LIBROS DEL AUTOR: karel capek

50 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: karel capek

karel capek Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
    Karel Čapek / Nigel Playfair / Paul Selver
    Karel Čapek’s R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) is the seminal science fiction drama that gave the world the very word 'robot.' First performed in 1921, this visionary play confronts the paradox of technological progress and the moral dilemmas it creates. In an age of artificial intelligence, automation, and existential crisis, R.U.R. remains uncannily prescient-both a theatri...
    Disponible

    22,60 €

  • Krakatit
    Karel Čapek / Edward Lawrence Hyde
    After inventing an explosive that could devastate humanity, an obsessed scientist struggles to keep his deadly discovery out of sinister hands. As threats multiply, he faces manipulation, betrayal, and moral conflicts in a tense race against those determined to exploit his work.His quest takes him across a volatile 1930s Europe, as he confronts the destructive potential of huma...
    Disponible

    17,47 €

  • Almost Real - R.U.R
    Karel Čapek / Matt Borne
    In this electrifying reimagining of Karel Čapek’s 1920 play that coined the word robot, Helena Glory infiltrates Rossum’s Universal Robots with a daring agenda. As she unravels the factory’s dark secrets, enhanced robots worldwide begin to revolt, plunging humanity into chaos. Trapped on an island of rogue machines, Helena uncovers a shocking truth about herself that blurs the ...
    Disponible

    10,97 €

  • R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
    Karel Capek / David Wyllie
    "R.U.R." (Rossum's Universal Robots) (Czech: "Rossumovi univerzalni roboti") is a science fiction play originally written in the Czech language. It premiered in 1921 and is noted for introducing the term "robot" to the English language. The play begins in a factory that makes artificial people called "robots." Unlike the modern usage of the term, these creatures are closer ...
    Disponible

    21,38 €

  • Rossum’s Universal Robots
    Karel Čapek
    First performed in 1921, Rossum’s Universal Robots: A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue is an influential science fiction play that introduced the word, 'robot' to the English language and the science fiction genre at large.In 1932, Helena Glory, President of the League of Humanity, heads to the island factory of Rossum’s Universal Robots to learn about the hist...
    Disponible

    8,65 €

  • Rossum’s Universal Robots
    Karel Čapek
    First performed in 1921, Rossum’s Universal Robots: A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue is an influential science fiction play that introduced the word, 'robot' to the English language and the science fiction genre at large. In 1932, Helena Glory, President of the League of Humanity, heads to the island factory of Rossum’s Universal Robots to learn about the his...
    Disponible

    16,03 €

  • R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots); A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue
    Karel Čapek / Nigel PlayfaiR
    R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots); A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole bo...
    Disponible

    20,85 €

  • Krakatit
    Karel Čapek
    Prokop is a scientist who has a passion for the chemistry of explosives; this passion flowers in the discovery of Krakatit, a new explosive infinitely more powerful than any previously known, an explosive capable of wrecking the world; the small box of Krakatit is stolen; Prokop, in a panic of fear lest his terrible discovery do irreparable harm to humankind, begins frantically...
    Disponible

    25,28 €

  • R.U.R. Or, Rossum’s Universal Robots
    Karel Čapek / Nigel Playfair / Paul Selver
    R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots, is a play written in 1920 by Karel Čapek, a Czech writer who authored many plays and novels, many with science-fiction and dystopian themes. R.U.R. is perhaps the best known of these works because it brought the word robot into the English language. Robot is derived from the Czech word meaning 'worker.'The play is set in the island headquar...
    Disponible

    12,07 €

  • War with the Newts
    Karel Capek
    ’War with the Newts’ is Karel Capek’s darkly humorous allegory of early twentieth-century Czech politics. Captain van Toch discovers a colony of newts in Sumatra which can not only be taught to trade and use tools, but also to speak. As the rest of the world learns of the creatures and their wonderful capabilities, it is clear that this new species is ripe for exploitation - th...
    Disponible

