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Alžběta II. - Život královny
První ucelená publikace o životě Alžběty II.
Alžběta II. ztělesňovala vesmír, který bychom si bez ní ani nedovedli představit – bez jejích obligátních klobouků, jejího typického úsměvu a diskrétního zvyku podupávat pravou nohou, když před ní při přehlídce šla hudba.
Tato princezna diskrétního zjevu, kterou nic nepředurčovalo k nástupu na trůn, vládla nejdéle v historii a délkou vlády (sedmdesát let) překonala rekord své prapraprababičky královny Viktorie (šedesát čtyři let), a dokonce i císaře Františka Josefa (šedesát osm let).
Jean des Cars, čerpaje z nejlepších pramenů, nás provází životem Alžběty II. od jejího mládí po smrt manžela prince Filipa i její vlastní odchod. Procházíme s ním všechny malé i velké události, soukromé i veřejné, které poznamenaly její život: světovou válku, otcovu smrt, nástup na trůn, klepy okolo jejího manželství, vztah se zatracovaným strýcem, nevázaný život její sestry, manželské problémy jejích dětí, „rebelii“ vnuka Harryho, a dokonce i její vášeň pro korgi a koně.
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Catherine, Our Future Queen
From the Sunday Times bestselling author and Royal correspondent, Robert Jobson - with his extensive connections within the royal household - this revelatory new biography tells the full story of how Catherine, the Princess of Wales, became the woman she is today.
Kate Middleton's life's story seems like a modern-day fairy-tale.
An attractive, clever, and ambitious girl from unexceptional beginnings meets and falls in love with a wealthy prince destined to be King when they are both university undergraduates. Now, with the British monarchy in transition, Catherine is Princess of Wales and is set to become Queen.
Since her wedding on 29 April 2011, Catherine has endeared herself to the people of the UK, the Commonwealth and worldwide on her extensive travels, with her infectious smile, sense of style and down-to-earth nature. Her self-deprecation, willingness to laugh at herself, solid work-ethic - along with her husband, William, warmth, and accessibility - this royal family's dynamic duo have become the most popular members of the Royal Family. But it's not come without its fair share of commentary and scandal, particularly with recent revelations on the relationship of the 'Fab Four' with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as well as her own health scares.
As interest in the royals continues to gain legions of new, younger fans, there is increasing interest in their histories and back stories of the principal players in this story. This book aims to discover, through talking to close sources both on and off the record within the royal household, what has made Catherine the woman she is today.
Lucky Girl - Family, Falling and Finding My Way
You can look at Lottie Tomlinson's life in two ways. Some people see a nightmare, some see a fairytale. She's just always thought that, despite it all, she is lucky.
'You can look at my life in two ways. Some people see a nightmare, some see a fairytale. I've just always thought I was lucky...People often ask me how I did it, this book is my answer. This is my story, everything I've learned along the way, I hope it can help you find your own luck. '
Lottie Tomlinson has gone through a huge amount in her 23 years on this planet. Touring with her brother Louis as a make-up artist with One Direction at the age of 16, you'd think her life was a fairytale. But this only masked the tragedy happening at home, when her mother became ill with leukaemia and died when Lottie was just 18. Leaving behind five smaller siblings, Lottie came home and tried to find a way to hold the family together. But sadly, tragedy struck again when the family lost Lottie's little sister Felicite, at just 18.
Despite all this, incredibly Lottie has built a successful business empire, has a loving stable partner and now is the mother to a beautiful baby boy, called Lucky.
Lucky Girl is Lottie's story of resilience and the lessons she's learned along the way. Going behind the beauty and the fame, Lottie's beautiful memoir explores the rollercoaster of her life, from the darkest days and loneliest nights to the success she found despite it all, and how all the challenges and setbacks have led her to where she is today.
Heartbreaking yet inspirational, Lottie hopes that in telling her story and how she has navigated the pain and grief in her life that she will provide hope for others going through their darkest times.
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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.
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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19,95 €
Once Upon a Time
The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in this captivating and effervescent biography that is perfect for fans of My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy, What Remains, and Fairy Tale Interrupted.
A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic figure, a woman whose short life in the spotlight was besieged with misogyny and cruelty.
Amidst today's cultural reckoning about the way our media treats women, Elizabeth Beller explores the real person behind the tabloid headlines and media frenzy. When she began dating America's prince, Carolyn was increasingly thrust into an overwhelming spotlight filled with relentless paparazzi who reacted to her reserve with a campaign of harassment and vilification.
To this day, she is still depicted as a privileged princess-icy, vapid, and drug-addicted. She has even been accused of being responsible for their untimely death, allegedly delaying take-off until she finished her pedicure. But now, she is revealed as never before.
