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Edited with text by Megan Fontanella. Foreword by Mariët Westermann. Text by Victoria Horrocks, Isabelle Jansen, Iris Müller-Westermann, Dorothy Price. A new look at a vanguard modernist artist who reimagined the still life, landscape and portrait genres This landmark publication coincides with the major Guggenheim New York exhibition of works by the remarkable German Expressionist Gabriele Münter. Münter’s painting practice between 1908 and 1920 is the central focus of the exhibition and accompanying book. The study also illuminates her lesser-known later work and includes significant examples of her photography taken during earlier extensive travels in the United States. Münter was notably a cofounder of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a loose and transnational confederation of progressive artists and other creatives, with whom she probed the expressive potential of color and the symbolic resonance of forms. Her introspective portraits during World War II capture the “new woman” and explore questions of gender identity. Highlighting more than 90 paintings, drawings and photographs, this publication not only traces Münter’s pioneering and understudied practice but also challenges accepted historical narratives that have tended to sideline women artists. Reproductions of archival material appear alongside choice selections of the artist's sketches, prints and reverse glass paintings. Thematic texts by renowned scholars explore identity, place, belonging and the embodied experience of modernist women artists during this period. Gabriele Münter (1877–1962) was at the forefront of the German avant-garde in the early 20th century and exhibited extensively at galleries and salons throughout Europe during her lifetime. Along with her artistic colleague and one-time partner, Vasily Kandinsky, Münter was a founder of the influential Expressionist group of artists, Der Blaue Reiter. Hardcover176 pagesGuggenheim Museum, 20258.75 x 10.75 inchesISBN 9780892075690 Monographs

Gabriele Münter: Contours of a World

Von Rainer Maria Rilke Herausgegeben von Angelika Overath und Manfred Koch. Mit farbigen Abbildungen Wie in einem Paradiesgarten durchstreifen Tiere Rilkes Werk. Da tritt das fabelhafte Einhorn hervor, Delphine springen, Flamingos neigen ihr Haupt, Löwen brüllen, Schwäne gleiten. Hunde allerlei Art schmücken Landgüter oder verwildern in Städten. Der Dichter dreht gestürzte Marienkäfer auf der Fensterbank um, damit sie weiterleben können, und erfährt im Vogelflug seine Idee des »Weltinnenraums«. Auch wenn die Sphäre der Engel unzugänglich bleibt, geben Tiere doch Zeichen einer geheimen All-Verbundenheit der Wesen. Sie werden zu Lebenskomplizen, Echos der Seele. Die Anthologie versammelt Gedichte und Prosatexte aus Rilkes Werken, ergänzt durch ausgesuchte Tierbilder und abgerundet mit einem kundigen Nachwort der Herausgeber. Hardcover111 pages Text in German Insel Verlag, 20254.8 x 0.47 x 7.2 inchesISBN 9783458195498Literature

Rilkes Tiere

Von Gloria Köpnick und Rainer Stamm Der Blaue Reiter zählt bis heute zu den bedeutendsten Strömungen der europäischen Malerei im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Geprägt wurde er von den Künstlerpaaren Gabriele Münter und Wassily Kandinsky sowie Marianne von Werefkin und Alexej Jawlensky. Das südlich von München im Alpenvorland gelegene Murnau gehörte ab 1908 für sie zu den wichtigsten Schaffensorten. Komposition und Bildaufbau, Farbwahl und Pinselduktus: Murnau brachte für die Maler einen entscheidenden Schritt in ihrer künstlerischen Entwicklung. 1909 reisten Münter und Kandinsky erneut nach Murnau und erwarben dort ein Haus, das sich, ebenso wie die umgebende Landschaft, in zahllosen Bildern wiederfindet. Hier lebten Kandinsky und Münter mit Unterbrechungen bis 1914. In den Jahren von 1910 bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg vollzog sich, maßgeblich von Kandinsky und Münter initiiert, die Gründung der Neuen Künstlervereinigung München und, ab 1912, die Formierung des Künstlerkreises um die Redaktion des Almanachs Der Blaue Reiter. Der Band zeichnet anhand ausgewählter Meisterwerke und prägnanter Motive den Aufbruch in das Abenteuer der Moderne in Murnau nach. Ein fundiertes Nachwort der Herausgeber rundet den Band ab. Hardcover89 PagesText in German, mit zahlreichen farbigen AbbildungenInsel Verlag, 202512.2 x 1 x 18.4 cmISBN 9783458195504 German Expressionism, Blue Rider

