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The Script of the Stones
The Script of the Stones follows a single half-mile clifftop walk on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales - one the author has been making his whole life. It takes fifteen minutes, if you keep moving. But one day Francis Gooding decides to stop and look down. What unfolds is a rare act of attention: to limestone laid down in tropical seas 350 million years ago, to the orchids and gorse and banded snails that have claimed the cliff for their own, to the rocks and caves that hold the bones of mammoths, bears and one ochre-stained man who slept here for thirty thousand years. But the cliff also holds something else: the deep, tangled roots of human history - imperial violence, ecological destruction - rising through the red earth like the old mole Shakespeare knew, unstoppable, asking to be acknowledged. A book about grief and deep time, about what it means to belong to a place and what it costs to pay attention, The Script of the Stones is nature writing of a rare and searching kind. An elegy, a field guide, a ghost story - and underneath it all, a love letter to one small patch of the world.
Gwyneth
'Brimming over with gossip' Guardian'The new Gwyneth Paltrow biography is juicy as hell' Marie ClaireCome inside the world of one of the most influential, aspirational and polarizing celebrities of the last thirty years. Love her or hate her, Gwyneth Paltrow has managed to stay on the A-list, her influence spanning entertainment, fashion and the wellness industry. Throughout her career, Paltrow has participated in countless carefully managed interviews, but the real Gwyneth - the basis of her motives, desires, strengths, faults and vulnerabilities - has never been fully revealed, until now. Drawing from extensive conversations with more than 220 sources, including close current and former friends and colleagues, Amy Odell provides insight and behind-the-scenes details of Paltrow's relationships, family, friendships, iconic films and tenure as the CEO of Goop. Gwyneth is the definitive account of how Paltrow rose to prominence, has stayed in the limelight and continues to shape culture - for better or worse.
Fast Money
THE GRIPPING INSIDE STORY OF THE UNSTOPPABLE RISE OF FORMULA ONE AND THE BUSINESS MODEL THAT DRIVES IT
As one of the world's most popular sports, and with races in far corners of the globe, Formula One is big business. Its drivers are among the world's most highly paid athletes, and it costs more than a billion pounds to keep its ten teams ticking over.
This is a sport where money drives everything: the cars; the teams; the individual races. So, just how does the money in Formula One work?
With unparalleled insight, expert motor journalists Christian Sylt and Caroline Reid trace the ever-growing coffers of the world's most watched sport. From a niche sport for the super-wealthy to a multI-billion-dollar behemoth, this is how Formula One got rich, and stayed that way.
Seeking Mea Allan
‘I’m in love with May Chalmers and I don’t know what to do about it.’It was a bold, unexpected confession, scribbled in a diary by one of the few female reporters in Fleet Street during the Second World War – and it sent Felicity Goodall on a journey that led to places she could never have imagined. Mea Allan was a star reporter on Britain’s biggest-selling daily paper, the first woman on a Fleet Street news desk and to be permanently accredited to the British Army as a war correspondent, and the only woman to report from newly liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and cover the subsequent trials. She was once so famous that her name was used to advertise Horlicks – and yet she has all but disappeared from history. Seeking Mea Allan interweaves past and present as we travel from London to Glasgow, from Paris to Hamburg and beyond, to answer the questions that still linger: was Mea written out of history because of her sexuality? Or was something more subtle at work?
The Beginning and End of Everything: with a foreword by Davina McCall
‘An inspiring must-read for anyone who is searching for hope in darkness of loss, grief or addiction’ Gillian AndersonSarah Hiscox’s deep self-esteem and addiction issues began in childhood when she was given powerful sleeping pills for her nightmares. Then, as a young woman, a toxic relationship with food morphed into a full-blown heroin dependency that neither a loving marriage nor a new baby could halt. After years of cycling through relapse and new starts, Sarah’s relationships were wrecked. In rehab she was confronted with herself and all that she’d lost. But it would take repeated attempts for her to understand even her worst day of abstinence was better than the days she relapsed. Just a few threads of hope remained – a desire to see her children grow, a friend called Davina, a sister and an ex-husband who, despite it all, still loved her. A compelling, wonderfully uplifting true story of the redemptive power of self-acceptance, friendship and love.
