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Night People
Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, the Barbie soundtrack. Behind some of the biggest musical moments in the past two decades is one man: Mark Ronson. Now, his memoir Night People captures the music, characters, escapades and energy of his formative DJ days in ''90s New York.‘What happens when your music obsession catapults you beyond your wildest dreams? The answer is Night People – the most life-affirming coming-of-age story I’ve read in an age, with a soundtrack to die for. You know how your favourite record sounds? That’s how Mark Ronson writes.’ Pete Paphides, author of Broken GreekMark 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, when clubs were diverse, glamorous, a little lawless. 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. **Buy now to get your hands on a special foiled design beneath the jacket, EXCLUSIVE to the first hardback print run while stocks last**
Love Letters
'LoveLetters' is the true story of a passionate love affair spanningthe Second World War. It is the social history of a British enemy alien and hisItalian girlfriend. This is a tale of subterfuge and deception as thecousins strive to keep their relationship secret from all the family, andespecially the much feared, draconian Zio Peppino. Two voices narrate thecourse of their daily lives and loves, with a darkening political scene loomingin the background. Giorgio lives in England, while still retaining his Italiancitizenship, and Mariolina falls passionately in love with her exotic cousin. Their plans are shattered on the day Italy joins the war, and instead of becomingunited, the hapless couple are driven further and further apart. 'Our love willwin the war', declares Mariolina stoically, but what will it have to endure?
Lush!
From a small village on the outskirts of Swansea to the sets of some of the all-time greatest movies and TV shows - like Love Actually and Gavin & Stacey - Joanna Page''s journey to stardom has been extraordinary.In this funny, candid and endlessly surprising memoir, Joanna shares her story in full for the first time. Inside, she takes readers behind the scenes of her most iconic roles and introduces them to a colourful cast including Ruth Jones, James Corden, Richard E. Grant, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson and Emma Thompson.Joanna also details her early life growing up on the glorious Welsh coastline - a life (not unlike Stacey Shipman''s) filled with family and friendly neighbours - to the sudden shock of moving to London at 18 (totally alone) to take her place at RADA, one of the most prestigious performing arts schools in the world.Whether she''s navigating early awkward auditions and other uncomfortable incidents, chasing her big break, riding success (sometimes literally), falling in love, or discovering the magic and madness of life as a mum-of-four, Joanna speaks openly about what it really takes to make it in the acting world while staying true to yourself.An unforgettable read that makes you laugh and cry, Lush! is a celebration of finding your voice, holding your ground and learning to laugh at the messiest, most beautiful moments life has to offer.
Becoming a Composer
I am a composer. A composer of classical music. Quite honestly I am not quite sure how that happened to a girl born in Belize and brought up in Tottenham . . . It is clear that composing found me. It crept up on me and wouldn’t let me out of its grasp.Now a leading international composer and a singer-songwriter, Errollyn Wallen is as much at home in jazz and pop as in the classical world. Part memoir, Becoming a Composer offers an intriguing glimpse into the mind and motivation of a composer and covers aspects of Wallen’s sometimes troubled childhood, and her experiences of growing up as a black composer in the UK. It includes a collection of observations, diaries following the progress of new works and essays and seeks to shed light on the way a composer sees and hears the world.
From Hackney, With Love
For so many decades, Hackney wasthe pinnacle of the dynamic multicultural spirit of modern Britain,demonstrated by the borough's vibrant and energetic streets and oftencontroversial political, cultural and socio-economic character. But today, theHackney that long-standing residents once treasured seems to be disappearing. The borough's diverse working-class communities - who survived the run-downcouncil estates, the overwhelming deprivation and the postcode wars - areincreasingly being pushed out by the middle classes who buy up their homes,rename their shops and reshape their neighbourhoods. How did Hackney go from being oneof the poorest and most uninviting places in the country to being one of themost sought-after locations? In these pages, lifelong resident Richard Yeboahuncovers the borough's lively history, revealing the uncomfortable story of howgentrification has transformed Hackney, for better or for worse. Examining some of the mostcontested issues facing the borough today - including housing and regeneration,politics, class, race, education, youth violence, culture and gender identity -Yeboah amplifies the voices of Hackney's new, existing and former communitiesand explores the relationship between gentrification and feelings of belongingand loss. From Hackney, With Love isboth a unique love letter to one of the most vibrant parts of London and awarning that its very existence is in jeopardy.
