FICTION 2012/2013
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Since 2010, the company Albatros Media a.s. has been the largest publishing house in the Czech Republic, rapidly expanding in the Slovak Republic as well, with a combined production reaching 1400 titles a year. In cooperation with international partners, we produce annually over 50 titles in other languages. • #1 publisher in the Czech Republic with 63 years history • 1,000+ new titles each year fiction and non – fiction • Publishing, distribution, readers club, e – shop • 10 imprints covering all target groups from children to seniors • Increasing share on Czech and Slovak markets
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Cover illustration © Eva Šedivá, 2012 Toot the Car - Autíčko Tút, Albatros, 2012
2 Little Mole 5 Boardbooks 7 Tales 13 Children’s World 15 Legends, Myths 16 Figs the Megadog 18 Fun 20 Middle Grade 21 Fantasy 22 Poetry 23 Gift Books 25 Comics 26 Adult Fiction
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LITTLEMole
HARDCovers NEW
Charming, friendly and helpful animated character created for a series of cartoons 56 years ago, the first film with Little Mole – How Little Mole Got His Trousers – won SILVER LION IN VENICE Plush Little Mole was present on board of the last flight of the space shuttle Endeavour
Zdeněk Miler (1921 – 2011) was a Czech animator and illustrator; he is best known for his Mole character and its adventures. He worked in animated film for over 60 years and his films have won numerous awards at festivals around the world. He said that the idea to use the mole as his main character came to him when he stumbled over a mole – hill whilst on a walk.
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6 million copies sold 24 languages How Litte Mole Got His Trousers
Little Mole and His Little Car
Little Mole and the Green Star
Little Mole and Eagle
Little Mole and Umbrella
Little Mole in the City
er bestsell 64 pp
age +4 The Tales of Little Mole
How Little Mole Made Mouse Well Again
64 pp
Little Mole and the Space Ship
32 pp
Little Mole and Mother
80 pp
Little Mole and Snowman
40 pp
Little Mole and Christmas
80 pp
Little Mole‘s Adventures from Spring to Winter
Krtkova dobrodružství Authors: Hana Doskočilová, Eduard Petiška Illustrations: Zdeněk Miler New exclusive bind – up brings together three popular stories of beloved Little Mole! How Little Mole Got His Trousers, Little Mole and His Little Car and Little Mole and Umbrella for the first time in one volume.
88 pp F: 195 x 255 mm, 168 pp, hard cover
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© Zdeněk Miler
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F: 195 x 255 mm, hard cover
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ACTIVITYBooks
BOARDBooks Let‘s Draw Little Mole‘s Year! Krtkův kreslený rok
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Little Mole‘s Week
age +2
Krtkův týden
NEW
Authors: Ondřej Müller, Irena Tatíčková Illustrations: Zdeněk Miler
Author: Michal Černík Illustrations: Zdeněk Miler, Kateřina Miler
Activity book starring the beloved character offers an ideal way for preschoolers and kindergartners to learn coloring shapes, finding differences in images, orientating themselves in the maze, handling their pencils and other skills. Each of the twelve chapters brings original tasks connected to the months of the year.
Brand new board book playfully introduces children to the days of the week. With the help of beautiful illustrations and fun rhymes, kids will easily learn the order of the week and what makes each day interesting. Little Mole works from Monday till Friday and has fun on Saturday and Sunday.
F: 150 x 150 mm, 12 pp, board book
F: 180 x 180 mm, 64 pp, padded cover
Let‘s Talk to Little Mole
Let‘s Draw with Little Mole
Let‘s Travel with Little Mole
Let‘s Play with Little Mole
Let‘s Have Fun with Little Mole
© Zdeněk Miler, Kateřina Miler
Little Mole in Spring
F: 210 x 295 mm, 32 pp, paper back
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age +2
Little Mole in Summer
Little Mole in Fall
Little Mole in Winter
F: 150 x 150 mm, 12 pp, board book
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BOARDBooks
TALES Zdeněk Miler and Little Mole to Children
Classic
bestseller
age +2
Dětem Zdeněk Miler a Krtek Author: Team of authors Illustrations: Zdeněk Miler
Popular cartoon hero Little Mole presents in this special anthology the most popular tales and stories illustrated by his author Zdeněk Miler, the most popular Czech animator and illustrator.
