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In the Shadow of Munich

Vít Smetana

• Paperback | Engels
• In September 1938, the major powers of Europe convened in Munich to discuss the future of Czechoslovakia in light of territorial demands made by Adolf... Lees meer

End of the World

Ivan M Jirous

• Paperback | Engels | Modern Czech Classics
• Sometimes called the Czech Bukowski, and more widely known by the epithet "Magor" (which translates roughly to "fool" or "madman"), Ivan Jirous was on... Lees meer

The Velvet Revolution

Monika Macdonagh-Pajerová, Olga Sommerová

• Paperback | Engels
• On the thirtieth anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that toppled the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia from November to December 1989, this book ga... Lees meer

Medieval Painting in Bohemia

Jan Royt

• Hardcover | Engels
• Originally published in Czech in 2002 and now available in English, Medieval Painting in Bohemia assesses the history of painting in Bohemia and Morav... Lees meer

Czechs and Germans 1848-2004

Václav Houzvicka

• Paperback | Engels
• Václav Houzvicka describes the development of the Czech-German national controversies from the mid-nineteenth century, through the establishing of the... Lees meer

Rus-Ukraine-Russia

Martin C Putna

• Paperback | Engels | Václav Havel
• An outspoken opponent of pro-Russian, authoritarian, and far-right streams in contemporary Czech society, Martin C. Putna received a great deal of med... Lees meer

Transfigured Night

Libuse Moníková

• Paperback | Engels | Modern Czech Classics
• A vision of late-twentieth-century Prague from an acclaimed Czech novelist. In late 1992, three years after the Velvet Revolution and as Czechoslovaki... Lees meer

World Apart and Other Stories.

Kathleen Hayes

• Paperback | Engels
• The book presents to the reader the first ever English translation of short stories, so far for no reason rather neglected, by Czech female authors at... Lees meer

Inferences with Ignorance

Michal Pelis

• Paperback | Engels
• Inferences with Ignorance focuses on two formal logic systems that employ the type of inferences in which questions are used in addition to statements... Lees meer

Ear

Jan Procházka

• Paperback | Engels | Modern Czech Classics
• A paranoid thriller of life under surveillance in Soviet Czechoslovakia. A deputy minister in the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Ludvík enjoys all... Lees meer

Devouring One's Own Tail

• Paperback | Engels
• D rawing on continental philosophy, Devouring One's Own Tail examines culture and society as a type of ouroboros. Inspired by Niklas Luhmann's theorie... Lees meer

Prosodic Phrase in Spoken Czech

Jan Volín, Pavel Sturm, Radek Skarnitzl, Tomás Boril

• Paperback | Engels
• Concise and accessible, this monograph fills a gap in Czech language study with its compelling look into the prosodic phrase. The prosodic phrase is a... Lees meer

Archaeological Atlas of Prehistoric Europe

Miroslav Buchvaldek

• Boek | Engels
• A collaborative effort of the Archaeological Institutes of the universities of Prague and Vienna, Atlas of the Prehistoric Archaeology of Europe docum... Lees meer

Archaeology, History, and Formation of Identity in Ancient Israel

Filip Capek

• Paperback | Engels
• A critical examination of the history of Israel. When did Israel begin? The origins of ancient Israel are shrouded in mystery, and those hoping to exp... Lees meer

Adventures in the Stone Age

Leopold Pospísil

• Paperback | Engels
• The first publication of a charming fieldwork memoir by a giant of legal anthropology. When Leopold Pospísil first arrived in New Guinea in 1954 to in... Lees meer

Seven Letters to Melin

Josef Safarík

• Paperback | Engels | Václav Havel
• Josef Safařík's Seven Letters to Melin is an exploration of man's alienation from nature--and from himself--in the modern technological age. Conceived... Lees meer

Catalogue of the Late Roman, Byzantine and Barbaric Coins in the Charles University Collection (364-1092 A.D.)

Federico Gambacorta

• Paperback | Engels
• The collection of ancient coins at Charles University has existed in its present state since l945. That year Greek, Roman, and other ancient coins wer... Lees meer

Bohumil Hrabal

Jirí Pelán

• Paperback | Engels | Modern Czech Classics
• Described by Parul Sehgal in the New York Times Book Review as "one of the great prose stylists of the twentieth century; the scourge of state censors... Lees meer

Degrees of Separation

• Hardcover | Engels
• A richly illustrated reconsideration of the life and work of painter Bohumil Kubista. In Degrees of Separation , scholars from the Czech Republic, Can... Lees meer

Summer of Caprice

Vladislav Vancura

• Hardcover | Engels | Modern Czech Classics
• Summer of Caprice , a captivating comic novel first published in 1926, is a classic of Czech literature, yet it is little known elsewhere. Commonly co... Lees meer

Ibuse Masuji

Antonín Líman

• Hardcover | Engels
• Japanese novelist Ibuse Masuji (1898-1993) is best known for his 1966 novel Kuroi Ame (published in English as Black Rain ), which detailed the tragic... Lees meer

Art-Nouveau Prague

Petr Wittlich

• Paperback | Engels
• Since the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1991, Prague has become one of Europe's--and the world's--most popular tourist destinations. As in London, P... Lees meer

Silver Judaica

Jaroslav Kuntos

• Paperback | Engels
• The Jewish Museum in Prague is home to a variety of silver Jewish ritual artifacts, from Kiddush cups, Hanukkah lamps, and Torah decorations, to the d... Lees meer

Crossing Between Tradition and Modernity

• Paperback | Engels
• Crossing Between Tradition and Modernity presents thirteen essays written in honor of Milena Dolezelová-Velingerová (1932-2012), a member of the Pragu... Lees meer