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Jolanta Kwaśniewska po raz pierwszy w tak osobistej rozmowie. To ona przed trzema dekadami stworzyła w Polsce urząd pierwszej damy i to ona do dzisiaj wygrywa we wszelkich sondażach oceniających działalność żon prezydentów. Jolanta Kwaśniewska – pierwsza dama RP w latach 1995–2005, prawniczka, bizneswoman, założycielka i prezeska fundacji Porozumienie Bez Barier – w szczerym, emocjonalnym, pełnym znakomitych anegdot, a także bardzo poruszających wspomnień wywiadzie. W rozmowie z Emilią Padoł opowiada o dzieciństwie i studiach w Trójmieście, trudnych początkach w Warszawie, wyczekiwanym macierzyństwie, zakładaniu własnej firmy, brutalnej kampanii prezydenckiej w latach 90. i przeprowadzce do Pałacu Prezydenckiego. Jak się urządza gabinet pierwszej damy? Jak staje się głosem kobiet, dzieci i osób z niepełnosprawnościami? Jak kompletuje odpowiednią garderobę? Jak – na przekór sceptykom – odnosi się wielki międzynarodowy sukces? „Pierwsza dama” prowadzi za kulisy zdarzeń na najwyższym państwowym i zagranicznym szczeblu, pokazuje blaski, ale i cienie roli aktywnej pierwszej damy. Wreszcie opowiada o tym, jak wygląda życie „po Pałacu”. A bywa, że jest to życie na podsłuchu. Jolanta Kwaśniewska zdradza też przepis na małżeńską harmonię, rodzinne szczęście, no i wspaniałą zupę, która zawsze dodaje jej sił.
This book is dedicated to my wonderful wife Claude-Aline, my beloved friend, who, in describing her complex family history, became my tutor, mentor and guiding intelligence as she informed me about the life and lives of people I could not have known without her.
CROWNS, with its formal, intimate, repetitive focus, is, as well, dedicated to all people - people of every continent, every skin color, every gender, every nationality and every religion - willing to explore their own causal history, their culture, ideologies, ancestry and social conventions in an effort to construct and complete their psychological portrait as both fact and imagination.
In her vibrant works, the Brazilian painter Beatriz Milhazes fuses two very different worldviews. Her abstract compositions, which can be seen in a line with modernist masters from Henri Matisse to Bridget Riley, are saturated with the colors and light of her native country. Her paintings are strewn with symbols of everyday life in Brazil, invoking carnival, traditional craftsmanship, and motifs from baroque to pop, all choreographed in an exuberant visual rhythm. The colorful atmosphere has an irresistible exotic allure, but as in the works of Paul Gauguin, we find a broken paradise in which darker, more melancholic tones resonate, both in the promises of tropical life and those of modernist abstraction.
In seeking this balance, Milhazes developed a special transfer technique in the late eighties, painting her motifs onto plastic sheets, gluing these to the canvas and letting them dry, and then peeling away the plastic once dry so that the paint remains on the canvas. This method allows the artist to layer surface upon surface and to achieve an iridescence somewhere between radiant aura and shimmering melancholy. Since her breakthrough in the early 1990s, Milhazes has extended the scope of her work to other media, producing screen prints, collages made of chocolate and candy wrappers, sculptures such as giant mobiles made of carnival decorations, site-specific projects that transform building façades into stained glass windows, and experiments with body and rhythm in collaboration with her sister Marcia’s ballet ensemble.
Monografia dokumentacyjno-interpretacyjna dr Grażyny Pawlak "Jan Parandowski. Życie i dzieło" należy do kategorii prac, o których z uznaniem i dumą powiada się, iż stały się „dziełem życia” badacza. Tysiącstronicowa książka to opracowanie fundamentalne, efekt kilkunastu lat pracy nad ustaleniem szczegółów biografii i meandrów twórczości Jana Parandowskiego, klasyka literatury polskiej. Jest to dzieło, rzec można, o oddechu epickim i zarazem skromnie anonsowane przez samą Autorkę jako li tylko „monografia dokumentacyjna”.
Jest to monografia fundamentalna, stanowiąca epokę w badaniach nad dorobkiem Parandowskiego. Powtórzę: to dzieło fundamentalne nie tylko do badań nad Parandowskim, lecz również nad całą formacją XX-wiecznej inteligencji polskiej, ukształtowanej w duchu polskiej i europejskiej dziewiętnastowieczności, kształconej w porządnym, wymagającym, uczącym łaciny i greki gimnazjum klasycznym, a sprawdzonej przez historię – jako formacja – w tragicznych wydarzeniach XX stulecia: I wojnie światowej, rewolucji bolszewickiej, II wojnie światowej, czasach nacjonalizmów i stalinizmu, „realnego” komunizmu i zimnej wojny. Tak oglądany przypadek Parandowskiego – stereotypowo postrzeganego jako autor prac o mitologii antycznej – nie jest wcale prosty, oczywisty, jednowymiarowy.
