A confederacy of dunces - john kennedy toole

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times). (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them as he heaves his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor John Kennedy Toole, 396 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

Kniha - autor John Kennedy Toole, 472 stran, česky, polotuhá flexo Humoristické veledílo Johna Kennedyho Toola Spolčení hlupců si svůj název i štiplavý humor vypůjčuje u Jonathana Swifta a obohacuje jej o surrealistický rozměr americké grotesky a výraznou neworleanskou příchuť. Protagonista románu Ignácius J. Reilly je zvláštní zjevení, které snad v moderní literatuře nemá obdoby: třicetiletý, vrcholně nepraktický, obtloustlý milovník středověké teologie a geometrie, jenž opovrhuje povrchním moderním světem a vede proti němu svou osobní křížovou výpravu. Jednoho dne mu však jeho matka, u níž bydlí a na níž je existenčně závislý, uchystá strašlivé překvapení – Ignácius si musí najít práci. Ignácius je tak nucen překročit Rubikon, a od té chvíle pro něj není návratu: roztáčí se bláznivý kolotoč událostí a divokých dobrodružství, nezadržitelně směřující k dramatickému vyvrcholení. (alza.cz)

Humoristické veledílo Johna Kennedyho Toola Spolčení hlupců si svůj název i štiplavý humor vypůjčuje u Jonathana Swifta a obohacuje jej o surrealistický rozměr americké grotesky a výraznou neworleanskou příchuť. Protagonista románu Ignácius J. Reilly je zvláštní zjevení, které snad v moderní literatuře nemá obdoby: třicetiletý, vrcholně nepraktický, obtloustlý milovník středověké teologie a geometrie, jenž opovrhuje povrchním moderním světem a vede proti němu svou osobní křížovou výpravu. Jednoho dne mu však jeho matka, u níž bydlí a na níž je existenčně závislý, uchystá strašlivé překvapení – Ignácius si musí najít práci. Ignácius je tak nucen překročit Rubikon, a od té chvíle pro něj není návratu: roztáčí se bláznivý kolotoč událostí a divokých dobrodružství, nezadržitelně směřující k dramatickému vyvrcholení. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Audiokniha:,Pulitzerovou cenou oceněný, kultovní, humoristicko-satirický román. Ignácius Reilly, dnes už legendární postava, je výstřední třicátník s akademickým vzděláním, který odmítá pracovat a žije se svou ovdovělou matkou. Notorický mudrlant a zápecník Ignácius považuje za své životní poslání sepsání význačného díla, ve kterém odhalí pomýlenost a mravní zpustlost doby. Při jedné cestě z baru Ingáciova matka poškodí autem cizí dům a jelikož nemá peníze na náhradu škody, je Ignácius donucen hledat si práci. Nakonec je přijat do továrny Levyho kalhoty, což je upadlý podnik před bankrotem. Ignácia práce v malém podniku nadchne, cítí ji především jako šanci trumfnout svou přítelkyni ze studií Myrnu Minkoffovou, která se angažuje v boji za lidská práva v New Yorku. Jeho neutuchající úsilí o sebeprosazení ho však vrhá do série riskantních situací... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Audiokniha:,Ignácius Reilly, dnes už legendární postava, je výstřední třicátník s akademickým vzděláním, který odmítá pracovat a žije se svou ovdovělou matkou. Notorický mudrlant a zápecník Ignácius považuje za své životní poslání sepsání význačného díla, ve kterém odhalí pomýlenost a mravní zpustlost doby. Při jedné cestě z baru Ingáciova matka poškodí autem cizí dům a jelikož nemá peníze na náhradu škody, je Ignácius donucen hledat si práci. Nakonec je přijat do továrny Levyho kalhoty, což je upadlý podnik před bankrotem. Ignácia práce v malém podniku nadchne, cítí ji především jako šanci trumfnout svou přítelkyni ze studií Myrnu Minkoffovou, která se angažuje v boji za lidská práva v New Yorku. Jeho neutuchající úsilí o sebeprosazení ho však vrhá do série riskantních situací... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Humoristické veledílo Johna Kennedyho Toola Spolčení hlupců si svůj název i štiplavý humor vypůjčuje u Jonathana Swifta a obohacuje jej o surrealistický rozměr americké grotesky a výraznou neworleanskou příchuť. Protagonista románu Ignácius J. Reilly je zvláštní zjevení, které snad v moderní literatuře nemá obdoby: třicetiletý, vrcholně nepraktický, obtloustlý milovník středověké teologie a geometrie, jenž opovrhuje povrchním moderním světem a vede proti němu svou osobní křížovou výpravu. Jednoho dne mu však jeho matka, u níž bydlí a na níž je existenčně závislý, uchystá strašlivé překvapení – Ignácius si musí najít práci. Ignácius je tak nucen překročit Rubikon, a od té chvíle pro něj není návratu: roztáčí se bláznivý kolotoč událostí a divokých dobrodružství, nezadržitelně směřující k dramatickému vyvrcholení. (patro.cz)

