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Symboly
Poslední velký dobrodruh, který dokázal měnit lidské vnímání světa. Většina lidí ho zná jako prvního, kdo vystoupil na všechny osmitisícovky, anebo sólo na Mount Everest bez kyslíku. Jeho příběh ale sahá mnohem dál – od hor a polárních pochodů až po pomoc v Himálajích, budování muzeí a uchovávání horské kultury. Obrovská cílevědomost i schopnost plnit projekty a cíle. V tom Messner dalece přesahuje formát dobrodružství, ale také inspiruje a posiluje každého, kdo se někdy v životě o něco snažil. Vzpomínáme na společné debaty o hodnotách života i o smrti, na jeho klid, soustředěný pohled a až svéhlavou schopnost jít vlastní cestou, ať si lidi kolem myslí cokoli.
Kniha, kterou držíte v ruce, je otiskem životní cesty člověka, který změnil svět a inspiruje generace.
Petr Horký, režisér a polárník
Honza „Tráva“ Trávníček, horolezec a průvodce
Living Proof
When a hereditary cancer threat echoes her mother’s journey, one woman chooses to rewrite her story—crafting a radiant memoir about embracing life’s precious moments and finding strength in the infinite power of family love. Tiffany Graham Charkosky was eleven years old when her mother, Julie, died. Eighteen years later, she discovers that the genetic mutation that took her mother has been passed down to Tiffany herself. But with this devastating news, Tiffany finds a certain strength in hope, resilience, and knowledge. She will fight for her family’s future. In this intimate memoir, Tiffany shares her challenging journey forward, mapping out a plan for preventative screenings, genetic testing, and surgeries, as well as a reflective journey into the past as traumatic memories of her mother’s illness and death resurface. Memories, too, of an indomitable love that informed Tiffany’s adolescence, and her own motherhood, and would give Tiffany an optimistic understanding of just how precious even the smallest moments in life can be. Now, thriving years beyond the age that claimed her mother, Tiffany embraces each day with fierce intention—her path illuminated by vigilant self-care, deep gratitude, and a family bond that proves the human spirit can transcend its darkest fears.
Raising Brows
An esthetician and single mother with no connections, Anastasia Soare risked her life escaping communist Romania to come to America. Raising Brows tells the remarkable story of how she built a billion-dollar beauty brand and went from watching Oprah's TV show to learn English, to shaping Oprah's eyebrows on the very same show years later. Anastasia disrupted the beauty industry by applying her art school training on the 'golden ratio' of beauty to eyebrows.
Helping women find harmony with their face, Anastasia put eyebrows on the map. She pioneered new makeup products and built a glittering roster of clients like Michelle Obama, Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian, and Cindy Crawford. But beneath the glossy exterior, Anastasia's path wasn't easy.
In this powerful memoir, she shares her extraordinary journey, putting her Romanian values of hard work, persistence, and optimism to the test in Los Angeles, ignoring the landlords and bank managers who laughed when she tried to open a salon focusing on eyebrows. Anastasia's story serves as a powerful reminder that you can do anything you put your mind to so long as you are passionate and determined. As she says, 'it's the love and effort we put into our pursuits and relationships that truly define our success.'
Anne Day: Les Flashes D'Anne
Salvaged from a devastating fire, Day''s photographs and stories provide glimpses into her close friendship with author Hervé GuibertIn the fall of 2013, the house of American photographer Anne Day burnt to the ground. A few of her prints and negatives survived in a file cabinet but had become completely charred: only remnants of images and traces of a younger self remained. A close friend of hers in the early 1980s was the French photographer and author Hervé Guibert (1955–91). They worked together on magazine assignments for Le Monde, profiling Orson Welles, Jane Fonda and the antique dealer Madeleine Castaing, to name a few. When not working, they took day trips to the seaside; Guibert introduced Day to his Parisian circle of friends. He took her to see performances by Pina Bausch and Mark Morris and they dined with Cartier-Bresson and Duane Michals. While Day made her living as a photographer, it was the photos she took of her grandmother that Guibert loved the most. Taking its title from an article Guibert wrote about Day, this volume mixes Day''s burnt prints with her anecdotes about the people she knew and the places she frequented.
