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Čo to trepeš, Nives?
Po manželovej smrti si Nives ťažko zvyká na samotu a ticho na vŕšku Poggio Corbello. Starostlivosť o gazdovstvo bez možnosti prehodiť s niekým slovo z nej robí prízrak. Noci sú najhoršie. Odrazu je tu riešenie: Džakomína. Obľúbená kvočka, ktorú si vdova nasťahuje k sebe. Všetky úzkosti odrazu pominú. Cíti sa povznesene, hoci na to nemá odpoveď: manžela nahradila sliepkou. Dokonca nadobudne pocit, že je šťastná...
Až do osudového momentu, ktorý Nives prinúti urobiť zásadné rozhodnutie: zavolať veterinárovi Lorianovi Bottaiovi. Nasleduje telefonát dlhý ako sám život. Slovná výmena medzi Nives a Lorianom sa od záchrany urieknutej sliepky rýchlo uberie iným smerom. Cez nové interpretácie dávnych udalostí a starú nevraživosť sa predierajú na povrch stratené lásky, premrhané príležitosti, ťažké odhalenia a nezahojiteľné rany. Až kým nezaznie krutá otázka: Čo ak zistíme, že sme doposiaľ žili v nevedomosti o sebe samých?
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The Catastrophe Hour
From the New York Times?bestselling author of The Unspeakable and The Problem with Everything comes a new collection of unputdownable essays.?For the last five or six years, on many afternoons around 4 or 5 p.m., I?ve been overcome with the sensation that my life is effectively over. Note the personal touch here. This is not a sensation of the world ending, which has been in vogue for quite some time now, and maybe for good reason. It?s a distinct feeling of being at the end of my days. My time, while technically not ?up,? is disappearing in the rearview mirror. The fact that this feeling of ambient doom tends to coincide with the blue-tinged, pre-gloaming light of the late afternoon lends to the whole thing a cosmic beauty, as devastating as it is awe-inspiring. As such, I?ve dubbed this the catastrophe hour.?Written between 2016 and 2023, these essays are classic Daum, showcasing the author?s wit, her intellect, and her uncanny ability to throw new light on even the most ubiquitous of subjects. Delving into divorce, dating, music, friendship, beauty, aging, death and money, Daum?s unflinching honesty and exacting observations secure her reputation as one of our most important and enduring essayists.
Theodore Roosevelt's Wilderness Writings
Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, was not only the most famous hunter of his generation of Americans, but he was also among its best-informed and most popular outdoor writers. Edmund Heller, the well-known Smithsonian biologist who accompanied Roosevelt on his famous African expedition, said that the former president was the world’s foremost authority on large mammals. He was also an avid bibliophile and had what may have been the finest large mammal library in North America in the early 1900s. Roosevelt communicated with authorities-both sportsmen and scientists-in all parts of the world. From his lifelong study and enthusiasm for outdoor adventure came a host of durable writings, gathered together here in a collection that celebrates the natural world. Roosevelt’s commitment to saving wild places is one of his most lasting contributions as a U.S. president. This collection combines classic hunting and nature narratives with his equally durable advocacy of wilderness protection for the sake of personal and national character. This new edition features an introduction by Paul Schullery that provides historical and ecological context.
Folk Tales for Health and Wellbeing
‘A charming selection of wonder-filled, bite-sized legends from all over the world, retold in Bushnell’s inimitable style ... The kind of book the world needs right now.’ - Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux, podcasters and authors of The Three Ravens Folk TalesFolk Tales for Health and Wellbeing invites you on a journey of self-discovery and healing, through the timeless wisdom of stories and lessons passed down over many generations. This collection of folk tales from around the world will serve as a gentle guide, leading you to a more mindful, peaceful and present way of life.With over 30 years of training in mindfulness and meditation under various faith advisors, author and storyteller Adam Bushnell has carefully selected and retold these tales to inspire personal growth and wellbeing.
