Zdeněk Franta Book order (chronological)

Jednosvazkové vydání známého románu Charlese Dickense. Jedná se o sociální satiru na nešvary viktoriánské společnosti, hlavním předmětem kritiky je instituce vězení pro dlužníky.

A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movements Critical of 19th-century America’s booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts in 1845. Walden, the account of his stay near Walden Pond, conveys at once a naturalist’s wonder at the commonplace and a transcendentalist’s yearning for spiritual truth and self-reliance. But Thoreau's embrace of solitude and simplicity did not entail a withdrawal from social and political matters. Civil Disobedience, also included in this volume, expresses his antislavery and antiwar sentiments, and has influenced resistance movements worldwide. Both give rewarding insight into a free-minded, principled and idiosyncratic life. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

In this charming little book, Thoreau treats his subject as if it were a walk itself. As he wanders, so do his thoughts. Thoreau walked both for exercise of mind and body and as a way of exploring his inner and outer worlds.

From the origins of the Earth to the outcome of the First World War, this work presents an account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. It considers such subjects as the Neolithic era, the rise of Judaism, the Golden Age of Athens, the life of Christ, the rise of Islam, and the discovery of America.

Lucy Snowe leaves England and finds work as a teacher in Madame Beck's school, where she is strangely drawn to the autocractic schoolmaster Monsieur Paul Emanuel.

Soubor originálních přírodních esejů amerického literáta a filozofa. Ve své nejznámější knize líčí svůj dvouletý pobyt ve vlastnoručně postavené chatě na břehu jezera Walden, kde žil odloučeně od společnosti v nejužším kontaktu s okolní přírodou. Ze zkušeností vznikla sugestivní kontemplace nad vztahem člověka a přírody, nad smyslem lidského života a existence.