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Dante and the Practice of Humility
In this book, Rachel Teubner offers an exploration of humility in Dante's Divine Comedy, arguing that the poem is an ascetical exercise concerned with training its author gradually in the practice of humility, rather than being a reflection of authorial hubris. A contribution to recent scholarship that considers the poem to be a work of self-examination, her volume investigates its scriptural, literary, and liturgical sources, also offering fresh feminist perspectives on its theological challenges. Teubner demonstrates how the poetry of the Comedy is theologically significant, focusing especially on the poem's definition of humility as ethically and artistically meaningful. Interrogating the text canto by canto, she also reveals how contemporary tools of literary analysis can offer new insights into its meaning. Undergraduate and novice readers will benefit from this companion, just as theologians and scholars of medieval religion will be introduced to a growing body of scholarship exploring Dante's religious thought.
To Cut A Long Story Short
‘Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining . . . Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories’ - The TimesA collection of fourteen riveting short stories from the number one internationally bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. An intoxicating woman appears to her lover only once every six years. A British diplomat employs his rather creative — if not entirely ethical — financial talents for a greater good. And a millionaire declares himself bankrupt to test the love and loyalties of those closest to him. These riveting tales of elaborate confidence tricks, political chicanery, immoral behaviour, and dangerously illicit affairs are rendered with the breath-taking narrative twists that have become the Jeffrey Archer hallmark. Peopled with a rich assortment of truly memorable characters, these stories will engross and astonish. To Cut A Long Story Short is an enthralling set of short stories from the bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and the William Warwick series. Nothing Ventured PB was an instant Sunday Times no.1 bestseller when it published 19.03.2020*****Praise for Jeffrey Archer:'Archer has a gift for plot that can only be described as genius' – The Daily Telegraph'Probably the greatest storyteller of our age' – The Mail on Sunday'Outstanding . . . white-knuckle suspense and witty dénouements' – Daily Express'Archer hits the bull’s-eye with an exemplary collection of short stories' – Daily Mail
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Let Me In
Between wild walks, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte spent most of their lives indoors, their imaginations firing behind firmly-closed doors. Join two expert writers on a very personal journey around Britain and Ireland, enjoying privileged access to private houses that shaped and inspired the Bronte sisters and their writing. Echoing Cathy's ghost in Wuthering Heights, Ann and Sharon ask to be let in - and invite you on an eye-opening odyssey that combines the surprising Bronte history of key houses with their sometimes glorious, sometimes heartbreaking, always fascinating afterlives. Join Ann and Sharon as they explore historic buildings where the extraordinary Bronte story unfolded. Discover the untold secrets of the world-famous Bronte Parsonage, Bradford's literary shrine where they wrote their novels, and the nearby birthplace of their early childhoods. Learn of the ghosts and legends of the real Wuthering Heights, the legacy of Ulster and Cornwall in the sisters' DNA, the restoration of the real Lowood School in Jane Eyre - and follow a Bronte pub crawl around the inns and taverns of Victorian England frequented by wayward brother Branwell. The book includes a foreword by author and broadcaster Rebecca Fraser and an exclusive interview with award-winning writer and director Sally Wainwright, revealing how and why she built a replica of the 1840s Haworth Parsonage on the moors for her acclaimed BBC biopic To Walk Invisible. This is a beautifully-illustrated voyage of discovery through the precious, often-overlooked places of our literary past - and why they matter today.
Oddbody
''Our tender, prickling, ungainly human condition beautifully shimmers from these stories'' DBC PIERRE, Winner of the Booker PrizeOddbody is a collection of ten bold and unsettling short stories that confront themes of desire, fear and shame, each one asking how far the bounds of the human form can be pushed, stretched - and subverted. A woman finds herself navigating a co-dependent relationship with a ghost. A waitress gives birth to an egg during her breakfast shift. A doctor puts his patient on a cleanse to ''purify'' her mind, body and soul.Through playful but provocative prose, Rose Keating traverses a realm both dreamlike and nightmarish, exposing - to the bone - the absurdities and horrors of the feminine experience. Oddbody prods a finger at societal norms, gleefully turns familiar tropes on their head and announces Keating as an audacious new voice in Irish fiction.
Tales from the Village
A Hawkwood Books collaboration withartificially unintelligent small wooden people. Basedon the very real and wonderful model village in Stanley Park, Blackpool, hereare glimpses into the lives of those that thousands of visitors never get tosee. Written by various authors they show you the solitary inmate at HM Prison Porridge, the mystery of the White Horse, the lonely lighthouse keeper and many more. A light and humorous new look at a very special place. Authors include David Hogarth, Vic Peterson, Steve Hall, Sarah Coyne and Eugene O'Toole.
