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Fans of Abby Jimenez and Meryl Wilsner will fall in love with this hilarious and refreshingly authentic novel about second chances, pugs, and finding the perfect muse. Business consultant Rose Josten might not have officially reached “pug lady” middle age, but she’s already got the...

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) is a science-fiction drama that was first presented in Czech in 1921. It introduced the term "robot", which is derived from a Czech word meaning "worker," to international vocabulary. The action opens in a factory that has successfully produced thousands of robots, who are essentially mindless drones. An idealistic humanitarian activist launches a plan to imbue some of the robots with human traits. The robots which have been humanized then assume leadership over the other robots and seek to organize them in a revolution to take over the world.

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The play begins in a factory that manufactures artificial people (called robots) from synthetic organic matter. They are living creatures of artificial flesh and blood rather than machines and are closer to the later idea of androids. Happy to work for humans at first, the robots eventually rebel, and the human race becomes extinct.

Diviners have told Audrun that the child she carries must be born in a haven of peace, far from her war-scourged homeland, but as she flees she finds only far greater danger. For her karavan is overtaken by Alisanos, the deepwood - a dangerous magical forest that harbors not only demons, gods, and other otherworldly creatures, but also its own sinister intentions - and which may have already claimed Audrun and her child for its own.

What happens to us after we die? Some prefer to avoid asking the question, some think they have a reassuring answer, some are still pondering the possibilities. Some distinguished scientists think that nothing happens: we simply disappear. Marian Werner never thought that she would write a book about the afterlife but married a man who helped her to confront the question and answer it to her own satisfaction.

This audiobook explores how the discoveries within the Solar System and of exoplanets far beyond it come together to help us understand the habitability of Earth, and how these findings guide the search for exoplanets that could support life. The author highlights how, within two decades of the discovery of the first planets outside the Solar System in the 1990s, scientists concluded that planets are so common that most stars are orbited by them. The lives of exoplanets and their stars are inextricably interwoven.

Teen die einde van die negentiende eeu kom ʼn middeljarige besoeker uit Europa in die binneland van Suid-Afrika aan. Versluis is ʼn afsydige Nederlander wat na Bloemfontein kom om van tering te herstel. Hy verken die vreemde land en doen algaande kennis en begrip op van dít wat tot dusver vir hom vreemd was. Dit word ook, uiteindelik, ʼn voorbereiding op die onafwendbare einde van die reis: die dood.

This small volume completes the translation of Karel Erben’s A Hundred Genuine Popular Slavonie Fairy Stories. The first volume, Segnius Irritant, maps out, so to say, the primitive folklore weather myth of which nearly the whole of the succeeding 92 stories are wholly or in part reproductions.

"Guerra contra Tritones" es la nueva versión contemporánea y revisada de la novela "War with the Newts" escrita en 1936 por el autor checo Karel Čapek; que, en su primera edición en español, el título fue traducido como “La Guerra de las Salamandras”. Esta nueva adaptación busca preservar fielmente la atmósfera satírica, humorística e inquietante de la obra original. La obra explora cómo nuestros deseos de riqueza y poder nos llevan a descuidar la bondad y el equilibrio natural. Utilizando una alegoría crítica e irónica sobre la política internacional de principios del ...

The authors joined forces professionally when Kathy hired Shannon to be a member of her leadership team. This book describes the transformation they led to convert operations from traditional manufacturing to a lean enterprise. Kathy (executive leader responsible for profitability) and Shannon (transformation leader) share the finer points of a comprehensive change process, the challenges and triumphs, and the real emotion involved during their quest for success.

Ostrá satira ukazuje na příkladu Mloků, že nelze kohokoli bezskrupulózně využívat, aniž by přišel zasloužený trest ohrožující existenci celého lidstva. Zpočátku jsou Mloci roztomilí, dělníci – levná pracovní síla, která má za úkol za lidstvo udělat těžkou a nepříjemnou práci, kterou nechce nikdo dělat. Jenže i na ně platí okřídlené rčení, že jsou „dobří sluhové, ale zlí páni“. Roztomilí Mloci si totiž postupem času uvědomí, že mají také právo na svůj životní prostor a nekompromisně ho začnou po lidstvu vyžadovat… Válka s Mloky je jedna ze základních knih české literatury dvacátého století a povinná četba k maturitní zkoušce.

Nejslavnější náčelník Apačů vstupuje na scénu. A s ním jeho přítel Old Shatterhand. Dva muži hájí spravedlnost a čest bílých i rudých bratrů proti všem zlosynům. Svět, kde přátelství, statečnost a touha po mírovém soužití něco znamená, přitahuje již více než století čtenáře všech generací. Zaposlouchejme se do dobrodružství mladého Vinnetoua a zamysleme se nad moudrostí jeho otce Inču-čuny i moudrého Klekí-petry. Hrdinové bez bázně a hany stojí vždy na straně práva a pravdy.

Do you wonder why government keeps growing bigger and the public debt keeps getting higher, while your freedom and prosperity look ever more threatened? After reading his book, you won't wonder anymore - you'll know why it is happening and what can be done about it. Beyond Democracy is a groundbreaking and fascinating book for everyone who wants to better understand current social problems and the economic crisis.

Het bankje van Karel, waar alles kan en alles mag. Karel de Rooij gaat in gesprek met buurtbewoners op zijn eigen bankje op het Belgischeplein in Scheveningen.

Five seminal science fiction classics are brought vividly to life in these gripping BBC Radio dramatisations, with casts including Robert Glenister, William Gaunt, Carleton Hobbs and Joanne Froggatt. Titles include Frankenstein (1994), The Time Machine (2009), The Lost World (1975), R.U.R. (1989) and Solaris (2007). Accompanying this collection is a bonus PDF file featuring extensive sleeve notes by Andrew Pixley.

Es war spät Abend erster Mai abends der Mai war Liebeszeit. Mit diesen Worten beginnt das Kurzepos über Liebe und Tod des tschechischen Romantikers Karel Hynek Mácha. Ein Räuberhauptmann wird hingerichtet, weil er die Verführung seiner Geliebten gerächt hat. In eindrucksvollen Bildern verabschiedet er sich von der Erde. Das Kurzepos Mai ist nicht nur eines der wichtigsten Werke der Romantik, es diente auch wegen seines avantgardistischen Bilderreichtums den tschechischen Surrealisten als Vorbild.

First published in 1921, Karel Capek's ultra-prescient play R.U.R has become a classic of dystopian literature, giving us the word 'robot' and inspiring movies and TV series from Blade Runner to Westworld. Set in Capek's 1920s version of the future, this radio reimagining blends music, comedy and drama to tell the story of a world dominated by mechanisation and the pursuit of profit.

Jedna z nejslavnějších Mayovek z prostředí Divokého západu líčí dramatickou cestu za indiánským pokladem v americkém Utahu. Ryšavec Cornel se svou zločineckou trampskou bandou míří do hor ke Stříbrnému jezeru, kde je ponořeno ohromné indiánské bohatství z dávných časů. Po stopách mu jdou Old Firehand, chlapík řečený tetka Drollová, farmář Butler s dcerou Ellen a další hrdinové, kteří s ním mají nevyřízené účty. Později se k nim přidá ještě neporazitelný zálesák Old Shatterhand s indiánským náčelníkem kmene Apačů Vinnetouem.

Matt Borne’s thrilling reimagining of this classic play explores the ethical dilemmas of artificial intelligence, the blurred lines between human and machine, and the power of empathy in bridging seemingly insurmountable divides.