A Cage Went in Search of a Bird
''Kafka himself would love it'' The i''As captivating as it is thought-provoking'' Glamour''Unsettling and uneasy'' Daily Mail''Glorious'' Harper''s BazaarA collection of brand-new short stories written by major international writers and inspired by Kafka What happens when Kafka''s idionsyncratic imagination meets some of the greatest literary minds writing in English across the globe today? In this collection of stories, commissioned to commemorate one hundred years since his death, ten of our most celebrated international writers take ideas of Kafka''s - motifs from his stories, titles of his famous works, or unfinished fragments left behind in his Blue Octavo Notebooks - and run with them to make something new.
Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation
Taking his readers into the depths of a majestic and expansive literary world, one to which he brings fresh illumination as if to the darkness of Khazad-dum, Giuseppe Pezzini combines rigorous scholarship with an engaging style to reveal the full scale of J. R. R. Tolkien''s vision of the ''mystery of literary creation''. Through fragments garnered from across a scattered body of writing, and acute readings of primary texts (some well-known, others less familiar or recently published), the author divulges the unparalleled complexity of Tolkien''s work while demonstrating its rich exploration of literature''s very nature and purpose. Eschewing any overemphasis on context or comparisons, Pezzini offers rather a uniquely sustained, focused engagement with Tolkien and his ''theory'' on their own terms. He helps us discover ? or rediscover ? a fascination for Tolkien''s literary accomplishment while correcting long-standing biases against its nature and merits that have persisted fifty years after his death.
The Quotable Kierkegaard
The most comprehensive and authoritative collection of Kierkegaard quotations ever published"Why I so much prefer autumn to spring is that in the autumn one looks at heaven—in the spring at the earth."—Soren KierkegaardThe father of existentialism, Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a philosopher who could write like an angel. With only a sentence or two, he could plumb the depths of the human spirit. In this collection of some 800 quotations, the reader will find dazzling bon mots next to words of life-changing power. Drawing from the authoritative Princeton editions of Kierkegaard's writings, this book presents a broad selection of his wit and wisdom, as well as a stimulating introduction to his life and work. Organized by topic, this volume covers notable Kierkegaardian concerns such as anxiety, despair, existence, irony, and the absurd, but also erotic love, the press, busyness, and the comic. Here readers will encounter both well-known quotations ("Life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other principle, that it must be lived forward") and obscure ones ("Beware false prophets who come to you in wolves' clothing but inwardly are sheep—i.e., the phrasemongers"). Those who spend time in these pages will discover the writer who said, "my grief is my castle," but who also taught that "the best defense against hypocrisy is love."Illuminating and delightful, this engaging book also provides a substantial portrait of one of the most influential of modern thinkers. Gathers some 800 quotationsDrawn from the authoritative Princeton editions of Kierkegaard's writingsIncludes an introduction, a brief account and timeline of Kierkegaard's life, a guide to further reading, and an index
The Quotable Machiavelli
A collection of insightful and revealing quotations on a wide range of subjects from the father of modern politicsNiccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) is the father of modern political thought, but he is also one of the greatest writers of the Renaissance and his wisdom and style extend far beyond politics to encompass a compelling philosophy of life as well. In The Quotable Machiavelli, Maurizio Viroli, one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholars, offers a rich collection of the Florentine’s most memorable words on a wide range of subjects, including politics, the human condition, religion, love and happiness, antiquity and history, patriotism, and virtue. Drawing on Machiavelli’s entire body of writings, and including little-known quotations as well as famous passages, the book shows the full scope of his thought and belies the cliché that he was a "Machiavellian" cynic. In addition to Machiavelli’s own words on dozens of subjects of perennial interest, the book includes some almost unknown texts in which his contemporaries describe him. Complete with a biographical introduction, the book serves as a handy reference and a smart and lively introduction to a masterly thinker and writer. Includes a rich collection of Machiavelli’s most memorable words on a wide range of subjects, from politics to the human condition—almost 700 quotations in allEdited and introduced by one of the world’s leading Machiavelli scholarsServes as a smart and lively introduction to Machiavelli’s life and worksDraws on the complete body of Machiavelli’s writingsFeatures a brief biography of Machiavelli, a chronology of his life, suggestions for further reading, and an index
Mondod-e még a szót, köszönöm?
