\''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 ...
"You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if you''ve had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that I have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatre." One of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time, Andrew Lloyd ...
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 ...
''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 ...
Štvrtý diel fenomenálnej steampunkovej fantasy sérieNový vek prosperity a mieru je konečne na dosah. Wren Nathsworthyová s otcom Tomom križujú vzdušné obchodnícke cesty a navštevujú jedno úžasné mesto za druhým. Keď však Tom zazrie povedomú tvár, rozdúcha v sebe iskierku nádeje, že nie je jediný, kto ...
Kniha - Píše se rok 1942 a německá armáda vítězí na všech frontách i díky speciálním vojákům ve svých řadách. Vojákům, kteří jsou prakticky nezničitelní - tedy pokud mají dost cizí krve. Zdrcující fantasy román ze série: Bratrstvo krve. - Autor: František Kotleta, 296 stran, Brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá ...
Československé političky navazovaly po druhé světové válce na prvorepublikovou zkušenost aktivní politické participace svých předchůdkyň, dělo se to však ve zcela novém geopolitickém uspořádání světa, rozděleného na východní a západní blok. Jejich politická činnost tak byla významně ovlivněna specifiky ...
Popis : A dazzling 'tell-most' memoir: poignant and laugh-out-loud funny scenes from the life of actor Minnie Driver. Managing Expectations is a collection of delicately crafted, hilarious and heartfelt essays, described as a 'tell-most', in which Minnie Driver uses her formidable storytelling skills ...
A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir - both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft - from Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history''s most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad. Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven, when his father ...
What can the rise and reign of this century''s most feared politician teach us about life, work and love? Rob Sears shows how the machinations that enabled Putin to dominate the Kremlin and undermine the United States of America could also help you take control of your mundane life. How would you like ...
Now in paperback and re-sized for easy reading, Steve McCurry: Untold is the only book to tell the fascinating stories behind McCurry''s most iconic photographs. It explores the travels, methods, and m.
You\''ve heard the controversy, now read the book:Sticky Fingers is Joe Hagan\''s pulsing account of 50 years of rock\''n\''roll excess from Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone magazine and one of the best-connected men of the twentieth century. Featuring exclusive interviews with Mick Jagger, Bruce ...
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 ...
Adele touches the hearts of millions of people who love her for her music and share the real and honest emotion she brings to each and every song. In a cynical age, she is a phenomenon.In Adele, bestselling biographer Sean Smith talks to those close to her as he follows her astonishing journey to fame ...
EVERYTHING THAT LIVES HATES US. Beyond the walls of the small village of Mythen Rood lies an unrecognisable landscape. A place where overgrown forests are filled with choker trees and deadly seeds that will kill you where you stand. And if they don''t get you, the Shunned men will. Koli has lived in ...
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, ...