Couldn’t Care Less
The iconic quotes of Thomas Lélu and a global archive of forgotten memories by Lee Shulman. This book unveils a previously unpublished archive of over 90 photos from The Anonymous Project, each with a blank space. In a gusset at the end of the book, sticker sheets bearing over 120 aphorisms and short phrases, handwritten by Thomas Lélu, await readers, who can compose this book themselves, combining text and image as they see fit. There’s no doubt about it: Thomas and Lee, the authors, Couldn’t Care Less
The Art of Queenship in the Hellenistic World
In The Art of Queenship in the Hellenistic World, Patricia Eunji Kim examines the visual and material cultures of Hellenistic queens, the royal and dynastic women who served as subjects and patrons of art. Exploring evidence in the interconnected eastern Mediterranean and western Asia from the fourth to second centuries BCE, Kim argues that the arts of queenship were central to expressions of dynastic (and sometimes even imperial) consolidation, continuity, and legitimacy. From gems, coins, and vessels to monuments and sculpture, the visual and material cultures of queenship appeared in a range of sacred settings, public spaces, royal courts, and domestic domains. Encompassing several dynasties, including the Hecatomnids, Argeads, Ptolemies, Seleucids, and Attalids, Kim inaugurates new methods for comparing and interpreting visual articulations of queenship and ideal femininity from distinct yet culturally entangled contexts, thus illuminating the ways that women had an impact art and politics in the ancient world.
Léto ve starém domě
„Alice ležela v posteli, roletami prosvítalo světlo, za pootevřenými okny slyšela cvrlikání ptáčků. Sotva se vzbudila, hned ji napadlo, že dnes na ni čeká něco příjemného, jen si nemohla honem vzpomenout, co to je. No ovšem! Dnes je přece první den prázdnin! Usmála se a slastně se v posteli protáhla.“
Povídková knížka Hany Pinknerové a Adély Jaworek je ideálním čtením pro ženy na léto. Pozorování, pohoda i karamboly se tu prolínají s hlubšími úvahami a pohlazením po duši. Drobná vyprávění s pointou si vychutnáte u vody, na cestách nebo kdekoli, kde budete mít čas a klid pro sebe.
Volné pokračování úspěšné knihy Advent ve starém domě.
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Triumf
Brazílska spisovateľská legenda Clarice Lispector písala poviedky počas celej svojej kariéry. V tejto knihe nájdete mnohé z jej najznámejších a najúspešnejších poviedok – od prvej, ktorú napísala ako devätnásťročné dievča, až po výber z tých, ktoré písala v posledných rokoch života. Texty, charakteristické intenzívnymi okamihmi introspekcie, odrážajú jej jedinečný pohľad na svet a ľudskú psychiku, ako aj neutíchajúcu túžbu pochopiť zmysel ľudskej existencie. Tento výber je inšpiratívnym vstupom do fascinujúceho sveta jednej z najnezvyčajnejších literárnych osobností dvadsiateho storočia.
Vybrané poviedky prvýkrát vyšli v diele Všetky poviedky (2019).
Tvorbu prekladu z verejných zdrojov podporil Fond na podporu umenia.
Clarice Lispector bola obdarená výnimočnou inteligenciou, vizionárskym inštinktom a zmyslom pre humor, v ktorom sa striedal naivný úžas so zlomyseľnou komikou.
Rachel Kushner
Grófka
Rozprávanie, plné malebných detailov, je podané v prvej osobe z pohľadu ústrednej postavy Tolika. Čitateľ s ním prechádza jeho životnými cestami, a to nielen od počatia v matkinom lone a narodenia, ale aj prostredníctvom osudov generácií jeho rodičov a prarodičov. Týmto spôsobom novela zachytáva udalosti a postavy od začiatku do 70. rokov 20. storočia.
