Albatros Media / non-fiction 2012 by Jana

NON – 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

Contacts: Albatros Media a.s., Na Pankráci 30/1618, 140 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic www.albatrosmedia.cz/en | foreignsales@albatrosmedia.cz | +420 261 397 298

Cover photo © Albatros Media a.s., 2012 Original Wreaths and Natural Decorations – Originální věnce a přírodní dekorace, CPress 2012

2 Languages 4 Cooking 6 Children’s Workshop 10 Art Inspiration 12 Crafts 14 Art Techniques 16 Educational Textbooks 18 Auto – Moto 19 Popular Science 20 Museum in a Book Václav Havel 21 Music / History / Biography

Languages

IllustratedDictionaries Sold to Poland, Hungary

Typical phrases

Comprehensive dictionary

Fun illustrations depicting everyday situations

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Pronunciation

1000 English Words 1000 anglických slovíček age +10 Bilingual illustrated dictionaries

Author: Anglictina.com Illustrations: Aleš Čuma The books become a good helper for learning and practicing foreign words. On the fun images that illustrate the current life situations, you will find the names of things that are encountered daily. Focusing on travel, entertainment, household items, school, sports, etc. each thematic unit is completed by simple phrases from life. At the end there is a comprehensive bilingual dictionary with all the words from the book. The manual is designed for children, but not limited to them.

1000 Arabic Words

1000 Croatian Words

1000 French Words

1000 Italian Words

1000 1000 Norwegian German Words Words

1000 Japanese Words

1000 Greek Words

1000 Polish Words

1000 Russian Words

1000 Spanish Words

1000 Hungarian Words

1000 Swedish Words

1000 Chinese Words

1000 Dutch Words

1000 Finnish Words

1000 Portuguese Words

A fun way to help beginners master basic vocabulary.

F: 110 x 180 mm, 136 pp, hard cover

17 languages!

300 full color illustrations

F: 110 x 180 mm, 136 – 152 pp, hard cover

COOking

COOking 0 cps 60 0 0 s ol d

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Recipes for Little Chefs – Parties Receptíky pro kuchtíky 2

Recipes for Little Chefs Receptíky pro kuchtíky

age +4

Recipes for Little Chefs – World Cooking Receptíky pro kuchtíky 3

age +4

The Cookery Book for Little Chefs

age +5 Kuchařka pro malé šéfkuchaře a šéfkuchařky

age +4

Authors: Pavla Šmikmátorová, Libor Drobný, Lukáš Němeček This cookery book is full of color photographs, humorous illustrations and thrilling comics and is dedicated to all children who are interested in cooking and would like to prepare their friends, parents or grandparents interesting dishes. Before they begin tackling more traditional meals our book helps them prepare less difficult meals which are original, playful and primarily tasty. The making of these popular meals will definitely surprise you. Have you ever eaten a garnished bread roll that looked like a rowboat with a four egg – crew, enjoyed eating sweet sushi or drinking a bloody vampire drink? The recipes are divided into four chapters in accordance with specific celebrations and regular holidays, so you don’t need to be afraid of running out of ideas during the year.

F: 210 x 295 mm, 64 pp, hard cover/ paperback for massmarket

Full-coloured photographs Humorous illustrations and thrilling comics 24 original recipes will definitely surprise you

F: 210 x 295 mm, 64 pp, hard cover / paperback for massmarket

F: 225 x 280 mm, 52 pp, hard cover

CHILDREN’Sworkshop

age +6 parents, teachers

Gifts from Rattan Cane

Felt Art

Magic Lights

Dárky z pedigu

Filcování - tvoříme z ovčí vlny

Kouzelná světýlka

F: 170 x 243 mm, 48 pp, hard cover

F: 170 x 243 mm, 64 pp, hard cover

F: 170 x 243 mm, 40 pp, hard cover

Products from Textile Výrobky z textilu

age +6 parents, teachers

Author: Zdeňka Sitarčíková

Take a few strips of cloth and add in a little imagination and you can create a nice toy, fashionable accessory or various decorations and presents in just a moment. Our book, which is full of amazing ideas, will show that it is not difficult at all. The joy gained from creating a beautiful product is a nice reward for your child’s effort.

