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A Life Among the Dead
THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERWhen death is a way of life . . .In A Life Among the Dead, David McGowan, Ireland''s best known Funeral Director, and subject of the Award-winning Netflix documentary The Funeral Director, guides us through the business, the science and the unexplained elements of death.Alongside exploring the unique approach of Irish culture when it comes to grief and death, David seeks to demystify the process of dying and what happens to the body afterward.The only certainty when we come into this life is that we are going to leave it, and yet it''s something most people are reluctant to discuss or allow themselves to think about. David''s mission is to open up conversations and encourage people to have an understanding of their loved ones wishes as well as their own.Poignant, humorous and educational, this is an account of a life lived with purpose in the service of the dead.
The Incidental Feminist
Meet the woman behind the politician‘Offers a remarkable new view of a remarkable and still under-appreciated leader’ Simon JenkinsSince stepping down in 1990, Margaret Thatcher has become a cardboard cut-out hate figure or an iconic defender of freedom, depending on your politics. In The Incidental Feminist: Friend, foe, femme fatale: The truth about Thatcher, Tina Gaudoin investigates the complexities of the woman behind the tropes.Drawing upon explosive new material from the archives and interviews with her contemporaries, Gaudoin reveals how Thatcher triumphed over rampant misogyny and class prejudice to normalise female power and manipulated her femininity, sexuality, and intellect to become the most powerful woman in the world.Publishing to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher''s birth
Pavol Strauss a jeho 20. storočie
Kniha je portrétom Pavla Straussa (1912 – 1994), výnimočnej osobnosti slovenského intelektuálneho a duchovného života dvadsiateho storočia – človeka, ktorý v sebe harmonicky spájal erudíciu lekára s hĺbkou brilantného myslenia humanistu a citlivosťou duše umelca. Mapuje jeho životnú cestu od detstva v pestrom a slobodnom prostredí rodného Liptovského Svätého Mikuláša cez bohémske študentské roky v Prahe, dramatické obdobie druhej svetovej vojny na Liptove, povojnové pôsobenie v Skalici a Nitre, poznačené nevyhnutnými zrážkami s komunistickým režimom, až po posledné roky v slobodnej spoločnosti deväťdesiatych rokov. Sleduje vnútorné zápasy a podnety, ktoré formovali jeho pohľad na svet, umenie, vedu i náboženstvo, a na pozadí nevšedného životného príbehu, vinúceho sa takmer celým storočím, hľadá odpoveď na otázku, či je možné napriek neľútostnému vonkajšiemu tlaku po sebe zanechať veľké dielo a zároveň zostať slobodným a čistým človekom. Je pozvaním k hlbšiemu pochopeniu muža, ktorý veril, že aj z ticha môže zaznieť hlas, ktorý uzdravuje.
Great Irish Wives
WINNER History Book of the Year, An Post Irish Book Awards. Throughout history, the stories of women’s lives and work have been overshadowed by those of men. Wives, especially, disappear, unacknowledged as patrons and champions of their husband’s work, as collaborators, muses, carers and managers of the family domain. Great Irish Wives shines a spotlight on ten such wives: Matilda Tone, Mary O’Connell, Constance Wilde, Charlotte Shaw, Emily Shackleton, Annette Carson, Sinéad de Valera, Margaret Clarke, George Yeats and Beatrice Behan. The men in this book are household names, from Wolfe Tone and Daniel O’Connell to Oscar Wilde and BrendanBehan, and they all have one thing in common: they married women who enabled them to pursue their dreams,even if that meant courting death or outrage. Nicola Pierce tells the stories of these truly remarkable women.
The Book of Sheen
For the first time, Charlie Sheen – the star of Platoon, Wall Street, Major League and Two and a Half Men – writes the story of his extraordinary life in an unfiltered memoir. ‘We can live the stories or hear about them later from others. I choose the former.’Charlie Sheen shouldn’t be alive to write this book.