A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen
''Sally really tells it how it is . . . This book will be a go to for those needing that bit of bravery and resilience in a world that needs more people like her'' CANDICE BROWN''Wow. Sally''s book is an insightful, honest account of a young cook''s journey to an inspirational chef'' ANGELA HARTNETT''She doesn''t so much pull back the curtains as yank them away, revealing the plain truth of what it takes to get dinner on to your plate'' OBSERVERThis is the story of Sally Abé''s rise to become an award-winning chef in the brutal world of restaurant kitchens; how a girl from the midlands who used to cook herself Smash to get by is now one of the most successful fine-dining chefs working today.It''s a familiar trope: angry men berating each other in kitchens as pots furiously boil, sauces burn and a giant slab of beef rests in the background. The dominant view of a professional kitchen is one of chaos and pent-up fury - a gladiatorial contest of male ego. Why then do we also hear the misogynistic refrain that women ''belong in the kitchen'' if, in a professional context, they''re all but erased from them?A Woman''s Place is in the Kitchen is a stirring manifesto - drawing back the curtain on restaurant kitchens to show how she is endeavouring to change them for the better. Filled with stories of Michelin-starred food, the relentlessness of kitchens, as well as the hope for the future of the culinary landscape, Sally''s memoir is set to become a classic.
Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER ?This funny, insightful, and deliciously dishy memoir? (Town & Country) from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, and Glory, creator of thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, ?takes its place alongside Adventures in the Screen Trade and Easy Riders, Raging Bulls as one of the indispensable behind-the-scenes books for fans of movies and television? (Aaron Sorkin).?I?ll be dropping a few names,? Ed Zwick confesses in the introduction to his book. ?Over the years I have worked with self-proclaimed masters-of-the-universe, unheralded geniuses, hacks, sociopaths, savants, and saints.? He has encountered these Hollywood types during four decades of directing, producing, and writing projects that have collectively received eighteen Academy Award nominations (seven wins) and sixty-seven Emmy nominations (twenty-two wins). Though there are many factors behind such success, including luck and the contributions of his creative partner Marshall Herskovitz, he?s known to have a special talent for bringing out the best in the people he?s worked with, notably the actors. In those intense collaborations, he seeks to discover the small pieces of connective tissue, vulnerability, and fellowship that can help an actor realize their character in full. Talents whom he spotted early include Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Denzel Washington, Claire Danes, and Jared Leto. Established stars he worked closely with include Leonardo DiCaprio, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Daniel Craig, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, and Jennifer Connelly. He also sued Harvey Weinstein over the production of Shakespeare in Love?and won. He shares personal stories about all these people, and more. Written mostly with love, sometimes with rue, this memoir ?is not just a wonderfully intimate memoir. It''s also an indispensable guide to the shark-infested waters of artistic integrity? (Cameron Crowe). Destined to become a new Hollywood classic, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions is ?a must-read for any film fan, and a sacred text for any aspiring filmmakers out there? (Forbes).
Hold Fast
It was obvious to Catherine Simpson from the beginning that there was something different about her first child, Nina.Motherhood had always felt like Catherine’s destiny, and she’d grown up nurturing joyful visions of the family she’d create. But her dreams crashed headfirst into the reality of parenthood. It seemed that the world was not Nina-shaped, and no matter how hard they both tried, they had to fight almost everything – especially once Nina started school.Aged ten, Nina’s autism was diagnosed and a door opened. It became clear why she didn’t think or behave the way other children did, but faced with school bullies, dismissive doctors and insensitive peers, her difficulties were far from over. She and Catherine still felt as though it was them against a world that demanded Nina change as a child and Catherine as a mother.While Nina remained resolutely herself, Catherine adapted. Mothering an autistic child lit a fierce determination within her and underlined the power of her unconditional love.This is an unforgettable story that shows what a gift it is to see someone not as the world tells them they should be, but as they are.