Van ok az ünneplésre: a tizennegyedik V. Kulcsár Ildikó könyvet tartja a kezében, kedves olvasó! Többször hallottam a szerzőtől, boldogság számára a jelenlegi felállás: öt gyerek, hét unoka, tizennégy könyv, egy magyar és két komoly nemzetközi kitüntetés, csak férjből van egy... Igen, ez a kötet, egy gazdag életmű legújabb darabja, tele az írónő népszerű családtörténeteivel, érdekes, tépelődésre késztető női- és gyereksorsokkal, beszélgetésekkel És egy ráadás meglepetéssel. Gondolták volna, hogy Ildi fikciót, azaz kitalált történetet is tud írni? Mert egy különleges - és nagyon aktuális! - mesével is találkozhatunk a könyv lapjain. Lehet, hogy a következő könyve regény lesz? Akár így, akár úgy, izgalmakban e kötetben sincs hiány. Megtudhatjuk, milyen egy "pénzzel bélelt pokol", hogyan torzít "a hazugság békés pocsolyája" és mi lesz a szeretetlenségtől szenvedő gyerekekkel. A világ egyre komorabb, amit a különösen érzékeny író-újságíró jól ismer. De mert örök optimista, nem nyugszik bele! A köszönetet, a hálát, a szeretetet, a legszebb emberi érzéseket állítja szembe a fokozódó érzéketlenséggel. Mert úgy hiszi, csak ezek tarthatják elviselhető melegben a lelkeket és e szegény világot.
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Sudety: Ztracený ráj
Povídky o předválečném životě v pohraničí od předních českých spisovatelek a spisovatelů
Sudety jsou dodnes považovány za problematický region, jejž silně poznamenal odsun německého obyvatelstva. Co se odehrávalo předtím, než běh věcí v pohraničí nenávratně vykolejil? Klukovská dobrodružství čtenářů Mladého hlasatele, groteskní i osudové první lásky, nezlomné sepětí s rodnou krajinou, ale i spalující nenávist živená šílenstvím. Jednotlivé příběhy na pozadí velkých dějin zachycují spletité osudy obyvatel Sudet a vytvářejí plastický obraz tehdejšího života v mnohonárodnostním pohraničí.
Mezi autory deseti tematicky i stylově široce rozkročených povídek nechybějí zvučná jména jako Kateřina Tučková, Jaroslav Rudiš, Michaela Klevisová nebo Leoš Kyša. Výpravnou knihu obohacují působivé ilustrace Jaromíra 99, inspirované dobovými fotografiemi, a předmluva Michala Stehlíka a Martina Gromana, autorů podcastu Přepište dějiny.
