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Zobrazeno: 2611-2640 z celkem 3486 záznamů Začátek | Předchozí | Následující | Konec Jan Maria Plojhar
Anotace: Román Jan Maria Plojhar s četnými autobiografickými prvky vydal Julius Zeyer poprvé časopisecky v Lumíru roku 1888 a knižně v roce 1891. Autobiografické prvky v knize nesouvisí s autorovým životem, ale s jeho duševním světem a jeho názory na společnost, náboženství a umění. Kniha je považována za autorovo vrcholné literární dílo. Zapadlí vlastenci
Anotace: Dílo věnované národním buditelům (učitelům, kněžím), kteří pracovali za velmi těžkých podmínek v zapadlých horských vesničkách za národní uvědomění. V díle, často označované jako román bez hlavního hrdiny, se Rais vrací ke čtyřicátým letům 19. století. Moderní básníci angličtí
Anotace: Výbor anglické poezie tvůrců v rozmezí let 1700 až 1800 v překladu Jaroslava Vrchlického. Od Thomsona až k Tennysonovi, kniha obsahuje 50 autorů, vč. ukázek z obou vrcholů anglické poezie Byrona a Shelleye - celkem 176 básní. Natale Barca
Knossos, Mycenae, Troy
The Enchanting Bronze Age and its Tumultuous Climax
Anotace: This work puts a particular emphasis on the mixing and osmosis of the first Mediterranean civilizations, with particular reference to the Minoan, Cycladic, Mycenaean, and Trojan, and on the causes of their decline, which are to be identified in a jumble of natural and human causes, and in a long-lasting, slow, but irreversible crisis. It takes into account that the Mediterranean Dimension of the Bronze Age is a garden in which many legends flourished, clearly distinguishing between myth and history, and always bearing in mind that legends are not to be taken literally (nonetheless, they often have a grain of truth). It does not aim to provide an exhaustive report but to compose a broad and evolutionary picture, in which the facts and their connections, which are deducible from archaeological evidence or from the accounts of ancient historians, find their place, in their consequentiality. Its originality lies not in the choice of the subject, but in the way of treating it. The author introduces and explains, in order to be read, and perhaps to get excited. Another characterizing element of Knossos, Mycenae, Troy is the wide use of the ‘historical present’ that is made there to represent events and construct the text, to reduce the reader’s distance from the narrated events, and facilitates their approach to them. This book aims to provide the reader with an overall picture of the cultures that laid the foundations of Western civilization, which is not generic, but rather detailed and updated, and which has scientific solidity. Katja Hoyer
Beyond the Wall
Anotace: 'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post-World War II Europe' Julia Boyd Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral
Anotace: Published in 1625, Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral provides dispassionate observation of human life and powerfully expressed moral judgments. Bacon focuses on the ethical, political, and historical influences on human behavior and records observations on such diverse topics as beauty, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Anotace: Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents - of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten his deep and enduring friendship with Jim. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Anotace: This novel tells the story of Hank Morgan, the quintessential self-reliant New Englander who brings to King Arthur’s Age of Chivalry the “great and beneficent” miracles of nineteenth-century engineering and American ingenuity. Through the collision of past and present, Twain exposes the insubstantiality of both utopias, destroying the myth of the romantic ideal as well as his own era’s faith in scientific and social progress. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Anotace: The classic tale of a young boy's adventures on the Mississippi in the nineteenth century. Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been enjoyed by generations of readers across the world since its publication in 1876. With its humorous glimpses into life in nineteenth-century, small-town America, this novel has provided unique social commentary that continues to be discussed in classrooms today. Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy growing up in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, is constantly getting in and out of trouble with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Based on Twain's own childhood, this novel not only gives profound insights into American life but also shows how children can develop moral codes based on friendship, loyalty, and respect. Oliver Twist
Anotace: The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery. A Christmas Carol
Anotace: In the middle 19th century, a nostalgic interest in pre-Cromwell Christmas traditions swept Victorian England following the publications of Davies Gilbert's Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822), Sandy’s Selection of Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern (1833), and Thomas K. Hervey's The Book of Christmas(1837). That interest was further stimulated by Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's German-born husband, who popularised the German Christmas tree in Britain after their marriage in 1841, the first Christmas card in 1843, and a revival in carol singing. Hervey's study of Christmas customs attributed their passing to regrettable social change and the urbanisation of England. Frankenstein
