Справочное издание, посвященное творчеству легендарной британской хэви-группы DEEP PURPLE. В первый том вошли: обзорная статья и тексты песен с переводом за период с 1968 по 1973 гг. Предназначена для широкого круга поклонников современной рок-музыки.

During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American prisoners-of-war faced years of brutal conditions and horrific torture at the hands of North Vietnamese guards and interrogators who ruthlessly plied them for military intelligence and propaganda. Determined to maintain their Code of Conduct, the POWs developed a powerful underground resistance. To quash it, their captors singled out its eleven leaders, Vietnam’s own “dirty dozen,” and banished them to an isolated jail that would become known as Alcatraz. None would leave its solitary cells and interrogation rooms unscathed; one would never return.As these eleven men suffered in Hanoi, their wives at home launched an extraordinary campaign that would ultimately spark the nationwide POW/MIA movement. The members of these military families banded together and showed the courage not only to endure years of doubt about the fate of their husbands and fathers, but to bravely fight for their safe return. When the survivors of Alcatraz finally came home, one veteran would go on to receive the Medal of Honor, another would become a U.S. Senator, and a third still serves in the U.S. Congress.A powerful story of survival and triumph, Alvin Townley’s Defiant will inspire anyone wondering how courage, faith, and brotherhood can endure even in the darkest of situations.

Написанная в сотрудничестве с музыкантами, эта биография рассказывает подлинную историю группы – причудливую, веселую, экстремальную и порой разрушительную. Она повествует о безрассудном и ярком Дэйве Гаане, скромном и искусном Мартине Горе, прагматичном и бескомпромиссном Энди Флетчере. С 1980-х годов знаменитое трио пережило немало трудностей на своем пути: личные проблемы, конфликты, уход Винса Кларка и Алана Уайлдера, и другие превратности мировой славы. Depeche Mode сумели изменить этот мир и стать самой популярной группой электронной музыки, которую он только знал. И это их история. «Скрупулезно исследованная история необычной группы… действительно увлекательная вещь».

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«Depeche Mode» — одна из самых культовых в мире групп. Книга рассказывает о начале ее создания, о нелегком пути к ошеломляющей славе четырех бэзилдонских подростков, о мировом признании, о любви, таланте и еще о многих очень важных вещах.

Viele, ja die meisten Erzeugnisse moderner Zivilisation sind oberflächlich monströs, wir räumen ihnen aber mit Recht nicht den Rang von Ungeheuern ein. Der dümmste Bauer auf dem fernsten Feldweg nimmt immer noch mehr Notiz von einem scheckigen Pferd als von zwanzig Überlandomnibussen. Und das einmal so moderne Kinderspiel des Bestaunens der wissenschaftlichen Fortschritte ist gänzlich abgekommen, denn die Wissenschaft hat Siebenmeilenstiefel angezogen und den Horizont des Laien übersprungen. Jedenfalls sind wir auch alle schon zu blasiert geworden, um uns in der Haltung von Wilden ertappen zu lassen, die vor einem Grammophon den Mund aufsperren. Sehr wenig Bemerkenswertes ist unter der Sonne übriggeblieben: ich meine Bemerkenswertes in dem besonderen Sinn, der auch Ehrfurcht umfaßt.Peter Flemming Der neue BuchheimEs ist der Abschied von der unvergänglichen See, den Schiffen, die nicht mehr sind, und den Männern, deren Tage nicht mehr wiederkehren.Zwei Männer machen sich noch einmal gemeinsam auf den Weg: Lothar-Günther Buchheim und der »Alte«, Buchheims Kommandant auf der U-96. An Bord der »Otto Hahn«, dem absurdesten Schiff der deutschen Nachkriegszeit, fahren sie von Rotterdam nach Durban. Unendlich viele Fragen sind noch offen - für die Antworten, beide wissen es, bleibt nicht mehr viel Zeit.»Kein Buch des Frühjahrs, des Sommers, des Jahres - ein Jahrhundert-Buch!« Welt am Sonntag

Le Schmilblick d'intérieur peut-il servir à la campagne ? La houille dormante est-elle l'avenir de la France ? Pourquoi le peuple s'effrite-t-il lorsque le salsifis frit décroît ? Comment réussir à coup sûr la confiture de nouilles ? Questions essentielles auxquelles le « maître soixante-trois » de l'humour loufoque répond sans détours. Littérature, philosophie, discours officiels, courrier du cœur, petites annonces, recettes de cuisine… Ici, tout est prétexte à dérision, détournement de sens, dérapage verbal incontrôlé… Mais le rire cède la place à l'émotion dans ces textes de Radio-Londres, lorsque Pierre Dac, « Français parlant aux Français », rappelle à tous que la liberté n'a pas de prix… L'indispensable anthologie des meilleurs textes de Pierre Dac. Et réciproquement !

