Books published by Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic

The chronically homeless face a stark reality: lack of access to support systems, adequate shelter, and sustenance, with little hope for something better. This book tells of homelessness among young people - the causes and their attitudes to the various problems they face.

A complete textbook for a course for English-language speakers who want to learn Czech. Based on a communicative and comparative approach, it presents the basics of the Czech language by means of continuous and systematic acquisition of vocabulary and conversational phrases grouped around useful topics and situations.

The Master of the Trebon Altarpiece was a painter active in Prague in the fourteenth century and one of the most important gothic artists of the international style. This book attempts to definitively identify and contextualize this unknown artist's oeuvre. It is suitable for scholars of art history as well as European art aficionados.

The generalization of microeconomics enables model descriptions of economic rationality, even in fields that standard microeconomics more or less avoids, like nonprofit sectors of market economies, altruism, or externalities. The authors argue, ultimately, that the generalizing criterion is a Darwinian maximization of the probability of survival.

A novel featuring Saturnin, a 'gentleman's gentleman' who obviously owes a debt to Wodehouse's beloved Jeeves, who wages a constant battle to protect his master from romantic disaster and intrusive relatives, such as Aunt Catherine, the 'Prancing Dictionary of Slavic Proverbs'.

What is it about human beings that makes us creative, able to imagine and enact new possibilities for life and new solutions to problems in a way that no other animal can? The authors explore this question in essays and studies from a range of specializations and backgrounds.

At the end of the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I forced the Irish Franciscans into exile, and they changed the course of Bohemian history in significant ways. This monograph documents this intense point of contact between two small European lands, Ireland and Bohemia, particularly those interested in Bohemia or the Irish diaspora.

Jan Opolsky has primarily been viewed as an undistinguished hanger-on in the era of Czech literary decadence. This title evaluates archival sources and private correspondence between Opolsky and other literary figures, and includes a classified bibliography of Opolsky's work. It is suitable for students of Slavic and European literary history.

Presents a concise summary of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics for physics students at the university level. This text covers essential topics, from general mathematical formalism to specific applications. It explains the formulation of quantum theory and is supported with illustrations of the general concepts of elementary quantum systems.

Czech action art emerged out of the political and social turmoil of the 1960s. This title explains the various forms of action art, from the actions and happenings of the 1960s; to the actions of land art; to the actions of a new generation of artists, who are using the principles of action art in contemporary postconceptual and participative art.

Novelist Bohumil Hrabal (1914-97) was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and spent decades working at a variety of laboring jobs before turning to writing in his late forties. This book offers a collection of stories that set in Hrabal's Kersko.

Born January 1, 1993, after it split with Slovakia, the Czech Republic is one of the youngest members of the European Union. Despite its youth as a nation, this land and the areas just outside its modern borders boasts an ancient and intricate past. This title provides a historical account of this region.

Provides an overview of four of the most significant cultural centers in the ancient world, now in Egypt, the Persian Gulf region, India, and China. This title approaches author's subjects from a variety of perspectives and offers information on the economy, society, political climate, and religion within each of the empires.

Dealing with not only specific artists in the context of their national identity, but also with overarching themes in the rise of modernism, this book presents an overview of modern art styles from the former Czechoslovakia, focusing on impressionism, art nouveau, and cubism.

In March 2009, the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, together with the University of Zurich, organized a seminar on Chinese legal culture. This title pays special attention to the question of Westernization, the role of globalization in the Chinese legal system, and the act of "translating" between Western and Asian legal systems.

An atlas that visually depicts a variety of transformational processes that occurred in the Czech Republic during the past twenty years.

Examines the relationships between the ruling elites of the Czech Republic and the general public. This title provides important insights into the quality of elite-public relations, the nuance of intra-elite relations, and the values of these groups, both shared and independent.

Jan Koblasa has ranked among the leading figures of Czech and European art since the1960s. His sculptures have been integrated into many European cities. He is also acclaimed for his accomplishments in stage design, book illustrations, and graphic art. This title presents graphics that Koblasa created using various intaglio print techniques.

In 2005 the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic granted to the Charles University Law Faculty funds to research developments in Czech law from the last twenty years. Their findings were compiled into a four-volume collection. This title features those selections from the original monograph.