Vonenka the Fairy O víle Voněnce
age +5 F: 195 x 225 mm, 104 pp, hard cover
Author: Nela Boudová Illustrations: Nela Boudová
Cheerful Choo Choo O veselé mašince
age +2
A thrilling story about how the world of fairies blends with the world of humans. Complete with outstanding artistic collages.
Dictionary of Mushroom Sprites Lexikon houbových skřítků
Author: Jan Čarek Illustrations: Zdeněk Miler A funny little poem about a small train engine and its journey between two stations. We meet the dispatcher, the ticket controller and the driver. There are also lots of traffic lights, tracks, track switches and bridges. Cheerful Choo Choo works hard and finally enjoys well deserved rest. Classic board book beloved by generations of children.
age +5
Author: Radomír Socha Illustrations: Vítězslava Klimtová The gorgeous illustrations and engaging text about mushroom sprites and life in the forest will delight readers young and old.
Fanda the Kelpie Vodník Fanda
age +5
Author: Miloslav Švandrlík Illustrations: Jarmila Růžičková F: 240 x 160 mm, 12 pp, board book
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First dating with nature
A fun and fantastic story about a water goblin named Fanda, who lives happily in a well – known pond, playing amazing water polo matches with his kelpie brothers.
F: 163 x 238 mm, 120 pp, hard cover
F: 163 x 238 mm, 52 pp, hard cover
F: 165 x 240 mm, 120 pp, hard cover
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HumorouSTales
HumorouSTales
NEW
1st prize
Golden
in Albatros Literary Competition
Ribbon
Award
White
Raven
2011
Gosh Dang and Other Stories Ježkovy voči a ostatní pohádky
And Then It Happened! age +7
Author: Stanislava Reschková Illustrations: Katarína Ilkovičková This book won the 1st prize in Albatros Literary Competition for the Best Original Modern Fairy Tale. Thieves Einstein and Blockhead break into a house that belongs to the hideous and lonely witch Nightshade. Which of the thieves will become her groom? In another story, in a tiny faraway kingdom, everything runs so smoothly that the king’s advisors worry about their jobs – so they find a dragon on the Internet to terrorize the land and help the advisors earn the respect they need. But times have changed and this crazy old dragon won’t eat people anymore. These brilliantly written stories will have both children and parents in stitches.
F: 163 x 238 mm, 80 pp, hard cover
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A pak se to stalo
age +6
Author: Ester Stará Illustrations: Martina Matlovičová Ten tales about little things that kids don’t mind and parents can’t stand. Uncombed hair, unwashed ears, unwiped noses, unbrushed teeth, untied shoelaces, messy toys, messy eating, tattling – these are things kids don’t even want to hear about. But then something unbelievable happens, and the naughty kids better be good quick if they want to be nice happy children again! So read carefully!
F: 210 x 235 mm, 56 pp, hard cover
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Tales
Tales Spring 2013: French edition (MeMo)
Internationally awarded illustrator
NEW
The Little Bear Book
Toot the Car
Malá medvědí knížka
Autíčko Tút
age +5
Author: Zbyněk Černík Illustrations: Alžběta Skálová
Author: Hana Lamková Illustrations: Eva Šedivá
Bears, as we all know, tend to live on their own – but Nedvěd and Mishka have decided to live together. Nedvěd is a burly, old grouch; Mishka is still a cub. But these bears enjoy more than just hibernating – they also like coming up with schemes to get tasty treats. And so one day they set out to scare hikers so they can take their picnic baskets and backpacks; another day they pretend to be rare pandas; they even empty out a chicken coop on the pretext of protecting mankind from bad cholesterol; finally they run an election campaign so people will pamper them and offer them treats. However, when the goods run out, they decide to sell themselves through an ad as two cute and playful bears. Their grandiose plans do not always work out the way they expect. When they realize that they hibernate through Christmas every year, they decide to celebrate the holiday in June. That way through winter they can just sleep and sleep.
One day in the auto factory a gorgeous Mercedes enters the world and immediately takes to the roads. On her tour through France she meets a Laurin Klement, which wins her heart through some thrilling races. The Daimler family, the Renaults with their shiny cylinders, kind old Uncle Opel, sporty Aunt Bugatti, and even Lord Rolls-Royce himself attend their magnificent wedding… Soon afterwards a little red car, Toot, comes into the world. And it’s not long before this fearless automobile sets out for high – octane adventures! With beautiful illustrations by Eva Šedivá, internationally awarded author.
