biographies and memoirs(64)

Dramatik František Adolf Šubert

Although František Adolf Šubert (1849–1915), the first director of the National Theatre, was an active man of considerable merit, this is...

T. G. Masaryk a jeho c. k. protivníci

Masaryk’s foreign action which began in Switzerland is not merely evidence of the great diplomatic and organizational work and skills of ...

Československá zahraniční akce ženevského období v zápase s rakousko-uherskou diplomacií, zpravodajskými službami a propagandou (1915–1916)

Pražská škola v korespondenci

The Prague School became an icon in world linguistics of the 20th century: based on the Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de Sau...

Dopisy z let 1924–1989

Trpké vzpomínky na 17. listopad 1939

This collection, published on the occasion of the International Students' Day – Day of the Fight for Freedom and Democracy, supplemented ...

Václav Chaloupecký

The aim of this book is to deal with the historiographical legacy of Czech historian Václav Chaloupecký (1882–1951), the pupil of Josef P...

Hledání československých dějin

Zažil jsem toho dost

Professor PhDr. Petr Sgall, DrSc., is a widely respected scientist in the field of general, theoretical and computational linguistics and...

Francouzský institut v Praze 1920–1951

The French Institute is an important foreign institution with an almost 100-year-tradition. Between 1920–1951 it became the keystone of C...

Mezi vzděláním a propagandou

Když se rákos chvěje nad hladinou

As is clear from the title, this book is a collection of author's personal confession and open meditation rather than a comprehensive aca...

Paměti Františka Jana Vaváka, souseda a rychtáře milčického z let 1770–1816

František Jan Vavák (1741–1816) was the most important of the Czech peasant amateur writers. Lacking any formal education, through self-s...

Kniha VI–VII (1810–1816)

Můj deník z první světové války

The diary of Zdeněk Václav Tobolka, a pro-Austrian member of parliament for the Young Czech Party, and during the First Republic a Social...

Edvard Beneš: Politická biografie českého demokrata II

The second part of the political biography of Edvard Beneš covers the period from 1935, when this politician, having matured both politic...

Prezident republiky a vůdce národního odboje (1935–1948)

Dějiny chirurgie v Čechách

The book was originally published in 1891 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the imperial and royal general hospital and opening...