The Quotable Feynman
A treasure-trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from beloved physicist Richard P. Feynman"Some people say, ‘How can you live without knowing?' I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know."—Richard P. FeynmanNobel Prize–winning physicist Richard P. Feynman (1918–88) was that rarest of creatures—a towering scientific genius who could make himself understood by anyone and who became as famous for the wit and wisdom of his popular lectures and writings as for his fundamental contributions to science. The Quotable Feynman is a treasure-trove of this revered and beloved scientist's most profound, provocative, humorous, and memorable quotations on a wide range of subjects. Carefully selected by Richard Feynman's daughter, Michelle Feynman, from his spoken and written legacy, including interviews, lectures, letters, articles, and books, the quotations are arranged under two dozen topics—from art, childhood, discovery, family, imagination, and humor to mathematics, politics, science, religion, and uncertainty. These brief passages—about 500 in all—vividly demonstrate Feynman's astonishing yet playful intelligence, and his almost constitutional inability to be anything other than unconventional, engaging, and inspiring. The result is a unique, illuminating, and enjoyable portrait of Feynman's life and thought that will be cherished by his fans at the same time that it provides an ideal introduction to Feynman for readers new to this intriguing and important thinker. The book features a foreword in which physicist Brian Cox pays tribute to Feynman and describes how his words reveal his particular genius, a piece in which cellist Yo-Yo Ma shares his memories of Feynman and reflects on his enduring appeal, and a personal preface by Michelle Feynman. It also includes some previously unpublished quotations, a chronology of Richard Feynman's life, some twenty photos of Feynman, and a section of memorable quotations about Feynman from other notable figures. Features:Approximately 500 quotations, some of them previously unpublished, arranged by topicA foreword by Brian Cox, reflections by Yo-Yo Ma, and a preface by Michelle FeynmanA chronology of Feynman's lifeSome twenty photos of FeynmanA section of quotations about Feynman from other notable figuresSome notable quotations of Richard P. Feynman:"The thing that doesn't fit is the most interesting.""Thinking is nothing but talking to yourself inside.""It is wonderful if you can find something you love to do in your youth which is big enough to sustain your interest through all your adult life. Because, whatever it is, if you do it well enough (and you will, if you truly love it), people will pay you to do what you want to do anyway.""I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring."
Jungle Warrior
“Jungle Warrior is a splendid book about a very brave and determined man who, literally, gave his all for King and Country” Field Marshal the Lord Richards The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was created by Winston Churchill in 1940 to "set Europe ablaze," but its most significant success occurred in the jungles of Burma, where its guerrilla operations were vital to the reconquest of the country. SOE’s greatest commander was Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Peacock. Born in India in 1893, Edgar Peacock missed WWI due to his employment in Burma’s Jungles. In 1940, aged 46, he lied about his age and enlisted as a Private, ending the war as a highly decorated special forces Lieutenant Colonel, who had conceived, planned and led the most successful guerrilla operation of WW2. Approximately 130 British officers and NCOs parachuted in, raised about 12,000 indigenous guerrillas and prevented the Japanese from halting General Slim's advance on Rangoon. Over eight months of intense, continuous, combat in enemy territory, Operation Character accounted for 11,874 Japanese casualties for the loss of 22 British troops. For a period they outperformed the entire British 14th Army!Monsoon rains, scarce supplies, dense mountainous jungle, tigers, snakes, leeches and a determined enemy, all combined to make this an operation like no other. Eminent historian, Richard Duckett, given exclusive access to private family files, has produced an extraordinary biography of an exceptional man, exploring Edgar’s truly fascinating life 'warts and all'.
Hříšná těla, svaté duše
Hříšná těla, svaté duše , sbírka sedmadvaceti břitkých, lehkou rukou psaných povídek, je dvacátou knížkou Petra Rittera. Právě v povídkách se nejpronikavěji projevuje Ritterova schopnost ironického nadhledu, s nímž staví své příběhy a jejich překvapivé pointy. O promiskuitním duchovním, o absurditě vojenských přísah, o krásné Židovce, do níž se zamiluje mladý esesák, o nevěrném milování na cizí svatbě, o přesmíru talentované folkové zpěvačce, o ne-právu vystřelit, anebo třeba o radě, jak uniknout falešnému obvinění ze znásilnění. Nahlédnutí do svérázných lidských povah a osudů Ritter koření svým suchým, někdy až cynickým humorem umocněným používáním zkratky a jemného náznaku.
Portrait of an Island on Fire
A deeply moving and revelatory reading experience, the essays collected in Portrait of an Island on Fire form a searing account of Mauritius at a crucial moment in its history. Unceasing in its critiques of racist, patriarchal abuses of power, in its unpicking of the ills at the core of contemporary Mauritian society and their roots, the collection is a milestone in thinking about the lasting social and political effects of colonialism and how they play out at the level of government policy, the handling of environmental issues, in schools, in hospitals, in families, in language. For all its well-placed anger, Ariel Saramandi’s sparklingly intelligent and intimate debut is full of love and momentum – a push for a better future for Mauritius and, by extension, for the world.