F: 160 x 195 mm, 88 pp, hard cover
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F: 195 x 255 mm, 120 pp, hard cover
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MODERNTales
CRAZYStories Mr. McWurst and Mr. Toothpickson Pan Buřtík a pan Špejlička
age +5
bestselling
Author: Zdeněk Svěrák Illustrations: Jiří Votruba
book in 2010
When these two first met, they just had to laugh: one looked like a barrel and the other like a bean – pole. They liked each other and decided to perform in circus it as a comical duo. But their first circus performance was their last as well and they barely managed to make it out the exit. However, they needed to find a roof to live under. They tried a number of interesting places – even the police station, where they served like a couple of keystone kops. But their true masterpiece was saving a famous pharmacy that was about to be torn down to make room fora casino. With illustrations that perfectly complement the text.
Czech children’s
F: 235 x 235 mm, 152 pp, hard cover
Max and Sally at School
F: 195 x 255 mm, 64 pp, hard cover
Mach a Šebestová ve škole
by Academy award winning Zdeněk Svěrák
age +6
Author: Miloš Macourek Illustrations: Adolf Born
Selected for 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read before You Grow Up (Universe 2009) – a guide to the best classic and contemporary children’s literature.
Max and Sally have found a magic telephone receiver that can fulfill every wish. No wonder they experience strange things with it: they turn their dog friend Jonathan into a boy who comes along with them to school; they travel to the Ice Age; they enter the micro – world of germs and many others.
Daddy, This One Was Great Tatínku, ta se ti povedla
age +6
Author: Zdeněk Svěrák Illustrations: Adolf Born Bedtime stories are mostly told to children by their mothers; however, they usually have the most work to do at night. So fathers should step in and help. Father Šíma would like to read the bedtime stories, but the kids prefer the stories that their mother tells them: the ones about the seemingly ordinary things around us. And telling stories like that is not as easy as you might think, father Šíma really struggles with bedtime stories! Will he ever manage to pull off this tricky task? Well, the title of this phenomenal book by Zdeněk Svěrák gives a hint.
Sisa Sísa Kyselá
age +7
Author: Martina Drijverová Illustrations: Adolf Born Johny doesn’t like his classmate Sisa at all, she’s just perfect in everything! But how many things can one little gray mouse change… Funny reading for all beginning readers.
Internationally
recognized
illustrator
F: 160 x 195 mm, 64 pp, hard cover
F: 195 x 255 mm, 48 pp, hard cover
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EVERYDAYLife
LEGENDsandMyths Baba Yaga, Bone Leg Baba Jaga, kostlivá noha
NEW
age +5
Author: Alena Ježková Illustrations: František Skála 15 famous Russian fairy tales retold by one of the most adored children’s books author.
Greek Myths
age +9
Řecké báje Author: Alena Ježková Illustrations: Michaela Kukovičová
F: 195 x 255 mm, 160 pp, hard cover
F: 195 x 255 mm, 176 pp, hard cover
22 most beautiful myths and legends of ancient Greece.
Dragon Soup Dračí polévka
A Good World Dobrý svět
age +6
Author: Alena Ježková Illustrations: Darja Čančíková Twenty nine short stories lead young readers throughout the year from fall to summer and through family matters, too (“The Way to School”, “Winter”, “Sadness”, “Love”, “Present”, “Happiness”, “What I Will Be”, “When I’m Seventy”...). These warm stories, with their witty observations from children’s perspectives, evoke a feeling of safety, certainty and peace: just what many children miss today. Readers will easily identify with the child – protagonists as they experience the troubles and joys of everyday life. The charms of this book will quickly enchant adult readers as well – the perfect book for families with young children!
F: 163 x 238 mm, 104 pp, hard cover
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Author: Alena Ježková Illustrations: Nikkarin Immigration Foreignness Search for identity Single-parent family Eleven – year – old Long has adjusted well to his situation: he is growing up as an immigrant child with his mother and grandfather in Prague. At home, he watches Vietnamese television and loves the dragon legend his mother tells him. At school, Long is called »Lada« and well integrated. When suddenly the boy’s estranged father shows up, everything changes. Overwhelmed, Long runs away – to search for his own identity. Author weaves together in this novel mythical narrative moments with the current topic of immigration.
