another country james baldwin

When Another Country appeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin s masterly story of desire, hatred and violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott, a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York. Self-destructive, bad and brilliant, he draws us into a Bohemian underworld pulsing with heat, music and sex, where desperate and dangerous characters betray, love and test each other to the limit.

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The New York Times bestseller based on the Oscar nominated documentary filmIn June 1979, the writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin embarked on a project to tell the story of America through the lives of three of his murdered friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. He died before it could be completed. In his documentary film, I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck imagines the book Baldwin never wrote, using his original words to create a radical, powerful and poetic work on race in the United States - then, and today. Thrilling . . . A portrait of one man s confrontation with a country that, murder by murder, as he once put it, devastated my universe The New York Times Baldwin s voice speaks even more powerfully today . . . the prose-poet of our injustice and inhumanity . . . The times have caught up with his scalding eloquence Variety A cinematic séance . . . One of the best movies about the civil rights era ever made Guardian I Am Not Your Negro turns James Baldwin into a prophet Rolling Stone

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James Baldwin was born for truth. It called upon him to tell it on the mountains, to preach it in Harlem, to sing it on the Left Bank in Paris. . . . He was a giant.  — Maya AngelouThis collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, delving into his years in France and SwitzerlandOriginally published in Notes of a Native Son, the essays, Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown, A Question of Identity, Equal in Paris, and Stranger in the Village will appeal to readers interested in Baldwin s observations as a Black man overseas.During his transformative time in Europe, Baldwin uncovers what it means to be American, immersing the reader in his life as a foreigner, his troubling encounter with a Parisian prison, and his unprecedented arrival to a tiny Swiss village.This final collection in the Baldwin centennial anniversary series raises issues of identity, belonging, nationhood, and race within a global context. Encounter on the Seine: Essays showcases Baldwin’s strengths as a storyteller, revealing how his years in Paris transformed his understanding of American identity.

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This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, revealing and critiquing the realities of Black life in mid-century USOriginally published in Notes of a Native Son, the essays The Harlem Ghetto, Journey to Atlanta, and Notes of a Native Son will appeal to those interested in the personal and political turmoil of Baldwin s life.“The Harlem Ghetto” introduces readers to the extremities of life in Baldwin’s native city. “Journey to Atlanta” depicts the faulty relationship between the Black community and the politician, following a quartet called The Melodeers on a trip to Atlanta under the auspices of the Progressive Party. Baldwin concludes this collection with “Notes of A Native Son,” a powerful autobiographical essay about his fractured relationship with his father.The Harlem Ghetto: Essays explores the American condition through a mix of analytic and autobiographical essays. This second collection in the Baldwin centennial anniversary series is Baldwin’s most personal as he grapples with his childhood and his own affinity with Blackness.

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In this deeply personal book, Baldwin reflects on the experiences that shaped him as a writer and activist: from his childhood in Harlem to the deaths Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Exploring the visceral reality of life in the American South as well as Baldwin’s impressions of London, Paris and Hamburg, No Name in the Street grapples with the failed promises of global liberation movements in fearless, candid prose. Timeless, tender and profound, Baldwin’s searing narrative contains the multiplicities of what it means to be Black in America and, indeed, around the world.

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David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancee to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David s fiancee returns and, denying his true nature, he rejects Giovanni for a safe future as a married man. His decision eventually brings tragedy. Filled with passion, regret and longing, this story of a fated love triangle has become a landmark of gay writing. James Baldwin caused outrage as a black author writing about white homosexuals, yet for him the issues of race, sexuality and personal freedom were eternally intertwined. If Van Gogh was our 19th-century artist-saint, James Baldwin is our 20th-century one Michael Ondaatje

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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. The Giovanni of the title is a handsome Italian barman whom the novel’s narrator and protagonist, a young American man called David, meets in a clandestine gay bar in Paris. Despite David’s conflicted feelings and prior relationship with a woman, the two men soon embark on an intense but volatile affair which ultimately ends in tragedy. James Baldwin was one of the most influential African-American writers of the 20th century. His best-known works include his novels Go Tell It on the Mountain and Giovanni’s Room, and he also penned a wide range of essays on social rights issues.Find out everything you need to know about Giovanni’s Room in a fraction of the time!

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James Baldwin s electrifying first novel. I had to deal with what hurt me most. I had to deal with my father. Drawing on James Baldwin s own boyhood in a religious community in 1930s Harlem, his first novel tells the story of young Johnny Grimes. Johnny is destined to become a preacher like his father, Gabriel, at the Temple of the Fire Baptized, where the church swells with song and it is as if the Holy Ghost were riding on the air . But he feels only scalding hatred for Gabriel, whose fear and fanaticism lead him to abuse his family. Johnny vows that, for him, things will be different. This blazing tale is full of passion and guilt, of secret sinners and prayers singing on the wind. His prose hit me, almost winding me with its intensity. I d never read a novel that described loneliness and desire with such burning eloquence Douglas Field, Guardian A beautiful, enduring, spirtual song of a novel Andrew O Hagan

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The story of the negro in America is the story of America ... it is not a very pretty story James Baldwin s breakthrough essay collection made him the voice of his generation. Ranging over Harlem in the 1940s, movies, novels, his preacher father and his experiences of Paris, they capture the complexity of black life at the dawn of the civil rights movement with effervescent wit and prophetic wisdom. A classic ... In a divided America, James Baldwin s fiery critiques reverberate anew Washington Post Edgy and provocative, entertainingly satirical Robert McCrum, Guardian Cemented his reputation as a cultural seer ... Notes of a Native Son endures as his defining work, and his greatest Time

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An intimate portrait of James Baldwin, offering a new understanding of his life and works as seen through his close relationships and private life⠜Baldwin authority Zaborowska⠙s gracefully impassioned biography. . . . A creatively conceived appreciation for a decorated life and its far-flung influences on race, queer culture, and art.⠝⠔Kirkus Reviews  James Baldwin (1924⠓1987) was a pivotal figure of the twentieth century, an influential author, intellectual, and activist who led a celebrated public life⠔and whose words and image and persona remain current in our culture. Baldwin⠙s many incarnations⠔⠜son of Harlem,⠝ ⠜Black icon,⠝ ⠜great twentieth-century writer,⠝ ⠜race man,⠝ ⠜prophet,⠝ ⠜witness⠝⠔have reemerged in the digital age as Baldwin⠙s work becomes a touchstone for a new generation. It is the private, vulnerable, and messier Baldwin⠔the man behind the prophet and the online meme⠔who is the focus of this book.  Magdalena J. Zaborowska draws on Baldwin⠙s archives and material legacy⠔from his unpublished papers to his books to his house in France⠔to offer a fresh look at the writer⠙s understated and obscured private life. Taking a cue from Baldwin⠙s own love of the blues, Zaborowska presents his biography as a series of tracks on a vinyl record, introducing, developing, and remixing the themes and relationships from his life. She recounts episodes from Baldwin⠙s troubled childhood, his struggles with sexuality and gender, his intimate relationships, and the overlooked influence of women, Jews, and queers on his writing. This Life Album revolves around Baldwin⠙s development of a unique worldview, ⠜Black queer humanism,⠝ premised on African diaspora aesthetics, resilience, joy, community, internationalism, activism, and justice.