Murnau

Von Matthias ReinerIllustrationen von Antje Damm »Und die Welt hebt an zu singen, triffst du nur das Zauberwort«: Kinder lieben Gedichte! Abzählverse, Gebete zur Nacht, Zaubersprüche, Nonsense-Reime von »Meine Mu, meine Mu, meine Mutter schickt mich her…« bis zu »Eine kleine Dickmadam/wollte mit der Trambahn fahrn«. Der vorliegende Band versammelt Gedichte für Kinder von Mascha Kaléko bis Christine Nöstlinger oder Robert Gernhardt: »Alarm! Hier spricht die Polizei/Bertolt Biber, der ist frei!« – Und durchgehend farbig illustriert von Antje Damm: zum Vorlesen und selbst Anschauen! Hardcover94 PagesText in GermanInsel Verlag, 202511.8 x 1.2 x 18.6 cmISBN 9783458645498Children's Literature

Die schönsten Gedichte für Kinder

By Elisabeth de Waal Anita, who has lived in Austria through the Second World War, comes to live in a large English country house in the early 1950s. She forms a close bond with its elderly owner, Mr Barlow, and another with his grandson Tony. But what does the future hold for any of them, for the house, and for England itself? Paperback322 pagesPersephone Press, 20195.51 x 1.1 x 7.48 inchesISBN 9781910263211 Literature

Milton Place

By Elisabeth de WaalPreface by Edmund de Waal Unpublished during Elisabeth de Waal's lifetime, The Exiles Return is set in Occupied Vienna in 1954-5. It describes five people who grew up there before the war and have come back to see if they can re-establish the life they have lost. As Edmund de Waal writes in his Preface about his grandmother's highly autobiographical novel, she "was Viennese and this is a novel about being Viennese. As such, it is a novel about exile and about return, about the push and pull of love, anger and despair about a place which is part of your identity." With immaculate precision and sensitivity, de Waal, an exile herself, captures a city rebuilding and relearning its identity, and the people who have to do the same. Mesmerizing and tragic, de Waal has written a masterpiece of European literature, an artifact revealing a moment in our history, clear as a snapshot, but timeless as well. Hardcover328 pagesPersephone Press, 20255.51 x 1.1 x 7.48 inchesISBN 9781903155929Literature, Viennese Occupation

The Exiles Return

By Sally CarsonPreface by Laura Freeman Crooked Cross describes, through the eyes of one ordinary family, the Nazis’ growth in power between December 1932 and August 1933. It is extraordinarily prescient, anticipating all the horrors they were about to inflict on the world, and in this respect it joins a small group of novels, PB no. 39 Manja and PB no. 136 The Oppermanns among them, which were written to try to alert the world to what was happening. The main focus of the novel is on disaffected German youth: it shows with great subtlety that by the early 1930s there was huge unemployment, and a corresponding feeling of futility, and that what the Nazis did so skillfully was to provide a sense of purpose. Crooked Cross is an incisive account on why some young men who feel disaffected, lost or ignored turn towards authoritarian governments. Hardcover380 pagesPersephone Press, 2025Originally published in 19345.51 x 1.1 x 7.48 inchesISBN 9781910263426Literature

Crooked Cross

By Franz KafkaTranslated by Edwin Muir and Willa Muir Trapped in a bureaucratic quagmire, K., a land surveyor, struggles to gain access to the mysterious, impenetrable Castle, a symbol of unassailable authority. His attempts are met with inexplicable delays, administrative hurdles, and a pervasive sense of alienation. Franz Kafka infuses his narrative with existential dread, crafting a story that is both exasperating and amusing yet deeply human. It’s a tale of the individual’s struggle against the overwhelming forces of bureaucracy, power, and the quest for identity in a world that often seems indifferent. Well into the twenty-first century, Kafka’s tale resonates with anyone who has ever felt unheard or lost in a maze of red tape. Published posthumously in 1926, The Castle was first translated into English in 1930 by Edwin and Willa Muir. Although incomplete because of Kafka’s untimely death in 1924, the novel remains a seminal work. Despite Kafka’s instruction to his close friend Max Brod to destroy all unpublished manuscripts after his death, The Castle was preserved and published. The novel stands alongside Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” and The Trial as one of the twentieth century’s most significant and existentially profound absurdist literary contributions. Paperback224 pages Dover Publications, 20255 x 8 inchesISBN 9780486855394Literature

