Audiokniha Přednášejte jako na TEDu
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…
O udatnom Balážovi
Kde bolo, tam bolo, v ďalekej krajine, bol raz jeden pastier Baláž. Ten mal také kozičky, že keď im zahral na píšťalke, tancovali a veselili sa ako ľudia. Kráľovej dcére sa Balážove kozičky veľmi páčili a Balážovi sa zas páčila princeznička. Kráľ sľúbil, že mu ju dá za …
Porodní bába
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…
O dvanástich mesiačikoch
Na kraji jedného čierneho lesa, ktoré konca ani vidno nebolo, stála malá horárnička, v ktorej bývala vdova s dvoma dcérami. Vlastnou Holenou a nevlastnou Maruškou. Ako to už býva, vdova svojej dcére všetko po vôli robila a Marušku len hrešila - roboty hrsťami, chlieb so…
Odpadlík
Luigi byl čaroděj - učeň. Navíc zamilovaný právě do tohoto křižníku, admirálské lodě třetí hvězdné flotily. A do toho pořád ty šramoty. Zasáhli čarodějové… napadlo ho.
The Beauty of Women for Middle Aged and Older Men
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…
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, …
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…
Val's Diary
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…
Lotta z Rošťácké uličky
Malá Lotta bydlí s rodiči a dvěma sourozenci v hezkém žlutém domě v uličce, která se správně jmenuje Pošťácká. Možná že kdysi v téhle ulici pošťáci žili, prohlásil jednou Lottin tatínek, ale protože tu teď již dlouho řádí jenom rošťáci, překřtil ji na Rošťáckou. A oprav…
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…
MS v ledním hokeji juniorů 1977 - Banská Bystrica (ČSSR - Švédsko) - 3.třetina
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 - …
Love from the Dark Side
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…
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 …
Longing
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…
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 …
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…
Mirage
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 …