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We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation James Baldwin s impassioned plea to end the racial nightmare in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the emerging civil rights movement. Told in the form of two intensely personal letters , The Fire Next Time is at once a powerful evocation of Baldwin s early life in Harlem and an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice.

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Drawing on Baldwin s own experiences of prejudice in an America violently divided by race, these searing essays - Dark Days, The Price of the Ticket and The White Man s Guilt - blend the intensely personal with the political to envisage a better world. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

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Achingly beautiful Guardian Harlem, the black soul of New York City, in the era of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. The narrator of Baldwin s novel is Tish nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families to win justice for Fonny. To this love story James Baldwin brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power. If Beale Street Could Talk affirms not only love between a man and a woman, but love of a type that is dealt with only rarely in contemporary fiction - that between members of a family Joyce Carol OatesThe inspiration for Oscar award-winning film

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This is the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers Edmund White, Washington Post When Arthur Montana, world-renowned Emperor of Soul , is found dead in a London pub, his grief-stricken brother looks back over thirty years in the lives of their group of friends: from their childhood spent preaching and singing in Harlem churches, to their struggles with war and poverty, and their encounters with wealth, love and fame. Set against a vividly drawn background of the civil rights movement of the sixties, Baldwin s last novel is a monumental saga that ranges from New York to Paris, Korea to Africa to portray how profoundly racial politics can shape life, especially in the private business of love. Warm, melancholy . . . Hall Montana s voice is the conduit for Baldwin s most distinctive quality as a writer, his abundant tenderness The New York Times

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Colm Tóibín⠙s personal account of encountering James Baldwin⠙s work, published in Baldwin⠙s centenary year.  Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. He had even considered entering a seminary and was searching for literature that would offer illumination and insight. Inspired by the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, Tóibín found a writer who would be a lifelong companion and exemplar.  From On James BaldwinBaldwin was interested in the hidden and dramatic areas in his own being, and was prepared as a writer to explore difficult truths about his own private life. In his fiction, he had to battle for the right of his protagonists to choose or influence their destinies. He knew about guilt and rage and bitter privacies in a way that few of his White novelist contemporaries did. And this was not simply because he was Black and homosexual; the difference arose from the very nature of his talent, from the texture of his sensibility. ⠜All art,⠝ he wrote, ⠜is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story, to vomit the anguish up.⠝On James Baldwin is a magnificent contemporary author⠙s tribute to one of his most consequential literary progenitors.

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A homesick hero, a pair of friendly rivals, a triumphant bridegroom, and a golden maiden populate the pages of this treasury, a collection of awe-inspiring stories from Finnish mythology. Assembled by educator James Baldwin, a specialist in adapting ancient narratives into captivating prose, these 38 entrancing tales are drawn from the oral traditions of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.The Kalevala spans many ages, from the beginning of the earth to the remote past, long before its legends were sung and chanted in humble homes and grand palaces alike. Its tales of heroes and gods center on the fate of a sampo, a highly prized and jealously guarded magical artifact. J. R. R. Tolkien was much influenced by this fantasy cycle of the Far North, and readers of all ages continue to fall under its spell. This edition of the beloved classic features four magnificent illustrations by N. C. Wyeth.

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‘Everyone’s life begins on a level where races, armies, and churches stop. And yet everyone’s life is always shaped by races, churches, and armies’ In these eight extraordinary stories of love, conflict, desperation and fear, James Baldwin shows people trapped by the roles they must play in society, and those who try and escape them. From the child in ‘The Rockpile’ whose God-fearing father will not forgive his illegitimacy, to the adolescent who hides his sexuality from his community in ‘The Outing’, and from the down-and-out jazz pianist recovering from addiction in ‘Sonny’s Blues’ to the chilling initiation of a racist in ‘Going to Meet the Man’, these tales, first published in 1965, explore the subtle and profound wounds that discrimination leaves – both in its victims and its perpetrators.

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‘It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate’Told in the form of two intensely personal letters , The Fire Next Time is an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice, drawn from Baldwin s early life in Harlem and his experience as a prominent cultural figure of the civil rights movement.

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⠘James Crowden is Britain⠙s best cider writer ⠦ Cider Country is the book we⠙ve all been waiting for.⠙ Oz ClarkeJoin James Crowden as he embarks on a journey to distil the ancient origins of cider, uncovering a rich culture and philosophy that has united farmer, maker and drinker for millennia.LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 ANDRE SIMON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDCidermaking has been at the heart of country life for hundreds of years. But the fascinating story of how this drink came into existence and why it became so deeply rooted in the nation⠙s psyche has never been told. In order to answer these questions, James Crowden traces an elusive history stretching back to the ancient, myth-infused civilisations of the Mediterranean and the wild apple forests of Kazakhstan.Meeting cider experts, farmers and historians, he unearths the surprising story of an apple that travelled from east to west and proved irresistible to everyone who tasted it. Upon its arrival in Britain, monks, pirates and politicians formed a pioneering and evangelical fan base, all seeking the company of a drink that might guide them through uncertain times.But the nation⠙s love-affair with cider didn⠙t fully blossom until after the reformation, when the thirst for knowledge about the drink was at its peak. This infatuation with experimentation would lead to remarkable innovations and the creation of a ⠘sparkling cider⠙, a technique that pre-dated Dom Pérignon s champagne by forty years.Turning to the present day, Crowden meets the next generation of cider makers and unearths a unique philosophy that has been shared through the ages. In the face of real challenges, these enterprising cider makers are still finding new ways to produce this golden drink that is enjoyed by so many.Spanning centuries and continents, Cider Country tells the story of our country through the culture, craft and consumption of our most iconic rural drink.

