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Mockers
Mockers is a nostalgic love story that explores teenage passions and societal pressures in the sixties. Although the story begins and concludes in late 2024, Mockers is a fictional novel set in North London and Hertfordshire, in post-war Britain between 1963 and 1966. It reflects a period when teenagers born in the 1940s and early 1950s felt separated from those who had been involved in the Second World War. In the early 1960s, this disconnect led to the development of a counterculture, expressed in popular music, fashion, and rebellion. At the heart of that culture were two groups of teenagers: Mods and Rockers. The story centres around a love triangle between a young, ambitious girl, Judy, who falls in love with a Rocker, Jimmy, and then, after an interlude in Ireland, falls in love with a Mod, Terry. Some very strong messages and issues of the time are highlighted, particularly relating to education, ambition, opportunities, society and female emancipation after the Second World War. But essentially, it's about Mods and Rockers; two wheels, speed, testosterone, aggression, music and the fashion that connected young people experiencing freedom and rebellion. It marked an era that would dramatically shape the second half of the 20th century in the UK.
Notes to John
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘Utterly fascinating'' NEW YORK TIMES''A profound, rich document’NEW STATESMAN''An act of intimate storytelling''VOGUEA recently discovered journal from one of America''s most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights.In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had ''a rough few years''. She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne.For several months, Didion recorded conversations with the psychiatrist in meticulous detail. The initial sessions focused on the heartbreaking complexities of her relationship with her daughter, Quintana: adoption, depression, alcoholism, anxiety, guilt. The subjects evolved to include her work, which she was finding difficult to maintain for sustained periods. There were discussions about her own childhood – misunderstandings and lack of communication with her mother and father, her early tendency to anticipate catastrophe – and the question of legacy, or, as she put it, ''what it’s been worth''. The analysis would continue for more than a decade.Didion’s journal was crafted with the singular intelligence, precision, and elegance that characterize all of her writing. It is an unprecedently intimate account that reveals sides of her that were unknown, but the voice is unmistakably hers – questioning, courageous, and clear in the face of a wrenchingly painful journey.''An incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression, and creativity''GUARDIAN''So moving. I am astonished at the level of recall … They are a record of trying to save a life, and understand her own''NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ''Sheds intriguing light on the question of Quintana’s part in the family dynamic'' OBSERVER''The literary source for the three great works of Didion''s old age'' INDEPENDENT''It’s always a pleasure to read Didion’s measured prose'' STANDARD''Written with the immediacy of fresh recollection … and with the cool, forensic clarity she was known for''NEW YORKER''Compulsive … it shows Didion the reporter at work''TELEGRAPH''An intimate chronicle … Notes to John offers readers a key to Didion''s persona and her work''NPR''Perhaps for the first time, we can hope to see Didion as she saw the world: unwavering and unflinching, straight down the line''AnOTHER''An unexpected parting gift to biographers and civilian readers'' AIRMAIL''Fascinating … offers insight into her work''iPAPER''A tour de force from one of the best''PEOPLE''Notes to John'' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.
The Last Ditch
"Sweeney's prose is on fire. A blistering book that readers will relish enormously." MICHAEL HARDING"A cracking read ... a championship season as redemption song." MICHAEL CLIFFORD"All the tension of a tight knockout encounter ... one of the books of the year." MIKE McCORMACKIn the summer of 2024, sports columnist Eamonn Sweeney set out to follow the All-Ireland championships around the country, retracing footsteps he'd first laid down in his 2004 bestseller The Road to Croker. But there was one big problem. For many years, he had struggled with a crippling travel phobia that left him largely confined to his hometown in West Cork. To fulfil his publishing contract, he had to face his deepest fears. The Last Ditch is a story about mental health, hidden shame and a life-changing moment in a remote train station. It's about a hurling championship which may have been the greatest ever played and a football championship which definitely was not. It's about unlikely triumphs, remarkable renaissances, shocks, cliff-hangers and heartbreaks on the pitch. Off the field, it is the story of one man's embrace of a changing Ireland as he takes back his life. Both an unforgettable sports odyssey and a revelatory personal account, The Last Ditch is a celebration of resilience, the healing power of connection and the unifying spirit of the GAA.
