The lives of brian (defekt) - brian johnson

The son of a British army sergeant major and Italian mother, Brian grew up in Dunston, Tyne and Wear, as it emerged from the shadow of the Second World War. Then he saw Little Richard on the BBC and it changed the course of his life.The choir boy and sea scout was going to be a singer.For over a decade he tried to make his mark with a succession of bands. He appeared frequently on TV and toured Europe and Australia with Geordie, yet real success slipped out of reach. Brian had a family to support and a mortgage to pay, so was forced to take a succession of jobs eventually leading to him running his own business. But if fate had a plan for Brian . . . fate didn't stand a chance.Out of the blue, he was invited to London for an audition for one of the world's best up-and-coming acts. AC/DC were a band in crisis following the tragic death of their lead singer, Bon Scott, but with Brian on board they would record their masterpiece: Back in Black. It became the biggest-selling rock album of all time. The tour that followed played to packed-out arenas and Brian was embraced by their fans. But there was to be a twist in the tale. In 2016, Brian was forced to quit the band after being diagnosed with hearing loss, only to make a triumphant return to the band he loved with the release of 2020's smash hit album Power Up. Brian has lived many lives within his lifetime, but somehow he's kept his feet on the ground, never losing touch with his roots.Touching, personal, indomitable, but always laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian is the story of one of the world's best-loved performers, told in his own inimitable and unique voice. 'Nine lives, Cat's Eyes. Abusing every one of them, and running wild.' (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it all is one of the most cheering and entertaining stories in rock 'n'roll history.The son of a British army sergeant-major and Italian mother, Brian grew up in Dunston, Tyne and Wear, as it emerged from the shadow of the Second World War. Then he saw Little Richard on the BBC and it changed the course of his life.The choirboy and cub scout was going to be singer.For over a decade he tried to make his mark with a succession of bands. He appeared on to Top of the Pops, toured Australia and yet the big time looked out of reach. Then he was invited to London for an audition for one of the world's biggest rock acts. AC/DC were a band in crisis following the tragic death of their lead singer, Bon Scott, but with Brian on board they would record their masterpiece: Back in Black. It became the biggest selling rock album of all time. The tour that followed played to packed out arenas. Quickly embraced by the band's fans, the new boy had earned his spurs. But there was to be a twist in the tale. In 2016, Brian was forced to quit the band after being diagnosed with hearing loss, only to make a triumphant return to the band he loved with the release of 2020's smash hit album Power Up.It's been a rollercoaster of a life, throughout which Brian's kept his feet firmly on the ground, never losing touch with his roots.Warm, vivid, evocative, life-affirming and often laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian tells the story of one of our most well-loved performers in his own inimitable voice (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness"Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring--and a riveting read. Hare and Woods have written the perfect book for our time."--Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of NudgeFor most of the approximately 300,000 years that Homo sapiens have existed, we have shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. All of these were smart, strong, and inventive. But around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made a cognitive leap that gave us an edge over other species. What happened?Since Charles Darwin wrote about "evolutionary fitness," the idea of fitness has been confused with physical strength, tactical brilliance, and aggression. In fact, what made us evolutionarily fit was a remarkable kind of friendliness, a virtuosic ability to coordinate and communicate with others that allowed us to achieve all the cultural and technical marvels in human history. Advancing what they call the "self-domestication theory," Brian Hare, professor in the department of evolutionary anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University and his wife, Vanessa Woods, a research scientist and award-winning journalist, shed light on the mysterious leap in human cognition that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive.But this gift for friendliness came at a cost. Just as a mother bear is most dangerous around her cubs, we are at our most dangerous when someone we love is threatened by an "outsider." The threatening outsider is demoted to sub-human, fair game for our worst instincts. Hare's groundbreaking research, developed in close coordination with Richard Wrangham and Michael Tomasello, giants in the field of cognitive evolution, reveals that the same traits that make us the most tolerant species on the planet also make us the cruelest.Survival of the Friendliest offers us a new way to look at our cultural as well as cognitive evolution and sends a clear message: In order to survive and even to flourish, we need to expand our definition of who belongs. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Brian Johnson je už přes čtyřicet let zpěvákem AC/DC, jedné z nejslavnějších rockových kapel všech dob. Jeho cesta na rock’n’rollové výsluní však byla klikatá. Začala krátce po válce v chudé průmyslové oblasti na severu Anglie a Brian ji ve své knize vypravuje se vším všudy: od prvních klukovin, prvních lásek a prvních kapel přes všechny úspěchy a neúspěchy až k onomu zásadnímu telefonátu, který mu změnil život.Brian Johnson je nejen skvělý muzikant, ale i výborný vypravěč. U živě a vtipně líčených zážitků se budete smát, fandit, chytat se za hlavu a možná ukápne i slza, ale přesně tak to v životě chodí.Poznáte Brianovu italsko-anglickou rodinu, přátele i slavné parťáky z AC/DC – Anguse, Malcolma a další – a nakouknete do zákulisí vzniku Back in Black, druhého nejprodávanějšího alba všech dob. Brianův život, který by vydal hned za několik životů najednou, vás vtáhne od prvních stránek a už vás nepustí. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

*FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED*Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution or Barack Obama on Selma and the meaning of America, speeches have profoundly influenced the way we see ourselves and society.Gathered here are some of the most extraordinary and memorable speeches of the last century - from Lenin to Reagan, Thatcher to Malala. Some are well known, others less so, but all helped form the world we now inhabit. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: Brian Johnson je už přes čtyřicet let zpěvákem AC/DC, jedné z nejslavnějších rockových kapel všech dob. Jeho cesta na rock’n’rollové výsluní však byla klikatá. Začala krátce po válce v chudé průmyslové oblasti na severu Anglie a Brian ji ve své knize vypravuje se vším všudy: od prvních klukovin, prvních lásek a prvních kapel přes všechny úspěchy a neúspěchy až k onomu zásadnímu telefonátu, který mu změnil život.Brian Johnson je nejen skvělý muzikant, ale i výborný vypravěč. U živě a vtipně líčených zážitků se budete smát, fandit, chytat se za hlavu a možná ukápne i slza, ale přesně tak to v životě chodí.Poznáte Brianovu italsko-anglickou rodinu, přátele i slavné parťáky z AC/DC – Anguse, Malcolma a další – a nakouknete do zákulisí vzniku Back in Black, druhého nejprodávanějšího alba všech dob. Brianův život, který by vydal hned za několik životů najednou, vás vtáhne od prvních stránek a už vás nepustí. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Enter the world of the Grishaverse and Shadow and Bone, soon to be a Netflix original series! Dive into the epic world of international bestselling author Leigh Bardugo with this beautifully illustrated replica of The Lives of Saints, the Istorii Sankt'ya, featuring tales of saints drawn from the beloved novels and beyond. Out of the pages of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, from the hands of Alina Starkov to yours, the Istorii Sankt'ya is a magical keepsake from the Grishaverse. These tales include miracles and martyrdoms from familiar saints like Sankta Lizabeta of the Roses and Sankt Ilya in Chains, to the strange and obscure stories of Sankta Ursula, Sankta Maradi, and the Starless Saint. This beautiful collection includes stunning full-colour illustrations of each story. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

It's a bloody business, overthrowing a king. Now, amid the chaos, a whispered rumour is spreading. A rumour about a broken promise, omens of death and the gods returning to walk the earth.No one really believes these whispers.Perhaps they should.Winner of the David Gemmell Morningstar Award, Promise of Blood is the explosive first novel in the most action-packed and acclaimed new fantasy series in years. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, In the Lives of Puppets is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees live three robots - fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe.The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled 'HAP', he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio - a past spent hunting humans.When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: can he accept love with strings attached?Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful standalone fantasy adventure from the author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on The Joe Rogan Experience! A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations. The most influential religious historian of the 20th century, Huston Smith, once referred to it as the best-kept secret in history. Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? A profound knowledge of visionary plants, herbs and fungi passed from one generation to the next, ever since the Stone Age? There is zero archaeological evidence for the original Eucharist - the sacred wine said to guarantee life after death for those who drink the blood of Jesus. The Holy Grail and its miraculous contents have never been found. In the absence of any hard data, whatever happened at the Last Supper remains an article of faith for today's 2.5 billion Christians. In an unprecedented search for real answers, The Immortality Key examines the archaic roots of the ritual that is performed every Sunday for nearly one third of the planet. Religion and science converge to paint a radical picture of Christianity's founding event. And after centuries of debate, to solve history's greatest puzzle once and for all. Before the birth of Jesus, the Ancient Greeks found salvation in their own sacraments. Sacred beverages were routinely consumed as part of the so-called Ancient Mysteries - elaborate rites that led initiates to the brink of death. The best and brightest from Athens and Rome flocked to the spiritual capital of Eleusis, where a holy beer unleashed heavenly visions for two thousand years. Others drank the holy wine of Dionysus to become one with the god. In the 1970s, renegade scholars claimed this beer and wine - the original sacraments of Western civilization - were spiked with mind-altering drugs. In recent years, vindication for the disgraced theory has been quietly mounting in the laboratory. The constantly advancing fields of archaeobotany and archaeochemistry have hinted at the enduring use of hallucinogenic drinks in antiquity. And with a single dose of psilocybin, the psychopharmacologists at Johns Hopkins and NYU are now turning self-proclaimed atheists into instant believers. But the smoking gun remains elusive. If these sacraments survived for thousands of years in our remote prehistory, from the Stone Age to the Ancient Greeks, did they also survive into the age of Jesus? Was the Eucharist of the earliest Christians, in fact, a psychedelic Eucharist? With an unquenchable thirst for evidence, Muraresku takes the reader on his twelve-year global hunt for proof. He tours the ruins of Greece with its government archaeologists. He gains access to the hidden collections of the Louvre Museum to show the continuity from pagan to Christian wine. He unravels the Ancient Greek