Autor : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Popis : Biografie jednoho z nejúspěšnějších, nejoblíbenějších a nejlépe placených akčních hrdinů všech dob je upřímnou zpovědí muže, který si dokázal svým odhodláním a houževnatostí vydobýt to, o čem většina lidí pouze sní – slávu, postavení, moc. Životní příběh chudého ...
"Nezdá se to, ale jedná se o knihu autobiografickou. Popisuje můj vlastní intelektuální a politický příběh, cestu vedoucí od marxismem a sartrovským existencialismem načichlého mládí až k liberalismu ve zralém věku přes přehodnocení demokracie, k němuž mi pomohly knihy spisovatelů jako Albert Camus, ...
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 ...
Foreword by Chrissie Hynde Without the Sex Pistols there would be no Punk. And without Steve Jones there would be no Sex Pistols. It was Steve who formed Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols, the band that eventually went on to become the Sex Pistols, with his schoolmate Paul Cook and who was its original ...
''I loved it. I thought it was fascinating - really, really interesting story that he''s got to tell. I''ve known him for years and I learned an awful lot.'' Marc Priestley Kimi Raikkoenen is the Finnish superstar Formula One driver with a reputation for being fast on the track and silent off it - until ...
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 ...
One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Today, "The Diary of a Young Girl" has sold over 25 million copies world-wide; this is the definitive edition released to mark the 70th anniversary of the ...
Autor : Aleš Palán, Popis : Mnozí z nich jsou vlastně průkopníci, zakladatelé žánru. Právě oni tvoří první českou (československou) folkovou generaci. Vystupovat začali ještě před normalizací, proti které se pak jako jeden muž – či žena – vymezovali. Jejich písně svým dílem přispěly ke změně režimu, ...
''A brilliantly creepy coming of age novel'' Daily Mirror ''A moving fable, brilliantly imagined, about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood'' The Times ''This is no saccharine fairytale, but an eerie fable that''s perfect for long winter nights'' Daily Mail This illustrated edition includes ...
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Advice for graduates and reflections on staying true to yourself from the beloved Gilmore Girls actress and New York Times bestselling author of the memoir Talking as Fast as I Can and the novel Someday, Someday, Maybe. "If you''re kicking yourself for not having accomplished all you should have by now, ...
\''I am English. Tweedy. Pukka. Confident. Establishment. Self-assured. In charge. That is how people like to see me, be the truth never so at variance. In fact, I am chronically overmastered by a sense of failure, underachievement and a terrible knowledge that I have betrayed, abused or neglected the ...
Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming of age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school to her star-making roles in The Deer Hunter, Manhattan, and Kramer vs. Kramer. Michael Schulman charts Meryl Streep\''s rise stardom ...
Run or Die by Kilian Jornet - the autobiography of the world''s most dominating athlete in ultra running. It was longlisted for the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014, and, Marca Legend Awa rd 2014. "This man can run 100 miles. Up and down ...
The SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from ''queen of the geeks'' Felicia Day. Now updated with new material. From online entertainment mogul, actress, and "queen of the geeks” Felicia Day, a funny, quirky, and inspiring memoir about her unusual upbringing, her rise to Internet-stardom, and embracing her individuality ...
From activist, Pussy Riot member and freedom fighter Maria Alyokhina, a raw, hallucinatory, passionate account of her arrest, trial and imprisonment in Siberian jail for standing up for what she believed in. ''One of the most brilliant and inspiring things I''ve read in years. Couldn''t put it down. ...
''Thrilling, tremendously enjoyable'' The New York Times''A nail-biting escape story'' Financial TimesAt the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill already believed he was destined for greatness. This is the incredible story of how one incredible year in Churchill''s life - an adventure involving war ...
Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst, Constance Markievicz, Nancy Astor They terrorised the establishment. They fought for the vote. They pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world. For the hundredth anniversary of the historic moment the franchise ...
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, ...
