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 first major biography of the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence is felt to this day. Jane Jacobs was a phenomenal woman who wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged in thousands ...
'Consoling and beautiful' GuardianA revelatory portrait of life in a great museum and the moving story of one guard's quest to find solace and meaning in artMillions of people climb the grand marble staircase into New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. Patrick Bringley never thought he'd be ...
After his dramatic rise to power in the summer of 2019 amid the Brexit deadlock, Boris Johnson presided over the most turbulent period of British history in living memory. Beginning with the controversial prorogation of Parliament in August and the historic landslide election victory later that year, ...
The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs and lows of navigating the madness of the '90s music industry. Rough Trade Book of the Year Resident Book of the Year A Rolling Stone Book of the Year A Mojo Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the ...
Román, který vrhá úplně jiné světlo na velkou postavu francouzské literatury Françoise Saganová. Zemřela 24. září 2004 a zanechala po sobě dluhy převyšující milion eur. Ale zůstalo po ní také mimořádné literární dílo zahrnující zhruba třicet románů a deset divadelních her, kterým hrozilo, že už nikdy ...
On a sweltering day in 2007, Italian writer Livia Manera Sambuy encounters a photograph of Princess Amrit Kaur in a Mumbai museum. The picture is arresting, gorgeous - but the caption will change Livia's life forever. It claims that the Punjabi princess sold her jewels in occupied Paris to save Jewish ...
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'Beautiful, sober and affecting - a testament to remembrance and friendship' - DALIA SOFER'A momentous historic retrieval and work of literary art' - PHILLIP LOPATE'Having the last word can be very lonely.'Nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never ...
A groundbreaking, candid, well-sourced—but definitely unauthorized—biography of the celebrity chef and TV star Anthony Bourdain, based on extensive interviews with those who knew him intimately. Anthony Bourdain's death by suicide in June, 2018 shocked people around the world. Bourdain seemed to have ...
Už ako malého chlapca označovali Neymara Juniora za budúcu hviezdu svetového futbalu.Odvtedy zažil mnoho vzostupov a pádov. Úspechy zo Santosu zahalil tieň barcelonských kontroverzií a sklamania z majstrovstiev sveta v Brazílii. Excelentné výkony vo farbách katalánskeho veľkoklubu a kľúčová úloha pri ...
'A MUST-READ' Roger Robinson | 'GALVANISING' Luke Kennard | 'CAPTURES LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE' Theri A. Pickens | 'MAGNIFICENT' Cornel WestThe powerful story of an art form that has transformed the cultural landscape, by one of its influential practitioners: an award-winning poet, professor, and slam champion. ...
Nezbývá nám než s údivem hledět na ubohou, zlomenou hříšnici, která v mocném vzedmutí lásky povstává z temnot, aby se pak s naprostou jistotou hnala po cestě dokonalosti jako o závod. Vynořuje se z bezútěšných rozvalin vlastního života a stává se nebeskou přebornicí lásky. P. Sean Davidson vidí Marii ...
The much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler. With over 70 million records sold, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath are one of the most influential bands of all time. From the very beginning, Geezer Butler was at the heart of their success. He named the group, provided the ...
Accessible, lively new biography of an under-served female writer, from a bestselling, acclaimed literary biographer Published to celebrate Katherine Mansfield's centenary, this is a compact but comprehensive new portrait of her life, work, relevance and wonderfully inspiring personality Restless outsider, ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Unless I am allowed to tell the story of my life in my own way, I cannot tell it at all Mary Seacole - traveller, nurse, businesswoman and radical for her time - defied a prejudiced British government to care for ...
Realita je rozvrácená. Zprvu se to tvářilo jako nemoc. Epidemie, která se šíří neznámými prostředky, a jež dohání své oběti k šílenství vzpomínkami na život, který nikdy nežili. Ale za běsněním, které obchází svět, však nestojí žádný patogenem. Je to jen první šoková vlna, uvolněná ohromujícím objevem ...