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The Old Castle in Austria

Sins of the Fathers

by Mathilde Apelt Schmidt ...

After the sudden death of his parents Viktor Baumeister inherits Blauenwald, an old Austrian castle surrounded by a village of the same name. He is not ready to take over the rein yet and has his manager take care of the estate. He marries an American widow with two sons and elderly parents. He has a deep-seated secretonly confessed to his priestwhich he does not disclose to his wife until it is ... Read more

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After the sudden death of his parents Viktor Baumeister inherits Blauenwald, an old Austrian castle surrounded by a village of the same name. He is not ready to take over the rein yet and has his manager take care of the estate. He marries an American widow with two sons and elderly parents. He has a deep-seated secretonly confessed to his priestwhich he does not disclose to his wife until it is
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My Father, Hermann Apelt

The Legacy of a Great German Senator

by Mathilde Apelt Schmidt ...

My Father, Hermann Apelt has two parts. The first part consists of my own memories, written documents of my father such as letters, articles, poems, and newspaper articles about his death. My father wrote and spoke a great deal but never published a book. Others did it for him. His best friend and colleague in the Senate of the city of Bremen, Germany, published Hermann Apelt, Reden und Schriften ... Read more

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My Father, Hermann Apelt has two parts. The first part consists of my own memories, written documents of my father such as letters, articles, poems, and newspaper articles about his death. My father wrote and spoke a great deal but never published a book. Others did it for him. His best friend and colleague in the Senate of the city of Bremen, Germany, published Hermann Apelt, Reden und Schriften
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On Hitler's Mountain

Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood

by Irmgard A. Hunt ...

A German woman recounts her youth during World War II under Hitler's regime in this "richly texture memoir" ( Publishers Weekly).Growing up in the beautiful mountains of Berchtesgaden—just steps from Adolf Hitler's alpine retreat—Irmgard Hunt had a seemingly happy, simple childhood. In her powerful, illuminating, and sometimes frightening memoir, Hunt recounts a youth lived under an evil but ... Read more

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A German woman recounts her youth during World War II under Hitler's regime in this "richly texture memoir" ( Publishers Weekly).Growing up in the beautiful mountains of Berchtesgaden—just steps from Adolf Hitler's alpine retreat—Irmgard Hunt had a seemingly happy, simple childhood. In her powerful, illuminating, and sometimes frightening memoir, Hunt recounts a youth lived under an evil but
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Finger of Guilt

A Bonus Story

by Paul Grossman ...

Series series Willi Kraus Series
In Finger of Guilt, star investigator Hans Fraksa claims that the Kinderfresser, the vicious child eater of Berlin, has been caught.So why is he worried discarded, gnawed bones will keep appearing?Follow the gruesome case with detective Willi Krauss in The Children of Wrath, by Paul Grossman. ... Read more

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In Finger of Guilt, star investigator Hans Fraksa claims that the Kinderfresser, the vicious child eater of Berlin, has been caught.So why is he worried discarded, gnawed bones will keep appearing?Follow the gruesome case with detective Willi Krauss in The Children of Wrath, by Paul Grossman.
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The Kraus Project

by Jonathan Franzen ...

"Engrossing, highly original . . . Franzen finds in...Kraus a model of how to provoke readers while at the same time getting them to do some work." ― The New York Times Book ReviewA hundred years ago, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus was among the most penetrating and farsighted writers in Europe. In his self-published magazine, DieFackel, Kraus brilliantly attacked the popular media's ... Read more

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"Engrossing, highly original . . . Franzen finds in...Kraus a model of how to provoke readers while at the same time getting them to do some work." ― The New York Times Book ReviewA hundred years ago, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus was among the most penetrating and farsighted writers in Europe. In his self-published magazine, DieFackel, Kraus brilliantly attacked the popular media's
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Stolen Beauty

A Novel

by Laurie Lico Albanese ...

“A powerful and important tale of love and war, art and family…I was transported.” —Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author“Albanese artfully weaves Adele’s story with Maria’s harrowing life under the Nazis, but it’s hard to read Stolen Beauty without seeing ugly echoes in today’s headlines. Seven decades after World War II, have we learned nothing?” —USA TODAYFrom the dawn of the ... Read more

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“A powerful and important tale of love and war, art and family…I was transported.” —Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author“Albanese artfully weaves Adele’s story with Maria’s harrowing life under the Nazis, but it’s hard to read Stolen Beauty without seeing ugly echoes in today’s headlines. Seven decades after World War II, have we learned nothing?” —USA TODAYFrom the dawn of the
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Conversations with Goethe

by Johann Peter Eckermann ...

