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My Family and Other People’s Children: The Care Paradox
A deeply personal and professional journey into the world of children’s social care. Written by a caregiver with nearly five decades of experience, the book blends heartfelt storytelling with a critical look at a system in crisis. Through the author’s own family life and the many children she has cared for, it explores the joys, challenges, and heartbreak of navigating a system designed to protect but often failing those it serves. With compassion and honesty, the author reveals the struggles against bureaucracy, inequality, and the tension between doing what’s right and what’s required. This book is not just a memoir—it’s a call to action. Through gripping anecdotes and insightful analysis, it delves into trauma, resilience, and the importance of genuine relationships. It highlights systemic flaws, corporate interests, and the impact of a compliance-driven culture, while also celebrating the triumphs: the children who thrive, the caregivers who persevere, and the transformative power of connection. For anyone who has worked in social care, fostered or adopted, or simply cares about children’s welfare, this book challenges readers to rethink what it means to provide true care. Poignant, thought-provoking, and ultimately hopeful, it reminds us that change is possible when we listen, learn, and care.
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Just Kids
Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith''s definitive memoir is an evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe.‘Sharp, elegiac and finely crafted'' Sunday Times‘Terrifically evocative ... The most spellbinding and diverting portrait of funky-but-chic New York in the late ''60s and ''70s that any alumnus has committed to print'' New York Times‘Render, harrowing, often hilarious'' VogueIn 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that would carry each to international success never dreamed of. The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max''s Kansas City, Scribner''s Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol''s Factory and the whole city resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musicians and artists such as Harry Smith, Bobby Neuwirth, Allen Ginsberg, Sandy Daley, Sam Shepherd, William Burroughs, etc. It was a heightened time politically and culturally; the art and music worlds exploding and colliding. In the midst of all this two kids made a pact to always care for one another. Scrappy, romantic, committed to making art, they prodded and provided each other with faith and confidence during the hungry years--the days of cous-cous and lettuce soup. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. Beautifully written, this is a profound portrait of two young artists, often hungry, sated only by art and experience. And an unforgettable portrait of New York, her rich and poor, hustlers and hellions, those who made it and those whose memory lingers near.
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Jane Was Here
Jane Was Here is a whimsical, illustrated guide to Jane Austen's England – from the settings in her novels and the scenes in the wildly popular television and film adaptations, to her homes and other important locations throughout her own life. Discover the stately homes of Basildon Park and Ham House and the lush landscapes of Stourhead and Stanage Edge. Tread in Jane's footsteps as you explore her school in the old gatehouse of the ruined Reading Abbey; her perfectly-preserved home in her Chawton cottage, where she spent the last eight years of her life; or her final resting place in Winchester Cathedral. Whether you want to embark on a real Austenian pilgrimage of your own, or experience the journey from the comfort of your own living room, Jane Was Here will take you – with a tone as wry as Jane herself's – on an enchanting adventure through the ups and downs of the world of Jane Austen. Publishing in time for the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth, this book is the perfect companion for any Austenophile looking for a novel way to celebrate.
