biographies and memoirs(57)

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 ...

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

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)

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...

ThDr. Josef Hronek jako katechetik a pedagog

Marie Zimmermannová’s book focuses on Josef Hronek’s scholarly work. Josef Hronek (1890–1954) was a professor of catechetics and pedagogy...

Válečný chirurg

War Surgeon presents the professional beginnings of František Burian, the founder of post-traumatic plastic surgery. The book summarizes ...

František Burian a zrození české plastické chirurgie

Tinnitus

Tinnitus is a term denoting ringing or buzzing in the ears which may increase of decrease in intensity at different intervals. This book...

1930–2010

Padesát let cest jazykozpytce a filosofa

Fifty Years of Travel, written by Professor Alois Richard Nykl (1885–1958), represents the first and only completed volume of this Czech-...

Poznámky k revoluční akci v Chicagu (1914–1918)

Alois Richard Nykl (1885–1958), an American of Czech origin, is primarily known as a linguist, polyglot and Orientalist. Having traveled ...

Ivan M. Havel

Od Puzuka k Sakatekovi (1938–1989)

Martinů - osud skladatele

The biography follows the life story of one of the most significant creative forces in Czech classical music in the 20th century, Bohusla...

Odkaz rychtáře Vaváka

The reeve from Milčice in the Poděbrady district, František Jan Vavák (1741–1816), was one of the most important rural popular scripturis...

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