Audiokniha 100 statečných - Host č. 19 - Martin Chadima 07.06.2014
Sidonie Nádherná
Sidonie Nádherná z Borutína, přítelkyně básníka Rainera Marii Rilka i kritika a spisovatele Karla Krause, zvelebitelka a ochranitelka zámku a parku ve Vrchotových Janovicích, není typickou famme fatale.Alena Wagnerová ve své biografické knize Sidonie Nádherná s podtitul…
Touch of Death
The eighth step into the Darkness takes place on the American side of the Atlantic. It features two short stories by a single author – Texas native Robert Ervin Howard. Sadly enough, Howard died at age 30, but he still managed to create several immortal heroes – and was…
Zlatý chrobák
K napsání slavné povídky Zlatý chrobák (překládáno též jako Zlatý skarabeus) vedla Edgara Allana Poa jeho záliba v šifrách, hmyzu, tajuplných příbězích a tíživá finanční situace. Vznikla jedna z prvních světových detektivních povídek o hledání tajemného pokladu, ale tak…
Planes of Existence
The fifth step into the Darkness is called Planes of Existence, and it is a solo ride by the feature author of the whole series in three parts. In them, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, practically unread and unknown during his life, but a source of inspiration after his deat…
The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell is one of history's most influential scientists — in Einstein's words, the man with whom "one scientific epoch ended and another began" — yet he remains far less known to the public than contemporaries like Faraday, Newton, or Einstein himself. In th…
Gejša
Příběh malé Čijo, která se má stát slavnou gejšou Sajuri, začíná v chudé japonské rybářské vesnici, kde Čijo do smrti své matky vyrůstala, a to ve velké chudobě. Když ji jako devítiletou prodají do Gionu, kjótské čtvrti gejš, dívenka rázem přijde o rodiče i starší sestr…
Rituals for Virtual Meetings: Creative Ways to Engage People and Strengthen Relationships
Rituals for Virtual Meetings turns a genuine 2020-era crisis — the sudden shift to all-remote work — into a practical playbook for making screen-bound meetings feel human again. Drawing on their backgrounds teaching at the Stanford d.school and researching how humans cr…
Sounds in the Dark
The third step into the Darkness is called Sounds in the Dark. It begins with a short story written in 1921 by American master horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft called The Music of Erich Zann. The author himself considered the story to be one of his masterpieces, …
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF A GOOD ENTREPRENEUR
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF A GOOD ENTREPRENEUR will teach you especially what you should not forget before you start a business and, if you are already running one, what steps should take to protect your business and family assets.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR
The e-book reveals a set of rules obeyed by entrepreneurs who are running successful businesses in the long-term. Business is affected by many variables, but every entrepreneur can affect those which are essential for success! Which are they?
Politics in theory and practice
What if politics isn’t random at all but follows patterns most people never see? Why do some political systems succeed while others collapse? Is history shaped by chance… or by underlying laws? And can morality truly survive in the world of power, strategy, and ideology…
Forgotten Shoes
Summer has started and a group of six friends who call themselves the Bombardiers have so many plans. First on the agenda? Finally explore the half-ruined house in Acacia Street everyone is so afraid of. No one has stepped inside for years. Except for cats. Hundreds of …
Carmen
Prosper Mérimée napsal Carmen v roce 1847, Povídka později posloužila Georgesi Bizetovi pro předlohu ke slavné opeře. Příběh o krásné a lehkomyslné ženě l si můžete rovněž poslechnout namluvený autorem - rodilým Kolumbijcem.
All my dancing seasons
Humorous stories of “old bachelors” who, at balls, wine bars, on the street, and elsewhere, try—sometimes successfully, sometimes not—to get closer to the opposite sex. For some men, the pursuit of women gradually becomes a purpose, a pastime, and eventually even a spor…
The Canterville Ghost
The Otis family move into a haunted house, Canterville Chase. The resident ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville killed his wife there in 1575 and his guilt causes him to haunt the house. Sir Simon haunts with different coloured bloodstains, which appear on the floor everyday…
Death and Other Horrors
The very first step into the Darkness is called Death and Other Horrors, and it contains three short stories. The author of the first of these – The Haunted Dolls’ House – is Montague Rhodes James. A scientist at first, James eventually gained success writing Gothic hor…
Anna Elliotová
Román Anna Elliotová patří k trojici pozdních románů Jane Austenové (byl vydán posmrtně, r. 1818 pod názvem Persuasion), jejichž hrdinky jsou zpočátku odsouzené do rolí Popelky a získávají si lásku nejen svou andělskou povahou, ale i inteligencí, vtipem a morální pevnos…
Perinbaba
Kde bolo, tam bolo, bola raz jedna chudobná dievčina, ktorú macocha veľmi preveľmi trápila. Jedného dňa, keď jej nakázala skočiť do studne po vreteno, ktoré jej tam spadlo, ocitla sa dievčina na peknej lúke v prečudesnom svete, kde na ňu chlieb i jabloň prehovorili a pr…
Snehulienka a 7 trpaslíkov
V ďalekej krajine žila raz jedna kráľovná, ktorá si želala mať dievčatko biele ako sneh, s ústami červenými ako krv a vlasmi čiernymi ako eben. Prianie sa kráľovnej splnilo a onedlho porodila dcérku - Snehulienku. Šťastie však rýchlo vystriedalo veľké nešťastie- kráľovn…
Deníky
Virginia Woolfová si sala deník od roku 1915 až do své smrti roku 1941. Zaznámenávala nejen nejbějžnější věci - kam ten den šla, s kým se setkala, jak se zrovna cítila -, ale také se v zápiscích sousřeďovala na společensko-politické dění v Anglii i v Evropě, získáme z n…
The Three Musketeers
All for one and one for all! The three musketeers - Porthos, Aramis and Athos - are the most daring swordsmen in France, and special bodyguards to the king. When d'Artagnan comes to Paris to join their ranks, they become the greatest friends of his life. when a villaino…
Dana
Three women. One man. Three encounters that blur the line between desire, connection, and illusion. In Dana, relationships are never simple and every meeting reveals something deeper beneath the surface. Each story follows a different woman, each with her own personalit…