Corinne Hofmann, 1960 als Tochter einer französischen Mutter und eines deutschen Vaters im Schweizer Kanton Thurgau geboren, gelang mit ihrem Lebensbericht „Die weiße Massai“ über ihre Zeit in Kenia ein internationaler Bestseller, der bereits in 19 Sprachen übersetzt wurde. 2003 erschien ihr zweites Buch „Zurück aus Afrika“, in dem sie von ihrem Neuanfang in der Schweiz erzählt.Seit einigen Jahren lebt sie mit ihrer Tochter am Luganer See.

Lorsque Frida annonce son intention d'épouser Diego Rivera, son père a ce commentaire acide : « ce seront les noces d'un éléphant et d'une colombe ». Tout le monde reçoit avec scepticisme la nouvelle du mariage de cette fille turbulente mais de santé fragile avec le « génie » des muralistes mexicains, qui a le double de son âge, le triple de son poids, une réputation d'« ogre » et de séducteur, ce communiste athée qui ose peindre à la gloire des Indiens des fresques où il incite les ouvriers à prendre machettes et fusils pour jeter à bas la trinité démoniaque du Mexique — le prêtre, le bourgeois, l'homme de loi.Diego et Frida raconte l'histoire d'un couple hors du commun. Histoire de leur rencontre, le passé chargé de Diego et l'expérience de la douleur et de la solitude pour Frida. Leur foi dans la révolution, leur rencontre avec Trotski et Breton, l'aventure américaine et la surprenante fascination exercée par Henry Ford. Leur rôle enfin dans le renouvellement du monde de l'art.Étrange histoire d'amour, qui se construit et s'exprime par la peinture, tandis que Diego et Frida poursuivent une œuvre à la fois dissemblable et complémentaire. L'art et la révolution sont les seuls points communs de ces deux êtres qui ont exploré toutes les formes de la déraison. Frida est, pour Diego, cette femme douée de magie entrevue chez sa nourrice indienne et, pour Frida, Diego est l'enfant tout-puissant que son ventre n'a pas pu porter. Ils forment donc un couple indestructible, mythique, aussi parfait et contradictoire que la dualité mexicaine originelle, Ometecuhtli et Omecihuatl.

Ana Frank gimė 1929 m. birželio 12 dieną Vokietijoje, Frankfurte prie Maino. Atėjus į valdžią Hitleriui, Frankų šeima emigravo į Amsterdamą. Tačiau žydų persekiojimai prasidėjo ir čia. Iš pradžių Frankų šeima glaudėsi ankštoje slėptuvėje, įrengtoje palėpėje už Anos tėvo firmos kontoros. Čia Ana rašė dienoraštį, pasakodama apie savo kasdienybę, ateities svajones, pirmąją meilę. Kažkam išdavus slėptuvės vietą, šeima atsidūrė koncentracijos stovykloje. Ana mirė 1945 m., nesulaukusi šešioliktojo gimtadienio, Bergeno-Belzeno koncentracijos stovykloje. Jos dienoraštis virto nesenstančia knyga...

Heskets PirsonsDikenssSērija «Ievērojamu cilvēku dzīve»Dikenss man nozīmē mazā provinces pilsētiņā uzauguša bērna aizrautīgo lasīšanu, viņš nozīmē mana mūža pirmo bibliotēku, kur zem griestiem piekārtas lampas stāv gludi sasukājusies sieviete ar brillēm, ģērbusies melnā kleitā ar baltu apkaklīti. Es biju atnācis pēc «Deivida Koperfīlda», un, lai gan barjera bija pārāk augsta — vismaz man — un dāma ar balto apkaklīti šķita neparasti stingra, es piespiedos nelaisties ļekās. Tā manā dzīvē sākās Dikensa posms — posms, kas patiesībā turpinās vēl šobaltdien. Kā gan citādi izskaidrojams pārsteigums, kas mani pārņem, kad es Dikensa varoņos ieraugu savus paziņas un reizēm arī pats sevi?Izdevniecība «Liesma» Rīga 1976Hesketh Pearson Methuen Co., Ltd. LondonNo angļu valodas tulkojusi Ilga Melnbārde Mākslinieka N. Uvarova nofoimējums© Tulkojums latviešu valodā, «Liesma», 1976

