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Essays & Correspondence

Believe in People: The Essential Karel Capek

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(12 reviews)

Playful and provocative, irreverent and inspiring, Capek is perhaps the best-loved Czech writer of all time. Novelist and playwright, famed for inventing the word 'robot' in his play RUR, Capek was a vital part of the... See More

£10.99 Price verified one day ago
Humour & Satire

War with the Newts

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(331 reviews)

One of the great, and most humorous, anti-utopian satires of the twentieth century, an inspiration to writers from Orwell to Vonnegut, at last in a modern translation. Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and... See More

£7.51 Price verified 11 hours ago
History & Criticism

Literature & Tolerance: Views from Prague

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In the face of Europe's rising nationalism and intolerance, this timely anthology by Czech writers addresses a key issue for today. The courage of Czech writers is legendary. During the Cold War they kept their nation's... See More

£7.05 £7.14 Price verified one day ago
Poetry & Drama

R.U.R. (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays)

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(322 reviews)

Great play, that introduced the word "robot" into English, looks to a future in which all workers are automatons. Their revolt when they acquire souls (i.e., when they gain the ability to hate) and the resulting catastrophe... See More

£0.77 Price verified 17 hours ago
Home & Garden

The Gardener's Year

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(115 reviews)

"This very entertaining volume with its delightfully humorous pictures should be read by all gardeners." -- Nature "Mr. ?apek writes with sympathy, understanding, and humor." -- The New York Times "Has a mellowness and a... See More

£6.98 Price verified 8 hours ago
Poetry & Drama

R.U.R. - Rossum's Universal Robots

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(75 reviews)

A phenomenal Czech science fiction play that introduced robots to modern literature. R.U.R. - Rossum's Universal Robots explores the ethical implications behind humanity's enslavement of a man-made race. Opening in the... See More

£6.64 Price verified one hour ago
Home & Garden

The Gardener's Year - Illustrated by Josef Capek

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(111 reviews)

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions... See More

£6.98 Price verified 21 hours ago
Short Stories

Tales from Two Pockets

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(35 reviews)

This antiquarian book contains a collection of forty-eight stories written by the celebrated Czech writer, Karel Capek. These thrilling and thought-provoking stories attempt to challenge the mystery story paradigm by bending... See More

£7.99 Price verified 15 hours ago
Essays & Correspondence

Letters from Holland

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(2 reviews)

This antiquarian volume contains Karel Capek's "Letters From Holland". It is a collection of sketches in words and pictures of the Netherlands written by the Czech author during his visit to a literary conference in The... See More

£3.99 £4.99 Save 20% Price verified 7 hours ago
Children's eBooks

R.U.R.

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(38 reviews)

R.U.R, Rossum's Universal Robots. Written in 1920 by Czech writer Karel Capek. It is a science fiction play, and it has the distinction of introducing the word robot into the English language. See More

£1.66 Price verified 9 hours ago
Poetry & Drama

The Mother - A Play in Three Acts

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(1 review)

"The Mother" is a 1938 anti-war drama written by the famous Czech novelist, Karel Capek. Heavily influenced by the Spanish civil war, the play portrays the relationships between men going off to war, and their families and... See More

£3.99 £4.99 Save 20% Price verified one day ago
Biography & True Accounts

President Masaryk Tells His Story

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(5 reviews)

This account of President Masaryk's life was taken from his own lips and set down in his own words by Karel Capek. The chapters were not told consecutively as they are given here; they have been built up from material... See More

£6.39 £7.99 Save 20% Price verified one day ago
Children's eBooks

Dashenka Or, The Life of a Puppy

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(12 reviews)

This vintage book contains Karel Capek's delightful children's tale "Dashenka, or the Life of a Puppy". It is a heart-warming story about Dashenka the fox terrier who grows before the reader's eyes in a series of cartoons... See More

£4.99 Price verified 10 hours ago
Travel & Tourism

Letters from England

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(12 reviews)

"Letters from England" is a masterpiece of observation written by the famous Czech writer, Karel Capek. These humorous and insightful letters and drawings were designed to describe Europe's oldest democracy to the citizens... See More

£2.99 Price verified one day ago
Classics

The Absolute at Large

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(68 reviews)

This story centers on the invention of a reactor that can annihilate matter to produce cheap and abundant energy. Unfortunately, it produces something else as a by-product, the absolute. The absolute is a spiritual essence... See More

£0.99 £1.19 Save 17% Price verified 18 hours ago
Short Stories

Apocryphal Tales

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(25 reviews)

In his "Apocryphal Tales," Karel ?apek approaches major events and figures of history, myth, and literature in unexpected ways and from fresh points of view. These tales are apocryphal because they were, in effect, left out... See More

£7.56 Price verified 11 hours ago
Science Fiction

War with the Newts (S.F. MASTERWORKS Book 108)

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(175 reviews)

One of the great anti-utopian satires of the twentieth century, an inspiration to writers from Orwell to Vonnegut, at last in a modern translation. Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit... See More

£0.99 £1.99 Save 50% Price verified 7 hours ago
Children's eBooks

La favola del cane (Italian Edition)

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"La favola del cane" è un racconto per grandi e piccoli lettori del famoso autore boemo Karel ?apek. È la storia di Bastardino e delle sue divertenti avventure nella campagna ceca, insieme a personaggi stravaganti e teneri... See More

£2.45 Price verified one day ago
Home & Garden

The Gardener's Year: With drawings by Joesf Capek

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(1 review)

Karel ?apek was born on 9 January 1890 in Malé Svato?ovice in northern Bohemia. His father worked as a spa doctor in the northern periphery of the Habsburg Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the family moved to... See More

£2.24 Price verified 18 hours ago

The Cheat

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(3 reviews)

"The Cheat" is a novel written by the Czech writer Karel Capek, in 1938. It was Capek's final work of fiction - and was only partially finished at the time of his death - leaving the interested reader with a truly... See More

£4.99 Price verified one day ago
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