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Karol Duchoň - Karči
Tato výpravná celobarevná publikace shrnuje a popisuje životní příběh zpěváka Karola Duchoně, a to na základě ověřených faktů, dobových souvislostí a autentických výpovědí kamarádů, kolegů i členů rodiny. Je to pozoruhodný příběh mladíka ze slovenské Galanty, který přišel na svět s hlasem, jaký se rodí jednou za opravdu dlouhou dobu. Hlasem, jenž dokázal přehlušit orchestr, zamotat hlavu posluchačům a přimět i otrlé kritiky k neokázalému uznání.
Kniha sleduje jeho dětství, první setkání s hudbou, vzestup mezi pěveckou elitu, mezinárodní úspěchy i vnitřní zápas s tím, co si sláva žádá a co vyžaduje citlivá umělecká duše. Zachycuje zlaté časy československé populární hudby i její odvrácenou tvář.
Svědectví v knize dokládají, že Karol, pro přátele jednoduše Karči, byl výjimečný člověk, který si nedokázal odepřít společnost, alkohol, srdečný smích a noci končící až se svítáním. Ukazuje ho jako někoho, kdo v mládí jediným úsměvem okouzloval ženy i diváky, ale v pozdějších letech čelil i osamění a bezradnosti. A nakonec sleduje jeho příběh až do nemocničního pokoje v Bratislavě, kde 5. listopadu 1985 umlkl jeho hlas navždy, a to v pouhých pětatřiceti letech.
Tato kniha je pečlivě sestaveným dokumentem nejen o tehdejší době, ale i o životě umělce, jehož mimořádný pěvecký dar ohromoval tenkrát a dokáže potěšit z archivních záznamů i dnes. Je to portrét člověka, který nám tu po sobě zanechal písně jako Čardáš dvoch sŕdc, V slovenských dolinách, Elena či Smútok krásnych dievčat. Jeho bývalí spolupracovníci, kolegové a přátelé na něj vzpomínají jako na srdečného, vstřícného a zábavného chlapíka, který nikdy nezkazil legraci. V srdcích posluchačů zůstal zapsán jako ten, kdo zpíval tak, jako by zítřek už nikdy neměl přijít. Ze vzpomínek se ale často vytrácí něco, co by se mělo připomínat také. To, co všechno se může skrývat za širokým úsměvem zpěváka, který opustil náš svět příliš brzy.
Ve výpravné celobarevné knize nechybí ani rozhovory s Duchoňovou první manželkou Elenou a jedinou dcerou Danou, vzpomínky kolegů a spolupracovníků, kompletní diskografie, seznam všech písní, které nazpíval a stovky fotografií z nichž některé jsou publikovány poprvé.
Přemysl Šámal
Kniha představuje první ucelené zpracování životního příběhu Přemysla Šámala (1867–1941) a jeho rodiny. Pražský advokát Šámal patřil k předním osobnostem meziválečného Československa. Během první světové války se stal hlavou tajné organizace (tzv. Maffie) a koncem října 1918 se zúčastnil jednání mezi představiteli zahraničního a domácího odboje v Ženevě. Po vzniku samostatné republiky stanul v čele hlavního města Prahy, avšak počátkem roku 1919 přijal nabídku T. G. Masaryka a stal se představeným jeho prezidentské kanceláře – následujících devatenáct let pak pracoval jako kancléř prezidentů Masaryka a Beneše a byl nenápadným, avšak klíčovým koordinátorem osobních vztahů a vlivových sítí, které z „Hradu“ vytvořily mocenské centrum stojící mimo oficiální politické struktury. Po Mnichovské dohodě a Benešově abdikaci Šámal rezignoval na kancléřský úřad a uchýlil se do ústraní, s okupací pomnichovského Česko-Slovenska se však nesmířil a již v létě 1939 stanul v čele protinacistické ilegální odbojové organizace Politické ústředí. Jeho vedoucí role byla sice převážně formální a symbolická (daná autoritou hlavy bývalé Maffie), přesto byl v lednu 1940 zatčen gestapem a po více než ročním utrpení v nacistických žalářích, kde těžce onemocněl, zemřel 9. března 1941 v internaci v Berlíně-Tempelhofu. Tragický byl i osud Šámalovy rodiny: jeho jediný syn Jaromír Šámal byl popraven jako rukojmí hned v prvních dnech heydrichiády, snacha strávila celou dobu války v koncentračních táborech a vnoučata Jiří a Alena byla dána na „převýchovu“ do rodiny v Německu. Po osvobození se podařilo obě děti vypátrat a vrátily se do vlasti a k matce.Autoři při psaní knihy vycházeli z dobových svědectví osob v Šámalově okolí, ale především z dochovaných archivních pramenů – jejich výběrová edice je součástí tohoto knižního vydání.