Fragment recenzji
prof. Jarosława Ławskiego
Katedra Badań Filologicznych „Wschód – Zachód”
Uniwersytet w Białymstoku
Artur Rubinstein był genialnym dzieckiem – bo bardzo muzykalnym. Porywał swoją grą, koncertował w najsłynniejszych salach świata, szczególnie ceniono go za interpretacje kompozycji Fryderyka Chopina. Choć słynął z niezwykłej dynamiki wykonawczej, zawsze mało ćwiczył. Gdy w 1950 roku w San Francisco przedstawiciele 50 rządów podpisali Kartę Narodów Zjednoczonych powołującą do życia ONZ, poproszono Rubinsteina o występ. „W tej sali, w której urządzi się przyszłość świata, brakuje mi flagi polskiej, za którą walczyliście. Ja tego nie mogę tolerować, dlatego zagram hymn Polski i proszę o powstanie” – powiedział wówczas Rubinstein, który zawsze powtarzał, że przede wszystkim jest Polakiem. Ewa, córka pisarza, mieszka w łódzkiej kamienicy przy Piotrkowskiej 78, w której Rubinstein spędził dzieciństwo. Pewnej nocy budzą ją dźwięki fortepianu. W salonie przy instrumencie siedzi dziwnie, ale sympatycznie wyglądający pan. Okazuje się on psotnym, nieco pyszałkowatym duchem, który nie chce, aby ojciec Ewy napisał o nim książkę. Dlaczego? Wkrótce dziewczynka poznaje powód.
A visual biography of Aino and Alvar Aalto, who designed some of the most iconic objects of the twentieth century
Aino and Alvar Aalto together founded Artek and created some of the most celebrated objects and buildings of the twentieth century. Through letters, documents, drawings, and family photographs, Alvar and Aino’s grandson tells the stories of their life together, in Finland and abroad, drawing on many of the never-before-published letters they sent to each other and to family, friends, and colleagues, until Aino’s death in 1949. The first monograph to specifically examine and celebrate the life and work of Aino and Alvar as a shared endeavour, this personal and intimate look at the unconventional lives of one of the most influential design couples of the twentieth century has been warmly and accessibly written by Aino and Alvar’s grandson, who has drawn on the family’s largely unpublished archive, including personal letters, snapshots, and sketches.
Truth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story?
In her first historical novel, Zadie Smith transports the reader to a Victorian England transfixed by the real-life trial of the Tichborne Claimant, in which a cockney butcher, recently returned from Australia, lays claim to the Tichborne baronetcy, with his former slave Andrew Bogle as star witness. Watching the proceedings, and with her own story to tell, is Eliza Touchet – cousin, housekeeper and perhaps more – to failing novelist William Harrison Ainsworth.
From literary London to the Jamaica’s sugar-cane plantations, Zadie Smith weaves an enthralling story linking the rich and the poor, the free and the enslaved, and the comic and the tragic.
Dina Nayeri's wide-ranging, groundbreaking new book combines deep reportage with her own life experience to examine what constitutes believability in our society. Intent on exploring ideas of persuasion and performance, Nayeri takes us behind the scenes in emergency rooms, corporate boardrooms, asylum interviews and into her own family, to ask - where lies the difference between being believed and being dismissed? What does this mean for our culture?
As personal as it is profound in its reflections on language, history, morality and compassion, Who Gets Believed? investigates the unspoken social codes that determine how we relate to one another.
Kissinger is dead but his blood-soaked legacy endures
If the American foreign policy establishment is a grand citadel, Henry Kissinger is the specter haunting its dusty hallways. For half a century, he was an omnipresent figure in war rooms and at press briefings, dutifully shepherding the American empire through successive attempts at expansion. For multiple generations of antiwar activists, Kissinger personified the depravity of the US war machine. The Good Die Young assesses a career too frequently applauded in essays from respected scholars and journalists such as Gerald Horne, Carolyn Eisenberg, and Chip Gibbons, with an introduction from Bancroft Prize–winner Greg Grandin.
The world Kissinger wrought is one we live in today, where ideal investment conditions are generated from the barrel of a gun. Today, global capitalism and United States hegemony are underwritten by the most powerful military ever devised. Any political vision worth fighting for must promise an end to the cycle of never-ending wars afflicting the world in the twenty-first century. Breaking that cycle means placing the twin evils of capitalism and imperialism in our crosshairs.
The book follows Kissinger’s fiery trajectory across the globe, covering Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. More than any other public figure, the life and career of this man illustrate the links between capitalism, empire, and the feedback loop of endless conflict that plagues us today.
The Savile Row Suit is a beautifully curated celebration of the heritage and craftsmanship of bespoke British tailoring.Written by the esteemed Patrick Grant, famed fashion designer, tailor, and co-host of The Great British Sewing Bee, this book provides a step-by-step guide on the creation of the perfect suit.Through detailed illustrations and comprehensive text, readers will gain a deep understanding of the tailoring process, from measuring to fit and fabric selection. From suits to trousers and waistcoats, this contemporary instructional manual is the guide to creating a timeless classic and how to wear it.In addition to being a practical guide, The Savile Row Suit also offers a rich history on the tradition of Savile Row tailoring, providing insights into the ethos, the craftsmanship, materials and culture that have made Savile Row the most respected tailoring location in the world.
