Karel Čapek: 15 books

The Mother is an anti-war drama by the famed Czech writer of the early 20th century Karel Čapek. The play is influenced by the Spanish civil war and illustrates the difficult relationship between the men that wanted to fight, and their mothers and loved ones who didn't want them to go and join the...

This account of President Masaryk's life was taken from his own lips and set down in his own words by Karel Čapek. The chapters were not told consecutively as they are given here; they have been built up from material gathered by Capek during several years of intercourse with the President. For weeks...

Texte intégral révisé suivi d'une biographie de Karel Čapek. Illustrations de Josef Čapek. Amoureux des jardins et des coins de balcon potagers, jardiniers débutants ou expérimentés, monomaniaques du sarclage et du rempotage, et avant tout amateurs de poésie et d'humour malicieux, cet almanach...

This vintage text contains a comprehensive guide to producing a play, and is intended for dramatists, dramatic critics, and the general public. It explores what transformations a play must go through before it may flourish, and contains a wealth of interesting and invaluable information on the subject....

Tales From Two Pockets is a collection of 26 of Čapek's stories that deconstruct the mystery tale by breaking rules left right and centre, and still make for wonderful reading. He has a unique slant on the mysteries of justice and truth are full of the ordinary, extraordinary, humour and humanism....

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) is a science fiction play in the Czech language by Karel Čapek. It premiered in 1921 and is famous for having introduced and popularized the term robot.

Karel Čapeks herrlich erfrischender Klassiker der modernen Gartenliteratur liegt zu seinem 120. Geburtstag endlich in einer neuen Übersetzung vor: Humorvoll, leidenschaftlich und selbstironisch, ist DAS JAHR DES GÄRTNERS ein unentbehrliches Buch für jeden Gärtner, für Gartenfreunde und ihre...

Een vliegtuigje stort neer en de enige overlevende wordt uit de wrakstukken gehaald en zwaar verbrand en in coma naar een ziekenhuis gebracht. Niemand weet wie hij is of waar hij vandaan komt. De arts en de anderen die met hem in aanraking komen, kunnen er slechts naar gissen. Ze noemen hem geval...

Every so often a book comes along that leaves you dizzy with wonder that you haven’t read it before. The plot of the book, the conclusion of which is revealed in the title, takes us through a history of man’s discovery of an advanced species of newt on an island “right on the equator, a bit...

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 and photographs. Dashenka remains one of the most popular children's...

"Travels in The North" is a chronicle of Karel Capek's time spent travelling in northern Europe. An interesting and entertaining account of his Scandinavian sojourn, this book will appeal to fans and collectors of Capek's work, as well as to those with an interest in travel writing in general....

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 Hague, in 1931. An easy-to-digest and enjoyable read, this book will...

"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 of Europe's newest; Capek's countrymen. Within its pages he suggests...

«Le imprese comiche ed eroiche del giardiniere dilettante, un omino buffo con l'annaffiatoio in una mano e la vanga nell'altra» (Daniela Galdo). Un divertito, spiritoso, manuale di giardinaggio.