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⠘James Crowden is Britain⠙s best cider writer ⠦ Cider Country is the book we⠙ve all been waiting for.⠙ Oz ClarkeJoin James Crowden as he embarks on a journey to distil the ancient origins of cider, uncovering a rich culture and philosophy that has united farmer, maker and drinker for millennia.LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 ANDRE SIMON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDCidermaking has been at the heart of country life for hundreds of years. But the fascinating story of how this drink came into existence and why it became so deeply rooted in the nation⠙s psyche has never been told. In order to answer these questions, James Crowden traces an elusive history stretching back to the ancient, myth-infused civilisations of the Mediterranean and the wild apple forests of Kazakhstan.Meeting cider experts, farmers and historians, he unearths the surprising story of an apple that travelled from east to west and proved irresistible to everyone who tasted it. Upon its arrival in Britain, monks, pirates and politicians formed a pioneering and evangelical fan base, all seeking the company of a drink that might guide them through uncertain times.But the nation⠙s love-affair with cider didn⠙t fully blossom until after the reformation, when the thirst for knowledge about the drink was at its peak. This infatuation with experimentation would lead to remarkable innovations and the creation of a ⠘sparkling cider⠙, a technique that pre-dated Dom Pérignon s champagne by forty years.Turning to the present day, Crowden meets the next generation of cider makers and unearths a unique philosophy that has been shared through the ages. In the face of real challenges, these enterprising cider makers are still finding new ways to produce this golden drink that is enjoyed by so many.Spanning centuries and continents, Cider Country tells the story of our country through the culture, craft and consumption of our most iconic rural drink.

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Return to the world of Neil Gaiman s seminal epic The Sandman, in a new series starring fan-favorite character the Corinthian, and written by horror comics superstar James Tynion IV! Sometimes, Nightmares walk the Earth. Dream of the Endless is the unquestioned lord of all that happens when we sleep including his most solemn duty, the creation of nightmares. It was his hand that formed the Corinthian, patron saint of serial murder, whose ravenous mouths have tasted the blood of sleepers for centuries.Once, years ago, the Corinthian escaped the Dreaming and entered the waking world and the body count was vast. Dream eventually put that injustice to rights and un-created the Corinthian, remaking him as a more pliable nightmare, and bringing him back to his appointed task. But now a new nightmare has escaped into the real world.Art student Madison Flynn sees this Smiling Man in her waking hours and she s not alone. What s more, this monster is somehow, improbably, impossibly, a nightmare that Dream of the Endless did not create. And when he realizes this fact, the Corinthian will slip once more onto our plane and start a hunt for this mockery but heaven help us all when his memories of his past hunts begin to return! Megahit New York Times bestselling horror writer James Tynion IV (Batman, Something Is Killing the Children, The Department of Truth) joins with artist Lisandro Estherren (Redneck, Strange Skies Over East Berlin) and an array of superstar guests to expand the legendary world of The Sandman and chronicle a terrifying descent into America s uncontrolled id, where outsider artists, gruesome collectors, billionaire prophets, and homegrown angels merge their minds to give birth to a wholly new and wholly horrific American dream! Collects The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #1-6.

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INTRODUCED BY STELLA DADZIEEdited by Kadija George Sesay and Cheryl RobsonCelebrating the centenary of the birth of the trailblazing African American author, Encounters with James Baldwin is a wide-ranging volume of short essays, reflections, interviews and poetry. This moving collection demonstrates the significant legacy of the writer and activist who spoke truth to power during the era of the fight for Black civil liberties in the US, and after.In this literary anthology, over 20 contributors reveal the influence of Baldwin’s thought, speech and writing to their personal journeys and their awareness of the need for social justice.Contributors:Fred D’Aguiar, poet and novelistNzingha Assata, founding member Afrikan Cooperative UnionSelina Brown, Founder, Black British Book FestivalJason Delbecke, professor at Ghent UniversityZita Holbourne, activist and performance poetJonathan Key, artist, designer and writerBill Mullen, professor at Purdue UniversitySabrina Richmond, Writer and PerformerTade Thompson, science fiction writer and artistMichelle Yaa Asantewa, author, and educational consultant

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The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small. This omnibus edition comprises of Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin. Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of London is a far cry from James Herriotâ ™s day job as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales. And while he is keen to serve Queen and country, James cannot help but miss his life in Darrowby â “ despite frequent arguments between his colleagues, bad-tempered cattle and equally irritable farmers, and the continuing saga of Cedric the flatulent dog. But most of all he misses his wife Helen; pregnant with their first child. The question is constantly hanging over him â “ will he be going to war? And when will he get to go home? Since they were first published, James Herriotâ ™s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Things Wise and Wonderful is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britainâ ™s best-loved authors. I grew up reading James Herriot s books and I m delighted that thirty years on, they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then â “ Kate Humble

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The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the TV series All Creatures Great and Small.Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of wartime London is a far cry from James Herriotâ ™s day job as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales. And whilst he is keen to serve King and country, James cannot help but miss his life in Darrowby â “ despite frequent arguments between his colleagues Siegfried and Tristan, bad-tempered cattle, opinionated farmers and the continuing saga of Cedric the flatulent dog. But most of all he misses his wife Helen; pregnant with their first child. The question constantly hanging over them is â “ will he be going to war? And when will he get to go home?Since they were first published, James Herriotâ ™s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Things Wise and Wonderful is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britainâ ™s best-loved authors.Contains Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin.

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When you own the world s greatest detective agency, you make the world s most dangerous enemies.Jack Morganâ ™s former lover is found murdered in Jackâ ™s bed and he is instantly the number one suspect.But Jack Morgan is also the head of Private, the private investigation firm that solves the problems of the worldâ ™s rich and infamous.So while fighting to clear his name, he is also hired to recover millions of dollars of stolen goods and to investigate a string of murders at a luxury hotel chain.With Jack and his team stretched to breaking point, Private faces their biggest challenge yet.__________________________________________Readers love Private No. 1 Suspect Excellent I loved this book Another great James Patterson and cannot wait for the next one Couldn t put it down Every time I read a Private story I m hooked and I m there with them _____________________________________________PRAISE FOR THE PRIVATE THRILLERS Great action sequences ... breathtaking twists and turns ANTHONY HOROWITZ An unmissable, breakneck ride JAMES SWALLOW Exhilarating, high-stakes action LESLEY KARA An exhilarating and totally satisfying read NB MAGAZINE A breakneck fast, brutally good page-turner DAILY MAIL Hits the ground running and the pace never misses a beat DAILY EXPRESS Yet another fine outing from the master of thrillers CITY A.M.