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This Is Rhythm
The remarkable life story of Ella Jenkins, “The First Lady of Children’s Music.” Ella Jenkins was one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century. Her songs “You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song” and “Who Fed the Chickens?” are classics in the world of children’s music. In a career spanning more than sixty years, she recorded forty albums, won a lifetime-achievement Grammy, and became the best-selling individual artist in the history of Smithsonian Folkways Records, the independent label that played a significant role in the 1960s folk revival movement and introduced listeners to Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. During her remarkable career, Jenkins joined forces with twentieth-century luminaries such as Odetta, Big Bill Broonzy, Armando Peraza, Bayard Rustin, and Fred Rogers. Despite her wide-reaching influence on children’s music, Ella Jenkins’s sonic civil rights activism isn’t widely known today. Based on dozens of interviews and access to Ella Jenkins’s personal archives, Gayle F. Wald’s This Is Rhythm shares how Jenkins, a “rhythm specialist” with no formal musical training, became the most prolific and significant American children’s musician of the twentieth century, creating a beloved catalog of songs grounded in values of community-building, antiracism, and cultural pluralism. Wald traces how the daughter of southern migrants translated the music of her own Black girlhood on the South Side of Chicago into a form of civil rights activism—a musical education that empowered children by introducing them to Black history, African diasporic rhythms, and a participatory, community-centered approach to music. Wald also discusses how, beginning in 1961, Jenkins built a life with a female partner who supported her materially and emotionally. Although Jenkins did not talk publicly about her sixty-three-year relationship, she opened up to Wald, offering insight into how a “private” Black woman in the public eye negotiated sexuality in an era before gay and lesbian liberation movements. Throughout her career, her innovative music found its way into thousands of community centers, classrooms, and concert venues, and her “call-and-response” method has influenced and empowered generations of children and adults. A beautifully written tribute to Ella Jenkins’s legacy, this biography illustrates her impact on children’s music and expands our understanding of folk music’s relationship with social justice. Jenkins used music to build a new world in which children—and adults—are encouraged to listen to each other’s distinct rhythms.
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Lee Miller: A Life with Food, Friends & Recipes
More than a book of recipes, this cookbook explores Lee Miller’s life through the influence of food and how it ascends to becoming the creative vehicle that she eventually swaps her camera for and uses to build bridges, heal old wounds, and to empower other women. A woman of many lives and mistress of her own re-invention Lee Miller, model, surrealist and fashion photographer, war correspondent and gourmet cook does everything wholeheartedly and with an imaginative flair. Much has been written about the varied forms of her creativity but Lee Miller''s achievement as a gourmet chef is usually left to being an endnote. Her granddaughter Ami Bouhassane sees this part of her life as Miller''s longest battle and most extraordinary personal accomplishment in every sense. Contains over a hundred of Lee Miller''s recipes as well as images by her and others in both colour and black and white.
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Your Body of Water
Sex, death, nature and the ?feminine?: an autofiction romance in four acts.Your Body of Water is an interweaving of autofiction with hydro-feminist mythologies, exploring via the emotional landscapes of four rivers and four ?tragic feminine characters? (Ophelia, Leda, the Lady of Shalott and Sappho) the author''s own real life journey, with a dose of tongue-in-cheek humour ? through coming out in Australia, an abusive relationship in Berlin, and navigating queer love in the context of a world literally burning around us ? and finding hope for the future in the stories of her ancestors before her.
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Jurij Gagarin - utajená pravda
Dne 12. dubna roku 1961 vzlétl na oběžnou dráhu Země první kosmonaut. Jurij Alexejevič Gagarin se rázem stal celebritou celosvětového formátu. Byl hrdinou, nebo obětí mocenského systému, do jehož služeb se dal? A kolik nezodpovězených tajemství se s jeho osobou dodnes pojí? Až dočtete tuto knížku, možná zjistíte, že hledání odpovědí na tyto otázky jsou jedním velkým dobrodružstvím…
Banánové dítě – Vietnamka v české džungli
Jsem banánové dítě – zvenku žlutá, uvnitř spíše bílá. Na svůj žluto-bílý svět se snažím dívat s nadhledem a psát o něm lehkým perem. Politicky nekorektní (sebe)ironie, švejkovský humor, nadsázka, prořízlá huba, která by ve Vietnamu byla okamžitě zalepena izolepou – to vše tvoří moji osobnost a knihu. Ta obsahuje dvacet příběhů z mého života. Píšu o svých rodičích, o tom, jak mě vychovali. Píšu o tom, jak jsem se s tím, jak mě vychovali, prodírala životem v české společnosti. Píšu také o tom, jak jsem si v životě nevěděla rady a chtěla to vyřešit útěkem do Francie. Píšu o hledání muže, o vyhazovu z práce, o depresích a mániích, o Vietnamu, o babičce, zkrátka o všem, co se mi z dnešního pohledu zdá pro můj život důležité. K některým zásadním událostem přidal svůj pohled na věc můj český muž. O autorce: Papírově jsem čistokrevná Vietnamka, ale míchá se ve mně jak asijská, tak evropská kultura. Jsem totiž Vietnamka made in Czechoslovakia. Byla jsem počata v Litvínově, narodila jsem se v Hanoji a v osmi letech jsem se s rodiči odstěhovala do východních Čech. Bydlím s českým manželem v Lysé a od narození mám na hlavě dvě lysinky. Miluji švejkovský humor, nadsázku a politicky nekorektní sarkasmus skoro stejně jako stračenky z Českého ráje a cukrovou třtinu z hanojského trhu.
