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Myths and Traditions of Central European University Culture
ISBN: PB: 9788024643809, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, January 2021
224 pp., 24.1x17.1 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! By examining the myriad myths surrounding Central European universities, Czech historians Lukas Fasora and Jiri Hanus take a diachronic approach to investigating the issues facing higher l...
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£20,00
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Renaissance Prague
ISBN: PB: 9788024638577, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, March 2019
190 pp., 26.7x20.3 cm, 129 colour plates, 15 halftones, 2 maps
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! At the end of the fifteenth century, when the Jagiellons and first Habsburg rulers sat on Prague's throne, the character of the city's municipalities began to transition from medieval to R...
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£23,00
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Cremator
ISBN: PB: 9788024632902, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, November 2016
180 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! "The devil's neatest trick is to persuade us that he doesn't exist" – Giovanni Papini. It is a maxim that both rings true in our contemporary world and pervades this tragicomic novel of an...
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£13,50
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Prague in the Reign of Rudolph II Mannerist Art and Architecture in the Imperial Capital, 1583-1612
ISBN: PB: 9788024622637, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, November 2015
200 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 106 colour plates, 25 halftones, 6 maps
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! "Prague in the Reign of Rudolph II" takes readers back to the days of the Habsburg Emperor Rudolph II (1576-1611) when Prague became the metropolis of the Holy Roman Empire, and when the i...
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£20,00
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Gerulata Lamps A Survey of Roman Lamps in Pannonia
ISBN: PB: 9788024626789, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, July 2015
400 pp., 24.1x17 cm, 200 halftones
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! For the ancient Romans, lamps were more than just a way to be able to see in the dark – they were mythical muses, witnesses to secrets, and instruments of the supernatural. Far more famili...
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£30,00
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Of Mice and Mooshaber
ISBN: HB: 9788024622163, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, March 2014
300 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, illustrated in colour throughout
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Ladislav Fuks (1923-1994) was an outstanding Czech writer whose work, consisting primarily of psychological fiction, explores themes of anxiety and life in totalitarian systems. Fuks is be...
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£15,00
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Czech Elites and General Public Leadership, Cohesion and Democracy
ISBN: PB: 9788024618449, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, March 2011
188 pp., 19.7x14 cm, 11 tables
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! This comprehensive volume examines the relationships between the ruling elites of the Czech Republic and the general public. Sociologist Pavol Fric and other expert contributors consider t...
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£16,00
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