Cultural Region/Germany
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The Golden Pot and Other Tales: A New Translation by Ritchie Robertson
$12.95 Add to cartHoffmann, among the greatest and most popular of the German Romantics, is renowned for his humorous and sometimes horrifying tales of supernatural beings. This selection, while stressing the variety o… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Hoffmann, E. T. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199552479
- Language: English
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Around the World in 80 Days
$20.99 Add to cartPhileas Fogg puts up half his fortune wagering that he can circumnavigate the earth in 80 days. Encountering one adventure after another and pursued by a determined policeman, Fogg’s inventiveness wil
- Series: Mint Editions (Grand Adventures)
- Author: Verne, Jules
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1513221191
- Language: English
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A German Requiem: A Bernie Gunther Novel
$22.00 Add to cartPost-World War 2, Bernie Gunther investigates the murder of an American Nazi-hunter amongst the ruins of the Third Reich in this riveting thriller in Philip Kerr’s bestselling historical mystery serie… [more below]
- Series: Bernie Gunther Novel #3
- Author: Kerr, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0142004022
- Language: English
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And After the Fire
$17.99 Add to cartNational Jewish Book Award Winner
The New York Times bestselling author of A Fierce Radiance and City of Light returns with a powerful and passionate novel–inspired by historical events–about two wom
- Author: Belfer, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0062428527
- Language: English
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Conversational German Dialogues: 50 German Conversations and Short Stories
$14.99 Add to cartWhen face-to-face with a real German speaker, do you freeze?
Do you fear not knowing how to ask for directions in German or even worse, struggle to communicate if there’s an emergency?
If your answer to
- Series: Conversational German Dual Language Books #1
- Author: Language Learning, Touri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1953149200
- Language: English
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The Carpet Makers
$21.99 Add to cartSince the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fra
- Author: Eschbach, Andreas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 21 2006
- ISBN10: 0765314908
- Language: English
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Stones from the River
$22.00 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of Floating in My Mother’s Palm and Children and Fire, a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary times–“epic, daring, magnificent, the product of a defi
- Series: Oprah’s Book Club
- Author: Hegi, Ursula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 01, 1997
- ISBN10: 068484477X
- Language: English
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Narcissus and Goldmund
$21.00 Add to cartHermann Hesse’s Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister school, has devoted hims
- Author: Hesse, Hermann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0312421672
- Language: English
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Breathturn into Timestead
$48.99 Add to cart2015 National Translation Award Winner in Poetry
Paul Celan, one of the greatest German-language poets of the twentieth century, created an oeuvre that stands as testimony to the horrors of his times- Author: Celan, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0374608032
- Language: English
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Fatherland
$18.99 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling classic of alternate history, a murder mystery set in a world where the Nazis won World War II–for fans of The Plot Against America and The Man in the High Castle
Berl- Series: Mortalis
- Author: Harris, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 05 2006
- ISBN10: 812977211
- Language: English
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The Quest for Christa T.
$19.00 Add to cartWhen The Quest for Christa T. was first published in East Germany ten years ago, there was an immediate storm: bookshops in East Berlin were given instructions to sell it only to well-known customers
- Author: Wolf, Christa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 185
- Publish Date: April 03 2003
- ISBN10: 0374515344
- Language: English
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Three Streets
$17.95 Read moreThe always astonishing Yoko Tawada here takes a walk on the supernatural side of the street. In “Kollwitzstrasse,” as the narrator muses on former East Berlin’s new bourgeois health food stores, so po… [more below]
- Series: Storybook ND
- Author: Tawada, Yoko
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0811229300
- Language: English
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Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays
$20.00 Add to cartIn this volume, the distinguished East German writer Christa Wolf retells the story of the fall of Troy, but from the point of view of the woman whose visionary powers earned her contempt and scorn. W
- Author: Wolf, Christa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 01 1988
- ISBN10: 0374519048
- Language: English
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Yule-Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions, From the Swedish, Danish, and German
$24.95 Add to cartThis collection of ancient Scandinavian tales takes you on a journey to fight werewolves, rescue the princess on the glass mountain, and explore “the beautiful palace east of the sun and north of the
- Author: Thorpe, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 484
- Publish Date: October 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1396318232
- Language: English
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The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka
$41.58 Add to cartA splendid new translation of an extraordinary work of modern literature-featuring facing-page commentary by Kafka’s acclaimed biographer
In 1917 and 1918, Franz Kafka wrote a set of more than 100 aph- Author: Kafka, Franz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0691205922
- Language: English
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The Mayfair Bookshop: A Novel of Nancy Mitford and the Pursuit of Happiness
$16.99 Add to cartOne of Hasty Booklist’s Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Novels!
USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight brings together a brilliant dual-narrative story about Nancy Mitford–one of 1930s London’s
- Author: Knight, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0063070588
- Language: English
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Literature and Politics: Selected Writings
$35.00 Add to cartLiterature and Politics presents Robert Musil’s writings on the relationship between literature and politics from World War I through World War II and elucidates his personal struggle to bear witness
- Author: Musil, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 562
- Publish Date: March 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1940625548
- Language: English
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Kafka: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFranz Kafka is among the most intriguing and influential writers of the last century. During his lifetime he worked as a civil servant and published only a handful of short stories, the best known bei… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Robertson, Ritchie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: September 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0192804553
- Language: English
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The Common Reader
$19.99 Add to cartWoolf’s first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selections, including such important statements as “Modern Fiction” and “The Modern Essay.” Edited and with a… [more below]
- Author: Woolf, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 04 2002
- ISBN10: 015602778X
- Language: English
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Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night
$19.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES GLOBETROTTING PICK!
Sometimes, in small places, life becomes bigger.
SUMMER LIGHT AND THEN COMES THE NIGHT is a profound and playful masterwork from one of Iceland’s most beloved author
- Author: Stefansson, Jon Kalman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0063136481
- Language: English
