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Film, hudba 
História 
Osobnosti 
Šport 
Literatúra 
Umenie 
Politika 
Náboženstvo 
Veda, vynálezy 
Biznis 
Mafia, podsvetie 
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Lennon v Rolling Stone
Prvý raz uverejnené plné znenie rozhovoru, ktorý urobil v decembri roku 1970 časopis Rolling Stone s Johnom Lennonom a Yoko Ono, predstavuje hudobného génia na vrchole kariéry. Jeho názory na slobodu prezentované v tejto knihe rezonujú dodnes.
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Mozaika
Texty sústredené v Mozaike boli publikované v rokoch 1958-1968 v časopisoch Slovenské pohľady, Nová literatúra, Romboid, Kultúrny život, Film a divadlo, v bulletinoch SND a vo forme doslovov v knihách. Je tak zrejmé, že v prekladanom výbere sa Pašteka pohybuje naprieč viacerými žánrami (píše o románopiscoch, dramatikoch aj esejistoch).
Fakete István - Ki kicsoda
"Ez egy adattár, amelyben "mindenki" szerepel, aki így vagy úgy kapcsolatba került Fekete Istvánnal. (...) Életrajzi felsorolások, amelyekhez minden esetben odaillesztettem, hogy az illetőnek mi köze volt az íróhoz. Körülbelül (legalább) négyötödük esetében - különböző minőségű - arcképet is beszereztem. Vagyis ezzel a művel, szó szerint arcokkal népesülne be Fekete István világa..." (Sánta Gábor)
Az a csodálatos világ, amely mindmáig a magyar írók közül a legtöbb olvasót vonzza magához és amely Sánta Gábort is annyira "megfogta", hogy másfél évtizeden át kutatta az író életét, munkásságát, életművének alakulástörténetét; munkájának eredményeit a Pro Pannonia Kiadónál négy tanulmánykötetben tette közzé, az ötödikre pedig már gondosan készülődött. Újabb írásai közben feltárta az író általunk is ismert, vagy éppen ismeretlen ismerőseinek népes csoportját, összeállítva ezt a sajátos könyvet, a jeles író ki-kicsodáját, segítve ezzel a jövő kutatóinak munkáját és érdekes kapcsolati hálóval, ismeretlen portréfotókkal ajándékozva meg az olvasókat. A könyv megjelenését azonban Fekete István szorgos, kiváló kutatója - váratlan elhunytával - sajnos már nem érhette meg...
Ladislav Záborský
Maliar ticha, svetla, pokoja, krásy stvoreného sveta, či Boha samotného. Aj pod takými prívlastkami poznáme známeho akademického maliara Ladislava Záborského, ktorý pre svoju hlbkokú vieru v Krista v čase komunizmu skončil aj vo väzenskej cele.
Autor Martin Šafárik, katolícky kňaz, umelec a majstrov obdivovateľ nám v tejto vzácnej monografii predstavuje a dokumentuje prierez jeho životnej tvorby.
"Podstata môjho vnútorného života, a teda aj mojej tvorby, je zážitok srdca zo skutočnosti Boha, ktorého vidím za každou krásou, ktorú stvoril, a vidím i jeho múdrosť za každou pravdou, aj tou, ktorú postupne veda objavuje. A všetko toto mi je len predchuťou toho, čo očakávam vo večnosti, na ktorú sa veľmi teším." (Ladislav Záborský)
Searching for Novak
No man or woman has won more Grand Slam singles titles than Novak Djokovic, who took his 24th major at the 2023 US Open. Based on fresh interviews with people close to Djokovic - including his friends and mentors, along with his former coaches and his rivals - this is an in-depth exploration of the psyche of one of the most fascinating and controversial sporting characters ever. From a bomb shelter in Belgrade to an immigration detention centre in Melbourne, and everywhere in between, this book uncovers his relentless pursuit of perfection and the unconventional beliefs that have propelled him to greatness.
Rage. Forgiveness. Shame. Pride. Love. Searching for Novak examines the psychological and emotional side of rewriting tennis history.
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Loud
The empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first book by the TikTok and Spotify star Drew Afualo.
Drew Afualo is best known as the internet’s 'Crusader for Women' and is at the head of a new generation of entertainment’s rising stars, with more than nine million followers across her social platforms. She soon realized that men on social media were creating sexist content aimed at disparaging women, and also containing rampant fatphobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry with very real-life consequences. It didn’t take long for her to step into the role of unofficial watchdog for misogyny, and her signature laugh is now recognized as a feminist call to arms.