Tropické Bavorsko
Po nacistickom lekárovi Josefovi Mengelem sa po skončení druhej svetovej vojny zľahla zem. Jeho domovom sa stal štát So Paulo, kde sa obklopil po nemecky hovoriacimi európskymi imigrantmi, ktorí mu ochotne pomáhali až do smrti. Bola medzi nimi aj učiteľka v nemeckej škole Liselotte Bossert. Jej žiačka a autorka tejto knihy Betina Anton sa po mnohých rokoch, už ako úspešná novinárka, rozhodla preskúmať, ako sa najhľadanejšiemu nacistovi na svete darilo dlhé roky unikať pred spravodlivosťou.
Moonwalk (SK)
Nevídane brilantná kariéra a prísne strážené súkromie megahviezdy Michaela Jacksona vyvolali priam posadnutosť miliónov fanúšikov rocku a paparacov po celom svete. Michael Jackson spolu s Jackson 5 predal vyše dvesto miliónov albumov. Vo svojej autobiografii rozpráva o šťastných roztopašných časoch mladosti, cestách s bratmi a o svojich neraz zložitých vzťahoch s rodinou. Zdôveruje so svojimi vzťahmi k niektorým zo svojich najznámejších priateľov, otvorene hovorí o zdrvujúcej izolácii zavinenej slávou, o svojej prvej láske, o plastickej operácii, o výnimočnej kariére i neférových klebetách, ktoré s ňou súviseli.
Kniha je ilustrovaná vzácnymi fotografiami z rodinných albumov Jacksonovcov, Michaelových osobných archívov a kresbou, ktorú Michael nakreslil exkluzívne do tejto knihy – predstavuje pozoruhodnú cestu do samotného srdca a duše moderného hudobného génia.
The Real Wallis Simpson
A thorough and illuminating biography of the infamous Wallis Simpson, who was one American half of the biggest scandals to hit royalty and the greatest love affair known for centuries. This book will be a holistic portrayal of the real Wallis Simpson, the woman behind the myth. Richly elaborative, the book is infused with anecdotes and stylish photographs of a bygone era. A ‘real,’ honest view of the woman, straight to the point and reflecting aspects of her complex and mysterious character, drawing on research from members of the fashionable London circle, as well as the Baltimore society where she was born and raised. The book will approach from a peripatetic view - from her inner circle of society’s hottest crowds in London with the question of ‘Was she? Was she not?' embroiled in sinister pro-Nazi plots, to the shores of former ‘Peking’, trotting through the streets on a rickshaw. Delve into a dramatic and fascinating piece of history that took place in an upheaval of societal and economic unrest. Discover a woman who was practical and resourceful, yet went to more parties than she cares to remember. The enigmatic and multi-faceted persona that led many to believe that there was more than meets the eye.
Stalin's Apostles
Using recently declassified files, STALIN'S APOSTLES explores as never before the treachery of five British men who spied for the Soviet Union: Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, John Cairncross and Keeper of the Queen's Pictures Anthony Blunt, all radicalised while at Cambridge University in the 1930s. Their supply of British and US intelligence gave Stalin an inside track on US and British strategy at a critical period in history. For more than twenty years there was barely a secret, barely a decision made, that Stalin did not know about, thanks to his Cambridge spies. The Five became tools in Stalin's imperial scheme, responsible directly and indirectly for the death of thousands of men and women fighting against Soviet domination.
Shielded for so long by the British Establishment, four of the five were never prosecuted for their crimes. And in time another dictator emerged as ruthless as Stalin, but with an even greater desire to establish a Russian Empire that would threaten Western democracy. The legacy of the Cambridge Five is not only in the graveyards of eastern Europe, but at the heart of Putin's Kremlin.
My Year of Geriatric Painting
MY YEAR OF GERIATRIC PAINTING is about the author’s 12 months of painting as a hobby, starting at 85 in 2024 and ending at 86 in 2025, as well as his thoughts and feelings that this generated. But it is even more about old age in general and how it can be one of the greatest periods in a person’s life. The word ‘geriatric’ in the title is used very much tongue-in-cheek. Paul asserts that old age, apart from the inevitable, can be full, eventful, and extremely interesting. And that is true even if you haven’t lived in Mexico since you were 26 years old like he has, and since your 80th birthday written six books like him, and also recently visited several countries, including Britain (Paul’s country of birth and youth), Spain (where he met his wife of 60 years in 1963), and Cuba (twice, first with his 21-year-old grandson and then with his daughter, that grandson’s mother). This book contains both physical and mental adventure within it, as well as amateur art and everyday ‘geriatric’ life.