What My Father and I Don't Talk About
A follow-up to the wildly successful What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, this “moving and deeply relatable” (Qian Julie Wang, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country) collection of essays from sixteen notable writers breaks the silence on the complex—and sometimes contentious—relationships we have with our fathers.What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About is a rare gem in the literary world. Both a viral sensation online and chosen by Oprah Daily as one of the best nonfiction books of the past two decades, it is an essential collection that dives into the topics we struggle to discuss with those who are meant to know and love us best. “With tenderness and aplomb in equal measure” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), this captivating follow-up tackles the intricate and challenging relationships we have with our dads. Andrew Altschul reflects on the life-altering experience of becoming a father and how it reshaped his view of his own dad’s parenting. Isle McElroy revisits weekends spent tagging along as their father fixed up the homes of his wealthier colleagues. Jaquira Díaz delves into her father’s history in 1970s Williamsburg, uncovering the roots of their shared restlessness. Tomás Q. Morín paints a raw portrait of an absentee father, while Kelly McMasters portrays her father’s love and dedication. Maurice Carlos Ruffin insightfully captures a father who communicated through his integrity rather than words. Jiordan Castle reveals how we can love our fathers from a distance and Susan Muaddi Darraj’s “Baba Peels Apples for Me” explores the similar burdens placed on immigrant fathers and their eldest daughters. With moments that are both humorous and deeply moving, “these fearless essays, each one unputdownable, are likely to reassure readers that whatever relationship they have or don''t have with their own fathers is just right” (Booklist). Contributions by Michele Filgate, Andrew Altschul, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Dylan Landis, Jaquira Díaz, Kelly McMasters, Isle McElroy, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Tomás Q. Morín, Robin Reif, Heather Sellers, Jiordan Castle, Nayomi Munaweera, Joanna Rakoff, and Julie Buntin.
To, čo večne trvá / Deti hauzírerov / Šťastní ľudia / Prišiel domov / Šťastie
Vo štvrtom zväzku diel Kristíny Royovej sa stretávame so životnými príbehmi mladých ľudí, ktorých spoločným motívom je ich vnútorný prerod a nachádzanie vzácnej, trvalej hodnoty.
To, čo večne trvá, spoznáva mladučká Elenka a jej bratranci, vzdelaní bratia Radoničovci. Túžia pomáhať svojmu národu, no sú premáhaní vlastnou náruživosťou, kým svoje činy neuvidia z novej perspektívy.
Pod názvom Deti hauzírerov sa ukrývajú štyri krátke smutné príbehy zo života sirôt žijúcich rodičov. Autorka tieto deti zblízka poznala a účinne im pomáhala. Royová sa v týchto miniatúrach stala hlasom tých najmenších, ktorí boli vystavení neláske, nezáujmu, samote, hladu a chorobám.
Šťastní ľudia. Kto sú to? Čo ich robí šťastnými? V čom ich šťastie spočíva? Novela Kristíny Royovej nám dá prekvapujúcu odpoveď.
Naozaj šťastným sa stane vnuk babičky Mikulovej v príbehu Prišiel domov, ktorý sa vracia z Ameriky do chalúpky svojich predkov, kde nájde skutočný večný domov.
O šťastí bude reč aj v novele o dvoch bratoch, Ondrejovi a Pavlovi, a ich priateľoch. Šťastie im prinesú nielen pozemské radosti, ale paradoxne najmä ťažké situácie, v ktorých poznajú, kto je zdrojom trvalého šťastia.