    9,62 €

  • The Absolute at Large
    Karel Capek
    This story centers on the invention of a reactor that can annihilate matter to produce cheap and abundant energy. Unfortunately, it produces something else as a by-product, the absolute. The absolute is a spiritual essence that according to some religious philosophies allegedly permeates all matter. It is associated with human religious experience, as unsuspecting humanity is t...
    Disponible

    7,52 €

  • The Gardener’s Year - Illustrated by Josef Capek
    Karel Capek
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ...
    Disponible

    28,00 €

  • La guerra de las salamandras
    Karel Capek
    La guerra de las salamandras es una novela satírica de ciencia ficción del periodista y escritor checo Karel Capek, publicada en 1936 en Praga. En esta novela Capek narra mediante múltiples personajes los sucesos que preceden el descubrimiento de las salamandras gigantes identificadas por los científicos como Andrias Scheuchzeri, deteniéndose en la reacción de la prensa, en las...
    Disponible

    17,90 €

  • Money and other stories
    Karel Capek
    In this extraordinary collection of nine stories, called in the original Czech Painful Tales (Trapné povídky), one of the masters of twentieth century fiction details human situations where the heartbreak and blockedness in life predominate.In Money a brother is trapped between warring and manipulative sisters; in Helena a mismatched pair come to further grief through misunders...
    Disponible

    11,88 €

  • Hordubal
    Karel Capek / Otto Pick
    Karel Capek (1890-1938) ist einer der wichtigsten tschechischen Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts. In seinem Schauspiel R.U.R. taucht erstmals das Wort Roboter auf. Karel Capek widmete sich einem breiten Arbeitsfeld: Realismus, Drama und utopische Literatur. Sein Werk gilt als meisterhaftes Beispiel der tschechischen Sprache. Inhaltlich finden sich eine klare Beobachtungsgabe...
    Disponible

    9,40 €

  • Masaryk erzählt sein Leben
    Camill Hoffmann / Karel Capek
    Tomáš Masaryk (1850-1937) war ein tschechischer Philosoph, Schriftsteller und Politiker sowie Mitbegründer und erster Staatspräsident der Tschechoslowakei (1918-1935). Masaryk stammte aus einfachen Verhältnissen. Er war Sohn eines slowakischen Kutschers auf kaiserlichen Gütern und einer Bauerntochter und Köchin aus Auspitz. Masaryk heiratete 1878 bei einem Amerikaaufenthalt die...
    Disponible

    12,93 €

  • War with the Newts
    Karel Capek
    2017 Reprint of 1959 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.  With a New Introduction by Lewis Gannett.  Originally published in Czech in 1936 and in English in 1937, this is the author’s prophetic and stirring novel about man’s fatal propensity to stuff himself with sweets until he becomes ill.  It is considered on en...
    Disponible

    15,65 €

  • The Absolute at Large
    Karel Capek
    2017 Reprint of 1927 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.   The Absolute at Large was first published in 1922. The novel begins on New Year's Day 1943 - a future date at the time of writing - and describes the fundamental transformations in society as the result of a new mystical source of virtually free energy....
    Disponible

    13,26 €

  • R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
    Karel Capek / David Wyllie
    'R.U.R.' (Rossum’s Universal Robots) (Czech: 'Rossumovi univerzální roboti') is a science fiction play originally written in the Czech language. It premiered in 1921 and is noted for introducing the term 'robot' to the English language.The play begins in a factory that makes artificial people called 'robots.' Unlike the modern usage of the term, these creatures are closer to th...
    Disponible

    10,82 €

  • R.U.R. - Rossum’s Universal Robots
    Karel Capek
    A phenomenal Czech science fiction play that introduced robots to modern literature. R.U.R. - Rossum’s Universal Robots explores the ethical implications behind humanity’s enslavement of a man-made race.Opening in the Roboti factory, this play poses moral and ethical questions as we watch humans create a new life form. R.U.R. are intelligent robots built with the ability to thi...
    Disponible

