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Influenced by Bessie Smith, Janis Joplin became a rock star in San Francisco’s Big Brother & The Holding Company, and enjoyed a meteoric solo career before her untimely death from a drug overdose in Los Angeles. She was the most compelling female blues singer of the 1960s with a thrilling, emotional depth and a fiery stage presence that dominated albums such as Big Brother’s Cheap Thrills (1968) and the posthumous, chart-topping Pearl (1971). She became the voice of a generation with her weary, cynical tone, one that still resonates with the curious and wistful youth of today who are faced with a music scene saturated by rap.
Janis Joplin sadly passed away in time to join the infamous 27 club of artists and musicians who died in their 27th year. She joined, amongst others, Robert Johnson, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones. The 50th anniversary of Joplin’s death is in October 2020. This new book in the Flame Tree Rock Icons series covers her life, recordings and live performances, accompanied by a wide range of posters and photos.
The painful, exquisite art of Mexico’s favourite artist was a product of immense physical pain, and an emotional tumultuous life. The new book features the range and power of her heavily autobiographical work, from the early, disturbing explorations of personal suffering to the more dulled, painkiller-drenched paintings of her later life.
Nikt nie był w stanie go przekupić, bo pieniądze robił sobie sam. Król fałszerzy, więzienna arystokracja. Najlepszy z najlepszych. Potrafi podrobić wszystko. Nawet amerykański Secret Service podziwiał jego dolary. Inteligentny, oczytany i dowcipny, zdolny malarz, zarażający pogodą ducha.Po raz pierwszy zdecydował się opowiedzieć całą swoją historię i podobno jej nie sfałszował. Setki godzin nagrań, rozmowy w więzieniu i na wolności. Zaufanie.To jego historia, jego prawda, jego ballada.Zdzisław Nęcka, genialny polski fałszerz, nazywany "Królem Fałszerzy" i "Matejką z Monte". Wielokrotny recydywista, który przesiedział w więzieniach w całej Polsce ponad czterdzieści lat. Podrabiał banknoty, przeróżne dokumenty, biżuterię. Podobno jest w stanie podrobić wszystko, a fałszywki, które wyszły spod jego ręki były nie do odróżnienia dla fachowców. Podczas długich wyroków malował freski w więziennych kaplicach. Robił kopie obrazu Moneta "Plaża w Pourville" dla stacji telewizyjnej i dwukrotnie namalował kopie "Bitwę pod Grunwaldem". Na wolności przyjaźnił się z artystami i gangsterami, żyjąc na styku półświatka i bohemy. Człowiek o wielkim talencie, który kiepsko wykorzystał.W fascynującej reporterskiej biografii Magda Omilianowicz prześwietla życie Zdzisława N. na wylot, tropiąc fałszerskie sztuczki, przekręty, oszustwa, związki, wychowywanie córki między jedną odsiadką a drugą. Próbuje znaleźć odpowiedź na pytanie, dlaczego tak pokierował swoim losem, że ponad połowę życia spędził za kratami. Kim jest? Współczesnym alchemikiem czy pospolitym przestępcą?MAGDA OMILIANOWICZ- dziennikarka, autorka setek artykułów i piętnastu książek reporterskich i podróżniczych. W tym bestsellerowej książki "Bestia. Studium zła", "Fajbus 997 przypadków z życia", "Mistrzynie kamuflażu Jak piją Polki". Jej artykuły ukazywały się m.in.: w prasie polskiej, nowojorskim "Kurierze Plus" i holenderskim "Reve". Wydała w Polsce książkę francuskiego pisarza, podróżnika i awanturnika Cizii Zyke - "Tuan" i zrealizowała kilka telewizyjnych reportaży. W 2017 roku została uhonorowana Nagrodą Prezydenta Miasta Koszalina w dziedzinie kultury.
Mamy przyjemność i zaszczyt przekazać w ręce Czytelników publikację dedykowaną Księdzu Profesorowi Józefowi Bremerowi SJ z okazji siedemdziesiątej rocznicy Jego urodzin. W pierwszej części monografii z uwagi na jej jubileuszowy charakter znalazły się teksty bezpośrednio związane z osobą Jubilata. Natomiast druga, najobszerniejsza, część zawiera artykuły naukowe ofiarowane Księdzu Profesorowi przez Jego przyjaciół, dawnych i obecnych współpracowników reprezentujących wiele polskich i zagranicznych uczelni oraz innych instytucji naukowych. W biograficznej części Księgi oprócz zwięzłego życiorysu Jubilata zamieszczono szczegółowe omówienie Jego działalności naukowej i poglądów filozoficznych, obszerny wywiad przeprowadzony z Jubilatem przez dr hab. Bogusławę Bodzioch-Bryłę, prof. AIK, oraz kompletny wykaz Jego publikacji. Od redaktorów tomu
All they wanted was the chance to shine.
Be careful what you wish for…
‘The first thing we asked was, “Does this stuff hurt you?” And they said, “No.” The company said that it wasn’t dangerous, that we didn’t need to be afraid.’
As the First World War spread across the world, young American women flocked to work in factories, painting clocks, watches and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous – the girls shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in dust from the paint.
