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Literary Criticism

Beyond Decadence Exposing the Narrative Irony in Jan Opolsky's Prose

Butler Peter

ISBN: PB: 9788024625713, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, July 2015
300 pp., 24.1x17 cm, 4 halftones

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Jan Opolsky has primarily been viewed as an undistinguished hanger-on in the era of Czech literary decadence. Through close reading and detailed analysis of Opolsky's prose, however, Peter...

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History of Art

Genesis of Creativity and the Origin of the Human Mind

Putova Barbora, Soukup Vaclav

ISBN: HB: 9788024626772, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, July 2015
350 pp., 23.3x17 cm, 160 colour plates

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! What is it about human beings that makes us creative, able to imagine and enact new possibilities for life and new solutions to problems in a way that no other animal can? The authors incl...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

Gerulata Lamps A Survey of Roman Lamps in Pannonia

Frecer Robert

ISBN: PB: 9788024626789, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, July 2015
400 pp., 24.1x17 cm, 200 halftones

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! For the ancient Romans, lamps were more than just a way to be able to see in the dark – they were mythical muses, witnesses to secrets, and instruments of the supernatural. Far more famili...

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Europe

Paris Summit, 1377-78 Emperor Charles IV and King Charles V of France

Smahel Frantisek

ISBN: HB: 9788024625225, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, February 2015
680 pp., 27.9x22.8 cm, 150 colour plates

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! The Czech king and Roman Emperor Charles IV met with the French king Charles V in Paris in 1378. Reconstructing the journey to this meeting with deft narrative talent, Frantisek Smahel tra...

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Literary Criticism

Rhetoric in European and World Culture

Kraus Jiri

ISBN: PB: 9788024622156, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, February 2015
280 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! "Rhetoric in European and World Culture" traces the position of rhetoric in cultural and educational systems from ancient times to the present. Here, Jiri Kraus examines rhetoric's decline...

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History of Art

Master of the Trebon Altarpiece

Royt Jan

ISBN: HB: 9788024622613, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, February 2015
330 pp., 28.4x23.3 cm, 86 colour plates, 12 halftones

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! The Master of the Trebon Altarpiece was a painter active in Prague in the fourteenth century and one of the most important gothic artists of the international style. He is named for his mo...

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General

Homelessness as an Alternative Existence of Young People

Vagnerova Marie, Csemy Ladislav, Marek Jakub

ISBN: PB: 9788024625171, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2014
320 pp., 24.1x17.2 cm, 27 line drawings, 2 maps, 79 charts

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! The chronically homeless face a stark reality: lack of access to support systems, adequate shelter, and sustenance, with little hope for something better. For young people, however, life o...

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Contemporary Art

Jan Koblasa Grafika Prints

Neslehova Mahulena

ISBN: PB: 9788024625218, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2014
328 pp., 28.4x23.3 cm, Illustrated in colour throughout

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! A key personality in Czech modern art, Jan Koblasa works in diverse media, including sculpture, painting, drawing, and printmaking, and he also makes costumes for the stage and screen, wri...

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Evolution

Evolution Myth or, The Genes Cry Out Their Urgent Song, Mister Darwin Got It Wrong

Mejsnar Jiri

ISBN: PB: 9788024625201, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2014
150 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 20 halftones, 8 charts

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! The origins of life, species, and man continue to interest scientists and stir debate among the general public more than one hundred and fifty years after Charles Darwin published "On the...

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Music

Prague Soundscapes

Jurkova Zuzana

ISBN: PB: 9788024625157, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, September 2014
340 pp., 24.1x17.2 cm, 64 colour plates

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Dvorak's opera Rusalka at the National Theatre. A punk concert in an underground club. The hypnotic chanting of Hare Krishnas joyfully dancing through the streets. These are the sounds of...

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