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We Are Not Numbers
''This book is a jailbreak and a miracle'' NAOMI KLEIN''Essential . . . A project that insists on liberation'' TA-NEHISI COATES''You''ll carry [it] in your heart for a long time'' KAMILA SHAMSIE''Wondrous, devastating and vibrant'' BRYAN WASHINGTON''Impossible to put down or forget'' RIZ AHMEDA teenage girl stares at her roof, hoping it won’t collapse over her head. A young student searches the Internet for photos of libraries around the world, hoping he’ll be able to visit them one day. Another walks around the city, taking notes of all the buildings she dreams of repairing.These are the stories of young people from Gaza, born under Israeli occupation and blockade. They are people who have endured unspeakable struggles and losses, who keep fighting to be recognised not as numbers, but as human beings with hopes, dreams and lives worth living.We Are Not Numbers was founded in 2014 to give voice to the youth of Gaza. In this collection, vital, urgent and full of heart, spanning over ten years to the present moment, we gain an unparalleled insight into the past, as well as the current and next generation of Palestinian leaders, artists, scientists and scholars and imagine where we might go from here.''A vital book . . . a profoundly important literary event'' CHINA MIEVILLE''A brilliant collection of voices that lays bare the struggles and suffering of ordinary young Palestinians'' MONICA ALI''We Are Not Numbers is not just a book — it''s my life, their life, and our shared story . . . This is Gaza as it truly is, written by those who live it every day'' MOTAZ AZIZA''A rebellion against the singular story. An insightful, multifaceted glimpse into the besieged Gaza Strip, where millions of people continue to confront a genocide waged by an Israeli regime'' MOHAMMED EL-KURD
Women in Power
Classical stories about women who wield power, from the Amazons to Dido to CleopatraIn this fascinating anthology, ancient women threaten male power by stepping into the roles traditionally held by men. They command armies, exercise sexual autonomy, speak in public, issue laws and subject others (even masculine heroes and citizen men) to their control. All of these stories were written by men and none of them can be read as affirmations or celebrations of women in power. Instead, their sexist attitudes continue to justify women’s exclusion from power.Yet despite the fear and suspicion the male authors direct toward these women, we can find much to admire in their tales, from the coordinated action of the women of Aristophanes’s Assemblywomen, to the righteous anger of Boudicca against sexual violence by men in power, to the successful resistance of Amanirenas against Rome’s colonial expansion. Read differently, these tales testify to the long history of women in power and suggest new paths for female empowerment.
Auerbach's Renaissance
Erich Auerbach''s Mimesis is among the most admired works of literary criticism of the last hundred years. Amidst the horrors of the Second World War, Auerbach''s prodigious learning managed ? almost miraculously ? to give voice to a delicate, subtle optimism. Focusing on Auerbach''s account of Renaissance literature, Christopher Warley rediscovers the powerful beauty of Mimesis and shows its vitality for contemporary literary criticism. Analysing Auerbach''s account of Renaissance love lyric alongside Woolf''s To the Lighthouse, fifteenth-century Burgundian writing alongside Ferrante, and Shakespeare alongside Michelet, Ruskin and Burckhardt, Auerbach''s Renaissance traces an aesthetic that celebrates the diversity of human life. Simultaneously it locates in Auerbach''s reading of Renaissance writing a challenge to the pessimism of today, the sense that we live in an endless present where the future looms only as a threat. Auerbach''s scholarship, the art he learns from Dante, Rabelais, Montaigne, and Shakespeare, is a Renaissance offering democratic possibility.
Hail Mary
A stunning collection of short stories capturing the lives of nine Nigerian women, each very different, each determined to fight for themselves. * A Harper's Bazaar 'Best New Short-Story Collection' for 2025 ** Shortlisted for the 2026 Jhalak Prose Prize *Meet Ifeoma. She's been ready to leave her violent husband for some time, but her plans for a quiet departure take an unexpectedly gruesome turn... Nkechi, a housemaid for a rich Lagos family, bears the weight of her Madam's wrath when she discovers her husband's dark secret. In London, Riliwa meets Mary, a guardian angel full of advice, wisdom and practical support as she navigates her unfamiliar new home. But it soon becomes clear that Mary's kindness comes at a price. Passionate, raw, full of heart and humour, these are stories about women who will not be broken by the challenges life puts in their way. 'Wow! I thought this collection was breathtaking. It packs such an emotional punch.' Jessica George, author of Maame
Shakespeare and Scale
Scale has been the central promise of the digital turn. The creation of corpora such as EEBO and EEBO-TCP have eased the logistics of access to primary sources for scholars of Shakespeare and early English literature and culture and fundamentally altered the ways in which we retrieve, read, think about, and analyze texts. However, the large-scale curation of historical corpora poses unique challenges and requires scholarly insight and significant algorithmic intervention. In sectionschapters on ''Text,'' ''Corpus,'' ''Search,'' and ''Discovery,'' this Eelement problematizes the specific affordances of computation and scale as primary conceptual categories rather than incidental artifacts of digitization. From text-encoding and search to corpus-scale data visualization and machine-learning, it discusses a range of computational techniques that can facilitate corpus curation and enable exploratory, experimental modes of discovery that not only serve as tools to ease access but accommodate and respond to the demands of humanistic inquiry.
