Vlastimil Fiala Libri

The best account of chess career of the Fourth World's chess champion A. Alekhine. The First volume covers Alekhine's chess activities in 1892-1921. Czech historians are tracking down the games of the legendary Russian world champion. This volume begins with chess notebooks from Alekhine's childhood, charts his development into a world class player by St. Petersburg 1914, his detention and escape during World War One and his narrow scrape with the authoritites in Soviet Russia. As well the 334 games scores, some with notes, there are reproduction photos as a fascinating biography (British Chess Magazine review). Indexes of the players and openings.

Mit diesem Roman wurde Robert Merle weltberühmt. Wenige Jahre nach dem Krieg und bereits 1957 in deutscher Übersetzung, erschien dieser authentische Roman über die Geschichte des Lagerkommandanten von Auschwitz: Es ist die Psychostudie eines Massenmörders von der Kindheit bis zur Hinrichtung. Nach den Dokumenten des Nürnberger Prozesses schildert Merle die langsame "Perfektionierung" der Todesfabrik von Auschwitz. Nicht Bosheit oder Brutalität brachten diesen Mann dazu, täglich unschuldige Menschen zu Tausenden zu vernichten, sondern seine Vorstellung von Ehre, Gründlichkeit und Respekt vor einem Staat und seinen Führern - "ein Mann der Pflicht", so Merle, "und gerade darin ist er ein Ungeheuer". Eine hochaktuelle, fesselnde Lektüre zum Thema Auschwitz gerade für junge Leser.

Beletrizovaný životopis maliara Toulouse-Lautreca. Spousta čb a barevných reprodukcí.

La regina Margot viene scritto nel 1845, ovvero durante il periodo più importante e fecondo della biografia dumasiana, in cui vedono la luce quasi tutti i titoli più popolari dello scrittore (I tre moschettieri, Vent'anni dopo, II conte di Montecristo, Il cavaliere di Maìson-Rouge...): grande romanzo storico, coloritissimo affresco della Francia del XVI secolo dilaniata da guerre fraticide, affascina e avvince il lettore con un ritmo serrato e incalzante che per molti versi anticipa, come è stato notato, il montaggio cinematografico (non a caso, Patrice Chéreau ne ha tratto alcuni anni fa un memorabile film con Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil e Virna Lisi). Tranelli, intrighi, tradimenti, amori, delitti... Anche in queste pagine Alexandre Dumas, ricordando e reinterpretando la lezione di Walter Scott, si rivela un maestro assoluto dell'intreccio: mescolando con incredibile abilità personaggi reali e personaggi fittizi, riesce a trasformare la Storia stessa in romanzo rendendola geometrica e logica, ammaestrandola e regolandola sul respiro del feuilleton.

Autor se zamýšlí nad tvorbou francouzského malíře, jenž vynikal v malbě krajinářské i figurální, zapsal se významně do historie moderní knižní ilustrace a zapůsobil i na vývoj některých našich malířů, jako byli B. Piskač, A. Justitz, F. Muzika, J. Trampota, B. Kubišta, R. Kremlička, V.Špála a a jiné..

Matisse, the bard of colour, and Picasso, the breaker of moulds: together, these two giants shaped the world of modern art. They were, as Picasso once said, "North Pole, South Pole." The work of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is a sensous hymn to colour, that wild yet subtle colour which he tamed, mastered and managed, and which expressed his feelings towards women and the world. Colour was the tool with which he controlled line, arabesque, volume, light transparency, reflection and space, and though he did not shrink from pushing his creativity to the verge of abstraction, he never succumbed to it entirely. It was an approach well noted by America's Abstract Expressionists. This new and carefully conceived freedom marked not only the extraordinary significance of the painter and sculptor Matisse in the history of modern art, but also his influence, which was no less decisive than that of his main rival, Pablo Picasso. In fact, Matisse's stylistic liberation actually goes one step further in the pursuit of his own personal goal - the perfect synthesis of line and colour - by which he sought revolutionary approaches to the great tradition of French painting by drawing upon its classical aspects.

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Sborník přibližuje vliv politických subjektů na současný decentralizační proces v několika evropských zemích. Vydalo nakl. Moneta - FM ve spolupráci s katedrou politologie a spol. věd Právnické fakulty Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci a katedrou politologie Institutu politologických studií Univerzity Karlovy v Praze.

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series, aimed at reviving public domain literature in print. TREDITION supports non-profit literary projects and donates a portion of sales to these initiatives. By reading this book, you help preserve significant works of world literature.