Ezer életem, egy sorsom
Belmondo önéletrajzi könyvében közvetlen stílusban, utánozhatatlan humorral idézi fel a múltat, és a saját életútjával bizonyítja, hogy a derű nem a nehézségek hiányát jelenti, hanem azt a döntést, hogy a legsötétebb pillanatokban is a fényt keressük.
"Bébel" valóban úgy élt, mintha ezer élet adatott volna meg neki, és mindegyik bővelkedett derűs pillanatokban. Légtornászhoz illő mutatványainak köszönhetően a francia színészóriás szuperhősként él az emlékezetünkben, mégsem épít legendát maga köré, egyszerűen mesél. Örömökről, kudarcokról, kockázatvállalásról és szabadságról, sikerekről és veszteségekről, a szenvedélyről, amely áthatotta egész lényét. Az életigenlés kiáltványaként is olvasható önéletrajz egyik fő erénye az önirónia. Belmondo egyszerre filmcsillag és egyszerű ember, aki képes nevetni saját magán, legyen szó félresikerült síelésről, driftelésről vagy botrányos sajtótájékoztatóról. Örömmel fedi fel a titkait. Kendőzetlen őszinteséggel mutatja be a tanulóévek nehézségeit, amikor a párizsi Konzervatórium tanárainak többsége csúnyának és a színészi pályára alkalmatlannak találta.
De Belmondo életében egyszer csak felbukkant Jean-Luc Godard, és első nagyjátékfilmje, a Kifulladásig (1960), amely lefektette a francia új hullám alapjait, mindkettejük számára fordulópontot jelentett. A rendező radikálisan új munkamódszere tökéletesen illett Belmondo rögtönzőképességéhez és zabolátlan személyiségéhez. A Godard biztosította szabadság volt számára az a közeg, amelyben a legjobb formáját tudta hozni. Később Belmondo egyreinkább a közönségfilmek felé fordult, mert meggyőződése volt, hogy a film, a színész fő feladata a szórakoztatás, a nevettetés, ezért ideális megoldásra törekedve a művészfilm mélységét és a közönségfilm közvetlenségét igyekezett egyesíteni.
Könyvében néha komolyabb hangon is megszólal. A színészek jogaiért folytatott küzdelem, a hírnév ára, a magánélet sérülékenysége és a folyamatos jelenlétből fakadó fáradtság egyaránt szóba kerül. Belmondo következetesen kiáll kollégái, a filmes szakma és a színészi hivatás méltósága mellett.
Az Ezer életem, egy sorsom nemcsak rendkívül hiteles személyes hitvallás, hanem egy fontos filmtörténeti korszakot bemutató érdekes és humoros ismertető.
Mégiscsak színésznő vagyok - Pásztor Erzsi élete - ahogy ő meséli
"Maholnap betöltöm a 90. évemet. Ha belegondolok, mi mindent éltem át a pályámon és a magánéletemben, milyen sok örömben és bánatban volt részem, alig akarom elhinni, hogy ennyi minden belefér egy ember életébe.
Amikor Gábor és Zoli megkerestek azzal az ötlettel, hogy mi lenne, ha elmesélném mindazt, ami az elmúlt kilenc évtizedben történt velem, először kissé elbizonytalanodtam: el tudom én mindezt mondani? Kíváncsi lesz erre valaki? Érdekli vajon ez a Közönséget? Aztán csak belekezdtünk, és a több hónapnyi, sok-sok órányi beszélgetés eredményeként - számomra is meglepő módon - megszületett ez az életrajzi kötet.
