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	Beowulf by Unknown, Ethelbert Talbot Donaldson (Adapted by), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 342,256 ratings — published 1000 — 1783 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Levá strana světa by Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 80,619 ratings — published 2011 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Najdi mě (Dej mi své jméno, #2) by André Aciman (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.25 avg rating — 84,935 ratings — published 2019 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jak vysoko klesneme by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 69,042 ratings — published 2022 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poslední věta by Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 47,160 ratings — published 2018 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neobyvatelná Země by David Wallace-Wells (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 29,599 ratings — published 2019 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hřejivé ruce duchů by Katherine Arden (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 29,160 ratings — published 2024 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Město špíny by Hayley Scrivenor (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 17,756 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Ramirez: Night Stalker by Philip Carlo, Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 14,810 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Věk kapitalismu dohledu: Boj o budoucnost lidstva na nové hranici moci by Shoshana Zuboff, Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 13,050 ratings — published 2018 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries

by Kathi Weeks

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Orlanda

by Jacqueline Harpman

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Emily Dickinson Face to Face

by Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi

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Sylva rated a book really liked it Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sylva is starting Krvavý kompot: když si po dlouhé době půjčíš něco z knihovny, abys šetřila police, a nakonec tu knížku chceš mít doma, protože je drsně a ironicky napsaná tak dobře, že tě během dvou stran rozesměje i rozbrečí – vždyť jak je toho možný už roky v Evropě... Krvavý kompot by Adéla Knapová progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sylva rated a book really liked it Medúzy by Jakub Stanjura (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
konečně pořádný román mladého autora bez nálepky „autofikce“ nebo rádoby „podivna“. příběh nedůvěryhodné vypravěčky, sonda (doslova!) do zdravotnictví (ocení i psychosomatici) a tak trochu detektivka. hezkypěkně.
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cením „fazónu“ a empatii autorky k hlavní postavě. jenže i když tenhle debut patří k tomu lepšímu, co u nás vychází, pořád jako by něco chybělo. zvlášť když si někdy v půlce člověk vzpomene na Květu Legátovou, že jo. a ty ilustrace... tudy ne, albatr ...more
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“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: bernard-shaw, irish, pigs, pointlessness

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“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.”
― Jeanette Winterson

tags: books, obsession

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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: happiness

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“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: belief, death, ideals, martyr, truth

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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