Kennan
A definitive biography of the U.S. diplomat and prize-winning historian George F. KennanThe diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904–2005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American foreign policy—and one of its most complex. Drawing on many previously untapped sources, Frank Costigliola’s authoritative biography offers a new picture of a man of extraordinary ability and ambition whose idea of containing the Soviet Union helped ignite the Cold War but who spent the next half century trying to extinguish it. Always prescient, Kennan in the 1990s warned that the eastward expansion of NATO would spur a new cold war with Russia. Even as Kennan championed rational realism in foreign policy, his personal and professional lives were marked by turmoil. And though he was widely respected and honored by presidents and the public, he judged his career a failure because he had been dropped as a pilot of U.S. foreign policy. Impossible to classify, Kennan was a sui generis thinker, a trenchant critic of both communism and capitalism, and a pioneering environmentalist. Living between Russia and the United States, he witnessed firsthand Stalin’s tightening grip on the Soviet Union, the collapse of Europe during World War II, and the nuclear arms race of the Cold War. An absorbing portrait of an eloquent, insightful, and sometimes blinkered iconoclast whose ideas are still powerfully relevant, Kennan invites us to imagine a world that Kennan fought for but was unable to bring about—one not of confrontations and crises but of dialogue and diplomacy.
In My Remaining Years
A collection of darkly humorous, intensely personal essays by cult fave and multi-hyphenate artist Jean GraeIn My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae, debunks the myth that coming-of-age narratives should be reserved for the kids, providing a much-needed rallying cry for those of us still trying to figure it out in our forties. These laugh-out-loud essays cover everything from aging gracefully (with and without botox), what happens when you look for community and almost start a cult, befriending childhood demons (Hi Mumm-ra!), gender fluidity in middle age, the cost of being too fabulous, and the various gymnastics we do to avoid becoming our parents, taking us from her childhood in 1980s New York City to present-day Baltimore. In these pages, Jean captures magic in a bottle, distilling the feeling of hanging out with your smartest, funniest, and most brutally honest best friend.
I'll Love You Forever
Jia Tolentino?s Trick Mirror meets Cathy Park Hong?s Minor Feelings in a meditation that blends memoir and cultural criticism to explore how the author?s love affair with K-pop has shaped her sense of self, charting K-pop?s complex coming-of-age through some of its biggest idols.I?ll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan is a smart, poignant, constantly surprising essay collection that considers the collision between stratospherically popular music and our inescapably personal selves. Giaae Kwon delves into the global impact of K-pop artists, from H.O.T. to Taeyeon to IU to Suga of BTS, and reveals how each illuminated and shaped her own life.In using intimate experiences to examine larger cultural topics, this singular work breaks new ground in its consideration of K-pop. Written from the perspective of a bilingual and bicultural Korean American, I''ll Love You Forever blends the critical with the personal. Kwon interweaves profiles of different K-pop idols with ruminations on various aspects of Korean culture, from the country?s attitude toward plastic surgery and female sexuality to its obsession with academia. Combining insightful critique and adoring analysis, I?ll Love You Forever provides readers with a fuller picture of a culturally and socially complex industry and the machine and heart behind its popularity. Above all, Kwon offers up the passion of a superfan, finding joy in K-pop along the way.
Spellbound
Comedian and severe dyslexic Phil Hanley reveals his unlikely path to success in a story that is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking.When Phil Hanley was in first grade, he realized something that would forever set him apart from his peers: he couldn?t read. His teachers were ill-equipped to assist him, and he slipped through the school?s cracks, year by year falling further and further behind his friends. Finally, he was diagnosed with dyslexia, a learning disability that would shape the rest of his life.Unable to pursue college or a traditional job, Phil was thrust into a life defined by unconventional twists, including a stint as a runway model in Europe. Eventually, he found himself on a stage with a microphone, a spotlight, and five minutes of jokes. Unlike so many previous pursuits, stand-up felt right to Phil, and he soon discovered that the more he worked at it, the more he got out of it?a realization that, he compellingly argues, saved his life. Spellbound is a story of humor and also of struggle and heartbreak, of constantly living in a world that sees things differently than you do, and of triumph over adversity.Phil shows us that dyslexia can be a huge challenge, but it doesn?t spell certain condemnation (and neither can he). Just the opposite: dyslexia has been more than a blessing in his life?it?s been his North Star.
Anthony Bourdain Unloaded
Anthony Bourdain once bragged he could ?unload my opinion on anybody at any time." And that he did. His entire life seemed like a compendium of insightful (sometimes inflammatory) quotes, witty observations and touching moments he shared openly with the world. The man was never at a loss for words or an opinion. Bourdain?s unusual perspective was born out of decades of listening, tasting, writing and adventuring, allowing him to opine on everything from food to politics?with the same high level of enthusiasm.Regardless of the success he achieved, Bourdain?s stance was always that of a perpetual outsider who made it a point to embrace underrepresented voices, cultures, ideas and, yes, food. He found fame as a cook, a tv host and writer all while he circled the globe in search of more - encouraging his fans to take chances, step out of their comfort zones, and not just accept differences, but celebrate them. This handsome book examines the life of Anthony Bourdain, his knack for living with complete authenticity and the lessons we might learn by committing to the same level of passion and honesty. Bourdain once said ?Essentially, I treated the world as my ashtray.? Just eight words. But he somehow painted a picture more detailed than others could in a novel. Anthony Bourdain Unloaded is a celebration of the man?s wit, intelligence and soul.