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
'A fascinating, tragic and instructive story, vividly told' Sunday TelegraphRoger Lewis, in his no-holds-barred biography, exposes a Peter Sellers the world little knows. Recognized as the greatest British comic since Charlie Chaplin, Sellers was the grand master of fifty-five films - from Dr. Strangelove, to Being There and the Pink Panther hits. But shadowing his phenomenal career was a history of increasingly bizarre behaviour involving psychotic violence, compulsive promiscuity, drug abuse and humiliating self-destructive obsessions with people including Princess Margaret, Sophia Loren, Liza Minnelli and each of his four wives (Ann Hayes, Britt Ekland, Miranda Quarry and Lynne Frederick). He alternately showered his wives and children with gifts and then threatened to kill them. Sellers' fluidity as an actor made for a terrifying madness that grew like a slow metastasizing cancer throughout his adult life. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers concludes with his premature death at the age of 54, 'sick at heart and alone in those sunless hotel rooms', so recoiled from intimacy that no one really knew him anymore. PRAISE FOR THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS'It is a mad book - but then the subject is a madman. I love Lewis's passion ... I recommend it' Sunday Times'Reinventing the genre as well as reassessing its subject with formidable intelligence, this book is a remarkable achievement' Literary Review
Tadej Pogačar: Nezastavitelný
Tadej Pogačar není jako ostatní profesionální cyklisté. Slovinský fenomén už vyhrál téměř vše, co se v silničních závodech vyhrát dá, a to s dechberoucí drzostí a jedinečným stylem – a přitom je mu teprve 27 let. Biografie od renomovaného sportovního novináře Andyho McGratha sleduje Pogačarův raketový vzestup na vrchol, líčí nejslavnější výhry i rivality a odhaluje jeho charakter, motivaci a schopnosti, které vedly k jeho dominanci mezi elitou. Knihu provází výpovědi blízkých, týmových kolegů i zarytých protivníků čtyřnásobného vítěze Tour de France.
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Amplify!
Amplify! My Fight for Asian America offers a meaningful look at the real stories behind the headlines, providing Asian Americans and allies of all backgrounds a vital resource to broaden their perspective on anti-Asian hate and contribute to positive social transformation.February 24, 2020, started out like any other day for journalist and television anchor Dion Lim of San Francisco’s ABC News. Planning her pitches for the morning’s editorial meeting, she checked her Instagram account and saw a message from someone she didn’t recognize. Attached was a horrifying video in which men were beating and yelling racist slurs at an elderly Asian man who had been collecting cans in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. Lim felt compelled to investigate the story, help the man who “looked freakishly like my dad,” and bring the perpetrators to justice. Thus began Lim’s four-years-and-counting quest to bring attention to the appalling rise of anti-Asian hate and violence in America. Amplify! My Fight for Asian America brings readers on an eye-opening journey alongside Lim, who has unwittingly become a national hero for her relentless fight for Asian American visibility. Through deeply personal anecdotes about her own life as a Chinese American, exclusive interviews with survivors, activists, and historians, and incisive historical context, she provides the very first book to tackle one of the biggest political and social controversies of this century from the perspective of the AAPI community.
Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell remains one of English history’s most complex figures. He is often remembered for presiding over the execution of King Charles I and bringing centuries of monarchical rule to an abrupt end. However, far less attention is given to his role in shaping the principles of parliamentary government that followed. This book seeks to redress that balance. It presents Cromwell as a courageous military commander, a committed Puritan and a politician driven by his belief in fair and accountable representation. It has been meticulously researched by Lord Naseby who, drawing on his own experience of more than fifty years in Parliament, paints a vivid and sympathetic view of Cromwell. It reveals the contradictions of his character, the convictions that guided him and the legacy he left behind — a legacy that continues to influence the workings of Westminster and the democratic life of the United Kingdom today.
Marek Dvořák Už letím
Náhlá zástava oběhu. Tonutí v bazénu. Pád z koně. Autonehoda. Ze země se zvedá záchranářský vrtulník a na jeho palubě sedí doktor Marek Dvořák. Začíná boj o čas – a hlavně o život. Tři desítky příběhů vás přenesou přímo do terénu. Ocitnete se na palubě vrtulníku, na místě nehody i na urgentním příjmu. Ve světě, kde se během jedné služby vystřídají naděje, bezmoc, vyčerpání i svérázný lékařský humor.