    22,55 €

  • I Had a Dog and a Cat - Pictures Drawn by Josef and Karel Capek
    Karel Capek
    I Had a Dog and a Cat is a delightfully charming book, originally written in Czech. Featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations, this is the perfect storybook to share with little ones who love animals.First published in 1940, this wonderful volume is a collation of short children’s stories about our most beloved pets: cats and dogs. I Had a Dog and a Cat was written and i...
    Disponible

    34,92 €

  • Karel Capek Fairy Tales - With One Extra as a Makeweight and Illustrated by Joseph Capek
    Karel Capek
    Karel Capek Fairy Tales is a delightful collection of ten classic children’s stories, written by Karel Capek. It is beautifully illustrated throughout, with striking black-and-white images of Karel’s brother; Josef Capek. The narratives of ’Capek Fairy Tales’ include: ’A Long Tale about a Cat’, ’The Dogs’ Tale’, ’The Birds’ Tale’, ’The First Bandits’ Tale’, ’The Water Sprites’ ...
    Disponible

    36,69 €

  • I Had a Dog and a Cat - Pictures Drawn by Josef and Karel Capek
    Karel Capek
    I Had a Dog and a Cat is a delightfully charming book, originally written in Czech. Featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations, this is the perfect storybook to share with little ones who love animals.First published in 1940, this wonderful volume is a collation of short children’s stories about our most beloved pets: cats and dogs. I Had a Dog and a Cat was written and i...
    Disponible

    25,90 €

  • Karel Capek Fairy Tales - With One Extra as a Makeweight and Illustrated by Joseph Capek
    Karel Capek
    Karel Capek Fairy Tales is a delightful collection of ten classic children’s stories, written by Karel Capek. It is beautifully illustrated throughout, with striking black-and-white images of Karel’s brother; Josef Capek. The narratives of ’Capek Fairy Tales’ include: ’A Long Tale about a Cat’, ’The Dogs’ Tale’, ’The Birds’ Tale’, ’The First Bandits’ Tale’, ’The Water Sprites’ ...
    Disponible

    27,67 €

  • President Masaryk Tells His Story
    Karel Capek
    This account of President Masaryk’s life was taken from his own lips and set down in his own words by Karel Capek. The chapters were not told consecutively as they are given here; they have been built up from material gathered by Capek during several years of intercourse with the President. For weeks at a time Capek stayed with President Masaryk and his family in their charming...
    Disponible

    29,92 €

  • Tales from Two Pockets
    Karel Capek
    This antiquarian book contains a collection of forty-eight stories written by the celebrated Czech writer, Karel Capek. These thrilling and thought-provoking stories attempt to challenge the mystery story paradigm by bending the rules in novel ways. They will appeal to both those who ordinarily love, and those loathe mystery fiction. A great addition to any collection, this com...
    Disponible

    25,38 €

  • The Cheat
    Karel Capek
    'The Cheat' is a novel written by the Czech writer Karel Capek, in 1938. It was Capek’s final work of fiction - and was only partially finished at the time of his death - leaving the interested reader with a truly fascinating puzzle. Karel Capek (1890 - 1938) was a famous Czech novelist and playwright, who is best remembered for his influence on the genre of science fiction. Ma...
    Disponible

    25,85 €

  • The Mother - A Play in Three Acts
    Karel Capek
    'The Mother' is a 1938 anti-war drama written by the famous Czech novelist, Karel Capek. Heavily influenced by the Spanish civil war, the play portrays the relationships between men going off to war, and their families and mothers who want them to stay. It explores fascism and freedom, and conveys the suffering that war brings with it. This volume will appeal to anyone who enjo...
    Disponible

    24,65 €

  • Travels in the North - Exemplified by the Author’s Drawings
    Karel Capek
    'Travels in The North' is a chronicle of Karel Čapek’s time spent travelling in northern Europe. An interesting and entertaining account of his Scandinavian sojourn, this book will appeal to fans and collectors of Čapek’s work, as well as to those with an interest in travel writing in general. The chapters of this book include: ’The Journey North’, ’Denmark’, ’Round Stockholm’,...
    Disponible

    30,06 €

  • An Ordinary Life
    Karel Capek
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ...
    Disponible

    27,85 €


01 02