Ojedinělý soubor šumavských pověstí a legend vybraných z převážně německých knih z počátku století.Obsah pověstí se váže především k regionu střední Šumavy, okolí Kašperských hor a Vimperka. Zvláštní legendy, zalidněné nadpřirozenými bytostmi z močálů a hlubokých lesů, duchy stromů a povětří, jsou jako málo jiných poznamenány místem vzniku.
Volné pokračování Legend a pověstí staré Šumavy, příběhy malého démona, všude páchajícího zlo.
Přestože je Jaromír Nohavica naší nejvýraznější písničkářskou osobností, která v mnohém přesahuje rámec folkové hudby, dosud o něm nevyšla žádná monografie. Rozsáhlá publikace z pera hudebního publicisty Josefa Rauvolfa je tedy svým způsobem unikátní. Autor se na základě mnoha pramenů, ale také přímých svědectví pokouší rozklíčovat fenomén Nohavica. Dává jeho tvorbu do kontextu s písničkářovým životaběhem i s dobovými událostmi. Rauvolfův knižní portrét je pestrý a detailní, zároveň ale komplexní, přesvědčivý a veskrze objektivní. A to i díky tomu, že svými svědectvími přispěly takové osobnosti folkové scény, jako např. Pavel Žalman Lohonka, Wabi Daněk či Pavlína Jíšová.
For more than forty years Miles Davis has been in the front rank of American music. Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles is one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. The subject of several biographies, now Miles speaks out himself about his extraordinary life.Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. For the first time Miles talks about his five-year silence. He speaks frankly and openly about his drug problem and how he overcame it. He condemns the racism he has encountered in the music business and in American society generally. And he discusses the women in his life. But above all, Miles talks about music and musicians, including the legends he has played with over the years: Bird, Dizzy, Monk, Trane, Mingus, and many others.The man who has given us some of the most exciting music of the past few decades has now given us a compelling and fascinating autobiography, featuring a concise discography and thirty-two pages of photographs.
Hard Rock & Heavy Metal : Encyklopedie od A do Z : Rock Warriors & Headbangin’ Heroes!!! Editor Neil Jeffreis. Předmluva k českému vydání Aleš Brichta. Encyklopedie hard rocku a heavy metalu sestavená kolektivem časopisu Kerrang!
Kapitoly o americkém hard coru a punku 1. Na počátku bylo CBGB´s: Ivan Král, Iggy Pop, Stooges, John Cale, Ramones, Misfits, The Queers 2. Politika v oblasti Zálivu: Dead Kennedys, East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra a jeho náhradník Brandon Cruz, M.D.C. 3. Kanadské injekce D.O.A.: Hard Core Logo, Shithead o filmu 4. Washington: Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Black Flag, Henry Rollins 5. Jiná města, jiné scény, jiné názory: Poison Idea, Killdozer, Hüsker Dü 6. Ještě jednou Ramones a hokej: Hanson Brothers 7. Crossover: D.R.I., Suicidal Tendencies, Biohazard 8. NYHC: Murphy´s Law, Agnostic Front, Sick Of It All, Madball, Walter Schreifels 9. Neopunk: Green Day, Offspring, US Bombs, Chip Hanna, No Use For A Name 10. Irák a návrat politiky: Anti-Flag, Good Riddance, Defiance 11. Basa, bicí a experimenty na závěr: No Means No, Sabot
Best-known for his seminal sf novel NEUROMANCER, William Gibson is also a master of short fiction. Tautly-written and suspenseful, BURNING CHROME collects 10 of his best short stories with a preface from Bruce Sterling, co-Cyberpunk and editor of the seminal anthology MIRRORSHADES. These brilliant, high-resolution stories show Gibson's characters and intensely-realized worlds at his absolute best. Contains 'Johnny Mnemonic' (filmed starring Keanu Reeves) and title story 'Burning Chrome' - both nominated for the Nebula Award - as well as the Hugo-and-Nebula-nominated stories 'Dogfight' and 'The Winter Market'.