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Building A Better Future
In this comprehensive and insightful book, renowned economist Compton Bourne offers a unique perspective on the major economic and social challenges facing developing countries. Drawing upon his extensive experience as a leader in regional development banking, higher education and international cooperation, he provides invaluable insights into the policies and strategies necessary for sustainable growth. From his early days at the University of the West Indies to his pivotal roles at the Caribbean Development Bank and the Caribbean Community, Bourne has been at the forefront of efforts to address the economic disadvantages of small states. Through vivid anecdotes and in-depth analysis, he explores the historical context of these developments and the lessons learned along the way. The development debate redefined: Bourne also delves into the critical role of higher education in fostering economic growth and social progress. He examines the challenges and opportunities facing universities in developing countries and discusses the importance of institutional reform and international collaboration. With a keen eye for historical context and a deep understanding of the complexities of development, Bourne offers a thought-provoking analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing developing countries today. His insights and recommendations will be invaluable to policy-makers, academics and anyone interested in the economic development of the Caribbean and other regions, and the future of global development.
The Colonel and the King
In early 1955, Colonel Tom Parker (the manager of the number-one country music star of the day) heard that an unknown teenager from Memphis had just drawn a crowd of more than 800 people to a Texas schoolhouse and headed south to investigate. Within a matter of days, Parker was sending out telegrams and letters to promoters and booking agents: ''We have a new boy that is absolutely going to be one of the biggest things in the business in a very short time. His name is ELVIS PRESLEY.'' The close personal bond between Elvis and the Colonel is something that has never been fully portrayed before. It was a relationship founded on mutual admiration and support. From the outset, the Colonel defended Elvis fiercely and indefatigably against RCA executives, Elvis'' own booking agents and movie moguls. But in their final years together, the story grew darker, as the Colonel found himself unable to protect Elvis from himself - or to control growing problems of his own. Featuring troves of previously unpublished correspondence from the Colonel''s own archives, revelatory for both their insights and their emotional depth, The Colonel and the King provides a groundbreaking dual portrait of the relationship between the iconic artist and his legendary manager and a unique perspective on not one but two American originals. A tale of the birth of the modern-day superstar (an invention almost entirely of Parker''s making) by the most acclaimed music writer of his generation, it presents these two misunderstood icons as they''ve never been seen before: with all of their brilliance, humour and flaws on full display.
Teacher Man
I asked my Year 1 class, ‘What’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you?’George Pointon asks his class a lot of questions. What do you want to be when you grow up? What do you reckon your parents do while you’re at school? Can you put that down, please? JJ, the stapler – can you put it dow? e’s also got a few for himself: what is he doing here? Who was he kidding, thinking he could teac? ut the course of true professional fulfilment never did run smooth, and there’s no backing out now.In this book, George takes us along on his first year inside the messy, magical world of primary school teaching. In the company of five-year-olds – who are somehow wisdom, innocence and chaos incarnate – there is always lots to be learned.