Ignácius Reilly, dnes už legendární postava, je výstřední třicátník s akademickým vzděláním, který odmítá pracovat a žije se svou ovdovělou matkou. Notorický mudrlant a zápecník Ignácius považuje za své životní poslání sepsání význačného díla, ve kterém odhalí pomýlenost a mravní zpustlost doby. Při jedné cestě z baru Ingáciova matka poškodí autem cizí dům a jelikož nemá peníze na náhradu škody, je Ignácius donucen hledat si práci. Nakonec je přijat do továrny Levyho kalhoty, což je upadlý podnik před bankrotem. Ignácia práce v malém podniku nadchne, cítí ji především jako šanci trumfnout svou přítelkyni ze studií Myrnu Minkoffovou, která se angažuje v boji za lidská práva v New Yorku. Jeho neutuchající úsilí o sebeprosazení ho však vrhá do série riskantních situací... (patro.cz)

John Kennedy Toole, autor slavného Spolčení hlupců, napsal Neonovou bibli již v šestnácti letech, vydání se však dočkala až dvacet let po jeho tragické smrti. Jde o zvláštní a temnou knihu, v níž se na rozdíl od Spolčení hlupců jen občas zablesknou groteskní náznaky a satirická nálada. Působivý baladický příběh je umocněn jednoduchým jazykem a naprosto přímočarým proudem vyprávění. Bilingvní vydání. (patro.cz)

