Author: Pavol Dobšinský
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : sk
Pages : 152
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This book is a superb presentation of Slovak literature and art: give this Slovak national monument to your progeny and friends, and to America at large.
Author: Pavol Dobšinský
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780865166028
Category : Miniature books
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Author: David L. Cooper
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9780765632722
Category : Fiction
Languages : iw
Pages : 332
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This delightful collection makes the rich but little-known Slovak folk culture available for English-language readers. Most of the fifty tales assembled here from the collections of folklorist Pavol Dobsinsky are translated into English for the first time. The poetic qualities of the originals have been carefully preserved. The general reader will enjoy these tales immensely, and students will find an insightful introduction to the genres of the folktale and the specifics of Slovak tales. For expert readers, all of the tales have been classified according to the Aarne-Thompson index, and many include short commentaries that draw on the work of Viera Gasparikova.
Author: Anton Špiesz
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 0865165009
Category : Nationalism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Little contemporary scholarship on Slovak history exists in English. This title fills an important gap in historiography about events throughout Central Europe over the last fourteen centuries. It presents the history of Slovakia in terms of the latest scholarship and in the context of on-going historical debate about Slovak history and its presentation in post-socialist world. Extensive footnotes by scholars, 350 color illustrations, Index, Bibliography, Foreword and Epilogue.
Author: David L. Cooper
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315291673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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This delightful collection makes the rich but little-known Slovak folk culture available for English-language readers. Most of the fifty tales assembled here from the collections of folklorist Pavol Dobsinsky are translated into English for the first time. The poetic qualities of the originals have been carefully preserved. The general reader will enjoy these tales immensely, and students will find an insightful introduction to the genres of the folktale and the specifics of Slovak tales. For expert readers, all of the tales have been classified according to the Aarne-Thompson index, and many include short commentaries that draw on the work of Viera Gasparikova.
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Czech Republic
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Author: David Williams
Publisher: America Through Time
ISBN: 9781625450661
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Mira Slovak was born in Czechoslovakia and endured both the Nazi occupation and the brutal Russian liberation. He joined the Czech Air force, rising to captain by the age of twenty-one. When he could no longer tolerate life under the Communists, he hijacked an airliner and flew across the Iron Curtain to freedom. He went to work for the CIA and was eventually sent to the US and given a job as Bill Boeing, Jr.'s personal pilot. When Boeing began racing hydroplanes in the late 1950s, Mira was his driver. During his ten-year career as a hydroplane driver, he won many races and two national championships. He met presidents and dated movie starlets. After a serious hydroplane accident, Slovak switched to airplanes, and won another national championship. When he retired from racing, he became a stunt pilot and public speaker and talked about the value of freedom and how we should value it above everything else. He outlasted Communism and when it collapsed in 1990, he returned to his home, only to realize that his true home was, and always would be, the United States.
Author: Ted Gottfried
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761418566
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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A look at the country and people of Slovakia.
Author: Pavol Dobšinský
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slovaks
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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This book is a superb presentation of Slovak literature and art: give this Slovak national monument to your progeny and friends, and to America at large. If you can't endow a book or art, promote Slovakia's cultural heritage with the purchase of this Dobsinsky-Benka book.
Author: Bryce Moore
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 9781600608520
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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When Tomas moves with his family to Slovakia, the Slovakian creatures from his youth come to life.