A fiercely independent woman devoted to her adopted city and career, Carolyn relied on her impeccable eye and drive to fly up the ranks at Calvin Klein in the glossy, high-stakes fashion world of the 1990s. When Carolyn met her future husband, John was immediately drawn to her strong-willed personality, effortless charm, and high intelligence. Their relationship would change her life and catapult her to dizzying fame, but it was her vibrant life before their marriage and then hidden afterwards, that is truly fascinating.
Based on in-depth research and exclusive interviews with friends, family members, teachers, roommates, and colleagues, and featuring never-before-seen family photos, this comprehensive biography reveals a multi-faceted woman worthy of our attention regardless of her husband and untimely death.
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Tiger, Tiger
A new non-fiction title uncovering the life of golf superstar, Tiger Woods, featuring original interviews and reporting. What makes Tiger tick?
How did Tiger Woods become the greatest of all time?
And how did he fall so spectacularly?
Tiger Woods is unrivalled as an athlete. He made the ultimate commitment to his chosen sport - and transformed it.
Before the age of twenty-five, he rose to phenomenon status- twice named 'Sportsman of the Year' by Sports Illustrated, champion of more than thirty professional tournaments and the youngest player to win all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Tiger, Tiger taps into the transformative moments of Woods's life, revealing in vivid, dramatic scenes what he saw and felt on the course and in his inner life - from his only 'perfect' shot to his missed first putt at the 1995 Masters through his recent comeback tours.
Through a compelling series of original interviews, passionate golfer James Patterson and golf reporter Peter de Jonge get inside the impossible mystery of a global star.
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Elon Musk
Epic feats. Epic failures. An epic story.
Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk's journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet - but is Musk a genius or a jerk?
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era - a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.
When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue and charismatic fantasist.
His father's impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive.
At the beginning of 2022 - after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth - Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. 'I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,' he said.
It was a wistful comment, not a New Year's resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world's ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground.
For two years, Walter Isaacson had unprecedented access. He shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
The book includes over 100 integrated black and white images.
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23,95 €
Skandální Sarah
Kniha sleduje závratnou kariéru a bouřlivý osobní život proslulé herečky Sarah Bernhardtové. K jejím přátelům patřily největší osobnosti francouzské intelektuální elity té doby, jako byl Théophile Gautier, Gustave Doré či Victor Hugo. Postavila se po boku Émila Zoly v Dreyfusově aféře, za první světové války pořádala vystoupení pro vojáky na frontě a až do své smrti diktovala pravidla společenského života. Příběh této světoznámé legendy je zároveň i barvitou historií zlaté éry přelomu 19. a 20. století.
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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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The House of Beckham - Money, Sex and Power
The explosive new book from Britain’s leading investigative biographer, Tom Bower
As one of the most famous and influential couples in the world, David and Victoria Beckham have attained iconic status. The ultimate power couple have together built a multi-billion-dollar global brand. For decades, adoring fans have been captivated by the glamorous world they have created, while their unrivalled fusion of showbiz, fashion, football and celebrity has been cultivated alongside the image of a strong marriage.
When the much-trailed Netflix documentary Beckham aired in 2023, viewers were offered an even more intimate insight into their private lives. Produced by the Beckhams themselves, the series raised many questions, not only about their success and personal relationship, but also about the ruthlessly successful management of their image in the media. Are their lives really as perfect as the Beckhams would like the world to believe?
Through extensive research, expert sourcing and interviews with insiders, Britain’s most celebrated investigative biographer, Tom Bower, has unearthed a succession of revelations that give surprising insight into the reality of ‘Brand Beckham’. Exploring the couple’s relationship, and the truth about their football and fashion careers, their finances and their new life in Miami, The House of Beckham unravels the extraordinary reality of the business-savvy cultural icons to tell an engrossing, often astonishing story of money, sex and power.
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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.
Travelling - On the Path of Joni Mitchell
An Independent Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024
Celebrated music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of the legendary Joni Mitchell
One of the most celebrated artists of her generation, Joni Mitchell has inspired countless musicians and authors, while never stopping still herself.
In Traveling, Ann Powers seeks to understand the paradox of Mitchell – at once both elusive and inviting – through her myriad journeys. Drawing on extensive interviews with Mitchell’s peers and deep archival research, Powers takes readers to rural Canada, charts the course of Mitchell's musical evolution, follows the winding road of Mitchell's collaborations with other greats and explores her loves along the way.
Kaleidoscopic in scope, and intimate in its detail, Travelling is a fresh and fascinating biography, and one that questions whether an artist can ever truly be known to a fan.
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21,95 €
Svätý Augustín: Životopis, spiritualita a texty
Nevšedný, mnohovrstevný a po každej stránke obohacujúci je nový životopis svätého Augustína, ktorým vydavateľstvo Postoj Media otvára novú edíciu moderných biografií veľkých svätcov.
Svätý Augustín z Hippo nie je len slávnou postavou z histórie. Keď sa priamo stretávame s jeho spismi, zisťujeme, že je skutočným svetlom dnes.
