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1	All Quiet on the Western Front more books like this by Erich Maria Remarque Remarque's famous novel about a soldier's experiences in World War I. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Metamorphosis more books like this by Franz Kafka 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! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Kontakte: A Communicative Approach more books like this by Tracy D Terrell This best-selling German text is based on the Natural Approach, pioneered by Tracy D. Terrell. Students learn German through communicative contexts with an emphasis on the four skills and cultural competence, with grammar functioning as an aid to language learning and not an end in itself. In the Natural Approach, students develop language in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer 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 $9.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Independent People more books like this by Halldor Laxness 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 $1.99! new only from $7.23! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Gnomes more books like this by Will Huygen, Rien Poortvliet In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of its publication, we're thrilled to reissue this phenomenal delight, which enjoyed 62 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Fantasy and fun combine in this "real life" history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Deutsch, Na Klar!: An Introductory German Course more books like this by Robert Di Donato 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 (www.mhhe.com/dnk5) offers a wide variety of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.79!
8	Duino Elegies more books like this by Rainer Maria Rilke The finest English translation of Rilke's masterpiece--now in Shambhala Pocket Classics. Rilke's ten "Duino Elegies" are among the most universally loved poems of our time, and Mitchell's translation (from his Vintage title The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke) has been hailed as the definitive English version. Unabridged. Two-color interior. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Nazarene more books like this by Sholem Asch The story of Jesus, as told by three who were there: Cornelius, the governor of Jerusalem appointed by Pontius Pilate; Judas Iscariot; and Joseph, student of the wise and sympathetic Pharisee Nicodemus who was intrigued by Jesus and what he had to say. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Fiela's Child more books like this by Dalene Matthee Set in nineteenth-century rural Africa, "Fiela's Child" tells the gripping story of Fiela Komoetie and a white, three-year old child, Benjamin, whom she finds crying on her doorstep. For nine years Fiela raises Benjamin as one of her own children. But when census takers discover Benjamin, they send him to an illiterate white family of woodcutters ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Arcades Project more books like this by Walter Benjamin "The Arcades Project" is Benjamin's effort to represent and to critique the bourgeois experience of 19th-century history, and, in doing so, to liberate the suppressed "true history" that underlay the ideological mask. 42 halftones. see all copies from $20.10! new only from $25.71! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Cassandra : a novel and four essays more books like this by Christa Wolf In the tradition of such masterpieces of historical fiction as Mary Renault's "The King Must Die" East German writer Christa Wolf movingly retells the story of the fall of Troy - but from the point of view of the woman whose visionary powers earned her contempt and scorn. Written as a result of the author's Greek travels and studies, "Cassandra" ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.68! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Sonnets to Orpheus more books like this by Rainer Maria Rilke The finest English translation of Rilke's masterpiece--now in Shambhala Pocket Classics. "It is easy to feel that if Rilke had written in English, he would have written in this English".--The New York Times Book Review. Two-color interior. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.44! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Family Moskat more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the subject of this extraordinary novel. All the strata of this complex society were populated by powerfully individual personalities, and the whole community pulsated with life and vitality. The affairs of the patriarchal Meshulam Moskat and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Enemies a Love Story more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer Herman Broder has three wives: Yadwiga, the Polish peasant who hid him from the Nazis; Masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife, miraculously returned from the dead. Astonished by each new complication, and yet resigned to a life of evasion, Herman navigates a crowded, Yiddish New York with a sense of perpetually ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Shadows on the Hudson more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer A translation from the Yiddish of one of Singer's early novels, first published serially in the late 1950s. It portrays a small circle of prosperous Jewish refugees living in postwar New York. Boris Makaver, the central figure in this group, is a devout and well-to-do businessman who worries over his daughter Anna's disastrous marriages and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Shosha more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer An international bestseller and Singer's own favorite among his novels, "Shosha" is a hauntingly lyrical love story set in Jewish Warsaw on the eve of its annihilation. Aaron Greidinger, an aspiring Yiddish writer and the son of a distinguished Hasidic rabbi, struggles to be true to his art when faced with the chance at riches and a passport to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Satan in Goray more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer As messianic zeal sweeps through medieval Poland, the Jews of Goray divide between those who, like the Rabbi, insist that no one can "force the end" and those who follow the messianic pretender Sabbatai Zevi. But as hysteria and depravity increase, it becomes clear that it is not the Messiah who has come to Goray. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The assault more books like this by Harry Mulisch A boy's parents are killed in the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands; this novel examines how this event affects the boy's life as he grows into adulthood. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex more books like this by Anne Frank This candid, poignant collection of writings from the young girl whose own life story became an everlasting source of courage and inspiration includes Anne Frank's lesser-known writings. Newly translated and restored to the order in which Anne wrote them, this volume includes short stories, fables, personal reminiscences, and an unfinished novel, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	In a dark wood wandering more books like this by Hella S. Haasse, Anita Miller Set in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, during the Hundred Years War between France and England, Haasse's epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the power, passion and political intrigue of the Middle Ages. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Slave more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer In a small Polish village in the 17th century, the Jewish slave Jacob falls in love with Wanda, the daughter of his Christian master. Although Jacob manages to win his freedom, he and Wanda still cannot marry because of their different faiths. They run away to a small Jewish shtetl far from home and try to start a life together, but even among ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Penitent more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Glue more books like this by Irvine Welsh Four lads in an Edinburgh housing project grow up and in the process provide a vivid portrait--sometimes painful, sometimes humorous--of a beleaguered class, its victims and its survivors. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	Mary more books like this by Sholem Asch see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions

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