I'm with the Band
First published in 1987, New York Times bestseller, I'm With The Band has been reprinted throughout the years, all over the world. This is the stylish, exuberant and sweetly innocent tale of one of the most famous groupies of the 1960s and 70s. The story begins with Pamela Des Barres's early obsession with Elvis, her own Beatlemania madness, and her fierce determination to meet the musicians who rocked her world. As soon as she graduated from high school, Des Barres headed for the Sunset Strip, where she made friends with rock stars and immersed herself in the drugs, danger and ecstasy of the freewheeling 1960s. As a member of The GTOs (Girls Together Outrageously), which was an all-female group masterminded by Frank Zappa, Des Barres was in the thick of the most revolutionary renaissance in the history of modern popular music. She travelled with Led Zeppelin; lived in sin with Don Johnson; turned down a date with Elvis Presley; and was close friends with Robert Plant, Gram Parsons and Ray Davies. She had affairs with Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Waylon Jennings, Chris Hillman, Noel Redding, and Jim Morrison, among others. She was a mentor and companion, designing the stars costumes, standing by their side through drug and alcohol use and abuse, maintaining friendships through relationships, break-ups and beyond. A woman in possession of her own destiny, Des Barres blazed a trail for women s life-writing, standing up for female voices and experience everywhere. She now runs writing workshops around the world her Groupie Therapy mentoring women writers in their craft. From original diaries, told with great warmth, chutzpah and joie de vivre, this is a frank memoir that wears its heart on its sleeve, and recalls one of rock n roll s most thrilling eras. This edition contains new material from the author, including her response to the vitriolic shaming of groupies, and a foreword by Roisin O'Connor, rock journalist and music correspondent for The Independent.
The Invention of Nature
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist - more things are named after him than anyone else. There are towns, rivers, mountain ranges, the ocean current that runs along the South American coast, there's a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon.
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The Book of Secrets
‘An extraordinary firsthand account of Communist Party machinery at its most brutal and paranoid’ --Sunday Telegraph Picked as Hilary Spurling''s Book of the Year in The Spectator.The spellbinding story of the secret life of a spy in modern China, drawn from an extraordinary archive of personal diaries and letters.Following the lives of military intelligence officer Jie and his wife Moon, The Book of Secrets weaves recently found material into a narrative that not only illuminates the shadowy world of intelligence in China, but also the emotional tragedies that political extremism inflicted on those working within. Drawing on Jie’s own vivid biography of his youth, Xinran pieces together his trajectory as he joins the great hope of the Chinese young – the Communist Party – and becomes a loyal cadre until the late 1970s when, as a chief in the security forces, he makes a decision that will poison his family against him. This is a totally unique behind-the-scenes account of a family torn apart by the Tiananmen Square massacre and the attempts of Jie to finally open up the Chinese system to the people, pieced together from an extraordinary archive of personal diaries and letters.
I Write to Find Out What I am Thinking
This hardcover omnibus edition of Didion's collected nonfiction contains her final four books: Blue Nights, South and West, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, and her bestselling and most famous work, The Year of Magical Thinking In her essay “Why I Write” (included in this volume), Joan Didion explained what lies behind her iconic nonfiction writing: "I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” Across her long and prolific career, readers have been blessed time and again by her brilliance as a prose stylist and a social commentator. Form her unforgettable reckonings with grief (for her husband in The Year of Magical Thinking and for her daughter in Blue Nights), to her exploration of two iconic regions of America in South and West, through the indelible pieces of reporting collected from across her career in Let Me Tell You What I Mean, the books collected here show Didion at her best: bearing witness to our history, illuminating our culture, and shedding light on the human condition.
Boy From the Valleys
Growing up in a small village in the Rhymney Valley, Luke''s life was shaped by his Jehovah''s Witness upbringing, a path he''d eventually navigate to come out to his parents, knowing he risked losing them. In his raw and honest account, he shares his struggles of always feeling different and being bullied as a child, and his brave decision to leave home at just seventeen, searching for a new life and a place where he truly belonged.Starring first on the West End stages in iconic productions like Miss Saigon, Avenue Q, and Rent, he quickly captivated the hearts of audiences and caught the eye of Hollywood''s elite, going on to secure roles in blockbuster films like The Hobbit, Beauty and the Beast, the Fast and Furious franchise, and Nine Perfect Strangers TV series.In this intimate memoir, Luke takes us behind the scenes of his career on the stage and screen. He writes beautifully of the relationship he now has with his family and the respect they all have for one another on their different paths. Luke''s story is a powerful tale of resilience, courage, and the pursuit of finding a sense of belonging and identity.