of the New Testament with the world's most controversial priest. He spelunks into the catacombs under the streets of Rome to decipher the lost symbols of Christianity's oldest monuments. He breaches the secret archives of the Vatican to unearth manuscripts never before translated into English. And with leads from the archaeological chemists at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he unveils the first scientific data for the ritual use of psychedelic drugs in classical antiquity. The Immortality Key reconstructs the suppressed history of women consecrating a forbidden, drugged Eucharist that was later banned by the Church Fathers. Women who were then targeted as witches during the Inquisition, when Europe's sacred pharmacology largely disappeared. If the scientists of today have resurrected this technology, then Christianity is in crisis. Unless it returns to its roots. Featuring a Foreword by Graham Hancock, the New York Times bestselling author of America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell.We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now discovered thousands of alien planets, and that's barely a fraction of the worlds that are out there. And there are more stars in the Universe than grains of sand on every planet in the Solar System. But amid all this vastness, the Milky Way Galaxy, our Sun and the Earth are home to the only known life in the Universe - at least for now.With a foreword from Professor Brian Cox, and access to all the latest stunning NASA photography, Andrew Cohen takes readers on a voyage of discovery, via the probes and telescopes exploring the outer reaches of our galaxy, revealing how it was formed and how it will inevitably be destroyed by the enigmatic black hole at its heart. And beyond our galaxy, the expanding Universe, which holds clues to the biggest mystery of all - how did it all begin? We now know more about those first moments of existence than we ever thought possible, and hidden in this story of how it all began are the clues to the fate of the Universe itself and everything in it. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Harry Keogh umí už od dětství mluvit s mrtvými lidmi. Jsou to jeho přátelé, jeho rádci, jeho inspirace. Mrtví umělci skrz něj dál tvoří a matematik August Mobius ho více než sto let po své smrti učí ohýbat čas a prostor.Když je Harryho milovaná matka zavražděna ruským špionem s podobnými schopnostmi, najímá ho britská tajná organizace E-Branch, zaměřená na práci s nadpřirozenem.Ruskou špionážní společnost vede Boris Dragosani. I on dokáže komunikovat se zesnulými, ale pouze pokud u toho mrzačí jejich těla. Dragosani, lačnící po moci, se dohodl s nemrtvou Věcí, dávno pohřbenou v rumunských horách: plánuje ovládnout Západ za pomoci armády démonských válečníků.V cestě jim však stojí Harry Keogh s celou armádou mrtvých.Kniha Nekroskop, jež se dostala do finále British Fantasy Award, je prvním dílem působivé série, která uchvátila miliony čtenářů svým originálním náhledem na upíry a jejich lovce, na mrtvé i živé a na svět který sdílí. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Je červen roku 1984. Začaly letní prázdniny a Timmy Graco se těší, že místo školy bude číst komiksy, vysedávat v podzemní klubovně a podnikat různá dobrodružství se svými dvěma kamarády, Dougem a Barrym.Tyto plány se však brzy začnou hroutit. Chlapce čeká léto plné hrůzy a boje o holý život. Timmy zjistil, kdo na hřbitově vykopává čerstvé hroby – a vůbec to není člověk. Je to nestvůra, která byla po staletí uvězněna pod hřbitovem, ale právě se dostala na svobodu.Má hlad, dostala chuť na čerstvou krev a jde po Timmym a jeho kamarádech. Pokud se Timmy chce dožít září, bude muset uniknout Ghúlovi.To však není jediná příšera, která na chlapce čeká…Nestvůry čekají na každém rohu.A co když ta, která požírá mrtvoly, není tou nejděsivější?Od oceňovaného mistra hororu Briana Keenea přichází román o nestvůrách, vraždách a ztrátě nevinnosti. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Blockbuster writer Brian Michael Bendis takes on Marvel's misfit movie stars! Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon and Groot assemble alongside the Avengers to thwart Thanos' latest scheme - and they take Iron Man back into space with them! They'll face the wrath of the Badoon, Peter Quill's father and - once again - the infinite threat of Thanos! But can anything prepare them for Angela? The Guardians will add new recruits and fight alongside the X-Men, but which team members will end up star-crossed lovers? And when SECRET WARS obliterates the galaxy, what will be left to guard? Collecting AVENGERS ASSEMBLE (2012) #1-8, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2013) #0.1 and #1-27, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ANNUAL (2014) #1, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: TOMORROW'S AVENGERS, ALL-NEW X-MEN (2012) #22-24, GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE #1-4, GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #1-2 and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2014 (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY). (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Chci zásadně změnit způsob, jakým lidé přemýšlejí o svých životech, jak si ho plánují a jak ho formují. Chtěl bych jim pomoct pochopit skutečnost, že budoucnost není něco fixního, nýbrž je to něco, co každý den vytvářejí svými činy. Chtěl bych, aby lidé přijali fakt, že si svou budouc nost můžou vytvořit – ale pouze za předpokladu, že budou ochotní se na tomto procesu aktivně podílet. Pokaždé, když se poprvé setkám s někým, kdo má starost o svou budoucnost, mluvím o třech verzích vlastního já, které dohromady tvoří naši osobnost: Minulé já, Současné já a Budoucí já. Minulé já představuje vaši zkušenost a vzpo mínky – vaše radosti a smutky, vítězství i porážky, je to souhrn všech zkušeností, které jste kdy nabyli. Budoucí já představuje osobnost, jakou se chcete stát. Je to člověk, jakým byste byli rádi, a je to také někdo, kým být nechcete. A pak je tu vaše Přítomné já. Pro většinu z nás je Přítomné já Minulým já. Svoje životy totiž trávíme v minulosti. Ale co kdybyste toto nastavení ve své hlavě změnili a přeměnili svoje Přítomné já na Budoucí? V tom případě by osoba, jakou chcete být, byla reálnou osobou a přestaly by existovat limity pro tako vou změnu. Tuto knihu jsem napsal, abych vám pomohl uskutečnit právě tohle: změňte na stavení vlastní mysli a přeměňte svoje Přítomné já v tu nejlepší verzi svého Budoucího já. Jsem nadšený, že vám můžu poskytnout všechny nezbytné strategie a nástroje, a že s vámi můžu sdílet příběhy lidí, kteří se naučili využívat svoje Budoucí já. Slibuji vám, že svému Budoucímu já budete rozumět lépe než dosud. Budete nejen schopni vidět sami sebe v takové budoucnosti, ale poznáte, jaké kroky musíte udělat, abyste se tam dostali. Budete svým Budoucím já. A tato cesta začíná právě teď. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a despatch vessel. But the war of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

