Le Corbusier, muž s typickými černými kulatými brýlemi, je jednou z nejdiskutovanějších a nejrozporuplnějších osobností moderní doby. Obdivovateli bývá oslavován jako "otec" moderní architektury, jako nejvýznamnější architekt dvacátého století, jenž změnil nejen to, jak a co se staví, ale hlavně jak ...
Louis Pasteur (18221895) byl francouzský biolog a chemik, jeden z nejvýznačnějších vědců 19. století. Založil nové vědecké obory stereochemii, mikrobiologii, imunologii, objevil vakcíny proti sněti slezinné a vzteklině. Jeho jméno nese ve Francii více než dva tisíce ulic, Pasteur je i název jedné ze ...
oc. Ing. Ľubomír Jemala, PhD. (1951) 15 rokov pôsobil ako vedúci kurzov v edukácii manažérov a potom 25 rokov pracoval ako vysokoškolský pedagóg, docent manažmentu na STU v Bratislave. Venoval sa najmä podnikateľskému manažmentu a marketingu, stratégii a systému manažmentu predvyrobných procesov a vnútropodnikovému ...
Možno aj pre neznášanlivosť politikov je v našich životoch až príliš veľa negatívnej energie. Rozprávaním o človeku, ktorý máva cudzie ľudské srdcia doslova na dlani a vstupuje do životov iných ľudí na hrane života a smrti, sa čitateľom odovzdá posolstvo o mužovi, ktorého je najvyššou politikou ľudský ...
Over 100 handwritten manuscripts of the Beatles\'' original lyrics, tracked down from friends of the band, museums, universities and collectors. Hunter Davies, author of the only authorised biography of the Beatles, worked with the band in their heyday. Here he reveals each song\''s context with vivid ...
Memoáry česko-anglického publicisty, skladatele a producenta s tolika zážitky, příběhy a náhodami, že musely být cílené. Posuďte sami!Alexander Goldscheider, publicista, skladatel a producent žijící v Londýně, vzpomíná na dětství a mládí v socialistické Praze, na mámu herečku, tátu novináře a jejich ...
''In my world, the word inspirational gets bandied around a lot, but Jonny Benjamin is truly deserving of that adjective.'' - HRH The Duke of Cambridge ''Jonny Benjamin is the most inspirational man I know. His book shows us how remarkable the human spirit is.'' Bryony Gordon, bestselling author of Mad ...
Based on three years of extensive research and reporting, two of today’s most acclaimed investigative journalists, Jeff Benedict of Sports Illustrated and eleven-time Emmy Award winner Armen Keteyian, deliver the first major biography of Tiger Woods - sweeping in scope and packed with groundbreaking, ...
Anger is good. It is an energy that compels us to define what is right and wrong." - Mahatma Gandhi, to his grandson, Arun This major new work of non-fiction illuminates ten vital, extraordinary life lessons taught to Arun Gandhi by his beloved grandfather. Told through the author''s moving, often irreverent ...
Founding member of Megadeth and former Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine tells a never-before-heard story of the lifetime he has spent in rock ''n'' roll. But this extraordinary tale, riddled with his own personal ups and downs, is also the inside account of two of the most influential heavy metal bands ...
''What surprised me was how entirely serene I felt. I was weightless, no forces exerting themselves on my body. To my left was the Space Station. Below me, gradually going into shadow, was the Earth. And over my right shoulder was the universe.'' In fascinating and personal detail, and drawing on exclusive ...
In this breathtakingly inventive autobiographical novel, Eileen Myles transforms her life into a work of art. Suffused with alcohol, drugs, and sex; evocative in its depictions of the hardscrabble realities of a young queer artist''s life; with raw, flickering stories of awkward love, laughter, and discovery, ...
What do you do when you wake up in your mid-forties and realize you''ve been living a lie your whole life? Do you tell? Or do you keep it to yourself? Laura James found out that she was autistic as an adult, after she had forged a career for herself, married twice and raised four children. This book ...
