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A collection of short stories by one of the most important Slovak writers of the 20th century, Jozef Hronsky, known for works such as Jozef Mak and Pisár Gráč. Realistic-psychological stories from Slovak rural and small-town life.
The Warmian Restoration (1860) is a humorous novel depicting the life of the Slovak nobility (zemans) in the 19th century, their petty intrigues, vanity, disputes over inheritance, and futile attempts to "restorate" the old, decaying nobility.
Immortal Collette LeSange has suffered from loss and inner conflict for centuries. As the owner of a daycare center in New York City, she meets a gifted boy who awakens a dark past and a lust for blood, raising the question: is eternity a gift or a curse?
Vietnam features Mary McCarthy's travelogues of war-torn Vietnam. The author critically portrays the war, political propaganda, and the dire consequences of the conflict for the civilian population.
J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), a British geneticist, evolutionary biologist, and science popularizer, wrote "My Friend Mr. Leakey" in 1937 – a collection of five humorous, fantastic stories for children (and adults).
The book documents a century of violence in the American labor movement — from 19th-century mining strikes to bombings and clashes with police — and exposes the brutal background to America's "class war."