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Plato. Complete Works Vol. 3: Cratylus, Parmenides, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, Philebus
Volume 1: Apology of Socrates and Early Dialogues EthicsVolume 2: Middle Dialogues Ideas, Eros, State ModelVolume 3: Late Middle and Late Dialogues, Letters Problems of the Theory of IdeasVolume 4: Late Dialogues Cosmology and Doctrine of LawIncludes works such as Cratylus, Parmenides, TheaetetusAlso included: Sophist, Statesman, PhilebusComprehensive Collection of Socrates' Works
Georg Büchner, Woyzeck. Critical Edition
Büchner's "Woyzeck" in Critical EditionText based on four draft manuscriptsThree stages: reading and stage version, emended text, differentiated textList of incorporated text passagesProvides information on the manuscript's condition and transcription difficultiesProblematic text version
Cicero, Tusculan Disputations / Conversations in Tusculum. Latin / German (Learning Materials)
Cicero's Most-Read Philosophical WritingsTusculum as a Synonym for a Peaceful Intellectual RefugeBook 5 Presents Ways to Rise Above Death, Pain, and SufferingDiscussions by Cicero and Friends from Stoic, Epicurean, and Peripatetic PerspectivesLatin/German Edition in Reclam's Universal Library
Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man
Diary entries of a condemned man up to the scaffoldPassionate plea against the death penaltyIntroduction by Victor Hugo on the abolition of the death penaltyReference to cruel executions after the July Revolution of 1830Outrageous narrative from almost 200 years agoAppeal to courts, judges, and juries for humanityDemand for the inviolability of human life
Patrick Charles, Fahrenheit 451. Interpretation Guide for the Text Booklet
Publisher: Cornelsen
Gerhart Hauptmann, Before Sunrise. Social Drama.
Premiere 1889, breakthrough of the naturalistic movementPlot set against the backdrop of coal mines and workersFamily tragedy, but not a classic tragedyCharacters do not act independentlySocial drama
Martin Suter, Huber takes a break. And other stories from the business class
Satirical Career Guide by Martin SuterStories from Business ClassSelf-Service Mentality in Top ManagementHuge Effort to Truly Relax OnceStyling the PersonalitySubtle Gradations on the Career ScaleAn Institution
Yasmina Reza, Three Versions of Life (Learning Materials)
Original French text with vocabulary explanationsIncludes afterword and bibliographyYasmina Reza as authorThree variations of the turbulent eveningVirtuosic and surprisingSuitable for B1 level (GER)French reading in Reclam’s Rote Reihe
Martin Kaufhold, The Great Speeches of World History (marixwissen)
Publisher: Marixverlag
Sarah Kane, Complete Plays
Includes Blasted, Phaedra's Love, Cleansed, Crave & 4.48 PsychosisPosthumously published piece 4.48 Psychosis includedBiographical afterword addedRange from apocalyptic horror scenarios to language compositionsGreek tragedies with beauty and radicalismThemes: love, violence, loneliness, closeness, securityComplete works of Sarah Kane in German for the first time
Theodor Fontane, The Adulteress
Fontane's first Berlin social novelBased on a contemporary scandal story in Berlin during the Wilhelmine eraNovella with annotations/glossary and afterwordText edition in the Reclam Universal Library
Hans Schwab-Felisch, The Weavers. Complete Text of the Play. Documentation.