Loud is part manual, part manifesto and part memoir. It is a summoning cry to rid the internet (and our hearts, minds, and lives) of terrible men and create a space to fight outdated patriarchal ideals. Above all, it makes it clear that behind Drew’s fearsome laugh is a mission and a life philosophy, a strategy for self-confidence from the inside out, and a pathway to once and for all remove men from the centre of how women and fems think about themselves.
Dokumentarista
V rukou držíte nejen autorský životopis dokumentaristy, publicisty a spisovatele Martina Mahdala, ale také jedinečné svědectví o tom, jak v České republice vznikají (či spíše často nevznikají) dokumentární filmy. Autor v knize vzpomíná na své autorské začátky, na spolupráci s Českou televizí i na období, kdy hledal své uplatnění na volné noze. Přitom zde připomíná řadu zajímavých osobností, s nimiž měl možnost se setkat, a zároveň přibližuje i některé nepříjemné záležitosti, na které při své tvorbě narazil. Výjimkou mezi nimi nebyly ani korupce a zejména cenzura nebo čistá nechuť oficiálních míst respektovat některé události a problémy na veřejnosti.
Dokumentarista je další ze série knih Martina Mahdala v Olympii, která se opírá o jeho zkušenosti dokumentaristy. Volně tak navazuje na dokumentární publikaci Zákon pěti klasů (Olympia, 2022) a především na knihu Devadesátky (Olympia, 2023), ve které autor přiblížil své tvrdě zaplacené zkušenosti z porevolučního podnikání coby jedna z obětí Berdychova gangu. Stejně jako u předchozích knih mu i při přípravě Dokumentaristy byla nápomocna jeho kolegyně producentka Markéta Adamcová.
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All The Worst Humans
The man who used to pull the strings of the global media is now pulling back the curtain: a bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operative who exposes the secrets of the $129-billion industry that controls so much of what we see and hear in the media.
After nearly two decades in the PR business, Phil Elwood wants to come clean, by exposing the dark underbelly of the very industry that's made him so successful. The first step is revealing exactly what he's been up to for the past twenty years - and it isn't pretty.
From helping win the Qatar World Cup bid, to a four-day Las Vegas bacchanal with a dictator's son, and helping to land a Middle Eastern dictator's wife a glowing profile in Vogue at the same time the Arab Spring broke out, Elwood reveals all his slippery tricks for seducing journalists in order to create chaos and cover for politicians, dictators and spies.
But as Phil moved up the ranks, he felt worse and worse about the sleaziness of it all - and his role in it - until he received a shocking wake-up call from the FBI. This risky game nearly cost Phil his life and his freedom.
Seeing the light, he has decided to tell the full truth about who is the worst human.
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Survival is a Promise
A Guardian and Lit Hub most anticipated book of 2024.
An exhilarating biography of the iconic poet, essayist and activist Audre Lorde.
Read these chapters like a collection of poems that speak in chorus in all directions. Understand each word as an opportunity for Audre’s fierce love, which is the same love that birthed the volcanoes and split the continents, to reach you, wherever you are.
Audre Lorde was a survivor: of childhood disability injustice, of her best friend’s suicide, of the atomic age. She was a college activist against nuclear arms. A mother who knew poetry could help her children survive a racist world. And, ultimately, a cancer survivor, who understood the war going on within her cells was connected to the struggle against oppression taking place all around her.
This stunning new account of Lorde’s life and work illuminates how, for Lorde, survival was not simply about getting through, or about resilience. It was about how to live on, and with, a planet in transformation. Lorde’s commitment to justice was intimately connected to her deep engagement with the natural world; with the planetary dynamics of geology, meteorology, and biology. For Lorde, ecological images are not simply metaphors but rather literal guides to how to be on earth, and how to live fully as a Black feminist lesbian warrior poet.
In Survival Is a Promise, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, the first researcher to explore the full depths of Lorde’s manuscript archives, illuminates the eternal life of Audre Lorde. Her life and work swell to become a cosmic force, showing us the grand possibility of life together on earth.
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Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King
Bill Gates is one of the most powerful figures of the past four decades. But the world-famous public image he has so carefully crafted is not the whole truth. In this explosive new book, Anupreeta Das (finance editor of the New York Times) takes you behind the façade.
From his early years, when he was a divisive figure in the burgeoning tech industry, we see the Microsoft cofounder morph into a ruthless capitalist, only to change yet again when he fashioned himself into a global do-gooder. But as Das’s revelatory reporting shows us: billionaires have secrets and philanthropy can have a dark side.