Minden kedves Olvasónak, aki kezébe veszi ezt a könyvet, csak egyetlen dolgot kívánok: legyen legalább olyan izgalmas Önök számára is az olvasás, mint amilyen nagy öröm és boldogság volt számomra felidézni az emlékeimet." (Pásztor Erzsi)
A könyv megjelenése idején 90. életévében járó Pásztor Erzsi, Kossuth-díjas színésznő pályarajza egyfelől a huszadik századi társadalmi mobilitás története, másfelől a hazai kulturális élet évtizedes változásainak lenyomata, harmadrészt egyéni túléléstörténet a rendszerváltások és kulturális kurzusváltások periódusában, negyedszerre pedig - s egyáltalán nem utolsósorban - egy változatos színészi pálya útirajza, amely egyaránt számot vet a mellőzöttség mélypontjaival és a kiugró művészi és közönségsikerek mérlegével.
A főhős magával ragadó személyiség, hatalmas történetmesélő kedvvel, és azzal a kifejezett ambícióval, hogy a már elhunyt pályatársak emlékét és egy egykorvolt színházi, filmes, televíziós világ emlékét megőrizze, miközben a mának és a máról is jócskán akad kritikus mondanivalója.
A kötet azonban nem csak a rajongóknak szól, hanem azoknak is, akik szeretnének többet megtudni egy szemtanú elbeszéléséből az elmúlt évtizedek színházi, kulturális világából: ez a könyv egyfajta oral history az elmúlt kilenc évtized magyar társadalmáról - nem a tetejéről nézve.
Swan Song: Diana, My Sister
Beautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles – available to pre-order now.
‘When asked, ‘What was it like, growing up with Diana?’, my first thought is always, But I don’t know what it was like not to grow up with her…’
In September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey before a watching world and shared his grief at losing his beloved sister, Diana. Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story of his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death.
In childhood, Charles and Diana, the youngest Spencers, were inseparable – secretly calling one another Duch and Carlos. As each other’s closest confidantes, they roamed the family estate, endured extremely challenging boarding schools, survived terrifying nannies and helped each other through the agony of their parents’ divorce.
Yet everything changed when Diana married the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, and overnight became a global icon. Charles saw his older sister serve the world’s marginalized and relish being mother to her treasured sons.
But, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage crumbled, she was left desperately alone. Charles always tried to be there for Diana – until that black night in August, 1997.
In Swan Song, Charles Spencer provides the most intimate, loving and honest portrait yet of his sister.
Angeball
''Excellent'' INDEPENDENT''A clear-eyed biography'' DAILY TELEGRAPHThe definitive biography and ultimate origin story of Ange Postecoglou, one of the most-talked about Premier League manager and instigator of the ''Angeball'' phenomenon that has taken the football world by storm. Now updated in July 2025 after Ange Postecouglou''s sudden sacking from Tottenham Hotspur.It took no time at all for fans of Tottenham Hotspur to fall completely in love with Ange Postecoglou and his ''Angeball'' brand of front-foot football. But after he delivered Tottenham Hotspur''s first trophy for seventeen years, winning the Europa Leauge in 2025, Ange Postecoglou was sacked just sixteen days later.Drawing on dozens of interviews with Postecoglou and his players, Angeball delves into the heart and soul of a man who has reshaped the football landscape. Vince Rugari follows the Greek immigrant through his journeystarting in football management at his boyhood club, becoming a marauding left-back in the Australian National Soccer league, and then as Tottenham Hotspur''s unique and exciting head coach. Explore the dynamics behind his coaching brilliance, his complicated relationship with the game in his homeland, and the profound impact he has had on fans worldwide, fuelled by an unshakeable belief in himself and his ideas. This is the story of more than just a man, this is the story of ''Angeball''.''The extraordinary journey of Australia''s most important and successful coach, perfectly captured by a writer who knows the immensity of what Ange has accomplished and stands to achieve'' GERARD WHATELEY, SPORTS BROADCASTER''I love Ange, I love Vince and I love this book. I look forward to the 2024/25 reprint after Ange has lifted a trophy with Spurs'' MAX RUSHDEN, HOST, GUARDIAN FOOTBALL WEEKLY PODCAST''A revealing and entertaining life and times of Australia''s greatest football coach'' JOE GORMAN, AUTHOR OF THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUSTRALIAN SOCCER
Johnny Ball - My Previous Life in Comedy
From an idyllic childhood in Bristol, with my gag-a-minute dad inspiring me to become a comedian, to dreadful teenage years in Bolton where education overlooked me, and all I learnt was how to be funny.My first job gave me a taste of success and confidence, followed by my real education in the RAF. Butlins gifted me an enduring smile, and in Liverpool, I worked with the less fortunate while crossing paths with future stars.Then came seventeen wonderful years of stand-up comedy, which took me across the UK and abroad, entertaining the British Forces, before a TV career began in failure, only to rise from the ashes with Di, the love of my life, and a new career in Maths and Science.Packed with wildly funny tales, this book isn’t half a good story – or is it?