Children’s Workshop series

Loutky

F: 170 x 243 mm, 64 pp, paperback

Christmas decoration

Creating out of Hairy Wires

Vánoční ozdoby

Plyšáci z chlupatých drátků a bambulek

F: 170 x 243 mm, 48 pp, hard cover

Land – Art for Kids

Pop – Art for Kids

Ideas for Chilren for every Month of the Year

Tvoříme z přírodních materiálů

Tvoříme z věcí kolem nás

Nápady pro děti na každý měsíc v roce

F: 170 x 243 mm, 40 pp, hard cover

F: 170 x 243 mm, 48 pp, hard cover

Children’s Workshop series offers perfect activities for children’s hands – on experience with art the chance to make something beautiful and useful. With our books children develop their artistic skills and at the same time they will enjoy their leisure time.

color photographs

F: 170 x 243 mm, 64 pp, hard cover

Puppets

step-by-step procedures

CHILDREN’Sworkshop

age +6 parents, teachers

NO – BAKE

Air – dry Clay for Children Nepálená keramika pro děti

Origami Origami

age +6

Inventive Art Ideas for Children and their Parents Originální výtvarné nápady pro děti a jejich rodiče

Twist Art for Children Twist art pro děti

Ceramics for Younger and Older Artists 1

Ceramics for Younger and Older Artists 2

Ceramics for Younger and Older Artists 3

Keramika pro malé i větší umělce 1

Keramika pro malé i větší umělce 2

Keramika pro malé i větší umělce 3

parents, teachers

Author: Iva Hoňková You can easily replace traditional ceramic clay with material that is inexpensive and readily available in every craft store – self – hardening clay, which is available in two colors: terra cotta and white. Not only is this type of clay simple to mold, shape and cut, it is also easy to paint and glaze. With these basic instructions and the included patterns, children can easily create presents and objects – both decorative and practical – on their own.

F: 210 x 297 mm, 96 pp, hard cover

F: 210 x 297 mm, 48 – 144 pp, hard cover

ARTInspiration

Spring and Summer Inspiration

Autumn and Winter Inspiration

Flowers Arrangements

Bags and Purses

Nápady na jaro a léto

Nápady na podzim a zimu

Aranžování květin

Tašky a taštičky

Mosaic Mozaika

ller e s t bes

F: 170 x 243 mm, 80 pp, paperback

Bead Jewels Šperky z korálků

age +6

Choose the right beads and other stringing supplies and fling yourself into the manufacturing of distinctive and elegant jewels. The experienced author and instructor will familiarise you with a plethora of stringing methods, a variety of jewel types from rings to necklaces. Moreover, she will give you advice on where to look for the materials you need. Thanks to the photos, which illustrate the procedures step by step, you will find it easy to add some beautiful new pieces to your casket.

F: 170 x 243 mm, 88 pp, paperback

F: 170 x 243 mm, 80 pp, paperback

Toying with Beads and Wires

Sewn Jewels Made of Beads

New Christmas Inspiration

Toying with Rattan Fibre

Traditional and Non – Traditional Wire Lace – Making

Hrátky s korálky a drátky

Šité šperky z korálků

Nové vánoční nápady

Hrátky s pedigem

Drátování

Swarovski Crystal Bead Jewels

parents, teachers

Author: Lucie Kyselová

F: 170 x 243 mm, 80 pp, paperback

Šperky z korálků Swarovski F: 170 x 243 mm, 96 pp, paperback

Art Inspiration series This series presents various ideas for skillful handyman, such as mosaic, lace-making, beadwork and many others. The publication’s virtue lies in photo-documented procedures explained step by step.

