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Doktorka v růžovém
I lékařku, která celý život pomáhá ke zdraví svým pacientům a nezanedbává vlastní prevenci, může potkat závažné onemocnění. Profesorka Lenka Borská ukazuje, že diagnóza rakoviny není konec světa, ale spíše výzva, kterou lze překonat s pomocí moderní medicíny a podpory blízkých. V otevřené zpovědi kombinuje odbornost s osobní zkušeností a s nadhledem popisuje nejen nemoc, ale i léčbu a emoce, které ji provázejí. Výsledkem je kniha, která dokáže povzbudit každého, kdo podobnou zkušeností prochází.
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Sonny Boy
From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full
To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies-The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon-that were not just successes but landmarks in the history of film. Those performances became legendary and changed his life forever. Not since Marlon Brando and James Dean in the late 1950s had an actor landed in the culture with such force.
But Pacino was in his mid thirties by then, and had already lived several lives. A fixture of avant-garde theater in New York, he had led a bohemian existence, working odd jobs to support his craft. He was raised by a fiercely loving but mentally unwell mother and her parents after his father left them when he was young, but in a real sense he was raised by the streets of the South Bronx, and by the troop of buccaneering young friends he ran with, whose spirits never left him. After a teacher recognized his acting promise and pushed him toward New York's fabled High School of Performing Arts, the die was cast. In good times and bad, in poverty and in wealth and in poverty again, through pain and joy, acting was his lifeline, its community his tribe.
Sonny Boy is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide. All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels. The book's golden thread, however, is the spirit of love and purpose. Love can fail you, and you can be defeated in your ambitions-the same lights that shine bright can also dim. But Al Pacino was lucky enough to fall deeply in love with a craft before he had the foggiest idea of any of its earthly rewards, and he never fell out of love. That has made all the difference.
42 - "Átkeltem az óceánon, hogy lássam az erőt, mely a világot mozgatja…"
RAKONCZAY GÁBOR a világon az egyetlen ember, aki átkenuzott egy óceánon. Kétszeres Guinness-világrekorder és többszörös magyar csúcstartó. Az amerikai Év Kalandja Díj és a Magyar Formatervezési Díj tulajdonosa. Öt könyv szerzője és 300 ezer embernek tartott célmegvalósító előadásokat, képzéseket.
2 szóló óceánátkenuzás | 4 óceánátvitorlázás | Páros óceánátevezés
2 országátfutás | Mont Blanc „sea to summit” futás | Ultrafutó-világbajnok
2 Grönland-átkelés | Antarktisz-expedíció a Déli-sarkig
A 18 évnyi extrémsportolói pályafutásának befejezésére tudatosan egy záró úttal készült. Tizenkét éve egyszer már átkenuzta az Atlanti-óceánt, mely út akkor 77 napig tartott, és kis híján tragédiával végződött…
Az egykori hajót átépítve ismét vízre szállt, mellyel lapot húzott a tizenkilencre, közvetlenül vállalva élete eddigi leghosszabb és egyik legveszélyesebb szóló projektjét.
Život svatého Bernarda
Spis Vita sancti Bernardi, jehož český překlad nalezne čtenář v tomto svazku, je posledním a nedokončeným dílem Bernardova osobního přítele Viléma ze Saint-Thierry. Jedná se o první knihu tak zvané Vita prima sancti Bernardi Claraevallis abbatis (První životopis svatého Bernarda, opata z Clairvaux), která je souborem pěti knih tří různých autorů. Není to precizní historický dokument se spolehlivými údaji o životě svatého Bernarda z Clairvaux, ale životopis s hagiografickými prvky, který má za cíl předat světcovo duchovní poselství a sloužit k duchovní formaci čtenáře. Vilém připomíná život prvotního Clairvaux a jeho opata nejen jako hodný obdivu, nýbrž především jako vzor k následování. Zároveň však nepřehlíží ani problematické rysy osobnosti svého přítele, sleduje ho nezaujatým a střízlivým pohledem a vedle jeho předností zachycuje i jeho nedostatky a chyby. Vykresluje tak obraz sice kultovní, ale stále ještě velmi živý a konkrétní, jenž má daleko ke stylizované postavě světce z vitráže.