The book’s first chapter contains new revelations about how Oswald was a witting false defector to the USSR in a CIA plan to surface a KGB mole in the CIA. The second volume in a series on the assassination of President Kennedy, “Countdown to Darkness” describes events during a dangerous quickening of the Cold War. The race for a long-range delivery system for nuclear weapons came to its final, unexpected, and unstable conclusion—the “missile gap” favored the United States, not the Soviet Union. The European colonial empires were collapsing in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, spawning Cold War hot spots, where Moscow and Washington rushed in to fill the void. The inevitable consequence of Castro’s revolution played itself out as communism established itself—armed to the teeth by the Soviet Bloc by early 1961—a few miles from the American underbelly. This book reveals how deeply the Eisenhower Administration was in denial about the entrenched Castro police state, the complete penetration of all anti-Castro groups by Cuban intelligence, and the convulsive spectacle of the exiled Cuban leaders. As Eisenhower marshaled his subordinates to overthrow Castro, the president lost patience with DCI Allen Dulles. Eisenhower wanted a Cold War triple play—the elimination of Castro and, to ensure support from Europe and Latin America, the simultaneous elimination of Congolese Prime Minister Lumumba and Dominican Republic Dictator Trujillo. Dulles approved a CIA plan to use the Mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro in the fall of 1960, as the Democratic and Republican nominees entered the U.S. presidential election campaign. The Nixon-Kennedy debates turned into a spectacle over the crisis in Cuba. JFK pummeled Nixon for not standing up to Castro and not arming the rebels inside and outside of Cuba, while Nixon, who knew that was exactly what the administration was doing, was unable to respond due to the covert nature of the plan. In the NSC, the president had demanded, “Everyone must be prepared to swear that he has not heard of it.” Unfortunately for Vice President Nixon, Kennedy had heard all about it. By the fall of 1960, the principal Cuban exile groups in Miami, and their underground sections in Cuba, had long since descended into chaos. The principal CIA officer responsible for holding them together, Gerry Droller, was singularly incompetent. But that mattered little, as the rate at which Soviet Bloc weapons were pouring into Cuba rendered the exile leadership problem irrelevant. The exile government would never be put ashore in Cuba. All of this came together in a terrible ending. The covert CIA paramilitary plan was unable to keep pace with the consolidation of the regime in Havana, and that plan breathed its last before Kennedy was inaugurated. It did not take long for Allen Dulles and the Pentagon chiefs to figure out that if they told the president the truth about Cuba and Laos, he would abort in Cuba and negotiate over Laos. So they lied to President Kennedy about their views. They assumed that when the exile invasion force was being slaughtered on the beachhead, the president would change his mind and send in the marines and airplanes. The lie about Laos nearly worked. But when the lies about Cuba—that the brigade could succeed and the Cuban people would rise up in rebellion to assist it—did not work, the countdown to darkness came to its tragic, and ignominious end. Once past that foreboding event horizon, political and economic forces inexorably cleaved inward like matter pulled into the singularity of a black hole. Within a year, Kennedy would fire the top three men at the CIA and most of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Revised edition, January 2017. The first in a series of volumes on the JFK assassination, Where Angels Tread Lightly is a unique scholarly examination of historical episodes that go back to WWII, the Office of Strategic Services, and the early evolution of the CIA—up to and beyond Castro’s assumption of power in Cuba in 1959. This book is a groundbreaking investigation of America’s failure in Cuba that uncovers the CIA’s role in Castro’s rise to power and their ensuing efforts to destroy him.This work retraces the paths taken by many of the key players who became entangled in the CIA’s plots to overthrow Castro and the development of the myth that Castro was responsible for the assassination of President Kennedy.With rigorous scholarship and the brilliant insight of a trained textual records interpreter and document forensic specialist, Dr. John M. Newman sheds new light on the multiple identities played by individual CIA officers. Where Angels Tread Lightly deciphers the people and operations that belong to a large number of CIA cryptonyms and pseudonyms that have remained, until now, unsolved. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

„…činů, kvůli nimž jsem trpěl, ani zdaleka nelituji. Všechny bych je vykonal znovu, pokud by to bylo zapotřebí, i za cenu desateronásobného hanobení, nepřízně a ztráty funkce,“ prohlásil John Quincy Adams a s jeho slovy by se pravděpodobně ztotožnilo i dalších sedm amerických senátorů, jejichž příběhy líčí John Fitzgerald Kennedy ve svazku Portréty odvahy. Ať už si vydobyli věhlas, jako například Daniel Webster, nebo byli a jsou víceméně neznámými postavami, jako například Edmund G. Ross, projevili všichni tito politici v kritické chvíli odvahu jít proti proudu a nehledět na stranické zájmy a přání voličů. K jejich činům je přimělo vlastní přesvědčení, svědomí, věrnost ústavě a v neposlední řadě také nutkání zachovat se spravedlivě a prospět vlasti. Nejenže si za své jednání vysloužili tvrdou kritiku, ale v mnoha případech si jím navždy zničili kariéru a někdy i osobní život. Kennedy sestavil příběhy svých odvážných předchůdců na základě důkladného studia historických pramenů, avšak jeho styl má daleko do suché faktografie. Vše naopak líčí velice poutavě, se smyslem pro napětí a dramatičnost. Kniha Portréty odvahy, která výrazně přispěla k utváření moderního politického myšlení, tak zůstává podnětnou a přitažlivou četbou i více než padesát let po svém prvním vydání. (patro.cz)

