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Zobrazeno: 2911-2940 z celkem 3470 záznamů Začátek | Předchozí | Následující | Konec Wang Jian, Fang Xiaoyan
An Illustrated Brief History of China
Anotace: This illustrated Chinese history book takes the reader on a visual journey of the most brilliant and significant segments of Chinese civilization over the course of five thousand years. As a cradle of human civilization, China has maintained its cohesion and cultural identity for thousands of years. With China's historical evolution as a backdrop, each section focuses on the outstanding achievements of the period it covers and sets out the long-established and profound cultural development of the Chinese nation. Michael Prestwich
The Hundred Years War
Anotace: The conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history. A bitter dynastic fight between Plantagenet and Valois, The Hundred Years War was fought out on the widest of stages while also creating powerful new nationalist identities. In his vivid new history, Michael Prestwich shows that it likewise involved large and charismatic individuals: Edward III, claimant to the French throne; his son Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince; wily architect of the first French victories, Bertrand du Guesclin; chivalric hero Jean Boucicaut; inspirational leader Henry V, unlikely winner at Agincourt (1415), who so nearly succeeded in becoming King of France; and the martyred Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc, thought to be divinely inspired. Offering an up-to-date analysis of military organization, strategy and tactics, including the deadly power of English archery, the author explains the wider politics in a masterful account of the War as a whole: from English victory at Sluys (1340) to the turn of the tide and French revival as the invader was driven back across the Channel. Divá Bára
Anotace: Povídka z pera klasické autorky o statečné dívce Báře, která je ideálem průbojné ženy a která svým životem a konáním popírá dobovou konvenční představu o pasivní úloze ženy ve společnosti, je trvalou hodnotnou četbou určenou nejen těm, co jsou momentálně ve školních lavicích. Farma zvířat
Anotace: Farmu zvířat, své nejcenější beletristické dílo, napsal George Orwell v letech 1943 a 1944, ale poprvé vyšla až v roce 1945, a to po značných peripetiích. Důvodů obrovského úspěchu knihy je hned několik: vedle nezpochybnitelných literárních kvalit a estetické působivosti to byla kritika stalinského režimu, ve své době velmi řídká. Navíc realitu tehdejšího Sovětského svazu představila způsobem veskrze komickým a důvěrně známým, takže banalita zla vyvstala v celé své hrozivosti. Alegorie Farmy zvířat je zřejmá na první pohled - na velice malém prostoru tu Orwell ve vynikající zkratce zachytil dějiny Sovětského svazu, a to od šíření leninské ideologie (vystavená lebka "prasečího Lenina" Majora jako parodie mauzolea), přes říjnovou revoluci až po střet Stalina s Trockým (Kuliš) a následné vyštvání Trockého. Příběh revoluce je jasně tragický. Dílo je umělecky pozoruhodnou bajkou, jež je svědectvím o jasnozřivém vhledu do dějin revoluce a zároveň o naivním chápání jejích ideálů. Hold Katalánsku
Anotace: V díle Hold Katalánsku politický žurnalista a spisovatel George Orwell zaznamenává své osobní zkušenosti a poznatky (z prosince 1936 až června 1937) o Španělské občanské válce. Prvně byla vydána v roce 1938 ve Velké Británii. Během jeho života byla vydána pouze v italštině, 5 let po jeho smrti vyšla i ve francouzštině. Ve Spojených státech například nebyla vydána až do roku 1952. Jak umírají chudí
Anotace: Autobiografická črta, popisující Orwellův pobyt v chudinské nemocnici v Paříži. Povídky
Anotace: Obsahuje povídky: Anděl pitvornosti, Berenice, Černý kocour, Ďábel ve zvonici, Démon zvrácenosti, Eleonora, Havran, Jáma a kyvadlo, Maska červené smrti, Medailón, Metoda doktora Téra a profesora Péra, Nikdy se s čertem nesázej o hlavu, Předčasný pohřeb, Skokan, Sud vína, Vrah jsi Ty!, William Wilson. Aischylos
Úlitba mrtvému (Choéforoi)
Oresteida II
Anotace: Druhá část klasické antické tragédie, podobnost se současností čistě náhodná. Diktatura, pomsta, sourozenecká láska. „Pomsta musí být pomstěna!“ Aischylos
Laskavé bohyně (Eumenidy)
Oresteida III
Anotace: Poslední část klasické antické tragédie, podobnost se současností čistě náhodná. Vražda, lynčování, soud. „Jak vysoká je cena za pomstu? Kde je hranice mezi právem a spravedlností? Je vůbec možné dovolat se práva?“ Aischylos
Agamemnón
Oresteida I
Anotace: První titul z Aischylovy dochované dramatické trilogie Oresteia pojednává o návratu krále Agamemnóna z války a jeho úkladném zavraždění. The Maxims and Reflections
Anotace: Reveals some of the author's deepest thought on art, ethics, literature and natural science, and his reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work. The First Men in the Moon
