Zuzana Majerová (née Dvořáková, formerly Majerová Zahradníková) is a Czech teacher, interpreter, translator and politician. From 2017 to 2021, she was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, a former member of the ODS, since April 2021 Chairwoman of the Tricolor Movement, and between September 2019 and April 2021 the First Vice-Chair of the Tricolor movement.
WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY FRANCES SPALDING AND ERICA WAGNERA party of English people board the Euphrosyne bound for South America. Among them is Rachel Vinrace, young, innocent and wholly ignorant of the world of politics and society. She is a free spirit, half-caught, momentarily and passionately, by Terence Hewet, an aspiring writer.
Ranging from the 1850s to the present and from Ontario to Brisbane and Albania, these eight linked stories are concerned with the daily threads of life in two small Ontario towns. All the stories centre on unconventional women who refuse to let themselves be constrained by society or everyday life.
Published as part of the Great Reads collection. Contains the following stories: The Fall of the House of Usher The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Pit and the Pendulum The Duc de l'Omelette The Assignation MS. Found in a Bottle The Colloquy of Monos and Una How to Write a Blackwood Article William Wilson A Descent into the Maelstrom The Imp of the Perverse Ligeia The Oval Portrait The Masque of the Red Death The Mystery of Marie Roget The Tell-Tale Heart The Gold-Bug The Black Cat The Premature Burial The Purloined Letter The Island of the Fay The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar The Case of Amontillado Von Kempelen and His Discovery The Domain of Arnheim
Dimensions; Fiction; Wenlock Edge; Deep-Holes; Free radicals; Face; Some Women; Child's Play; Wood; Too Much Happiness
A classic of alienation and horror, The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's dominance over the natural world. The mountain paradise of 'Monte Verità' promises immortality, but at a terrible price; a neglected wife haunts her husband in the form of an apple tree; a professional photographer steps out from behind the camera and into his subject's life; a date with a cinema usherette leads to a walk in the cemetery; and a jealous father finds a remedy when three's a crowd . . .
Joan Baezová, zpěvačka, světově proslulá autorka více než tří desítek alb a politická aktivistka, je i půl století po svém ohromujícím debutu na festivalu v Newportu stále aktivní a uznávanou osobností světové hudby. U nás se proslavila i svou první osobní návštěvou v roce 1988, kdy děsila kulturní pracovníky i Státní bezpečnost, až je vyděsila a proměnila své vystoupení v otevřenou podporu tehdy stíhanému Václavu Havlovi a Chartě 77. Ve svých pamětech s upřímností a zaujetím popisuje svoje začátky na folkové scéně, vypráví o svém vztahu - v hudbě i soukromí - s Bobem Dylanem; o svém manželství i bolestném rozchodu s Davidem Harrisem; o radosti z narození syna Gabriela. S předmluvou uznávaného hudebního kritika Anthonyho DeCurtise je kniha Můj hlas je dar poutavým portrétem známé americké kulturní ikony. Díky otevřenosti a citlivosti, jež nás v hudbě Joan Baezové tak dojímají, a díky síle a pevnosti jejího politického postoje dostává čtenář do ruky upřímnou a inspirativní výpověď o životě a práci jedné z nejpozoruhodnějších uměleckých osobností naší doby.
Written between 1906 and 1941 (shortly before her death), this complete collection of Woolf’s shorter fiction offers invaluable insight into her development as a writer, and serves as a fascinating introduction to her novels.
May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida - Even L - All Are Women Obsessed By Bill Cosey. More Than The Wealthy Owner Of The Famous Cosey Hotel And Resort, He Shapes Their Yearnings For A Father, Husband, Lover, Guardian, And Friend, Yearnings That Dominate The Lives Of These Women Long After His Death. Yet Cosey Himself Is At The Mercy Of A Troubled Past And A Spellbinding Woman, 'A Sporting Woman', Named Celestial. This Audacious Vision From A Master Storyteller Of The Nature Of Love - Its Appetite, Its Sublime Possession, And Its Dread - Is Rich In Characters And Dramatic Events, And In Its Profound Understanding Of How Alive The Past Can Be. Sensual, Elegiac And Unforgettable, Love Reflects The Different Facets Of Love, Shifting From Desire And Lust And Ultimately Comes Full Circle To That Indelible, Overwhelming First Love That Marks Us Forever.
This novel portrays the difficulties encountered by traditionalist Jews coming to terms with the social changes that rocked Poland in the late 19th century. The central figure of the novel is Calman Jacoby, who stands between the old and the new, unable to embrace either whole-heartedly.