Night People
DISCOVER MARK RONSON'S ELECTRIFYING MEMOIR ABOUT HIS DJ DAYS IN '90s NEW YORK
Mark Ronson was born a night person. With hedonistic creatives for parents, parties became his playground. Yet, having moved to New York City from London at a young age, he always felt like a bit of an outsider, until discovering himself in the pulsing, unifying joy of the city's parties and hip-hop scene. Each night brought a heady mix of music, ambition, danger, delight, and possibilities. Having well and truly caught the DJing bug, he worked to find his place and make his name in the city that never sleeps.
Night People conjures the undeniable magic of '90s New York. It evokes the rush of a time and place where fashionistas and rappers on the rise danced alongside club kids and 9-to-5'ers - and invites us into the tribe of creatives and partiers who came alive when the sun went down. A heartfelt coming-of-age tale, Night People is the definitive account of a cultural moment and the making of a musical mastermind.
Otevřené nebe a otevřená srdce
Korespondence Jana Hellera (1925–2008) odhaluje tvář teologa, religionisty a starozákoníka, který spojoval erudici s lidskostí a přesnost s porozuměním lidské situaci. V dopisech psaných po celá desetiletí – rodině, přátelům, studentům i kolegům – se obráží nejen jeho osobní život, ale i duchovní a intelektuální dějiny českého protestantismu druhé poloviny 20. století. Hellerův jazyk je jasný, promyšlený a zároveň vřelý. V každém dopise cítíme člověka, pro něhož víra nebyla teorií, nýbrž způsobem, jak být s druhými a pro druhé. Kniha zachycuje jeho cestu od mladého bohoslovce až po zralého učitele, který dovedl otevírat text i lidskou duši zároveň. Závěrečná část přináší devět nových dopisů – napsaných jeho syny a žáky ke stému výročí narození – jako pokračování rozhovoru, který neskončil.
Patagonský zajíc
Virtuózní memoárová próza Patagonský zajíc (ve francouzském originále poprvé vyšla v roce 2009) přináší působivé několikanásobné vyznání Clauda Lanzmanna: deník o jeho citovém životě, zápisky z cest, shrnutí osobních válečných zkušeností i vyprávění o francouzském intelektuálním světě druhé poloviny 20. století. Kniha, v níž se tento filmař projevuje také jako svébytný spisovatel a myslitel, je sumou člověka hledajícího existenciální dobrodružství a hluboce oddaného tématům, za která bojoval. Lanzmann se v ní prezentuje i v nečekaných podobách. Jako mladičký nespoutaný odbojář, vášnivý student a milovník, intelektuál, odvážný reportér z východního Berlína nebo jako člen delegace, jež navštívila Čínu a Severní Koreu. A především coby člověk určující myšlenkové směry své doby - jako přispěvatel měsíčníku Les Temps modernes, aktivní účastník i podporovatel alžírského osvobozeneckého hnutí, kronikář mladého státu Izrael. A konečně jako autor svého životního díla o genocidě Židů: filmu Šoa. Okolnostem dvanáctiletého natáčení tohoto dokumentu věnoval závěrečnou část knihy, která je rozsáhlým svědectvím o jeho vytrvalosti při hledání pravdy a o snaze zachovat paměť lidstva.