Anotace: When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever. The Invisible Man
A Grotesque Romance
Anotace: This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent into madness that follows. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Anotace: Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. The War in the Air
Anotace: A cornerstone of early science fiction and a haunting image of world war The Valkyries
An Encounter with Angels
Anotace: A classic masterwork of spiritual tension and realization from Paulo Coelho, this powerful story of one man’s battle with self-doubt and fear is now available in a beautiful new package from HarperOne. An essential volume alongside Coelho’s other bestselling and influential books, such as The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, Brida, and The Winner Stands Alone, the searing and unforgettable narrative in The Valkyries asks the questions most central to all literature—and all of humanity’s quest for understanding. Why is it that we destroy the things we love most? And how can we learn to let go of the past and believe in the future? The Unconscious
Anotace: One of Freud's central achievements was to demonstrate how unacceptable thoughts and feelings are repressed into the unconscious, from where they continue to exert a decisive influence over our lives. Revolution and Counter-Revolution
Anotace: Revolution and Counter-Revolution is an account of what happened in Prussia, Austria and other German states during 1848, describing the impact on both middle-class and working-class aspirations and on the idea of German unification. Events in Austria and Prussia are discussed, along with the role of the Poles and Czechs and Panslavism, which Engels was against. Also discussed is the Cologne Communist Trial, in which the defendants were acquitted after some of the evidence was shown to have been crudely forged. Parker Fillmore
Czechoslovak Fairy Tales
Anotace: Czechoslovak Fairy Tales is a book of Eastern European fairy tales. The stories have been translated, polished and edited for a audience of American children. Josephine
Anotace: "Know the woman, and you will know the man" is a proverb oft-repeated, and nowhere is it proved truer than in this highly insightful biography of Josephine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and famous in her own right. With his usual masterful flair, John S. C. Abbott provides the reader with a detailed description of Josephine's dramatic life: her birth into a wealthy French colonial family on the island of Martinique, her first marriage into the noble de Beauharnais family-and of her first spouse's execution during the Reign of Terror which accompanied the French Revolution. Josephine herself was only spared the guillotine after the overthrow of Robespierre, and a day before her own scheduled execution. She met Napoleon in 1795, and although six years his senior, soon became his lover. Within two years they were married, and her rise in society accompanied that of her husband. Starting as wife of the First Consul of France, her fame and beauty became even more widespread when, in 1804, she was proclaimed Empress of France by Napoleon at a grand ceremony in the Notre Dame Cathedral. This book does not however concentrate on her husband's exploits, but instead focuses on aspects of Josephine's life, activities, and interactions with the public which led her to become one of France's most loved figures. Included are revelations about her influence over her husband-which extended to matters of state-and also their domestic arrangements, which became strained over time with Napoleon's increasingly wide-ranging military adventures. Finally, the book provides the details of Napoleon's decision to divorce Josephine to marry the daughter of the Austrian emperor-driven by the need to produce an heir which Josephine could not fulfil. Napoleon's regret at this action-and the heartbreak it caused Josephine-are fully documented, and her death only four years later saw her last recorded words being his name. Maria Antoinette