The Castle

By Aldo Sohm With Christine Muhlke Choose the right bottle for any occasion, whether you’re out to eat or staying in, by learning to think like a sommelier—from the world-renowned wine expert and author of Wine Simple Sommelier Aldo Sohm knows that the right wine can make or break a meal. As the wine director of New York’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant Le Bernardin, he draws on his decades of experience to help diners navigate a carefully curated wine list and select the perfect bottle to accompany their food. The perfect pairing can be transformative: The wine makes the food taste better, the food makes the wine taste better, and the synergy between the two takes your meal to a whole new dimension. If you’re not a professional, however, understanding how to pair food and wine can be daunting. Enter Perfect Pairings. Whether you’re scanning a restaurant’s giant wine list or picking up a bottle for a dinner party, Perfect Pairings teaches you how to choose the right wine for the moment. Aldo distills his vast database of expert knowledge into a fun and useful guide that you can turn to at any time. Most wine pairing books simply list which wines to pair with which foods, but Wine Simple: Perfect Pairings goes a step further, teaching you how to think like a sommelier and create the pairings yourself. You’ll learn basic information about the wines you’ll be pairing, followed by ways to think about the elements of what you eat; together, these tools form an ingenious wine-pairing method created by Aldo. Plenty of visual guides, cheat-sheets, and hand-holding will guide you along the way. With the tools Aldo provides, you’ll learn how to find the perfect pairing for everything from Thai red curry (dry Riesling) to a burger with fries and ketchup (cabernet franc). Whether you’re new to wine pairing or want to level up your knowledge, Perfect Pairings will become your go-to guide for deciding what to drink with your meal. Hardcover 288 PagesClarkson Potter, 20257 x 10 inches ISBN 9780593796955Culinaria

Wine Simple: Perfect Pairings: An Ingenious Guide to Enjoying Wine with Food

By Walter Benjamin Translated by Shierry Weber Nicholsen An elegant new translation of Benjamin’s moving evocation of the experiences of his urban childhood Composed in exile in the 1930s and pub­lished as a whole only after his death, the miniatures that make up Benjamin’s Berlin Childhood are crystallized images of child­hood experienced in a city later surrendered to fascism. No ordinary autobiography, the book is a Proustian experiment in memory and a meditative tour of the iconic spaces of a city irretrievably lost to the adult. Instead of details of family and friends, these minia­tures evoke the sensory richness of childhood in images of the squares and courtyards, the parks and monuments of Berlin, the child’s schoolbooks and the gloomy flats of elderly relatives. As Benjamin’s friend Theodor Adorno writes in his afterword, ‘the images the book brings up into a disturbing prox­imity are not idyllic and not contemplative. The shadow of Hitler’s Reich falls across them. Dreamlike, they unite that horror with something that has long existed.’ This new translation includes an introduc­tion by Antonia Hofstätter, highlighting the way this nearly century-old work resonates with contemporary readers and inspires hope by providing access to strata of experience not governed by instrumentality and domination. Hardcover144 PagesVerso, 20255 1/12 x 7 4/5 InchesISBN 9781836740148Philosophy, Autobiography

