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The Roma Community in the Fight for Dignity and Equal Rights Stories of courage and the daily struggle for a place in a society that often overlooks them. A book that opens...
A gripping tale of emigration and identity about the fate of people who chose to leave and start over. Stories of courage and loss.
Scholarly studies reveal the dark corners of medieval religion, heresy, and the Hussite revolution. The book presents not only the perspectives of medieval theologians but...
A collection of literary studies presents the life and work of an important writer, feminist, and social justice advocate. The book offers a valuable perspective on women’s...
A unique collection of previously unpublished correspondence from one of the most fascinating literary figures of the 20th century. Letters full of personal and intellectual...
The period when old orders collapsed and new ones were born. This volume maps how perestroika transformed not only politics but also film, culture, and views on history. A...
Doctor Jan Faust made a pact with the devil to gain the secrets of life and the world. This story has inspired numerous European works of art. Renaissance folk literature has...
Milan Hrdlička in this anthology summarizes ten years of experience teaching Czech to students whose mother tongue is different. The book combines theoretical knowledge with...
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 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...
The publication traces the development of Czechoslovak visual art between 1938 and 1989. It shows how two totalitarian regimes influenced artistic expression and everyday life...
An extensive two-volume publication traces the fates of leading dissidents in 21 countries of the former “socialist bloc.” It highlights key personalities and opposition...
A scholarly edition presenting 124 Old Czech biblical prefaces—both translated from Latin and original domestic texts. An important source for the study of older Czech...
The anthology focuses on the end of World War I and the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy. It examines how these historical events influenced the journalism and literature of...