At the centre of the Earth, Will is in trouble. His enemy, the Styx, are close behind. They'll follow him to the ends of the world - any world. Meanwhile Drake - with help from the unlikeliest of allies - is preparing to fight the Styx from above. But will his (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Audiokniha: Vaše budoucnost začíná teď. Uznávaný futurista Brian David Johnson tráví už více než čtvrt století tím, že pomáhá vládám, korporacím, školám a dalším organizacím plánovat úspěšné cesty vpřed tím, že jim ukazuje, jak bude svět brzy vypadat. V Budoucnosti pod kontrolou (v orig. The Future You – Budoucí Já, pozn. překladatele)) vám blíže představí svou práci jako aplikovaný futurista a poskytne praktické nástroje, které potřebujete k tomu, abyste si vytvořili budoucnost, jakou jste si vysnili. Audiokniha nabízí jedinečnou kombinaci praktických pokynů, interaktivních cvičení a působivých příběhů ze skutečného života. Vytvořte si budoucnost, jakou jste vždy chtěli. Pokud jste jako většina lidí, pomyšlení na zítřek ve vás vyvolává úzkost. Můžete snít tom, co chcete dělat nebo kde chcete být v příštích několika měsících, letech nebo desetiletích, ale máte strach, protože nevíte, co vás může čekat. Tato obava bohužel ovlivňuje, jak se dnes rozhodujete, a tedy i to, jaká bude vaše budoucnost. Ať už chcete najít svou novou vášeň, změnit svou kariéru nebo styl života, strach drží tolik z nás v zajetí a brání nám podniknout kroky nezbytné k tomu, abychom mohli začít hned. Díky audioknize Budoucnost pod kontrolou už nemusíte jen snít o lepší budoucnosti, můžete své plány, nápady a naděje proměnit ve skutečnost. Kniha je rozdělena do osmi kapitol, které vás provedou stejným procesem futurecastingu, který Brian používá se svými klienty. Jednotlivé kapitoly jsou okořeněné osobními příběhy, jež jsou nejen poutavé, ale ilustrují myšlenky, které Johnson uvádí. V každé z kapitol objevíte i dobře promyšlená rychlá cvičení, která budou užitečná v reálném uvědomění si a plánování budoucnosti, kterou opravdu chcete. Johnson ve své metodě nepoužívá kouzla, ani nespoléhá na křišťálovou kouli. Jeho metoda je založena na vědě. V tomto průkopnickém průvodci, který otevírá oči, zjistíte, že vy jste zodpovědní za vytvoření své budoucnosti a máte moc si ji naplánovat. Prolomte svůj strach a naplánujte si budoucnost svých snů. Z audioknihy: “Pro mnohé lidi je budoucnost něčím, co je v současnosti nepoznatelné a také nekoncepčně řízené. Připomíná mi to výrok Marka Twaina: „Pokud jde o svět, problém není v tom, že lidé o něm mnoho nevědí, ale spíše v tom, že vědí mnoho věcí, které nejsou pravdivé.“ Pokud chcete ovládat svou budoucnost, musíte se oprostit od dlouho tradovaných bludů. A přesně sem společně zamíříme.” “Poznání tajemství budoucnosti tedy spočívá v pochopení toho, co nás čeká, a přijetí faktu, že svou vlastní budoucnost můžeme formovat. A protože není mnoho dalších věcí, které by nám měly dělat starost, budoucnost se už pak nejeví jako něco drtivého.” (knihydobrovsky.cz)

*FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED*Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution or Barack Obama on Selma and the meaning of America, speeches have profoundly influenced the way we see ourselves and society.Gathered here are some of the most extraordinary and memorable speeches of the last century - from Lenin to Reagan, Thatcher to Malala. Some are well known, others less so, but all helped form the world we now inhabit. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have changed the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped.The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches gathers together the world's greatest speeches, bringing together the words of over one hundred men and women. These brilliant and passionate declarations by Socrates, Robespierre, Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth I, Churchill, Washington, Pankhurst, Gandhi and many others provide a vivid glimpse of history in the making while retaining their power to move and inspire today.'Impeccable. MacArthur prefaces each address with a short but scholarly historical explanation that sets the scene perfectly. An attractive volume' Andrew Roberts, Sunday Times'Works well not just as an anthology but as a history' Independent on Sunday. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness"Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring--and a riveting read. Hare and Woods have written the perfect book for our time."--Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of NudgeFor most of the approximately 300,000 years that Homo sapiens have existed, we have shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. All of these were smart, strong, and inventive. But around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made a cognitive leap that gave us an edge over other species. What happened?Since Charles Darwin wrote about "evolutionary fitness," the idea of fitness has been confused with physical strength, tactical brilliance, and aggression. In fact, what made us evolutionarily fit was a remarkable kind of friendliness, a virtuosic ability to coordinate and communicate with others that allowed us to achieve all the cultural and technical marvels in human history. Advancing what they call the "self-domestication theory," Brian Hare, professor in the department of evolutionary anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University and his wife, Vanessa Woods, a research scientist and award-winning journalist, shed light on the mysterious leap in human cognition that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive.But this gift for friendliness came at a cost. Just as a mother bear is most dangerous around her cubs, we are at our most dangerous when someone we love is threatened by an "outsider." The threatening outsider is demoted to sub-human, fair game for our worst instincts. Hare's groundbreaking research, developed in close coordination with Richard Wrangham and Michael Tomasello, giants in the field of cognitive evolution, reveals that the same traits that make us the most tolerant species on the planet also make us the cruelest.Survival of the Friendliest offers us a new way to look at our cultural as well as cognitive evolution and sends a clear message: In order to survive and even to flourish, we need to expand our definition of who belongs. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: Chci zásadně změnit způsob, jakým lidé přemýšlejí o svých životech, jak si ho plánují a jak ho formují. Chtěl bych jim pomoct pochopit skutečnost, že budoucnost není něco fixního, nýbrž je to něco, co každý den vytvářejí svými činy. Chtěl bych, aby lidé přijali fakt, že si svou budouc nost můžou vytvořit – ale pouze za předpokladu, že budou ochotní se na tomto procesu aktivně podílet. Pokaždé, když se poprvé setkám s někým, kdo má starost o svou budoucnost, mluvím o třech verzích vlastního já, které dohromady tvoří naši osobnost: Minulé já, Současné já a Budoucí já. Minulé já představuje vaši zkušenost a vzpo mínky – vaše radosti a smutky, vítězství i porážky, je to souhrn všech zkušeností, které jste kdy nabyli. Budoucí já představuje osobnost, jakou se chcete stát. Je to člověk, jakým byste byli rádi, a je to také někdo, kým být nechcete. A pak je tu vaše Přítomné já. Pro většinu z nás je Přítomné já Minulým já. Svoje životy totiž trávíme v minulosti. Ale co kdybyste toto nastavení ve své hlavě změnili a přeměnili svoje Přítomné já na Budoucí? V tom případě by osoba, jakou chcete být, byla reálnou osobou a přestaly by existovat limity pro tako vou změnu. Tuto knihu jsem napsal, abych vám pomohl uskutečnit právě tohle: změňte na stavení vlastní mysli a přeměňte svoje Přítomné já v tu nejlepší verzi svého Budoucího já. Jsem nadšený, že vám můžu poskytnout všechny nezbytné strategie a nástroje, a že s vámi můžu sdílet příběhy lidí, kteří se naučili využívat svoje Budoucí já. Slibuji vám, že svému Budoucímu já budete rozumět lépe než dosud. Budete nejen schopni vidět sami sebe v takové budoucnosti, ale poznáte, jaké kroky musíte udělat, abyste se tam dostali. Budete svým Budoucím já. A tato cesta začíná právě teď. BRIAN DAVID JOHNSON udělal z budoucnosti svou profesi. Jako futurista spolupracuje s organizacemi na rozvoji 10-15leté vize a na tom, jaké to bude žít v budoucnosti. Jeho práce se nazývá futurecasting a využívá etnografické terénní studie, technologický výzkum, kulturní historii, data trendů, globální rozhovory a dokonce sci-fi, aby poskytla pragmatickou mapu budoucnosti. Jako aplikovaný futurista Johnson spolupracoval s vládami, obchodními organizacemi, start-upy a nadnárodními korporacemi, aby jim nejen pomohl představit si budoucnost, ale také specifikovat kroky potřebné k dosažení jejich cílů. Johnson je v současné době futuristou v Centru pro vědu a představivost na Arizonské státní univerzitě a členem společnosti Frost & Sullivan. Žije v Portlandu v Oregonu. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Tato nová příručka vám poskytne odborné vedení při sestavování profesionálního podnikatelského záměru, ať už chcete získat finance pro rozjezd svého podnikání, nebo naopak prodáváte svoji firmu. Pomůže vám vyprávět příběh, kterým někoho přesvědčíte, aby se s vámi podílel na realizaci vaší vize. Kniha vás provede prvky, které obvykle tvoří podnikatelský záměr, v pořadí, v jakém se v něm nejspíše objeví. Bude vám praktickou pomůckou, ale nikoli šablonou, protože hlavní části byste si měli napsat sami. Jsou pro to dva důvody: Musíte záměr umět osobně prezentovat, což je mnohem těžší, pokud jste se intenzivně nezapojili do jeho přípravy. Psaní záměru vám pomůže dovést jeho obsah k dokonalosti. Není dobré zjistit, že záměr dobře neznáte nebo že v něm je nějaká chyba, až na schůzce s obchodním partnerem nebo potenciálním investorem. Publikace obsahuje také praktická cvičení, užitečné šablony a skvělé tipy, které vám pomohou vypracovat opravdu komplexní a přesvědčivý podnikatelský záměr. Hodit se vám mohou také konkrétní přílohy: Dohoda o mlčenlivosti. Sesouhlasení zisku a peněžního toku. Předpověď cash flow. Knihy z řady VSTŘÍC ÚSPĚCHU jsou určeny všem, kteří se chtějí zlepšovat, především pak začínajícím manažerům a budoucím lídrům. Jsou nabité chytrými postřehy, radami a skutečně účinnými technikami, které jsou prověřené praxí. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

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 music's biggest gay superstar-a far reach when you're seventeen and living in Illinois. But for now, he'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 mom'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 they'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 discover...or will their relationship go down in history as just another Sad Country Love Song? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The third and final book in the LEGENDS OF DUNE series, based on the vision of Frank Herbert. The trilogy follows the campaigns of the Butlerian Jihad, the great war against the thinking machines. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Enter the world of the Grishaverse and Shadow and Bone, soon to be a Netflix original series! Dive into the epic world of international bestselling author Leigh Bardugo with this beautifully illustrated replica of The Lives of Saints, the Istorii Sankt'ya, featuring tales of saints drawn from the beloved novels and beyond. Out of the pages of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, from the hands of Alina Starkov to yours, the Istorii Sankt'ya is a magical keepsake from the Grishaverse. These tales include miracles and martyrdoms from familiar saints like Sankta Lizabeta of the Roses and Sankt Ilya in Chains, to the strange and obscure stories of Sankta Ursula, Sankta Maradi, and the Starless Saint. This beautiful collection includes stunning full-colour illustrations of each story. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - 384 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

