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Czech Republic

Wikipedia: Czech Republic
CIA World Factbook: Czech Republic
Lonely Planet: Czech Republic
Economist Country Briefings: Czech Republic
BBC Country Profiles: Czech Republic
World Health Organization: Czech Republic

History

Bibliographic Database
Collegium Carolinum : the Research Center for the Bohemian Lands (German)
Czech Republic books at Amazon.com classified as “history”

Berkley, George E. Hitler’s Gift: The Story of Theresienstadt. Branden Publishing Co, 1996.
Demetz, Peter. Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City. Hill & Wang Publishing, 1998.
Kaplan, Jan (Editor). Prague : The Turbulent Century. Konemann, June, 1998.
Kovaly, Heda. Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968. Holmes & Meier Publishing, Inc., 1997. I
Kovtun, George J. Czech and Slovak History: An American Bibliography (complete text of book – exhaustive bibliography of all books printed in the U.S. up until 1994)
Sayer, Derek. The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History. Princeton University Press, 1998.
Wheaton, Bernard and Kavan, Zdenek. The Velvet Revolution; Czechoslovakia, 1988-1991.

historicaltextarchive.com

Geography / Maps

Mission Atlas Project – Europe (click on country to right)
Czech Republic Maps at Perry-Castaneda Map Collection at the University of Texas
Czech Republic at geography.about.com

Culture

Czech culture
From everyculture.com Culture of Czech Republic

Klima, Ivan, Paul Wilson (translator). The Spirit of Prague and other Essays.
Lytle, Douglas. Pink Tanks and Velvet Hangovers: An American in Prague. Frog Ltd: April 1995.
Novak, Jan. Commies, Crooks, Gypsies, Spooks & Poets: Thirteen Books of Prague in the Year of the Great Lice Epidemic. Steerforth Press, 1995.
Thaxton, Carole, Thaxton, Carter J., and Vitousek, Jirka. How to Respect a Czech. Konos Connection, 1999.

At Executive Planet

Czech Republic: Appointment Alert! Making Appointments
Czech Republic: Business Dress Guidelines for business dress
Czech Republic: Conversation Welcome topics of conversation
Czech Republic: First Name or Title? Addressing others with respect
Czech Republic: Gift Giving Selecting and presenting an appropriate business gift
Czech Republic: Let’s Make a Deal! What you should know before negotiating
Czech Republic: Prosperous Entertaining Entertaining for business success
Czech Republic: Public Behaviour Acceptable public conduct

Demographics / Needs

Czech Republic

Language

Czech at www.ilovelanguages.com

Political

Head of State: hrad.cz/cz/
National Assembly: psp.cz/
Executive: vlada.cz
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Official Government Server
Parliament

Religious

Jan Huss: The Incendiary Preacher of Prague.Christian History”. Issue 68, Vol. XIX, No. 4. Order from Christian History, PO Box 37060, Boone, IA 50037-0060 or www.christianhistory.net
Locke, Jason “Contextualizing The Christian Message For The Czech Republic,” .
Luzný, D., and J. Navrátilová. 2001. “Religion and Secularisation in the Czech Republic.” Czech Sociological Review 9:85-98.

Slovak and Czech Christian Resources   “The purpose of this is to provide information and       resources for missionaries to Slovakia, and Christians interested in reaching Slovakia with the   Gospel. … Although much of this is focused on Slovak, many of the materials available in Slovak are also in Czech. There are some Czech materials listed below. Both languages are very similar.   Links at site:

News

All news at mondotime.com – Czech Republic
All news abyznewslinks.com/czech.htm
MF Dnes idnes.cz/
Pravo novinky.cz/

Opportunities

 

 

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