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Though the Czech Republic is a young nation, the areas within and just outside its modern borders boast an ancient and intricate past. A History of the Czech Lands provides one of the most complete historical accounts of this region to date. This history begins in the Neolithic era and follows the development of the state as it transformed into the Kingdom of Bohemia during the ninth century, into Czechoslovakia after World War I, and finally into the Czech Republic. Such a tumult...

2 BOOKS IN 1Book 1 - History of Czech Republic & YugoslaviaBook 2 - History of CzechoslovakiaIn book 1 you will discover;· History of Bohemia· Forming Czechoslovakia· The Soviet Invasion Of Czechoslovakia· The Breakup of Czechoslovakia· The Velvet Revolution· The Breakup of Yugos...

The adventures of Granny Advent and her companions continue. Joining her are new heroes from the Christmas world: the winged boy Christkind, the strangely powerful gnome Tomte, and the beautiful girl with a sword, Lucy — each unique and vital to the success of her mission. Along the way, Granny Advent also encounters familiar Christmas legends. Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Santa Claus, and even Grandfather Frost appear in this story in ways you might not expect.Equally intrigu...

“Good work, Balancer.”I frowned at the title. “All I did was transport her here, Raile.”“Yes, so you did,” he agreed in a tone that clearly didn’t agree with me at all.“Perhaps you don’t consciously realize this, Garth, but its little things like this that are restoring balance to Chahir. No task can be done in just one stroke of effort; it takes many strokes, and much sustained effort.”He’s right. I started reviewing all of the things I had done over the pa...

Czech Folk Tales gathers traditional narratives of enchantment, moral testing, cunning, and transformation, preserving the imaginative world of Bohemia and Moravia. Its stories move between forests, castles, cottages, and supernatural realms, where devils bargain, princesses are rescued, and humble peasants outwit the powerful. The style is oral, economical, and rhythmic, shaped by repetition, clear moral contrasts, and symbolic motifs common to European folklore, yet marked by distinct Cz...

This collection offers a profound journey into the heart of Czech literary heritage, capturing the spirit of a nation defined by its resilience, wit, and deep-seated folklore. Spanning the transformative eras of the 19th and early 20th centuries, these stories navigate the complex transition from traditional rural life to the cynical, modern realities of Bohemia and beyond.At the forefront is the legendary Jan Neruda, whose contributions—"The Vampire," "At the Sign of the Three Lil...

Warned by Odin that this Christmas will be anything but peaceful, Granny Advent and her granddaughter frantically search for signs of impending doom. Adding to their concern, unseasonably high temperatures are wreaking havoc on Earth, leading to catastrophic conditions. The world's foremost climatologist dies in a car accident just as he's about to share crucial information with Granny Advent.What begins as a peculiar news story about stolen bulls quickly escalates into a matter of...

After somehow managing to explain to the public the events from a year ago involving the disappearance of children and their miraculous return, Granny Advent now turns her attention to the upcoming Christmas and the terrifying prediction spoken by Gryla on her deathbed.Meanwhile, crimes again victims connected to Christmas are happening all around the world. The spiral of mysterious events draws closer to Granny Advent and her granddaughter. Before long, they encounter terrifying c...

There was a time when magic was welcome in the country of Chahir, but that was nearly two centuries ago. Now, all forms of magic are strictly forbidden. Anyone caught using magic, or possessing magical abilities, are immediately imprisoned and executed.For Garth, that policy is a problem.As Garth approaches his sixteenth birthday, he realizes that he definitely has magical abilities. What's worse, he has no control over them. In order to stay alive, he onl...

It’s 1979 in Communist Czechoslovakia, ten years into the crushing period known as normalization, and Ludvík Vaculík has writer’s block. It has been nearly a decade since he wrote his powerful novel, The Guinea Pigs, and it was in 1968 that he wrote his anti-regime manifesto, Two Thousand Words, which the Soviet Union used as a pretext for invading Czechoslovakia. On the advice of his friend, the poet and surrealist painter Jiří Kolář*,* Vaculík begins to keep a diary, “a...

This is the final book of the Advent Mage Cycle. Here is the conclusion to Garth's amazing story.

Once upon a time, there was a dragon…Take one newly trained Fire Mage. Make him the first (sane) Fire Mage that’s been born in the past two hundred years. Have him leave home and venture into the Empire of Sol.Add one powerful, curious, fire-eating dragon.Fire Mage Haikrysen never imagined that he would be adopted out of the blue by a dragon. But then, he never thought he’d find a permanent home in the northern section of Sol, working as a firefighter either. Still,...