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Colloquial Czech
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 29.95These two 60-minute CDs, recorded by native speakers of Czech, are an invaluable component of the Colloquial Czech course. While reinforcing material from the book, the CDs also contain a variety of additional exercises, including role-playing, and a useful guide to pronunciation. Course components: The complete course comprises the book... more...
Transforming National Holidays
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012; US$ 149.00This chapter examines one of Poland’s most influential newspapers, Gazeta Wyborcza, and its front-page coverage of what is arguably the country’s most popular national holiday, Independence Day. Specific attention is given to how Gazeta’s writers discursively constructed a Polishness compatible with European values, both before and... more...
Czech: An Essential Grammar
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 41.95Czech: An Essential Grammar is a practical reference guide to the core structures and features of modern Czech. Presenting a fresh and accessible description of the language, this engaging grammar uses clear, jargon-free explanations and sets out the complexities of Czech in short, readable sections. Suitable for either independent study or for... more...
Karel Capeks Poetik der noetischen Detektion im Kontext seiner Pragmatismus-Rezeption
Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 60.60Hauptbeschreibung Karel Capek (1890-1938), Schriftsteller, Dramatiker, Kritiker und Journalist in einer Person, gehört zu den wichtigsten und bekanntesten Repräsentanten der literarischen Moderne Osteuropas. Weniger bekannt ist hingegen die philosophische Dimension seines facettenreichen Ouvres. Capek studierte Philosophie und Kunstgeschichte in... more...
The Czech Language in the Digital Age
Springer 2012; US$ 54.99This white paper is part of a series that promotes knowledge about language technology and its potential. It addresses educators, journalists, politicians, language communities and others. The availability and use of language technology in Europe varies between languages. Consequently, the actions that are required to further support research and development... more...
Yet Another Europe after 1984
Editions Rodopi 2012; US$ 59.00Much of the debates in this book revolves around Milan Kundera and his 1984 essay The Tragedy of Central Europe. Kundera wrote his polemical text when the world was pregnant with imminent social and political change, yet that world was still far from realizing that we would enter the last decade of the twentieth century with the Soviet... more...
Political Action in Václav Havel's Thought
Lexington Books 2011; US$ 59.99Political Action in Vaclav Havel?s Thought: The Responsibility of Resistance , by Delia Popescu, explores the Czech dissident?s theory of individual opposition, resistance to oppression, and individual responsibility. The book contributes to our understanding of both the extreme circumstances of oppression and to the subversive uses of oppression... more...
Lady Cadogan's Solitaire
Scott & Nix, Inc. 2011; US$ 7.99The completely redesigned classic Lady Cadogan's Solitaire —the first and most authoritative collection of rules of solitaire games ever published—includes easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams for fascinating solitaire variations, including: The Beautiful One Kings Over Queens The Four Corners The Mill The Blockade The Clock... more...
Complete Czech
Hodder Education 2010; US$ 35.18The best-selling complete course for a fun and effective way to learn Czech. This ISBN is for the paperback book. The corresponding audio support (ISBN: 9781444107012) is also available. The book and audio support can also be purchased as a pack (ISBN: 9781444106916). more...
South Slavic Discourse Particles
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2010; US$ 143.00Discourse particles, discourse markers and pragmatic markers refer to phenomena that linguists have begun to probe only since the mid-1980s. Long-ignored in traditional linguistics and textbook grammars, and still relegated to marginal status in South Slavic, these linguistic phenomena have emerged as invaluable devices for cutting-edge theories... more...









