Tales from Two Pockets

Tales from Two Pockets PDF Author: Karel Capek
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473392748
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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Book Description
This antiquarian book contains a collection of forty-eight stories written by the celebrated Czech writer, Karel Capek. These thrilling and thought-provoking stories attempt to challenge the mystery story paradigm by bending the rules in novel ways. They will appeal to both those who ordinarily love, and those loathe mystery fiction. A great addition to any collection, this compendium constitutes a must-have for fans and collectors of Capek's seminal work. The chapters of this book include: 'The Stolen Papers', 'The Clairvoyant', 'The Secrets of Handwriting Proof Positive', 'The Fortune-Teller', 'There Was Something Shady about the Man', 'The Strange Experiences of Mr. Janik', 'The Selvin Case', 'The Coupon', etcetera. We are republishing this antiquarian volume in an affordable, modern edition, complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Tales from Two Pockets

Tales from Two Pockets PDF Author: Karel Capek
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473392748
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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Book Description
This antiquarian book contains a collection of forty-eight stories written by the celebrated Czech writer, Karel Capek. These thrilling and thought-provoking stories attempt to challenge the mystery story paradigm by bending the rules in novel ways. They will appeal to both those who ordinarily love, and those loathe mystery fiction. A great addition to any collection, this compendium constitutes a must-have for fans and collectors of Capek's seminal work. The chapters of this book include: 'The Stolen Papers', 'The Clairvoyant', 'The Secrets of Handwriting Proof Positive', 'The Fortune-Teller', 'There Was Something Shady about the Man', 'The Strange Experiences of Mr. Janik', 'The Selvin Case', 'The Coupon', etcetera. We are republishing this antiquarian volume in an affordable, modern edition, complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Tales from Two Pockets

Tales from Two Pockets PDF Author: Karel Capek
Publisher: Smith Press
ISBN: 9781447459903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Book Description
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Apocryphal Tales

Apocryphal Tales PDF Author: Karel Čapek
Publisher: Catbird Press
ISBN: 9780945774341
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Book Description
Translated from the Czech by Norma Comrada A grand collection of tales and fables from one of Czechoslovakia's most respected writers that approach great events and figures of history, myth and literature in startling ways. Jesus's loves and fishes miracle is described from the viewpoint of a baker. Townspeople argue about who's to blame for the approaching hordes of Attila the Hun. Humorous, thought-provoking, and sometimes frightening, they show Capek at his very best.

Toward the Radical Center

Toward the Radical Center PDF Author: Karel Čapek
Publisher: Catbird Press
ISBN: 9780945774075
Category : Czech drama
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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Book Description
Capek's best plays, stories, and columns take us from the social contributions of clumsy people to dramatic meditations on mortality and commitment. The Reader includes a new and, at last, complete English translation of R.U.R., the play that introduced the literary robot.

Prague Tales

Prague Tales PDF Author: Jan Neruda
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 9633864658
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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Book Description
This is a collection of Jan Neruda's intimate, wry, bittersweet stories of life among the inhabitants of the Little Quarter of nineteenth-century Prague. These finely tuned and varied vignettes established Neruda as the quintessential Czech nineteenth-century realist, the Charles Dickens of a Prague becoming ever more aware of itself as a Czech rather than an Austrian city. Prague Tales is a classic by a writer whose influence has been acknowledged by generations of Czech writers, including Ivan Klíma, who contributes an introduction to this new translation.

Talks with T.G. Masaryk

Talks with T.G. Masaryk PDF Author: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Publisher: Catbird Press
ISBN: 9780945774266
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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Book Description
Translated by Dora Round Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937) was a philosophy professor who became the founder and first president of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935) and was a leading figure in world affairs between the wars. Capek, author of 'War with the Newts', and Czechoslovakia's most prominent writer during these years, interviewed Masaryk at great length and produced this volume that tells Masaryk's unique story.

The Angel in My Pocket

The Angel in My Pocket PDF Author: Sukey Forbes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143127578
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Book Description
After losing her daughter Charlotte to a rare genetic disorder, life for Sukey Forbes is completely shattered. As devastated as she is, Forbes searches for ways to deal with her grief. She wants desperately to recover a full, meaningful life on the private island of Naushon where she and her family live. Forbes begins exploring her family's rich history of spiritual seekers, including her great-great-great grandfather, Ralph Waldo Emerson, who similarly lost a young child.

Mrs Noah's Pockets

Mrs Noah's Pockets PDF Author: Jackie Morris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910959091
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
"At last all were gathered inside the ark. It heaved with animals, large and small. Mrs Noah wore a brand-new coat, with a hood and a cape - and very deep pockets. Lots of pockets."When Mr Noah builds the ark, he makes two lists - one for all the animals who will come on board and one for those troublesome creatures he will leave behind. Meanwhile, Mrs Noah gets out her sewing machine and makes a coat with very deep pockets. Lots of pockets.

Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek PDF Author: Ivan Klíma
Publisher: Catbird Press
ISBN: 9780945774532
Category : Authors, Czech
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Book Description
And although originally written in Czech, the book was commissioned by Catbird Press and was therefore written with foreign readers in mind; in other words, no prior knowledge of Capek's writings or his milieu is required."--BOOK JACKET.

A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes

A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes PDF Author: Elizabeth Garton Scanlon
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060295264
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
A cave is a pocket for a bear, a breath is a pocket full of air. A hat is a pocket for your hair, and a seat is a pocket called a chair... A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book is a whimsical pocket full of bells and balloons, ice cream and mud, giggles and hugs. Elizabeth Garton Scanlon's delightful verse is captured in Robin Preiss Glasser's energetic artwork, which follows four families through a busy day exploring the surprising ins and outs of the world's pockets. This special book will leave readers young and old with pockets full of joy!