Berlin Childhood around 1900

By Gabriele TergitTranslated by Sophie Duvernoy "A blend of page-turner and the highest literary quality." ―Der Tagesspiegel "Anyone who reads it will accompany the characters for many decades and take some of them very much to their hearts." ―Berliner Zeitung Three generations of German Jewish family undergo the tumult, upheaval, and brutality of nineteenth and twentieth-century history in this panoramic and skillfully nuanced family drama, rich with gossip and incident, capturing a Germany now lost to time. Gabriele Tergit’s Effingers is a novel, at once epic and intimate, about the lives and fates of three generations of a German Jewish family. Beginning in 1878 and ending in 1948, we follow the Effingers, a family of modest craftsmen from southern Germany, who are joined through marriage to two families of high-society financiers in Berlin, the Goldschmidts and the Oppners. The Effingers soon rise to prominence as one of the most important German industrialist families in Berlin, but with the outbreak of World War I, they fall on hard times and must navigate the tumultuous changes of the Weimar Republic. Full of parties and drama and delicious gossip, and featuring a kaleidoscopic cast of characters, Effingers is a keenly observed account of German Jewish life in all its richness and complexity. Tergit's precise and limpid prose dazzles in Sophie Duvernoy's elegant translation. Woefully underrated when it first appeared in 1951, and only recently rediscovered in Germany, Effingers is a meditation on identity and nationality that establishes Tergit as one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century. Paperback864 pagesNYRB Classics, 20255 x 8 inchesISBN 9781681379791Literature, Fiction

Effingers

PEPIN Gift & Creative Paper Books all contain 4 introductory pages and 12 large sheets of very high-quality paper. These sheets can be easily removed from the books by tearing them along the perforated line. The sheets are folded to fit into the book; when removed and opened they measure about 50 cm x 70 cm (19½ inch x 27½ inch; a standard size for gift wrapping papers). PEPIN papers will make your gift package look special. In addition, our papers are suitable many forms of paper craft. Paperback12 Large Sheets Pepin Press, 2018 13.66 x 9.92 inchesISBN 9789460090998Wrapping Paper

Art Nouveau Gift and Creative Papers

By Adrian SudhalterWith essays by Mary E. Bauer, Joe Bucciero, Olaf Peters, and Melissa Venator An overview of the paintings, drawings, and prints of the New Objectivity painter Carl Grossberg, who depicted German industry between the wars. Carl Grossberg’s (1894–1940) painting career was bracketed by the two world wars. He drew his subject matter from “the enormous wealth of new forms in the world of technology,” recognizing both its potential and dangers. The publication examines the paintings, drawings, and prints of the German New Objectivity painter in the Merrill C. Berman Collection. Long associated with the German New Objectivity movement of the 1920s, Grossberg is revered for his precise paintings of industry, devoid of human figures but vibrant with color. His “Dream Pictures” envision industrial settings inhabited by unexpected creatures, such as monkeys, bats and birds, which act to destabilize the certainty of such materialized rationalism. This lavishly illustrated book takes an unprecedented object-based approach and focuses on the reception of the works during the artist’s lifetime. It highlights his Bauhaus training, his interrelated practices as a painter and interior designer, the centrality of commissions, and his relationship with the National Socialist regime after 1933. It is a robust study of Carl Grossberg’s work and life with a full scholarly armature including historical photographs, documents and publications. Hardcover230 pages | 216 color illustrationsHirmer, 2025 7.75 x 10.25 inchesISBN 9783777445137Monographs, New Objectivity

Carl Grossberg: New Forms in the World of Technology

By Paul Greenhalgh Leading expert Paul Greenhalgh presents a groundbreaking visual and scholarly journey through Art Nouveau – spanning 26 countries and enriched with stunning new photography. The Art Nouveau style dramatically impacted architecture, transforming attitudes to late-19th and early-20th century building practices, and making possible the rise of the various Modern Movements in architecture and design. Formed by the social and political environments of this turbulent period in European history, Art Nouveau was a complex, multifaceted phenomenon from its inception, changing shape continually through time and from country to country. This book unravels the various threads that constituted the style, offering fresh philosophical and aesthetic perspectives and providing a definition of what Art Nouveau actually was, and what it meant to its architects and designers. For the first time in a single volume, it shows the extraordinary spread of the style including in countries not usually recognized as being part of the story, with twenty-six countries represented through superb new photography. The author and photographer had privileged access to many famous buildings, as well as lesser-known architectural masterpieces. Uniquely, this book also considers the later heritage of Art Nouveau, and its long-term effects on subsequent architecture. Hardcover256 pagesHENI publishing, 20259.92 x 11.18 inchesISBN 9781911736189Movements

