Books, Page 6

The Norwegian ambassador is found murdered in a Bangkok brothel, with compromising material on him. Panic erupts in Oslo due to his connections with the Prime Minister....

Milan Kundera’s essay follows the lives of several cultural figures such as Kafka, Stravinsky, and Janáček in independent but connected chapters. The core of the book is the...

Karel Hynek Mácha’s romantic poem tells a tragic story of love, betrayal, and guilt. Set around a lake on the evening of May Day, the work is a celebration of nature and human...

A detective thriller begins innocently when a profile appears on a dating site. However, what starts as an anonymous page develops into a dangerous search for a missing man....

The story of thirteen-year-old Jess and her mother Eleanor takes place in England in 1978. Both try to promote socialism in a conservative town where they are considered...

Detective Milo Sturgis tries to solve a series of murders linked to a single perpetrator. Although he has hundreds of cases behind him, some unsolved ones still haunt him....

An unknown driver in a stolen Mercedes drives into a crowd of unemployed people, killing eight. Years later, former detective Bill Hodges decides to reopen the case. A...

Reacher returns to his former unit to meet Major Susan Turner. Instead, he finds someone else and two shocking pieces of news. One is personal, the other could land him behind...

In 1939, a Jewish village in Romania tries to escape the approaching war. The inhabitants seek refuge in imagination and faith when there is nowhere left to run. A story about...

A satirical novel by a classic of Czech humor that mocks the absurdity of war. The main character is the simple-minded yet clever Josef Švejk. The work is one of the most...

The story of an orphan found on an ocean liner who becomes a legendary pianist. He never leaves the ship that becomes his home. A poetic tale about music, fate, and freedom.

A medieval text proposing the introduction of diacritics for Czech orthography. It brings progressive ideas for recording the language using Latin letters. It is a fundamental...

Dead policemen who once investigated unsolved murders are found at the crime scenes. The murders are brutal and leave no clues. The police are desperate and without their best...

Emma takes a job as a nanny and discovers she is caring for the daughter of a Chinese god. She finds herself in a world of demons and magic. Her life will never be the same.

The story of Norwegian soldiers in German uniforms near Leningrad in 1944. One of them, Daniel, is shot and buried. A year later, a man appears claiming to be him.