But in The Book of Sheen, the movie and TV star, who has defied the odds, finally presents his story, in his own words. Charlie Sheen was born the third of four children to actor Martin Sheen and his wife, Janet. He grew up on film sets – from his father’s all over the world, to his own in Malibu.
There, he made ambitious Super 8s, with a roster of friends who went on to become household names, including his brother Emilio, Sean and Chris Penn and the Lowe brothers. Sheen broke into movies in the 1980s, playing a hoodlum in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a young soldier in Platoon and an ethically compromised trader in Wall Street. But somewhere along the way, despite a successful transition to TV leading man in Spin City and Two and a Half Men, Sheen descended into a vortex of extracurricular activities.
Now sober, Sheen delivers a clear-eyed narrative of his highs and lows with humour, candour and a vivid, captivating writing style that is uniquely his. The Book of Sheen reads like a far-fetched, overstuffed novel of Hollywood life – yet it is all true.
This Is for Everyone
The story of our modern age, told through this groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web.The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of visionary. Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Berners-Lee famously shared his invention, the World Wide Web, for no commercial reward. Its widespread adoption changed everything, transforming humanity into the first digital species. Through the web, we live, work, dream and connect.In this intimate memoir, Berners-Lee tells the story of his iconic invention, exploring how it launched a new era of creativity and collaboration while unleashing a commercial race that today imperils democracies and polarizes public debate. Filled with his characteristic optimism, technical insight and wry humour, this is a book about the power of technology – both to fuel our worst instincts and to profoundly shape our lives for the better.As the rapid development of artificial intelligence heralds a new era of innovation, Berners-Lee provides the perfect guide to the crucial decisions ahead – and a gripping, in-the-room account of the rise of the online world. Peppered with rich anecdotes and amusing reflections, This is For Everyone is an essential read for understanding our times and a bold manifesto for advancing humanity’s future.
White Male Stand-Up
''Davies has done it again, damn him. Irritatingly good. Maddeningly funny. Annoyingly fine.'' STEPHEN FRY''Emotional, entertaining and startlingly honest. I was totally engrossed.'' AMY LIPTROT, author of The Outrun.Following Just Ignore Him, the bestselling memoir of his traumatic childhood, White Male Stand-Up is what happened next to Alan Davies.It''s the story of how he threw himself into the joyous and idealistic world of stand-up comedy, leading to a television career, but how echoes from the past, and the thought that everyone might prefer it if he disappeared, saw him repeatedly dismantle everything around him.With a cast of well-known comedians, actors, agents and producers, Alan awkwardly navigates his life from the camaraderie of the comedy circuit via life-changing fame as TV''s Jonathan Creek, to the unwelcome realisation that most people know him from a bank advert and think he''s had a perm.Often very funny and always honest, this very personal memoir is a rich tale of uplifting highs and painful lows, of success and excess, and the dangers of both. How Alan Davies survived it - and very nearly didn''t - is the compelling tale of White Male Stand Up.
She Journeys
A debut memoir for fans of Love Warrior—a candid account of the emotional and psychological pain of infidelity and divorce; and the journey of a lifetime that one woman took to heal.Few things can shatter our hearts like expectations. Sarah expected to live happily ever after. She expected her husband to honor his vows. She expected his military helicopter to land safely. But when the unimaginable occurred and her world unraveled so magnificently, the undoing of her expectations left her on her knees, fighting for her life. When everything we “expect” crumbles like ash after a fire, how do we reconcile what was lost? One courageous step at a time. Sarah packed her car, then set out to hike and camp across the country. But pain, codependence, and trauma challenged her as she moved forward. From a sailboat to a yoga studio, a therapist’s couch to a shaman’s ceremony, from selling everything and moving into a van—on the ashes of her former expectations, Sarah rebuilt, from the inside out. She Journeys is a testament to the transformative power of healing. From darkness to light, from a marriage ended to a life reclaimed, we are reminded that it never matters how we begin. Only that we do. From wounds to wisdom, She is every woman who must find her way from heartbreak to homecoming.
