Kdo měl příležitost seznámit se s Josefem Adamcem, zažil, jak mocně dokázala jeho osobnost oslovovat druhého. A kdo něco slyšel o jeho životě, dozvěděl se, jak byl tento osud zvláštní, tak zvláštní, že opravdu stojí za zachování pro budoucí generace. Byl prvním českým knězem před sto lety založené Obce ...
In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman and pioneering icon within the music and art scene of New York City in the 1980s and 90s as well as marriage, motherhood, and independence. ...
Architect Albert Frey (1903-1998) saw a modernist utopia in the desert. Born in Zurich, he studied in Europe with Le Corbusier before moving to the United States in 1930, convinced it was the land of architectural opportunity. On a visit to Palm Springs, he fell under the desert spell. It was here, amid ...
Jedinečné svědectví, které obletělo celý svět. Björn Lindeblad, mimořádně úspěšný švédský ekonom, měl v mládí život skvěle a jasně nalinkovaný: studia na prestižní švédské vysoké škole, odkud ho jako ekonomického experta už během posledním ročníku rekrutuje mezinárodní finanční skupina. Zvykne si létat ...
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first thing Sophia Amoruso sold online wasn’t fashion—it was a stolen book. She spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and dumpster diving. By twenty-two, she had resigned herself to employment, but was still broke, directionless, and working a ...
Twisted brilliance The complete catalogue of Egon Schiele, 1908 1918 Over the course of his short life, Austrian artist Egon Schiele (1890 1918) blazed a turbulent Expressionist trail. A child prodigy, young rebel, and chronic provocateur, he caused uproar among the establishment with his contorted lines, ...
Malcolm X''s The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of The Black Atlantic, in Penguin Modern Classics.From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America''s black ghettos Malcolm X turned, ...
Profesor Arnold Jirásek (1887-1960) vstoupil do širšího povědomí jako lékař, který operoval smrtelně zraněného Jana Opletala, byl však především zakladatelskou osobností naší neurochirurgie a jednou z nejvýraznějších postav české medicíny první poloviny 20. století. Jeho nedokončené vzpomínky doplnili ...
Emil Zátopek is arguably the greatest Olympic champion of all time. The Czech runner’s three gold medals at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics, for the 5,000 meter, 10,000 meter, and marathon is an achievement that has never been matched. His success as a runner made him a national hero, but as a public ...
Kniha - autor Ján Ďurica; Marek Arpáš, 304 stran, slovensky, polotuhá flexo V mladosti si vypočul, že z neho futbalista nikdy nebude. S rodičmi a bratom sa museli pre exekúciu z večera do rána vysťahovať z bytu. Nemal čo do úst a jednu horalku si rozdeľoval na sedem...
David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films such as Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive - opens up about a lifetime of extraordinary creativity, the friendships he has made along the way and the struggles he has faced to bring his ...
Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the leading figures in early American literature, and Walden is without doubt his most influential book. It recounts the author''s experiences living in a small house in the woods around Walden Pond near Concord in Massachusetts. Thoreau constructed the house ...