White
Raven
2012
F: 163 x 238 mm, 96 pp, hard cover
Alena Ježková (1966), a master of fairy tale genre, has been spending most of her time writing books aimed at popularizing history for both children and adults. She has received numerous Czech awards, such as Gold Ribbon or Teachers‘ and Librarians’ awards and has won international reputation (IBBY Honor List).
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FIGStheMEGADOG
FIGStheMEGADOG A series of books for children contains various adventures of the little puppy Figs, who grew up into a giant – sized dog. The text by Rudolf Čechura and illustrations by Jiří Šalamoun characterize the ingenious humor, appreciated by children as well as adults.
Spring 2013: French edition (La Joie de Lire)
How Figs the Megadog Grew up Jak Fík vyrostl
age +2
Stories of Figs the Megadog Příhody Maxipsa Fíka F: 150 x 150 mm, 12 pp, board book
age +5
Travels of Figs the Megadog Maxipes Fík na cestách
age +5
Figs the Megadog Maxipes Fík
age +5
Author: Rudolf Čechura Illustrations: Jiří Šalamoun Little Aya gets a puppy. She can’t speak very well yet – she’s only a little girl – so instead of Rex, which was originally supposed to be his name, she calls her puppy Figs. What a surprise when Figs grows and grows: he soon outgrows all doghouses – he has become a giant size dog, a megadog! He uses his size to his advantage: he learns to fetch the father’s newspaper, he wins a horse race, he saves Aya, gets to school and gets hired as a boatman. Seven funny adventures in comics strip form.
F: 195 x 255 mm, 88 pp, hard cover
F: 195 x 255 mm, 88 pp, hard cover
Jiří Šalamoun (1935) is one of those original, multitalented, imaginative Prague artists this city seems to have a never ending supply of. He works in book illustration, cartoon films, stage design and printmaking, and also as an editor of publications about photography and film. He has received over 50 prestigious international awards and was nominated for Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.
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F: 195 x 255 mm, 80 pp, hard cover
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FUNPat&Mat
FUNNYRetro
NEW
Pat & Mat, And that’s it! Pat a Mat, a je to!
bestseller
age +5
30 000 cps sold
Author: Ivan Rössler Illustrations: Vladimír Jiránek
Otazníky detektiva Štiky
Two handy neighbours get into trouble by trying to cope with daily little problems. Pat and Mat are well known from Czech animated series featuring two handymen, created by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek and distributed in more than 80 countries.
F: 235 x 235 mm, 64 pp, hard cover
The book contains four popular episodes: Wallpaper, Carpet, Rocking chair and Water
Pat & Mat can do anything Pat a Mat dokážou všechno F: 235 x 235 mm, 60 pp, hard cover
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Detective Štika’s Question Marks
Authors:Jaroslav Pacovský, Jiří Šebánek Illustrations: Vladimír Jiránek
Author: Jiří Lapáček Illustrations: Jiří Kalousek
age +8 all smart adults
Comics featuring the fat detective with the thick glass who investigates the toughest cases which only the readers can crack. The comics strips were originally published in children’s magazine “Ohníček“.
age +6 F: 240 x 160 mm, 120 pp, hard cover
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MIDDLEGrade
FANTASY „Finally, our very own Rowling!“
NEW A Story from the
half – pipe
Seventh Sense Saga
What a Ride! To je jízda!
Initiation Island is the first book of the eight – book Seventh Sense saga. A thrilling, mysterious read that blends reality with fantasy. These adventures of three children attending a magical school were originally posted by the author on the internet, but received such a tremendous response from readers that it was soon published as a book.
Awarded
age +9
Author: Ester Stará Illustrations: Milan Starý
Ostrov zasvěcení
age +9
Author: Ilka Pacovská F: 163 x 238 mm, 248 pp, hard cover
Five friends share a passion for skateboards and rollerblades. Most of all they like skating around the old cloisters, which they sneak into over the crumbling garden walls. Inside they find an old mill with flooring that makes a great half – pipe. Once the children discover an underground lair hiding fascinating spoils, their true adventure begins. Secrets long – hidden will shock when they are revealed.
Knots and Oranges Uzly a pomeranče
Acclaim from readers:
age +10
Author: Iva Procházková Illustrations: Jiří Franta F: 163 x 238 mm, 88 pp, hard cover
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Initiation Island
The 2011 Golden Ribbon was awarded to this book about horses, meadows and pastures; about courage, responsibilty and first love… a book about adolescence.