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LP vinyl - Páté studiové album britského písničkáře Jamese Blunta. Poté, co Blunt na poslední nahrávce The Afterlove z roku 2017 koketoval s elektronikou, na albu Once Upon A Mind se vrací zpět k tomu, co umí nejlépe. A to jsou klasické písně, které chytnou za srdce. Páté studiové album britského písničkáře Jamese Blunta. Poté, co Blunt na poslední nahrávce The Afterlove z roku 2017 koketoval s elektronikou, na albu Once Upon A Mind se vrací zpět k tomu, co umí nejlépe. A to jsou klasické písně, které chytnou za srdce. Na albu tak lze nalézt balady, popové skladby či lehký náznak country. James Blunt na sebe strhl pozornost v roce 2004, kdy debutoval albem Back To Bedlam. Singl You're Beautiful se stal pomyslnou hymnou roku a Bluntovi vynesl pět nominací na Grammy. Posluchače zaujalo Bluntovo nesporné charisma, jeho líbivý vzhled i romantizující příběh vojáka nasazeného v Kosovu. Pro české fanoušky byl též pikantní jeho vztah s českou modelkou Petrou Němcovou....

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Hudební CD - Páté studiové album britského písničkáře Jamese Blunta. Poté, co Blunt na poslední nahrávce The Afterlove z roku 2017 koketoval s elektronikou, na albu Once Upon A Mind se vrací zpět k tomu, co umí nejlépe. A to jsou klasické písně, které chytnou za srdce. Páté studiové album britského písničkáře Jamese Blunta. Poté, co Blunt na poslední nahrávce The Afterlove z roku 2017 koketoval s elektronikou, na albu Once Upon A Mind se vrací zpět k tomu, co umí nejlépe. A to jsou klasické písně, které chytnou za srdce. Na albu tak lze nalézt balady, popové skladby či lehký náznak country. James Blunt na sebe strhl pozornost v roce 2004, kdy debutoval albem Back To Bedlam. Singl You're Beautiful se stal pomyslnou hymnou roku a Bluntovi vynesl pět nominací na Grammy. Posluchače zaujalo Bluntovo nesporné charisma, jeho líbivý vzhled i romantizující příběh vojáka nasazeného v Kosovu. Pro české fanoušky byl též pikantní jeho vztah s českou modelkou Petrou...

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Celebrating the short, witty, philosophical phrases known as aphorisms, this delightful history is an entertaining tour through the wisest and wittiest sayings in the world.  Aphorisms are literature⠙s hand luggage. Light and compact, they contain everything you need to get through a rough day at the office or a dark night of the soul. Aphorisms, the oldest written art form on the planet, have been going viral for thousands of years, delivering the short, sharp shock of old forgotten truths. Today, visual artists are mixing pithy language with compelling imagery and using social media to take the form into the future. In a world of disinformation and deepfakes, aphorisms point to the power of fresh debate over tired dogma and inconvenient truths over comfortable lies.  Starting in ancient China and ending with contemporary meme-makers and street artists, The World in A Phrase tells the story of the aphorism through brief biographies of some of its greatest practitioners: sages like Lao-tzu and the Buddha, philosophers like Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, writers like George Eliot and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, humorists like Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker, activists like James Baldwin and Audre Lorde, poets like Langston Hughes and Kay Ryan, and artists like Jenny Holzer and David Byrne.  The World in A Phrase is for lovers of words and seekers of wisdom. This new edition of The New York Times bestseller features 26 additional aphorists and explores the aphorism in the age of social media, showing why these short sentences are the ultimate deep dives in an era when TL;DR has become a cultural catchphrase.

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Dubliners + CD audio About the series: The series Young Adult ELI Readers is divided into 6 levels according to the language level of the readers. It s in line with the indications of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language and comprise useful language certification exercises. This ensures that learners will meet language and structures they have already studied or which are commensurate with their level, making reading an achievable, enjoyable and stimulating experience. Stages: Stage 1 Elementary (600 headwords) A1 Stage 2 Pre-Intermediate (800 headwords) A2 KET Stage 3 Intermediate (1000 headwords) B1 PET Stage 4 Upper intermediate (1800 headwords) B2 FCE Stage 5 Advanced (2500 headwords) C1 CAE Stage 6 Profi ciency Unabridged Texts C2 CPE About Dubliners + CD audio: Stage 4: B2 FCE Plot: An ambitious mother, a boy in love, a lonely older man, a cynical intellectual and a girl who dreams of life in another country are just a few of Joyce s Dubliners. In these realistic tales, Joyce reveals the hopes, fears and dissapointments of his characters. He also shows us turn-of-the-century Dublin in fascinating details. This selection of eight stories from Dubliners includes Eveline , Araby and a two-part adaptation of Joyce s novella, The dead . The book contains: -The Before You Read Activities section contains pre-reading activities. -The text is divided into chapters and is equipped with a glossary at the bottom of each page. -The After-Reading Activities section, at the end of each chapter, eases memorization and comprehension and rounds off with one or more Pre-Reading activities to pre-teach the vocabulary and structures in the subsequent chapter. -Useful dossiers focussing on culture and the author are supplied in the classics series. -The Test yourself section offers activities which take into account the whole story. -Syllabus. Syllabus: Verbs: tenses with This is the first..., Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, perfect infinitives, Future perfect, a wide variety of phrasal verbs, complex passive forms, wish/if only Types of Clause: type-three conditionals, mixed-conditionals, relative: embedded, defining Modal verbs: might, may

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Audiokniha: Audiokniha Dubliners namluvená rodilým mluvčím. Jazyková úroveň B2 pro pokročilé posluchače. An ambitious mother, a boy in love, a lonely older man, a cynical intellectual and a girl who dreams of a life in another country are just a few of Joyce’s Dubliners. In these realistic tales, Joyce reveals the hopes, fears and disappointments of his characters. He also shows us turnof- the-century Dublin in fascinating detail. This selection of eight stories from Dubliners includes Eveline, Araby and a two-part adaptation of Joyce’s novella, The Dead.

