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The Gift of Anger

The Gift of Anger

This major new work of non-fiction illuminates ten vital, extraordinary life lessons taught to Arun Gandhi by his beloved grandfather. Told through the author's moving, often irreverent story of his years being raised at the iconic ... Zobraziť viac

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Quiet Leadership

Quiet Leadership

Carlo Ancelotti, Portfolio Trade (2016)
Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches

Carlo Ancelotti is one of the greatest managers of all time, with five Champions League titles to his name. Yet his approach could not be further from the aggressive theatricals favoured by many of his rivals... Zobraziť viac

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Release the Bats

Release the Bats

DBC Pierre, Faber and Faber (2016)
Writing Your Way Out of it

When DBC Pierre burst onto the scene in 2003, he arrived with no particular literary education. Finding he had something to say, he made the journey solo to that place where dreams and demons live, to try and turn feelings into words.... Zobraziť viac

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Iron Ambition

Iron Ambition

Mike Tyson, Sphere (2017)
Lessons I've Learned from the Man Who Made Me a Champion

The key to Mike Tyson's unprecedented success in the ring and in overcoming the demons that success laid in his path was his relationship with Cus D'Amato. When the well-past-his-prime boxing trainer and 13 year old felon met, D'Amato saw his one last sho Zobraziť viac

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Endurance

Endurance

Scott Kelly, Doubleday (2017)
A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery

From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station – what it’s like out there and what it’s like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently... Zobraziť viac

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Martin Luther

Martin Luther

Eric Metaxas, Viking (2017)
The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World

On All Hallow’s Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document he hoped would spark an academic debate, but that instead ignited a conflagration that would forever destroy the world he knew. Five hundred years after ... Zobraziť viac

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Whistler

Whistler

Daniel E. Sutherland, Yale University Press (2018)
A Life for Art's Sake

A major new biography of James McNeill Whistler, one of most complex, intriguing, and important of America’s artists. This engaging personal history dispels the popular notion of James McNeill Whistler ... Zobraziť viac

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Red Roulette

Red Roulette

Desmond Shum, Simon & Schuster (2021)
An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China

In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder’s Red Notice comes a unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the zenith of power and money in 21st century China and whose wife was disappeared... Zobraziť viac

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Marián Hossa

Marián Hossa

Marián Hossa, Scott Powers, Triumph (2023)
My Journey from Trenčín to the Hall of Fame

Marián Hossa’s life is a lesson in the value of determination and perseverance. Born into a hockey family that included his father, a former player and coach of the Slovakian national team, Marián and his brother, Marcel, quickly fell in love with ... Zobraziť viac

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The Runner

The Runner

Markus Torgeby, Bloomsbury (2018)
Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness

Markus Torgeby was just 20 years old when he headed off into the remote Swedish forest to live as a recluse and dedicate himself to his one true passion: running. He lived in a tent in the wilderness, braving the harsh Swedish winters – for four years... Zobraziť viac

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin is the first and only official illustrated book to be produced in collaboration with the members of the band. Celebrating 50 years since their formation, it covers the group’s unparalleled musical career and features ... Zobraziť viac

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Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. The worlds of Milan, Rome and Naples through which Caravaggio moved and which Andrew Graham-Dixon describes brilliantly in this book, are those of ca Zobraziť viac

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My Extraordinary Ordinary Life

My Extraordinary Ordinary Life

In her delightful and moving memoir, Sissy Spacek writes about her idyllic, barefoot childhood in a small East Texas town, with the clarity and wisdom that comes from never losing sight of her roots... Zobraziť viac

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The Founders

The Founders

Jimmy Soni, Atlantic Books (2022)
Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and the Company that Made the Modern Internet

Informed by hundreds of interviews and unprecedented access to thousands of pages of internal material, The Founders explores how the seeds of so much of what drives the internet today were planted two decades ago... Zobraziť viac

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Win or Learn

Win or Learn

John Kavanagh, Penguin Books (2016)
MMA, Conor McGregor and Me: A Trainer's Journey

Growing up in Dublin, John Kavanagh was bullied. After suffering a bad beating when he intervened to help a woman being attacked, he decided to learn to defend himself. Before long, he was training fighters in a tiny shed, and promoting ... Zobraziť viac

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Guinness World Records 2014

Guinness World Records 2014

Guinness World Records 2014 brings together thousands of the planet's most awe-inspiring people, pets and products, including new record-holders such as a skateboarding goat, a 15-metre-long robot dragon, ... Zobraziť viac

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Private View

Private View

The mere mention of Mario Testino’s name evokes a rush of adrenalin in anyone that cares, even a bit, about the worlds of fashion and celebrity... Zobraziť viac

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The Stanley Kubrick Archives

The Stanley Kubrick Archives

Kubrickov vesmír – aj tak môže znieť podtitul tejto jedinečnej knihy, ktorá po prvý krát odhaľuje archívy svetoznámeho režiséra... Zobraziť viac

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The Knife's Edge

The Knife's Edge

An intimate and compelling exploration into the unique psyche of the heart surgeon, by one of the profession's most eminent figures.Although Professor Stephen Westaby was born with the necessary coordination and manual dexterity, ... Zobraziť viac

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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

The best-known modern Chinese fairy tale is the story of three sisters from Shanghai, who for most of the twentieth century were at the centre of power in China. It was sometimes said that 'One loved money, one loved power and one loved her country'... Zobraziť viac

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