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You with the Sad Eyes - A Memoir
Christina Applegate came of age on sets and stages, expected to be on time, with lines learned, ready for lights-camera-action. Performing began as a financial necessity and became an emotional escape from a tumultuous home life in the infamous Laurel Canyon scene of the 1970s and 80s. She first gained stardom as an audience favourite playing Kelly Bundy in the sitcom Married...with Children and went on to captivate a vast fandom during her five-decade long career.
In You with the Sad Eyes, Applegate will unveil the full story of her years in the public eye, and the painful moments the public didn't see. She writes about gravitating to the grunge that defined the 90s and finding belonging in the legendary scene at The Viper Room; sparkling on set with fellow comedy icons in the soon to be canonized franchise Anchorman; sharing her love of dance on stage in the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity; and returning to the Emmy stage to a standing ovation in 2024 after her diagnosis of MS. She'll dive into the darker moments underpinning her outward success: her relationship with her mother who fought addiction and won, even in the wake of her father's abandonment; the self-doubt and body dysmorphia that have dogged her from a young age; and the abuse and depression that eroded her health. Her path is ever lit though, by lifelong friends, chosen family, and her experience as a mother. By working through her legacy on the page, Applegate invites readers to take her hand and hear a story not even those closest to her know fully.
You with the Sad Eyes boldly presents a formidable and iconoclastic woman who has had to let go of her acting career, of her ability to dance, of her sense of physical power, but has always fought to find a new and even more fulfilling way of being. The pain will be matched by the joy, the losses mitigated by the extraordinary, the weight of life lifted by Applegate's signature comedic genius.
In her own words, "I truly believe that books can make people feel less alone. That's why I'm doing this. You with the Sad Eyes won't be some big violin scratching for my life. But it will be real. It will be filled with the ups and downs, the humour and grief of life.
So here I am.
Real me.
Lots to say."
Mercedes Petr Švancara, 2. vydání
Šoumen, bavič, ale především skvělý fotbalista – to je Petr Švancara. Pro všechny příznivce sepsal Petr, společně s Monikou Čuhelovou - Býmovou svou první biografii. Kniha sleduje všechny vzlety i pády Petra Švancary. Jedná se o příběh cesty fotbalového bohéma od narození až na konec fotbalové kariéry. Vše co se odehrálo po ní zachycuje druhý díl s názvem Já su já.
Attention Seeker
From neurodivergent comedian Darcy Michael, a hilarious memoir with a message about living with adult ADHD.
What if ADHD isn't a disorder to overcome, but a superpower that makes you funnier, more creative, and more resilient? In Attention Seeker, comedian and card-carrying adult with ADHD Darcy Michael offers a fresh perspective on getting through the daily struggles that confront those on the neurofabulous end of the spectrum.
Darcy takes readers on a humorous-yet-heartfelt journey as he relates stories of growing up gay, getting married, and finding a career in comedy, all while navigating life with an attention-addled brain. From his early acting days on Spun Out to finding fame (and love) on the internet, Darcy shares all the dirty details (it’s NSFW, folks!) of how ADHD has shaped his identity, his relationships, and his work.
Peppered with asides from Darcy’s long-suffering husband Jer, advice for ADHDers both silly and serious, and words of wisdom from Yuma Dog herself, this laugh-out-loud guide is essential reading for anyone unpacking what ADHD means for them?or anyone who just wants to giggle.
Nedělní odpoledne s Tomášem Baťou
Kniha doktora Zdeňka Pokludy Nedělní odpoledne s Tomášem Baťou nabízí čtenáři odlehčenou formou návod, jak poznat jeho filozofii, myšlení i činy. Kniha představuje 52 krátkých příběhů ze života Tomáše Bati. Součástí každého příběhu je jedno poselství. Jedná se o životní moudro, které je aplikovatelné jak v běžném životě, tak i podnikatelské strategii. Kniha je rozdělena do 52 kapitol a ideální představou je, aby vás kniha provedla celým rokem. Tím, že se kniha stane součástí vašeho nedělního odpoledne, se každý týden seznámíte s jednou myšlenkou či životním postojem Tomáše Bati, které můžete následující týden využívat a aplikovat. Vnímání odkazu Tomáše Bati tak pro vás nebude pouhou instantní informací, ale celoročním budováním sebe sama.
Kniha je vhodným dárkem pro každého, kdo se s odkazem a osobností Tomáše Bati teprve seznamuje, nebo má zájem jej poznat z lidského hlediska.
