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.
Monografie vychází z dlouhodobého studia vývoje matematické komunity v českých zemích. Pojednává o komplikovaných, avšak inspirativních životních osudech dvanácti žen, které v letech 1900 až 1945 obhajovaly nebo obhájily doktorát z matematiky na některé z fakult pražských univerzit. Ačkoliv se další ...
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Learn the facts, figures, super-powers and origins of your favourite characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). From the Avengers and Ant-Man to Black Panther and Doctor Strange, this book spans over a decade of action-packed Marvel Studios movie releases. Filled with interesting facts and ...
Why is F1 the perfect example for leadership, motivation and strategy? And what can we learn from it? How does a pit crew change four wheels in 1.9 seconds? And what does that mean for a company like Blackberry? What is Ron Dennis'' secret to good time management? And how can that help TV producers? ...
In his graphic biography Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, Reinhard Kleist paints an expressive and enthralling portrait of the musician, novelist, poet, and actor. It is, according to Nick Cave himself, "a complex, chilling and completely bizarre journey into Cave World.” Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: An Art Book ...
Minimal Film is a book on film narrated through the visual magic of graphic design or a graphic design book told through the evocative magic of cinema. The goal of Minimal Film lies in representing the emotion of cinema through extreme synthesis and simplicity of forms. Plus there’s colour, which makes ...
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 call
Chronicles of the Gulag. An original and unique testimony from a survivor of the Soviet Gulag.
Publikace Korespondence T. G. Masaryk – Josef Svatopluk Machar. Svazek II. (1896) zkoumá a dokumentuje vztah a kulturní i politickou činnost T. G. Masaryka a J. S. Machara v roce 1896 na základě jejich vzájemné korespondence. Z unikátního celku oboustranné korespondence (celkem na 800 dopisů z let 1893–1932) ...
From bestselling author Jay Kristoff comes the second installment in the LIFEL1K3 trilogy--hailed by Marie Lu as "a breathless, action-packed exploration of what humanity really means." In the wake of a climactic battle in the ruined city of Babel, two former best friends suddenly find themselves on ...
The winner of the Guardian First Book Award that reinvented the biographic form. One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up.
Zdaleka nejen filmografii a stroze rekapitulující životopis pětadvaceti filmových hvězd přináší Velká kniha herců první republiky a protektorátu, kterou připravil autorský tým Jiří Bartoň a Robert Rohál. Publikace se totiž zabývá i předtím nepříliš zveřejňovanými skutečnostmi a snaží se jít pod povrch ...
New discoveries and a fresh perspective, with unprecedented access to Richey''s personal archive On 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, went missing at the age of 27. On the eve of a promotional trip to America, he vanished from his London hotel room, his car later ...
The fascinating history of Christopher Columbus''s illegitimate son Hernando, guardian of his father''s flame, courtier, bibliophile and catalogue supreme, whose travels took him to the heart of 16th-ce.
In July 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon. Fifty years later, it is still one of the greatest a….
No one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life''s challenges, Ant Middleton has come to know the meaning of true leadership. In First Man In, he shares the core lessons he''s learned over the course of his fascinating, exhilarating life. Special forces training is no ...
''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 Benj….
Hope through running. Running can take us to fantastic places. Just as importantly, it can also bring us back from terrible ones.For people in times of crisis….
Rapper, chef, and television star Action Bronson is a marijuana superhero, both its champion and devoted consumer, and Stoned Beyond Belief is the ultimate love….
