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	Beowulf by Unknown, Ethelbert Talbot Donaldson (Adapted by), Sylva Bloch-Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.51 avg rating — 358,840 ratings — published 950 — 1683 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 Bloch-Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 82,515 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Sirény by Emilia Hart (Goodreads Author), Sylva Bloch-Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 82,496 ratings — published 2025	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 Bloch-Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.25 avg rating — 90,184 ratings — published 2019 — 8 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 Bloch-Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 76,057 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 Bloch-Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 48,877 ratings — published 2018 — 7 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
	Hřejivé ruce duchů by Katherine Arden (Goodreads Author), Sylva Bloch-Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 35,106 ratings — published 2024 — 41 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
	Neobyvatelná Země by David Wallace-Wells (Goodreads Author), Sylva Bloch-Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 30,658 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
	Kaliban a čarodějnice by Silvia Federici, Sylva Bloch-Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.55 avg rating — 16,080 ratings — published 2004 — 60 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 Bloch-Ficová (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 19,148 ratings — published 2022 — 33 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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Sylva rated a book liked it Detaily by Ia Genberg	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
vlastně zklamání – zařazení na shortlist Booker Prize moc nechápu. kromě úvodní kapitoly a asi dvou třetin té poslední nic, co by se mě jakkoli dotklo (navzdory dobrému překladu).
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lehce queer Thelma a Louise z prostředí tokijské yakuzy psaná ironickým, filmově barvitým a úsporným jazykem – je hodně znát, že autorka začínala jako scenáristka videoher. až v poslední čtvrtině se konečně odváží psát i jinak, v náznacích a zlehka. ...more
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Sylva rated a book liked it Strojovna by Jonáš Zbořil	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
jednohubka pro Freuda.
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Sylva rated a book liked it The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries by Kathi Weeks	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
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 Šitíčko: Důvěrné rozhovory íránských žen by Marjane Satrapi	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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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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