Writing Creativity and Soul
When Sue Monk Kidd was in high school, a home economics teacher wrote a list of potential occupations for women on the blackboard: teacher, nurse, librarian, secretary. "Writer" was nowhere to be found. On that day, Kidd shut the door on her writerly aspirations and would not revisit the topic until many years later when she announced to her husband and two children that she was going to become a writer. And so began her journey into the mysteries and methods of the writerly life…
In Writing Creativity and Soul, Sue Monk Kidd will pull from her own life and the lives of other writers-Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Harper Lee, and many others-to provide a map for anyone who has ever felt lost as a writer. At the heart of this book is the unwavering belief that writing is a spiritual act, one that draws inspiration from the soul, that wellspring of creativity between imagination and feeling. Once you tap into that part of yourself, said Maya Angelou, there are only three more things you need as a writer: something to say, the ability to say it, and, perhaps most difficult of all, the courage to say it.
Equal parts memoir, guidebook, and spiritual quest, Writing Creativity and Soul is a pilgrimage and a touchstone, a journey into the transformational force of the imagination and the creative genius that lies in the unconscious.
Finding My Way
How do you rebuild yourself when your whole world changes overnight? Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Taliban''s brutal attack on her life, Malala quickly became an international icon known for bravery and resilience. But away from the cameras and crowds, she spent years struggling to find her place in an unfamiliar world. Now, for the first time ever, Malala takes readers beyond the headlines in Finding My Way - a vulnerable, surprising memoir that buzzes with authenticity, sharp humour and tenderness.Finding My Way is a story of friendship and first love, of anxiety and self-discovery, of trying to stay true to yourself when everyone wants to tell you who you are. In it, Malala traces her path from high school loner to reckless college student to a young woman at peace with her past. Through candid, often messy moments like nearly failing exams, getting ghosted and meeting the love of her life, Malala reminds us that real role models aren''t perfect - they''re human. In this astonishing memoir, Malala reintroduces herself to the world, sharing how she navigated life as someone whose darkest moments threatened to define her - while seeking the freedom to find out who she truly is. Finding My Way is an intimate look at the life of a young woman taking charge of her destiny - and a deeply personal testament to the strength it takes to be unapologetically yourself.
Nobody's Girl
Daughter. Prisoner. Survivor. Warrior. Nobody’s Girl ... This is Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s last word.
In 2011, Virginia Roberts Giuffre hit the headlines as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison and whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But first and foremost, she became known as a voice of courage and resilience for women everywhere. This is her story, in her own words. A story that has never been told in full before now. It demonstrates with extraordinary power that victims are made, not born. And that once you come to truly understand the horrifying impact of abuse, you will never again question why a victim stays, or returns over and over again.
In April 2025, Giuffre took her own life. She left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally that she wanted it published. This is the powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront adversity and trauma of the darkest form, yet found the strength to move forwards, reclaim her voice and shine a light on evil – advocating for others and fighting for a safer, fairer world.
Nobody’s Girl is a remarkable recounting of one woman’s fortitude in the face of depravity and despair, and the legacy she leaves behind.
Living Proof
When a hereditary cancer threat echoes her mother’s journey, one woman chooses to rewrite her story—crafting a radiant memoir about embracing life’s precious moments and finding strength in the infinite power of family love. Tiffany Graham Charkosky was eleven years old when her mother, Julie, died. Eighteen years later, she discovers that the genetic mutation that took her mother has been passed down to Tiffany herself. But with this devastating news, Tiffany finds a certain strength in hope, resilience, and knowledge. She will fight for her family’s future. In this intimate memoir, Tiffany shares her challenging journey forward, mapping out a plan for preventative screenings, genetic testing, and surgeries, as well as a reflective journey into the past as traumatic memories of her mother’s illness and death resurface. Memories, too, of an indomitable love that informed Tiffany’s adolescence, and her own motherhood, and would give Tiffany an optimistic understanding of just how precious even the smallest moments in life can be. Now, thriving years beyond the age that claimed her mother, Tiffany embraces each day with fierce intention—her path illuminated by vigilant self-care, deep gratitude, and a family bond that proves the human spirit can transcend its darkest fears.