Art Nouveau: The Architecture of Modern Life

40 cards with 20 enchanting posters and graphic prints from the Vienna SecessionIn the first decade of the twentieth century, Vienna’s leading modernists and their students developed a bold graphic style that heralded a new age. Debuting their prints and posters in a periodical they called Die Fläche (German for The Surface), graphic artists of the Secession such as Kolomon Moser and Alfred Roller directed design away from older art nouveau forms and toward bold experiments with flat colors, elementary shapes, and expressive lettering. This set of 40 postcards features 20 favorites from Die Fläche, including famed placards for Vienna Secession art exhibitions, works by members of the Wiener Werkstätte arts and crafts collective, and prints from the 1908 Kunstschau, a landmark exhibition organized by Gustav Klimt. Humorous and ethereal designs mix with exquisitely abstract depictions of Vienna as a fashionable modern metropolis. Pioneering women artists such as Hilde Exner, Emma Schlangenhausen, and Valerie Petter-Zeis stand out among the list of contributors, reflecting their important roles in shaping visual culture in the city. As in Die Fläche, artwork by Koloman Moser, Alfred Roller, and other founders of the Secession appear side-by-side with pieces by unsung luminaries such as Max Benirschke and Anton Kling. With faithful reproductions printed on matte cardstock and presented in a handsome box adorned with metallic ink, Secession Style offers a unique collection of mailable artwork from a celebrated modern art movement, making it an attractive gift for lovers of art and design. Box Set40 postcards enclosed in a keepsake box, 4 colors throughoutLetterform Archive Books, 20255 × 7 inchesISBN 9798991621250Stationery, Secession Art, Postcards

Secession Style: Graphic Art from Vienna 1900

Von Hans Fallada Märchen für kleine und große Kinder. Es waren die eigenen Kinder, zunächst Uli, dann Mücke und Achim, die die Geschichten des Vaters nicht nur hören, sondern auch lesen wollten. Hatte Fallada bisher Geschichten über Kinder geschrieben, so erzählte und schrieb er jetzt Geschichten für Kinder. "Immer, wenn eine neue fertig ist", berichtete er am 28. Oktober 1933 dem Freund Kagelmacher, "wird sie Uli vorgelesen, und es ist ihm sehr gut anzumerken, wie sie wirkt, was haftet, was verfehlt, was langweilt ..." Wie es sich für Märchen gehört, gibt es auch in diesen Geschichten die phantastischen Dinge, sprechende Tiere, Zauberer, Tarnkappen, Pechvögel, und hinter allen Turbulenzen eine handfeste Moral. Hardcover 208 pagesText in GermanAufbau Verlag, 2019 5.71 x 8.11 inchesISBN 9783351037956German, Kinder

Geschichten aus der Murkelei

By Morten Høi Jensen “A nuanced portrait . . . thoughtful [and] perceptive.” —Kirkus Reviews “The Master of Contradictions is many things: a biography of Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, a history of the Weimar Republic, and a story about one reader’s relationship to the most beguiling novel of the twentieth century. Morten Høi Jensen writes from a place of profound feeling and deep erudition. He is the perfect guide to the novel’s intricate, enchanted world; I did not want to stop exploring it with him.” —Merve Emre, contributing writer, New Yorker The arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain as a defeated Germany descended into political chaos Like many writers of his generation, Thomas Mann (1875–1955) welcomed the outbreak of the First World War. He viewed it as a spiritual necessity, a chance to reassert German cultural dominance over Western ideas of democracy and enlightenment. Then, in 1924, he published The Magic Mountain, a massive novel that culminates in the slaughter of war and foreshadows the Nazi terror to come. One of the central achievements of modernism, The Magic Mountain bears testimony to its author’s dramatic political reorientation as a defender of democracy. This poignant book is a biography of Mann’s great novel—its evolution from a short story into a two-volume masterpiece and one of the bestselling novels of the Weimar era. Deftly weaving together elements of biography, history, and literary criticism, Morten Høi Jensen reveals how writing The Magic Mountain against a backdrop of world war, revolution, hyperinflation, and rising right-wing terror moved Mann to embrace the democratic and humanistic ideas he once scorned. One hundred years after The Magic Mountain was first published, at a time when democratic ideas are again under threat, Jensen reveals the universality and timeliness of Mann’s great novel—its still-resonant debates over democracy and tyranny, time and place, illness and death. Hardcover248 Pages Yale University Press, 2025 5.50 x 8.50 inches ISBN 9780300233742History

The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of "The Magic Mountain"

