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Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can cause big trouble. In the second part, which takes place at a well-known seaside resort, you will learn how the business ri…

Příběhy mimořádných žen, převážně urozených, ale i prostých, které se svými projevy blíženské lásky a svatostí zapsaly do dějin. O svatých královnách hovoří církevní historik profesor Martin Weis. Pozornost věnuje například císařovně Elii Pulcherii, svaté Uršule, králov…

Ve Skandii existuje pouze jediná cesta, jak se stát bojovníkem. Chlapci jsou vybíráni do skupin zvaných bratrstva a musejí podstoupit tříměsíční výcvik v námořnických dovednostech, ovládání zbraní a bojové taktice.

Will a Evanlyn plují do Skandie jako zajatci hrozivého kapitána skandijské vlčí lodi Eraka. Halt přísahal, že Willa zachrání, a udělá vše, aby slib dodržel – dokonce poruší přísahu hraničáře a král ho za to vypoví ze země. Horác, který rovněž chce jet hledat Willa, se k…

První detektivní román vydal Doyle v roce 1887, jmenoval se Studie v šarlatové a poprvé v něm představil slavnou dvojici – geniálního detektiva Sherlocka Holmese a jeho věrného přítele a zároveň vypravěče Holmesových případů doktora Watsona. U čtenářů však více zabrala …

Největší vodvaz v dějinách svangu byl Grapo Wolinski. A můžete mi věřit. Znali jsme se už od učáku, měli jsme společný holky, kouřili jsme slámu z jedný fajfky a když nám bylo dvanáct a z učáku nás vykopli, táhli jsme to spolu dál, protože tenkrát začal fičet svang. A o…

Přínos křesťanství a církve pro lidstvo v běhu dějin bývá hodnocen různě. Církev někdy bývá označována jako tmářská, na druhou stranu ale můžeme nalézt tvrzení, která ji chválí za její přínos pro kulturu a vzdělanost lidstva. Píše se o tom, že na křesťanských základech …

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…

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 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…

Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can sometimes cause big trouble. In the seventh part, the business risk buster strikes at a deli. The new owner took it over from…

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…

Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can sometimes cause big trouble. The tenth part takes place again in a hotel, only due to the fact that it deals with a businessma…

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…

Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can sometimes cause big trouble. The eighth part takes place in a hotel built by the owner in his hometown. He made his childhood…

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…

Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can sometimes cause big trouble. The ninth part takes place in a restaurant, leased by a recently divorced businesswoman who want…

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 …

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…

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 …

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…