Anotace: Marie Antoinette ( born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an Archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. In April 1770, upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne, she became Dauphine of France. On 10 May 1774, when her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI, she assumed the title Queen of France and Navarre, which she held until September 1791, when, as the French Revolution proceeded, she became Queen of the French, a title she held until 21 September 1792. After eight years of marriage, Marie Antoinette gave birth to a daughter, Marie Thérèse of France, the first of her four children. Despite her initial popularity, a growing number of the population eventually came to dislike her, accusing her of being profligate, promiscuous,[2] and of harbouring sympathies for France's enemies, particularly her native Austria.[3] The Affair of the Diamond Necklace damaged her reputation further. During the Revolution, she became known as Madame Déficit because the country's financial crisis was blamed on her lavish spending and her opposition to the social and financial reforms of Turgot and Necker. During the Revolution, after the government had placed the royal family under house arrest in the Tuileries Palace in October 1789, several events linked to Marie Antoinette, in particular the June 1791 attempted flight to Varennes and her role in the War of the First Coalition, had disastrous effects on French popular opinion. On 10 August 1792, the attack on the Tuileries forced the royal family to take refuge at the Assembly, and on 13 August the family was imprisoned in the Temple. On 21 September 1792, the monarchy was abolished. After a two-day trial begun on 14 October 1793, Marie Antoinette was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed by guillotine on the Place de la Révolution on 16 October 1793 Cyrus the Great
Anotace: Cyrus the Great is a classic biography of the great Persian leader, Cyrus the Great, by Jacob Abbott. Cyrus the Great was the founder of the ancient Persian empire--a monarchy, perhaps, the most wealthy and magnificent which the world has ever seen. Běsi
Anotace: Předposlední román Fjodora Michajloviče Dostojevského (1821–1881) byl marxisty a zejména Gorkým a Lunačarským léta odsuzován jako pamflet brojící proti revoluční akci, nicméně světoznámému znalci temných pohnutek lidské duše v něm šlo především o to, jak a zda vůbec se jeho milované Rusko vyrovná s démony. Inspirován procesem s anarchistou Něčajevem, jenž jako zastánce bezohledných praktik boje připravil o život svého oponenta z ilegálního hnutí, vytvořil spisovatel rozsáhlý portrét generace, která ve snaze vymanit se z rutinní morálky a kulturních vzorců svých rodičů nyní váhá mezi módním mysticismem a pragmatickým rozumem, mezi rozvracečským násilím a pokornou důvěrou v dobro. Toto obrozování sleduje Dostojevskij prostřednictvím provinční kroniky, v níž nenápadný pozorovatel zaostřil na trojici mužských protagonistů: bezstarostného dandyho Stavrogina, zakomplexovaného radikála Kirillova a mocichtivého pleticháře Verchovenského, jejichž výstřelky jsou podrobovány obecnějším zkouškám cti a lásky. Dílo z roku 1872, rozvíjející řadu motivů z Idiota a předjímající rodinnou tragédii Bratrů Karamazových, bývá označováno za autorovo nejkrutější. V roce 1988 je na filmové plátno převedl režisér Andrzej Wajda. Principles Of Political Economy
Anotace: Mill’s Principles of Political Economy was first published in 1848, and it went through various editions; the final edition was the seventh, which appeared in 1871. Political Economy is the term nineteenth-century writers use to refer to the study of what we today call macroeconomics, though its practitioners, such as Adam Smith, Mill, David Ricardo, and Karl Marx, were more philosophical and less empirical in their methods than modern economists. In this book, Mill examines the fundamental economic processes on which society is based: production, the distribution of goods, exchange, the effect of social progress on production and distribution, and the role of government in economic affairs. Henry IV
Anotace: About four hundred years ago there was a small kingdom, spreading over the cliffs and ravines of the eastern extremity of the Pyrenees, called Navarre. Its population, of about five hundred thousand, consisted of a very simple, frugal, and industrious people. Those who lived upon the shore washed by the stormy waves of the Bay of Biscay gratified their love of excitement and of adventure by braving the perils of the sea. Those who lived in the solitude of the interior, on the sunny slopes of the mountains, or by the streams which meandered through the verdant valleys, fed their flocks, and harvested their grain, and pressed rich wine from the grapes of their vineyards, in the enjoyment of the most pleasant duties of rural life. Proud of their independence, they were ever ready to grasp arms to repel foreign aggression. The throne of this kingdom was, at the time of which we speak, occupied by Catharine de Foix. She was a widow, and all her hopes and affections were centred in her son Henry, an ardent and impetuous boy six or seven years of age, who was to receive the crown when it should fall from her brow, and transmit to posterity their ancestral honors. Queen Elizabeth
