Audiokniha Angličtina pro tebe 1 - Začátečníci
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…
HOW TO SEARCH FOR NEW EMPLOYEES
The success or failure of every company depends primarily on the quality of employees and the cooperation of the entire team. Learn everything about company staffing, recruiting new employees, developing their skills in the company, drafting employee contracts, paying w…
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…
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…
MERGERS AND ACQUSITIONS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES
In this lesson, learn about acquisitions and mergers, the role they play in business and how to use them successfully. Advice for entrepreneurs who want to rapidly expand their business and safely buy a functioning company or companies.
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…
Coward
What does it mean to survive… when survival demands compromise? Coward is a powerful, unsettling story of one man's journey through the shifting moral landscape of 20th century Czechoslovakia a world where every decision carries a cost. Graduating in 1938 on the brink o…
Kdo šije u Podolské
Salon Podolská býval v dobách své největší slávy spojován s elegancí a luxusem. Po znárodnění v roce 1948 zde díky protekci Marty Gottwaldové mohla bývalá majitelka zůstat zaměstnána na podřadné pozici. Na osudech lidí spojených se salonem můžeme sledovat dobu, kdy mode…
Illusion
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 …
Stories of Sherlock Holmes
In the Boscombe Valley Mystery, Turner kills his blackmailer McCarthy to prevent McCarthy's son marrying his daughter and claiming all of his property. In the Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, Holmes foils Mr Ryder's plans to steal a precious jewel and frame a plumber fo…
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…