"…činů, kvůli nimž jsem trpěl, ani zdaleka nelituji. Všechny bych je vykonal znovu, pokud by to bylo zapotřebí, i za cenu desateronásobného hanobení, nepřízně a ztráty funkce," prohlásil John Quincy Adams a s jeho slovy by se pravděpodobně ztotožnilo i dalších sedm amerických senátorů, jejichž příběhy líčí John Fitzgerald Kennedy ve svazku Portréty odvahy. Ať už si vydobyli věhlas, jako například Daniel Webster, nebo byli a jsou víceméně neznámými postavami, jako například Edmund G. Ross, projevili všichni tito politici v kritické chvíli odvahu jít proti proudu a nehledět na stranické zájmy a přání voličů. K jejich činům je přimělo vlastní přesvědčení, svědomí, věrnost ústavě a v neposlední řadě také nutkání zachovat se spravedlivě a prospět vlasti. Nejenže si za své jednání vysloužili tvrdou kritiku, ale v mnoha případech si jím navždy zničili kariéru a někdy i osobní život. Kennedy sestavil příběhy svých odvážných předchůdců na základě důkladného studia historických pramenů, avšak jeho styl má daleko do suché faktografie. Vše naopak líčí velice poutavě, se smyslem pro napětí a dramatičnost. Kniha Portréty odvahy, která výrazně přispěla k utváření moderního politického myšlení, tak zůstává podnětnou a přitažlivou četbou i více než padesát let po svém prvním vydání. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

V červenci 1960 porazil John F. Kennedy, mladý senátor z Massachusetts, v prezidentských volbách Richarda Nixona. Silnou kampaň JFK vedl jeho bratr Robert. Slavná fotografie Hanka Walkera, na níž se John a Robert radí v hotelovém apartmá v Los Angeles během sjezdu Demokratické strany, vypovídá o jejich blízkém vztahu. Tento monochromatický tisk je zasazen do hnědého dřevěného rámu s vnitřním hliníkovým rámečkem a čirým sklem. Všechna zarámovaná umělecká díla od značky Eichholtz vznikla skutečným vyvoláním fotografie, nejedná se tedy o vytištěný plakát. V této podobě jsou k dostání exkluzivně ve VEMZU prostřednictvím značky Eichholtz. Jak pečovat o produkt: > zamezte přímému slunečnímu záření na produkt (vemzu.cz)

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Planeta Mondo Carno pořádá každoroční klání gladiátorů, největší jatka v celém vesmíru, kterých se účastní ti největší drsňáci ze všech planet. A je jasné, že takovou příležitost si Lobo nemůže nechat ujít. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Karibská krize. Třináct dnů od 16. do 28. října 1962. Lidstvo se ocitlo pod bezprostřední hrozbou jaderné zkázy. Dramatické události, od nichž uplynulo šedesát let, zůstávají vážným varováním do současnosti. Autor v nové publikaci podává čtivou formou riskantní, proměnlivý a nejistý ráz krizové situace s jejími zvraty, záměrnými i náhodnými kolizemi a hrozbami z pozice síly.Kniha je výsledkem letitého bádání, jehož vydání se autor bohužel už nedožil. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - 368 stran, česky, pevná s přebalem lesklá Karibská krize. Třináct dnů od 16. do 28. října 1962. Lidstvo se ocitlo pod bezprostřední hrozbou jaderné zkázy. Dramatické události, od nichž uplynulo šedesát let, zůstávají vážným varováním do současnosti. Autor v nové publikaci podává čtivou formou riskantní, proměnlivý a nejistý ráz krizové situace s jejími zvraty, záměrnými i náhodnými kolizemi a hrozbami z pozice síly. (alza.cz)