Tato kniha přibližuje nejen osudy pacientů, emoce jejich blízkých a náročnou práci zdravotníků. Ale má také za cíl pomáhat. Na konci každého příběhu najdete praktického průvodce první pomocí: jak zachovat chladnou hlavu, co v dané situaci dělat nebo jak se do ní vůbec nedostat. Nejde tudíž jen o svědectví ze zákulisí záchranky, ale taky o knihu, díky které jednou můžete zachránit život. Novinka je návratem autorské dvojice Martin Moravec a Marek Dvořák. Jejich knižní rozhovor Mezi nebem a pacientem získal cenu Magnesia Litera.
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Ten Years On
"The key missing piece in the Brexit story" Tim Shipman, TheSpectator | "A wonderful read from one of the most quietlyinfluential people in politics in recent decades." Chris Mason, BBCThe 2016 Brexitreferendum caused a political earthquake, with aftershocks that are still beingfelt a decade later. For many, including some who voted to leave, the resultcame as a surprise. But for one man, it was not. The outcome that stunned somany was something he had been working to achieve for twenty years. You may not have heardof Matthew Elliott, but you should have. He is one of Britain's most successfulcampaigners, a reserved and thoughtful strategist who has single-handedly shapedour political landscape. In 2011, he staved off an attempt to change our votingsystem through the successful NOtoAV campaign. Then, five years later, hesteered Vote Leave to victory as its chief executive. This extraordinarymemoir spans the period from the build-up to Brexit during the 1990s to thepresent day, providing a fresh perspective on what really went on during thecampaign, how the result was won and its bitter aftermath. With his customary candourand wit, Matthew reveals what it's like working side-by-side with Boris Johnsonand Dominic Cummings, their dealings with Nigel Farage and the tricks of thetrade that campaigners use to shape the news. Here, ten years onfrom the EU referendum, is the definitive story of Brexit, as told by the manwho had a front-row seat to the most extraordinary political campaign of the modernera.
Egon Erwin Kisch
Biografii pražského novináře a „zuřivého reportéra“ Egona Erwina Kische napsal její autor, německo-židovský žurnalista, spisovatel a filmař Christian Buckard v roce 2023. Také jeho dvě předcházející knihy, Arthur Koestler: ein extremes Leben 1905–1983 (Arthur Koestler: extrémní život 1905–1983, 2004) i Moshé Feldenkreis (2015) jsou životopisy. Tento žánr, jak dosvědčuje i poslední knižně vydaná práce o E. E. Kischovi, odpovídá zřejmě ideálně autorově pracovní metodě i stylu. Množství detailů, které dovede shromáždit a vynikajícím literárním způsobem čtenáři zprostředkovat, stejně jako neschematický přístup k životu a textům pražského německy píšícího Žida, okouzlujícího společníka, světáka s aurou revolucionáře a komunisty, to všechno dělá z knihy Egon Erwin Kisch. Světová historie zuřivého reportéra mimořádnou událost nejen v kontextu prací o pražské německé literatuře a jejích autorech.
Já, Karel Gott a můj život v emigraci
Autobiografická kniha George Suchánka Já, Karel Gott a můj život v emigraci vypráví o životě muže, který se z emigranta bez zázemí vypracoval v uznávanou osobnost krajanského života jak v New Yorku, tak v celých Spojených státech. Vzpomíná na práci manažera Karla Gotta v USA a Kanadě, na československou komunitu za oceánem i na budování restaurace Zlatá Praha. Otevřeně, s nadhledem a bez příkras zachycuje život v emigraci, podnikání, přátelství i atmosféru doby tak, jak ji sám prožil.
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Jiří Štědroň
Jiří Štědroň, muž mnoha talentů, vystudovaný herec, ale také oblíbený zpěvák, hudební skladatel a sympaťák s okouzlujícím úsměvem. Prošel významnými divadly, zpíval s věhlasnými orchestry a nikdy mu nescházela odvaha. A tak se pustil i do podnikání, a to v různých oborech, býval šéfem i samostatnou jednotkou a – samozřejmě – byl i princem, který si vzal Popelku. A že je k tomu všemu i spisovatel, to snad už vůbec nikoho nepřekvapí.
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.