“I read through these books in one go. Even my mom, who’s 66 years old, loved the book. She told me: I didn’t even get to the cleaning on Saturday – I couldn’t tear myself away from the book.” “I’d like to congratulate the author on such a readable book. I read all seven books in less than two weeks. It’s a better read than Harry Potter.”
Hanka, Sváťa and Rafan live together in Cozy House, which has never ever been as cozy as the name implies. Children there labor all day for just a bit of gruel and old bread, a little like in Oliver Twist’s orphanage. One day after a storm when the children are collecting washed up shells and amber on the beach, Hanka finds a great ring in the sand… At that exact moment the mysterious stranger Vron receives a signal from somewhere in Europe that sends him on a quest to find the one who has put on the ring. It leads him to Cozy House, where he recognizes the extraordinary aura around the children and leads them to the Island of Choice. There the children discover that they have a seventh sense and they begin to study in Santarena: a world of magic that they never believed to exist!
F: 114 x 194 mm, 352 pp, hard cover
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POETRY
GIFTBooks
Magnesia
Litera Award
Golden
Muriel Award
Ribbon Award
The Postman Wind Listonoš vítr
age +5
Dědečkové
age +6 lovers of beautiful books
Author: Radek Malý Illustrations: Pavel Čech
Author: Pavel Čech Illustrations: Pavel Čech
Radek Malý, one of the most respected young Czech poets, has teamed up with the award – winning illustrator Pavel Čech to create a moving, dreamlike book of children’s poetry about autumn. Evoking the gentle breeze of autumn and the subtle dance of falling leaves, the book cannot fail to charm readers of any age. Radek Malý’s poems are both playful and somber, merry and nostalgic, and, above all, highly touching and original.
A graphic novel composed of nine stories without words, presents unusual protagonists: old men. One of them is still as wild as an urchin kid, even at his age, going around with his sling; another poses on trams as the Lord Almighty; yet another lives in the past – at the time of transports to concentration camps, while another pretends to be an Indian warrior. In this homage to the old age and to all grandfathers of the world, Pavel Čech demonstrates his highly poetic imagination; his drawings are elegant and slightly melancholic; his stories are reminiscent of glorious old days of knighthood and true adventures. While creating worlds beyond the realm of the everyday experience, the author always spices them up with endless wit and humor. This book was written and illustrated as a tribute to grandfathers past, present, and future.
F: 215 x 215 mm, 40 pp, hard cover
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Grandpas
F: 240 x 320 mm, 68 pp, hard cover
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GIFTBooks
COMICS
Best Czech comics
Book of the Year 2009
New York New York Author: Zdeněk Mahler Illustrations: Vladimír Fuka
age +8
A unique, timeless publication. Published in CZ in 2008, the first version of the book originated for Albatros publishing house as early as in 1968 (although the book did not see the light due to Fuka’s emigration and the Soviet invasion). The city, which never sleeps. The Big Apple. The home of jazz. Metropolis of the world. The most American and at the same time the least American city. All this – and much more – is New York. To depict it in a single book seems to be impossible – but Fuka’s illustrations, along with the accompanying texts, demonstrate unwonted ability to give a true picture of everyday American reality. On a single page the authors express almost as much as a voluminous novel.
F: 210 x 235 mm, 152 pp, hard cover
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Golden Ribbon for publishing
lovers of beautiful books
F: 290 x 340 mm, 128 pp, hard cover
Vladimír Fuka (1926 – 1977) was a painter, illustrator, draughtsman, book designer and author of carvings and sculptures. From early 50s Fuka wrote art diaries which reflect political and sociological news both local and worldwide. Next to freelance painting he dealt with book design and illustration from 1951, at most during 60s, and he obtained most important Czech and international awards.
Muriel and the Orange Death Muriel
adults
Author: Miloš Macourek Illustrations: Kája Saudek This masterpiece by the king of Czech comics Kája Saudek waited forty years to be published. A vast and monumental graphic novel, Muriel and the Orange Death is Saudek’s reflection on the 1968 Soviet Invasion.
Lips Tullian Lips Tullian
adults
Author: Jaroslav Weigel Illustrations: Kája Saudek The story of Lips Tullian, the most feared prince of thieves, appeared as a serial throughout the 70s in the magazine Mladý Svět; it was one of the few high – quality and ideology – free comics available in Communist Czechoslovakia.