Lanzmannův život jako by od mládí definovalo vědomí smrti a konečnosti lidského života, on sám však život vášnivě miloval a žil s intenzitou, jež vyráží dech. Urputnost a odvaha jej přivedly do mnoha nebezpečných situací, do blízkosti státníků, filozofů i filmových hvězd, se kterými jednal se stejnou brilantností, s jakou dokázal ve filmu Šoa vyzpovídat oběti i vrahy. Klíčové okamžiky moderních dějin v textu střídají půvabné historky plné paradoxů, jež leckdy osvětlí povahu totalitních režimů nebo zásadních historických zvratů lépe než učebnice dějepisu, vše je tu navíc podáno s nezaměnitelným šarmem. Deník Le Monde označil vydání Lanzmannových pamětí za "historickou událost", v Německu získala v roce 2010 výroční WELT-Literaturpreis.
V roce 2025 uplynulo sto let od Lanzmannova narození a čtyřicet let od premiéry filmu Šoa.
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Raise Your Soul
A captivating portrait of Yanis Varoufakis's political awakening, told through the history of his family, from 1924 to the present.
'A gripping book, written with compassion and wit, by a uniquely gifted and multi-faceted writer. It's a history of modern Greece, it's a biography of an extraordinary family, and sometimes it reads like a thriller' BRIAN ENO
When Yanis Varoufakis was eight years old, his uncle made him a model airplane out of matchsticks and cigarette papers; all he could find in his cell. Yet, to his dismay, his mother Eleni broke open the fragile gift, revealing a hidden message: instructions for fellow dissidents ahead of their forthcoming court martial. It was 1969 and Uncle Panayis was a political prisoner, captured and tortured for resisting the military dictatorship.
Dramatic in scope and deep in feeling, Raise Your Soul is an intimate portrait of three generations caught up in the whirlwind of history. It is also a remarkable narrative spanning one hundred years, beginning in post-colonial Egypt in the 1920s, and then tracing Greece's tumultuous century through Nazi occupation, communist resistance, civil war, Cold War fracture, fascist dictatorship, socialist revival and present-day economic crisis.
At its heart are the women whose resilience, defiance and courage inspired the visionary economist most: Eleni, Anna, Trisevgeni, Georgia and Danaë. Through their lives, Varoufakis not only lays bare his own political soul, but confronts the dark forces of authoritarianism that still haunt Europe and beyond, reigniting hope in all of us that we can rise once more.
We All Shine On
'It's hard to define the relationship Elliot had with our family. But I ultimately think the best word to describe him is: friend. Perhaps our closest friend. The reason I wanted Elliot to write a book, first and foremost, is because he is a good storyteller. The fact that he was there in the lives of John and Yoko (and mine), is really just icing on the cake. I like hearing him talk, and I'm sure you will, too' Sean Ono Lennon
From the moment he interviewed Yoko Ono on his late night radio show in September 1971, Elliot Mintz's life would never the same again. That phone call would lead him to an intense and revealing friendship with Yoko and her husband, John Lennon, until John's untimely death in 1980, and beyond, to the present day.
In 1971, then the talk host on American airwaves, Elliot Mintz was talking to all of the major figures in the burgeoning West Coast music scene when he was asked whether he would interview Yoko about her new album. Their talk quickly lead to other private calls and then to John Lennon, with whom he quickly formed a firm bond. Those conversations became hours-long epics, to the extent that Elliot had another phone line put in, for which only two people had the number - John and Yoko.
The aftermath of The Beatles' breakup ushered in a tumultuous decade. Elliot witnessed it, or heard all about it, at close hand including the unbearable cost of such fame when John and Yoko separated for what became known as his 'lost weekend'. There was joy when their son Sean was born and the creative rebirth that was the multi-platinum selling triumph, Double Fantasy. But then there was unimaginable tragedy too when John was brutally murdered in December 1980.
Icons of Cinema: Wes Anderson
Icons of Cinema: Wes Anderson explores the career of one of the world's most eccentric movie directors.
Discover what makes a Wes Anderson film, from textures and palettes to compositional tendencies and the people he chooses to collaborate with time and again. Take an in-depth look at his creative process for each major film, the themes he revisits, how his work has developed over four decades - collecting many awards along the way - and examine his influence on contemporary cinema.
