehensive account of the Vice President-Elect and her history-making career.

50 krátkych príbehov o osobnostiach, ktoré formovali Slovensko od čias Svätopluka až po súčasnú prezidentku Zuzanu Čaputovú. Kniha je dvojjazyčná (slovenčina a angličtina) a pestro ilustrovaná. Inšpiruje, vzdeláva a pripomína, na čo môžeme byť všetci právom hrdí. SK: Skutočnú veľkosť krajiny nezmeriate v kilometroch, nevyvážite ju zlatom a ani ju nesčítate počtom mrakodrapov. O tom, či je krajina skutočne veľká, vypovedajú ľudia. Takí, ktorí si idú za svojím snom a prekonávajú predsudky. No a práve o nich sa dočítate v bilingválnej knihe Super Slováci / Super Slovaks. Rozpovie vám príbehy o 50-tich Slovákoch, ktorí formovali dejiny Slovenska. Niektorí z nich dokonca zmenili svet. Nájdete si medzi nimi svojho super Slováka alebo Slovenku aj vy? ENG: The size of a country cannot be measured in miles alone. Neither can it be equated to the number of skyscrapers or calculated in gold. It is the people who matter. The kind of people who pursue their dreams, overcome obstacles and shatter prejudices. The bilingual book Super Slovaks / Super Slováci is about them. It tells the stories of 50 Slovaks who have changed Slovakia and by doing so shaped the world. Will you find your super Slovak among them? O projekte:SK: História Slovenska je posiata príbehmi inšpiratívnych Super Slovákov. Ten najstarší siaha tisíc rokov do minulosti, do čias Veľkej Moravy, prvého slovanského štátu na svete, a do obdobia vlády múdreho kráľa Svätopluka. V knihe nájdete aj Slovákov, ktorí žijú v súčasnosti. Jednou takou hrdinkou je aj Zuzana Čaputová, ochrankyňa životného prostredia, z ktorej sa stala prvá prezidentka v dejinách Slovenska. Vďaka knihe Super Slováci spoznáte aj tvorivých Slovákov, vedcov a vedkyne, športovcov, herečky, hudobníkov, architektov alebo podnikateľov. Každý pozná legendu o Jánošíkovi, ale viete, ktorý Super Slovák zmenil chod druhej svetovej vojny? Alebo ktorý Super Slovák postavil prvý mrakodrap v Ázii? Viete, že jedna zo Super Sloveniek, o ktorých je v knihe reč, zmenila svet tým, že objavila kométu? A to vonkoncom nebola jediná Super Slovenka, ktorú zaujal vesmír. Naše deti sa môžu stať kýmkoľvek budú chcieť. Pomôžu im v tom inšpiratívne vzory, ľudia z mäsa a kostí. Hrdinovia, o ktorých sa píše v tejto knihe si nevybrali dobu ani podmienky, do ktorých sa narodili. Niektorí sa museli popasovať s vojnou, iní zas s dravou svetovou konkurenciou. Každý z nich však s odvahou prekonával prekážky, ktoré im prišli do cesty. Práve preto sme napísali túto knihu. Chceme deťom ukázať, že po životné vzory nemusia chodiť ďaleko. A vám dospelým zas pripomenúť, že aj keď prežívame ťažšie chvíle, stále máme byť na čo hrdí. About the project:ENG: The history of Slovakia is filled with inspiring stories of Super Slovaks. The oldest dates back to the era of Great Moravia and to the reign of the wise king Svätopluk. The book also brings stories of Slovaks living today. One of the heroes of modern Slovakia is Zuzana Čaputová, an environmental activist who became the first female president in the history of the country. This is your chance to get to known Slovak artists, scientists, actors, athletes, architects and entrepreneurs. Everyone knows Janosik, but do you know which Slovak changed the course of World War II? Which Super Slovak built the first skyscraper in Asia? Did you know what Slovak astronomer discovered a comet? And she was not the only one who set their eyes on the space beyond Super Slovaks / Super Slováci shows our children that they can become whatever they chose to be. These inspiring role models and real people, will help them to set their dreams free. The heroes and heroines presented in this book could not chose the era, nor the conditions that they were born into. Some had to face the reality of war, others fierce competition. All of them overcame whatever obstacles that came into their way with great courage. We wrote this book to show children that role models can be found at their doorstep, in their very own Slovak roo

Royal women wield a unique, quiet kind of power. They use their clothing choices and their styling preferences to create a visual brand that is at once aspirational and accessible, and to project a sartorial statement that encompasses their values, priorities, and beliefs. For Britain's modern monarchy, fashion is often their most powerful and prominent political statement. And for this reason, it is ripe for dissection--from the tip of the fascinator to the toe of the pump. Filled with hundreds of 4-color photos and presented in a luxurious, coffee table-ready package, HRH will be split into four sections, each covering one of the four royals. The book will build off of Elizabeth's Instagram series, "So Many Thoughts" (SMT), by expanding her signature royal commentary to include deep-dive essays on both the royal women she studies and broader topics such as the cultural history of the hat and the role of social media in royal commentary. And of course, HRH will include plenty of the iconic photo captions that SMT fans have come to love. Think the format of Notorious RBG with the content of The Crown and the social media buzz of The Home Edit.