F: 235 x 235 mm, 158 pp, hard cover
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Romance&Crime 20 000 cps sold in 6 months
F: 115 x 185 mm, 184 pp, hard cover
40 000 cps sold
F: 115 x 185 mm, 136 pp, hard cover
20 000 cps sold in one year
A thrilling detective story by an award – winning author
F: 125 x 205 mm, 296 pp, hard cover
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F: 130 x 200 mm, 256 pp, hard cover
LITERARYFiction Great Woman of the East
Albatross
Velká žena z Východu
Albatros
Author: Halina Pawlovská
Author: Mojmír Klánský
A darkly comedic story about a young woman who is deciding not only between three fateful men, but also her career in an international firm, a mountain meadow, and her desire to be the most beautiful of all.
The story of a courageous soldier and jockey who led the resistance during World War II. In the strange days after the war when bravery, character and discipline suddenly began to seemunnecessary, and even threatening to those who never proved themselves, Major Horský leaves his troops and the surrounding atmosphere of intrigue and fear. Returning to his childhood home, he reunites with the love of his life, Márie, and recalls Albatross, his wild horse, and the decisive moments from his past. He takes stock of his life to prepare for his own liquidation.
Thanks For Every New Morning
Valley of the Bees
Díky za každé nové ráno
Údolí včel
Author: Halina Pawlovská
Author: Vladimír Körner
A novella about the problems faced by Olga who longs for love and likes to flirt, but fears nothing will ever come of it… A funny story that became the basis for the successful film of the same name (with a script by the original author), winning an array of prestigious awards.
A lyrical novel set in the second half of the thirteenth century. This medieval story begins in Vlkov where a lord celebrates his second wedding. The hero of our story, his son Ondřej, ruins the wedding and the family’s idyll with his behavior. Banished by his father to the cold Prussian north, he swears an eternal oath to an order of German knights. There he lives an isolated and ascetic life full of hunger and senseless violence in the name of Christ. Among the cold stones of the order’s castle his only friend is Armin von der Heide. As the son of a landowner and the member of a fanatical order, Ondřej’s soul is in constant conflict. But after one incident tips the balance in favor of Ondřej of Vlkov’s humanity and true self, he flees for home, threatened with execution and eternal damnation.
Solitude House
The Bad Place
Dům na samotě
Škodlivý prostor
Author: Michaela Klevisová
Author: Vladimír Mikeš
After Nela breaks up with her boyfriend, the designer stays in the old mill she wanted to reconstruct with him. Meanwhile, the body of a young woman who was applying for a job at the local stables is found in the woods nearby… Has a serial killer from the capital moved to town?
The story of a young couple that tries in vain to get rid of the disturbing noises coming from the shop and storeroom below their apartment. The dark humor and somewhat bizarre motifs recall the grotesque world of Kafka. Lush and multi – layered language, F: 130 x 200 mm, as well as psychological depth, distinguishes this remarkable novel. 256 pp, hard cover
Book of Secrets
The End of Old Times, A New Day’s Dawn
Tajná kniha
Konec starých časů, Na úsvitě nové doby
Author: Irena Obermannová
Author: Jaroslav Žák
The spellbinding book of a great love affair. Is it Havel or not? How could it be Havel? How could it not be? Immediately journalists began to search obsessively and fanatically for clues that would prove that Obermannová’s memoir was about the legendary Czech revolutionary and the nation’s first president after Communism.
The author precisely captures the atrocious freak show of the Bolshevik putsch, the horrific yet ridiculous carnival, the absurd swarms that accompanied the revolution. Nevertheless, he doesn’t shy away from elegant jokes and humor. An entertaining and terrifying social grotesque that belongs to the ranks of the most fascinating examples of the genre – Hašek’s Good Soldier Švejk and Škvorecký’s Cowards. A New Day’s Dawn, the continuation of the book The End of Old Times describes with appropriate sarcasm the time when morning breaks after the intoxicating night of revolution, with its accompanying hangover.
F: 125 x 195 mm, 144 pp, hard cover
“A man must remain who he is. He must never give himself over to any ideology, to any movement, to anything. He must be true to himself. That is my theme.”
F: 125 x 195 mm, 152 pp, hard cover
Vladimír Körner.
F: 125 x 195 mm, 288 pp, hard cover
Nominated for Josef Škvorecký Award
F: 130 x 200 mm, 280 pp, hard cover
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