April 1951. It is twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter. It is twenty years since the inquest, which famously and controversially passed a verdict of suicide. Twenty years since Manderley, the de Winter's ancient family seat, was razed to the ground. But Rebecca's tale is just beginning...
This classic collection explores the varieties of wisdom gained with age and especially those that teach us how to love, as "in love the young are just beginners and the art of loving matures with age and experience". Tales of curious marriages and divorce mingle with psychic experiences and curses, acts of bravery and loneliness, love and hatred.
Mistrovská miniatura jako podobenství o nedostatku lásky ve světě, kde štěstí má podobu peněz a úspěchu. Nevelká povídka mistra anglické prózy 20. století je příběhem chlapce, který vyrůstá v rodině bez lásky. Chladná matka, pro niž je smyslem života konzum, příliš pozdě pozná, že měla věnovat více pozornosti svému citlivému synkovi, který byl ochoten z lásky k ní obětovat vše. Lawrenceovi se podařilo na malé ploše vytvořit vícevrstevný příběh s prvky tajemna i psychoanalýzy. Kniha je doprovázena půvabnými ilustracemi Jiřího Šalamouna.
In this extraordinary memoir, emotions intertwine, allowing readers to laugh and cry simultaneously. After the death of their parents, Bill, Beth, and the narrator grapple with loss and anger. Bill, at twenty-four, opts for peace amidst the chaos, while Beth and the narrator, both fueled by rage, engage in conflicts with anyone around them. They seek to reclaim their lives in California, driven by a reckless determination to reinvent themselves. The narrator and young Toph, with his playful demeanor, embrace a sense of responsibility to reshape their world. This reckless exhilaration stems from a belief that life is unpredictable; having lost their parents, they feel anything is possible, for better or worse. Their experiences in San Francisco are marked by a mix of absurdity and ambition, as they navigate a landscape filled with eccentricity and a desire to break boundaries. Amidst this, they confront their energy and restlessness, contemplating the duality of wanting connection and the urge to escape. The memoir captures this tumultuous journey of youth, grief, and the quest for identity in a vibrant, chaotic world.
"The Fall of the House of Usher" ist ein Meisterwerk Edgar Allan Poes, das mehrmals verfilmt wurde
"The Imaginary Girlfriend is a candid memoir of the writers and wrestlers who played a role in John Irving's development as a novelist and as a wrestler"--Publisher's description
"Gossipy...Elabroately detailed...Greatly entertaining...Riva leaves no sequin unturned." THE NEW YORK TIMES Marlene Deitrich was considered one of the most glamorous stars of her day. A determined perfectionist with an incredible ego, her beauty, her style, her sense of the outrageous, made her a star. In this candid, illuminating, and detailed biography full of photographs, her only daughter Maria Riva, tells the incredible, fascinating, story of the star's life and career, loves and hates, hits and misses, as only a daughter can.
From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments—this story of an artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec is a provocative blend of literary mystery, psychological thriller, and spiritual journey. Accompanied by her boyfriend and a young married couple, the artist searches her abandoned childhood home for clues her parents may have left. But in the disorienting, transformative isolation of the wilderness, her friends’ marriage begins to crumble, sex becomes a catalyst for conflict, and violence and death lurk just beneath the surface. As her relentless probing leads to an electrifying confrontation with her own suppressed secrets, she rapidly descends into what could be either madness or the starkest self-knowledge. Margaret Atwood’s haunting masterpiece is permeated with suspense, complex with layered meanings, and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose.
Recounts the heroic and adventurous life of a thoroughbred collie that was particularly devoted to his owners.
Beretning om en rig jødisk slægt i Warszawa gennem et par generationer frem til krigens begyndelse i 1939
It is winter, barely three days into 1926, seven years after Armistice; we are in the scintillating City, around Lenox Avenue, when all the wars are over and there will never be another one.At last, at last, everything's ahead.Here comes the new. Look ou
Pojmenování pro oficiální vztahy a poválečnou politiku mezi USA a Velkou Británií,zde na základě románu postaveném na politické fikci.
'If you care about something you have to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.' Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills his best friend's mother. Owen doesn't believe in accidents; he believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is both extraordinary and terrifying.
Sugestivní moralita o údělu slabého jedince, kterého ničí organizovaná síla státní moci. Hrdinou knihy je chudý Žid, příslušník krutě utlačovaného národa v carském Rusku v letech 1911–13. Námětem románu je skutečný příběh židovského dělníka, který byl obviněn z rituální vraždy křesťanského chlapce.
