War with the Newts
By: Karel Čapek , Ewald Osers
4.17
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that…
Want to Read $ 3.99"V holandských koloniích žádní čerti nejsou; jsou-li nějací, tedy ve francouzských. kapitán J. van Toch"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"Without a sense of art, it is impossible ever to think of something new. We need to be poets if we are to keep the world moving."-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange his cuttings under the indulgent eyes of Mrs. Povondra who knew that every man is partly mad and partly a little child; it was better for him to play with his cuttings than to go out drinking and playing cards. She even made some space in the scullery for all the boxes he had made himself for his collection; could anything more be asked of a wife?"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"They all had a thousand good economic and political reasons why they couldn’t stop. I’m not a politician or a businessman; how am I supposed to persuade them about these things. What are we supposed to do; quite likely the world will collapse and disappear under water; but at least that will happen for political and economic reasons we can all understand, at least it will happen with the help of science, technology and public opinion, with human ingenuity of all sorts! Not some cosmic catastrophe but just the same old reasons to do with the struggle for power and money and so on. There’s nothing we can do about that."-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
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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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- classics
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"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. Closely Watched Trains
By: Bohumil Hrabal , Josef Škvorecký , Edith Pargeter
3.74
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
Bohumil Hrabal's post-war classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovak… read more
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- classics
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"آن غرش و سر و صدای یک قطار در حال حرکت،همیشه یکسان است،درست مثل زمان صلح که قطار، هر شب، مربعها و مستطیلهای نور را از پنجرههای درخشان خود میپراکند."-Bohumil Hrabal, Closely Watched Trains
3. 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
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4. 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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5. Prague Tales
By: Michael Henry Heim , Jan Neruda
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Collection of Jan Neruda's intimate, wry, bitter-sweet stories of life among the inhabitants of Mal… read more
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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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7. 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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8. Markéta Lazarová
By: Vladislav Vančura , Václav Sivko
3.50
Format: 92 pages, Hardcover
Klasicky roman Vladislava Vancury prinasi pribeh o ciste dusi a ciste lasce uprostred chladneho a n… read more
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9. 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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- war
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"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
10. 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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11. 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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"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
12. Tyrolské Elegie
By: Karel Havlíček Borovský , Josef Lada
3.59
Format: 83 pages, Hardcover
Nazev elegie (tj. narek, zalozpev) je ironickou nadsazkou; dilo je humornym a satirickym popisem Ha… read more
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13. 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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14. Kuře melancholik
By: Josef Karel Šlejhar
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Novela z vesnickeho prostredi o utrpeni maleho ditete je pozoruhodnou ukazkou z tvorby vudciho pred… read more
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15. Báječná léta pod psa
By: Michal Viewegh
3.78
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
Czech read more
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16. War with the Newts
By: Karel Čapek , Ewald Osers
4.17
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that… read more
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"V holandských koloniích žádní čerti nejsou; jsou-li nějací, tedy ve francouzských. kapitán J. van Toch"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"Without a sense of art, it is impossible ever to think of something new. We need to be poets if we are to keep the world moving."-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange his cuttings under the indulgent eyes of Mrs. Povondra who knew that every man is …"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"They all had a thousand good economic and political reasons why they couldn’t stop. I’m not a politician or a businessman; how am I supposed to persuade them about these things. What are we supposed …"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
17. Kulička
By: Guy de Maupassant , None
3.21
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Z Rouenu obsazeneho pruskym vojskem odjizdi dostavnik se zajimavou spolecnosti. Cestuji v nem mesta… read more
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18. 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
19. Romance pro křídlovku
By: František Hrubín
4.41
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
Romance pro kridlovku predstavuje lyrickoepicky vrchol Hrubinovy basnicke tvorby. read more
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20. Cywilizacja Słowian. Prawdziwa historia największego ludu Europy
By: Kamil Janicki
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Czy Słowianom udało się stworzyć własną cywilizację? Czy Słowianie znaleźli się na ziemiach pols… read more
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21. Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
By: A.R. Merrydew
4.43
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
The third book in the series, ‘Inara’, prepares the reader for the aftermath of Godfrey, and his fr… read more
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"Isn’t this exciting!"-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
"We might even make this after all,’ he hollered, but the craft didn’t reply."-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
"If any of them fail me, I will flush them from an airlock into the pit of space, like an unwanted turd. Do I make myself clear?"-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
"Well at least one of you present here today, has the scaly green balls to give me an honest answer,’ he said, as he broke into a hearty lizard laugh."-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