Patrik Schick - tulák po hvězdách, 2. vydání
Přečtěte si příběh nejlepšího českého fotbalisty současnosti, který střílí góly v dresu české reprezentace a Bayeru Leverkusen. Začněte hezky od začátku, od jeho klukovských let, kdy poprvé stál na hřišti kousek od Prahy a snil o tom, že bude slavný jako David Beckham nebo Cristiano Ronaldo. Je to vyprávění, v němž se najdou kluci, kteří právě teď sní o tom, že budou jako Patrik Schick, autor jednoho z nejhezčích gólů fotbalové historie.
Experience
‘Before we face experience, that miserable enemy, let us have some more innocence, just for a while....''INTRODUCED BY ZADIE SMITHIn this masterwork of literary memoir, Martin Amis tells the stories of his life, both the ordinary and the outlandish — from his bohemian childhood, through fame, fatherhood and divorce, to the news of a cousin brutally murdered, the agonising removal of all his teeth, the discovery of a long-lost daughter and, most poignantly, the death of his father, and fellow novelist Kingsley Amis. **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN''S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**''Martin Amis is a seriously good writer, and never on better form than now. Experience, the book of his life, may be the book of his life'' Daily Telegraph
BTS - A Graphic Biography
During the course of their 10-year career, BTS have managed to do something no other K-Pop band have done - break the west. They've topped the Billboard Charts, won almost every music award and were named TIME's entertainer of the year. But at the heart of this world-dominating phenomenon, is a message of kindness, community, and values. It's this message that resonates with their millions of fans, their ARMY. This vivid graphic biography is a celebration of the motivations at the heart of this band.
Each chapter is dedicated to a band member and a cause that inspires them - from ending violence against children to helping people access healthcare, from supporting education to ending child poverty: their activist achievements are genuinely inspiring and courageous. Interwoven throughout are entertaining stories about their tours and performances, but the heart of this book looks beyond the music to the values they represent, values that inspire us.
This graphic celebration of the impressive philanthropic achievements of this K-Pop supergroup, will cut right to the heart of any BTS fan. Discover how BTS have changed something you care about, and be inspired to join them in making the world a better place.
Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland
Field marshal and statesman Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) was the most acclaimed and the most hated Finn of the twentieth century. After three decades of loyal and distinguished service in the Russian Tsarist army, he returned to his homeland in 1917 to defend its new independence. This iconic figure led the Finnish forces as Commander-in-Chief during both World Wars, then ended his career as President of Finland. This new critical biography sets Mannerheim''s entire life''s work, and his often nerve-wracking decisions as a Finnish leader on the world stage, against the backdrop of his elite upbringing and lifestyle, his adventurous imperial career, his outspoken anti-communism, and his keen instincts for great power politics. Painful details emerge about Mannerheim''s private life, and myths and rumours are scrutinised, as Henrik Meinander charts the complex legacy of this nationalist cosmopolitan who found himself fighting on the same side as Hitler. Meinander paints his portrait with strong contrasts and bright colours. This is the story of a multicultural Russian empire, a newborn nation-state treading warily between Europe''s military titans, a front of the Second World War not easily reduced to moral binaries--and, above all, a shrewd political operator playing many a dangerous game.
Who Wants Normal?
''No one really talks about it. No one really talks about what it is to be a disabled woman, especially a young one. To go a bit mad. To experience pain or exhaustion or feel 92. To navigate all the standard parts of life - exams, careers, dating - but with a body that is different than everyone else’s.''Part memoir, part manifesto, and full of Frances Ryan’s trademark warmth, humour and honesty (as well as hard-hitting statistics), Who Wants Normal? explores six facets of life: education, careers, body image, health, relationships and representation, as well as how to survive life''s bumps in the road.It draws on Frances’s own experience, as well as from highly personal interviews with over 50 of Britain''s best known women and non-binary people with mental and physical health conditions, including Jameela Jamil, Ruth Madeley, Sophie Morgan, Rosie Jones, Fearne Cotton, Emma Barnett, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Marsha de Cordova MP, Ellie Goldstein and Katie Piper.Who Wants Normal? lifts the lid off a subject that is too often shrouded in stereotypes and silence. It offers support, inspiration and a sense of solidarity to the 1 in 4 women with long-term health conditions – and will open the eyes of anyone wanting to better understand what life is really like with a disability.
