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How did the Ukrainian oligarchy endure the upheaval of the Euromaidan revolt in 2013/2014? This analysis explores the survival of the super-rich in Ukraine from 2006 to 2017, focusing on how they transformed wealth into political power through vote-buying in the Verkhovna Rada and converted political influence back into wealth via elite rent-extraction in the gas sector. A central argument posits that the continuity of informal practices and networks during the Yanukovych and Poroshenko presidencies perpetuated the existing political economy regime. The study conceptualizes the oligarchy's processes as a “currency flow,” illustrating the circuit of wealth and power. It contributes to the understanding of informally dominated post-communist political economies with a detailed case study of Ukraine. The work is recognized for its ambitious scope and thorough empirical investigation into a defining aspect of Ukrainian politics, effectively combining theories of oligarchy and national prosperity.

Jedna z nejlepších knih, které byly dosud napsány o Bobu Dylanovi. Daltonův styl psaní je sám o sobě unikátní, jde do hloubky, soustřeďuje se na podstatné a zároveň dokáže bavit. Autor sestavuje komplexní portrét jedinečného mohykána, který je už přes půl století jedním z hlavních katalyzátorů neustále se měnícího dění na světové hudební scéně. Existuje jen málo umělců, kteří by měli tak rozsáhlou fanouškovskou základnu, byli tak častým námětem diskuzí a zároveň zůstávali obklopeni tajemnou rouškou nedosažitelnosti. Kdo je „pravý“ Bob Dylan? Je to začínající hudebník, který se snaží prorazit mezi elitu? Folkový spasitel? Elvis Dylan? Jack Fate? Nebo snad živoucí národní poklad?

Drogenexzesse und sexuelle Eskapaden Besuch bei Präsident Barack Obama und liebender Vater. Steven Tyler hat nicht nur als Sänger und Frontmann der Band Aerosmith Geschichte geschrieben. Sein Leben ist eine Achterbahnfahrt mit Höhen, Tiefen und mehrfachen Loopings. Eine Autobiografie, die nicht nur Rock´n Roll Fans interessieren und überzeugen wird. Das Buch beginnt mit Tylers Jugend in der Bronx, beschreibt Aufstieg, Fall und Wiederaufstieg von Aerosmith, das Leben on the road und im Rampenlicht und die wirtschaftlichen Hintergründe des Rockgeschäftes. Tyler schreibt über seinen Kampf gegen die Drogen, seine Romanzen und die Beziehung zu seinen vier Kindern. Mit über 150 Millionen verkauften Alben weltweit ist Aerosmith eine der erfolgreichsten Bands der Rockgeschichte. Gerüchten zu Folge soll das lang erwartete neue Album 2012 erscheinen.

The memoir offers an intimate look into the life of James Rosenquist, a prominent figure in the pop art movement known for his innovative three-dimensional works and complex color palette. Unlike his contemporaries, he steered clear of traditional techniques like stencils and silk screens, opting instead for vast canvases that blend brilliant and surreal imagery. His unique approach not only influenced his peers but also left a lasting impact on future generations, reshaping the landscape of twentieth-century painting.

The Rough Guide to The Philppines is the ultimate guide to this stunning archipelago. A 24-page full-colour section introduces the country and its highlights, from the remote sun-kissed islands off the East coast to the lagoons of Palawan and the tribal villages of the Cordilleras. Each region of the country is covered in-depth, with the pick of the sights and activities listed at the start of the chapter. There are detailed and opinionated listings providing essential information on where to stay, eat, drink, dance, dive, surf, trek, kayak and sail. Finally, an informative and accessible background is given to Philippino history, culture, socitey, music, politics and environment.

This is the book that restarted the James Dean cult by celebrating him as the cool, defiant visionary of pop culture who made adolescence seem heroic instead of awkward and who defined the style of rock ’n’ roll’s politics of delinquency. The only book to fully show how deliberately and carefully Dean crafted his own image and performances, and the product of still unequalled research, vivid writing, intimate photographs, and profound meditation, James Dean: The Mutant King has become almost as legendary as its subject.