Don’t miss this exclusive, original Diablo® graphic novel chronicling the origins of Rathma, founder of the necromancer class, protector of the balance between life and death. Centuries after Lilith’s banishment, her son, Linarian, has buried his lineage, denying his innate ability to control life and death. But when a ruthless queen shatters his peace and summons him to the ruined citadel of the Firstborn, Linarian must take up the mantle to save Sanctuary from her twisted intentions.As his power grows, a familiar voice calls to him from the darkness, showing him the potential of his talents and the perilous road he must walk to understand them. From the Diablo® development team and critically acclaimed author-artist duo Fred Kennedy and Adam Gorham comes a compelling, magnificently illustrated new tale. Legends of the Necromancer: Rathma lays bare how the death of innocence can come to define us, or become the catalyst that helps us grow. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Barva podle výrobce: Grey Vydavatelství: Napalm Records Barva: Šedá Země původu: Německo Žánr: Rock;Blues Subžánr: Rock;Blues Balení obsahuje: LP Interpret / Téma: Myles Kennedy Rok vydání: 2021.0 Datum vydání: 2021-05-14 Dekáda interpreta: 1980 - 1989;2010 - 2019;2000 - 2009;1990 - 1999;2020 - 2029 Složení setu: 2 ks Typ: Barevná;LP deska Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Varianta: The Ideas Of March (Grey Vinyl) (2 LP) Země interpreta: USA (muziker.cz)

Typ: LP deska;Kompilace;Stereo;Limitovaná edice Země interpreta: USA Složení setu: 2 ks Subžánr: Bop;Jazz;Modal Barva: Černá Varianta: Another Side Of John (2 LP) Vydavatelství: Craft Recordings Rok vydání: 2021.0 Dekáda interpreta: 1960 - 1969;1950 - 1959;1940 - 1949 Datum vydání: 2021-08-20 Země původu: Německo Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Barva podle výrobce: Black Žánr: Jazz Interpret / Téma: John Coltrane Balení obsahuje: LP (muziker.cz)

eBook: Soldier, secretary, Anglican priest, MP, father of 12, Dean of St Paul\'s... it\'s amazing that John Donne had any spare time. But this collection of his poems shows why it is good to give work to a busy person. \'The Poems of John Donne\' is an education and an inspiration, with his signature rhetorical style ever-present. Through love letters, songs, epigrams, satires and memorial verse, Donne reveals a breadth of knowledge and depth of understanding of the human spirit that has hardly been surpassed. This collection is perfect for fans of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Hudební CD - ANOTHER SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE je kolekce, která zdůrazňuje přínos velkého „Tranea” jako hosta nebo pomocníka v projektech jiných lidí (Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Tadd Dameron a Art Taylor). ANOTHER SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE je kolekce, která zdůrazňuje přínos velkého „Tranea” jako hosta nebo pomocníka v projektech jiných lidí (Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Tadd Dameron a Art Taylor). Pozornost je zaměřena na raná stádia jeho kariéry, kdy nahrával pro vydavatelství Prestige, Riverside a Jazzland, ale je zde také cenný příklad převzatý z katalogu Columbia, nezapomenutelné interpretace „Someday My Prince Will Come” v rámci sextetu velkého Milese. Rok vydání : 2021 Seznam stop CD Sonny Rollins Quartet - Tenor Madness / Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants - 'Round Midnight / The Miles Davis Quintet - Oleo / The Miles Davis Quintet - Airegin / Tadd Dameron With John Coltrane - Soultrane / Art Taylor - C.T.A. /... (alza.cz)

LP vinyl - Prime Prine je kompilační album amerického folkového zpěváka Johna Prina, které původně vyšlo v roce 1976. Prime Prine je kompilační album amerického folkového zpěváka Johna Prina, které původně vyšlo v roce 1976. Hudebník kolekcí uzavřel jednu kapitolu své kariéry, kdy vydával u vydavatelství Atlantic Records. John Prine byl americký folkový lidový zpěvák a skladatel. Mezi jeho objeviteli byl například Kris Kristofferson, jehož zásluhou Prine v roce 1971 vydal své eponymní debutové album. Prine byl široce zmiňován jako jeden z nejvlivnějších skladatelů své generace a byl známý svými vtipnými texty o lásce, životě a současných událostech, stejně jako vážnými písněmi se společenským komentářem či písněmi, které připomínají melancholické příběhy z jeho života. V roce 2020 získal cenu Grammy za celoživotní přínos. Obsah: Sam Stone Saddle in the Rain Please Don't Bury Me The Great Compromise Grandpa Was a Carpenter Donald and Lydia Illegal... (alza.cz)

