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Bara Smutná

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Bara, also knows as Count de Worde, was born in 1990 in Prague in Czechia. Her storytelling career began in childhood when she spoke in made up languages to her stuffed animal patient of the day. There was also a lot of daydreaming and LEGO building involved, too.

Her personality has more layers but before she is anything else she is first and foremost a Czech writer. In 2018 she finished her Creative Writing studies at Academy of Literature (today known as Academy of Creative Communication).

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Top 6 Disney filmů, na které se těším

1. Nimona

O tom, že se tento film chystá, vím něco málo přes hodinu a už se na to hrozně moc těším. Nimona vtrhne na stříbrné plátno v roce 2022, to bude sakra dlouhé čekání. Kdo nebo co je Nimona se dozvíte, když si přečtete komiks od Noelle Stevenson. Vřele doporučuji. Je to svěží, vtipná, moderní fantasy.

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SAKAMOTO DAYS 1

by Yuto Suzuki

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Bara said: " "Tato epocha je smutná, krutá a zmatená jako všechny, jimiž končí staré pořádky, kdy jsou lidé ponecháni napospas vášním." (str. 25)
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(král Filip Sličný:) "Byli jsme donuceni razit peníze, jimž se možná nedostávalo váhy a kovu peněz našich předchůdc "Tato epocha je smutná, krutá a zmatená jako všechny, jimiž končí staré pořádky, kdy jsou lidé ponecháni napospas vášním." (str. 25)
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(král Filip Sličný:) "Byli jsme donuceni razit peníze, jimž se možná nedostávalo váhy a kovu peněz našich předchůdců..." Vyskytli se i soukromí penězokazi, takové však král nechal zaživa uvařit. Má-li být zločin nevinný, musí se ho dopustit stát.
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"To, že jsou v Bordeaux, považovali tehdy Angličané za takovou samozřejmost, za jakou dnes považují fakt, že jsou v Bombaji; obyvatelé Bordeaux to považovali za takovou nesamozřejmost, za jakou to mají obyvatelé Bombaje." (citace pochází z textu napsaného před osamostatněním Indie.)
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Středověk nebyl temnou a barbarskou periodou mezi dvěma oslnivými obdobími, antikou a renesancí. středověká civilizace je právě naopak jednou z oněch velikých civilizací, jež člověku přinesly mravní a sociální rovnováhu a daly vznik nejskvělejším uměleckým dílům Západu. Atény, Řím, Byzanc či Alexandrie nesporně kdysi dosáhly takové kulturní úrovně, na jakou Paříž XII. století nemohla ani pomyslit, avšak k tomu, by tyto dávné civilizace ještě mohly přinést plody, bylo zapotřebí nových roubů. A originalita francouzské civilizace spočívala v tom, že dokázala přetavit a sloučit prvky Středozemí s prvky barbarskými. (str.57)
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„Vynález“ knihtisku jsme si zvykli připisovat patnáctému století. Avšak vývoj od egyptských cihel po Gutenberga byl nepřetržitý. Kodex, který s koncem římské říše dostal podobu dnešní knihy, začal nahrazovat pergamenový svitek. Myšlenka tisknout několik exemplářů stejného textu pomocí písmen vyrytých do špalíčků dřeva byla v Číně známá už dávno. Nového významu nabyla v patnáctém století díky několika okolnostem: nálezy množství antických rukopisů, rozvoj univerzit, zájem o vyprávění z dalekých cest.

To, co nazýváme „vynálezem knihtisku je pouhé spojení dvou novinek: užití jednotlivých liter, které sazeč sestaví a posléze rozmetá, a vynález liter kovových, které lze odlévat ve velkém množství. Tyto myšlenky se připisují Vavřinci Costerovi z Haarlemu a Johannu Guttenbergovi z Mohuče. Ať tak či onak, od roku 1455 vznikají nádherné knihy, a když se knihtisk v roce 1470 objevuje v Paříži, začína pozvolna měnit politický život, protože napomáhá utváření a informovanosti veřejného mínění.
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Jakmile umírněný konzervatismus narazí na revoluční fanatismus, proměňuje se vlivem směsice strachu a zklamání v reakci. A každá reakce je krutá. (str. 126)
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

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