Strange Relations
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2025*''Remarkable... entertaining... deft... moving... refreshing''Daily Telegraph''A richly rewarding account of a resonant cultural moment''Guardian''Textured literary portraits of the masculine mind and body''Raymond Antrobus, author of The PerseveranceIn 1960, James Baldwin decisively diagnosed the troubled state of American society as a ''failure of the masculine sensibility''. Strange Relations explores this mid-century crisis through the lives and works of four bisexual writers: Tennessee Williams, Carson McCullers, John Cheever, and James Baldwin. In a mesmerising blend of biography and cultural criticism, Ralf Webb examines how these writers challenged the damaging restrictions of contemporary gender and sexuality, and how, through both their art and relationships, they sought a transformative new masculinity - one grounded in fluidity, love and intimacy.''Webb''s writing is of a quality rarely seen, and his book returns you to the world slightly changed, equipped with another angle of vision on the quiddity of man''Diarmuid Hester, author of Nothing Ever Just Disappears''Impeccably well researched and hugely enjoyable''Nicole Flattery, author of Nothing Special''Wise, hopeful, and exquisitely written''Will Tosh, author of Straight Acting
Alone
''A book to love and cherish''Deborah Levy, author of The Cost of Living''A beautiful writer and, just as important, a beautiful thinker''Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life ''Friendship is, in fact, as much the topic of this book as aloneness''Sarah Bakewell, GuardianAt no time before have so many people lived alone, and never has loneliness been so widely or keenly felt. Why, in a society of individualists, is living alone perceived as a shameful failure? And can we ever be happy on our own?''A heartfelt memoir on being single, living alone and the existential experience of loneliness''Financial Times''Romantic love, suggests the author, is the lone "grand narrative" to have survived seismic societal shifts in modern times . . . Hermits and intimacy, the taboo of loneliness and the consolation of friendship - all find their place in a meditation that nods to joy and adversity''Observer
My First Book
'I am not asking you to agree with me. In fact, I'd be happier if you didn't. I am afraid of self-censorship in a place of supposed radicalism like a liberal arts school because I am afraid that one day we will all be too afraid of being wrong.'We grew up on the internet, or the Internet, as it was originally known - a proper noun, a place to visit and explore, before we claimed it as everybody's, turning it into a place where we pay bills, shop, fall in love, where kids get past parental controls to come of age. Honor Levy lends her experience to the narrators of these propulsive, provocative and pill-fuelled dispatches, speaking to the malleable reality we all inhabit, where clicks, codes, unreliable words and memes shape identities, personas and reputations. In My First Book, Honor Levy endeavors to contextualize Gen-Z, a generation of young people desperate to discern what matters in a world that paints every event as a catastrophe. Irony is the salve of choice, and Levy deploys it masterfully. She paints the chasm in understanding between her parents' generation and the Zoomer reality overloaded with niche signs and meanings.
Radi siahnete po kvalitnej literatúre no dlhé knihy nie sú to čo hľadáte? Všetci poznajú známe svetové romány. Skúsme si však na moment odpočinúť od veľkej literatúry. Objavte s nami čaro kratších žánrov a vychutnajte si novely z pera Williama Saroyana, (ne)nechajte sa zastrašiť poviedkami Edgara Allana Poea alebo sa pobavte na irónii a sarkazme Roalda Dahla.
Čo spája známe české filmy Postřižiny, Slavnosti sněženek či Něžný barbar? Všetky majú námet v pôvodnej literárnej predlohe spisovateľa Bohumila Hrabala. Ak sú i vaše obľúbené, príjemné čítanie vás čaká aj pri listovaní iných jeho diel. Skúste napríklad novelu Příliš hlučná samota, kritikou označovanú za jeden z najvýraznejších literárnych počinov 20. storočia. Nadšencov filmu oslovia tiež Filmové příběhy od Zdeněka Svěráka či kniha Bez peria neopakovateľného Woodyho Allena.
A čo slovenská tvorba? Vo svete noviel a poviedok sa, samozrejme, nedajú zahanbiť ani naši majstri slova. Pavel Vilikovský, Pavol Rankov alebo úspešné spisovateľky približujúce ženský svet Zuzana Šedá či Viera Švenková sú toho dôkazom.
Nezabúdame ani na študentov. Čo pri písaní seminárnej práce pomôže viac ako kvalitná antológia? Potrebujete pohľad odborníkov zo sféry filozofie, politológie, hudby? Nájdite všetko čo potrebujete na jednom mieste.
Novely, poviedky a antológie sú dôležité literárne kategórie, ktoré prinášajú rôznorodé a kompaktné diela, vhodné na krátke čítanie. Každá z týchto kategórií má svoje vlastné charakteristiky a prínosy.
Novela je kratšie prozaické dielo, ktoré je zvyčajne dlhšie ako poviedka, ale kratšie ako román. Novely sa zameriavajú na konkrétny príbeh, ktorý je vyrozprávaný s dôrazom na charakterizáciu postáv a atmosféru.
Poviedka je krátke prozaické dielo, ktoré sa zameriava na jednoduchý príbeh s obmedzeným rozsahom a počtom postáv. V poviedkach sa často uplatňuje umelecký prístup, kde autor dokáže v krátkom texte vykresliť významné momenty, konflikty alebo emócie.
Antológia je zbierka literárnych diel rôznych autorov. Môže obsahovať novely, poviedky, básne alebo iné literárne formy. Antológie majú často určitú tematickú alebo žánrovú zameranie, a ich cieľom je ponúknuť čitateľovi širokú škálu diel od rôznych autorov na jednom mieste.