Raising Brows
<p><b>An esthetician and single mother with no connections, Anastasia Soare risked her life escaping communist Romania to come to America. <i>Raising Brows</i> tells the remarkable story of how she built a billion-dollar beauty brand and went from watching Oprah's TV show to learn English, to shaping Oprah's eyebrows on the very same show years later.</b><br><br>Anastasia disrupted the beauty industry by applying her art school training on the 'golden ratio' of beauty to eyebrows. Helping women find harmony with their face, Anastasia put eyebrows on the map. She pioneered new makeup products and built a glittering roster of clients like Michelle Obama, Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian, and Cindy Crawford. But beneath the glossy exterior, Anastasia's path wasn't easy.<br><br>In this powerful memoir, she shares her extraordinary journey, putting her Romanian values of hard work, persistence, and optimism to the test in Los Angeles, ignoring the landlords and bank managers who laughed when she tried to open a salon focusing on eyebrows.<br><br>Anastasia's story serves as a powerful reminder that you can do anything you put your mind to so long as you are passionate and determined. As she says, 'it's the love and effort we put into our pursuits and relationships that truly define our success.'</p>
Izba plná zrkadiel
Od smrti Jimiho Hendrixa uplynulo už päťdesiatpäť rokov, ale jeho hudba a umelecký duch sú pre fanúšikov na celom svete stále veľmi živé.
Hudobný novinár Charles R. Cross v knihe Izba plná zrkadiel pútavo opisuje Hendrixov život od ťažkého detstva a dospievania v Seattli až po jeho neuveriteľný vzostup k sláve v šesťdesiatych rokoch. Ide o fascinujúci životopis plný legendárnych príbehov o sexe, drogách a excesoch, no autor zároveň odhaľuje osud muža, ktorý ťažko prijímal úlohu idola a v súkromí túžil po normálnom rodinnom živote, aký nikdy nemal.
Kniha Izba plná zrkadiel vychádza z nevydaných dokumentov, zo súkromných listov a najmä zo stoviek rozhovorov s ľuďmi, ktorí Hendrixa osobne poznali, ale mnohí z nich o ňom verejne prehovorili prvýkrát. Autor tak odhaľuje rozsiahle tajomstvo jednej z najžiarivejších hudobných legiend.
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Sny paměti
Sny paměti jsou koláží nedokončených vzpomínek a dalších textů Larisy Bogoraz, které z její pozůstalosti vybral pro charkovské nakladatelství Prava Ljudini Jevgenij Zacharov. Zachycují rodinné kořeny, třicátá léta v Charkově viděná dětskýma očima i následné studentské roky. Jsou cenným svědectvím o sovětské každodennosti, formování disentu, osudech autorčiných spoluvězeňkyň i boji za propuštění politických vězňů. Kniha tak přibližuje osobnost, jejíž stěžejní role byla spíše v životě samém než v jeho uměleckém ztvárnění, svůj jazykový um často vkládala do textů jiných autorů a formulační schopnosti nejčastěji uplatnila v otevřených dopisech a veřejných prohlášeních. České vydání doplňují komentáře přibližující dobový kontext, sovětské reálie a mnoho osobností sovětského disentu. Knihu doprovázejí fotografie z rodinného archivu i pražských návštěv Larisy Bogoraz.
Kniha vychází v koedici s Ústavem pro studium totalitních režimů.
The Dido Papers
A book that provides an extraordinary and rare glimpse into the daily life of a cadet and midshipman in the Victorian Navy. After two years at the Britannia Naval College at Dartmouth, Bryan Godfrey Faussett joined his first ship, HMS Dido, in June 1879 when he was just 15. He wrote long letters home to his family and friends, remarkably making copies that have survived. These provide a very rare glimpse into the life of a midshipman in the Royal Navy of Queen Victoria. His descriptions of West Africa include the death of the Dido's captain and a conference of local kings and chieftains aboard Dido ship that aimed at resolving disputes among them. Dido also spends time on Africa's east coast at the time of the first Boer war and his descriptions of that conflict, in which some of the crew of the Dido were sent to fight, are fascinating. In his Foreword, Rear Admiral John Lang says: 'Although still a teenager, he writes well, with an eye for a good story. His sense of humour shines through much of his writing, and he was very evidently a congenial colleague among his shipmates. Common themes include his interest in animals, both dead and alive, and we are introduced to monkeys, a leopard, a turtle, buffaloes and even the cockyollie bird!’
