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Economic Rise of the Czech Lands I From the 1750s to the End of World War I
ISBN: PB: 9788024638065, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, January 2021
500 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 maps, 85 graphs and charts
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! This first of a two-part examination of the economic development of the Czech lands deals with the period from the mid-eighteenth century (the accession of Maria Theresa to the Austrian th...
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£21,00
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End of the World Poetry and Prose
ISBN: PB: 9788024645278, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, November 2020
400 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 35 halftones
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Sometimes called the Czech Bukowski, and more widely known by the epithet "Magor" (which translates roughly to "fool" or "madman"), Ivan Jirous was one of the most significant figures in t...
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£20,00
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Saturnin
ISBN: PB: 9788024632889, ISBN: HB: 9788024606835, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, November 2016
263 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! On its initial publication in Czech in 1942, Saturnin was a best seller, its gentle satire offering an unexpected – if temporary – reprieve from the grim reality of the German occupation....
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£8,99
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£22,50
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Midway on Our Life's Journey
ISBN: HB: 9788024631271, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, April 2016
150 pp., 19x13.9 cm, 25 colour plates
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Written between 1954 and 1957 and treating events from the Stalinist era of Czechoslovakia's postwar Communist regime, "Midway on Our Life's Journey" flew in the face of the reigning aesth...
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£19,00
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Prague Soundscapes
ISBN: PB: 9788024625157, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, September 2014
340 pp., 24.1x17.2 cm, 64 colour plates
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Dvorak's opera Rusalka at the National Theatre. A punk concert in an underground club. The hypnotic chanting of Hare Krishnas joyfully dancing through the streets. These are the sounds of...
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£15,00
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