'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death, ' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he endures as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses but suffered a tragic early death. Edmund Wilson counted him as 'one of the half dozen greatest English writers, ' and T. S. Eliot has paid tribute to the Shakespearean quality of Keats's greatness. Indeed, his work has survived better than that of any of his contemporaries the devaluation of Romantic poetry that began early in this century. This Modern Library edition contains all of Keats's magnificent verse: 'Lamia, ' 'Isabella, ' and 'The Eve of St. Agnes'; his sonnets and odes; the allegorical romance Endymion; and the five-act poetic tragedy Otho the Great. Presented as well are the famous posthumous and fugitive poems, including the fragmentary 'The Eve of Saint Mark' and the great 'La Belle Dame sans Merci, ' perhaps the most distinguished literary ballad in the language. 'No one else in English poetry, save Shakespeare, has in expression quite the fascinating felicity of Keats, his perception of loveliness, ' said Matthew Arnold. 'In the faculty of naturalistic interpretation, in what we call natural magic, he ranks with Shakespeare.' (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,Kniha vtipně a s určitým nadhledem odhaluje myšlenky a zákoutí společně prožité poslední části života velmi extravagantního páru. Dva lidé, kteří se náhodou potkali a prožili spolu několik báječných let. On, vietnamský veterán, zavátý do srdce Evropy, biker milující svého Harleye, neskutečně silná osobnost, bojující až do poslední minuty se svoji nemocí. Ona, žena středních let, okouzlena svoji životni láskou, prožívá neuvěřitelný příběh dvou vzájemně si oddaných lidi. V tomto příběhu nahlédneme do různých zákoutí jejich společného života, částečně pochopíme odlišnost kultur dvou kontinentů a vnímáni života jednotlivce. Vždyť kdo z nás si do puntíku naplánuje svůj vlastní pohřeb? Zdá se to nevhodné, nebo bizardní? Opak je pravdou. Kniha Můj život s Jerrym je velmi poutavé čtení, které odhaluje řadu tajemství společného života dvou neuvěřitelně silných, optimistických a vzájemně se milujících lidí, protože tohle vše je o opravdovém životě a překonávání jeho úskalí. Kniha není obsáhlá, co do počtu stran, ale čtenáře okamžitě zaujme tak, že ji nemůže odložit do úplného přečtení! (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death, ' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he endures as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses but suffered a tragic early death. Edmund Wilson counted him as 'one of the half dozen greatest English writers, ' and T. S. Eliot has paid tribute to the Shakespearean quality of Keats's greatness. Indeed, his work has survived better than that of any of his contemporaries the devaluation of Romantic poetry that began early in this century. This Modern Library edition contains all of Keats's magnificent verse: 'Lamia, ' 'Isabella, ' and 'The Eve of St. Agnes'; his sonnets and odes; the allegorical romance Endymion; and the five-act poetic tragedy Otho the Great. Presented as well are the famous posthumous and fugitive poems, including the fragmentary 'The Eve of Saint Mark' and the great 'La Belle Dame sans Merci, ' perhaps the most distinguished literary ballad in the language. 'No one else in English poetry, save Shakespeare, has in expression quite the fascinating felicity of Keats, his perception of loveliness, ' said Matthew Arnold. 'In the faculty of naturalistic interpretation, in what we call natural magic, he ranks with Shakespeare.' (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year 2015. In The Soul of the Marionette, John Gray draws together the religious, philosophic and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. We flatter ourselves about the nature of free wil (knihydobrovsky.cz)

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washedup child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy - loving best friend riding shotgun - but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic, The Grapes of Wrath,remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale and moral vision; an eloquent tribute to the endurance and dignity of the human spirit. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