In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood's most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth and a conspiracy of silence. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family.
All the while, Farrow and his producer faced a degree of resistance that could not be explained - until now. And a trail of clues revealed corruption and cover-ups from Hollywood, to Washington and beyond.
This is the untold story of the exotic tactics of surveillance and intimidation deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability and silence victims of abuse - and it's the story of the women who risked everything to expose the truth and spark a global movement.
Both a spy thriller and a meticulous work of investigative journalism, Catch and Kill breaks devastating new stories about the rampant abuse of power - and sheds far-reaching light on investigations that shook the culture.
THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 and WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY 2016
Surfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental and physical study, a passionate way of life.
William Finnegan first started surfing as a young boy in California and Hawaii. BARBARIAN DAYS is his immersive memoir of a life spent travelling the world chasing waves through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa, Peru and beyond. Finnegan describes the edgy yet enduring brotherhood forged among the swell of the surf; and recalling his own apprenticeship to the world's most famous and challenging waves, he considers the intense relationship formed between man, board and water.
BARBARIAN DAYS is an old-school adventure story, a social history, an extraordinary exploration of one man's gradual mastering of an exacting and little-understood art. It is a memoir of dangerous obsession and enchantment.
You are the knife I turn inside myself'Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writer
Kafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech. Their relationship quickly developed into a deep attachment. Such was his feeling for her that Kafka showed her his diaries and, in doing so, laid bare his heart and his conscience.
While at times Milena's 'genius for living' gave Kafka new life, it ultimately exhausted him, and their relationship was to last little over two years. In 1924 Kafka died in a sanatorium near Vienna, and Milena died in 1944 at the hands of the Nazis, leaving these letters as a moving record of their relationship.
Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. Since Hemingway's personal papers were released in 1979, scholars have examined and debated the changes made to the text before publication. Now this new special restored edition presents the original manuscript as the author prepared it to be published.
Featuring a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, Ernest's sole surviving son, and an introduction by the editor and grandson of the author, Seán Hemingway, this new edition also includes a number of unfinished, never-before-published Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son Jack and his first wife, Hadley. Also included are irreverent portraits of other luminaries, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ford Madox Ford, and insightful recollections of his own early experiments with his craft.
Sure to excite critics and readers alike, the restored edition of A Moveable Feast brilliantly evokes the exuberant mood of Paris after World War I and the unbridled creativity and enthusiasm that Hemingway himself experienced. In the world of letters it is a unique insight into a great literary generation, by one of the best American writers of the twentieth century.
This is the first of two volumes that make up what is arguably the definitive Elvis biography. Rich in documentary and interview material, this volume charts Elvis' early years and his rise to fame, taking us up to his departure for Germany in 1958. Of all the biographies of Elvis - this is the one you will keep coming back to.
Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. 'Electrifying' New York Times'A masterpiece' The Word'Funny, poignant, brutally honest' Sunday TelegraphWith the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he wanted, speaking his mind, and making it all work in a way that no one before him had ever done.
Now, at last, the man himself tells us the story of life in the crossfire hurricane. And what a life. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records as a child in post-war Kent.
Learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones' first fame and success as a bad-boy band. The notorious Redlands drug bust and subsequent series of confrontations with a nervous establishment that led to his enduring image as outlaw and folk hero.
Creating immortal riffs such as the ones in 'Jumping Jack Flash' and 'Street Fighting Man' and 'Honky Tonk Women'. Falling in love with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the US, 'Exile on Main Street' and 'Some Girls'.
Ever increasing fame, isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen. Estrangement from Mick Jagger and subsequent reconciliation.
Solo albums and performances with his band the Xpensive Winos. Marriage, family and the road that goes on for ever. In a voice that is uniquely and intimately his own, with the disarming honesty that has always been his trademark, Keith Richards brings us the essential life story of our times.
With an Introduction by Dr Sally Minogue and Notes by David Rampton, Department of English, University of Ottowa
George Orwell is a difficult author to summarize. He was a would-be revolutionary who went to Eton, a political writer who abhorred dogma, a socialist who thrived on his image as a loner, and a member of the Imperial Indian Police who chronicled the iniquities of imperialism. Both the books in this volume were published in the 1930s, “a low, dishonest decade,” as his coeval W.H. Auden described it. Orwell’s subjects in Down and Out in Paris and London and The Road to Wigan Pier are the political and social upheavals of his time. He focusses on the sense of profound injustice, incipient violence, and malign betrayal that were ubiquitous in Europe in the 1930s. Orwell’s honesty, courage, and sense of decency are inextricably bound up with the quasi-colloquial style that imbues his work with its extraordinary power. His descriptions of working in the slums of Paris, living the life of a tramp in England, and digging for coal with miners in the North make for a thoughtful, riveting account of the lives of the working poor and of one man’s search for the truth.
Our edition includes the following essays: Marrakech; Antisemitism in Britain; How the Poor Die; The Spike; Common Lodging Houses
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