However, as the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. It turned out that the very thing that had made them feel alive – their work – was slowly killing them: the radium paint was poisonous.
Their employers denied all responsibility, but these courageous women – in the face of unimaginable suffering – refused to accept their fate quietly, and instead became determined to fight for justice.
Drawing on previously unpublished diaries, letters and interviews, The Radium Girls is an intimate narrative of an unforgettable true story. It is the powerful tale of a group of ordinary women from the Roaring Twenties, who themselves learned how to roar.
Et c'est ainsi que Romain Gary explique le titre qu'il donne à son autobiographie, La Promesse de l'aube. Fils unique d'une mère qui rêve sa progéniture en génie - un futur Victor Hugo, un aviateur pionnier comme Guynemer, un don Juan... -, il sera à la hauteur de beaucoup de ses attentes même quand elle ne sera plus là pour le constater... Cette autobiographie, un peu romancée, est poignante et également drôle, servie par un style brillant.
On tourne les pages sans même s'en apercevoir.
Henryk Opieński: muzykolog, kompozytor, dyrygent, skrzypek, organizator życia muzycznego oraz pedagog. Należał do grona przyjaciół Stanisława Wyspiańskiego, Mieczysława Karłowicza oraz Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego. Zarówno jako artysta, jak i naukowiec był wybitnie wszechstronny, a jego dorobek stanowi istotny wkład w rozwój polskiej kultury muzycznej pierwszej połowy XX wieku, W niniejszej książce szerzej przedstawiono dorobek kompozytorki Opieńskiego - jako najmniej znany i opracowany aspekt jego twórczości. Autorka prezentuje pierwszy pełny wykaz zachowanych dzieł uzupełniony o opis tych najmniej znanych lub do niedawna uznanych za zaginione. Pracę poszerza szeroki kontekst biograficzny oparty w głównej mierze na dokumentacji zgromadzonej na terenie Szwajcarii, gdzie artysta przebywał od lat 20. ubiegłego wieku.
THIS IS GOING TO HURT was the bestselling non-fiction book of the century - a frank, funny and furious look at the brutal realities of life in the NHS.
But it was only part of Adam Kay's story.
With his stethoscope now hung up, Adam shares more suture-splitting anecdotes from both on and off the wards. From the hilarious to the profoundly moving, from the first days of medical school to life after the NHS, UNDOCTORED is an astonishing portrait of an extraordinary life, from one of Britain's finest - and funniest - storytellers.
"Oddajemy w Państwa ręce wyjątkową książkę, która stanowi zbiór obszernych i rzetelnych informacji na temat Bartosza Głowackiego - bohatera Insurekcji Kościuszkowskiej, a także to, co udało nam się potwierdzić na podstawie źródeł historycznych, naszego rodaka, krajana. Autorzy książki wyraźnie podkreślają, że urodził się o w Zakrzowie, a więc na terenie Gminy Skalbmierz. (...) Bartosz Głowacki był niezwykle odważną osobą. Stał się on przykładem patrioty, gotowego zapłacić za swój kraj najwyższą cenę, jaką może zapłacić pojedynczy człowiek - i tę cenę przyszło ostatecznie Głowackiemu zapłacić za wolność naszej Ojczyzny. Głowacki był jednym z kosynierów, którzy wsławili się w bitwie pod Racławicami, pierwszym starciu Insurekcji Kościuszkowskiej. Po bitwie pod Racławicami służył dalej w wojsku Tadeusza Kościuszki. Wraz z awansem na stopień chorążego został zwolniony z poddaństwa oraz otrzymał na własność zagrodę i ziemię, którą uprawiał. 6 czerwca 1794 roku walczył w bitwie pod Szczekocinami. Niestety, odniósł tam ciężkie rany, wskutek których zmarł podczas odwrotu wojsk Naczelnika Kościuszki w kierunku Warszawy. Został pochowany w Kielcach 9 czerwca 1794 r."
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'A wildly entertaining and necessary book' ELIZABETH DAY
'A must-read for every woman' JACQUELINE WILSON
'A laugh-out-loud, haunting and beautifully crafted manual' DREDA SAY MITCHELL
In her early twenties, Christie Watson was convinced she'd found her soulmate, in a glowing flash of light that turned out to be a tealight setting her quilt on fire. Twenty years later, her bed is burning once again… as she wakes in a perimenopausal sweat, night after night.
This is the story of her journey through midlife: of the joy of letting go and the pain of the morning after, of the unstoppable power of female friendship and the struggle to raise teenagers as a single parent. It lays bare the exhilaration, agony, wonder and fears of being a middle-aged woman with a wild heart, a changing body and a new set of challenges. And as her world takes on a different shape, there's something else she starts to feel: the hot flush of possibility…
'Wickedly funny, deliciously candid and deeply moving' RACHEL CLARKE, author of Dear Life
'Give Quilt on Fire to your daughter, mother, sister, friends. A howlingly good midlife battle cry' JESS KIDD, author of Things in Jars
'Brilliant… Like having an honest conversation with a smart and funny friend' CATHY RENTZENBRINK, author of Dear Reader
The definitive account of the rise and fall of the the iconic Concorde plane from British Airways' former Chief Concorde Pilot.
