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First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong

Author: James Hansen
Publishing date: 2018
Now a major motion picture, the New York Times-bestselling, first—and only—definitive authorized biography of Neil Armstrong, one of America’s most celebrated yet enigmatic heroes.
47.00 zł

For the Love of a Son

Author: Jean Sasson
Publishing date: 2010
From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life. A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp, but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violent man. Beaten, raped and abused, Maryam found joy in the birth of a baby son. But then her brutal husband stole him away far beyond his mother's reach. For many long years she searched for her lost son, while civil war
68.25 zł

Freud

Author: Ruth Sheppard
Publishing date: 2022
Featuring 150 images and documents—including diary extracts, personal notes, and otherexclusive items from London's Freud Museum—this insightful bio provides a glimpse into the mind of the “Father ofPsychoanalysis.” Sigmund Freud remains a towering figure whose therapeutic innovations, including the “talking cure,” free association, and dream interpretation, revolutionized our understanding of human thought and behavior. Freud: The Man, The Scientist, and the Birth of Psychoanalysis details the life of this iconoclastic genius, examining how he developed his famous theories. It explores Freud’s struggles with his own neuroses and how they led to his pioneering self-analysis, in which he refined his still-unproven techniques by applying them to himself.
102.00 zł

Front Row Evenings at the Theatre

Author: Beryl Bainbridge
Publishing date: 2005
With an outstanding introductory essay, one of the greatest living English novelists has assembled her writings, essays and reviews about the theatre to provide a highly individual view of contemporary theatre and actors. The incredible range of Beryl Bainbridge's talents is known to her most fervent admirers. As well as being one of Britain's most acclaimed and biggest selling novelists, she is also an artist, a former actor and, in recent years, an accomplished theatre critic. As well as starting her life in the arts as an actor, appearing in rep and early episodes of Coronation Street, she wrote for years a column for the Standard, often touching on theatrical matters, and most recently writes for The Oldie as their theatre critic. The book contains fascinating
79.00 zł

Hard Choices

Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Publishing date: 2015
Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67thSecretary of State
64.00 zł -8.64% 58.47 zł
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Hawking

Author: Joel Levy
Publishing date: 2018
Physicist Stephen Hawking was a scientist for the modern age. He is as renowned for his theories on time and space as he is for his unique life story. Undeterred by a debilitating illness, he trained his mind to work in a new way to become the leading light in modern science. This carefully researched biography tells Hawking's story, highlighting his scientific breakthroughs and how, despite his struggle with a degenerative condition, he became the most celebrated and inspiring scientist of his generation. A beautiful design includes striking photographs, illuminating documents, and helpful sidebars that cast light on Hawking's intellectual achievements.
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Hayek: A Collaborative Biography: Austria and America, 1899-1931 Part II

Publishing date: 2015
A group of leading scholars from around the world use archival material alongside Hayek's published work to bring a new perspective on the life and times of one the 20th Century's most influential economists. This much awaited second volume details the life of Hayek from 1899 to1933 covering Hayek's time in Austria and the USA.
457.00 zł

He Knew He Was Right

Author: John Gribbin
Publishing date: 2009
Jim Lovelock is an iconic figure in British science, a prophet whose prophecies are coming true. He is best known as the 'father' of Gaia theory, which is established as the most useful way of understanding the dramatic changes happening to the environment of the Earth. This biography reveals his independent, original and inspiring life.
51.45 zł

High Times Hard Times

Author: Anita O'Day
George Eells
Publishing date: 2020
Celebrating Anita O'Day s 100th birthday anniversary, this classic and engaging memoir is a must read for anyone wanting a real look behind the scenes at the 'golden age' of jazz.
81.00 zł

Jenson Button

Author: Alan Henry
Publishing date: 2009
In Brawn GP's sensational debut season, Jenson Button has finally achieved his lifelong ambition to become Formula 1 World Champion. Here is the complete story of Jenson's racing career, from his debut in schoolboy karting to the World Championship crown eventually secured with a superb drive in the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix. Fully illustrated in colour throughout, this carefully researched book by one of F1's leading journalists includes interviews with friends, family and leading F1 personalities, including Frank Williams, Patrick Head, Ron Dennis, Alain Prost, Flavio Briatore, Jacques Villeneuve, Giancarlo Fisichella, David Richards and Ross Brawn.
115.50 zł

Kate Remembered

Author: Scott Berg
Publishing date: 2004
51.00 zł

May at 10

Author: Anthony Seldon
Publishing date: 2019
The book will lift the lid on this most enigmatic and secretive of Prime Ministers during the most tumultuous period in modern British political history.
130.00 zł

Me

Author: Elton John
Publishing date: 2019
The first and only official autobiography by the much-loved global icon Elton John
119.00 zł

Michelle Obama

Author: Elizabeth Lightfoot
Publishing date: 2019
There is no one quite like her. Michelle Obama. This is the first book to tell the astonishing story of a woman whose intellect, verbal flair, and poise are certain to make her one of the most influential First Ladies in history. A woman whose remark, "For the first time in my adult life I am really proud of my country," did her husband's campaign no good. A woman whose impassioned speech to the Democratic National Convention may have helped win him the Oval Office. A woman touted as a future presidential candidate herself. Readers are given a revealing and intimate look at Michelle Obama's remarkable life-from her Chicago childhood to her education at Princeton and Harvard, from how she first met Barack Obama at the prestigious law firm where they were the only
66.00 zł

Minecraft

Author: Daniel Goldberg
Linus Larsson
Publishing date: 2015
In the space of a few years, Minecraft has become one of the most astonishing success stories of the internet age, attracting millions of players and proving how a single great idea can topple empires in the digital, post-industrial world. This is the story of the man behind the game.
55.00 zł

My Life as a Traitor

Author: R Hilman
Robert Hillman
Zarah Ghahramani
Publishing date: 2009
It was part youthful zeal and part teen crush that led Zarah Ghahramani to join a student protest movement. This book tells the story of her horrifying ordeal and her eventual release, and describes the ways it changed the naive nineteen-year-old she once was into a woman of courage and determination.
40.95 zł

Namath Biography

Author: Mark Kriegel
Publishing date: 2004
104.00 zł

Kill 'Em and Leave

Author: James McBride
Publishing date: 2016
A personal journey in search of the soul legend James Brown by National Book Award-winning novelist James McBride The music of James Brown was almost a genre in its own right, and he was one of the biggest and most influential cultural figures of the twentieth century. But the singer known as the 'Hardest Working Man in Show Business' was also an immensely troubled, misunderstood and complicated man. Award-winning writer James McBride, himself a professional musician, has undertaken a journey of discovery in search of the 'real' James Brown, delving into the heartbreaking saga of Brown's childhood and destroyed estate, and uncovering the hidden history of Brown's early years. But this book is more than the story of the larger-than-life soul genius. It is an acutely
82.01 zł

Killing Yourself to Live

Author: Chuck Klosterman
Publishing date: 2007
For 6,557 miles, from New York to Mississippi to Seattle, Chuck Klosterman decided to chase rock n roll and death across a continent.
48.30 zł

Martin Luther

Author: Lyndal Roper
Publishing date: 2017
She reveals the often contradictory psychological forces that drove Luther forward and the dynamics they unleashed, which turned a small act of protest into a battle against the power of the Church. A New Statesman, Spectator, History Today, Guardian and Sunday Times Book of the Year
75.00 zł