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	Beowulf by Unknown, Ethelbert Talbot Donaldson (Adapted by), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 356,491 ratings — published 950 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Levá strana světa by Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 82,313 ratings — published 2011 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sirény by Emilia Hart (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 79,046 ratings — published 2025 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Najdi mě (Dej mi své jméno, #2) by André Aciman (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.25 avg rating — 89,588 ratings — published 2019 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jak vysoko klesneme by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 75,139 ratings — published 2022 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poslední věta by Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 48,708 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hřejivé ruce duchů by Katherine Arden (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 34,333 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neobyvatelná Země by David Wallace-Wells (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 30,540 ratings — published 2019 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Město špíny by Hayley Scrivenor (Goodreads Author), Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 18,999 ratings — published 2022 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kaliban a čarodějnice by Silvia Federici, Sylva Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.55 avg rating — 15,662 ratings — published 2004 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Venus, Vanishing

by Rebecca Birrell

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Birdsplaining: A Natural History

by Jasmine Donahaye

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slušný hyperabstraktní ořech :)
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jako audiokniha (ČRo) skvělý – dostala jsem chuť si přečíst první díl. Betyna umí psát, umí být věcná, vtipná i dost kousavá a rozhodně má smysl i pro romantiku:)
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Sylva rated a book it was amazing Aby si tak Františka Kroupová vzala Františka Kroupu! by Helena Černohorská	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Moc dobře napsaná a hutná novelka o osudu jisté Františky Kroupové. Divím se, že se o autorce s tak bohatým, svérázným jazykem víc nepíše – čtěte ji, stojí to za to!
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esej o zkušenosti s (podle všeho středně těžkou) endogenní depresí... trochu iritující je apriorní odmítání antidepresiv (přitom autorka sama přiznává, že spoustě lidem můžou doslova zachránit život), ale je to osobní zpověď milovnice Wittgensteina, ...more
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“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.”
― Jeanette Winterson

tags: books, obsession

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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: happiness

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“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: belief, death, ideals, martyr, truth

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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