Markéta Marie Španělská
Předkládaná publikace představuje fascinující pohled na život Markéty Marie Španělské (1651–1673), španělské infantky a první manželky císaře Leopolda I. Její veřejný obraz, který byl začleněn do pomyslné galerie habsburské monarchie, se utvářel nejen prostřednictvím textů, jež autor analyzuje, ale také četnými perfomativními akty spojenými s životními cykly panovnické rodiny a světskými i církevními festivitami, jakými byly bohoslužby či představení, ohňostroje nebo jízda na saních, porod i přípravy na smrt. Autor tyto rozličné prostředky sleduje a ukazuje jejich vývoj v čase a v závislosti na proměňujících se rolích a situacích císařovny, a to doslova od kolébky až po hrob.
David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God
The story of how David Bowie's search for meaning inspired him to write the music that defined a generation.
In this wide-ranging biography, Peter Ormerod explores the quest for spirituality that powered David Bowie's creativity from his earliest recordings to his death-defying final album. Bowie's genre-expanding, era-crossing genius had an extraordinary impact on popular culture but his life-long search for spiritual truth and enlightenment has been overlooked.
From Bowie's first musical encounters as a choirboy, this book traces his spiritual obsessions over the years. As a young musician at the start of his career, he was enraptured by Tibetan Buddhism.
It was the first step in a spiritual journey that would generate his most profound lyrics and music. From the Kabbalah-influenced tracks of Station to Station to Ziggy Stardust's messiah complex and the profound affinity between Heroes and Christian thought, Ormerod sheds new light on the spiritual traditions behind Bowie's genius.
Taking Bowie's spiritual explorations and faith seriously, Ormerod shows us how this quest for meaning propelled him through his darkest moments and biggest successes, lending his music a timelessness and depth that has spoken to so many people across the world.
Whether experiencing a dark night of the soul in LA during his occult phase or reciting the Lord's prayer in front of thousands of concertgoers, Bowie was always searching for that universal truth that lies beyond everyday reality.
Crossing
A beautiful and compelling family memoir retracing the love story between Sabrin Hasbun's Palestinian father and Italian mother, and the life of her half-Italian, half-Palestinian family from the 1960s to 2020. After the loss of her mother, Sabrin tries to renegotiate her mixed identity and understand her mother's choices which led her from an oppressive childhood in a village in Tuscany to finding love and community activism in Palestine.
This is a story about overcoming grief and what it means to lose not only loved ones, but also a place in the world and a sense of belonging.
Obyčejná bohyně - O neobyčejném životě Petry Řehořkové
Úspěch, který bolel.
Ztráta, která ochromila.
Láska, která zachránila.
Petra Řehořková – podnikatelka, matka, bojovnice za přirozenou ženskou krásu v syrové upřímné zpovědi o sebevraždě milovaného manžela, budování Petra Clinic a odvaze a síle začít znovu.
Geronimo – A legendás apacs vezér élettörténete
A mexikói hadsereggel véres csatákat vívó, később az Egyesült Államok katonái ellen éveken át gerillaháborút folytató Geronimo, az apacsok utolsó nagy harci főnöke hadifogolyként hunyt el az oklahomai Fort Sillben. Élettörténetét – kevéssel halála előtt – egy indián tolmács közvetítésével mesélte el a kötet szerzőjének, és elbeszéléséből megismerhetjük az indián háborúk utolsó fejezetét, az apacs törzseknek a megmaradásért folytatott harcát. "Ha az otthonuktól elszakítják őket, az apacsok megbetegszenek és meghalnak. Mennyi idő fog eltelni, míg azt mondják majd, nincsenek többé apacsok?"
České a světové sportovní legendy
Titul přináší skutečné příběhy podceňovaných šampionů, kteří se z dna dostali na vrchol – navzdory chudobě, rasismu, zraněním i těžkým životním zkouškám. James Stafford provede čtenáře emotivní horskou dráhou největších zvratů světového sportu a ukáže, co dokáže odvaha, tým i neústupná vůle. Působivé ilustrace Tuana Nguyena dodají příběhům energii, pobaví i povzbudí a připomenou, že zdánlivě nemožné často začíná jedním odhodlaným krokem.
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Kryštof Alois Lautner
Šumperský děkan Kryštof Alois Lautner vstoupil do povědomí jako protivník inkvizitora Bobliga v románu a filmu Kladivo na čarodějnice. Kým ale skutečně byl? Jaroslav Čechura ho představuje jako váženého duchovního, který působil na několika místech severní Moravy, než se vrátil do rodného Šumperka. Sleduje jeho dramatický pád: pět let trvající věznění na Mírově a krutou veřejnou popravu, která připomněla osud Jana Husa. Čechura tak vedle portrétu inkvizitora pokládá i druhý díl mozaiky – osud oběti.
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Christopher Isherwood Inside Out
An engrossing new biography of the man whose writings about 1930s Berlin made him famous. From the editor of Isherwood's diaries and letters.