By Jürgen Krauss From Jürgen Krauss, referred to as “possibly the best-loved contestant in Great British Baking Show history,” comes a festive Christmas cookbook. Celebrate the season with delicious holiday baked goods from Jurgen’s childhood home in the Black Forest. From stollen and lebkuchen to gingerbread houses and zimtsterne, no holiday table is complete without a few delicious German treats. Now, for the first time, The Great British Baking Show star Jürgen Krauss shares his favorite Christmas recipes in this truly special collection. Jürgen’s delicious holiday recipes are crafted with care, drawing his inspiration from the flavors, techniques, and memories of his childhood Christmases in the Black Forest. In addition to festive cookies, breads, cakes, and tarts, Jürgen also presents recipes for traditional holidays feasts, featuring everything from appetizers and soups to spaetzle and dessert. He then rounds out the holiday season with beloved treats from Germany’s famous Christmas markets, including magenbrot, potato cakes, roasted almonds, and mulled wine. With easy-to-follow instructions, appetizing photographs and pictures from his own scrapbooks, as well as Jürgen’s reminiscences of Christmases past, The German Christmas Cookbook is a must-have for both fans of Jürgen and bakers who want to fill their home with the warmth and deliciousness of the season. AUTHENTIC GERMAN RECIPES: Expand your culinary skills and fill the air of your home with the scent of freshly baked strudels, cookies, and authentic German holiday treats. TREATS FOR EVERY HOLIDAY GATHERING: From simple cookies to elaborate holiday showstoppers, create authentic German sweets, breads, and snacks that will make your next holiday gathering memorable. MAKE A GERMAN HOLIDAY FEAST: Jürgen’s recipes for winter soups, appetizers, main dishes, and desserts will be the hit of your holiday table. FULL-COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY: The German Christmas Cookbook features gorgeous full-color photography to help inspire, teach, and ensure baking success. PERFECT GIFT FOR THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW FANS: Fans of The Great British Baking Show will love Jürgen’s easy-to-make and tasty recipes. Hardcover208 PagesWeldon Owen, 20257.5 x 9.5 InchesISBN 9798886742152Cookbooks, Holiday Baking

The German Christmas Cookbook: Sweet and Savory Recipes for the Holidays

By Cynthia Cliff Join the fun at a busy museum as you help find a lost dog and reunite him with his owner in this playful, picture-filled adventure. A trip to the museum becomes an exciting game of I Spy in this charming book. The museum, with its vast halls and endless variety of different exhibits, provides the perfect backdrop for a playful adventure filled with discovery. Every spread features a busy, double-page illustration of a different room packed with art, artifacts and all sorts of visitors. As children explore the Great Hall, the Dinosaur, Transportation, and Ancient Civilization exhibits, the Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, as well as the Ocean Hall, they’re invited to search for Pepin, a mischievous dog who has wandered away from his owner, Carlo. Each room is a lively world of its own, full of activity and a recurring cast of wonderfully diverse characters. As kids search for Pepin on each page, they’ll delight in finding all the little details and humorous moments hidden throughout the scenes. This playful, interactive book encourages an engaging game of observation, keeping young readers enthralled as they learn about museums and follow Pepin’s trail—right into Carlo’s waiting arms. Hardcover14 pagesPrestel Junior, 202510-1/4 x 13-1/3 inchesAges 2 - 56.75 x 0.38 x 8.25ISBN 9783791376073Children's

A Day at the Museum: A Find Pepin Book

By Stefan ZweigTranslated by Anthea Bell, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul "The fates of men are nothing to the universe, Zweig tells us – but he makes us care"—Sunday Times "Thoughtful, highly observant, and humane" —Guardian Five tales of family breakdown, political struggle, and monomaniacal obsession from one of the defining voices of the European Jewish diaspora. Moving back through time from the First World War to Ancient Rome, these stories play on the tension between religion, society and individual with masterful irony. We encounter heroes and bookworms, visionaries and gadabouts, patriarchs and rebels – united across the centuries by faith, and by the intensity with which they live and die, their individual passions blazing out against the forces of history. Includes: "Buchmendel," "Downfall of the Heart," "The Miracles of Life," "In the Snow," and "The Buried Candelabrum" Paperback288 pagesPushkin Press, 2025 5.07 x 7.78 inchesISBN 9781805331834Literature