Když se usadí prach
Když havaruje letadlo, vybuchne bomba, přijde povodeň nebo vypukne pandemie, zazvoní jí telefon.
Lucy patří mezi přední světové kapacity v oboru zvládání následků katastrof – pomáhala například po ničivé tsunami v Indickém oceánu v roce 2004, při teroristických útocích v londýnském metru v roce 2005, po požáru Grenfell Tower či během pandemie covidu 19. Radí ministrům, pomáhá postiženým komunitám a pracuje na tom, abychom příště byli připraveni lépe.
Její vyprávění čtenáře zavede do světa za policejními páskami, na scény nepopsatelných tragédií, mezi rodiny pozůstalých i na vládní krizové briefingy. Představuje nám, co se děje poté – když se na troskách usadí prach –, a ukazuje, co je třeba, aby zasažené komunity byly schopné se postupně vrátit k normálnímu životu.
Ve své silné a dojemné vzpomínkové knize propojuje autorka zážitky ze své profese s vlastním životním příběhem a daří se jí nacházet lidskost, humor i naději tam, kde by mnozí viděli jen zoufalství.
Příběh Stray Kids
Od prvních vystoupení až po světová pódia a miliony fanoušků. Tahle kniha ti ukáže, co stojí za jejich úspěchem, jak vznikaly jejich největší hity a kdo jsou kluci, kteří za tím vším stojí. Pro STAY i zvědavce, co chtějí nahlédnout pod povrch k-popu.
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Helena Sováková - Plukovnice lidských duší
Na můj povel, knihu do ruky! Hlášení podává Helena Sováková, výjimečná žena, která v české armádě strávila víc než dvacet let a dotáhla to až na hodnost plukovnice. Sloužila v Iráku i v Afghánistánu a zažila téměř vše: smrt, strach, šikanu v mužském prostředí, ale i spoustu vojenského humoru. Třeba když na základnu v Iráku přivezli bezradným vojákům nové pračky…
Jako hlavní armádní psycholožka pomohla desítkám kolegů, kteří po návratu z války trpěli nočními můrami. Starala se o rodiny, které v boji ztratily syna či partnera. Zároveň zůstává oporou stovkám lidí, kteří čelí nejrůznějším životním překážkám — v práci, ve vztazích i při výchově dětí. Je to kniha nejen o životě v uniformě, ale taky o naději. O tom, že i když nám v životě není dobře, existuje cesta ven.
Varování: Během četby hrozí dojetí, husí kůže, smích i úbytek stresu. A to díky mnoha praktickým radám, které kniha obsahuje.
Otázky kladl Martin Moravec, jehož předchozí knižní rozhovory s neurochirurgem Vladimírem Benešem, pilotem Davidem Heclem, vyšetřovatelem Josefem Marešem, lékařem letecké záchranky Markem Dvořákem a vyjednavačem Adamem Dolníkem se staly bestsellery.
On the Back of an Envelope
One of Britain's foremost constitutional experts, Peter Hennessy has spent his five-decade career unpicking the arcane world of Whitehall and Westminster as a journalist, prize-winning historian, and political commentator. In doing so, he has chronicled the workings of the British state with wit, affection, and a healthy sense of absurd. In On the Back of an Envelope, he reflects in his time observing post-war Britain and its governance, considering the making and unmaking of prime ministers from Attlee to Truss, the role of the Monarchy, and the changing constitutional landscape in the wake of Brexit and in the midst of uncertainty about the Union. Interspersed with lectures, journalism, and new pieces, Hennessy looks back at a fascinating career, reflecting on his own experiences in the hard-nosed world of Fleet Street in the 1970s and bringing to life a cast of characters from a world now largely gone. He also revisits his time as a public historian, academic, and crossbench peer with a levity reflected in his belief that history is 'gossip with footnotes'.
