biographies and memoirs(59)

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...

Edvard Beneš: Politická biografie českého demokrata I

This biography of the second Czechoslovak president is divided into two parts. The first part presents Edvard Beneš in 1884–1935, that is...

Revolucionář a diplomat (1884–1935)

Josef Pekař

This book by Josef Hanzal describes the life and work of an eminent Czech historian. The author follows Josef Pekař during his studies an...

Život a dílo

Paměti

In his memoirs, this world-famous gastroenterologist encapsulates his life and scholarly experience, recollects his father and presents h...

Chvíle s Janem Masarykem