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Duino Elegies / Duineser Elegien: A Dual-Language Book
by Rainer Maria Rilke
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The great German poet regarded these meditations on love, death, God, and life's meaning as his greatest achievement. Innovative and enigmatic, the enduringly popular elegies express Rilke's longing for solitude and his painful loneliness. These... (read more)

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German Short Stories 1: Parallel Text Edition
by Penguin
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German Short Stories 2 (Penguin Parallel Text)
by Penguin
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The eight stories in this second volume offer a collection by 20th-century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. Their style includes the non-fictional manner of Kluge's montage technique and the contrasting classical... (read more)

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Demian: A Dual-Language Book
by Hermann Hesse
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A friend's mother, war, and newly discovered self-respect draw a young man toward his psychological awakening.... (read more)

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Great Stories by Kafka and Rilke/Meistererzahlungen Von Kafka Und Rilke: A Dual-Language Book (Dual-Language Book)
by Franz Kafka
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12 of Kafka's tales from the compilation Ein Landarzt (A Country Doctor), along with 2 tales from Ein Hungerkünstler (A Hunger Artist). Rilke's stories include "Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke" (The Ballad of Love and Death... (read more)

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First German Reader: a Beginner's Dual-language Book (07 Edition)
by Harry Steinhauer
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Specially chosen for their power to evoke German life and culture, these short, simple readings include poems, stories, essays, and anecdotes. Featured authors include Goethe, Hesse, Heine, Schiller, and Hölderlin, in selections... (read more)

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Im Spiegel Der Literatur: Kurzprosa Aus Dem 20. Jahrhundert
by Turneaure Brigitte M
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Thirty-two selections, spanning from 1900 to 1990, from turn-of-the-century romantic tales to sketches of street life during the "velvet revolution" of 1989. Stories are arranged in order of publication. A variety of short-prose forms-short story... (read more)

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Selected Folktales/Ausgewahlte Marchen: A Dual-Language Book
by Jacob Grimm
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The 27 world-famous tales in this collection have inspired countless adaptations in many languages. Included are such favorites as "Hänsel and Gretel," "The Brave Little Tailor," "Cinderella," and "Little Red Riding Hood," as well as the less... (read more)

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Der Besuch Der Alten Dame
by Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Lektüreschlüssel für Schüler erschließen einzelne literarische Werke. Um eine Interpretation als Zentrum gruppieren sich 10 wichtige Verständniszugänge: - Erstinformation zum Werk - Inhaltsangabe - Personen... (read more)

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Demian : a Dual-language Book (02 Edition)
by Hermann Hesse
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First major novel by Nobel Prize-winning author explores the fundamental duality of existence through the tale of a troubled young man's confusion about life's conflicting values. Recounted in engaging prose, this brilliant psychological portrait offers... (read more)

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The Poetry of Rilke
by Rainer Maria Rilke
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For the past twenty-five years, North Point Press has been working with Edward Snow, “Rilkes best contemporary translator” (Brian Phillips, The New Republic), to bring into English Rilkes major poetic works. The Poetry of Rilke—the... (read more)

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German Short Stories, 3
by H M Waidson
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This 1969 collection draws together eight short stories from major figures in the landscape of German literature. Broadly representing the period from 1955 to 1965, it includes carefully chosen selections from the writings of Wolfdietrich Schnurre... (read more)

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Duino Elegies & the Sonnets To Orpheus
by Rainer Maria Rilke
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Rilke is one of the most widely read poets of the 20th century. In his poetry, Rilke addresses the problems of death, God, and "destructive time," and attempts to overcome and transform these problems into an indestructive inner world.... (read more)

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Great German Short Stories of the Twentieth Century: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language German)
by M Charlotte Wolf
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Ideal for students, this affordable anthology features expert new translations of thirteen works previously unavailable in English. The translations appear alongside the original German text of such stories as "Beauty and the Beast" by... (read more)

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Sonnets To Orpheus Bilingual Edition
by Rilke/snow
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Breathing, you invisible poem! World-space in pure continuous interchange with my own being. Equipose in which I rhythmically transpire. Written only four years before Rilke's death, this sequence of sonnets, varied in form yet consistently structured... (read more)

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Introduction To German Poetry (91 Edition)
by Gustave Mathieu
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Treasury of 42 great poems includes important works by Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Hölderlin, Brecht and many other masters. Complete German texts plus expert literal English translations on facing pages. Also a wealth of biographical and critical... (read more)

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Four Penny Shockers Vier Kurze Krimis
by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930, der Schöpfer des modernen Kriminalromans und Vater des Meisterdetektivs Sherlock Holmes, hat außer Romanen eine größere Zahl kurzer Erzählungen geschrieben, von denen die kürzesten im... (read more)

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Felix & Theo Bild Ohne Rahmen
by Langenscheidt
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Stufe 2 - ab 100 Lernstunden Spannende Kriminalerzählungen für DaF-Lerner aller Altersstufen, die um die Zentralfigur des Privatdetektivs Helmut Müller aufgebaut sind. Ein Übungsteil im Anhang und landeskundliche Anmerkungen geben... (read more)

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Selected Poems of Ri
by Rainer Maria Rilke
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Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will... (read more)

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Introduction to German Poetry
by Gustave Mathieu
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Treasury of 42 great poems includes important works by Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Hlderlin, Brecht and many other masters. Complete German texts plus expert literal English translations on facing pages. Also a wealth of biographical and critical commentary... (read more)

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