Christopher Isherwood rejected the life he was born to and set out to make a different one. Heir to an English estate, he flunked out of university, moved to Berlin, was driven through Europe by the Nazis, and circled the globe before finally settling in Hollywood. There he adopted a new religion and continued to form the friendships - including an astounding number of romantic and sexual ones, often with other celebrated artists - through which he discovered himself.
Isherwood repeatedly fictionalised his friends and himself - from the detached 'Christopher Isherwood' of Goodbye to Berlin to George, the unapologetic middle-aged lover of men, in A Single Man, and the boldly out narrator of Christopher and His Kind. He was determined to portray his milieu appealingly to mainstream audiences in lucid, entertaining, often hilarious prose. Frankness about his sexuality, political beliefs and religion made him both a figurehead for the left and a target for the right. All the while, among the many public, constructed selves, an inmost self remained hidden.
Using a wealth of unpublished material, Christopher Isherwood Inside Out reveals the drama and complexity of Isherwood's interior world. It tells how the traumas of his father's death in World War I and his failure to protect his German lover from the Nazis were healed by his life as a monk in the 1940s, enabling him to commit unflinchingly to a sexually open relationship in the 1950s, and to come out as a 'grand old man' of the gay rights movement in the 1970s.
With this new biography, enriched by unlimited access to Isherwood's partner Don Bachardy, Katherine Bucknell shows how Christopher Isherwood achieved a uniquely inspiring personal life. He effected lasting change in our culture, through both his literary works and the way he lived.
The Windsor Legacy
Jobson is 'the Godfather of royal reporting' Wall Street Journal
From Elizabeth II to King William, The Windsor Legacy offers a meticulously researched and gripping insider insight into the British monarchy's resilience and influence over the past century.
In an age where resilience is essential, The Windsor Legacy delivers an shocking narrative of royal intrigue, jam-packed with exclusive revelations that finally set the record (and the press) straight.
Penned by Robert Jobson, a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author and a front-line royal correspondent for over three decades, this extraordinary and thoroughly researched work will take readers deep into the heart of royal history. From the abdication crisis, royal family entanglements, Cold War espionage, betrayal, scandalous love affairs, to more recent constitutional crises and the monarchy's most closely guarded secrets and feuds; Jobson exposes the scandals and secrets that plague the Windsors to this day.
Told through key characters who chronicle the clashes at the heart of the family, The Windsor Legacy promises a gripping insider account of the truth behind the headlines.
Kidnapped by Hezbollah Freed by Purpose
The book begins with an account of a deeply transformative journey to Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Kaushik finds himself immersed in the beauty and hardships of the people and places he encounters. The Middle East becomes a crucible for self-reflection, challenging preconceived notions about life, resilience, and purpose. The journey's climax unfolds in Lebanon with a harrowing encounter: Kaushik and his wife are taken hostage by Hezbollah. Hours of questioning blur the lines between fear and clarity, stripped of control, they are forced to confront life's fragility head-on. After 14 hours of interrogation, they are freed. Kidnapped by Hezbollah is a powerful testament to resilience, reinvention, and the courage to embrace uncertainty. It challenges readers to redefine success and pursue lives of deeper meaning, proving that sometimes, the most unexpected moments shape our greatest transformations.
1996
“Dominic clearly remembers more about the 90s than I do.” – Zoe Ball I was in the right place at exactly the right time. I was handed a precious backstage pass to this magical period, as a chronicler of some of its most significant moments, of its wild protagonists, whether in music, entertainment, fashion, football, art or politics. I had a front-row seat for that insane decade, but it was 1996 that was the period’s stunning apex. Oasis at Maine Road and Knebworth, the births of Robbie Williams the solo star and the Spice Girls, the Euro 96 football tournament and ‘Three Lions’, the rise of New Labour and Tony Blair. I was there for the lot. 1996. Britpop ruled the airwaves. The tabloids framed reality long before Instagram.Football was finally coming home. Tony Blair was learning to play rock star – and rock stars were learning they could play politics. Everyone was partying hard, and Britain was the coolest place on earth. Showbiz reporter Dominic Mohan wasn’t watching the party from afar – he was in the room. Backstage at Knebworth with Oasis. In strip clubs with Robbie Williams. On the phone to Bowie. On the receiving end of Spice Girls gossip, Gallagher gobbiness and tabloid-era chaos. From Euro ’96 euphoria to Brit Awards anarchy, from rave culture to New Labour, Mohan witnessed the moment the UK went from scruffy indie island to global cultural powerhouse. Part memoir, part cultural autopsy and part riotous tour through the 90s and its greatest year, 1996 is a jaw-dropping front-row seat to the madness, the music, the football, and the politics that reshaped Britain – and created legends along the way. Three decades on, Mohan returns to the year everything peaked, and asks: what the hell happened, why did it matter, and can it ever happen again? If you were there – this book will feel like going home. If you weren’t – you’ll wish you had been.