October 24th 2023 will mark 20 years since Concorde disappeared from our skies. Yet still Mike Bannister, the last Concorde Chief Pilot, faces the same questions:
· Why is she no longer flying?
· Where is her replacement?
· And what really happened on that tragic afternoon in July 2000, when the crash of Flight 4590 grounded the Concorde forever?
Concorde is an enthralling personal account of what it takes to fly planes faster than the speed of sound, and of the events that lay behind 114 needless deaths- the 113 victims of the crash and, ultimately, Concorde herself.
'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
Queen Of Our Times is the definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth II by one of Britain’s leading royal authorities, Robert Hardman. This commemorative edition includes an epilogue reflecting upon Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, her passing and her funeral.
'Sensational' – Kirsty Young, The Platinum Pageant (BBC)
With fascinating revelations from those who knew her best and special access to unseen royal papers granted by Elizabeth II herself, author and royal expert Robert Hardman explores the full, astonishing life of our longest reigning monarch in this authoritative yet intimate biography.
The book also charts the way in which the Queen raised the future King Charles III as both son and heir.
Elizabeth was not born to be queen, being third in line to the throne. Yet from her accession as a young mother of two in 1952 to the age of Covid-19, she proved an astute and quietly determined figure, leading her family and her people through more than seventy years of unprecedented social change. She faced constitutional crises, confronted threats against her life, unified the Commonwealth, saw fifteen British prime ministers come and go, charmed world leaders, and steered her family through a lifetime in the public eye. Her Platinum Jubilee was celebrated in June 2022 and her death mourned months later, both events a reminder of the huge impact she had made.
Queen of Our Times is a must-read study of dynastic survival and renewal, spanning abdication, war, romance, danger and tragedy. It is a compelling portrait of a leader whose legacy of steadfast service lives on.
Noam Chomsky examines the crumbling of the social fabric and the fractures of the Biden era, including the halting steps toward a Green New Deal, the illegitimate authority of the Supreme Court, in particular its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19. Chomsky also untangles the roots of the War in Ukraine, the diplomatic tensions among the United States, China, and Russia, and considers the need for climate action on an international scale.
Illegitimate Authority exposes those who wield power in their own self-interest and plots framework for how we can stand together and fight against injustice.
Henry Chinaski is a lowlife loser with a hand-to-mouth existence. His menial post office day job supports a life of beer, one-night stands and racetracks. Lurid, uncompromising and hilarious, Post Office is a landmark in American literature, and over 1 million copies have been sold worldwide.
The new edition is augmented with an anecdotal introduction by the modern Welsh cult-literary author, Niall Griffiths - a writer who was working in a British post office when he first read Bukowski's Post Office.
Songs like 'Voodoo Chile' and 'Third Stone From The Sun' were the brilliant products of a dazed yet expanded consciousness, full of casual epithets which illuminated the era
Val Garland, the fashion industry’s leading makeup artist and the current L’Oréal Paris Global Makeup Director, explores her career highlights and the inspiration behind her most memorable work. She talks for the first time about working with cultural icons including Kate Moss, Edward Enninful, Nick Knight, Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano and more.
Structured around key themes from Val's work, from raw to colour chaos, sexy to savage, the book is packed with campaign and catwalk photography, magazine covers and backstage pictures as well as anecdotes and quotes from leading industry figures.
Validated is a must-have for fashion lovers, industry professionals, makeup artists and followers of Val Garland.
An illustrated biography of one of the 20th century’s greatest photographers, this book looks at the life and work of Inge Morath.
The late playwright Arthur Miller, speaking of his wife Inge Morath, said “She made poetry out of people and their places over half a century.” Morath’s curiosity, compassion, and bravery show vividly in this biography featuring stunning images from every stage of her career. Biographer Linda Gordon presents Morath traveling across the globe, often as a woman alone, quietly but firmly defying the conventions for what was appropriate for women at the time. Her photographs show her cosmopolitanism, which arose from her love of literature, her fluency in many languages, and her revulsion against Hitler’s Germany, where she spent her teenage years. Her respect for all the world’s cultures, from Spain to Iran to China, made her a kind of visual ethnographer.
One of the first women to join the Magnum collective, Morath was a superb portraitist, particularly drawn to artists, such as painter Saul Steinberg, sculptor Louise Bourgeois, and writer Boris Pasternak. She worked mainly in black-and-white but also used color film exquisitely, even early in her career. Through Magnum assignments to document film sets she met Arthur Miller and their subsequent marriage lasted for forty years.
Despite a variety of subject matter, Morath’s work is unified by an intimacy and comfort with the world’s many cultures. Truly a citizen of the world, her images are simultaneously universal and personal.
Aristotle was named the "master of those who know." He is a foundational thinker in almost every field of inquiry and for fifteen hundred years he remained the paradigm of knowledge itself. Even today, his contributions to, amongst many other areas, logic, metaphysics, rational psychology, political science, sociology, aesthetics, and ethics resonate in modern philosophy.
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