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THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTERA Times Book of the Year; A Telegraph Book of the Year; A Daily Mail Book of the Year; A Waterstones Book of the Year⠘Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain ALASTAIR CAMPBELL This will be the most important political book of the year⠙ MATTHEW D⠙ANCONA, EVENING STANDARDThis authoritative ⠓ but not authorised ⠓ biography by Tom Baldwin provides answers by drawing deeply on many hours of interviews with Prime Minister himself, as well as unprecedented access to members of his family, his oldest friends and closest colleagues.Together, they tell an unexpectedly intimate story filled with feelings of grief and love that has driven him on more than any rigid ideology or loyalty to a particular faction.The book tracks Starmer⠙s emergence from a troubled small town background and rebellious youth, through a storied legal career as a human rights barrister and the country⠙s chief prosecutor, to becoming an MP relatively late in life.Baldwin provides a vivid and compelling account of how this untypical politician then rose to be leader of his party in succession to Jeremy Corbyn, then transformed it with a ruthless rapidity that has enraged opponents from the left just as much as it has bewildered those on the right.Above all, this is a book that should be read by anyone who wants to understand how someone who has too often been underestimated or dismissed as dull, now intends to change Britain. The first serious and consistently readable biography of Starmer⠦It is a wonder that he has said so much to Baldwin PATRICK MAGUIRE, THE TIMES This is an absolutely riveting and very timely biography AMOL RAJAN⠘Highly readable⠦ Baldwin has peeled back more layers than anyone else ROBERT SHRIMSLEY, FINANCIAL TIMES

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THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTERA Times Book of the Year; A Telegraph Book of the Year; A Daily Mail Book of the Year; A Waterstones Book of the Year⠘Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain ALASTAIR CAMPBELL This will be the most important political book of the year⠙ MATTHEW D⠙ANCONA, EVENING STANDARDThis authoritative ⠓ but not authorised ⠓ biography by Tom Baldwin provides answers by drawing deeply on many hours of interviews with Prime Minister himself, as well as unprecedented access to members of his family, his oldest friends and closest colleagues.Together, they tell an unexpectedly intimate story filled with feelings of grief and love that has driven him on more than any rigid ideology or loyalty to a particular faction.The book tracks Starmer⠙s emergence from a troubled small town background and rebellious youth, through a storied legal career as a human rights barrister and the country⠙s chief prosecutor, to becoming an MP relatively late in life.Baldwin provides a vivid and compelling account of how this untypical politician then rose to be leader of his party in succession to Jeremy Corbyn, then transformed it with a ruthless rapidity that has enraged opponents from the left just as much as it has bewildered those on the right.Above all, this is a book that should be read by anyone who wants to understand how someone who has too often been underestimated or dismissed as dull, now intends to change Britain. The first serious and consistently readable biography of Starmer⠦It is a wonder that he has said so much to Baldwin PATRICK MAGUIRE, THE TIMES This is an absolutely riveting and very timely biography AMOL RAJAN⠘Highly readable⠦ Baldwin has peeled back more layers than anyone else ROBERT SHRIMSLEY, FINANCIAL TIMES

Objev podobné jako Keir Starmer - Tom Baldwin

THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTERA Times Book of the Year; A Telegraph Book of the Year; A Daily Mail Book of the Year; A Waterstones Book of the Year⠘Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain ALASTAIR CAMPBELL This will be the most important political book of the year⠙ MATTHEW D⠙ANCONA, EVENING STANDARDThis authoritative ⠓ but not authorised ⠓ biography by Tom Baldwin provides answers by drawing deeply on many hours of interviews with Prime Minister himself, as well as unprecedented access to members of his family, his oldest friends and closest colleagues.Together, they tell an unexpectedly intimate story filled with feelings of grief and love that has driven him on more than any rigid ideology or loyalty to a particular faction.The book tracks Starmer⠙s emergence from a troubled small town background and rebellious youth, through a storied legal career as a human rights barrister and the country⠙s chief prosecutor, to becoming an MP relatively late in life.Baldwin provides a vivid and compelling account of how this untypical politician then rose to be leader of his party in succession to Jeremy Corbyn, then transformed it with a ruthless rapidity that has enraged opponents from the left just as much as it has bewildered those on the right.Above all, this is a book that should be read by anyone who wants to understand how someone who has too often been underestimated or dismissed as dull, now intends to change Britain. The first serious and consistently readable biography of Starmer⠦It is a wonder that he has said so much to Baldwin PATRICK MAGUIRE, THE TIMES This is an absolutely riveting and very timely biography AMOL RAJAN⠘Highly readable⠦ Baldwin has peeled back more layers than anyone else ROBERT SHRIMSLEY, FINANCIAL TIMES

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A searing critique of the disability rights movement from within, and a call for collective liberation that is pro-Black and centers disabled people of colorFor over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has often been the only person of color in the room when significant disability policy decisions are made. Disenfranchisement of people of color and multi-marginalized communities within the disability rights community is not new and has left many inside the community feeling frustrated and erased.In To Be a Problem, Baldwin candidly shares her journey to becoming a disability activist and policymaker in DC while critiquing the disability rights community. She reveals the reality of erasure for many Black people and people of color in the disability movement and argues that, in turn, many white disabled people center themselves within the work without addressing their own white privilege.Disability rights groups have been centering white, straight, cisgender people while racial justice groups often fail to center disabled people, leading many Black and Brown disabled people to start their own Disability Justice organizations. Drawing from her unique vantage point, Baldwin calls readers to understand the shortcomings of the disability rights movement while inspiring us to push all movements towards a more inclusive and authentic liberation.