The Vinyl Diaries
Pete Crighton came of age in the early/mid 1980s in the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Growing up in Toronto, he was terrified that his friends and schoolmates would find out that he was ''different'' at a time when being gay felt like a death sentence. His only comfort was music, the songs a balm to his painful adolescence. Struggling to make sense of his sexuality and fear of the disease stifled Crighton as a sexual being. Instead of exploring sex, he began curating a massive music library. He then took what he thought was a safepath and entered into two long-term monogamous relationships, both doomed to fail. Finally, in his 40s, Crighton decided to ignore his fear and live his queer life to the fullest. The Vinyl Diaries is the story of Crighton''s mid-life sexual awakening. From one-night trysts to friendships resulting from app-based hookups, Crighton is honest and unapologetic as he chronicles the pursuit of his erotic desires. Each new connection and lover is linked to an artist, song, or album from his vast collection and backdrops the stories Crighton tells about his life, interconnected with the artists'' work and histories. Kate Bush, the B-52s, Prince, The Smiths, Yoko Ono, and Stevie Nicks are just a few of the artists who provide an extraordinary soundtrack to Crighton''s adventures. Big-hearted, funny, thoughtful, and wildly entertaining, The Vinyl Diaries is a celebration of sex, music and the discovery of our true selves.
Asian/Other
A perceptive exploration of poetry, race, and otherness from one of our most promising voices in criticism.Vidyan Ravinthiran was born in the north of England to Sri Lankan Tamils, and moved to the United States five years ago. Considering identity in both its political and psychological senses - as these concepts fuse, or fail to, at different times and in different places - he leaps adventurously between memoir and criticism, understanding his life through poetry, and vice versa. Ranging from Andrew Marvell to Divya Victor, he writes both about and through poems, discussing Sri Lanka; experiences of racism and resilience; intergenerational trauma; pandemic parenting in an autism family; relationships shaped by the internet; growing up with a speech impediment and being sent by one''s aspirational brown parents to elocution lessons; and the relative invisibility of South Asians in Western television and film. This electric, compelling hybrid memoir discovers a new way of writing about the self and also literature.
Best Scar Wins
Award-winning Army Strategist, top West Point professor, and living kidney donor Matt Cavanaugh shares the lessons from his 25-year military career that enabled him to turn pain to power, scars to strength, and become great by doing good. For Matt Cavanaugh, nothing worked. He couldn’t help the ones he loved the most, his marriage was on the rocks. Inspired by a near-death combat experience, Cavanaugh transformed himself from failure to fit with an act of radical generosity. He donated a kidney to a stranger, an act that also helped save the lives of seven others dying of kidney failure. Then, just months after surgery, Cavanaugh became the only living kidney donor and fastest American ever to run the toughest self-supported ultramarathon series in the world—RacingThePlanet’s 4 Deserts Grand Slam—twice counted among the world’s greatest endurance races by Time. Best Scar Wins follows Cavanaugh as he uses every lesson and experience, slogan and saying he picked up from his military career to navigate the world’s worst deserts across four continents—from scorpions to penguins—on a mission to save lives. The eleven lessons in this astonishing adventure story—including how to expand your endurability—illuminate a path that anyone can follow to become more than they were before. In a call to live generously in support of others, Best Scar Wins shows you how to embrace your scars as triumphs—not as experiences that hold you back but as lessons that empower you to achieve more than you ever thought possible.