Most famous work of the German playwright Gerhart HauptmannBased on the weavers' uprising in Silesia in 1844Depicts the development of the uprising up to its bloody endDrama in five actsIncludes an essay on 'The Weavers – a Mirror of the 19th Century'Contains documentaries, weaver songs, articles, and reviews related to the dramaTimeline and bibliographic references included
Friedrich Hebbel, Maria Magdalena
Publisher: Reclam, Ditzingen
Sophie Kinsella, Goddess in Rubber Boots
Novel about a young London lawyer named SamanthaSamantha makes a disastrous mistake at workShe flees in panic to the English countrysideIs mistakenly hired as a housekeeperHas no idea about housekeepingA young gardener helps herEntertaining story about misunderstandings and help
Manfred Blohm, On Aesthetic Research. Reading on Texts by Helga Kampf-Jansen
Concept of Aesthetic Research in Art Education DiscourseExpansion of the Content and Methods of the Subject ArtQuestions about Organizational Forms of School and the Future of the InstitutionTraces of Aesthetic Research in Earlier Texts by Helga Kampf-JansenVarious Perspectives on the Concept in a Collection of TextsIncluded CD with Original Texts by Helga Kampf-JansenFile with Notes, Bibliography, and Appendix Available for Download
Feridun Zaimoglu, Rome Intensive. My Year in the Eternal City
Feridun Zaimoglu explores Rome as a Villa Massimo fellowEventful encounters and brilliant texts are the resultNot a typical tourist, but wandering flea markets and among foreignersAccompanied by Sergej, a mysterious man from UkraineFascinating insights into life at St. Peter's Square and Campo de' FioriDevelopment of ethnographic studies and literary fantasiesUnburdened discovery of enchanting Rome with keen observation and linguistic sensitivity
Honore de Balzac, The Human Comedy. The Great Novels and Stories in Twenty Volumes
Novel about the Restoration in FranceCritique of the commercialization of literature and journalismReport on the emergence of the mass medium newspaperDescription of the new successful writer, the feuilletonistCurrent topics such as art as a commodity and exploitation of authorsTraumatic experiences of the protagonist Lucien
Louis Malle, Au revoir, les enfants. Script (Learning Materials) (Reclams Universal Library (Series)
French original text with word explanationsFilm set during the German occupation in 1944Three Jewish boys are hidden in a Catholic boarding schoolChildren's lives end in disaster due to an informantFilm awarded the Golden Lion in Venice and 7 CésarsFrench reading: Level B2 (GER)
Donatien A. Fr. Marquis Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom
Controversial and PolarizingPlot: Four Men Hold 42 People CaptiveDiscussions About the Book to This DaySelf-Enlightenment of HumanityScandalous and Painfully Necessary
Leo Perutz, The Swedish Rider
Historical fantasy novel about the war between August the Strong and Charles XII of SwedenSet in Silesia around 1700Regiments carry out ruthless lynch justiceTwo men stand at a crossroads, their fates intertwine and swapA story of swapped identity, love, and guilt
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan.
Political Theory and Social Utopia of HobbesMan is Naturally Evil and Requires State ControlDrastic Image of the "Leviathan" as a Political BodyIncludes the First Two Parts "Of Man" and "Of the State"New Translation by Jacob Peter MayerAfterword by Malte Diesselhorst on the Historical BackgroundResponse to the Chaotic Conditions of the Time
Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
Georg, 15, lives with his mother, stepfather, and Miriam in OsloFather died when Georg was 4, now letter discoveredLetter is a journey into past and futureQuestions about love and lifeFather couldn’t provide answers, but asked the right questionsNominated for the German Youth Literature Award 2004Touching love story, girlfriend
Sabine Ebert, The Midwife's Trail
Historical novel set in Saxony in the year 1173Protagonists: midwife Marthe and knight ChristianMarthe is denounced by the confessorMarthe must stand trial for witchcraftThrilling plot with intrigues and dangersTheme: superstition and witch hunts in the Middle AgesInsight into life in the Middle Ages
Jorge L. Borges, The Library of Babel
Publisher: Reclam, Ditzingen
Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
Patrick Bateman, handsome, well-mannered, and intelligentOffice job on Wall Street, increasing his wealthSpends his nights as a serial killerLiterary hallmark of the 20th centuryOminous, rumbling book that exposes the banality of the terribleForces us to perceive the unbearableA shot to the heart, comparable to Picasso's Guernica
