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Modernita a holocaust

Bauman understands the Holocaust as a “Jewish tragedy” but emphasizes its specific features that distinguish it from all other genocides....

Svatý stolec a Československo II.

The second volume of the series presents selected summary diplomatic reports of the Czechoslovak embassy to the Holy See during the era o...

Edice dokumentů z let 1923–1925

Fakta a trendy v současné české společnosti

The book aims to use the available data to show the changing living conditions in Czech society, starting approximately at the beginning ...

Jak se neztratit v datech

Zánik a pustnutí venkovských sídlišť v pozdním středověku

Deserted medieval villages represent a fascinating historical resource, often considered essential evidence of the crisis in European soc...

Chebsko a Slavkovský les

Lyrická gesta

With its entry into the world a poem creates the space in which it finds itself. By means of lyrical gestures it poses questions, opens, ...

Jazyková situace v současném Španělsku

The monograph presents a sociolinguistic analysis of contemporary Spain. Based on a detailed description of the languages and dialects cu...

Patrick Chamoiseau: Le chant dʼombre et de lumière

The monograph focuses on poetic topoi and literary images in Patrick Chamoiseau’s novels. The imaginary, a concept studied by Ernst Rober...

Ethnic Diaspora Festivities in the Czech Republic

The publication reviews the festivities in the lives of immigrants who came to the Czech Republic after 1990 and who have since created n...

Cultural Traditions between Isolation, Integration and Hybridization

Překlad do nemateřského jazyka

The tolerated and frequent practice of translating into non-native languages ("non-native translation") is a phenomenon which has not bee...

Fakta, otázky, perspektivy

English for Pharmacy and Medical Bioanalytics

The third edition of this textbook for students of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, focuses on presenting and practicing Engl...

Essential Medical Terminology

Intended for English-speaking students of medical faculties, the present publication provides an introduction into the language of medici...

Your Lifeboat in the Sea of Terms

O pohřbech a pohřbívání

In the first part of his book On Funerals and Burials, Prof. Piťha takes a detached view and an informal historicising style and provides...