The perfect gift for baby showers and for those already in the throes of parenting, Fowl Language: Children are a Gift is here to let you know that you're not alone. Parenting is hard and often gross. Laughing about it helps. Everyone's favorite parenting cartoon featuring ducks presents a comprehensive view of the early parenting years in all of their maddening cuteness and sanity-depriving chaos. The new collection will include fifty comics that have appeared on the website and will feature fifty never-before-seen cartoons. Fowl Language: Children are a Gift is organized into 10 thematic chapters-including Babies: Oh Dear God, What Have we Done?; Pooping: Get Your S*** Together; and Holidays: Magic Traditions and Tragic Overeating-each of which begins with a hilarious, illustrated 500-word essay. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, In the Lives of Puppets is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.SPECIAL PAPERBACK FEATURE: This paperback edition includes the poignant short story 'Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!' set in the same extraordinary world.*A NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER!**WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION*In a small home, built into the branches of a tree, live a human named Victor and three robots. These are a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, a small vacuum desperate for love and attention, and a fatherly inventor-android named Giovanni Lawson. Together they're a family, hidden and safe.Then Vic salvages an unfamiliar android labelled 'HAP'. He learns that Hap and Gio share a dark past, where they hunted humans. And Hap unwittingly gives away Gio's location. Before they know it, robots from Gio's former life arrive - to capture and return the android to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams.The rest of the unconventional family must travel across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommissioning. Or worse, reprogramming. Along the way, Vic must decide if he can handle his feelings for Hap - even if they come with strings attached.Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful standalone fantasy adventure from the author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.'A deeply stirring journey through a world of extraordinary robots' - Chuck Tingle, Hugo-shortlisted author of Camp Damascus (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, In the Lives of Puppets is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees live three robots - fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe.The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled 'HAP', he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio - a past spent hunting humans.When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: can he accept love with strings attached?Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful standalone fantasy adventure from the author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Collected for the first time, these three previously unpublished Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series.The world of Dune has shaped an entire generation of science fiction. From the sand blasted world of Arrakis, to the splendor of the imperial homeworld of Kaitain, readers have lived in a universe of treachery and wonder. Now, these stories expand on the Dune universe, telling of the lost years of Gurney Halleck as he works with smugglers on Arrakis in a deadly gambit for revenge; inside the ranks of the Sardaukar as the child of a betrayed nobleman becomes one of the Emperor's most ruthless fighters; a young firebrand Fremen woman, a guerrilla fighter against the ruthless Harkonnens, who will one day become Shadout Mapes. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Collected for the first time, these Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series.The world of Dune has shaped an entire generation of science fiction. From the sand blasted world of Arrakis, to the splendor of the imperial homeworld of Kaitain, readers have lived in a universe of treachery and wonder.Now, these stories expand on the Dune universe, telling of the lost years of Gurney Halleck as he works with smugglers on Arrakis in a deadly gambit for revenge; inside the ranks of the Sardaukar as the child of a betrayed nobleman becomes one of the Emperor's most ruthless fighters; a young firebrand Fremen woman, a guerrilla fighter against the ruthless Harkonnens, who will one day become Shadout Mapes. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Collected for the first time, these Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series.The world of Dune has shaped an entire generation of science fiction. From the sand blasted world of Arrakis, to the splendor of the imperial homeworld of Kaitain, readers have lived in a universe of treachery and wonder.Now, these stories expand on the Dune universe, telling of the lost years of Gurney Halleck as he works with smugglers on Arrakis in a deadly gambit for revenge; inside the ranks of the Sardaukar as the child of a betrayed nobleman becomes one of the Emperor's most ruthless fighters; a young firebrand Fremen woman, a guerrilla fighter against the ruthless Harkonnens, who will one day become Shadout Mapes. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