Does This Make Me Funny?
You may know Zosia Mamet from her singular role as Shoshanna on Girls, or for being one of Hollywood''s original nepo babies (or as she says, ''a B-minus nepo baby, a nepito baby if you will''). What you might not know is that as a toddler she visited theatres where her mum was rehearsing, crawling around on the floor and scrunching herself between seats; that she earnestly believed in Santa Claus for way too long; that she spent years navigating body image issues in hopes of finding elusive self-love; and that she was so overwhelmed and overjoyed when finally meeting her idol David Sedaris that she hid in the bathroom and melted into a ''puddle of glitter.'' By turns charmingly witty and achingly vulnerable, the essays in Does This Make Me Funny? introduce us to Zosia Mamet in all her glory-from her early days growing up in literary and dramatic circles, to her years as a young adult pining for acceptance and love, to her first attempts to make it as an actor, to where she (and Shosh) are now. A gripping, funny, and earnest look at what it means to be a girl in the world and how to define yourself amid the bustle of show business, Does This Make Me Funny? is a captivating debut from a natural-born storyteller.
Kade - tade po Halinde
Druhý diel pamätí Mila Urbana voľne nadväzuje na autobiografické dielo Zelená krv (Spomienky hájnikovho syna). Mapuje obdobie od roku 1921 až po príchod autora do Bratislavy v roku 1935. Milo Urban po smrti svojho otca a nezhodách s otčimom predčasne opustil školské lavice, aby sa ako polosirota postaral o seba sám. Stáva sa výpomocným redaktorom v redakcii časopisu Slovák v Ružomberku, neskôr vystrieda viacero redaktorských a úradníckych miest. V roku 1927 mu vychádza román Živý bič, kľúčové dielo slovenskej medzivojnovej literatúry s témou prvej svetovej vojny. Na pozadí autobiografických spomienok autor vyjadruje svoje odmietavé postoje k aktívnej účasti v politike či k pálčivým otázkach v 1. ČSR, napríklad k sociálnej nerovnosti či vzťahu medzi Čechmi a Slovákmi a zároveň predostiera otázku slovenskej svojbytnosti. Druhý diel pamätí Mila Urbana bezpochyby prinesie aj mnohé podnety na diskusiu, nakoľko obdobie, ktoré zahŕňa, formovalo autora ako človeka i ako spisovateľa. Halinda, vymyslená krajina, totiž symbolizuje métu, ku ktorej autor svojím životom i dielom smeruje.
Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories
From urgently scribbling out his debut Killing Floor in pencil (the stub of which he still owns), to taking a step back with Blue Moon, and everything in between, here are 24 honest, witty and wise personal reflections on his life and work, crafted across decades.
Whether it is through Lee’s moving account of meeting a fan years after her mother brought her to a book signing; facing his first computer and the coming of the internet; writing about New York just before – and just after – 9/11, to later seeing his novels adapted for the big screen, each riveting piece deftly evokes where he was psychologically and physically when he wrote each novel.
Lee has clearly felt unwavering gratitude for his readers since 1997. And these stories were originally designed for fans of Reacher who may be interested in a ‘behind-the-scenes’ – or, in Lee’s words: ‘why the books turned out the way they did’.
But this collection is also so much more. It is the story of a man who once put pencil to paper in an attempt to turn his luck around . . . and who made every word count.