Meghan McCain came to prominence as the straight-talking, progressive daughter of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain. And her profile has only risen since the election ended in favor of the other guy.What makes Meghan so appealing? As a new role model for young, creative, and vocal members of the GOP, she's unafraid to mix it up and speak her mind. In Dirty Sexy Politics she takes a hard look at the future of her party. She doesn't shy away from serious issues and her raucous humor and down-to-earth style keep her positions accessible.In this witty, candid, and boisterous book, Meghan takes us deep behind the scenes of the campaign trail. She steals campaign signs in New Hampshire, tastes the nightlife in Nashville, and has a strange encounter with Laura and Jenna Bush at the White House. Along the way, she falls in love with America--while seeing how far the Republican Party has veered from its core values of freedom, honesty, and individuality. In Dirty Sexy Politics, Meghan McCain gives us a true insider's account of life on a campaign trail.About the AuthorMeghan McCain is the creator of the Web site mccainblogette.com and has written for Newsweek. She is currently a blogger for The Daily Beast.

“Death is a funny thing. It brings out the best and worst in people. It casts light on the truth and makes life blindingly clear.”Her visions have helped solve crimes; her instincts have helped find missing people; she can predict future events and sense your thoughts.These are some of the extraordinary gifts that define the remarkable Allison DuBois, the real-life medium, wife, and mother whose life is the inspiration for the hit NBC television series Medium.

The first and only memoir from the Nobel Prize — winning author, in the form of an illuminating, often funny, and often combative interview — with himself.Dossier K. is Imre Kertész’s response to the hasty biographies and profiles that followed his 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature — an attempt to set the record straight.The result is an extraordinary self-portrait, in which Kertész interrogates himself about the course of his own remarkable life, moving from memories of his childhood in Budapest, his imprisonment in Nazi death camps and the forged record that saved his life, his experiences as a censored journalist in postwar Hungary under successive totalitarian communist regimes, and his eventual turn to fiction, culminating in the novels — such as Fatelessness, Fiasco, and Kaddish for an Unborn Child—that have established him as one of the most powerful, unsentimental, and imaginatively daring writers of our time.In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Kertész continues to delve into the questions that have long occupied him: the legacy of the Holocaust, the distinctions drawn between fiction and reality, and what he calls “that wonderful burden of being responsible for oneself.”

…Попытаюсь в своих заметках-воспоминаниях рассказать — чем была и есть НФ-библиография в моей жизни, кто из библиографов мне близок и дорог.

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty.

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War is a nonfiction book written by Robert M. Gates, a former U.S. Secretary of Defense. It was published in January 2014 by Alfred A. Knopf. The time period is from 2006 to 2011, and includes the George W. Bush administration (2006–2009), the Obama administration (2009–2011), the Afghan war, and the Iraq War.

Narrated in first person point of view, this record of events characterizes Secretary Gates' personal interactions with the U.S. Congress, the Pentagon's management structure, some military bureaucrats and the White House staff under President Obama. This memoir is also the first to recount the Obama administration’s policy discussions and debates during Presidential cabinet meetings.

Cory Taylor is one of Australia’s celebrated novelists, the author of the brilliant Me and Mr Booker (winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Pacific region), and My Beautiful Enemy (shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award).

At the age of sixty, she is dying of melanoma-related brain cancer. Her illness is no longer treatable. As she tells us in her remarkable last book, Dying: A Memoir, she now weighs less than her neighbour’s retriever.

Written in the space of a few weeks, in a tremendous creative surge, this powerful and beautifully written book is a clear-eyed account of what dying has taught Cory: she describes the tangle of her feelings, she reflects on her life, and she remembers the lives and deaths of her parents. She tells us why she would like to be able to choose the circumstances of her own death.

Dying: A Memoir is a breathtaking book about vulnerability and strength, courage and humility, anger and acceptance. It is a deeply affecting meditation on dying, but it is also a funny and wise tribute to life.

Varis Diri (Waris Dirie) pasakoja sukrečiančią gyvenimo istoriją. Vos dvylikos ji pabėgo iš suplanuotų savo vestuvių ir gimtųjų namų Somalyje. Po ilgų klajonių vargšei merginai nusišypsojo likimas ir ji tapo pasaulinio garso manekene. Tai buvo ir nuostabus sapnas, ir didžiausias košmaras. Pasiekusi savo karjeros viršūnę, per vieną interviu garsus supermodelis išdrįso prabilti apie mergaičių lytinių organų žalojimą, vykstantį daugelyje Afrikos genčių. Ji pati patyrė šį žiaurų ritualą sulaukusi vos penkerių.

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