Uscito nel 1964 e bandito per anni nel Regno Unito e in Italia con l’accusa di oscenità, diventato poi un libro (e un film) di culto, Ultima uscita per Brooklyn è un dirompente romanzo a episodi che racconta la vita violenta di una New York proletaria e marginale, fatta di case popolari, cantieri navali e bettole di quartiere. Nelle sue pagine, qui riproposte in una nuova traduzione italiana, si muovono teppisti e teddy boys da quattro soldi, operai in sciopero, prostitute e giovani travestiti sempre strafatti di benzedrina: volano coltelli e pugni e scorrono alcol e sangue, scoppiano risse in strada, scontri con la polizia, liti familiari che rimbombano fuori dalle finestre dei palazzi; ma c’è anche spazio per miracolosi attimi di felicità: la scatenata allegria di una festa di matrimonio in un bar, un’improbabile serata di poesia nel salottino di una drag queen, una notte d’amore fra un truffatore disperato e un marchettaro dei quartieri alti, la gioia di un ragazzino per la sua prima, sgangherata motocicletta. Lo sguardo di Selby non indietreggia di un millimetro di fronte alla brutalità, ma è anche carico di compassione e di tenerezza; la sua lingua, in cui l’immediatezza del parlato si accompagna a un ritmo dal virtuosismo jazzistico, redime l’oscurità senza speranza del mondo che descrive consegnandola alla grande letteratura.
Here is Jim Morrison in all his complexity-singer, philosopher, poet, delinquent-the brilliant, charismatic, and obsessed seeker who rejected authority in any form, the explorer who probed "the bounds of reality to see what would happen..." Seven years in the writing, this definitive biography is the work of two men whose empathy and experience with Jim Morrison uniquely prepared them to recount this modern tragedy: Jerry Hopkins, whose famous Presley biography, Elvis, was inspired by Morrison's suggestion, and Danny Sugerman, confidant of and aide to the Doors. With an afterword by Michael McClure.
Chi erano davvero gli Hell's Angels, i leggendari motociclisti celebrati da Allen Ginsberg che negli anni sessanta terrorizzavano l'America con le loro scorribande? Era il 1965, e per scoprirlo Thompson si comprò una moto e per quasi un anno visse con loro, accompagnandoli nelle corse assordanti lungo la costa californiana, condividendone lo spirito anarchico e libertario. Tra risse e bevute si convertì alla "mistica della motocicletta", prendendo nota delle brutalità e delle stravaganze sessuali cui assisteva. Il risultato è una narrazione molto diversa da quella che ne fecero le isteriche cronache giornalistiche dell'epoca: un ritratto veritiero dello stile di vita e della filosofia dei primi bikers, parte integrante di un'epoca della storia americana in cui stavano emergendo con forza le controculture, il pacifismo e il dissenso verso il potere.
Kniha se skládá z 27 povídek, jejímž hlavním hrdinou, jako ve většině Bukowského knížkách, je Henry Chinaski. Henry nežije na výslunní a umožňuje nám zahlédnout Ameriku i z její druhé, stinné stránky. Také tato jeho kniha je o lidech dole a ukazuje nám jejich běžný rutinní život, který se tolik liší od neustále proklamovaného „Amerického snu“.
'Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life' William Burroughs, legendary drug addict, founder member of the Beats and author of Naked Lunch, relates with unflinching realism the addict's life: from initial heroin bliss to an unabated hunger for the needle, and the horrors of cold turkey and back again. An original, first-hand account which outraged 50s America, Junky remains one of the most raw and mesmerising accounts of heroin addiction ever written. 'As vital and visceral as ever' Daily Telegraph
A deluxe edition of Kerouac's 1958 classic Published just one year after On The Road, this is the story of two men enganged in a passionate search for Dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the High Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The first great "Beat Generation" novel takes readers in the heart of bohemian post-war New York City in search of the origins of this literary movement, which included such innovators as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Neil Cassady. Reprint.
The Nova Criminals, featuring terrifying characters like Sammy the Butcher and Iron Claws, threaten global destruction. Only Inspector Lee of the Nova Police can stop them by dismantling their word and image machine before it's too late.
