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Economics of Good and Evil
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 21.99Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the "Young Guns" and one of the "five hot minds in economics" by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple, almost... more...
To the Castle and Back
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 15.95From the former president of the Czech Republic comes this first-hand account of his years in office and the transition to democracy following the fall of Communism. A renowned playwright, Václav Havel became one of Czechoslovakia's most prominent dissidents under Communist rule ? and the president after the Velvet Revolution, making him a key player... more...
The Power of the Powerless (Routledge Revivals)
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 44.95Books of great political insight and novelty always outlive their time of birth and this reissued work, initially published in 1985, is no exception. Written shortly after the formation of Charter 77, the essays in this collection are among the most original and compelling pieces of political writing to have emerged from central and Eastern Europe... more...
Leaving
Faber and Faber 2013; US$ 14.57Chancellor Rieger is leaving office. But does leaving office necessarily mean that he, his mistress and his extended family have to leave the state villa, which has been their home for years? While his former secretary, and the former secretary to his former secretary, grapple with the mechanics of change and his family prepare to vace an uncertain... more...
A Century of Wisdom
Random House Publishing Group 2012; US$ 23.00An inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism?the true story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world?s oldest living Holocaust survivor. At 108 years old, the pianist Alice Herz-Sommer is an eyewitness to the entire last century and the first decade of this one. She has seen it all, surviving the Theresienstadt concentration camp, attending... more...
In Search of Lost Meaning
University of California Press 2011; US$ 35.00In this new collection of essays, Adam Michnik?one of Europe?s leading dissidents?traces the post-cold-war transformation of Eastern Europe. He writes again in opposition, this time to post-communist elites and European Union bureaucrats. Composed of history, memoir, and political critique, In Search of Lost Meaning shines a spotlight on the changes... more...
Irreconcilable Differences?
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2000; US$ 36.99This unique volume brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars as well as Czech and Slovak decisionmakers who were personally involved in the events leading up to the separation of Czechoslovakia. more...
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