It is longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. It is selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Observer and Daily Telegraph. When you travel across the ocean on a boat, all your memories are washed away and you start a completely new life. That is how it is. There is no before. There is no history. The boat docks at the harbour and we climb down the gangplank and we are plunged into the here and now. Time begins. David is the small boy who is always asking questions. Simon and Ines take care of him in their new town Estrella. He is learning the language; he has begun to make friends. He has the big dog Bolivar to watch over him. But he'll be seven soon and he should be at school. And so, David is enrolled in the Academy of Dance. It's here, in his new golden dancing slippers, that he learns how to call down the numbers from the sky. But it's here too that he will make troubling discoveries about what grown-ups are capable of. In this mesmerising allegorical tale, Coetzee deftly grapples with the big questions of growing up, of what it means to be a parent, the constant battle between intellect and emotion, and how we choose to live our lives. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.' Shocking and controversial when it was first published, The Grapes of Wrath is Steinbeck's Pultizer Prize-winning epic of the Joad family, forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and powerlessness, yet out of their struggle Steinbeck created a drama that is both intensely human and majestic in its scale and moral vision. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A meditation on the importance of atheism in the modern world - and its inadequacies and contradictions - by one of Britain's leading philosophers'When you explore older atheisms, you will find some of your firmest convictions - secular or religious - are highly questionable. If this prospect disturbs you, what you are looking for may be freedom from thought.'For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a narrow derision of religion in the name of an often very vaguely understood 'science'. John Gray's stimulating and extremely enjoyable new book describes the rich, complex world of the atheist tradition, a tradition which he sees as in many ways as rich as that of religion itself, as well as being deeply intertwined with what is so often crudely viewed as its 'opposite'. The result is a book that sheds an extraordinary and varied light on what it is to be human and on the thinkers who have, at different times and places, battled to understand this issue. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but their hopes are dashed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty, and more. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but their hopes are dashed as Lennie becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackling universal themes of friendship and shared vision, and giving a voice to America's lonely and dispossessed, Of Mice and Men remains Steinbeck's most popular work, achieving success as a novel, Broadway play and three acclaimed films. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman. 'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.' Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, where they hope to find work and a future for their family. But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll, there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The luminous new novel from 'one of the best writers of our time', twice winner of the Booker Prize 'The Death of Jesus is full of truth' -- David Sexton, Book of the Week, Evening Standard In The Childhood of Jesus, Simon found a boy, David, and they began life in a new land, together with a woman named Ines. In The Schooldays of Jesus, the small family searched for a home in which David could thrive. In The Death of Jesus, David, now a tall ten-year-old, is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director of a local orphanage, playing football with his friends. He shows unusual talent. When David announces that he wants to go and live with Julio and the children in his care, Simon and Ines are stunned. David is leaving them, and they can only love him and bear witness. With almost unbearable poignancy J. M. Coetzee explores the meaning of a world empty of memory but brimming with questions. **A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2020** (knihydobrovsky.cz)