Anotace: Few creatures of horror have seized readers' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The story of Victor Frankenstein's terrible creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. Considering the gothic novel's enduring success, it is remarkable that it began merely as a whim of Lord Byron's. A masterpiece of science fiction, Frankenstein was published anonymously in 1818 and then revised in 1831 with Mary Shelley as author. Three Men in a Boat
Anotace: A classic masterpiece of British humor since its first publication in 1889. The funny boating trip of three men – Jerome and his two friends Harris and George and their dog Montmorency – along the River Thames in Oxford, crossing the absurdities and traditions of late XIX century England. John Milton
Paradise Lost
Anotace: Milton's celebrated epic poem, now in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectable editions are bound in high-quality, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Gulliver's Travel
Anotace: Lemuel Gulliver makes one of the most famous journeys in literature. He meets the tiny people of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, the impractical scientists of Laputa and intelligent horses who rule over stupid, ugly human beings. Enter the fantastic world of Jonathan Swift’s imagination. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde
Anotace: Dr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the good doctor give Mr Hyde the key to his house – and decide to leave everything to Mr Hyde in his will? Sun Tzu
Umění války
Anotace: „Vedení války je umění klamu. A proto, když jsi schopný, zdej se neschopný; když jsi připravený, zdej se nepřipravený; když jsi blízko, zdej se být daleko; a když jsi daleko, zdej se být blízko. Pokud se protivník snaží získat výhodu, nalákej ho na ni. Když je v rozvratu, zaútoč a zajmi ho. Když je silný po všech stránkách, připrav se na něj…Když je skromný, dělej slabého a nakaž ho pýchou a arogancí.” The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Anotace: A pleasure seeking prince, a selfish giant, and more: Wilde's fairy tales, first published in 1888, for childlike people from eighteen to eighty." Petr Štěpánek
1453: Pád Konstantinopole - zrod Istanbulu
Anotace: Kniha vypráví příběh dobytí hlavního města byzantské říše v roce 1453. Ovládnutí Konstantinopole osmanskými vojsky vešlo do dějin především jako událost, která zakonzervovala nesmiřitelnost dosavadního konfliktu mezi křesťanstvím a islámem na několik následujících století. Jeho prostřednictvím pak byl v Evropě podporován obraz islámu jako čehosi nepatřičného, Evropě navěky cizího. Bez ohledu na skepsi a útoky Evropanů se však sultánu Mehmedovi II. a jeho nástupcům podařilo na ruinách Konstantinopole zbudovat Istanbul – město, které si svojí velkolepostí a významem se svojí předchůdkyní v ničem nezadalo, stejně jako si s Byzancí nezadala říše, jejímž hlavním městem bylo učiněno. Tato kniha proto není o osudové katastrofě či omylu Prozřetelnosti. Je o vývoji, o kontinuitě, a zároveň o stereotypech a utkvělých představách. Je o nás i o těch druhých – o těch, které se i pod vlivem vzpomínky na „pád Cařihradu“ stále snažíme ze svého světa vytlačovat. The Hundred Years of Spying
Anotace: Early espionage organizations like Walsingham’s Elizabethan spy network were private enterprises, tasked with keeping the Tudor Queen and her government safe. Formal use of spies and counter spies only really began in the years after 1909, when the official British secret service was founded. Britain became the first major proponent of secret information gathering and other nations quickly followed. Damien Bador, Vivien Stocker, Coralie Potot, Dominique Vigot
The Hobbit Encyclopedia
Anotace: Delve into Middle-earth, decipher the Dwarves’ alphabet and more, with this indispensable and comprehensive guide to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Anotace: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre. Dracula
Anotace: Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. The Valley of Fear
Anotace: Doyle's final novel featuring the beloved sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, brings the detective and his friend to a country manor where they are preceded by either a murder or a suicide. A secretive organization lies culprit and an infiltration of it is in order. The Sign of the Four
Anotace: As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!' The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Anotace: 'Holmes,' I cried. 'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?' The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Anotace: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is the second anthology of the adventures of the best-known detective of all time (letters are still received at his fictional address in London). The Lost World
Anotace: It's London, 1907. Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosaic, decides to go in search of adventure and fame to prove himself worthy of her. Soon after, he meets Professor George Challenger, a scientist who claims to have discovered a 'lost world' populated by pterodactyls and other prehistoric monsters. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Anotace: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'. Sherlock Holmes
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