Antique books
Zlatni otok
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.
Zlatno telešce
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
Zlato
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.
Zola: njegov život, njegovo djelo i njegova borba
Zola: His Life, His Work, and His Struggle (1940) is a biography written by Denise Leblond-Zola, daughter of Émile Zola. It is an intimate and devoted account of her father's life, literary work, naturalism, and courageous struggle in the Dreyfus affair.
Žrtva lihvara
Svatopluk Čech's novella depicts the conflict between the peaceful, honest manager of Hrdlička and the ruthless usurer Jestřáb. The story is a harsh social critique of usury, exploitation, and the downfall of the common man under the pressure of monetary
Zver-čovek
The novel explores the destructive forces of inheritance, passion, and violence in modern industrial society. The action takes place largely on the railroad, a symbol of speed, destiny, and inevitable doom. “Beast Man” is the first description of crime in