A magnificent biography of the founder of Impressionism. In the course of a long and exceptionally creative life, Claude Monet revolutionized painting and made some of the most iconic images in western art. Behind this great and famous artist is... Zobraziť viac
Summer 1937, France. Artists gather amidst rising tensions. Their creative spirit, friendships, and pursuit of freedom unfold against a backdrop of war and its aftermath. A story of rebellious lives and art's redemptive power. Zobraziť viac
Diaries from turbulent years: lockdown, Brexit, changing monarchs. Travel, nature, local life, and reflections on aging, childhood, and luck. Poignant, funny, contemplative. Zobraziť viac
Actress Laura Dern and her mother - the legendary actress Diane Ladd - share their most intimate and important conversations... Zobraziť viac
In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters, takes you behind the scenes to uncover the woman and her world. For... Zobraziť viac
'A fascinating journey that illuminates, in often thought-provoking ways, the politics of violence in radical movements' Angela DavisThe son of the FBI's most wanted woman tells the electrifying story of a childhood on the run – and a half-century of... Zobraziť viac
A beautiful collection of daily quotes from the Brontës. From the wild, windswept moors of Yorkshire emerged three sisters whose writing would change the literary world: Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. Fearless in their vision, they gave us some of... Zobraziť viac
An illustrated A to Z, celebrating the fashion designer and activist Vivienne Westwood... Zobraziť viac
As a result of childhood learning disabilities and educational neglect, Oliver James graduated from high school and became one of approximately 45 million functionally illiterate Americans. However, at age 32, with big dreams and few tools to actualize... Zobraziť viac
The definitive biography of Brian Epstein – the man who made the Beatles – by leading Beatles biographer Philip Norman. Brian Epstein didn’t just manage the Beatles – he transformed them into the most famous band the world has ever known... Zobraziť viac
Sborník sestavený z klíčových esejů Václava Havla (Dopis Gustávu Husákovi, Moc bezmocných, Děkovná řeč za Cenu Erasma Rotterdamského, Příběh a totalita, Slovo o slovu). Úvodní slova Martina Palouše a... Zobraziť viac
The body of work by the eccentric artist Egon Schiele (1890–1918), created over a period of just ten years, is known above all through his major paintings and those drawings from between 1910 and around 1913/14 in which he processed his own emotional... Zobraziť viac
When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, millions of lives changed in an instant. Millions of people were suddenly on the move. In this great flow of people was a reporter from the north of Scotland. Jen Stout left Moscow abruptly, ending up on a border... Zobraziť viac
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow - and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the... Zobraziť viac
Samantha’s mother tongue is dying out. An urgent need to find out more becomes an expansive investigation into how to keep hold of her culture – and when to let it go. The daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees, Samantha grew up surrounded by the noisy,... Zobraziť viac
The Ring is one of the most epic and compelling stories of the nineteenth century, created by a composer who was, alongside Dickens, Tolstoy and Victor-Hugo, also one of the century’s master storytellers... Zobraziť viac
The story of two watchmakers who established a luxury watch brand and in only a few years created some of the most innovative, refined, and sought-after timepieces in the world... Zobraziť viac
As one of the most famous and influential couples in the world, David and Victoria Beckham have attained iconic status. The ultimate power couple have together built a multi-billion-dollar global brand... Zobraziť viac
Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity—six words at a time. One Life. Six Words. What's Yours? When Hemingway famously wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," he proved that ... Zobraziť viac
Now is Not the Time for Flowers is the beautiful and honest memoir from writer Stacey Heale... Zobraziť viac