Lynn Wyatt
Beautiful, witty, charming, entertaining, lively, and loyal—all words that describe Lynn Wyatt, an extraordinary woman who is fiercely dedicated to family, friends, philanthropy, arts, and fashion.Lynn Wyatt is a treasure trove of beautiful photographs, letters, and memorabilia celebrating her life, style, and philanthropic endeavors.An International Best-Dressed inductee, Lynn is a true tastemaker who continues to influence fashion. She donned the made-to-measure creations of Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, and Tory Burch. Lynn’s philanthropy to the arts was commemorated by the naming of “Lynn Wyatt Square for the Performing Arts” by the city of Houston. Celebrated for her kindness and personal style, Lynn, dubbed “Sister Style” by Elton John, transcends many glamorous eras and continues to be an enduring figure of taste and style.The Times once declared that Lynn is a woman who knows everyone, and she is the first to acknowledge the joy of friendship. For the hostess extraordinaire, it is not about who she knows, but rather, the meaningful relationships that lend importance to life.Read about her lasting friendships with Princess Grace, Prince Albert of Monaco, and Truman Capote; dancing at Studio 54; parties at Andy Warhol’s Factory; and invitations to the White House from Presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton. She has been a genuine influence in America’s cultural landscape. Among her many other fans and friends, readers will be delighted by stories of Lynn and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, Valentino, Oscar de la Renta, Liza Minnelli, John Travolta, Diane von Furstenberg, Carolina Herrera, Shirley MacLaine, Zac Posen, and Graydon Carter.The cover is a portrait of Lynn Wyatt by Andy Warhol, and in the pages of Lynn Wyatt, readers can see her incredible life captured by such legends as Slim Aarons, Andy Warhol, Helmut Newton, and Norman Parkinson. Through beautiful photography, this book explores her continuing influence in the spheres of art, society, fashion, and philanthropy.
The Dirt Beneath Our Door
For fans of Educated and The Sound of Gravel, The Dirt Beneath Our Door tells the remarkable and inspirational story of how a mother escaped a fundamentalist Mormon cult with her eight youngest children, only to struggle with newfound freedom in an America she barely knew. Sixty-one siblings. Five sister wives. Nine children. And one carefully hidden dream: To escape the violent, misogynistic, fundamentalist Mormon cult that kept Pamela Jones perpetually pregnant, broken, and brutalized.Today, Pamela Jones is a self-made millionaire and successful CEO. But growing up, she never could have imagined her life would turn out that way. From a young age, she was told her only purpose in life was to be her husband’s handmaid and bear him as many children as possible. While she endured fear, poverty, deprivation, and abuse, her family constantly moved between rural desert compounds in the United States and Mexico, one step ahead of the law and one step ahead of Ervil LeBaron, aka “The Mormon Charles Manson”—the cult’s frightening leader whose brutal blood atonements left a trail of bodies in his wake. By the time she was newly married at fifteen, Pamela’s husband forbade her any contact with outsiders, including her own family. She’d been raised to believe that her throat would be slit and her blood sprinkled on the soil if she ever tried to escape. But in 2000 at age thirty-four, she knew that if she and her children didn’t escape, they would die. The Dirt Beneath the Door follows their desperate flight across the Mexican border with only the clothes on their backs, two vehicles and two tanks of gas, a five-dollar bill, and two credit cards her husband had secretly taken out in her name. Once settling in Minnesota, Pamela must use her own resilience and grit as a mother to support her children and build an independent life for her family with less than a fifth-grade education–all while exploring the life and liberties that had been denied to her for so long. An unforgettable testament to the power of hope and resilience, The Dirt Beneath Our Door is an epic and harrowing tale of finding freedom, believing in yourself, and achieving the American Dream.