Tinnitus
Tinnitus je odborné označení pro šelest v uších, které může v různých intervalech zesilovat či zeslabovat.
Pod tímto spíše medicínským názvem se skrývá autobiografická kniha hudebního vědce, mimořádně erudovaného znalce a propagátora osobnosti a díla Bohuslava Martinů, a také dlouholetého pedagoga Univerzity Karlovy Jaroslava Mihuleho.
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Géraldine
1915-ben született Budapesten egy szőke kislány, akivel megtörtént a tündérmese: magához hívatta a király, feleségül vette, és boldogan éltek, míg meg nem haltak.
Apponyi Géraldine apja magyar gróf, anyja amerikai milliomoslány. Az első világháború kitörése előtt találkoznak Párizsban, és egymásba szeretnek. Két kislányuk születik, mielőtt a világuk összeomlik: a vesztes háború után a feleség hadikölcsönbe fektetett vagyonának híre-pora se marad, a férj birtoka pedig immár Csehszlovákiában van. Apponyi Gyula még megéri, hogy fia születik, aztán tüdővészben meghal. Fiatal özvegye a három gyerekkel anyjához költözik a Riviérára.
Innen kezdve a lányokat ide-oda rángatja apjuk családja és az édesanyjuk, aki közben ismét férjhez megy. Végül Géraldine és a húga, Virginia, Magyarországon telepszenek le. Virginia megtalálja az igazit, a lassan vénlánysorba kerülő Géraldine kezét pedig az albán király kéri meg, nyilván politikai indokkal, de mindenki meglepetésére igaz szerelem ébred mindkettőjükben.
A házasságkötés után alig egy évvel Olaszország lerohanja Albániát; a király és a királyné újszülött gyerekükkel együtt szöknek át a görög határon, s ettől kezdve száműzetésben élnek. A második világháború után az albán kommunisták még az emléküket is igyekeztek eltörölni, de Géraldine és fia, Leka, megérte Enver Hoxha uralmának összeomlását. Visszatértek Tiranába, és a királyné ott halt meg nyolcvanhét évesen.
Joséphine Dedet szabad hozzáférést kapott a királyné levelezéséhez, és sokat beszélgetett vele és húgával. Személyes hangú, ugyanakkor alapos portrét fest egy különleges asszonyról.
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Magyar királynék és nagyasszonyok 10-18. kötet - Díszdoboz II.
A díszdoboz tartalma:
- Magyar múzsák
- Habsurg-feleségek
- Nők iskolája
- Erdély híres asszonyai 1.
- Thália szekerén
- Erdély híres asszonyai 2.
- Nők a szabadságharcban
- Mária Terézia és kora
- A színpad nagyasszonyai
A(z) Magyar királynék és nagyasszonyok 10-18. kötet - Díszdoboz II. (Könyv) szerzője .