color photographs

F: 170 x 243 mm, 96 pp, paperback

F: 170 x 243 mm, 80 pp, paperback

F: 170 x 243 mm, 96 pp, paperback

F: 170 x 243 mm, 80 pp, paperback

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CRAFTS

CRAFTS NEW

Basket Making

Bobbin Lace Making 1

Bobbin Lace Making 2

Bobbin Lace Making 3

Pletení košíků

Paličkování 1

Paličkování 2

Paličkování 3

F: 210 x 297 mm, 96 pp, hard cover

Original Wreaths and Natural Decorations

Graphic Techniques

F: 210 x 297 mm, 144 pp, hard cover

Patchwork Patchwork

Grafické techniky

Originální věnce a přírodní dekorace

F: 210 x 297 mm, 156 pp, hard cover

Machine – Sewn Patchwork

Ceramics Keramika

F: 210 x 297 mm, 144 pp, hard cover

F: 210 x 297 mm, 112 pp, hard cover

Netting

Weaving

Síťování

Tkaní

Patchwork šitý na stroji

Author: Lucie Dvořáková The first title from our new series “Imagination Workshop” will delight everyone who is looking for inspiration, enjoys creating, and seeks something original to make their home more beautiful. Making wreaths and natural decorations opens up a limitless supply of possibilities. No matter what you make them from, they will always become a beautiful decoration – you never have to worry about combining unusual materials and there are no limits. A wreath from a phone book or corks? An arrangement made from carpet rolls? No problem if you have this book… 40 unique projects: 22 original wreaths and 18 enchanting natural decorations / Use of traditional and non – traditional materials / Tools and instructions / Inspiration for new projects

F: 210 x 270 mm, 104 pp, hard cover

Traditional Crafts series This series presents various ideas for skillful handyman, such as mosaic, lace – making, beadwork and many other. The publications virtue lies in photo – documented procedures explained step by step.

color photographs

F: 210 x 297 mm, 64 pp, hard cover

F: 210 x 297 mm, 112 pp, hard cover

F: 210 x 297 mm, 144 pp, hard cover

F: 210 x 297 mm, 64 pp, hard cover

F: 210 x 297 mm, 104 pp, hard cover

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ARTTechniques

ARTTechniques Art Techniques series Art techniques provides a complete guide to a variety of art techniques, such as making and sewing of buttons, polymer clay, candles, bead work, silk painting, glass making, lace – making, hand – made paper, caligraphy, enamel, kumihimo braiding, batik, basket making, textile decorating, flower arrangements and others. Just choose one and start!

100 and One Ideas for an Original T – Shirt / 100 a jeden nápad na originální tričko / Textile Decorating / Dekorování textilu / Playing with Patchwork / Hrátky s patchworkem / Toying with Cloth / Hrátky s textilem / Indian Patchwork Molas / Indiánský patchwork molas / Flower Arrangements / Aranžování květin / Original Jewels from Your Workshop / Originální šperky z vlastní dílny / Enamelled Jewellery, Ornaments and Decorations / Smaltované ozdoby, šperky a dekorace / Tatting Laces / Frivolitková krajka / Irish Lace / Irská krajka / Encaustic painting / Enkaustika, malujeme horkým voskem /

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Jewels Made of Polymer Clay

Polymer Clay Mini Creatures

Šperky z FIMO hmoty

Miniatury z fimo hmoty

F: 167 x 225 mm, 104 pp, hard cover

F: 167 x 225 mm, 112 pp, hard cover

Playing with Polymer Clay

Silk Painting / Malba na hedvábí / Face Painting / Malování na obličej / Paper Decoration / Dekorování papíru / Caligraphy, the Beauty of Handwriting / Kaligrafie krása písma / Hand – Made Paper / Ruční výroba papíru / Kumihimo Braiding / Splétání technikou Kumihimo / Felt Art / Filcování / Basket Making Using Flat Materials / Pletení košíků / Candles / Svíčky / Tiffany Glassmaking / Vitáže technikou Tiffany / Tiffany Glassmaking – advance techniques / Vitráže technikou Tiffany pro pokročilé /

Hrátky s fimo hmotou Author: Monika Brýdová A guide to the creative world of polymer clay (FIMO). In this book you will find tons of new ideas and inspiration; the experienced author even teaches you how to make rolling pin designs. The carefully selected projects are as simple as they are impressive – for both beginners and experts. Beautiful photography further aids the easy – to – follow instructions.