Heinrich von Kleist, Penthesilea
Publisher: Reclam, Ditzingen
Thomas Mann, The Chosen One
Known for lectures on Hartmann von AueInspired by the legend of Pope GregoryStaged as grotesque puppetry for the hero Adrian LeverkühnUse of all means of psychology and storytellingStylized supra-national Western medieval settingRepentance for the forgiveness of all sin as a central theme
Werner Bellmann, Classical German Short Story
Contains 33 selected contributionsBy authors such as Borchert, Böll, DürrenmattClassic form of short proseSignificance after the Second World WarRepresentative cross-sectionAuthors like Kaschnitz, Schnurre, AichingerPart of the Reclam Universal Library
Maxim Biller, Moral Stories
Short stories by Maxim BillerEveryday, universally human abyssesMad comedy through major themes at a mundane levelSurprising insights through dreams and errorsSelection mostly of unpublished storiesEntertainment literature and cultural understandingPublished in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
Gerhard Friedl, EinFach German - Teaching Models: Maria Stuart. Teaching Model. (Learning Material)
Publisher: Westermann Schulbuchverlag GmbH
Daniel Quinn, Ismael
Novel about a teacher and his studentDispute over the state of the worldIsmael tells a different story of evolutionRetrospective back to the biblical day of the brotherly quarrelIsmael is a gorilla
Lothar Gaertner, Spanish Folk Tales / Spanish Folk Tales
Spanish folk tales in Spanish-German parallel textResearched and collected in the 20th centuryShow the diversity and influences in SpainBased on the collections of Aurelio M. EspinosaTranslated and standardized by Lothar GaertnerSimple expression and sentence structureConsistent line alignment between original text and translation
Lee Child, The Hit List
New Year's Eve 89/90: A high-ranking general is found deadJack Reacher investigates the power struggles within the ArmyStrong, tough, action-packed: Jack Reacher steps in when others look awayReadable independently: Don’t miss out on his other casesPart of the Jack Reacher novels, Volume 8
Nicholas Sparks, Near and Far
Memoirs by Nicholas Sparks and his brother MicahAround-the-world trip turns into a moving journey into family historyTragic death of parents and sisterInsights into the life of the bestselling authorEquipped with 29 black-and-white illustrationsProcessing of dramas and experiencesTestimony of the brothers’ shared experiences
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Irène Némirovsky, Suite française
Rediscovered Novel by Irène NémirovskySet in the Summer of 1940 during World War IIPlot in Paris, People Fleeing from the German ArmyReveals the True Character of People Under Existential ThreatLiterary Sensation of 2005Legacy of the French Star Author of the 1930sImpressive Social Portrait from the World War II Era
Charles Bukowski, Factotum
Novel by Charles BukowskiUnillusioned view of a young man's lifeNo moral claims, only the pursuit of survivalNo career, but freedomRadical honesty of the authorNo romanticized portrayalFocus on eating, drinking, and occasional relationships
Heinrich Böll, Stories
Stories from Four Decades by Heinrich BöllIncludes a total of 75 storiesBegins in 1937 with the story "Youth" and ends in 1982 with "In Which Language Is One Called Schneckenröder?"Offers a comprehensive selection of Böll’s narrative workContains well-known and previously unpublished storiesVividly documents Böll’s output in this genreSupplemented by a no longer accessible essay by Böll from 1953 and an editorial afterword by the editor
Markus Heitz, The War of the Dwarves (Fantasy)
Continuation of the successful fantasy saga "The Dwarves"Army of treacherous Orcs threatens the Dwarven realmBlack water makes Orcs immortalBrave Dwarves confront the villainsTerrible doom is brewing in the WestDwarves defend their world to the last axe
Walter Kempowski, Last Greetings. Novel
Writer Alexander Sowtschick in trouble due to defamation lawsuitNovel refuses to take shape despite advance from publisherInvitation to reading tour across America arrives at the right momentCompleting 37 stops in the USA and CanadaBooks less prominent than hoped, prejudices against Germans disturbingMelancholy of farewell and disillusioned irony of an untimely figureWalter Kempowski is regarded as a great storyteller of the German petit bourgeoisie
Horst Evers, Felt Knowledge
Absurd reports from everyday lifeMaster of the absurd in the everydayHarmless beginnings, unexpected twistsBrokenness as a themeUnpredictable contentAuthentic portrayal of lifeEntertaining and surprising texts
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