Fully illustrated throughout with stunning photographs and movie stills, you'll find a chapter dedicated to each major motion picture. It's time to relive the stories of The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Asteroid City and more!
Also available in this series:
Icons of Cinema: Baz Luhrmann
Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig
Hiroshige
A deluxe, large-format edition of this beautifully illustrated introduction to Utagawa Hiroshige, thought to be the most successful ukiyo-e artist of Japan’s Edo period.
From the author of Hokusai: A Life in Drawing comes an illuminating account of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), the last great artist of the ukiyo-e tradition. Ukiyo-e, meaning ‘images of the floating world’, was a ubiquitous genre of Japanese woodblock prints during Japan’s Edo period, often depicting popular actors, sumo wrestlers, beautiful women and majestic landscapes. Hiroshige’s serene, atmospheric prints stood out from his predecessors, capturing the essence of the world around him, and eventually gained widespread acclaim in Europe and America, influencing western European artists like Manet, Monet and van Gogh.
This book offers a fascinating look at Hiroshige’s life and work, tracing the journey of a fire warden who turned to printmaking later in life. It invites readers to follow in Hiroshige’s footsteps through 19th-century Tokyo, discovering the iconic landscapes he immortalized while traveling the famed Tokaido and Kiso Kaido roads. It features an exceptional selection of works accompanied by vivid text, drawing from Hiroshige’s diaries, his talent for humorous poetry, taste for travel (with all its pleasures and challenges) and deep affinity for the natural world.
In making accessible a deep understanding of Hiroshige’s body of work, this volume transports readers to Edo, Japan, via the artist's timeless prints.
Básník
Martin Reiner se poezií a osudem básníka Ivana Blatného (1919-1990) zabývá usilovně již třicet let. Byl autorem scénáře prvního televizního dokumentu o Blatném a desítek novinových článků a rozhlasových pořadů, stál za převozem Blatného pozůstalosti z Londýna do Památníku národního písemnictví, organizoval slavnostní ukládání ostatků Blatného na brněnském Slavíně a významně se podílel i na umístění básníkovy pamětní desky na jeho rodném domě na Obilním trhu. V roce 2000 začal pracovat na románu o básníkově nevšedním životním příběhu. Blatný zažil v Československu nejprve velkou literární slávu, po své emigraci do Anglie v březnu 1948 pak naprostý pád a snahu o vymazání svého jména z českých literárních dějin. Reinerův román je strhující text, který se zabývá nejen básníkovým životem, ale též literárním kontextem, dobou a místy, na nichž Ivan Blatný žil. Dozvíme se zde mnoho z literárního života první republiky, stejně jako zajímavé detaily z přátelství mezi Blatným, Ortenem, Kainarem, Chalupeckým, Nezvalem a dalšími. Nahlédneme do protektorátních let a hrůz heydrichiády. Po Blatného emigraci dostaneme možnost seznámit se s intrikami, jimiž dlouhé roky žil český politický exil, stejně jako s činností komunistických agentů v zahraničí. A básníka neopustíme ani v blázincích, v nichž strávil většinu z čtyřiceti let svého života v Anglii. Kniha je nabitá dosud neznámými informacemi, zároveň je však silně emotivní. Životní úděl Ivana Blatného je jedním z velkých českých osudů 20. století. Reinerova kniha o něm vypovídá svrchovaným způsobem.
Autor se stal laureátem knižní Ceny Josefa Škvoreckého. Kniha získala cenu Magnesia Litera Kniha roku 2014.
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Life in Progress
World-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist for the first time grants a private view of his life, and his journey towards art and artists
When Hans Ulrich was six years old, he was knocked down by a speeding car as he was crossing the street. Hospitalized for weeks, a sense of urgency was instilled in him. Enraptured by the healing powers of art from this young age, he began to travel across Europe on night trains, visiting artists' studios.