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A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEARâ ˜Challenging, forensic, compelling SATHNAM SANGHERAâ ˜Pure centrist erotica. A myth-busting chronicle of bad-tempered, Brexit-riven England SUNDAY TIMESâ ˜Wonderfully evocative. Too honest, too nuanced and too deep for any party manifesto MATTHEW PARRISAfter an election where people voted for a politics that our new Prime Minister describes as treading more lightly on peopleâ ™s lives , this must-read book charts a gentler course for a country that has suffered the ructions of profound change in recent decades.Some politicians will still talk of restoring an English birthright of liberty and the swashbuckling self-confidence to rule the waves. Others yearn for the old-fashioned morality which they claim once civilised a savage world or want to look inwards to a story of an enchanted island that can stand alone and isolated against the world. But England, by Tom Baldwin, the bestselling biographer of Keir Starmer, and Marc Stears, an influential think tank head, unravels the myths that have distorted ideas of this country and provided ammunition for culture warriors from both left and right. Instead of vainly promising to solve everything all at once, Baldwin and Stears provide clues for how a humbler, less grandiose, set of ideas rooted in real lives can help fix some of the things that have gone so badly wrong in recent years. They travel from muddy fields in the Home Counties to the ports of Plymouth and Hull. They visit the old industrial heartland of Wolverhampton, spend weekends in the worn-down seaside resort of Blackpool, then gaze up the gleaming towers of modernity on the edge of London and the dreaming spires of Oxford. Along the way, they speak with many different people who tell stories of England, including politicians Nigel Farage and David Lammy, campaigner Chrisann Jarrett, playwright James Graham and scientist Sarah Gilbert. What emerges is a startlingly fresh and vivid picture of an old country that belongs to everyone, or at least, to no one in particular.

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In thoughtful, candid, and often funny vignettes, Hilaria Baldwin—mother, wellness expert, and star of TLC’s The Baldwins—reveals the highs and lows and unpredictable outtakes from her different and not-so-different life.There’s no set of instructions when it comes to navigating the challenges life throws at us. However, by sharing our narratives and finding our commonality, we can better deal with what comes our way. After meeting her husband, actor Alec Baldwin, Hilaria found joy and purpose entering the public eye, where she sought to build community and connection with others. She also faced the challenges of the uglier, more toxic parts of the spotlight, living under a warped magnifying glass. Through the ups and downs, Hilaria leaned into wisdom and support offered by others, learning that optimism, kindness, and a sense of humor can put life into perspective. And additionally learning that we are not alone, that we are more alike than we are different. In Manual Not Included, Hilaria writes about the relatable, hard-earned insights she’s gained from her experiences as an individual, a partner, and a parent—from feeling empowered, to having a fulfilling relationship, to being as good a mother as possible, all while still being a work in progress. Within chapters about love, motherhood, and friendship, Hilaria offers up her candid stories around common themes facing women—from feeling like you’re too much and also not enough, to grappling with the expectation to be a “good girl,” and to striving for unattainable perfection. While there is no one right way to live, by sharing what we’ve learned along the way, with compassion and without judgment, we can each create our own perfectly imperfect manual.

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The identity of Robin Hood is one of the great historical mysteries of English history - until now. Everyone has heard of Robin Hood, the brilliant archer who robbed the rich to give to the poor and who always triumphed over the forces of evil, but the man behind the legend is as mysterious as King Arthur. There were outlaws who lived in the royal forests preying on unwary travelers, and Robin Hoods whose names are recorded in historical documents: but no one has been able to prove that one of these real Robins was the individual whose exploits were commemorated in ballad and song. David Baldwin sets out to find the real Robin Hood, looking for clues in the earliest ballads and in official and legal documents of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. His search takes him to the troubled reign of King Henry III, his conclusions turn history on its head and David Baldwin reveals the name of the man who inspired the tales of Robin Hood.

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A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEARâ ˜Challenging, forensic, compelling SATHNAM SANGHERAâ ˜Pure centrist erotica. A myth-busting chronicle of bad-tempered, Brexit-riven England SUNDAY TIMESâ ˜Wonderfully evocative. Too honest, too nuanced and too deep for any party manifesto MATTHEW PARRISAfter an election where people voted for a politics that our new Prime Minister describes as treading more lightly on peopleâ ™s lives , this must-read book charts a gentler course for a country that has suffered the ructions of profound change in recent decades.Some politicians will still talk of restoring an English birthright of liberty and the swashbuckling self-confidence to rule the waves. Others yearn for the old-fashioned morality which they claim once civilised a savage world or want to look inwards to a story of an enchanted island that can stand alone and isolated against the world. But England, by Tom Baldwin, the bestselling biographer of Keir Starmer, and Marc Stears, an influential think tank head, unravels the myths that have distorted ideas of this country and provided ammunition for culture warriors from both left and right. Instead of vainly promising to solve everything all at once, Baldwin and Stears provide clues for how a humbler, less grandiose, set of ideas rooted in real lives can help fix some of the things that have gone so badly wrong in recent years. They travel from muddy fields in the Home Counties to the ports of Plymouth and Hull. They visit the old industrial heartland of Wolverhampton, spend weekends in the worn-down seaside resort of Blackpool, then gaze up the gleaming towers of modernity on the edge of London and the dreaming spires of Oxford. Along the way, they speak with many different people who tell stories of England, including politicians Nigel Farage and David Lammy, campaigner Chrisann Jarrett, playwright James Graham and scientist Sarah Gilbert. What emerges is a startlingly fresh and vivid picture of an old country that belongs to everyone, or at least, to no one in particular.

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Prostřednictvím překladových i autorských textů Jolana Novotna, Linn Sandberg, Marlene Goldman, May Chazan a Melissy Baldwin odhaluje jednu z nejméně viditelných součástí života ve vyšším věku - prožívání sexuality a sexuálních vztahů. Vyvrací mýty o asexuálnosti starých lidí a ukazuje, že sexualita ve vyšším věku je tvořená širokou paletou erotických a emancipačních výrazů. Neviditelná staroba.txt je druhou sbírkou edice, kterou sestavují Display - Sdružení pro výzkum a kolektivní praxi, angažovaný měsíčník Kapitál a umělecký kolektiv APART. Edice .txt přináší eseje reagující na aktuální umělecké a společenské trendy, které zatím navzdory své urgenci nemají v českém a slovenském prostředí výrazné zpracování. Jedná se o soubor překladů významných světových myslietelek a myslietelů, a také původních slovenských či českých textů, které promptně reagují na nejnovější filozofické, kulturní, umělecké a společenské fenomény. Tyto eseje se pohybují na pomezí akademického a uměleckého výzkumu a angažované praxe - aktivně se zapojují do společenské debaty, exponují problémy, které je trápí; jejich hlas není tichý a rezignovaný, ale výrazný a naléhavý. Právě pro tyto hlasy chce být edice .txt otevřenou platformou.