Anotace: Queen Elizabeth, by Jacob Abbott, is a classic English royalty biography that details the life of Queen Elizabeth the 1st. Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who was executed two-and-a-half years after Elizabeth's birth. Anne's marriage to Henry VIII was annulled, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her half-brother, Edward VI, ruled until his death in 1553, bequeathing the crown to Lady Jane Grey and ignoring the claims of his two half-sisters, Elizabeth and the Roman Catholic Mary, in spite of statute law to the contrary. Edward's will was set aside and Mary became queen, deposing Lady Jane Grey. During Mary's reign, Elizabeth was imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels. In 1558, Elizabeth succeeded her half-sister to the throne and set out to rule by good counsel. She depended heavily on a group of trusted advisers, led by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. One of her first actions as queen was the establishment of an English Protestant church, of which she became the Supreme Governor. This Elizabethan Religious Settlement was to evolve into the Church of England. It was expected that Elizabeth would marry and produce an heir to continue the Tudor line. She never did, despite numerous courtships. As she grew older, Queen Elizabeth became celebrated for her virginity. A cult grew around her which was celebrated in the portraits, pageants, and literature of the day. In government, Queen Elizabeth was more moderate than her father and half-siblings had been. One of her mottoes was "video et taceo" ("I see but say nothing"). In religion, she was relatively tolerant and avoided systematic persecution. After the pope declared her illegitimate in 1570 and released her subjects from obedience to her, several conspiracies threatened her life, all of which were defeated with the help of her ministers' secret service. Elizabeth was cautious in foreign affairs, manoeuvring between the major powers of France and Spain. She only half-heartedly supported a number of ineffective, poorly resourced military campaigns in the Netherlands, France, and Ireland. By the mid-1580s, England could no longer avoid war with Spain. England's defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 associated Elizabeth with one of the greatest military victories in English history. Elizabeth's reign is known as the Elizabethan era. The period is famous for the flourishing of English drama, led by playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, and for the seafaring prowess of English adventurers such as Francis Drake. Some historians depict Elizabeth as a short-tempered, sometimes indecisive ruler, who enjoyed more than her share of luck. Towards the end of her reign, a series of economic and military problems weakened her popularity. Elizabeth is acknowledged as a charismatic performer and a dogged survivor in an era when government was ramshackle and limited, and when monarchs in neighbouring countries faced internal problems that jeopardised their thrones. Such was the case with Queen Elizabeth's rival, Mary, Queen of Scots, whom she imprisoned in 1568 and had executed in 1587. After the short reigns of Elizabeth's half-siblings, her 44 years on the throne provided welcome stability for the kingdom and helped forge a sense of national identity. Kulikovo 1380
The Battle that Made Russia
Anotace: The 14th-century Mongol conquest of the Rus' – the principalities of Russia – was devastating and decisive. Cities were lain waste, new dynasties rose and for a hundred years the Russians were under unquestioned foreign rule. However, the Mongols were conquerors rather than administrators and they chose to rule through subject princes. This allowed the Rurikid dynastic princes of Moscow to rise with unprecedented speed. Julia Annas
Ancient Philosophy
A Very Short Introduction
Anotace: The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces readers to some ancient debates to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives readers a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ancient philosophy, and of its wide variety of themes and styles. Norman Stone, Eduard Strouhal
Czechoslovakia
Crossroads and Crises, 1918-88
Anotace: Sixteen essays highlight turning points in Czechoslovak history, beginning with the foundation of the state in 1918, proceeding through the destruction of its democratic structures following the Munich Agreement of 1938 and the Communist takeover of 1948, and ending with the brief attempt at "socialism with a human face" terminated by the Soviet invasion of 1968. With four maps and eight pages of photographs. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. The End of Eternity
Anotace: One of Isaac Asimov's SF masterpieces, this stand-alone novel is a monument of the flowering of SF in the 20th century. It is widely regarded as Asimov's single best SF novel and one every SF fan should read. Zobrazeno: 2911-2940 z celkem 3470 záznamů Začátek | Předchozí | Následující | Konec
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