A hiúz a napba néz
A XVII. században egy különös nevű akadémia működött Rómában, a Hiúzok Akadémiája. Csak az lehetett tagja, akinek „hiúzszeme” volt, aki olyasmit vett észre a tudományban, a művészetben, amit más még nem látott meg. Ilyen hiúz volt Galileo Galilei, az újkor egyik legnagyobb fizikusa és csillagásza. Galileire valóban ráillett ez a megtisztelő név: csillapíthatatlan vágy hajtotta, hogy szüntelenül kutasson, kísérletezzen, beletekintsen az igazság fényébe. A napra irányította távcsövét, hogy megismerje a tudomány új törvényeit. Aki azonban sokáig néz a napba, annak elkáprázik a szeme, és nem veszi észre, ami a földön van; nem törődik az útjában tátongó farkasvermekkel, amelyeket a világosság ellenségei ástak neki. Galilei, akinek szemét elkápráztatta a tudnivágyás fénye, végül belezuhant egy ilyen farkasverembe. Ellenségei ujjongtak, mert azt hitték, hogy a hiúzzal együtt a világosságot is elpusztították. De a napot, a tudás igazi fényét nem lehet elpusztítani. Galilei életéről, harcáról, kegyetlen bukásáról és eszméinek dicsőséges felemelkedéséről szól Száva István fordulatos, mindvégig érdekes regénye.
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Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela is the amazing story of a true hero of our times; his famous biography has been specially adapted for children in a beautiful illustrated picture book format. Discover how a little boy whose father called him "troublemaker" grew up to fight apartheid, become South Africa's first black president and campaign for freedom and justice throughout the world. Adapted by poet Chris van Wyk and illustrated by South African artist Paddy Bouma, with an introduction from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Long Walk to Freedom introduces children to the life of one of the world's most beloved leaders.
Mária Terézia: Najmocnejšia panovníčka Európy
Aké boli kľúčové okamihy vlády Márie Terézie? Barokové obdobie, do ktorého sa jediná uhorská panovníčka narodila, bolo bohaté na kultúru i množstvo povier a predsudkov. Objavovalo sa niekoľko zázračných a pozoruhodných udalostí, ktoré ovplyvňovali dobu aj vnútorný svet panovníčky – jej vzťahy k cirkvi a náboženskej viere. Autor sa tak zamýšľa aj nad rozporuplnosťou vlády Márie Terézie a nad jej prínosom do reformného úsilia, ktoré je pre jej vládu príznačné.
Daughters of the Sea
Defying the disbelief of friends and colleagues, Geraldine’s parents decided to bring up their family on board a sailing boat, determined to turn their seafaring dream into reality. In 1946 her father is given six months to live and invalided from the Royal Navy. Yet, gradually, with the help of friends and the generosity of strangers, dreams became reality. The Griffin daughters grew up to love the freedom of the sea learning their art from an early age. Geraldine learned to navigate by the stars and to maintain the traditional sails and rigging. While still children, this crew of sisters became Registered British Seamen. In 1965 women, let alone girls, were rarely considered as competent crew, yet they couldn’t have been more ready as they set off across the Atlantic. Sailing the family’s sturdy 50ft ketch with “Captain Cook’s instruments along Christopher Columbus’s route”, there was no satnav, no autopilot, no telephone, just a compass, sextant, paper charts, ample provisions and 100gallons of water. This memoir is a saga of delights, lazy sailing days, mid-Atlantic swims and celebrations; of adversity, storms and disaster. It delivers a unique story of optimism and resilience. It is also a story of coming of age.
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Walking Ghosts
''Each story shines in its own distinctive light.'' —Neil Hegarty''O''Donnell is unflinching in her ability to display humanity in all its flaws and vulnerabilities.'' —Mary Costello''The magic of her writing is in the subtle, mysterious evocation of the unconscious, of the potent mixture of mood and thought and half thought which colours human lives.'' —Eilis Ni Dhuibhne''Searingly intimate and subtle stories, the beauty, the pain and the hope of desperate lives lived in everyday places. A fascinating, varied and utterly compelling collection.'' —William WallIn this masterful collection, Mary O''Donnell explores the subtle fractures and quiet transformations that shape modern Irish life. Her characters navigate a society in flux, where traditional certainties give way to new complexities. A gay man and his trans partner face casual hostility on city streets. A tarot reader takes a fateful gamble during a session. In Edna a woman discovers the sharp edge of urban life while offering aid to strangers. On a sun-drenched Canary Islands beach, vacationing couples witness the arrival of migrants, forcing a confrontation with privilege and fate.From pandemic lockdowns where a chocolate maker watches his business and sanity unravel to nightclubs where identity is both celebrated and challenged, O''Donnell''s stories serve as litmus tests for contemporary society. With unflinching precision, she reveals how quickly our certainties dissolve, leaving us to navigate a world of shifting possibilities.These stories capture the secret sorrows and resilient hopes of characters caught between who they were and who they might become.