What a Girl Wants
I am 13 years old and these are my secrets.1. I have a crush on Jet from the gameshow Gladiators. So strong! So pretty!2. I still play with Barbie dolls. It?s mostly making them scissor. Or snog. Or lie on top of each other with feeling.3. I just kissed my best friend. Spoiler alert: she?s a girl.From the suburbs of Leeds to the streets of Sydney, from the queer clubs of London to a quiet life by the sea, through love, family, friendship and heartache, join Roxy Bourdillon on a journey to work out exactly who she is.What a Girl Wants is the perfect read for anyone who?s searched for their place in the world, for anyone who?s ever been catcalled, anyone who''s despaired about their body, fallen in love, had their heart broken and found friends who can put it back together.From overcoming shame and finding your tribe, to surviving the dating scene and learning to really express yourself, this is a book about joy, empowerment and freedom.It''s a laugh-out-loud treat of a read for fans of Dolly Alderton''s Everything I Know About Love and Caitlin Moran''s How to Be a Woman - but with a glorious queer twist.
Ubac and Me
An unforgettable memoir about a life of adventure in the great outdoors and the power of a dog''s transformative love‘Cédric Sapin-Defour’s celebration of the life of Ubac has made him a literary sensation’ Sunday Times‘A tribute to the love humans feel for their pets’ GuardianA tiny ad in a local newspaper catches Cédric Sapin-Defour’s eye: a litter of Bernese Mountain Dog puppies need homes. A lonely, single, sports teacher and mountain climber in the French Alps, Cédric visits the dogs and immediately falls for the puppy with a blue collar.Named Ubac, French for the north side of the mountain – the rainy, cloudy slope – the puppy quickly upends Cédric’s life. They go on hikes together, taking to the hills and exploring, forging a bond that brings joy and a sense of fulfilment and adventure. They brave the world together, hate to be apart, crave the mountains and the natural world; they protect each other.Over the course of thirteen years, their pack expands to include Mathilde, Cédric’s wife, and more dogs. Ubac and Me is an intimate meditation on a joyous life lived too fast, the aching pain of separation, and the transformative effect of unconditional love.Ubac and Me has been a word-of-mouth sensation, selling over half a million copies in France.Translated by Adriana Hunter.
love lay down beside me and we wept
love lay down beside me and we wept is Helen Murray Taylor’s lyrical memoir of devastating mental illness.
Helen Murray Taylor was finding her feet as a young doctor and trying to maintain some semblance of a life in the shadow of a punishing schedule when she witnessed a horrific road traffic accident. The impact of this fatal collision caught Helen off guard and had terrible repercussions. Both her career and her mental health took a battering. After a succession of other distressing events left Helen emotionally shattered and seriously depressed, she was admitted to a psychiatric ward and sectioned under the Mental Health Act. At her lowest, she almost succeeded in taking her own life. love lay down beside me and we wept sprang from these difficult times, from Helen’s months on the ward and the psychological upheaval of being restrained against her will, and from the challenge of being a doctor turned patient, but also from the moments of pure comedy and unexpected comradeship that she encountered there.
This is a profoundly moving and masterful account of one woman''s physical and psychological breakdown, it''s a tribute to the love that supported her through it, and it''s an offering to the reader who might find comfort or understanding in this story.
Be Patient
''Tilly writes beautifully, with such compassion... the insight that she gives the reader is astonishing.'' -Donna Ashworth, poet and author of Wild Hope and Growing Brave''A story of perseverance, the importance of advocating for yourself and how the kindness of strangers can have a huge impact... A lesson to us all on what it is to have hope, even when we are at our most depleted. Shocking, brave and raw.'' - Giovanna Fletcher, author, podcaster, actress and activist''Darkly funny as well as deeply shocking...this is what it''s like to be on the other side of Britain''s hospital wards.'' -The Times ''What a sensational read. A real, heartfelt, and insightful look into the lived experience of someone managing their chronic health issues.'' -Dr Nighat Arif, author of The Knowledge''I found this book both heartbreaking and uplifting all at once. A true story of resilience, hope and unwavering courage. A reminder to us all that life is worth living and that love really can conquer all.'' -Frankie Bridge, presenter and author of Open''An inspiring account of a patient journey. Recommended for all.'' -Dr Ed Patrick, comedian and author of Catch Your Breath''Nothing short of a literary miracle... I loved it.'' - Abi Morgan (OBE), screenwriter and author of This is Not a Pity Memoir***It''s the sleepover from hell that no one prepared you for. The doctors have gone to medical school, the nurses have gone to uni - but what about the patients?Be Patient is a warm, darkly comic account of Tilly''s desperate search for a diagnosis, against the backdrop of a hilariously funny, heartfelt and, at times, shocking insight into patient life.A ''medical mystery'' for over 20 years, Tilly has spent a lifetime navigating GP waiting rooms, A&E departments and hospital wards. She has been given a front row seat watching humanity at its worst (or its best, depending on how you look at it). Along the way, she has become highly qualified at two things: being a patient and being very patient.Now, she is shining a bright hospital strip light onto a space that none of us want to occupy but one we know, with some certainty, that we will. Complete with ''survival tips'' and fuelled with humour (the best medicine of all), Be Patient is an extraordinary memoir on resilience, hope and finding strength in the face of adversity.
