Bohemian Baroque

Bohemian Baroque
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Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 1843838818
ISBN-13 : 9781843838814
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Bohemian Baroque by : Robert Rawson

Examines Czech musical culture c. 1600-1750 and the society that created and shaped it

Old Czech Legends

Old Czech Legends
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Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000039195536
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Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Old Czech Legends by : Alois Jirásek

Written in the early 1890s, before Czech independence and in an age of patriotic upsurge and romanticism, these thirty-four tales quite naturally reflect a glorification of the Czech past. While the details of the legends are necessarily archaic, peopled by kings and noblemen, ghosts and magic, the themes are universal. Now at the dawn of a new era of Czech independence, they provide a fascinating new perspective to the contemporary situation.

Spaceman of Bohemia

Spaceman of Bohemia
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Publisher : Little, Brown
Total Pages : 261
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ISBN-10 : 9780316273404
ISBN-13 : 0316273406
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Spaceman of Bohemia by : Jaroslav Kalfar

An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery. Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Prochv°zka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country's first astronaut. When a dangerous solo mission to Venus offers him both the chance at heroism he's dreamt of, and a way to atone for his father's sins as a Communist informer, he ventures boldly into the vast unknown. But in so doing, he leaves behind his devoted wife, Lenka, whose love, he realizes too late, he has sacrificed on the altar of his ambitions. Alone in Deep Space, Jakub discovers a possibly imaginary giant alien spider, who becomes his unlikely companion. Over philosophical conversations about the nature of love, life and death, and the deliciousness of bacon, the pair form an intense and emotional bond. Will it be enough to see Jakub through a clash with secret Russian rivals and return him safely to Earth for a second chance with Lenka? Rich with warmth and suspense and surprise, Spaceman of Bohemia is an exuberant delight from start to finish. Very seldom has a novel this profound taken readers on a journey of such boundless entertainment and sheer fun. "A frenetically imaginative first effort, booming with vitality and originality . . . Kalfar's voice is distinct enough to leave tread marks."-Jennifer Senior, New York Times

Bohemian (Čech) Bibliography

Bohemian (Čech) Bibliography
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Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433082123583
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Bohemian (Čech) Bibliography by : Thomas Capek

The Chronicle of the Czechs

The Chronicle of the Czechs
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Publisher : CUA Press
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9780813215709
ISBN-13 : 0813215706
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis The Chronicle of the Czechs by : Cosmas (of Prague)

Describes the earliest people to arrive in Bohemia, the first rulers and the origins of the Premyslid dynasty, the founding of Prague, and the early phases of Christianization. This title covers the period from 1037 to 1092, the age of Duke Bretislav I and his five contentious sons. It provides the oldest history of a Slavic people

Bohemian (Cech) Bibliography

Bohemian (Cech) Bibliography
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Publisher : Good Press
Total Pages : 146
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ISBN-10 : EAN:4066338069399
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Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Bohemian (Cech) Bibliography by : Thomas Capek

"Bohemian (Cech) Bibliography" by Thomas Capek, Anna V. Čapek. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Prague in Danger

Prague in Danger
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 382
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ISBN-10 : 9781429930352
ISBN-13 : 1429930357
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Prague in Danger by : Peter Demetz

A dramatic account of life in Czechoslovakia's great capital during the Nazi Protectorate With this successor book to Prague in Black and Gold, his account of more than a thousand years of Central European history, the great scholar Peter Demetz focuses on just six short years—a tormented, tragic, and unforgettable time. He was living in Prague then—a "first-degree half-Jew," according to the Nazis' terrible categories—and here he joins his objective chronicle of the city under German occupation with his personal memories of that period: from the bitter morning of March 15, 1939, when Hitler arrived from Berlin to set his seal on the Nazi takeover of the Czechoslovak government, until the liberation of Bohemia in April 1945, after long seasons of unimaginable suffering and pain. Demetz expertly interweaves a superb account of the German authorities' diplomatic, financial, and military machinations with a brilliant description of Prague's evolving resistance and underground opposition. Along with his private experiences, he offers the heretofore untold history of an effervescent, unstoppable Prague whose urbane heart went on beating despite the deportations, murders, cruelties, and violence: a Prague that kept its German- and Czech-language theaters open, its fabled film studios functioning, its young people in school and at work, and its newspapers on press. This complex, continually surprising book is filled with rare human detail and warmth, the gripping story of a great city meeting the dual challenge of occupation and of war.

A History of the Czech Lands

A History of the Czech Lands
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Publisher : Karolinum Press, Charles University
Total Pages : 668
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105114477925
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Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of the Czech Lands by : Jaroslav Pánek

Provides a systematic history from prehistory to the establishment of the Czech Republic.

Prague in Black

Prague in Black
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 406
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ISBN-10 : 0674024516
ISBN-13 : 9780674024519
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Prague in Black by : Chad Bryant

On the heels of the Munich Agreement, Hitler’s troops marched into Prague and established the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Nazi leaders were determined to make the region entirely German. Bryant explores the origins and implementation of these plans as part of a wider history of Nazi rule and its eventual consequences for the region.

Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio

Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio
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Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
Total Pages : 366
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ISBN-10 : 0884020215
ISBN-13 : 9780884020219
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio by : Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Emperor of the East)

This edition contains a wide variety of information on both foreign relations and internal administration and is one of the most important historical documents surviving from the Middle Byzantine period.