Audiokniha Meditační promluvy 10 - Svoboda vědomí

Je pozdní léto roku 1944 a v oblasti Pečenga na severu Finska probíhá laponská válka. Nemanželská dcera ze šamanské rodiny, odmalička odsunutá na okraj společnosti, působí jako porodní bába. Pak se ale bezhlavě zamiluje do nacistického důstojníka Johannese a z vlastní v…

Než město pohřbil popel Vesuvu… Roku 79 našeho letopočtu pohřbila erupce sopky Vesuv antické město Pompeje. Roku 1834 napsal o této tragické události lord Edward George Bulwer Lytton strhující historický román. Že jsou Pompeje antické město, které roku 79 našeho letopo…

Parodický příběh lásky dvou žen ke slavnému lupiči v jedné z nejslavnějších komedií anglického dramatika Johna Gaye.Anglický dramatik John Gay (1685-1732) byl ve své době velice uznávaným básníkem, tvůrcem operních libret, například pro Georga Friedricha Händela, a auto…

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…

Miloň Čepelka svůj dobrodružný seriál napsal na motivu románu Charlese Sealsfielda. Vypráví o tom, co má společného Bílá růže s babičkou Hodgesovou, Rosettou a Rosičkou. I o tom, jak Miko náčelník indiánského kmene Oconeů zachránil a vychoval dceru bělocha. A nejen to? …

It’s time to redefine how we work. We have been told for ages that technology would make our lives easier. Instead, we increasingly find ourselves drowning in tedious tasks and feeling trapped in the daily grind—overflowing calendars, endless to-do lists, and a never-en…

Alphonse Daudet je znám především svou prvotinou Listy z mého mlýna a Podivuhodnými dobrodružstvími Tartarina z Tarasconu. Jeho svěží styl se stal jedním ze vzorů francouzské moderní prózy a Daudetovy texty patří do zlatého fondu francouzského písemnictví 19. století.Čt…

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…

The ninth step into the Darkness is called Love from the Dark Side, and it brings us to the climax of the series – the Darkness itself. It features The Tenant of the Cedars by Mary Elizabeth Penn – a story about the vengeance of the dead. Little is known of the author o…

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 fourth step into the Darkness is called Murderers, and it takes the listener into the realm of vampire stories and haunted houses. The first – The Tomb of Sara – was written by English navy officer, and writer, Frederick George Loring. It was one of the very first s…

Marketing of small and medium businesses provides 8 important tips for entrepreneurs who have decided to support their business by marketing activities and who want to do it efficiently. Experience shows that too many entrepreneurs waste a lot of money on activities tha…

Nine steps have led us to the final stage – right into the heart of the Darkness. Aptly enough, the iconic author from Ireland is on the doorstep; Bram Stoker – and with his Dracula to boot. Well, wait a second – not exactly, to be honest. Dracula’s Guest is one of the …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Although the benefits of cutting company costs may seem obvious, there are many entrepreneurs who neglect to do that. The costs directly affect the level of their income and may also pose a great risk to the company. This audiobook teaches entrepreneurs that cost manage…

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…

What starts as a simple date… can quickly spiral into something completely unexpected. Date is a sharp, witty three-act comedy that explores the unpredictable world of modern relationships where first impressions deceive, intentions clash, and nothing ever goes quite as…