Angeball
''Excellent'' INDEPENDENT''A clear-eyed biography'' DAILY TELEGRAPHThe definitive biography and ultimate origin story of Ange Postecoglou, one of the most-talked about Premier League manager and instigator of the ''Angeball'' phenomenon that has taken the football world by storm. Now updated in July 2025 after Ange Postecouglou''s sudden sacking from Tottenham Hotspur.It took no time at all for fans of Tottenham Hotspur to fall completely in love with Ange Postecoglou and his ''Angeball'' brand of front-foot football. But after he delivered Tottenham Hotspur''s first trophy for seventeen years, winning the Europa Leauge in 2025, Ange Postecoglou was sacked just sixteen days later.Drawing on dozens of interviews with Postecoglou and his players, Angeball delves into the heart and soul of a man who has reshaped the football landscape. Vince Rugari follows the Greek immigrant through his journeystarting in football management at his boyhood club, becoming a marauding left-back in the Australian National Soccer league, and then as Tottenham Hotspur''s unique and exciting head coach. Explore the dynamics behind his coaching brilliance, his complicated relationship with the game in his homeland, and the profound impact he has had on fans worldwide, fuelled by an unshakeable belief in himself and his ideas. This is the story of more than just a man, this is the story of ''Angeball''.''The extraordinary journey of Australia''s most important and successful coach, perfectly captured by a writer who knows the immensity of what Ange has accomplished and stands to achieve'' GERARD WHATELEY, SPORTS BROADCASTER''I love Ange, I love Vince and I love this book. I look forward to the 2024/25 reprint after Ange has lifted a trophy with Spurs'' MAX RUSHDEN, HOST, GUARDIAN FOOTBALL WEEKLY PODCAST''A revealing and entertaining life and times of Australia''s greatest football coach'' JOE GORMAN, AUTHOR OF THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUSTRALIAN SOCCER
Friend of the Devil
The inside story of Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead from one of the few non-band members allowed in the band''s inner circle: filmmaker, Len Dell''Amico. From 1980 to 1995, he witnessed brilliance, love, happy chaos, and pot. Lots of pot. As a friend and a filmmaker, Len Dell’Amico was one of the few non-band members allowed into the inner circle of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, and he captured their lives for over 15 years. At a time of tremendous creative growth and record sales, Dell’Amico found himself at Garcia’s side as a trusted voice while Grateful Dead became a force in the 1980s. Using his skills as a multi-camera live video director, the band and Dell’Amico were able to create amazing concert films and music videos. Along the way, Jerry Garcia flashed his genius, eccentricity, generosity of spirit, and emotional depth through his music and relationships with the crew. Friend of the Devil is a rare look at Grateful Dead and how beloved Jerry Garcia was before he passed away at the age of 53.
Čítanie o slávnych osobnostiach je mnohokrát inšpirujúce. Motivujú nás biografie slávnych umelcov, známych hercov alebo významných politikov.
Absolútne prvou biografiou všetkých čias je zrejme Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae, ktorú napísal grék Cornelius Nepos a opisoval v nej životy viacerých gréckych vojenských generálov. Neskôr mal už skoro každý významný vodca svoju biografiu, vrátane Cicera, Júliusa Cézara alebo Alexandra veľkého.
Pri čítaní životopisných kníh máme jedinečnú možnosť sledovať dlhú cestu, ktorú museli títo slávni ľudia prejsť. Uvidíme množstvo pádov a chýb, kvôli ktorým sa ale tieto osoby nevzdali a zobrali ich ako príležitosť zlepšiť sa vo všetkyćh oblastiach. Mnoho v sebe skrývajú aj úprimné rozhovory, ktoré sú často otvorenými vyznaniami a v tejto kategórii nájdete isto aj knihu o človeku, ktorého považujete za svoj vzor a je pre vás inšpiráciou.
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