F: 167 x 225 mm, 104 pp, hard cover

F: 167 x 225 mm, 88 – 144 pp, hard cover

EducationalTextbooks

EducationalTextbooks Graphomotoric skills

Schoolbooks and textbooks Schoolbooks and textbooks for pre-school children are focused on their skills and development in such a way that they make it easier for them to start school. Practical handbooks for older children follow on from their school education and try to develop their knowledge through games. Motivation story for children Instructions for adults Illustrated work for children Illustrated characters

Each textbook for children includes a motivation story, introduced by an illustrated character Crayons Mary and Betty (graphomotoric skills), Bob the Reindeer (maths skills), Mole Barbora (visual perception) or Little Bear (orientation in the space). It also contains instructions for adults, and of course illustrated work materials for children. At the end there is information for parents and teachers about the development of given abilities.

Between Us Crayons Crayons Chatting Crayons at Studio

age 3 – 5 age 4 – 6 age 5 – 7

All three books deal with the methodology of graphomotoric development, i.e. the part of fine motorics necessary for drawing and writing, the development of which has a great influence on visual or written expression. The books also suggest exercises for helping to develop fine motorics, hand – eye coordination and space perception. They contain a system of exercises tailored to the progression of development of graphomotoric abilities, accompanied by methodology instructions for parents and teachers.

Math skills Bob the Reindeer’s Counting 1 Bob the Reindeer’s Counting 2 Bob the Reindeer’s Counting 3

F: 210 x 297 mm, 64 pp, paperback

age 3 – 5 age 4 – 6 age 5 – 7

These books were written for pre-school children, to develop their mathematical abilities, thus preventing problems with maths after they start primary school. At the same time it develops talents for maths and thinking. The publications stand aside the standard handbooks which are concerned with mathematical preparation and mathematical thinking. Its special contribution is in the fact that the author is not only looking at mathematical skills as an ability to count, but focuses on understanding mathematical operations in a wide scope.

Development of visual perception Development of Visual Perception 1 Development of Visual Perception 2 Development of Visual Perception 3

age 3 – 5 age 4 – 6 age 5 – 7

This series contains exercises for children introduced by Mole Barbora which help developing the perception and recognition of colors, the orientation in space (objects in the front / background), the perception of details, horizontal eye movement from left to right and the visual memory.

Other themes: Orientation in space and time, Preschool development, Methodology 16

AUTOMoto

POPULARScience Tanks

Observing Stars age +12

Tanky more than 200 photographs, illustrations and sketches!

Skoda Authors: Alois Pavlůsek, Ondřej Pavlůsek A complete history of the Laurin and Klement company and the rise of the Škoda automobile brand – from its first motorcycles all the way to the Škoda Superb, the Roomster, and the second – generation Octavia. Including comprehensive production guides and technical data.

Fire Vehicles

Ambulances

Tatra Trucks

Tatra

Jawa

Zetor

Hasičská vozidla

Sanitní vozidla

Tatra nákladní a užitková vozidla

Tatra

Jawa

Traktory Zetor 15

F: 190 x 238 mm, 120 pp, hard cover

F: 190 x 238 mm, 184 pp, hard cover

Author: Tomáš Graf

The development of tanks over the last ninety years, not only from the point of view of construction, but also in broader context. The capabilities of individual types of tanks have fundamentally influenced the results of almost every armed conflict. The book also informs readers about the development of anti – tank weaponry.

Indispensable guide for beginning astronomers is divided into twelve chapters, one for each month of the year. Each chapter contains a description of what can be seen in the night sky that month and an explanation of astronomical terminology.

Famous Firearms, Artillery and Missilery

Prehistoric Mysteries in Questions and Answers

F: 190 x 238 mm, 188 pp, hard cover

F: 190 x 238 mm, 248 pp, hard cover

age +12

Záhady pravěku v otázkách a odpovědích age +8

Author: Jiří Macoun

Author: Bořivoj Záruba / Illustrations: Zdeněk Burian

The evolution of firearms, artillery, and military rockets from their earliest use to the beginning of the 21st century. It contains a vast amount of descriptive color photographs that help explain the principles behind the way these weapons function.

A full – color encyclopedia answers 555 interesting questions about the early history of our Earth and the beginning of life on our planet.

