czechoslovakia

Follows the life of the Czechoslovakian leader.

A biography of tennis star Ivan Lendl, the number one player in men's tennis in 1986 and 1987.

Presents the life of Ondra, a young boy who lives with his family in Prague. Describes his home life, festivals, sports, and facts about the country.

A biography of the scholar and statesman who helped found Czechoslovakia in 1918 and served as its first president from 1918 until 1935.

A clay giant miraculously brought to life by a saintly rabbi saves a Jewish banker who has been falsely accused in the Prague of Emperor Rudolf II.

Elsbeth and her little brother Emil, abandoned when their mother is sent to work in a Russian labor camp in the months following World War II, set out to cross the border from Czechoslovakia into West Germany, along with the son of a friend, hoping to be reunited with their father.

The author shares memories of her childhood in Germany, years of which were spent in a Nazi concentration camp, and includes several of her original poems.

The author's reminiscences about her childhood in Germany, years of which were spent in a Nazi concentration camp. Includes several of her original poems.

Profiles the life of Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech republic from 1992 to 2002, and chronicles his childhood growing up under Nazi occupation and then under the control of the Soviet Union, and his political activism against the totalitarian regime.