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Zlatarovo zlato

Zlatarovo zlato

August Šenoa

The book 15 Collected Works of August Šenoa is the first Croatian historical novel, published in serial form in Vienac in 1871. The work is the foundation of Šenoa's era (proto-realism) and is one of the most widely read works of Croatian literature.

St. Kugli, 1943.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
17.26
Zlatna knjiga kuharstva

Zlatna knjiga kuharstva

Mira Vučetić

Mira Vučetić's cookbook is a true classic among Croatian cookbooks and a canonical work of Croatian gastronomy, according to which our mothers and grandmothers cooked their first dishes, and it was also widely used by professionals.

Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, 1974.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
8.50 - 16.24
Zlatna ribica / Dječak među patuljcima / Priča o Tomi Palčiću

Zlatna ribica / Dječak među patuljcima / Priča o Tomi Palčiću

Three classics for children aged 4-8. Beautifully and expertly retold fairy tales, with illustrations full of images of the sea, dwarves, fairies and other wonders, with lessons that condemn greed and praise solidarity and modesty.

Svjetlost, 1972.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.34
Zlatni lanac

Zlatni lanac

Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair sharply criticizes the relationship between art and capital throughout history. He shows how money and power have always influenced literature, painting, and music, and how great artists were often prisoners of the "golden chain."

Biblioteka savremenih pisaca, 1932.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.24
Zlatni otok

Zlatni otok

Robert L. Stevenson

The Golden Isle (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson is a classic adventure novel about young Jim Hawkins, pirate treasure, betrayal, and a battle with dangerous pirates led by Long John Silver on a secret island.

Knjižnica dobrih romana, 1928.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
7.54
Zlatno tele

Zlatno tele

Ilja Iljf, Jevgenij Petrov

The Golden Calf (1931) is a brilliant satirical picaresque adventure, a sequel to the legendary 12 Chairs, where the great schemer Ostap Bender returns in full glory – charming, cynical, irredeemably cunning and always one step ahead of everyone else.

Kultura, 1946.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
7.56
Zlatno telešce

Zlatno telešce

Ilja Iljf, Evgenij Petrov

The Golden Calf (1931) follows the ingenious con artist Ostap Bender, who in Soviet Russia during the first five-year plan seeks a secret millionaire in order to get rich, encountering the absurdity of bureaucracy, the new Soviet man, and his own downfall

Naklada Binoza, 1934.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
9.74
Zlato

Zlato

Jack London

A novel about a strong and untamable prospector for gold in Alaska, Burning Daylight, who, after becoming immensely rich, faces the corruption of the big city, love, and a crisis of meaning in life. One of London's most successful novels.

Naklada Binoza, 1932.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
7.32
Zločin i kazna

Zločin i kazna

Fjodor M. Dostojevski

One of the most complex novels in world literature, which, through a criminal plot, thematizes issues of personal freedom, moral justification and the psychology of sin.

Jutarnji list, 2004.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
14.42
Zmaj od Bosne

Zmaj od Bosne

Josip Eugen Tomić

The Dragon of Bosnia (1898) is a historical novel by Josip Eugen Tomić about Captain Husein Gradaščević, leader of the Bosnian movement for autonomy. The work combines historical facts, political conflicts, and a romantic plot.

Matica hrvatska, 1898.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
11.46