In these uncollected writings Jack Kerouac portrays himself in his life. He hitches a ride to San Francisco with a blonde, goes on the road with photographer Robert Frank, rides bus through the Northwest and Montana, records the blues of an old Negro hobo, talks about the Beats and how it all began, gives his "Essentials of Spontaneous Prose" and defends his novel The Subterraneans, compares Shakespeare and James Joyce, describes the cafeterias and subways of Manhattan, goes to a ballgame and a prize fight, and reflects on Céline, on Christmas in New England, on Murnau's Nosferatu, on jazz & bop, and tells us what he's thinking about. And in the closing piece "cityCityCITY," we're treated to Jack's science fiction vision of the future."Table of Contents Robert Creeley: Thinking of Jack: A Preface On the Road On the Beats On Writing Observations On Sports Last Words cityCityCITY Editor's Note
Monografie legendární newyorské rockové skupiny z pera známého hudebního publicisty Victora Bockrise a všestranného konceptuálního umělce Gerarda Malangy přináší zasvěcený komentář k vývoji této vpravdě kontroverzní kapely, z jejíchž řad se rekrutovali pozdější sóloví hudebníci Lou Reed, John Cale nebo Nico. Autoři sestavili jakousi mozaiku z rozhovorů a názorů zúčastněných osob (k nimž oba patřili), která čtenáři umožňuje hluboký a především autentický vhled do celkové atmosféry pozoruhodného uměleckého kvasu New Yorku šedesátých let. Kniha je doplněna kapitolou o dočasném „znovuzrození“ The Velvet Underground v roce 1993, podrobnou diskografií a řadou dokumentárních fotografií.
Science fiction. Kunstige intelligenser kæmper om magten i en datastyret parallelverden i det 21. århundrede
Drásavá výpověď o duševních stavech a pocitech narkomana a homosexuála, který marně touží po naplnění své lásky, je do značné míry autobiografická. Kniha z roku 1952 se odehrává v exotickém prostředí tehdejšího Mexico City, mezi různými životními ztroskotanci a je volným pokračováním autorovy románové prvotiny Feťák. Hlavní hrdina tentokrát prochází těžkými abstinenčními příznaky, které mu ve své děsivosti jen pozvolna odkrývají nepřátelský vnější svět a nechávají ho bezbranného vůči znepokojujícím vizím. Bolestivý návrat z drogové izolace se hrdina snaží zmírnit snahou nalézt partnera, lásku, která by zároveň byla vědomým kontaktem s okolním světem. Když však i tady ztroskotává, vydává se do Jižní Ameriky hledat záhadnou rostlinu, jejíhož odvaru používají místní léčitelé.
Written during 1951-52, this novel was an underground legend by the time it was finally published in 1972. Written in an experimental form, Kerouac created the ultimate account of his voyages with Neal Cassady, which he captured in a different form for On the Road.
Uscito nel 1959, Il pasto nudo è forse la più cruda testimonianza letteraria, avvincente e disturbante al tempo stesso, prodotta dalla beat-generation americana. Più che un romanzo, può essere definito un vorticoso assemblaggio di frammenti di vita, vissuti spesso al di sotto della soglia della coscienza e dominati dallo scatenamento di istinti, pulsioni e perversioni, sotto il segno devastante della tossicodipendenza. Lo smarrimento esistenziale, che accomuna l’autore a tanti altri compagni di strada, si condensa nel libro in una irrevocabile condanna al vuoto d’essere e all’autodistruzione, giocata sul filo che distingue e insieme congiunge una realtà irreparabilmente degradata e una fantasia allucinata, distorta: ai “paradisi artificiali” di baudelairiana memoria si sostituisce quiun inferno altrettanto artificiale e ben più definitivo, nel quale l’individuo finisce con lo smarrire quasi del tutto la propria identità e la propria storia.
The Satanic Bible was first published by Anton LaVey in 1969. It is a collection of essays, observations and rituals, and outlines LaVey's Satanic ideology. It contains the core principles of the Church of Satan and is considered the foundation of the philosophy and dogma that constitute LaVeyan Satanism.