Judgement
<p><b>THE BRUTALLY HONEST AND REDEMPTIVE MEMOIR FROM N-DUB</b><b>Z STAR, TULISA</b><br><br>More than a memoir, <i>Judgement</i> is a real-time chronicle of a life under siege. Written by Tulisa through a series of raw, unfiltered journals during the most turbulent year of her life, Tulisa captures, moment by moment, the downfall orchestrated by the notorious 'Fake Sheikh', Mazher Mahmood. <br><br>In 2013, Tulisa stood at the pinnacle of her career. Then, an elaborate sting operation saw her reputation publicly shredded and her future thrown into chaos, all captured for the front pages of <i>The Sun</i>.<br><br>Rather than crumble, Tulisa picked up her pen. Day after day, she wrote her truth as the courtroom battles raged, as the headlines screamed, and as the media and justice system closed in. <br><br>The result is <i>Judgement</i>: an unflinching, no-holds-barred account of survival, injustice, love, betrayal and ultimately, redemption. <i>Judgement</i> is her incredible story.</p>
Undefeated
“You might have thought I would run for my life, scream at the top of my voice, smash the nearest window. But I was beaten and broken and I could take no more...”When Sam was only 12 years old, she was groomed online by a man who went on to sexually assault and rape her. Weeks later, she fell into the clutches of a paedophile ring and was raped repeatedly by a gang, only one of whom faced justice. It could have been a series of events which broke her but Sam channeled her pain, rage and devastation at the failures in the judicial system into a campaign for change. Over and over she refused to take no for an answer, demanding more support and understanding for grooming victims as well as harsher sentences for abusers. Sam has battled back from unimaginable tragedy and devastation in her personal life to fight for change, not just for herself but for the countless victims of abuse still out there.
Don't Leave Me Here
A powerful, moving true story from Sunday Times bestseller, Maggie Hartley, Britain''s most-loved foster carerWhat possesses a mum to kidnap her own child? That''s what Maggie asks herself when she''s asked to foster 13-year-old Saskia. Saskia has been the subject of a bitter custody battle between her parents, but when mum Rosa fears the courts are going to favour her ex-husband, James, she takes matters into her own hands. With Rosa facing criminal charges, and Saskia refusing to live with her dad, her future looks uncertain.Will Maggie be able to step in and discover the bombshell that has torn this family apart?
Adventures of a Young Naturalist
In 1954, a young television presenter named David Attenborough was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo's collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC.
Now 'the greatest living advocate of the global ecosystem' this is the story of the voyages that started it all. Staying with local tribes while trekking in search of giant anteaters in Guyana, Komodo dragons in Indonesia and armadillos in Paraguay, he and the rest of the team battled with cannibal fish, aggressive tree porcupines and escape-artist wild pigs, as well as treacherous terrain and unpredictable weather, to record the incredible beauty and biodiversity of these regions. The methods may be outdated now, but the fascination and respect for the wildlife, the people and the environment - and the importance of protecting these wild places - is not.
Written with his trademark wit and charm, Adventures of a Young Naturalistis not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made us fall in love with the natural world, and who is still doing so today.
You'll Like It When You Get There: Modern Life, and How to Get Out of Living It.
A refreshingly honest look at modern life, and how to get out of living it.Rhys has lived his entire life with a backdrop of dread. As a child, the sentence he feared most was "come downstairs and say hello." Age 5 he feigned injury to avoid dancing at a wedding, and 25 years later, he celebrated when the venue set on fire moments before what would''ve been the biggest gig of his life.You''ll Like It When You Get There is a guide to life from someone who doesn''t want to do anything, and an exploration of why you possibly shouldn''t either. Join Rhys as he avoids not just social engagements but big life milestones too, like getting married and having children. A deep dive into regret, humiliation, failure and pretending to be French for personal gain. From the Wild West of early internet chatrooms to the sticky circus of the Kavos strip, from redesigning therapy after completing it in just four sessions, to having a full existential breakdown when a Buddhist monk asks him for 5 stars on TripAdvisor.If you''ve ever celebrated plans being cancelled with an Andy Murray fist pump, secretly prayed for another lockdown, attempted to start your own nickname, or tried - in vain - to control the outcome of everything you do, then welcome to the club. We close early, obviously.You''ll Like It When You Get There is at once hilarious, insightful and inspiring - even if what it''s inspiring you to do is absolutely nothing. This is the introvert''s manifesto, the overthinker''s dossier, the diary of a wimpy kid.Reviews of Rhys:"Scintillating stand-up" Times"Master of the lightning-paced, gag-dense, precision-delivered" Guardian"A superb tour de force of observational comedy, delivered with punchy, rapid-fire certainty" Chortle
The Indefatigable Asa Briggs
Asa Briggs’s energy fuelled him to write more than fifty books, including five formidable volumes on the history of broadcasting. At the zenith of his fame he was one of the best-known historians of his generation, his name on a cover a guarantee of substantial sales.From humble beginnings in the back streets of Keighley, he rose to become a peer of the realm, one of the Great and the Good. He was Vice-Chancellor of Sussex, the most fashionable of the new universities, and Chancellor of the Open University, the largest. He became President of the Workers’ Educational Association, reflecting his deep commitment to a more equal society. His own life illustrated the power of education to overcome disadvantage.But for all his success, his was also a story of frustration and disappointment. He took on too much, and in later life was unable to juggle his commitments as once he could. Moreover, the world around him had changed. Once at the centre of things, he found himself on the periphery.The inner life of Asa Briggs was more turbulent than it appeared from the outside. Even those who thought they knew him well may be surprised by the revelations in this fascinating biography.