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Miles Franklin Undercover
'There is a theory that any woman can be rescued from the shoals of failure and despair by finding some man to ask her in marriage, but before I could be happy in love I should at least need to realise myself.'She dazzled Australia with her rebellious novel My Brilliant Career, inspiring generations of young women chafing under conventional expectations. Only 21, Miles Franklin was lauded as the Bronte of the bush, and feted by the rich and influential. But fame can be deceptive. In reality, the book earned her a pittance. The family farm was sold, her new novels were rejected, and she was broke. Just two years after her debut, Miles disappeared. In this real-life sequel to My Brilliant Career, author Kerrie Davies uncovers a little-known period in Miles' life, from the servant's quarters of Sydney and Melbourne's wealthy houses to volatile Chicago, in the turbulent years after her early success. Davies draws on a never-before-published manuscript and diary extracts from Miles' year undercover as a servant, intimate correspondence with poet Banjo Paterson, and archival sources from Australia and Chicago. Miles Franklin Undercover is a powerful story of a young woman's enduring resilience, and her determination to always be her own heroine.
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Wadda Life
Derek Massey arrived in Dar es Salaam with little money, no local knowledge, and no idea of the challenges he’d face under Africa''s intense sun. A young Englishman, he''d never ventured beyond Switzerland before taking a job in Tanzania''s hides and skins department, marking the start of a 50-year career across Africa and Asia.In a pre-GPS, pre-cell phone era, Africa''s vast landscapes were unpredictable and often dangerous. Breaking down or getting lost could leave one stranded for days, facing threats from wildlife and harsh conditions.Wadda Life captures Derek’s journey through diverse cultures, risks, and remarkable experiences in a continent that quickly became home.
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Chutzpah
Wry and exhilarating, Chutzpah is a fearless exploration of what is possible when one person simply refuses to choose between abandoning their roots and abandoning themselves."Clear-sighted and courageous, with an extremely dry sense of humour"DAVID BADDIEL, author of Jews Don''t Count"A gutting, brave story, written with exquisite candour."Dr. Sara Glass, author of Kissing Girls on ShabbatYehudis Fletcher was six years old when she decided to find out if there was actually a G-d.One Sabbath evening, she dared to defy a fundamental rule. She didn’t wash her hands before breaking bread. At the table, Yehudis braced herself for a terrible, biblical punishment: being swallowed by the ground or consumed by fire. But nothing happened.It was at this moment that she discovered a spark within that would grow to make her invincible.As the daughter of a rabbi raised in an Orthodox Jewish community, Yehudis struggled to conform to the strict expectations placed upon her and her siblings. Outspoken, curious and desperate to know more about G-d, she felt fenced in by arbitrary rules and questions left unanswered.As she grew older, these restrictions intensified and her questions for G-d hung heavier than ever. Repeatedly let down by those who were supposed to protect her and pushed on to a path that seemed to take her further away from who she really was, she began to yearn for a life where she could embrace all facets of herself.When Yehudis’s sexuality came to blows with the expectations of her family and her community, the pressure to inhabit a binary position reached fever pitch. Confronted with either losing the faith she loved or losing herself, Yehudis made the most daring decision of all: she decided to stay.“Chutzpah is a brilliant and fascinating insight into an ultra-orthodox Jewish community.”Harriet Wistrich, author of Sister in Law"Yehudis’s resilience is truly inspirational."Ashley Blaker, author of Normal Schmormal
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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.