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COVID-19 is the biggest public health and economic disaster of our time. It has posed the same threat across the globe, yet countries have responded very differently and some have clearly fared much better than others. Peter Baldwin uncovers the reasons why in this definitive account of the global politics of pandemic. He shows that how nations responded depended above all on the political tools available - how firmly could the authorities order citizens lives and how willingly would they be obeyed? In Asia, nations quarantined the infected and their contacts. In the Americas and Europe they shut down their economies, hoping to squelch the virus s spread. Others, above all Sweden, responded with a light touch, putting their faith in social consensus over coercion. Whether citizens would follow their leaders requests and how soon they would tire of their demands were crucial to hopes of taming the pandemic.

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The true story of the women who waged an epic home front battle to ensure our nation leaves no man behind.When some of AmericaÂ’s military men are captured or go missing during the Vietnam War, a small group of military wives become their champions. Never had families taken on diplomatic roles during wartime, nor had the fate of our POWs and missing men been a nationwide concern. In cinematic detail, authors Taylor Baldwin Kiland and Judy Silverstein Gray plunge you directly into the political maneuvering the women navigated, onto the international stage they shared with world leaders, and through the landmark legacy they created.

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The seventh edition of The Economics of European Integration provides students with an accessible presentation of the facts, theories and controversies that are driving rapid change at the heart of Europe. This new edition covers crucial updates on the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 and offers an expert analysis of the contemporary status of integration within the European Union.Key Features and Updatesâ ¢Wide range of learning features including boxed examples and illustrations, end of chapter summaries, self-assessment questions and essay questions.â ¢Fully updated to include new discussions and examples such as the new budget which has significant implications on European bonds, immigration, and climate change.â ¢Two new chapters highlighting the impact of both Brexit and Covid-19 on the EU.â ¢An Online Learning Centre with Lecture Outlines, PowerPoint Presentations, and an Image Library.Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, having been a visiting professor at Oxford and MIT. He is Editor-in-Chief and founder of VoxEU.org since 2007 and he advises governments around the world on globalisation and integration issues having served in the Bush (Sr) White House in 1990-91. Charles Wyplosz is Professor Emeritus of International Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva where he also served as Director of the International Centre for Money and Banking Studies. He is a Fellow of CEPR and of the European Economic Association, as well as a Founding Managing Editor of the Economic Policy journal.

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Vzrušující cesta kalifornského tria od dřevního punkového rebelství k hudební nesmrtelnosti. Pokud hledáte punk rock jako řemen, muzice této kapely se žádná jiná nevyrovná. Trojice výtržníků z kalifornského Berkeley rozpaluje fanoušky svým melodickým punk’n’rollem už téměř 40 let a zatím nemá v úmyslu přestat. Vydejte se s námi zmapovat vzestup Billieho Joe Armstronga, Mikea Dirnta a Tréa Coola. Prozkoumáme každé album, všechny úspěchy a pády této kapely. Staneme se svědky sukcesu tria na undergroundové scéně, zásahu do černého s deskou Dookie, jejich propadu na začátku nového tisíciletí i jednoho z největších komerčních zmrtvýchvstání rockové historie s albem American Idiot. Z autentických rozhovorů, které pořídili autoři z neméně legendárního magazínu Metal Hammer, se dozvíme vše důležité o bubeníkovi Tréovi, baskytaristovi Mikeovi a kytaristovi a zpěvákovi Billiem Joeovi. Ponoříme se také do hlubin světa punk rocku a odpovíme si na zásadní otázku, zda jsou Green Day punkovou kapelou se vším všudy! Klub Gilman Street Výlet zpět v čase za počátky kapely v hlubinách kalifornského undergroundu Všechna studiová alba Prozkoumejte diskografii kapely od debutu 39/Smooth až po novinku Saviors Punkové vzory Pětice kapel napříč dekádami, kterým Billie Joe a spol. vděčí za mnohé Billie Joe vlastními slovy Frontman Green Day se netají svými názory na politiku, muziku nebo životní prostředí

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Toaletní voda - pro muže, španělské výroby, objem 100 ml Zajímáte-li se o pánské vůně, pak byste možná ocenili toaletní vodu ROYAL COUNTRY OF BERKSHIRE. Pánská toaletní voda ROYAL COUNTRY OF BERKSHIRE dokonale podtrhne vaši mužnost i styl. Odhalte svou osobnost všem kolem s toaletní vodou ROYAL COUNTRY OF BERKSHIRE a buďte sami sebou. Klíčové přednosti toaletní vody ROYAL COUNTRY OF BERKSHIRE POLO CLUB Black Edition EdT 100 ml Toaletní voda ROYAL COUNTRY OF BERKSHIRE obsahuje především pánské tóny vůní Potěší vás původ španělské toaletní vody ROYAL COUNTRY OF BERKSHIRE Objem flakonu odpovídá 100 ml Vychutnejte si tu neuvěřitelnou sílu okamžiku s touto vůní Toaletní voda ROYAL COUNTRY OF BERKSHIRE přináší specifickou vůni Objevte výjimečné okamžiky ve všednosti života s toaletní vodou ROYAL COUNTRY OF BERKSHIRE. Nápaditý flakon španělské toaletní vody ROYAL COUNTRY OF BERKSHIRE je plný energie a smyslnosti, kterou vám propůjčí při jakékoliv příležitosti. V...

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LP vinyl - Another Time, Another Place bylo druhým studiovým albem Bryana Ferryho jako sólového umělce. V roce 1974 se album dostalo na 4. místo v britských hitparádách. Another Time, Another Place bylo druhým studiovým albem Bryana Ferryho jako sólového umělce. V roce 1974 se album dostalo na 4. místo v britských hitparádách. Rok vydání : 1974 (2.album sólo) Rok reedice : 2021 Seznam stop LP The #039;In #039; Crowd / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / Walk A Mile In My Shoes / Funny How Time Slips Away / You Are My Sunshine / (What A) Wonderful World / It Ain #039;t Me Babe / Fingerpoppin #039; / Help Me Make It Through The Night / Another Time, Another Place