Translated by Allan Blunden ...

A perceptive introduction to the mind of one of German's greatest writers, in a new translation for the first time in 150 years'The best German book there is' NietzscheBy the turn of the nineteenth century, the poet, novelist and thinker Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was one of the most famous people in the world. In 1823 he became friend and mentor to the young writer Johann Eckermann, who, for the ... Read more

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A perceptive introduction to the mind of one of German's greatest writers, in a new translation for the first time in 150 years'The best German book there is' NietzscheBy the turn of the nineteenth century, the poet, novelist and thinker Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was one of the most famous people in the world. In 1823 he became friend and mentor to the young writer Johann Eckermann, who, for the
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Pnin

by Vladimir Nabokov ...

Series series Vintage International
**One of the best-loved of Nabokov’s novels, Pnin features his funniest and most heart-rending character. Serialized in The New Yorker and published in book form in 1957, Pnin brought Nabokov both his first National Book Award nomination and hitherto unprecedented popularity.“Fun and satire are just the beginning of the rewards of this novel. Generous, bewildered Pnin, that most kindly and ... Read more

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**One of the best-loved of Nabokov’s novels, Pnin features his funniest and most heart-rending character. Serialized in The New Yorker and published in book form in 1957, Pnin brought Nabokov both his first National Book Award nomination and hitherto unprecedented popularity.“Fun and satire are just the beginning of the rewards of this novel. Generous, bewildered Pnin, that most kindly and
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The Inventory

A Novel

by Gila Lustiger ...

Translated by Rebecca Morrison ...

Combining the authenticity of reportage with the emotional intensity of an extraordinary imagination, The Inventory is a profoundly unsettling account of the effects of Nazi paranoia upon every segment of German society. Writing with piercing clarity and searing irony, Gila Lustiger weaves together the tales of ordinary people swept up in a society where brutal oppression and extermination are ... Read more

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Combining the authenticity of reportage with the emotional intensity of an extraordinary imagination, The Inventory is a profoundly unsettling account of the effects of Nazi paranoia upon every segment of German society. Writing with piercing clarity and searing irony, Gila Lustiger weaves together the tales of ordinary people swept up in a society where brutal oppression and extermination are
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Goethe

by Peter Boerner ...

Translated by Nancy Sanden Boerner ...

Series series Life & Times
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was one of the greatest thinkers of the modern age: a world-famous writer, scientist, and statesman, his influence was already far-reaching during his lifetime, and his literary and intellectual legacy continues to reverberate throughout contemporary culture. In this book, newly updated, Peter Boerner, a highly respected authority on Goethe, presents the ... Read more

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was one of the greatest thinkers of the modern age: a world-famous writer, scientist, and statesman, his influence was already far-reaching during his lifetime, and his literary and intellectual legacy continues to reverberate throughout contemporary culture. In this book, newly updated, Peter Boerner, a highly respected authority on Goethe, presents the
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The 158-Pound Marriage

by John Irving ...

“Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications.”—The Washington PostThe darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this sensual, ironic tale about a ménage a quatre in a New England university town foreshadow those of The World According to Garp; but this very trim and precise novel is a marked departure from the author's generally ... Read more

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“Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications.”—The Washington PostThe darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this sensual, ironic tale about a ménage a quatre in a New England university town foreshadow those of The World According to Garp; but this very trim and precise novel is a marked departure from the author's generally
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Across the Land and the Water

Selected Poems, 1964-2001

by W.G. Sebald ...

Translated by Iain Galbraith ...

“A splendid addition to an already extraordinary oeuvre.”—Teju Cole, The New YorkerGerman-born W. G. Sebald is best known as the innovative author of Austerlitz, the prose classic of World War II culpability and conscience that put its author in the company of Nabokov, Calvino, and Borges. Now comes the first major collection of this literary master’s poems. Skillfully translated by Iain Galbraith ... Read more

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“A splendid addition to an already extraordinary oeuvre.”—Teju Cole, The New YorkerGerman-born W. G. Sebald is best known as the innovative author of Austerlitz, the prose classic of World War II culpability and conscience that put its author in the company of Nabokov, Calvino, and Borges. Now comes the first major collection of this literary master’s poems. Skillfully translated by Iain Galbraith
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