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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…

The sixth step into the Darkness is called Longing, and it features a single short story; a very distinctive one indeed. It is a relatively short masterpiece by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the author who is a pillar of our series. The Outsider is one of his most often pu…

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, …

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…

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…

A young woman starts her first job as a governess in charge of two young orphans, Miles and Flora, at a country house called Bly. The children are beautiful and well-behaved, but are they too good to be true? When the governess starts to experience strange visions, she …

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.

The Beauty of Women for Middle Aged and Older Men 67 humorous and reflective poems about love, attraction, and relationships from a mature man's perspective. What happens when love is seen not through youthful fantasy, but through the wisdom of time? This collection bl…

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…

MS v ledním hokeji juniorů 1977 - Banská Bystrica (první MS v této kategorii) ČSSR - Švédsko 4:2 2. 1. 1977 - 2. a 3. třetinu komentují Stanislav Dudka, Aleš Procházka a Jaroslav Janků - přenos začíná posledními 2 minutami 2. třetiny, ČSSR vede 2:0 - …

Montague Rhodes James makes his second appearance in the series in this, the seventh step into the Darkness. James came from Kent in South East England, and was a renowned scientist focusing on medieval art, literature, and architecture. He wrote short stories just for …

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 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 …

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…

Artificial intelligence is transforming the legal profession — and this book shows lawyers how to harness it. Written by Noah Waisberg and Alexander Hudek, the lawyer-and-computer-scientist team behind the pioneering legal-AI company Kira Systems, AI for Lawyers is an a…

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…

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…

Sever zní rytmem... Rytmem harf a dunících sobích stád, rytmem šamanských bubnů a rytmem války. Civilizovaný svět už dávno zapomněl na to, že na severu žijí lidé. Lidé s podivnými zvyky, ještě podivnější řečí a touhou po svobodě. Civilizovaný svět by rád seveřany zkroti…

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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?

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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…

Obdobou TV večerníčku je v rozhlasovém vydání o pár let starší Hajaja, pohádka před spaním vysílaná pro děti na stanici Českého rozhlasu Praha. Těší se už pět desetiletí velké oblibě. Hajaja je spojen se jmény dlouhé řady herců a mezi postavičkami, které dětem přiblížil…

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.

Vyprávět obsah tří z nejznámějších románů Julese Vernea by jistě bylo jako nosit dříví do lesa. Supraphon vám nabízí jejich velkolepé dramatizace s našimi předními herci hned na pěti albech. A vy se sami rozhodnete, zda se vydáte na cestu kolem světa sanglickým gentlema…