Historické osobnosti dokážu aj v dnešnej dobe vplývať na ľudí. Či už svojimi múdrymi výrokmi, vynálezmi, objavmi, úspechmi, ba dokonca aj neúspechmi. Všetko to, čo v živote dosiahli, aké mali detstvo, ako mysleli, žili alebo ako trpeli či zomreli, vám ponúkajú práve biografie. Biografia je teda v podstate akýsi životopis danej osobnosti. Rôzne knihy o slávnych vám ponúkajú aj mnohé kníhkupectvá. Azda najkontroverznejšou autobiografiou je Hitlerova kniha Mein Kampf, mapujúca jeho život a názory, ktoré sú podľa mnohých odborníkov zvrátené. V mnohých krajinách bola táto kniha dokonca zakázaná.
The History of Gangster Rap is a deep dive into one of the most fascinating subgenres of any music category to date. Sixteen detailed chapters, organized chronologically, examine the evolution of gangster rap, its main players, and the culture that created this revolutionary music. From still-swirling ...
The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia''s much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the world. Now, Western readers can explore the fascinating ...
In art history, we tend to be on first name terms only with the most revered of masters. The Renaissance painter and architect Raphael Santi (1483–1520) is one…
Abstract action: The splattered oeuvre of a cultural iconThe rebel hero of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (1912 1956) careened through his life like a firework across the American art landscape. Channeling ideas from sources as diverse as Picasso and Mexican surrealism, he rejected convention ...
Master of Montmartre: A world of music, dance, and the Moulin RougeIn our imaginings of Paris, painter and graphic artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 1901) has no small role to play. In his prints, posters, paintings, and drawings, the artist immortalized the city s Belle Epoque nightlife and put ...
Anguished art: The tortured talents of a post-Impressionist masterToday, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853 1890) are among the most well-known and celebrated in the world. In Sunflowers, The Starry Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, and many, many paintings and drawings beyond, we recognize an ...
A spirited portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art One of twentieth-century America''s most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters ...
As featured on BBC Breakfast, Radio 5Live and Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2.. From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it''s like out there and what it''s like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly''s fascinating world and dare ...
A fresh look: Pivotal paintings of modernityLampooned during his lifetime for his style as much as his subject matter, French painterEdouard Manet (1832 1883) is now considered a crucial figure in the history of art, bridging the transition from Realism to Impressionism.Manet s work combined a painterly ...
Georg Simmel (1858 1918) patrí medzi zakladateľské osobnosti modernej sociológie a zvlášť sociológie kultúry. Esej Rembrandt z roku 1916 vychádza v slovenčine prvýkrát. Georg Simmel si vo svojej knihe kladie zásadné otázky, ktoré sú však dnes už len v pozadí sociologických analýz, ak sa vôbec kladú. ...
Lasting impressions of nature: Capturing the ever-changing face of reality Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the most typical and the most individual Impressionist painter. His long life he dedicated to a pictorial exploration of the sensations which reality, and in particular landscape, offers the human ...
Cena:10.79€ | Autor:Escobar, Juan Pablo | Rok vydania:2017 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:na sklade | ISBN:9781785035142 | Vydavateľ:Ebury Press
An arresting new study of the life, times, and achievement of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century "Taylor''s endeavor is not to exp….
No player has been more synonymous with the glory years of Manchester United Football Club over the past two decades than right-back Gary Neville. An Old Traffo…
Titles in this album-matching folio are: Been There * Blinded * Bloodlines * Faith in You * High Time * I Just Do * I Wish I Were a Train * It Wouldn't Be Love * Katie Wants a Fast One * Longer Letter Later * Make It Look Easy * Turn in the Road * Waiting in the Wings.
Dancing electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling shares her unconventional journey in an inspiring New York Times bestselling memoir filled with the energy, persistence, and humor that have helped her successfully pursue a passion outside the box. A classically trained musician gone rogue, Lindsey Stirling ...
Now in paperback, this is the million-selling musician Moby's memoir of his life, from suburban poverty and alienation to squalor and success in the New York City club scene of the 1980s and 1990s. 'A romp of a book. Such outrageous fun.' "Guardian"
Illustrated edition, with two new short stories - Cinderella, A Version and The Rat King, the latter introducing the Crooked Man who is central to the world of The Book of Lost Things - and an afterwo
