A collection of vignettes about Daring Love, this gift book offers a new outlook on the perception and feeling of love. You may find yourself enriched, your stamina for living renewed. The quotes are filled with a gentle energy which develops... Zobraziť viac
Deep in the past, Peter, the man from 20th century who managed to use the Time Gate, come with his friends into the conflict with expansionism of Roman Empire. Cooperating with Greek merchant Orneus and Germanic warriors of Quadi, he faces Romans... Zobraziť viac
Vivian, a petite translator, always managed her life with cold logic and spent her time between jobs taking care of her only living relative, her beloved Grandmother. Facing the seemingly insolvable problem of having to pay for this lovely woman’s... Zobraziť viac
I hate having to submit, but in our family, status has been prioritised over personal preferences and individual feelings for decades. "Go to America and marry the daughter of our best friend." An arranged marriage in the 21st century? We are a brutall Zobraziť viac
He, who never finds the courage to leave the native home, never finds who he truly is. This applied in the past and will apply in the future, and thus it‘s no surprise that it applies to the world created by the author of the Yorran saga, too. Zobraziť viac
Cult novel of Eastern Europe! A crazy, avant-garde, modern and wacky novel by an author well known and popular throughout Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Although the novel hovers between the joys and sorrows of a man sorely tried by the real life... Zobraziť viac
My name is Syra and this is how I feel. This is how they wanted me to feel. The City of New York, the year 2211. The world is divided into crows, people and mutants. Arkan, the Creator, who is responsible for release of the crow DNA into the air... Zobraziť viac
Ploughshares into Swords is an expressionist anti-war novel in which Vančura tells the story of the denizens of the Ouhrov estate in language as baroque as the manor that ties them all together... Zobraziť viac
Do you need a pause and some time off? Be with yourself and feel the life in your veins? This book offers to become a companion for such moments. The first English book of collected poetic texts of Kata Kabath is the poetry of everyday life melted with... Zobraziť viac
The first anthology of Slovak speculative fiction in English. Best short stories from the Fantasy Award 2014, the literary award of SF/F/H short stories in English language from Slovak authors. Zobraziť viac
The situation with the vial has, apparently, cleared up. Syra is no longer angry with Levant who had only been pretending his own death. She has found her parents and is now leaving to the West. So how come the ever repeating visions with... Zobraziť viac
Jedna z nejúspěšnějších českých beletristických knih šedesátých let minulého století, Bubáci pro všední den Karla Michala, se proslavila originální satirou namířenou na každodenní realitu v komunistickém Československu... Zobraziť viac
Kniha překladatelky Kathleen Hayes přibližuje čtenáři vůbec první anglické překlady povídek doposud neprávem spíše opomíjených českých autorek přelomu 19. a 20. století... Zobraziť viac
This book describes fascinating natural landscapes of south Moravia and river Dyje (the area partially protected by UNESCO). It talks about people and yearly events in the region. The stories are characteristic of its poetics, style and beautiful... Zobraziť viac
Famed Czech Avant-garde photographer Jan Lukas snapped an offhand portrait of twelve-year-old Vendulka Vogl in March 1943. A friend of the Vogls, Lukas was saying goodbye to the family, who were soon to leave Prague ... Zobraziť viac
Díla Ladislava Fukse bývají charakterizována jako psychologická próza zaměřená na téma úzkosti a zla v totalitních systémech. Autor je u nás i v zahraničí známý zpracováním tématu holocaustu (Spalovač mrtvol, Pan Theodor Mundstock). Zobraziť viac
Překlad románu-interview Kličky na kapesníku je svébytným "úvodem" do světa a díla Bohumila Hrabala pro anglojazyčné čtenáře. Britský bohemista a překladatel David Short text doplnil základními vysvětlivkami k českým... Zobraziť viac
Vančurovo Rozmarné léto bývá považováno za nepřeložitelné. Souvisí to jak s jazykovými prostředky, jimiž vytváří autor styl svého vyprávění, tak s vývojem kontextu, v němž se kniha... Zobraziť viac
How to survive in Prague. The path of exemplary orphan Ivan begins at a children’s institution in the 1950s, leading him to a seminary, madhouse and philosophical faculty, before culminating at a Mexican Embassy in the 1990s. Along the way... Zobraziť viac
The author Dr. Renata Rachelova is the slovak psychologist who applies hypnosis techniques in her private practice from the year 2003. She works with children and adults, too. She has got a special "God gift", as she calls it- to HEAR a human's SOUL... Zobraziť viac