Tales from Two Pockets
By: Karel Čapek , Norma Comrada
4.04
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
Capek wrote 48 stories that deconstruct the mystery story by breaking one rule here, three rules th…
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1. Saturnin
By: Zdeněk Jirotka , Mark Adrian Corner
4.38
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
Zdenek Jirotka's famous humorous novel was first published in 1942 and since then, there have been … read more
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- fiction
- classics
- humor
- czech literature
"The river grew dark and on the boat a peaceful silence reigned. Some voices wafted over from the opposite bank and a stray canoe made its way to the boat-house. Saturnin disappeared for a while and r…"-Zdeněk Jirotka, Saturnin
2. Staré pověsti české
By: Alois Jirásek
3.45
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Snad nejznámější - až chronicky známé - české pověsti zpracované Jiráskem, který se inspiroval star… read more
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- short stories
- classics
- czech literature
3. A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova
By: Arnošt Lustig
3.87
Format: 244 pages, Library Binding
As their Nazi captors negotiate their exchange for American-held German officers, twenty Jewish bus… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- czech literature
4. Kytice
By: Karel Jaromír Erben
3.96
Format: 162 pages,
Sbírka baladických básní K. J. Erbena právem patří mezi klasická díla české literatury. Nejznámější… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- czech literature
5. Maryša
By: Alois Mrštík , Vilém Mrštík , Vladimír Vimr
3.43
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
Klasické české drama z vesnického prostředí. Maryša je jedním z klenotů české divadelní tvorby. Neu… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- czech literature
6. I Served the King of England
By: Bohumil Hrabal , Paul Wilson
3.43
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
In a comic masterpiece following the misadventures of a simple but hugely ambitious waiter in pre-W… read more
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- classics
- literature
- humor
- czech literature
- fiction
7. Tracy's Tiger
By: William Saroyan
3.16
Format: 288 pages,
The story of Tracy's Tiger was adapted into an original musical in two acts for the Oregon Shakespe… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- classics
- czech literature
8. The Inspector General
By: Nikolai Gogol , None , None
2.70
Format: None pages, Paperback
Considered the high point of Gogol's writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, Th… read more
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- classics
- humor
- fiction
9. Noc na Karlštejně
By: Vladimír Vimr , Jaroslav Vrchlický
3.65
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
Oblíbená úsměvná veselohra, která se odehrává během jedné noci na hradu Karlštejn, kam císař Karel … read more
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- classics
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- czech literature
10. Romeo, Julie a tma
By: Jan Otčenášek
3.93
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
Novela o tragickém příběhu studenta Pavla a židovské dívky Ester v období heydrichiády. read more
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- classics
- czech literature
11. The Good Soldier Švejk
By: Jaroslav Hašek , Josef Lada , Cecil Parrott
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
In The Good Soldier Svejk, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling w… read more
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- classics
- literature
- humor
- czech literature
- fiction
12. L'Avare
By: Molière
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
Harpagon est un vieillard odieux et avare. Avare jusqu'au ridicule, puisqu'il fait comparaitre en j… read more
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- classics
- fiction
13. Spalovač mrtvol
By: Ladislav Fuks
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Příběh o "spalovači mrtvol", trochu podivínském a pilném zaměstnanci pražského krematoria Karlu Kop… read more
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- czech literature
"Mlč a civ!"-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol
"nic jiného není lidský život než bytí k smrti"-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol
"*o fotfrafii* taková věčná konzerva právě přítomného času"-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol
"Co kdybych tě drahá oběsil?" Usmála se na něho dolů, snad mu dobře nerozuměla, on se usmál též, kopl do židle a bylo to."-Ladislav Fuks, Spalovač mrtvol
14. Bylo nás pět
By: Karel Poláček , Václav Rytina
3.60
Format: 190 pages, Hardcover
Humoristický román z maloměstského prostředí o partě kluků, jejich dobrodružství a životě, báseň v … read more
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- classics
- humor
- czech literature
15. Fimfárum
By: Jan Werich , Jiří Trnka
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
17 pohadek Jana Wericha Kralovna kolobezka prvni Fimfarum O rybari a jeho zene Jak na Sumave obri v… read more