In a book that is part unputdownable coming-of-age story, part tour de force of the contemporary art world, part user's manual on how to live a life driven by curiosity, conversation, and not least hope, Obrist takes us through the formative experiences that made him. From his first exhibition in his Zurich kitchen to penning 250 postcards while trapped by an avalanche in Val Bregaglia, Life in Progress is an enchanting ode to the healing properties that engaging with art and the people around us boundlessly affords.
David Bowie Rainbowman
In David Bowie Rainbowman, Jérôme Soligny tells the story of David Bowie the musician with the help of those intimately involved with the creation of his music.
This uniquely exhaustive work on Bowie's 1967-1980 albums draws on over 150 interviews with the musicians, producers and friends who knew Bowie best, including Robert Fripp, Hermione Farthingale, Lou Reed, George Underwood, Mick Ronson, Carlos Alomar, Trevor Bolder, Mike Garson, Woody Woodmansey and many, many others. With an essay by Soligny on each album followed by oral histories from the most trusted and influential figures in Bowie's musical life, David Bowie Rainbowman is the definitive guide to a singular and mercurial genius - the Rainbowman himself.
· With a foreword by Tony Visconti, an introduction by Mike Garson and cover photo by Mick Rock
· A beautiful and stylish gift for Bowie fans, over 700 pages long and with striking cover design by Barnbrook
Political Girl
'Witty, urgent, and unflinching... her story speaks to anyone who believes that protest can be art, and that art can confront, disrupt, and even destabilize authoritarian power' Alpa Shah
What can you do when your country becomes a repressive authoritarian state?
2014: Russia prepares to host the Winter Olympics. Russia invades Crimea. Putin is re-elected president. Several political prisoners are amnestied and released early from prison.
Maria Alyokhina is among them. She had spent two years in a penal colony after performing the punk prayer 'Virgin Mary, Banish Putin' with her friends in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. They had warned the rest of the world of the dangers of authoritarianism, but the Russia she finds when she gets out of prison is even more oppressive.
What can you do, she asks, when your country has been seized by all-powerful men who are waging war against another country and their own citizens?
As Maria recounts her brave and colourful protests, we are drawn straight into the world of grassroots opposition and witness the absurd measures the Russian state takes to contain protest. And when the full-scale war against Ukraine starts and the Russian opposition is repeatedly silenced, Maria and her activist friends continue to resist despite the high stakes. They fight increasingly absurd cycles of detention and house arrest: sometimes with the smallest acts such as going for a walk or having a rainbow ice cream, until, faced with a new prison sentence, she escapes Russia in May 2022 dressed as a food delivery courier.
Her story, like her life, is fiercely courageous, darkly funny and highly inspiring to anyone who wants to stand up for the truth.
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, was one of the most prolific letter-writers of this century. Over the years he wrote a mass of letters – to his publishers, to members of his family, to friends, and to 'fans' of his books – which often reveal the inner workings of his mind, and which record the history of composition of his works and his reaction to subsequent events.
A selection from Tolkien's correspondence, collected and edited by Tolkien's official biographer, Humphrey Carpenter, and assisted by Christopher Tolkien, was published in 1981. It presented, in Tolkien's own words, a highly detailed portrait of the man in his many aspects: storyteller, scholar, Catholic, parent, friend, and observer of the world around him.
In this revised and expanded edition of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, it has been possible to go back to the editors’ original typescripts and notes, restoring more than 150 letters that were excised purely to achieve what was then deemed a ‘publishable length’, and present the book as originally intended.
Enthusiasts for his writings will find much that is new, for the letters not only include fresh information about Middle-earth, such as Tolkien’s own plot summary of the entirety of The Lord of the Rings and a vision for publishing his ‘Tales of the Three Ages’, but also many insights into the man and his world. In addition, this new selection will entertain anyone who appreciates the art of letter-writing, of which J.R.R. Tolkien was a master.
Jim Henson - The Biography
For the first time ever-a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century's most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson.
He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters he created: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were only part of his remarkable story.
