Audiokniha 100 statečných - Host č. 49 - Osamu Okamura 07.06.2014

Byly jednou holčičky a ty moc a moc zlobily. Jedna si pořád vymýšlela, že ji něco kousne, druhá se nechtěla mýt, jiná stále na někoho neslušně ukazovala. Další se toulaly, bály se a byly strašné nepořádnice. A co teprve ty ostatní! S takovými zlobilkami si ani rodiče ne…

Francouzské verše o lásce jsou pověstné: o lásce šťastné i nešťastné, zraňované i zraňující, mladinké, zralé, nevinné, záletné. Vinou se jako červená nit básněmi tohoto galantního národa od raného středověku po dnešek a jako by samy vytvářely jeden jediný příběh, blízký…

V Ledové sfinze se Verne pokusil navázat na "Dobrodružství Arthura Gordona Pyma" od Edgara Allana Poea. Poeovo fascinující vyprávění o plavbě do jižních moří končí tajuplnou scénou: uprchlíci se ocitají v oblaku páry, z něhož probleskuje jakási bílá postava... Verna ta…

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…

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…

World history is contradictory. On the one hand, it is certainly fascinating with the number of courageous deeds and glorious victories that moved human society forward. And if that failed, then at least with heroic defeats that positively influenced national consciousn…

Príbeh štyroch sestier prvý raz uzrel svetlo sveta v druhej polovici 19. storočia, ale jeho obľúbenosť prekročila hranice času. Stále ďalším generáciám matiek a dcér ukazuje hodnotu rodiny, priateľstva, odpustenia a života v pravde a láske. Príbeh sa odohráva v časoch a…

The second step into the Darkness is called Illusion, and the pioneer of modern-era horror stories, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, meets another of his “gurus” – Edgar Allan Poe (Lovecraft himself is sometimes referred to as E. A. Poe’s direct successor). William Wilson is …

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…

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…

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…

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, …

Plejády. Souhvězdí bohyně lovu a Měsíce. Přemýšleli jste někdy o jeho původu? Mytický příběh se datuje do dávné minulosti a pojednává o jedné malé zelenavé bytosti, která musí porazit zákeřnou a sílící temnotu Peruviel. K tomu bude zapotřebí se naučit spoustu kouzel, sp…

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…

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.

Když včelku Bambulku honí vosa Bodalka, omylem narazí do holčičky Aničky, a vysype se na ni kouzelný pyl. Anička je najednou malinkatá a Bambulka ji vezme do úlu. Tam pozná, jak včelky žijí, a pomůže jim zbavit se vosy Bodalky.

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?

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…

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…

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…

School’s over at last! Summer holidays are here but who wants to spend them in the countryside? Not Val, of course! She hates the country, but eventually she’ll change her mind. Guess why! Read her diary and find out. She tells her diary all about herself, her moods, he…

As the name suggests, this is a very current topic. It is intended for all entrepreneurs who either find themselves in crisis and are trying to mitigate it or those who seek to prevent it. It offers a comprehensive overview of company crisis, signals and forms of crises…

What did Shakespeare really believe, write, and do -- and what have we simply assumed for four hundred years? 30 Great Myths about Shakespeare takes aim at the persistent myths surrounding the world's most famous playwright, from questions about his identity and authors…

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…

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…