When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see. This title expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and the man-made apocalypse. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The Witcher meets Vikings in this new Norse-inspired fantasy series from acclaimed British author John Gwynne, which will thrill his existing fans as well as being the perfect starting point for new readers THE GREATEST SAGAS ARE WRITTEN IN BLOOD. A century has passed since the gods fought and drove themselves to extinction. Now only their bones remain, promising great power to those brave enough to seek them out.As whispers of war echo across the land of Vigrið, fate follows in the footsteps of three warriors: a huntress on a dangerous quest, a noblewoman pursuing battle fame, and a thrall seeking vengeance among the mercenaries known as the Bloodsworn.All three will shape the fate of the world as it once more falls under the shadow of the gods.Set in a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic new fantasy saga from bestselling author John Gwynne.Further praise for The Shadow of the Gods'Visceral, heart-breaking and unputdownable' Jay Kristoff'A satisfying and riveting read. The well-realised characters move against a backdrop of a world stunning in its immensity. It's everything I've come to expect from a John Gwynne book' Robin Hobb'A masterclass in storytelling . . . epic, gritty fantasy with an uncompromising amount of heart' FanFiAddict'Quintessential Gwynne honed to perfection . . . The Shadow of the Gods is absolutely stunning, one hell of an epic series opener and a spectacular dose of Viking-flavoured fantasy' The Tattooed Book Geek'Reminds me of all that I love in the fantasy genre. The Shadow of the Gods is an action-packed cinematic read' Fantasy Hive (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Twice upon a time - for that is how some stories should continue . . .Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident. She is a body without a spirit, a stolen child. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud to her the fairy stories she loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world.But it is hard to keep faith, so very hard . . .Now an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres. Something wants her to enter, and to journey - to a land coloured by the memories of Ceres's childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father, to a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; to a land where old enemies are watching, and waiting. To the Land of Lost Things. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: \'Poems of 1820\' is a great reminder that some achieve greatness at an early age. John Keats was 24 when this collection of poems was published and it is wild, ecstatic, sensuous and thrilling. In classic Romantic style, he uses Greek mythology and pagan imagery in his poetry and veers from explosive short poems to sprawling epics. Both - and much more in-between - appear in this collection, which is a poignant reminder of what the literary world missed when he died at the age of 25. This is ideal reading for fans of the poets Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The award-winning author of Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel returns with a novel of time travel that precisely captures the reality of our current moment. Sea of Tranquility is a virtuoso performance and an enormously exciting offering from one of our most remarkable writers. In 1912, eighteen-year-old Edwin St. Andrew crosses the Atlantic, exiled from English polite society. In British Columbia, he enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and for a split second all is darkness, the notes of a violin echoing unnaturally through the air. The experience shocks him to his core. Two centuries later Olive Llewelyn, a famous writer, is traveling all over Earth, far away from her home in the second moon colony. Within the text of Olive’s bestselling novel lies a strange passage: a man plays his violin for change in the echoing corridor of an airship terminal as the trees of a forest rise around him. When Gaspery-Jacques Roberts, a detective in the black-skied Night City, is hired to investigate an anomaly in time, he uncovers a series of lives upended: the exiled son of an aristocrat driven to madness, a writer trapped far from home as a pandemic ravages Earth, and a childhood friend from the Night City who, like Gaspery himself, has glimpsed the chance to do something extraordinary that will disrupt the timeline of the universe. Sea of Tranquility is a novel that investigates the idea of parallel worlds and possibilities, that plays with the very line along which time should run. Perceptive and poignant about art, and love, and what we must do to survive, it is incredibly compelling. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washedup child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy - loving best friend riding shotgun - but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

It is longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. It is selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Observer and Daily Telegraph. When you travel across the ocean on a boat, all your memories are washed away and you start a completely new life. That is how it is. There is no before. There is no history. The boat docks at the harbour and we climb down the gangplank and we are plunged into the here and now. Time begins. David is the small boy who is always asking questions. Simon and Ines take care of him in their new town Estrella. He is learning the language; he has begun to make friends. He has the big dog Bolivar to watch over him. But he'll be seven soon and he should be at school. And so, David is enrolled in the Academy of Dance. It's here, in his new golden dancing slippers, that he learns how to call down the numbers from the sky. But it's here too that he will make troubling discoveries about what grown-ups are capable of. In this mesmerising allegorical tale, Coetzee deftly grapples with the big questions of growing up, of what it means to be a parent, the constant battle between intellect and emotion, and how we choose to live our lives. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic, The Grapes of Wrath,remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale and moral vision; an eloquent tribute to the endurance and dignity of the human spirit. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident. She is a body without a spirit, a stolen child. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud to Phoebe the fairy stories she loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world.But it is hard to keep faith, so very hard.Now an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres.Something wants her to enter, and to journey - to a land coloured by the memories of Ceres's childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father, to a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; to a land where old enemies are watching, and waiting.To the Land of Lost Things. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A stunning new clothbound edition of one of the most famous science-fiction novels of the twentieth century, designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith.When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to 'walk', feeding on human flesh - can have their day... (knihydobrovsky.cz)