This extraordinary biography--written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family--covers the full arc of Henson's all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi, through the years of burgeoning fame in Washington D.C., New York, and London, to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three. Drawing on hundreds of hours of new interviews with Jim Henson's family, friends, and closest collaborators, as well as unprecedented access to private family and company archives--including never-before-seen interviews, business documents, and Henson's private letters--Brian Jay Jones explores the creation of the Muppets, Henson's contributions to Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live, and his nearly ten year campaign to bring The Muppet Show to television. Jones provides the imaginative context for Henson's non-Muppet projects, including the richly imagined worlds of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth-as well as fascinating misfires like Henson's dream of opening an inflatable psychedelic nightclub or of staging an elaborate, all-puppet Broadway show.
An uncommonly intimate portrait, Jim Henson captures all the facets of this American original: the master craftsman who revolutionized the presentation of puppets on television, the savvy businessman whose deal making prowess won him a reputation as "the new Walt Disney," and the creative team leader whose collaborative ethos earned him the undying loyalty of everyone who worked for him. Here also is insight into Henson's intensely private personal life: his Christian Science upbringing; his love of fast cars, high-stakes gambling, and expensive art; and his weakness for women. Though an optimist by nature, Henson was haunted by the notion that he would not have time to do all the things he wanted to do in life-a fear that his heartbreaking final hours would prove all too well-founded.
An up-close look at the charmed life of a legend, Jim Henson gives the full measure to a man whose joyful genius transcended age, language, geography, and culture-and continues to beguile audiences worldwide.
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself
Come to Paris, August 2021, when the City of Lights was still empty of tourists and a thirst for long-overdue pleasure gripped those who wandered its streets.
After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged forty-six, unmarried with no children, spent sixteen months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch. Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for. When the opportunity to sublet a friend's apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it. Leaving felt less like a risk than a necessity.
What follows is a decadent, joyful, unexpected journey into one woman's pursuit of radical enjoyment.
The weeks in Paris are filled with friendship and food and sex. There is dancing on the Seine; a plethora of gooey cheese; midnight bike rides through empty Paris; handsome men; afternoons wandering through the empty Louvre; nighttime swimming in the ocean off a French island. And yes, plenty of nudity.
In the spirit of Nora Ephron and Deborah Levy (think Colette . . . if she'd had access to dating apps), I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself is an intimate, insightful, powerful, and endlessly pleasurable memoir of an intensely lived experience whose meaning and insight expand far beyond the personal narrative. MacNicol is determined to document the beauty, excess, and triumph of a life that does not require permission.
The pursuit of enjoyment is a political act, both a right and a responsibility. Enjoying yourself-as you are-is not something the world tells you is possible, but it is.
Here's the proof.
LOW - Bowie's Berlin Years
David Bowie's legendary time in West Berlin as he searches for inspiration and records his 1977 album Low
LOW traces the aftermath of David Bowie's groundbreaking tour of America and the iconic "Berlin years" that followed.
Hot on the platform heels of Starman: Bowie's Stardust Years (SelfMadeHero, 2023), Reinhard Kleist masterfully concludes his two-part biography of David Bowie.
In 1976, Bowie escaped the frantic madness and substance abuse of his life in Los Angeles for the Wall of the divided city of Berlin. With his friend Iggy Pop in tow, Bowie quit drugs and created LOW, the first album of his "Berlin Trilogy." But even here, in some of the happiest days of his life, Ziggy Stardust would not let him go . . .
LOW follows Bowie's forays through West Berlin's revolutionary music scene and wild club life, and takes us deep into his recording sessions at Hansa Studios. The friendship between Bowie and Iggy drives both artists to new creative heights, while Bowie's relationship with the cabaret artist and drag icon Romy Haag illuminates his fascination with Berlin as a city on the brink.
Kleist's LOW is both a retelling of Bowie's Berlin years and a vibrant portrait of the city itself.
[This publication has not been prepared, approved, authorized, or licensed by the David Bowie estate or any related entity.]
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