Late Heaney
Late Heaney follows Seamus Heaney through the landscapes, friendships and events that shaped his last four collections, The Spirit Level, Electric Light, District and Circle, and Human Chain, all set in conversation with his work at large. Heaney''s later life was a time of transformative change and achievement. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995, after which he became a writer of global standing. This book grounds that experience in the history and geography of the places he wrote about, with an eye to the artists who influenced him and the people he knew. Late Heaney draws a line from the waterlands of Lough Neagh to the olive groves of Greece, inviting the reader to think about time and belonging in context of art and memory. Later, Heaney began to imagine himself as a witness at the riverbank between life and death, an image that features powerfully in his final poems. Late Heaney follows the poet there, finding light in the dark, and company among the shades.
Ghost Stories
The tender memoir of the forty-three years Siri Hustvedt spent with her husband, writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster - from their first encounter in 1980s New York to his death in 2024Ghost Stories is Siri Hustvedt''s most personal work yet, a searing and intimate meditation on grief, memory, and enduring love, written in the aftermath of the death of her husband, writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster.It is a patchwork-quilt book that stitches together memories from over forty years of love and life together: journal entries Siri wrote between early November 2023, when Paul first became ill, and 3 May 2024, the day of his funeral; e-mails Siri sent to friends during Paul''s cancer treatment; notes Paul sent her over the course of their relationship; and three love letters Siri wrote to him in 1981, when he left her for a period of nine or ten days to return to his former life with his first wife and son.The book also contains Paul Auster''s last ever piece of writing - the first thirty-five pages of what he hoped would be a small book of letters to Siri''s and his grandson, Miles Auster Hustvedt Ostrander, born on 1st January 2024.The result is an emotional, full-bodied story of Siri Hustvedt and Paul Auster''s life together, an exploration of how grief unmoors time and how the intimacy of a shared life continues to mark the everyday. ''I began writing Ghost Stories shortly after my husband, Paul Auster, died on April 30th 2024. My meditations on Paul''s cancer, his death, my grief, the potent feeling I had of his presence on the day he was buried, and my memories from the years we spent together are interwoven with several texts that were written before he died: twelve letters I wrote to friends during his cancer treatment; journal entries I wrote between early November, 2023 and May 3, 2024; and three love letters I wrote to Paul in 1981, when he left me for a period of nine or ten days to return to his former life. Although I knew Paul had saved those letters, I hadn''t read them since they were written and had only a foggy recollection of their content. In the last month of his life, Paul began writing what he hoped would be a small book of letters to our grandson, Miles Auster Hustvedt Ostrander, who was born on January 1st, 2024. Paul was too weak to finish it as planned, but the thirty-five pages he did manage to write are interwoven in this book. I want to stress that Paul''s text is not an appendix to mine but an integral part of the book as a whole. Because the memoir turns on attachment, betweenness, and dialogue, all crucial to the love affair that lasted forty-three years, the insertion of one author''s text into another''s, is, in this case, essential to the memoir''s overall meaning.''
Starchild
From a childhood in Camden to the frontiers of space, an inspirational memoir from space scientist, presenter of The Sky at Night, and bestselling author Maggie Aderin. 'I'd toast the moon and look at the sky... I think it draws us to it; we wonder what lies beyond.'Maggie Aderin's destiny was always written in the stars. From the age of three, inspired by The Clangers, her dream was to go into space. Throughout a chaotic childhood, ricocheting between divorced parents and acrimonious custody battles, she attended thirteen schools in fourteen years – but while her environment regularly changed, her fascination with the Universe did not. It became enmeshed in her desire to succeed as a scientist even when her school careers advice was to become a nurse. Starchild is Maggie’s emotionally honest and revealing memoir, telling a story of education and prejudice, adversity and ambition, motherhood and the moon – all recounted in her characteristically warm and relatable style. From being the only Black woman on her physics course at Imperial College London, to her groundbreaking work on the James Webb and Gemini telescopes, to starting her own public speaking company and sharing the wonders of science with thousands of children every year, Maggie’s story will inspire you to never give up on your dreams.
Medal Man
Pre-order the enthralling story from military museum curator and medal specialist Mark Smith, about his father''s missions during the Second World War
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.
Môžete si vybrať, či budete čítať o danej osobe z pohľadu iného človeka, alebo či siahnete po autobiografii. Obidve možnosti majú svoje čaro.
Je všeobecnou pravdou, že dobrá kniha môže ovplyvniť smerovanie nášho života. Pri biografickej literatúre to platí stonásobne, pretože v ruke držíme príbeh reálneho človeka, z ktorého môžeme čerpať mnoho inšpirácie a tipov.
Nájdete tu biografie z oblasti biznisu, filmu a hudby, histórie, literatúry, športu, mafie a podsvetia, náboženstva, politiky, osobností vedy a umenia.