Drawing upon hundreds of interviews with current and former employees of the Gates Foundation, Microsoft, academics, nonprofits and those with insight into the Gates universe, Das delves into Gates’s relationships with Warren Buffett, Jeffrey Epstein, Melinda French Gates and others, to uncover the man behind the persona. In telling Gates’s story, Das also provides a new way to think about how billionaires wield their influence, manipulate their image and pursue philanthropy to achieve their own ends.
Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King is a gripping story of wealth, power and reputation; it will open your eyes to the ways in which the world’s richest people hold us in their thrall.
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My Roman Year (Hardback)
1960s Rome. As teenage André stands on the dock, his mother fusses over their luggage - 32 suitcases, trunks and tea chests that contain their world. The ship will refuel and return to Alexandria, the home where they have left their father, as the Aciman family begin a new adventure in Rome. André is now head of the family, with a little brother to keep in line and a mother to translate for - for although she's mute, she is nothing if not communicative.
Equal parts transporting and beautiful, this coming of age memoir shares the luminous, fragile truth of life for a family forever in exile, living in Rome, but still yet to find a home.
Sv. Filip Neri, 2.vydanie
Svätý Filip Neri je už stáročia uctievaný svätec na celom svete. Narodil sa v roku 1515 vo Florencii. Študoval v Ríme filozofiu a teológiu, stal sa kňazom. Žil v Ríme, kde zasvätil svoj život službe opusteným deťom i mládeži, staral sa o chorých a chudobných pútnikov; pre nich založil v roku 1548 Bratstvo Najsvätejšej Trojice. Neskôr, v roku 1564 založil Oratórium – kongregáciu kňazov a laikov, ktorá má svojich nasledovníkov dodnes aj na Slovensku. Bol známy svojim vtipom, humorom a veselosťou. Zomrel v Ríme v roku 1595. Bol vyhlásený za patróna Ríma a detí.
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Question 7
Who loves longer?
Beginning at a love hotel by Japan’s Inland Sea and ending by a river in Tasmania, Question 7 is about the choices we make about love and the chain reaction that follows.
By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West’s affair, through 1930s nuclear physics, to Flanagan’s father working as a slave labourer near Hiroshima when the atom bomb is dropped, this daisy chain of events reaches fission when a young man finds himself trapped in a rapid on a wild river, not knowing if he is to live or to die.
Flanagan has created a love song to his island home and his parents and the terrible past that delivered him to that place. Through a hypnotic melding of dream, history, science and memory it shows how our lives so often arise out of the stories of others and the stories we invent about ourselves.
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Our Fight
An inspirational story of resilience and recovery from UFC and WWE legend, Ronda Rousey
From Sunday Times bestselling author, British Sports Book of the Year Award winner, and trailblazing athlete Ronda Rousey, an unfiltered and entertaining chronicle of her last decade, tackling not only UFC and WWE but also parenthood, overcoming adversity, and finding meaning in life's journey.
From the moment she burst onto the MMA scene, Ronda Rousey was unbeatable. She repeatedly strung together back-to-back flawless victories, racking up a collection of records and forever changing the face of sports as the UFC's first female champion. A superstar in her sport, she transcended athletics, appearing in blockbuster films and becoming a role model for women everywhere. Then, on November 15, 2015, it all came crashing down.
In OUR FIGHT, Rousey explores the greatest challenge of her life and, ultimately, how she rebuilt her career into something better in the aftermath. She recounts how she replaced her pursuit of perfection with the pursuit of happiness and found a blessing in disguise amongst the wreckage. Following Rousey's relatable journey, OUR FIGHT is a courageous narrative of career changes, marriage, motherhood, and facing your fears.
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Avicii: The life and music of Tim Bergling
ow can you tell when a new star is born?
When Tim Bergling, better known as Avicii, struck an iconic pose with his arm in the air, he did more than get the crowd to dance - he redefined electronic music. This official photo book pays tribute to Tim Bergling's musical career and traces his life in almost 200 images from his childhood to some of his biggest gigs, including rare personal moments behind the scenes.
During his short life, Avicii became one of the biggest stars of his time. He began his career at the age of 16 by posting remixes on internet forums, which eventually led him to sign with a record label. His breakthrough came in 2011 with the song Levels, which became an international super hit. He staged more than 800 concerts all over the world and worked with stars including Madonna, Coldplay, Lenny Kravitz and Robbie Williams. When he died in 2018 at the age of 28, he had forever changed the musical landscape.
The book also includes an essay written by Mans Mosesson, the official biographer of Tim Bergling.
My Animals, and Other Animals
In his first memoir, beloved comedian and national treasure Bill Bailey shares stories of his life - and the animals he's met along the way.
