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Witch Hammer
Václav KaplickýThe very next day, the constables arrested the papermaker's widow, Mistress Weillemann; and Dorothea Hutter, the wife of the former judge who had disappeared to an unknown place; and Christiane Reinhold. Then it was the turn of the ...
Kdo s koho
Václav KaplickýHistorický román z doby vlády Jagellovců - krále Vladislava a jeho syna Ludvíka - se odvíjí v jižních Čechách, místě neustálých bojů mezi měšťany a rytíři.
Život alchymistův
Václav KaplickýHistorický román, jehož děj se odvíjí na dvoře Rudolfa II., ztvárňuje podivuhodné osudy anglického renesančního dobrodruha, dvorního alchymisty Eduarda Kelleye, jehož cesta k bohatství a slávě končí tragickým pádem.
O věrnosti a zradě: přiběhy dávné a ještě dávnější
Václav KaplickýPatnáct drobných historických povídek vypráví, vedle několika příběhů o popravě posledního hejtmana táborského, o útěku mladého Viléma Zajíce z Házemburka z řad křižáckých žoldnéřů, o králi Václavovi IV. a ...
Energy: A Beginner's Guide
Vaclav SmilIn this engaging book, prolific author and academic Vaclav Smil provides an introduction to the far-reaching term and gives the reader a greater understanding of energy's place in both past and present society.
Why America Is Not a New Rome
Vaclav SmilIn Why America Is Not a New Rome, Vaclav Smil looks at these comparisons in detail, going deeper than the facile analogy-making of talk shows and glossy magazine articles.
More for Inspiration Only
Jan KaplickyThis Book Reaffirms the Message of its Predecessor to Encourage us to Celebrate Our World and Creations by Drawing Inspiration and Developing from them Ideas for Shape and Form.
Savage Coast
Muriel Rukeyser“Monika Zgustova's concerns areclosetomy own:the fate of the individualin the hands of totalitarianism. She is an outstanding writer, whose fiction invokes thepolitics and cultureof people throughout history.” —Vaclav Havel “Three centuries, ...
Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century
Vaclav SmilThis book addresses the question of how we can best feed the ten billion or so people who will likely inhabit the Earth by the middle of the twenty-first century.
China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of ...
Vaclav SmilThis book is not a systematic litany of what went wrong and how much - but rather an inquiry into the fundamental factors, needs, prospects, and limits of modern Chinese society, all seen through the critical environmental constraints and ...
Energy: A Beginner's Guide
Vaclav SmilShedding light on the science behind global warming and efforts to prevent it, and how our daily decisions affect energy consumption, this book highlights the importance of energy in both past and present societies.
Prague
John MillerThis wide-ranging anthology collects unexpected pieces, such as Bruce Chatwin on dwarf and porcelain collecting and Janet Malcolm on a surreal night in modern Prague, as well as the work of Vaclav Havel and Josef Skvorecky, writing about ...
Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties
Vaclav SmilAn objective, comprehensive treatment of the world's energy situation assesses the major trends in energy consumption across the globe while examining the potential of wind, solar, hydroenergy, and biomass energy. (Technology)
Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects
Vaclav SmilThis bold and controversial argument shows why energy transitions are inherently complex and prolonged affairs, and how ignoring this fact raises unrealistic expectations that the United States and other global economies can be weaned ...
The East German Church and the End of Communism
John P. BurgessChurch and Politics in a Secular World: The Theology of Wolf Krötke 1. See, for example, Vaclav Havel, “Help the Soviet Union on Its Road to Democracy" Vital Speeches of the Day (March 15, 1990): 330. 2. For general statements of the ...
The Movie Guide
James MonacoFIREMAN'S BALL, THE (HORI MA PANENKO) 1967 73m c Comedy Barrandov ( Czechoslovakia) ••*>/5 Vaclav Stockel (Fire Brigade Commander), Josef Svet ( Old Man), Josef Kolb (Josef), Jan Vostrcil (Committee Chairman), Frantisek ...
Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts
Vaclav SmilThis book points out that the gains in the quality of Japans diet have exacted a price in terms of land use changes, water requirements, & marine resource depletion; & because Japan imports so much food, this price is paid globally as well ...
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