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The untold story of Chicago⠙s pivotal role as a country and folk music capital.  Chicago is revered as a musical breeding ground, having launched major figures like blues legend Muddy Waters, gospel soul icon Mavis Staples, hip-hop firebrand Kanye West, and the jazz-rock band that shares its name with the city. Far less known, however, is the vital role Chicago played in the rise of prewar country music, the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s, and the contemporary offspring of those scenes.  In Country and Midwestern, veteran journalist Mark Guarino tells the epic century-long story of Chicago⠙s influence on sounds typically associated with regions further south. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and deep archival research, Guarino tells a forgotten story of music, migration, and the ways that rural culture infiltrated urban communities through the radio, the automobile, and the railroad. The Midwest⠙s biggest city was the place where rural transplants could reinvent themselves and shape their music for the new commercial possibilities the city offered. Years before Nashville emerged as the commercial and spiritual center of country music, major record labels made Chicago their home and recorded legendary figures like Bill Monroe, The Carter Family, and Gene Autry. The National Barn Dance⠔broadcast from the city⠙s South Loop starting in 1924⠔flourished for two decades as the premier country radio show before the Grand Ole Opry. Guarino chronicles the makeshift niche scenes like ⠜Hillbilly Heaven⠝ in Uptown, where thousands of relocated Southerners created their own hardscrabble honky-tonk subculture, as well as the 1960s rise of the Old Town School of Folk Music, which eventually brought national attention to local luminaries like John Prine and Steve Goodman. The story continues through the end of the twentieth century and into the present day, where artists like Jon Langford, The Handsome Family, and Wilco meld contemporary experimentation with country traditions.   Featuring a foreword from Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks and casting a cross-genre net that stretches from Bob Dylan to punk rock, Country and Midwestern rediscovers a history as sprawling as the Windy City⠔celebrating the creative spirit that modernized American folk idioms, the colorful characters who took them into new terrain, and the music itself, which is still kicking down doors even today.

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A highly detailed look at the English country house interior, offering unprecedented access to England’s finest rooms. In this splendid book, renowned historian Jeremy Musson explores the interiors and decoration of the great country houses of England, offering a brilliantly detailed presentation of the epitome of style in each period of the country house, including the great Jacobean manor house, the Georgian mansion, and the Gothic Revival castle. For the first time, houses known worldwide for their exquisite architecture and decoration--including Wilton, Chatsworth, and Castle Howard--are seen in unprecedented detail. With intimate views of fabric, gilding, carving, and furnishings, the book will be a source of inspiration to interior designers, architects, and home owners, and a must-have for anglophiles and historic house enthusiasts.The fifteen houses included represent the key periods in the history of English country house decoration and cover the major interior fashions and styles. Stunning new color photographs by Paul Barker-who was given unparalleled access to the houses-offer readers new insights into the enduring English country house style. Supplementing these are unique black-and-white images from the archive of the esteemed Country Life magazine. Among the aspects of these that the book covers are: paneling, textile hangings (silks to cut velvet), mural painting, plasterwork, stone carving, gilding, curtains, pelmets, heraldic decoration, classical imagery, early upholstered furniture, furniture designed by Thomas Chippendale, carved chimney-pieces, lass, use of sculpture, tapestry, carpets, picture hanging, collecting of art and antiques, impact of Grand Tour taste, silver, use of marble, different woods, the importance of mirror glass, boulle work, English Baroque style, Palladian style, neo-Classical style, rooms designed by Robert Adam, Regency, Gothic Revival taste, Baronial style, French 18th century style, and room types such as staircases, libraries, dining rooms, parlors, bedrooms, picture galleries, entrance halls and sculpture galleries.Houses covered include: Hatfield - early 1600s (Jacobean); Wilton - 1630/40s (Inigo Jones); Boughton - 1680/90s (inspired by Versailles); Chatsworth -1690/early 1700s (Baroque); Castle Howard - early 1700s (Vanbrugh); Houghton - 1720s (Kent); Holkham - 1730s-50s (Palladian); Syon Park - 1760s (Adam); Harewood - 1760s/70s (neo-Classical); Goodwood - 1790s/1800s (neo-Classical/Regency); Regency at Chatsworth/Wilton/C Howard etc - 1820/30s; Waddesdon Manor - 1870/80ss (French Chateau style); Arundel Castle -1880s/90s (Gothic Revival); Berkeley Castle - 1920/30s (period recreations and antique collections); Parham House - 1920s/30s (period restorations and antique collections). The range is from the early 17th century to present day, drawn from the authenticated interiors of fifteen great country houses, almost all still in private hands and occupied as private residences still today. The book shows work by twentieth-century designers who have helped evolve the country house look, including Nancy Lancaster, David Hicks, Colefax Fowler, and David Mlinaric

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A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits â “ books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century.In his critically acclaimed book, In the Country of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff travels to the origins of country music and talks to the musicians who created this original American art form. Here, amongst others, are indelible portraits of Johnny Cash, behind whose black apparel lies a Faustian dilemma; Merle Haggard, a man as elusive as he is gifted; and Patsy Cline, a lonely figure striding out bravely in a male-dominated world. An exhilarating journey from Maces Springs, Virginia to Bakersfield, California, In the Country of Country conveys the spirit and passion that informs country music and confirms Dawidoff s reputation as one of the most gifted cultural commentators of his generation.

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Dumplin meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this heartfelt and funny contemporary romance inspired by Dollywood, about two boys who fall in love against the backdrop of a country music-themed amusement park, from debut author Brian D. Kennedy. Perfect for fans of Erin Hahn, Phil Stamper, and David Levithan.Emmett Maguire wants to be country musicÂ’s biggest gay superstar—a far reach when youÂ’re seventeen and living in Illinois. But for now, heÂ’s happy to do the next best thing: Stay with his aunt in Jackson Hollow, Tennessee, for the summer and perform at the amusement park owned by his idol, country legend Wanda Jean Stubbs.Luke Barnes hates country music. As the grandson of Verna Rose, the disgraced singer who had a famous falling out with Wanda Jean, Luke knows how much pain country music has brought his family. But when his momÂ’s medical bills start piling up, he takes a job at the last place he wants: a restaurant at Wanda World.Neither boy is looking for romance, but sparks fly when they meet—and soon theyÂ’re inseparable. Until a long-lost secret about Verna and Wanda comes to light, threatening to unravel everything.Will Emmett and Luke be able get past the truths they discoverÂ…or will their relationship go down in history as just another Sad Country Love Song?Â

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Hudební CD - Americká country v podání legend tohoto žánru, jako jsou například Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Tex Williams, Carl Smith, Bill Monroe a další. Celkem 75 country hitů na 3 CD. Americká country v podání legend tohoto žánru, jako jsou například Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Tex Williams, Carl Smith, Bill Monroe a další. Celkem 75 country hitů na 3 CD.

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