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- classics
- humor
- czech literature
- short stories
- fiction
16. Krysař
By: Viktor Dyk
3.69
Format: 79 pages, Paperback
Útlá knížka, jejímž jádrem je staroněmecká pověst, je vrcholem autorova prozaického díla, jakousi r… read more
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- classics
- czech literature
"Srdce jest drobná a zcela zbytečná věc."-Viktor Dyk, Krysař
"Nebylo třeba pomoci boží; pomohu si sám."-Viktor Dyk, Krysař
"Mějte ženy, ale nedopouštějte, aby ženy měly vás."-Viktor Dyk, Krysař
"Nejmenuji se; jsem nikdo. Jsem hůř než nikdo, jsem krysař."-Viktor Dyk, Krysař
17. Tales from Two Pockets
By: Karel Čapek , Norma Comrada
4.04
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
Capek wrote 48 stories that deconstruct the mystery story by breaking one rule here, three rules th… read more
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- classics
- literature
- humor
- czech literature
- short stories
- fiction
- mystery
18. Klapzubova jedenáctka
By: Josef Čapek , Eduard Bass
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Dnes uz klasicka povidka Eduarda Basse z roku 1922 vypravi pribeh otce Klapzuby, ktery ze svych jed… read more
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- classics
- humor
- czech literature
19. Pierre and Luce
By: Romain Rolland , Andrew Moore , None
3.59
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Paris, 1918: Amidst the cries of fanatic patriots bent on war, a tender relationship slowly develop… read more
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- classics
- fiction
20. The Grandmother
By: Božena Němcová
3.00
Format: 468 pages, Paperback
Set at the foot of the Giant mountains- is a grandmother, who embodies the ideal of motherliness wi… read more
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21. Divá Bára
By: Božena Němcová
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
Povidka Bozeny Nemcove, Diva Bara, zpracovava dodnes aktualni tematiku zivota ,,odlisneho" cloveka … read more
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22. Eugene Onegin
By: Alexander Pushkin , James E. Falen
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their lite… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"He's happy now, he's almost sane."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"Habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you..."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"I'm only writing this to show That I stopped sinning long ago."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
23. May
By: Marcela Sulak , Karel Hynek Mácha , None
3.42
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
Often compared to Byron, Keats, Shelley, and Poe, called Lautreamont's "elder brother" by the Czech… read more
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"Time yet to come? Tomorrow's day? Still, still some dream will time repay, Or sleep too deep for dreaming? Perhaps this life which here I live Is but a sleep, and dawn will give Only another seeming?…"-Marcela Sulak, May
24. Listopád
By: Alena Mornštajnová
4.23
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Ptali jste se někdy sami sebe, jaký by byl váš život, kdyby v listopadu 1989 dopadlo všechno jinak?… read more
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- czech literature
25. Šikmý kostel: románová kronika ztraceného města (léta 1894 - 1921)
By: Karin Lednická
4.54
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Románová kronika ztraceného města. Podtitul knihy lapidárně shrnuje příběh o někdejší pastevecké ve… read more
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26. Žigice
By: Jurica Pavičić
4.53
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Ništa se od toga nije trebalo dogoditi. A ipak, dogodilo se – onako kako se nad istočnim Jadranom d… read more
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27. Šikmý kostel 2: románová kronika ztraceného města (léta 1921–1945)
By: Karin Lednická
4.69
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
S Barkou, Ludwikem, Julkou a dalšími hrdiny trilogie Šikmý kostel se setkáváme vzápětí poté, co jsm… read more
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28. Edison
By: Vítězslav Nezval
3.57
Format: 56 pages, None
Básně o pěti zpěvech. Skladbu Edison napsal Nezval rozlehlým šestistopým trochejem a osobitým způs… read more
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- czech literature
29. Hrvatski pasijans
By: Edo Popović
3.17
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
U jednom novozagrebačkom naselju ubijen je umirovljeni svećenik. Slučaj preuzimaju inspektori Brank… read more
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30. Prašina
By: Vojtěch Matocha
3.95
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
„Prašina zůstala temná a tichá, nebezpečná, nasáklá příběhy a tajemstvím.“ Prašina je tajuplné … read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- czech literature
31. Pejsek a kočička
By: Josef Čapek
4.40
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Povídání o pejskovi a kočičce jak spolu hospodařili a ještě o všelijakých jiných věcech je pohádkov… read more
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