Amazons
The idea of the Amazons is one of the most romantic and resonant in all antiquity. Greeks were fascinated by images and tales of these fierce female fighters. At Troy, Achilles'' duel with Penthesilea was a clash of superman and superwoman. Achilles won the fight, but the queen''s dying beauty had torn into his soul. This vibrant new book offers the first complete picture of the reality behind the legends. It shows there was much more to the Amazons than a race of implacable warrior women. David Braund casts the Amazons in a new light: as figures of potent agency, founders of cities, guileful and clever as well as physically impressive and sexually alluring to men. Black Sea mythologies become key to unlocking the Amazons'' mystery. Investigating legend through history, literature, and archaeology, the author uncovers a truth as surprising and evocative as any fiction told through story or myth.
The Strange History of Samuel Pepys's Diary
During the 1660s, Samuel Pepys kept a secret diary full of intimate details and political scandal. Had the contents been revealed, they could have destroyed his marriage, ended his career, and seen him arrested. This engaging book explores the creation of the most famous journal in the English language, how it came to be published in 1825, and the many remarkable roles it has played in British culture since then. Kate Loveman ? one of the few people who can read Pepys''s shorthand ? unlocks the riddles of the diary, investigating why he chose to preserve such private matters for later generations. She also casts fresh light on the women and sexual relationships in Pepys''s life and on Black Britons living in or near his household. Exploring the many inventive uses to which the diary has been put, Loveman shows how Pepys''s history became part of the history of the nation.
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
''Excellent'' IRISH TIMES ''Witty and biting and brilliant'' i PAPER ''Full of dark mischief'' EMMA HEALEY''Hilarious'' EMMA JANE UNSWORTH WINNER OF THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD A mother has an unexpected outburst at a corporate therapy session for working parents. A couple finally get time to rekindle their relationship and make an ill-advised home movie. A pregnant film director plots revenge on the actress who betrayed her. A woman deliberately causes conflict at her ex''s wedding. These powerful and funny stories illuminate the lives of untamed women. They explore how society wants us to behave - and what happens when we refuse . . .FEATURING A BONUS STORY IN PAPERBACK''Whip-smart'' CHRISTIE WATSON''Humane and very funny'' JESSIE BURTON ''Clever and illuminating'' LUCY CALDWELL ''Wonderful'' DAILY MAIL ''Read it and riot'' MARIANNE LEVY
Egy kis lalala - képtelen történetek
"Megmenthet-e egyetlen ember egy egész várost?
Lehet-e az égboltot csákánnyal ostromolni?
Egy kis lalalával elűzhető-e a boldogtalanság?
Lázár Ervinnek kiváló érzéke volt az abszurd és a groteszk ábrázolásmódhoz, amely elsősorban felnőtteknek szóló szövegeiben érhető tetten. Nyelvi leleményessége, sokszor megcsillanó játékos humora szórakoztatóvá és kivételesen egyedivé is teszi ezeket az írásokat. Az Egy kis lalalában ezen novellák legjavából állítottunk össze egy válogatást első megjelenésük sorrendjében. Az időnként fantasztikummal is keveredő történetekben olyan mély ""lázári"" (élet)igazságok rejlenek, hogy nem csak a nevetés csalhat könnyeket az olvasó szemébe."
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.
