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
Jan Opolsky has long been considered to be little more than an epigon of the Czech Decadence. By detailed analysis of his prose, this book aims to show that Opolsky is a master of sustained narrative irony and an accomplished writer in his own right. 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 third part of the Primer of happiness is not intended only for parents that are looking for a way, with what form to give their descendants the best, but also for souls that want to understand why there are fears in them, why they act the way they... 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
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
The Philosophy of Living Nature je anglickým překladem přepracované verze Kratochvílovy knihy Filosofie živé přírody (1994), dnes již klasické práce zabývající se přirozeným světem a možnostmi jeho poznání. Od filosofického pojmu ... Zobraziť viac
A young woman abandoned her husband in Cuba. She returned with a big trauma that she has to cope with. She has to take great pains to do so. However, while struggling to make amends for the error of her life, she finds solace ... Zobraziť viac
Rozmarné léto je humoristickou novelou Vladislava Vančury z roku 1926, která navozuje ovzduší dobré pohody a smíchu, humor zde je spíš shovívavý než útočný. Vančurovi se podařilo vystihnout poklidnou atmosféru malého českého města . 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
A paranoid thriller of life under surveillance in Communist Czechoslovakia. A deputy minister in the Communist Party, Ludvík enjoys all the luxuries that political success affords him, but he ... Zobraziť viac
Another volume from the Books of Happiness trilogy, this book is filled with quotes on happiness itself. Through these sayings, one may reach the understanding that life lived in happiness is the most beautiful way to live it, and also that our every... Zobraziť viac
Un encuentro imaginario entre Sigmund Freud y Carlos Marx en el Chile de Pinochet. Qué hacen allí, en una plaza de un barrio elegante de Santiago y, frente a un colegio de seňoritas? Un viaje ... Zobraziť viac
The first book in the Books of Happiness trilogy introduces the reader to quotes on love. This collection of wise words may bring you, through its contents and meaning, the understanding that in life, dreams may be made to come true, one by one... Zobraziť viac
Esta obra, perteneciente a la corriente literaria llamada Teatro del absurdo, se estreno el 11 de mayo de 1950 en el Theatre des Noctambules, cabaret parisino, con puesta en escena de Nicolas Bataille. El libreto fue publicado ... Zobraziť viac
Poems which break it all down into atoms. They deal with fundamental topics. They ask questions and look for answers. They hold up a mirror to us as well as motivating us to make improvements. 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
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
“Your soul yearns to be loved. By you.” In a simple form suitable for first-graders, this book explains the principles of self-acceptance, forgiveness, positive thinking, “letting go” of your parents, understanding illness, dissolving pain... Zobraziť viac
Antologie textů českých literárních vědců představuje fenomén samizdatu a jeho historické proměny. Předmětem jednotlivých kapitol jsou zejména definice samotného termínu samizdat a rozsáhlá polemika o pojem ineditní literatura. ... Zobraziť viac
