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Author : Karel Capek
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810114682
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War with the Newts written by Karel Capek and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1996-10-07 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally written in 1936, two years before Capek's death and three years before the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, War with the Newts is considered by many to be Capek's greatest book." "Working in the "fantastic" satiric tradition of Wells, Orwell, and Vonnegut, Capek chronicles the discovery of a colony of highly intelligent giant salamanders off the coast of an Indonesian island. Capek sardonically details all the reactions of the civilized world - from horror to skepticism, from intellectual fascination to mercantile opportunism - and the ultimate destruction from which it (and the newts) might not escape." --Book Jacket.

Author : Karel Čapek
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book R.U.R. written by Karel Čapek and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation? R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots is a play written in 1920 by Karel Čapek, a Czech writer who wrote many plays and novels, many of them with science-fiction and dystopian themes. R.U.R. is perhaps the most well-known of these works in the English-speaking world because it brought the word “robot” into the language. “Robot” is derived from the Czech word meaning “worker.” The play is set in the island headquarters of the R.U.R. corporation. The corporation has been manufacturing artificial beings which resemble humans, but who are tireless workers. They can be mass-produced in large numbers and are being adopted as workers in many countries. In the first scene of the play, they are visited by a young woman, Helena Glory, who aspires to relieve the lot of the robots, who she sees as oppressed. However, in what must be the fastest seduction scene in all drama, she is wooed and agrees to marry Harry Domin, the factory manager, who she has just met. She still however aspires to improve the life of robots and find a way to give them souls. Ultimately, however, this admirable desire leads to disaster for humankind. The play was translated into English, and slightly abridged, by Paul Selver and Nigel Playfair in 1923. This version quickly became popular with both British and American audiences and was well received by critics.

Author : Karel Čapek
Publisher : Catbird Press
ISBN 13 : 9780945774075
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward the Radical Center written by Karel Čapek and published by Catbird Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capek's best plays, stories, and columns take us from the social contributions of clumsy people to dramatic meditations on mortality and commitment. The Reader includes a new and, at last, complete English translation of R.U.R., the play that introduced the literary robot.

Author : Kirsten Bakis
Publisher : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374537143
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lives of the Monster Dogs written by Kirsten Bakis and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a race of elegant, superintelligent dogs arrives in twenty-first-century New York, they become instant celebrities, but, unable to adjust to the modern world and confronted with an incurable disease, they construct a fantastic castle and barricade themselves inside.

Author : Karel Čapek
Publisher : London G. Bles [1925]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters from England written by Karel Čapek and published by London G. Bles [1925]. This book was released on 1925 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexander Lee
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447275012
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machiavelli written by Alexander Lee and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place. A monumental achievement.' – Jessie Childs, author of God's Traitors. ‘A notorious fiend’, ‘generally odious’, ‘he seems hideous, and so he is.’ Thanks to the invidious reputation of his most famous work, The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli exerts a unique hold over the popular imagination. But was Machiavelli as sinister as he is often thought to be? Might he not have been an infinitely more sympathetic figure, prone to political missteps, professional failures and personal dramas? Alexander Lee reveals the man behind the myth, following him from cradle to grave, from his father’s penury and the abuse he suffered at a teacher’s hands, to his marriage and his many affairs (with both men and women), to his political triumphs and, ultimately, his fall from grace and exile. In doing so, Lee uncovers hitherto unobserved connections between Machiavelli’s life and thought. He also reveals the world through which Machiavelli moved: from the great halls of Renaissance Florence to the court of the Borgia pope, Alexander VI, from the dungeons of the Stinche prison to the Rucellai gardens, where he would begin work on some of his last great works. As much a portrait of an age as of a uniquely engaging man, Lee’s gripping and definitive biography takes the reader into Machiavelli’s world – and his work – more completely than ever before.

Author : Karel Capek
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1529096251
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener's Year written by Karel Capek and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gardener’s Year is a charming and light-hearted insight into the life of an amateur gardener. Structured loosely around what to plant, grow or cultivate each month, Karel Capek takes us on a rollicking journey through a year in his own small garden. Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features lively black and white illustrations by Czech artist Josef Capek and is translated by M. and R. Weatherall. From making puddles with an untamable hose to sowing luxuriant weeds instead of grass, Capek reveals how a gardener grows into his surroundings ‘spurred on by each new failure’. Subverting the tradition of a ‘how to’ gardening book, he teaches his readers about the magic of seeds, the perils of planting vegetables and the thrilling surprises of a rock garden. As the year progresses and frail buds turn from flowering stems to drooping bulbs and falling leaves, Capek’s small garden buzzes with life, wisdom and humour.

Author : Karel Čapek
Publisher : Collins Educational
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War with the Newts written by Karel Čapek and published by Collins Educational. This book was released on 1985 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karel Čapek
Publisher : Catbird Press
ISBN 13 : 9780945774341
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apocryphal Tales written by Karel Čapek and published by Catbird Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated from the Czech by Norma Comrada A grand collection of tales and fables from one of Czechoslovakia's most respected writers that approach great events and figures of history, myth and literature in startling ways. Jesus's loves and fishes miracle is described from the viewpoint of a baker. Townspeople argue about who's to blame for the approaching hordes of Attila the Hun. Humorous, thought-provoking, and sometimes frightening, they show Capek at his very best.

Author : Karel Capek
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473381886
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karel Capek Fairy Tales - With One Extra as a Makeweight and Illustrated by Joseph Capek written by Karel Capek and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karel Capek Fairy Tales is a delightful collection of ten classic children's stories, written by Karel Capek. It is beautifully illustrated throughout, with striking black-and-white images of Karel's brother; Josef Capek. The narratives of 'Capek Fairy Tales' include: 'A Long Tale about a Cat', 'The Dogs' Tale', 'The Birds' Tale', 'The First Bandits' Tale', 'The Water Sprites' Tale', 'The Long Police Tale', and many more. Karel Capek (1890 - 1938) was a Czech writer, best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts and the play, R. U. R, which introduced the word, 'robot'. He maintained a close relationship with his brother Josef (1887 - 1945), and the two lived and worked together for most of their adult life. Together, the Capeks produced books and plays on themes as diverse as detective stories, full-novels, philosophy, fairy tale collections, theatre plays, and even a book on gardening.