The theme of Hrabal's famous prose is the life of Jan Dítet, a waiter, later a hotelier and finally a traveler during a time of political upheaval. It is a book about Czechness, the greatness and ugliness within us, which was made into a film by Jirí Menzel in 2006.

The original version of the great anti-war novel was confiscated by the Russian secret service in 1949 and has now been found in Russian archives. Found, edited and provided with a documentary appendix by Carsten Gansel. A book, back from 70 years as a prisoner of war.

Dina Rubina is one of the few authors who continues to sell well in times of crisis. Her prose tends to speak to the reader like a real friend or sister - close and heartfelt. She seems to hug you while reading. The novel 'On the Upper Maslovka' has gone through many reprints and has been filmed.

Hear ye! Hear ye! Everyone knows that Judy Moody has a mood for every occasion, and now a visit to Boston has put our famous third grader in a revolutionary mood. When Judy meets an English girl named Tori at the Tea Party ship, she is gobsmacked to learn how many liberties her British friend enjoys - her very own phone, private loo, and pounds of allowance. When a day of cheerfully doing her...

In the second volume, Sherlock Jr. and his friend Walter called Watson will be among the suspects themselves! While visiting the British Museum, the boys discover that a priceless chess piece - the bishop - has his head knocked off! When the museum guards, alerted by a young detective, converge, the messenger figurine ... is lost in the general commotion! Won't deduction fail Sherlock and...

ABC book for the littlest learners!

A worker at a waste paper collection center, Hanta, has worked at a printing press for thirty-five years. He rescues rare books from piles of paper, reads them, and is thus ''educated against his will.'' The novella Too Noisy Solitude is Hanta’s inner monologue with many recurring motifs. The reader gets to know Hanta’s first love, Mancinka, and the gypsy Ilonka, who disappeared in a...

The original text and translation on the pages of one book is an effective way to improve knowledge of the English language.

The story of nineteen-year-old Paul Baeumer, who went from school to the front as an unsuspecting war volunteer, is now common knowledge. But when you read it again, the impression is again shocking: how Baeumer experiences the whole brutality of the carnage and the senseless deaths of his comrades instead of the hoped-for enthusiasm for the war and a short adventure is touching and outrageous.