Drawn Testimony
<p><b>EDITOR'S PICK ON AMAZON.COM</b><br><b><br>'</b>As captivating and nuanced as the drawings themselves' - <i>The</i> <i>New York Times</i><br><b>'</b>Against the odds, her prose keeps pace with her pastels' - Patrick Bringley, author of <i>All the Beauty in the World</i><br>'Readers will be hard-pressed to put this down' - <i>Publisher's Weekly</i><b><br><br>A penetrating, compulsively readable memoir about the four-decade career of a top courtroom sketch artist.<br></b><br>Jane Rosenberg is America's pre-eminent courtroom sketch artist. For over forty years, she's been at the heart of the story, covering almost every major trial that has passed through the New York justice system. From mob bosses to fallen titans of finance, terrorists and sex abusers, corrupt cops and warring entertainment icons, she has drawn them all.<br><br>In <i>Drawn Testimony</i>, Rosenberg brings us into the high-stakes, dramatic world of her craft, where art, psychology and courtroom drama collide. Over the course of her legendary career, Jane has had a front row seat to some of the most iconic and notorious moments in our nation's recent history, sketching everything from Tom Brady's deflate-gate case, to John Lennon's murder trial to cases against Ghislaine Maxwell, John Gotti, Harvey Weinstein and most recently, the indictment against former President Donald Trump. Readers will learn how she has honed her unique powers of perception, but also what her portraits reveal, not only about her subjects, but about the human condition in general.<br><br>Fearless, fascinating and gorgeously written, <i>Drawn Testimony</i> captures the unique career of an artist whose body of work depicts history as it's happening.</p>
A Hand to Hold
Coleen Nolan – singer, TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth, straight-talking and compassion. But her empathy and warmth have been earned the hard way – formed by her own deeply-felt experiences of loss and grief.Inspired by her own life, and her podcast on grief, Coleen takes readers on a heartfelt and helpful journey through how to cope with all kinds of grief, drawing not just on her own thoughts and feelings, but on those of friends and celebrities she’s interviewed, who share their personal takes on loss and life after it. By turns moving, courageous and inspiring, each chapter also features a poem to make you smile, think or shed a tear.Written with accessibility, heart and fellow-feeling, this is not a guidebook but a companion, a friendly word in the darkest times, packed with advice, understanding and hope – a book to say you’re not alone.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
WITH A FOREWORD BY DAVID OLUSOGAThis is the extraordinary story of Olaudah Equiano: Child slave. Soldier. Free man. Traveller. Abolitionist. Celebrity. Kidnapped as a child into slavery, Equiano spent the rest of his life fighting for his freedom. After years of slavery, working on ships that carried him across empire and into battle during the Seven Years War, he eventually managed to purchase his own freedom, and went on to become a leading figure in the early abolition movement.Published to coincide with the first attempt to abolish the slave trade in 1789, Equiano''s remarkable autobiography became a sensation and turned its author into the most famous Black person in Georgian Britain. As vivid and powerful today as it was in 1789, Equiano''s story is the most significant autobiographical account of slavery to emerge from Britain''s centuries as a slave trading power. In this JM Classics edition, leading historian David Olusoga''s introduction sets Equiano''s book in its historical context, helping us to understand the man himself.
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.