Strive
Throughout her multi-faceted career, Venus Williams has earned four Olympic gold medals, 21 Grand Slam titles, and built two companies. Along with her sister, Venus became the first female African American minority owner of an NFL team, Miami Dolphins. All her successes are tied to one simple promise to herself: make everything in life easy, enjoyable - but most of all - exciting. In 2011, Venus was diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease which causes uncomfortable symptoms such as dry eyes and mouth, achiness and fatigue. But the diagnosis did not hold her back - in fact, she grew wiser and stronger. Venus has always believed that it shouldn't be hard to be healthy, which is why in STRIVE, she introduces readers to the strategy that has allowed her to reach any goal she has ever set for herself much faster with less effort or stress. She delivers an innovative approach that asks readers to simply consider eight tiny but essential tenets: Observe, Appreciate, Balance, Enrich, Soothe, Believe, Inspire, and Strive. By staying true to these eight tenets - even if just for a few minutes a day - the immediate and long-term health and wellness goals you have for yourself fall into place, quickly transforming smart, healthy choices into life-long habits. Through STRIVE, you'll finally forge a lifestyle you'll always return to because you 'want' to - not because you have to - and that's when you start winning.
The Road to Yesterday
One sunny Tuesday morning, Maryellen Donovan''s beloved husband, Steve Cherry, lost his life in the 9/11 attacks - rocking her to her core, and changing her family forever. Maryellen''s life and love with Steve was all she could have hoped for; in the wake of his death, she was inconsolable. But ultimately, she had no choice but to be strong for her two young sons - and even when deep in the grip of hopeless despair, she found solace in her deep faith and belief that, with the support of friends and family, she would eventually find love and happiness once again. Her route to her happy ending proved long and winding and full of obstacles - cancer, family conflict, even more loss - but she always found a way forward, no matter the setbacks she encountered. An inspirational story that will provide hope to anyone who''s experienced unfathomable loss and loneliness, The Road to Yesterday is a testament to the idea that there is always a path to love and joy - if only you''re determined enough to keep yourself open to it.
Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories
On Monday September 5th, 1994, at home, at the dining room table, I sat down to write. An hour later, I gave the first chapter to my wife. I asked, “Should I continue?”“Yes,” she said. “I like it.”From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child’s first-ever autobiographical collection.''Essential reading for all Reacher fans.'' STEVE CAVANAGHFrom urgently scribbling out his debut Killing Floor in pencil (the stub of which he still owns), to taking a step back with Blue Moon, and everything in between, here are 24 honest, witty and wise personal reflections on his life and work, crafted across decades.Whether it is through Lee’s moving account of meeting a fan years after her mother brought her to a book signing; facing his first computer and the coming of the internet; writing about New York just before – and just after – 9/11, to later seeing his novels adapted for the big screen, each riveting piece deftly evokes where he was psychologically and physically when he wrote each novel.Lee has clearly felt unwavering gratitude for his readers since 1997. And these stories were originally designed for fans of Reacher who may be interested in a ‘behind-the-scenes’ – or, in Lee’s words: ‘why the books turned out the way they did’.But this collection is also so much more. It is the story of a man who once put pencil to paper in an attempt to turn his luck around . . . and who made every word count.''Essential reading for all Reacher fans, or anyone who is remotely interested in reading and writing. A unique, fascinating insight into the creative and personal journey of one of the world’s finest authors. I loved it.'' STEVE CAVANAGH
All the Way to the River
In her first non-fiction book in a decade, the no. 1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically (Eat Pray Love) and creatively (Big Magic) shows how to break free.In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert met Rayya. They became friends, then best friends, then inseparable. When tragedy entered their lives, the truth was finally laid bare: the two were in love. They were also a pair of addicts, on a collision course toward catastrophe.What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare? What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self-destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them? And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening?All the Way to the River is a landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love – or to any other passion, substance or craving – and who yearns, at long last, for liberation.
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"Druhý díl autentické zpovědi Terezy Hlůškové pokračuje tam, kde první kniha skončila – v pákistánské věznici. Tereza otevřeně popisuje každodenní život za mřížemi. Vedle osobních výpovědí dostávají v knize prostor i její nejbližší. Skrze otázky položené jim i sobě Tereza ukazuje, jak se její příběh dotkl nejen jí, ale celého jejího okolí. Upřímné svědectví o ztrátě, odvaze, tichu, které bolí, a lidech, kteří zůstali."
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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.
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