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1	Letters to a Young Poet more books like this by Rainer Maria Rilke add to wishlist Relatively early in Rilke's literary career, these letters began as advice addressed to a young student who had solicited it by sending Rilke some poems. The two authors never met, but over the course of several years a correspondence developed in which Rilke composed astoundingly elegant and eloquent characterizations of the craft and discipline ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.13! \| first editions \| SVS
2	All Quiet on the Western Front more books like this by Erich Maria Remarque add to wishlist Remarque's famous novel about a soldier's experiences in World War I. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	German: How to Speak and Write It more books like this by Joseph Rosenberg add to wishlist Very rich modern course, with strong phrase material and a wealth of pictorial and amusement aids. 330 illus. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Wie Geht's?: An Introductory German Course more books like this by Dieter Sevin add to wishlist Focused on building linguistic skills and comprehension through creative introductions to contemporary life and cultures in Germn-speaking countries, WIE GEHT'S? Eighth Edition is the clear choice to prepare your students to communicate in German-in and beyond your classroom! Now in its Eighth Edition, WIE GEHT'S? remains one of the most popular ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $74.68!
5	Suite Francaise more books like this by Irene Nemirovsky add to wishlist An extraordinary novel of life under Nazi occupation--discovered and published 62 years after the author's tragic death at Auschwitz. Subtle, often fiercely ironic, and deeply compassionate, "Suite Fran aise" is both a piercing record of its time and a brilliant, profoundly moving work of art. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam more books like this by Cynthia Kadohata add to wishlist The 2005 Newbery Medal-winning author of "Kira-Kira" returns with this action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War, as seen through the eyes of a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy, and her handler, a young soldier who thinks he's not tough enough for war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Thus Spoke Zarathustra more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche add to wishlist "Thus Spoke Zarathustra," by Friedrich Nietzsche, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes & Noble Classics": ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| SVS
8	Deutsch, Na Klar!: An Introductory German Course more books like this by Robert Di Donato add to wishlist This versatile and colorful program for introductory German courses motivates students through its outstanding integration and use of authentic materials to illustrate vocabulary in context, communicative functions of grammatical structures, and cultural points. A fully revised text-specific website offers a wide variety of interactive activities, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40!
9	Metamorphosis more books like this by Franz Kafka add to wishlist This is a graphic novel adaptation of Kafka's immortal absurdist tale of Gregor Samsa, who wakes up to find he has been transformed into a cockroach. The black-and-white scratchboard, woodcut-like drawings point up the physical resemblance between Gregor-as-human and Gregor-as-cockroach, and illustrate how the overwhelming pressures and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Nadirs more books like this by Herta Muller, Sieglinde Lug (Translator) add to wishlist Juxtaposing reality and fantasy, nightmares and dark laughter, "Nadirs" is a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on Herta Muller's childhood in the Romanian countryside. The individual tales reveal a child's often nightmarish impressions of life in her village. Seamlessly mixing reality with dream-like images, they brilliantly ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $12.69! \| SVS
11 view cover	Ideas & Opinions more books like this by Albert Einstein add to wishlist First published in 1954, this definitive collection contains Einstein's most significant writings, in five parts: Ideas and Opinions, On Politics, Government and Pacifism, On the Jewish People, On Germany, and Contributions to Science. The selections span from early in his career to a year before his death, with articles never published before in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Independent People more books like this by Halldor Laxness add to wishlist A novel by an Icelandic Nobel Prizewinner, about a sheep farmer who wants only to be an independent man. When his daughter expresses her own needs for independence, the battle of wills that results is both harsh and poignant. Brad Leithauser writes in his introduction: "I finished its last chapters one late afternoon in Rome, seated in an all-but ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.92! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer add to wishlist The forty-seven stories in this collection, selected by Singer himself out of nearly one hundred and fifty, range from the publication of his now-classic first collection, "Gimpel the Fool," in 1957, until 1981. They include supernatural tales, slices of life from Warsaw and the shtetls of Eastern Europe, and stories of the Jews displaced from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance more books like this by David Howarth, Professor Stephen E Ambrose (Introduction by) add to wishlist The incredible story of a Norwegian commando saved from the Nazis by residents of a small arctic village--an astonishing true story of heroism and endurance. Photos throughout. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Time's Arrow more books like this by Martin Amis add to wishlist Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Time's Arrow tells the story, backwards, of the life of Nazi war criminal, Doctor Tod T Friendly. He dies and then feels markedly better, breaks up with his lovers as a prelude to seducing them and mangles his patients before he sends them home...Escaping from the body of the dying doctor who had worked in Nazi ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Sorrows of Young Werther more books like this by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe add to wishlist Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive young man, falls in love with sweet-natured Lotte. Though he realizes that Lotte is to marry Albert, he is unable to subdue his passion and his infatuation torments him to the point of despair. The first great 'confessional' novel, it draws both on Goethe's own unrequited love for Charlotte ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| SVS
17 view cover	Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure more books like this by Don Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup add to wishlist This World War II history tells of the inventive and sometimes risky effort by the French to preserve their cultural heritage and to keep their wines from falling into Nazi hands during the occupation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.12! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Initiation more books like this by Elisabeth Haich add to wishlist Written at the request of her advanced students, "Initiation" is an illuminating autobiography that connects the twentieth century European life of internationally beloved teacher Elisabeth Haich and her lucid memories of initiation into the hidden mystical teachings of the priesthood in ancient Egypt. A compelling story within a story emerges ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.97! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon more books like this by Alex Kershaw add to wishlist From the author of the best-selling The Bedford Boys comes the remarkable story of America's most decorated platoon that miraculously halted Hitler's massive offensive at the Battle of the Bulge On the morning of December 16th 1944, eighteen men of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon attached to the 99th Infantry Division found themselves ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Peeling the Onion more books like this by Gunter Grass, Michael Henry Heim (Translator) add to wishlist In this extraordinary memoir, Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass remembers his early life, from his boyhood in a cramped two-room apartment in Danzig through the late 1950s, when "The Tin Drum "was published. During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Eye of the Needle more books like this by Ken Follett add to wishlist Espionage and romance, against the backdrop of World War II, when a German spy and an English rose struggle between duty and passion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.09! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Prose Edda - Tales from Norse Mythology more books like this by Snorri Sturluson add to wishlist The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source for Norse mythology. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, it tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival. It also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.89! \| SVS
23 view cover	Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family more books like this by Thomas Mann add to wishlist Mann's first novel was unusual for its time (1901) because, instead of focusing on a single character (as in the popular Bildüngsroman), it was a family saga, a chronicle of the Buddenbrook family over four generations. This large and multi-faceted family, its business successes combined with an intense interest in music and the arts, is shown at ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Vorsprung: A Communicative Introduction to German Language and Culture more books like this by Thomas A Lovik, J Douglas Guy, Monika Chavez add to wishlist Vorsprung is an innovative and lively first-year program that uses a five-skills approach, emphasizing the acquisition of communicative as well as cultural competence without sacrificing attention to formal accuracy. Utilizing "focus on form" activities in an engaging, personalized fashion, Vorsprung helps students develop realistic abilities in ... see all copies from $15.54! new only from $32.39!
25 view cover	Trial more books like this by Franz Kafka add to wishlist Kafka's exploration of the psychological terror inherent in everyday life is both allegorical and stunningly realistic. A bank employee named Joseph K. is accused of a crime he not only did not commit but doesn't even understand. He is released, but thereafter enslaved to a legal system that requires him to continue to go to court to defend his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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