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The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
In this investigation of the aftermath of communism in Poland, Hungary, East Germany and Czechoslovakia, each chapter centres round a legal case, highlighting the moral, political and legal questions raised...
The Spirit of Prague
This is a collection of essays, charting five critical decades in the history of Czechoslovakia. Ivan Klima was a witness to the horrors of Nazi occupation, to the Stalinist regimes...
The Architecture of New Prague, 1895-1945
This work focuses on the architecture of Prague from the turn of the century to the end of World War II. It documents the architects, structures and theoretical underpinnings that...
Prague
This illustrated guide to the 1000-year-old city of Prague covers its history, cultural heritage, architecture, literature, art, folk traditions and people. Despite a turbulent history of invasions and rebellions, conquests...
The Reluctant President: Political Life of Vaclav Havel
Of all Europe's post-revolutionary leaders, Vaclav Havel has had the most extraordinary career. He opposed the Soviet-backed Czechoslovakian regime through writing rather than action, and spent the preceding years in...
Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age
A European classic of comic literature This ebullient, gallivanting novel encapsulates the world vision of the Czech Republic's best-loved author in one tumbling, breathtaking sentence. Saints and sinners, emperors and...