Bill Bailey has always had dogs, including a Patterdale terrier called Rocky who would travel with him in the van to his first shows and occasionally join him on stage. Fast forward a few decades and Bill has shared his home with a variety of birds, dogs, frogs, chameleons and an armadillo called Tommy. 'We even had a giant chicken, a huge Malay cockerel called Kid Creole. After a few stand-offs he took against me. He had to go in the end, I was being stalked in my own back garden.'
That chicken apart, animals have always been at the heart of an extraordinary life as one of the nation's favourite comedians, actors, musicians and (thanks to Strictly) dancers: from terriers to the orangutans of Sumatra and the parrots that share his breakfast every morning in west London.
Full of the leftfield humour, wit and wisdom that has made Bill Bailey such a beloved performer around the world, My Animals and Other Animals is the story of Bill's life; but more than that, it's the story of how all of our lives are enriched by the animals who accompany us on that journey.
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Láskou ke svatosti
Paní Zdislava dosáhla svaté pověsti i svatořečení skrze svou obětavost, pomoc druhým, péči o rodinu, nemocné, zkrátka skrze lásku k bližním i k Bohu. A právě tuto její cestu se snaží kniha přiblížit. Čtenáře seznámí podrobně s její rodinou, s rodinou jejího manžela, s ním samotným a s prostředím, do nějž se sv. Zdislava narodila a do kterého se provdala. Proto je v knize věnována značná pozornost i středověkým dějinám severočeského města Jablonného v Podještědí, kde Zdislava působila. Zmíněny jsou též osudy Zdislaviných potomků, čtenáři je však předestřen především její druhý, posmrtný život - vývoj úcty k ní, stejně jako množství zázraků, zaznamenávaných v dominikánském klášteře, kde je pohřbena.
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Môj brat Pier Giorgio - Život, ktorý nikdy nevyhasol
Pier Giorgio Frassati (Turín, 6. apríl 1901 – 4. júl 1925) je jedným z najobľúbenejších svedkov viery medzi mladými. Poznajú ho po celom svete, a neprestáva privádzať k Bohu ľudí všetkých jazykov, zemepisných šírok, veku a životných situácií. Jedným z dôvodov je nepochybne pôsobivá hĺbka jeho života budovaná okolo Ježišovej prítomnosti v každodennosti, a vyjadrovaná neúnavnou láskou k blížnemu.
Jeho život tragicky ukončila akútna choroba v priebehu šiestich dní, ktoré v tejto knihe opisuje jeho sestra Luciana s citom pre detail, bez príkras a s tichým dojatím. Vedie pri tom čitateľa k tomu, aby sa konfrontoval s tajomným a obohacujúcim rozmerom obety.
„Detailné, trpezlivé a dojímavé rozprávanie Luciany Frassati, jeho vernej sestry, nám teraz, po mnohých rokoch, sprítomňuje ten krutý týždeň osamelej a mlčanlivej úzkosti. Zviera pri ňom srdce. Bez patetických scén, nadnesených úvah a pamätných fráz čítame jednoduchú, presnú a výstižnú kroniku udalostí, ktorá sa vyhýba nadužívaniu výrazových efektov. Snáď okrem knihy, v ktorej Isabelle Rimbaud opísala posledné dni svojho brata básnika, nepoznám veľa kníh o zosnulých, ktoré by sa dokázali tak hlboko dotknúť duše čitateľa, a to aj duše tých, ktorí nepoznajú útechu prameniacu z viery.“ Giovanni Papini
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Literature for the People
From an impoverished childhood in the Scottish highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of brothers Daniel and Alexander Macmillan who built a publishing empire - and brought Alice in Wonderland to the world. Their remarkable achievements are revealed in this entertaining, superbly researched biography.
Daniel and Alexander arrived in London in the 1830s at a crucial moment of social change. These two idealistic brothers, working-class sons of a Scottish crofter, went on to set up a publishing house that spread radical ideas on equality, science and education across the world. They also brought authors like Lewis Carroll, Thomas Hardy and Charles Kingsley, and poets like Matthew Arnold and Christina Rossetti, to a mass audience. No longer would books be just for the upper classes.
In Literature for the People Sarah Harkness brings to life these two warm-hearted men. Daniel was driven by the knowledge that he was living on borrowed time, his body was ravaged by tuberculosis. Alexander took on responsibility for the company as well as Daniel’s family and turned a small business into an international powerhouse. He cultivated the literary greats of the time, weathered controversy and tragedy, and fostered a dynasty that would include future prime minister Harold Macmillan.
Including fascinating insights about the great, the good and the sometimes wayward writers of the Victorian era, with feuds, friendships and passionate debate, this vibrant book is bursting with all the energy of that exciting period in history.
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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.