'I'll tell you something, man, nobody in this place knows who the fuck I am – or cares. 80-year old bartender doesn't give a shit. Has to serve me cause of the civil rights law, is all. I don't care. I was in a bar last week – tried to throw me out because the cat I was with didn't have a jacket. What it comes down to is they didn't want us there. Sat down, had a drink, put down a hundred dollar bill and split. I love being able to do that. Didn't used to be able to, not so long ago ...' Janis Joplin, Bar Rap #4 Here is the best possible portrait of the teenager from Port Arthur, Texas, who took the blues farther than anyone before or since, offering revealing glimpses of her life on the road - backstage with Jerry Lee Lewis, kidnapped in Kansas, partying with the Grateful Dead, the Band, Bonny and Delaney, and with her own band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. Piece of My Heart goes beyond Joplin's own story to provide us with a portrait of the Kosmic Blues themselves - the self-destruction that lies at the heart of the rock 'n' roll myth. A contributing editor for Rolling Stone during its first years of publication, David Dalton is the author of many books on cultural icons including James Dean: The Mutant King, The Rolling Stones: the First Twenty Years, James Dean: American Icon, Mr Mojo Risin': Jim Morrison, The Last Holy Fool and Faithfull (with Marianne Faithfull). 'A remarkable book ... intimate, revealing, and shocking ... I can think of no book about music that says more than is contained here ... an absolutely devastating portrait of a major culture hero.' Ralph Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle

So begins the fictional memoir Been Here and Gone, the extraordinary story of an all-but-forgotten bluesman, Coley Williams. A backup musician to some of the most famous and infamous figures in the annals of blues music, and a former recording artist in his own right, Williams had a backstage pass to a world that most of us could never even imagine. In 1998 at the astonishing age of one hundred and two, Williams agreed to tell his tale for the first time. We can only be thankful for the fruits this "collaboration" with renowned author David Dalton has as funny, furious and funky as a lick on a talking guitar, Dalton's rhythmic prose captures the inimitable voice of a man who walks it like he talks it without missing a beat. From his youth as a tenant farmer on the Mississippi plantations to the Great Migration to the Northern cities, from his incarceration in the notorious Sugarland prison farm to the temptations of freedom on the open road, from the juke joints of the deep South to the stages of Swinging London, Coley Williams' life is at once the story of the blues and the story of the twentieth century. Across a hundred years of tumultuous change, we follow him through the hardships of the Flood of 1927 and the hardscrabble years of the Great Depression, the race riots of the 1960s and the birth of the Civil Rights movement. Along the way, Williams' vividly recounted anecdotes introduce us to the pantheon of blues legends whose paths he Charley Patton, Tommy Johnson, Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Ma Rainey, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, the immortal Robert Johnson, and even the young Elvis Presley. Raucous, rambunctious, and often downright dangerous, these larger-than-life musicians, singers, and all-around rabble-rousers live again in Williams' wonderfully colorful recollections. And of course, throughout it all, there is the whether it's the plaintive and lonely sound of the Mississippi Delta or Chicago's lowdown and dirty electric hellfire brew. Here is the boisterous blues in all its hues-salty and soulful and sad with a glimmer of hard-won hope always singing out beyond the last note. Been Here and Gone is a highly personalpanorama of the century as seen and experiencedby one of the most remarkable figures in recentliterature. It is at once a wildly inventive epic, aheartfelt testament to the people and places of avanishing era, and an invaluable contribution tothe literature of - music and popular culture thatwill fascinate blues fans, history buffs, and generalreaders alike. If Coley Williams' story (to quotethe old son) was nearly the "Blues the WorldForgot," then Been Here and Gone is just the tonicwe need to refresh our memories and remindourselves of the vitality of this music and thepeople who have lived it. Here before us is theAmerican Century, set to the tune of the Americanmusic. Can I tell you about the blues? Baby, I wasborn with the blues...

This extract from 'Faithfull', Marianne's autobiography was specially prepared for the Penguin 60s series; she is assisted in the writing by David Dalton. Ondon in the sixties, and Marianne Faithfull's first fateful encounters with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.Marianne Faithfull is the daughter of an Austro-Hungarian aristocrat and a British army nurse. She was brought up in Lancashire and Oxfordshire, and was educated in a convent before moving to London. Her first hit 'As Tears Go By'. written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, launched her musical career, which has spanned four decades. 'Faithfull', her acclaimed autobiography published in Penguin, recounts with candid humour the exploits and adventures, highs and lows, of an extraordinary life.

The story of the rock band, The Grateful Dead, by its manager for 20 years from 1964. He recounts the band's evolution, the drug addiction, Woodstock, police busts, complicated relationships between band members and with other celebrities, and the death in 1995 of Jerry Garcia.