It's a bloody business, overthrowing a king. Now, amid the chaos, a whispered rumour is spreading. A rumour about a broken promise, omens of death and the gods returning to walk the earth.No one really believes these whispers.Perhaps they should.Winner of the David Gemmell Morningstar Award, Promise of Blood is the explosive first novel in the most action-packed and acclaimed new fantasy series in years. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Enter a war-torn world where gunpowder and magic collideThe nation of Fatrasta is a haven for criminals, rebels, adventurers and sorcerers seeking relics of the past. As insurrection grows, only the iron will of the Lady Chancellor holds the capital city of Landfall together.Yet an ancient power as old as time is rising, and the fate of this young nation now rests in the hands of a spy, a disgraced war hero and a mercenary general with a past as turbulent as Landfall's present.Sins of Empire is the bold new epic fantasy from Gemmell Award-winning author Brian McClellan.Praise for Brian McClellan'Gunpowder and magic. An explosive combination' Peter Brett'Brings a welcome breath of gunpowder-tinged air to epic fantasy' Anthony Ryan'Tense action, memorable characters, rising stakes . . . Brian McClellan is the real thing' Brent Weeks'Innovative magic, quick-paced plot, interesting world. I had a blast' Brandon Sanderson. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

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Román Navigátoři Duny je strhující finále z cyklu o velkých školách vesmíru Duny, trilogie z pera Briana Herberta a Kevina J. Andersona, odehrávající se deset tisíc let před legendárním románem Franka Herberta. Děj cyklu přibližuje okolnosti vzniku benegesseritského Sesterstva a jeho chovného programu, „lidských počítačů“ mentatů a v závěrečném dílu též zázračných navigátorů čili kormidelníků plavidel Kosmické gildy. V neustávající bitvě o budoucnost lidstva se rozum střetává s fanatismem… Proti sobě stojí tři mocní hráči: nový imperátor Roderick Corrino, uvážlivý, ale i tvrdý panovník, jemuž leží na srdci blaho rozlehlého Impéria. Náboženský fanatik Manford Torondo, opojený vlastní silou… A konečně Josef Venport se svým monopolem na bezpečné mezihvězdné cestování, záhadnými zmutovanými tvory, s těžbou melanže na Arrakis, s bankovními operacemi po celé říši. Do hry vstupují i další činitele – náhody, nepochopení, lidská pošetilost, umíněnost, láska… To vše dohromady buduje scénu, na níž se o milénia později odehrají známé události Duny, jednoho ze stěžejních děl světové scifi literatury. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Žánr: Rock;Soul;Elektronický;Funk Typ: LP deska;Album;Otevírací obal;Remastered;Nové vydání Země interpreta: Skotsko;Spojené království Subžánr: Avantgarde;Experimental;Funk Složení setu: 2 ks Datum vydání: 2019-02-03 Interpret / Téma: Brian Eno & David Byrne Dekáda interpreta: 1970 - 1979;2020 - 2029;1980 - 1989;2000 - 2009;2010 - 2019;1990 - 1999 Barva podle výrobce: Black Rok vydání: 2019.0 Hmotnost: 140 g Rok nahrávky: 1981.0 Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Barva: Černá Balení obsahuje: LP Vydavatelství: Nonesuch Varianta: My Life In the Bush of Ghosts (2 LP) Země původu: Evropská unie (muziker.cz)

Kniha - autor Kassia St Clair, 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer. Simon GarfieldThe Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso s blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh s chrome yellow sunflowers or punk s fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human... (alza.cz)

Artificial intelligence is rapidly dominating every aspect of our modern lives influencing the news we consume, whether we get a mortgage, and even which friends wish us happy birthday. But as algorithms make ever more decisions on our behalf, how do we ensure they do what we want? And fairly?This conundrum - dubbed 'The Alignment Problem' by experts - is the subject of this timely and important book.From the AI program which cheats at computer games to the sexist algorithm behind Google Translate, bestselling author Brian Christian explains how, as AI develops, we rapidly approach a collision between artificial intelligence and ethics. If we stand by, we face a future with unregulated algorithms that propagate our biases - and worse - violate our most sacred values. Urgent and fascinating, this is an accessible primer to the most important issue facing AI researchers today. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

It's January 1st and Brian Bilston's life needs to change. His ex-wife has taken up with a new man, a motivational speaker and marketing guru to boot; he seems to constantly disappoint his long-suffering son; and at work he is drowning in a sea of spreadsheets and management jargon.Brian resolution is to write a poem every day; poetry will be his salvation. But there is an obstacle to his happiness in the form of Toby Salt, his arch nemesis in the Poetry Group and rival suitor to Liz, Brian's new poetic inspiration. When Toby goes missing, Brian is the number one suspect.Part tender love story, part murder mystery, part coruscating description of a wasted life, and interspersed with some of the funniest poems about the mundane and the profound, Diary of a Somebody is a unique, original and hilarious novel. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume. J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron. It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father’s death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book’s content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Númenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Númenóreans’ power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Even greater insight into the Second Age would be revealed in subsequent publications, first in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in Christopher Tolkien’s magisterial twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth, in which he presented and discussed a wealth of further tales written by his father, many in draft form. Now, adhering to the timeline of ‘The Tale of Years’ in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, editor Brian Sibley has assembled into one comprehensive volume a new chronicle of the Second Age of Middle-earth, told substantially in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien from the various published texts, with new pencil illustrations by the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee. J.R.R. Tolkien's book 'The Fall of Númenor' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 07-11-2022. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell introduce readers to the mathematical boundary-smashers who have been erased by history because of their race, gender or nationality.From the brilliant Arabic scholars of the ninth-century House of Wisdom, and the pioneering African American mathematicians of the twentieth century, to the 'lady computers' around the world who revolutionised our knowledge of the night sky, we meet these fascinating trailblazers and see how they contributed to our global knowledge today.Along the way, the mathematics itself is explained extremely clearly, for example, calculus is described using the authors' home baking, as they pose the question: how much cake is in our cake? This revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of mathematics is as entertaining as it is important. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Veronica is late, and Julian is increasingly convinced she won't ever come home. To pass the time, he improvises a story about trees to coax his stepdaughter, Daniela, to sleep. He has made a life as a literature professor, developing a novel about a man tending to a bonsai tree on the weekends. He is a narrator, an architect, a chronicler of other people's stories. But as the night stretches on before him, and the hours pass with no sign of Veronica, Julian finds himself caught up in the slipstream of the story of his life - of their lives together. What combination of desire and coincidence led them here, to this very night? What will the future - and possibly motherless - Daniela think of him and his stories? Why tell stories at all? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A father tries to protect his daughter from the legacy of his criminal past Bursting with imagination, THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti has been described as 'One part Quentin Tarantino, one part Scheherazade' (Ann Patchett) and will appeal to fans of the Coen Brothers' True Grit or Emma Cline's The Girls. Hero. Villain. Father... After years spent living on the run, Samuel Hawley and his daughter Loo finally settle in Olympus, Massachusetts. Hawley takes up fishing, while Loo struggles with friendship and first love, and tries to piece together the puzzle surrounding her mother's death. Haunting them both are the twelve scars Hawley carries on his body, from twelve bullets in his criminal past - a past that is about to spill over into Loo's present, with explosive consequences. Biographical Notes Hannah Tinti is the author of the short story collection ANIMAL CRACKERS and co-founder and editor in chief of One Story magazine. Her first novel, THE GOOD THIEF, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and winner of the Centre for Fiction's First Novel Prize and a recipient of the American Library Association's Alex Award. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Pippa seems to have everything in life. But suddenly she finds her world beginning to unravel. Amid the buzzing lawnmowers and suburban coffee mornings, she starts to wonder how she came to be in this place. The answer is a story of wild youth, unexpected encounters, affairs and betrayals, and the dangerous security of marriage. It brilliantly reveals the challenges of modern life - and all the possibilities that it holds. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From the number one bestselling author of Trainspotting Meet Lucy Brennan - an aggressive personal trainer who has just become a media hero after taking down a would-be gunman in Miami.The one witness to the daring rescue is Lena Sorensen - an overweight depressive who is becoming increasingly obsessed with Lucy...Irvine Welsh's latest creation captures the two great obsessions of our time - how we look and where we live - and tells a story so subversive and dark it blacks out the Florida sun. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues.From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilisation. Across fashion and politics, art and war, The Secret Lives of Colour tell the vivid story of our culture. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

More than half a century after her death, Marilyn Monroe is arguably still one of the most famous people in the world. Her life was a contrast of public brilliance and private misery, her death a tragedy suffused by dark questions - about her relations with President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert. Drawing on more than 600 first-hand interviews, Anthony Summers offers the classic, definitive biography of a woman who captivated the world. Marilyn's tragic story is clouded by gossip-reporting more than almost any other. GODDESS, however, delivers new, fully documented yet exciting fact. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir. No one expects the police to knock on the door of the million-dollar two-story home of the perfect cul-de-sac housewife. But soccer mom Lara Love Hardin has been hiding a shady secret: she is funding her heroin addiction by stealing her neighbors' credit cards.Lara is convicted of thirty-two felonies and becomes inmate S32179. She finds that jail is a class system with a power structure that is somewhere between an adolescent sleepover party and Lord of the Flies. Furniture is made from tampon boxes, and Snickers bars are currency.But Lara quickly learns the rules and brings love and healing to her fellow inmates as she climbs the social ladder and acquires the nickname "Mama Love," showing that jailhouse politics aren't that different from the PTA meetings she used to attend. When she's released, she reinvents herself as a ghostwriter. Now, she's legally co-opting other people's identities and getting to meet Oprah, meditate with the Dalai Lama, and have dinner with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.But the shadow of her past follows her. Shame is a poison worse than heroin-there is no way to detox. Lara must learn how to forgive herself and others, navigate life as a felon on probation, and prove to herself that she is more good than bad, among other essential lessons.The Many Lives of Mama Love is a heartbreaking and tender journey from shame to redemption, despite a system that makes it almost impossible for us to move beyond the worst thing we have ever done. (knihydobrovsky.cz)