Long Going
At 50, Sophie Calon''s father was a celebrated lawyer. At 55, he was found dead on a garage forecourt at Christmas. Meanwhile he had pinballed between homeless shelters, prison cells, and dry-out hostels. His story is a lesson in how alcoholism corrodes a person - and a family. Long Going is a powerful, unflinching memoir that sings with Calon''s love for her eccentric, witty father while recounting his drink-fuelled disintegration. In telling his story, Calon explores her family''s instability and pain as well as her own survival. ''Throughout my childhood, our family''s struggles couldn''t be said aloud. I hope that, together with readers, we can all come to deeper understandings about addiction, grief, and how we could break destructive cycles.''
The Occult Elvis
An esoteric and magical portrait of Elvis Presley“A lively new book.” —The Guardian“Spine-chilling exposé.” —The Daily Mail• Draws on firsthand accounts from Elvis’s wife, Priscilla, his friends and family, the Memphis Mafia, and his spiritual advisors• Looks at key teachers who influenced him, including Yogananda, H. P. Blavatsky, and Manly P. Hall• Examines Elvis’s efforts as a natural healer, the significance of his UFO encounters, and his telekinetic, psychic, and astral traveling abilitiesElvis Presley, the most successful solo artist in history and an emblematic cultural figure of the Western world, has been widely perceived as a conservative Southern Christian. However, the truth about the man has been missed.Writer and researcher Miguel Conner reveals how Elvis was a profound mystic, occultist, and shaman. Beginning with the unusual circumstances of his birth—and his stillborn twin brother—Conner traces the diverse thread of mysticism that runs through Elvis Presley’s life, drawing on firsthand accounts from the people closest to him, including his wife, Priscilla, the Memphis Mafia, and his spiritual advisors. He shows how Elvis studied seminal 19th- and 20th-century occultists, including H. P. Blavatsky, Manly P. Hall, G. I. Gurdjieff, and P. D. Ouspensky, and was a devotee of Indian yogi Paramahansa Yogananda. Conner argues that Elvis was well-versed in the esoteric practices of sex magic, meditation, astrology, and numerology and had a deep familiarity with Kabbalah, Gnosticism, Theosophy, and Eastern traditions. He also reveals how Elvis was a natural healer, telekinetic, psychic, and astral traveler who had significant mystical experiences and UFO encounters.Looking at the conspiratorial and paranormal aspects of Elvis’s life, the author explores the "Elvis visitations" that have occurred since the King’s death and the general high weirdness of his life. As Conner convincingly argues, Elvis was not just a one-of-a-kind rock-and-roller. He was the greatest magician America ever produced.
The Onion Story
The Onion’s longtime co-owner and longest-serving editor-in-chief Scott Dikkers regales readers with never-before-told anecdotes from the beloved satiric newsroom in this celebration of creativity, resilience, and the transformative power of jokes delivered in AP style.In this laugh-out-loud origin story of a world-renowned satirist and “America’s Finest News Source” Scott Dikkers treats you to a rollicking trip through the 80s, 90s, and 00s, chronicling the inception, evolution, and success of The Onion from his view at the helm. With his famous wit and wisdom Dikkers chronicles the paper’s founding, run-ins with the law, scrapes with death, and raving-mad antics of its staff in chapters like: Childhood Trauma Mined for Cheap Laugh Hurriedly Collected Life Savings Invested Wisely Stop Put to All This Horseplay Award-winning Local Author Inspired, Drunk Look, Area Man on TV Office Internet Briefly Used for Work If you’ve ever been duped into believing an Onion headline, or simply laughed to avoid crying at how closely its fake news articles resembled reality, get a first-person view from the mastermind himself of the publication’s unparalleled legacy as the world’s most trusted news source, celebrated for its fearless commitment to truth-telling under the guise of satire.
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.