The White Pebble
No other Vietnamese family in modern time had such an intense involvement in high politics and public affairs as the Ngô-?inhs. Through the tenure of President Ngô-?inh D? of the Republic of Vietnam (1955–1963), this family helped shape Vietnamese history in numerous ways. President D? ’s rule in South Vietnam was perceived by many to be authoritarian and nepotistic, but it is important for historians in general and for anyone interested in Vietnamese history in particular to learn more about his family members who played such important roles in his government. How did they see themselves, their country, and their compatriots? How did each member of the family think of others? How did they view the family’s role in history? Sixty years after the death Ngô-?inh Nhu, English-language readers can now learn about Madame Ngô-?inh Nhu’s life from her own words and recollections. Of all the Ngô-?inhs, Madame Ngô-?inh Nhu (T? L? Xuân) was perhaps the most controversial figure. In this posthumous memoir translated from French, Madame Nhu narrates important events in her life, from her childhood to her marriage to Mr. Nhu, from her time in Hu? during the Franco-Vietnamese war to the happy years of the D? government, and from her forced exile to the last days of her life. A complex individual and a strong-willed woman who refused to accept the terrible hands fate dealt her, Madame Nhu bared her pains, lamented the plight of Vietnam, and railed against the foreign powers that meddled in Vietnamese affairs. In an essay accompanying their mother’s narrative in The White Pebble, the late Ngô-?inh L? Quyen and Ngô-?inh Q? h (along with Jacqueline Willemetz) join their mother to defend the integrity of the D? government and the Ngô-?inh family against their critics. By telling the family’s history alongside that of the Vietnamese nation, Ngô-?inh Nhu’s children wanted to demonstrate the sincerity and depth of patriotism in the family. This book not only provides a unique account of Madame Nhu and the Ngô-?inh family by its members but also illuminates politics in Republican Vietnam and its troubled relationship with the United States.
True Nature
''Fascinating'' KATHERINE MAY, author of WinteringDiscover the many lives of Peter Matthiessen – writer, naturalist, activist, CIA agent, Zen master – in this kaleidoscopic biography of an American literary giant.Author of The Snow Leopard, co-founder of the Paris Review and the only writer to have ever won the National Book Award for both fiction and nonfiction, Peter Matthiessen was a towering figure of twentieth-century American literary culture. He was also, briefly, an undercover agent for the fledgling CIA; an environmental activist; an advocate for Native American rights and California farmworkers; friends with the likes of Truman Capote and William Styron; and a daring explorer who visited every continent on Earth, scaling the Himalayas and floating through the Amazon on a balsawood raft.Across these many lives, Matthiessen was always searching for what he called his ‘true nature’ – an enlightened state of being, without ego – and this spiritual quest ultimately led him, even as he inflicted great pain on three wives and multiple children, to the highest ranks of Zen.Readers and critics have struggled to reconcile Matthiessen’s extraordinarily varied achievements and literary output, which included everything from experimental novels to advocacy journalism. Now, for the first time, drawing on rich primary sources and hundreds of interviews, acclaimed biographer Lance Richardson pulls together the seemingly disparate threads of Matthiessen’s story. With page-turning immediacy, Richardson illuminates how the writer’s uncanny gifts enabled him to sense connections between ecological decline, racism and labour exploitation – to express, eloquently and presciently, that ‘in a damaged human habitat, all problems merge’.‘Splendidly readable … [Richardson] writes with flair and erudition’ The Observer on House of Nutter‘Illuminating and vividly drawn’ Sunday Telegraph on House of Nutter
The Only Way I Know
At the age of 16, a boy amongst men, Andy Farrell made his first-team debut for Wigan Warriors – and became a father for the first time. At 18, he won his first senior international cap. At 21, he won his first Man of Steel Award for the Super League player of the year. He went on to win the Golden Boot award for world player of the year.All of that on its own would have been enough to make him a sporting legend – and none of it even hinted at the fascinating second chapter of his sporting life, as a rugby union player with Saracens and England, or the third chapter, as a highly successful and beloved union coach. Under his leadership, Ireland have played a brilliant brand of rugby combining precision and freedom, and have won two of the past three Six Nations championships.Warm, thoughtful and passionate, Andy Farrell is not just a brilliant rugby man: he is a fascinating human being. His autobiography brings us back to his childhood in Wigan, when he made a meteoric ascent to the highest levels of rugby league. He writes about his ambitious attempt to remake himself as a rugby union player in his thirties. He writes about the importance of family in his life and he traces the journey that has led to him become one of rugby''s most successful coaches, explaining what he has learned about leadership along the way.
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.