Augustín je učiteľom, pravdivým sprievodcom pre človeka všetkých čias, ktorý túži nájsť pravdu. Augustín je človek s nepokojným srdcom, ktorý sa neuspokojí s priemernosťou pseudonáuk. Tie v priebehu dejín iba menia svoj vzhľad, ale nikdy nezmiznú. Augustín je ten človek, ktorý hľadí na horizont sveta a chce ho zachytiť jediným zbežným pohľadom alebo konečnosťou prchavého objatia. Priblížiť sa k osobe alebo spisom cirkevného učiteľa z Hippo je ako otvoriť dvere rannému svetlu alebo si podvečer vychutnávať čerstvý vzduch po horúcom dni; je to ako pohár vody pre smädného alebo dobrý odpočinok pre unaveného na ceste.
† Robert kardinál Prevost, OSA prefekt dikastéria pre biskupov
G-Man
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2023
Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
Winner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy
Winner of the American History Book Prize
Shortlisted for the 2023 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Longlisted for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
When he became director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover transformed a failing law-enforcement backwater into a modern machine. He stayed in power for decades, and created a personal fiefdom unrivalled in US history.
In this masterful, multi-award-winning biography, Beverley Gage explores the full sweep of Hoover’s life and career. In Gage’s portrait, Hoover was a man admired by millions, but was also a formidable public figure who intimidated his enemies, excluded minorities from his great American project and created the foundations of the US far right.
G-Man is a dramatic portrait of one of America’s most influential – and controversial – public figures. It is also an engrossing story of the making of modern America.
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The Language of War
When everyday life becomes a state of emergency, how can yesterday’s words suffice?
‘We were so happy and didn’t know it…’
A thirty-three-year-old writer lives in a quiet European suburb with his wife and his dog. His parents have bought an apartment nearby. On weekends they go out for brunch, cook and see friends. Life is good; it is normal. Then the invaders come.
The Language of War is about what happens when your world changes overnight. When you wake up to the sound of helicopters and the smell of gunpowder. When your home is hit by shells or broken into by gunmen, and you spend another night in a basement-turned-bomb shelter. When, even though you’ve never held a weapon before, you realise the only choice is to fight back. It is about things one can never forget, or forgive.
Bringing together Oleksandr Mykhed’s vivid day-by-day chronicles of the invasion of Ukraine with a chorus of other voices – his family, friends in exile, those who have fought and have witnessed unimaginable atrocities – this book is both a record, and a reckoning. Haunting and timeless, it asks how it is possible to find the words to describe a new reality; how you can still make sense of the world when the only language you can speak is the language of war.
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23,95 €
Filip Turek: Hranatá legenda
Zákulisní historky ze školy, závodů i současnosti. Proč ještě nemám děti? Co by měl být můj hlavní životní odkaz? Proč vlastně všechno dělám a co mě pohání? Tak to všechno a ještě mnohem, mnohem víc najdete v této hranaté zlaté knize.
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32,95 €
Návštěvy domů slavných - 50 nových příběhů
Čtvrté volné pokračování úspěšné série, v níž nás autorka provází bydlením celé plejády slavných českých osobností. Zmapovala místa, kde žijí nebo žili mimořádní a tvořiví lidé jako Marta Kubišová, Yvonne Přenosilová, Stella Zázvorková, Jana Šulcová, Růžena Šlemrová, Jarmila Smejkalová, Zdeněk Dítě, Miloš Nesvadba, Zdenka Procházková, Marie Podvalová, malíři Ota Janeček a Ludmila Jiřincová, režiséři Karel Lamač, Vladimír Slavínský, Antonín Moskalyk a další. Autorku zajímají především jejich lidské příběhy a zajímavé osudy, spojené s domy a místy, v nichž prožili někdy jen krátký čas, ale mnohdy i celý život. Knihu doprovází množství dobových i současných fotografií.
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Kde domov můj? - Rotterdamský příběh Františka Škroupa
Lidské osudy jsou různé. Některé z nich jsou na očích více, jiné méně.
Jméno Františka Škroupa sice známe, jeho melodii z Fidlovačky si broukáme, ale známe i jeho životní příběh? Román Markéty Dočekalové otevírá pozapomenutou kapitolu českých dějin a s detektivní bravurou sleduje osudy geniálního skladatele.
Škroup, autor hudby k naší hymně, se ocitá v nemilosti národa, který kdysi opěvoval. Praha ho zavrhne a on se vydává za sezónní pracovní nabídkou do Rotterdamu. Tam se ujímá řízení vznikající opery, komponuje, bojuje o přežití a s těžkým srdcem vzpomíná na domov, kam se už nikdy nevrátí...
Kniha vychází u příležitosti 190. výročí prvního veřejného uvedení písně „Kde domov můj“ a je nejen poctou skladbě, která přetrvává věky, ale také velkou snahou, abychom nezapomněli na jeden dávný příběh.
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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.
