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  • The Mountains of Parnassus

    by Czeslaw Milosz ...
    Translated by Stanley Bill ...
    Series series The Margellos World Republic of Letters
    The Nobel laureate’s unfinished science fiction novel—available in English for the first time everAwarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1980, Czeslaw Milosz was one of the twentieth century’s most esteemed poets and essayists. This outstanding translation of his only hitherto unavailable work is classic Milosz and a necessary companion volume for scholars and general readers seeking a deeper ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Good Change

    The Rise and Fall of Poland’s Illiberal Revolution

    by Stanley Bill, Ben Stanley ...
    Few countries serve as a more useful case study for understanding the global tension between liberal and illiberal conceptions of democracy than Poland. Under the populist Law and Justice (PiS) –led government, a large part of the Polish electorate welcomed the party's "Good Change"—as it described its program—despite accusations of democratic backsliding. PiS offered voters neglected by previous ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Nocturnal Apparitions

    Essential Stories

    by Bruno Schulz ...
    Translated by Stanley Bill ...
    Series Book 14 - Essential Stories
    **A stunning new collection featuring fresh translations of Bruno Schulz's 15 most captivating short stories, in a beautiful Pushkin Collection editionIncludes a new translation of a recently discovered story, believed to be the first-ever published work by this legendary cult writer**The stories in this collection are rich, tangled, and suffused with mystery and wonder. In the narrowing, winding ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Routledge World Companion to Polish Literature

    Edited by Tomasz Bilczewski, Stanley Bill, Magdalena Popiel ...
    Series series Routledge Literature Companions
    The Routledge World Companion to Polish Literature offers an introduction to Polish literature through thirty-three case studies, covering works from the Middle Ages up to the present day. Each chapter draws on a text or body of work, examining its historical context, as well as its international reception and position within world literature.The book presents a dual perspective on Polish ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Multicultural Commonwealth

    Poland-Lithuania and Its Afterlives

    by Stanley Bill, Simon Lewis ...
    Series series Russian and East European Studies
    The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) was once the largest country in Europe—a multicultural republic that was home to Belarusians, Germans, Jews, Lithuanians, Poles, Ruthenians, Tatars, Ukrainians, and other ethnic and religious groups. Although long since dissolved, the Commonwealth remains a rich resource for mythmaking in its descendent modern-day states, but also a source of ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Czesław Miłosz's Faith in the Flesh

    Body, Belief, and Human Identity

    by Stanley Bill ...
    This book presents Czesław Miłosz's poetic philosophy of the body as an original defense of religious faith, transcendence, and the value of the human individual against what he viewed as dangerous modern forms of materialism. The Polish Nobel laureate saw the reductive "biologization" of human life as a root cause of the historical tragedies he had witnessed under Nazi German and Soviet regimes ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

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    Nocturnal Apparitions

    Essential Stories

    by Bruno Schulz ...
    Narrated by Steven Ritz-Barr ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 7 min

    The best of cult author Bruno Schulz's captivatingly strange and beautiful short stories. The stories in this collection are rich, tangled, and suffused with mystery and wonder. In the narrowing, winding city streets, strange figures roam. Great flocks of birds soar over rooftops, obscuring the sun. Cockroaches appear through cracks and scuttle across floorboards. Individuals careen from ... Read more

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    by Ramin Jahanbegloo ...
    An illuminating and witty dialogue with one of the greatest intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Ramin Jahanbegloo's interview with Isaiah Berlin grew into a series of five conversations which offer an intimate view of Berlin and his ideas. They include discussions on pluralism and liberty as well as the thinkers and writers who influenced Berlin. This revised edition provided an ... Read more

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  • Nietzsche Made Simple: Flash

    by Roy Jackson ...
    The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Nietzsche Made Simple is a short, simple and to-the-point guide to Nietzsche. In just 96 pages, the reader will discover all his ideas, from the Superman to the Will to Power. Ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely ... Read more

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  • Nietzsche in 60 Minutes

    Great Thinkers in 60 Minutes

    by Walther Ziegler ...
    Nietzsche has the reputation of being the most provocative and controversial of all philosophers. What he demanded of humanity was something tremendous: that we should develop beyond ourselves and become "overmen". Formerly, we could draw a meaning for our lives from religion. But this is no longer possible because, as Nietzsche says: "God is dead!" This brief dictum has echoed around the world. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ukraine and Europe

    Cultural Encounters and Negotiations

    Edited by Marko Pavlyshyn, Serhii Plokhy, Giovanna Brogi Bercoff ...
    Ukraine and Europe challenges the popular perception of Ukraine as a country torn between Europe and the east. Twenty-two scholars from Europe, North America, and Australia explore the complexities of Ukraine’s relationship with Europe and its role the continent’s historical and cultural development.Encompassing literary studies, history, linguistics, and art history, the essays in this volume ... Read more

    $81.39 USD

  • My Bright Abyss

    Meditation of a Modern Believer

    by Christian Wiman ...
    Seven years ago, Christian Wiman, a well-known poet and the editor of Poetry magazine, wrote a now-famous essay about having faith in the face of death. My Bright Abyss, composed in the difficult years since and completed in the wake of a bone marrow transplant, is a moving meditation on what a viable contemporary faith—responsive not only to modern thought and science but also to religious ... Read more

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