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THIS CHRISTMAS Step inside his home and you'll see papier-mache birds, a life-sized cardboard tiger, model cars; his work bench a vibrant collage of creativity, from hand-drawn maps and postcards to newly devised toys for his beloved grandchildren. Tom Karen is a toymaker, creative genius, award-winning designer and one of the world's most remarkable inventors. From inventing the Marble Run to designing the iconic Raleigh Chopper bike and creating the Bond Bug, Tom's designs are cherished the world over, but behind these fantastical creations lies an equally remarkable life. Born in the 1920s into a wealthy family and raised in Czechoslovakia by nannies, Tom had a lonely upbringing and longed for pencils, paper, paints and brushes. His childhood was short-lived when Tom and his family had to flee for their lives following the rise of Nazi Germany. It was this formative experience that would transform Tom's life. Arriving in the UK, Tom would establish himself as a creator slowly building the career that would see him dubbed 'the man who designed the seventies'. Told through the prism of Tom's incredible designs, Toymaker is a story about life, about imagination, about being in the present and existing in the past; about painting, drawing, chopping and changing; about thinking, discussing, arguing and listening. Tom's life is a tale of a century of creativity and how 'things' come to define who we are - and help us look ahead to where we're going.

Třetí z plánovaných šesti svazků první kompletní kritické edice korespondence Karla Havlíčka (18211856) obsahuje dopisy z období, v němž se Havlíček stal redaktorem Pražských novin a České včely, a tedy i veřejně činnou a veřejně známou osobou. Vedle soukromé korespondence tak zahrnuje i korespondenci redakční; v závěru období se jednou z tematických dominant stává i Havlíčkovo zapojení do organizace veřejných sbírek na vybudování první české průmyslové školy v Praze. V osobní rovině jsou prvořadou složkou svazku listy mapující vývoj Havlíčkova vztahu se snoubenkou Františkou Weidenhoffrovou až do jeho ukončení. Knihu otevírá studie, jež nově interpretuje průběh tohoto vztahu; druhý z úvodních textů shrnuje počátky Havlíčkova novinářského působení a podíl Pražských novin na organizaci sbírek na českou průmyslovou školu. Stejně jako předchozí dva díly obsahuje i tento svazek vedle dopisů a úvodních studií i vysvětlivky, rozsáhlou ediční poznámku, kalendárium Havlíčkova života a díla, obrazovou přílohu a jmenný rejstřík.

Hogyan jut el Ghána egy kis falujából Magyarországra egy szerény körülmények közé született, tehetséges afrikai fiatal, és hogyan válik orvossá? Egy izgalmas történetekben bővelkedő, különleges életút elevenedik meg e könyv lapjain. Megtudhatjuk belőle, hogyan "anyakönyvezték" az 1950-es években, a szerző születésének idején, az írástudók az újszülötteket, hogy milyen egy huszonnégy gyermekes nagycsaládban felnőni, hogyan lehet nélkülözés idején a mezőket járva élelemre bukkanni, hosszú kilométereken át főzőbanánt, rákot, csigát, a rothadó pálmatörzsből származó kukacokat, pálmadiót gyűjtve, azt a fejtetőn hordozva túlélni a hétköznapokat. De az is kiderül a kötetből, miként változhatott meg gyökeresen a tanulást előtérbe helyező tehetséges fiatalok élete, ha az Egészségügyi Világszervezet ösztöndíjának köszönhetően továbbtanulhattak Magyarországon.

In Beyond Possible Nimdai Purja tells the story of his life before his recent epic achievement of leading the team that scaled K2 in winter. He reveals how leadership, a willingness to learn, integrity and collaboration are essential qualities behind the world's greatest mountaineering feats. Nimsdai is the first man ever to summit all 8000m 'Death Zone' peaks in less than 7 months, and this book reveals the man behind the climbs - how his early life in Nepal and Special Forces training made him the person to go beyond possible... 'An inspirational study in leadership and a powerful testament to the human spirit at its very best.' - Mail on Sunday 'If you're going to get one book this year get Beyond Possible.' - Ant Middleton 'The energy of the book gives it pace and you whip through, rather as Purja nips up verticals... Whether or not you are a lover of the mountains, you will marvel at his tenacity, his fearlessness. No one can fail to be inspired by what he achieved.' - The Times 'Not only does Nims have exceptional physical stamina, he's also a leader with great skills in financial management and logistics.' - Reinhold Messner, the first person to climb all fourteen highest mountains in the world 'The magnitude of his achievement is astonishing.' Soldier Magazine 'A Living Legend.' Trail Magazine

Witty, candid, and insightful: Magnus Nilsson's ode to his extraordinary restaurant, FavikenIn 2019, Magnus Nilsson closed Faviken, his one-of-a-kind restaurant in remote Sweden - a difficult decision, as it was close to his heart and at the height of its success. Here is the Faviken story: how it became a world-class destination, how the industry it was a part of has changed, and why Magnus eventually elected to pursue new projects. Faviken: 4015 Days, Beginning to End is a vital commentary on food culture today and includes illuminating essays on subjects as wide ranging as creativity; balancing familial responsibilities while running a restaurant; the hypocrisy of sustainability in restaurants; the search for lagom; social media; imitation vs. plagiarism; haute cuisine; the art of hospitality; and the importance of craft over innovation. The book also includes a chronological list of every dish ever served at the restaurant and highlights 100 memorable recipes. The book's stunning photography includes a mixture of archival photographs and newly shot images of the food, the restaurant, the staff, and the surrounding setting of Northern Sweden. A textural cover made of blue cloth and red paper with a wood-grain effect references the shape and color of the Faviken building. Magnus Nilsson is the author of Faviken (2012), The Nordic Cookbook (2015), Nordic: A Photographic Essay of Landscapes (2016), and The Nordic Baking Book (2018), all published with Phaidon.