F: 210 x 270 mm, 96 pp, hard cover

ED AWARD

F: 190 x 238 mm, 192 pp, hard cover

Author: Jiří Macoun

Slavné střelné raketové zbraně

Škoda

Pozorujeme hvězdy se zakloněnou hlavou age +10

F: 210 x 270 mm, 96 pp, hard cover

F: 195 x 255 mm, 208 pp, hard cover

F: 170 x 243 mm, 176 pp, hard cover

F: 167 x 225 mm, 272 pp, hard cover

MUSEUMinaBOOK

MUSICHistoryBIOGRAphY Big Beat

Unique testimonies on the evolution of rock

Bigbít A history of Czechoslovak big beat and rock music from 1956 – 1989.

Unknown Pleasures Neznámé slasti

NEW

The death of rock music has been consistently predicted for thirty – five years, yet it still hasn’t happened. The author publishes extensive accounts of rock music’s development worldwide. The book also includes tons of beautiful photographs.

“The impulse to write this came from a member of staff at the largest music bookstore in London. When I asked where I could find a book like this, he frowned and said, ‘You’d have to write it yourself.’ And that was that..”

I’m Writing with the Notebook Resting on My Knees Píšu a deník mi leží na kolenou From 1940 – 1946 Hana Bořkovcová, who would later become a renowned author, kept a comprehensive diary of the time – starting with the first anti-Jewish measures under Nazi occupation, up through her time in the camps, the liberation, and the return to “ordinary” post – war life. “It’s deeply moving to follow a naïve girl’s transformation into a scarred woman who lost her father, brother, health and hope in the concentration camps.”

F: 145 x 205 mm, 354 pp, hard cover

Golden Ribbon Award, The Czech Anne Frank

Voices From Burning Buildings

Václav Havel

Hlasy z Hořících domů A poignant and highly readable piece of historiography, written in a dramatic literary style. The victims of seven Czech villages obliterated by the Nazis may add up to only a tiny fraction of the fifty million the Nazis killed and the thirty – five million they injured and crippled, but each village and every single unarmed woman, child and man killed in them has a unique and painful story to tell. Their tales must not be forgotten and should warn future generations against the futility, cruelty, and horrors of war.

Václav Havel Author: František Emmert

General Fajtl

Václav Havel (1936 –2011): writer and dramatist; dissident, leading figure of the Czech Velvet Revolution of 1989; last president of Czechoslovakia; first president of the Czech Republic, Nobel Peace Prize nominee…. In cooperation with awarded Czech non-fiction author František Emmert we are preparing a special publication giving the testimony to Havel’s life and work. As a museum in a book, the publication will contain: In 30 chapters the reader learns all important facts about Havel’s childhood and intellectual tradition of his family, studies, first experiences with the theatre and his dramatic career, dissident activities against the communist regime, Charter 77 and his persecution, about Velvet revolution and Havel’s presidency, about intellectual influence, popularity, his leaving and many other.

F: 163 x 238 mm, 304 pp, hard cover

F: 130 x 200 mm, 384 pp, hard cover

F: 174 x 242 mm, 300 pp, hard cover

F: 210 x 297 mm, 160 pp, hard cover

F: 145 x 205 mm, 256 pp, hard cover

Generál Fajtl The unique story of a remarkable figure from Czechoslovak history, fighter pilot General Fajtl. The polished prose of Václav Šorel complements never – before – published photographs and marvelous comics that present Fajtl’s flight and crash in a fascinating and unorthodox way.

Box Large amount of quality photographs Dozens facsimiles of valuable periodic documents in the form of removable inserts

Conversations with Vaclav Havel Hovory s Havlem In 2010 publicist and actor Jiří Žák began to meet with playwright, philosopher and former president Václav Havel. He discussed his opinions on culture and what was happening behind the scenes and in front. Their aim was to produce a book on a theme extremely close to Václav Havel’s heart. Unfortunately, due to Havel’s death this goal could not be completed; however, it produced a number of fragments, opinions and thoughts that must be read.

F: 297 x 236 mm, 64 pp, hard cover + box, 150 photos, 25 facsimiles