The Last Miracle: Jewish Stories

By Elizabeth Otto Germany's interwar years, the time of the Weimar Republic, brought the world Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Christopher Isherwood's gay underworld, the Bauhaus and a burgeoning illustrated press. When Marianne Brandt wasn't designing the beautiful, mass-reproducible metal home furnishings--including lamps and teapots still in production today--with which she and her compatriots revolutionized modern interior space, she was cutting and pasting newly abundant magazines and printed material into these witty, politically and artistically savvy photomontages. Their full range is investigated, analyzed and illustrated for the first time in Tempo, Tempo! a striking portfolio and critical complement to Brandt's metalwork. She used the technology of the era's visual culture to denounce that same technology, to re-imagine the roles of women and to challenge pictorial conventions. As photomontage is rediscovered as a privileged site of Modernist artistic practice, Brandt will be considered one its luminaries. Paperback176 pagesText in English and GermanJOVIS, 200511.04 x 8.28 x 0.7 inISBN 9783936314557Architecture, Multimedia Art

Tempo, Tempo! The Bauhaus Photomontages of Marianne Brandt

Herausgegeben von Anke Blümm, Elizabeth Otto, Patrick Rössler Bauhaus und Nationalsozialismus galten bis weit nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg als unvereinbare Gegensätze. Der Band versammelt neueste Erkenntnisse zum ambivalenten Schaffen Bauhausangehöriger nach 1933. Wir stehen mitten im Existenzkampf und haben höchstens ein Restchen alter Ideale in ganz, ganz persönliche Gebiete retten können, aber nie werden Sie erfahren, was die Bauhäusler in Prag, Paris und Berlin wirklich tun«, schrieb der frühere Bauhaus-Student Ernst Göhl 1935 an den langjährigen Direktor Walter Gropius. In 15 biografischen Studien verdeutlicht der Band anhand neuester Forschungsergebnisse, wie sich Bauhausangehörige, die nach 1933 in Deutschland verblieben waren, mit den neuen Machthabern im NS-Staat arrangierten. Von den Konflikten mit völkisch-nationalen Kräften während der Weimarer Republik ausgehend, zeigen Untersuchungen renommierter deutscher und internationaler Autorinnen und Autoren – u.a. zu Wassily Kandinsky und Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Else Mögelin und Wilhelm Wagenfeld – das breite Spektrum im Umgang mit dem verbrecherischen NS-Regime. Die seit über 30 Jahren erste umfassende Auseinandersetzung mit dem ambivalenten Verhältnis von Bauhaus und Nationalsozialismus wendet sich an Kunsthistorikerinnen und Kunsthistoriker mit Schwerpunkt auf der Geschichte der Moderne im 20. Jahrhundert, aber auch an alle, die sich für die vielfältigen Schicksale von Künstlerinnen und Künstlern in einer Diktatur interessieren. Paperback352 pagesGöttingen Wallstein, 202414 x 22.2 cm.ISBN 9783835357556Art History, Bauhaus

...ein Restchen alter Ideale: Bauhäuslerinnen und Bauhäusler im Nationalsozialismus

By Kai Uwe Schierz, Patrick Rössler, Miriam Krautwurst, & Elizabeth Otto In 1919, the program of the State Bauhaus school in Weimar promised a modern education for the talented, regardless of age and gender, which drew many young women to apply. The Bauhaus-Girl ("Bauhausmädel") Type, described in a January 1930 issue of the magazine Die Woche, knew what she wanted and would succeed. This volume's essays question the euphoria of the time period with the knowledge of Bauhaus members' subsequent destinies. The essays take as exemplary the biographies of Gertrud Arndt, Marianne Brandt, Margarete Heymann, and Margaretha Reichardt, both during their training and as Bauhaus graduates. Hardcover336 pages, 496 imagesSandstein Verlag, 201927.5 x 22 cmISBN 9783954984596Architecture, Gender

Bauhausmädels: Gertrud Arndt, Marianne Brandt, Margarete Heymann, Margaretha Reichardt

Pepin Press’ Watercolor Postcard Books contain 16 cards made of the finest 250 gsm watercolor paper. The paper is acid-free, FSC-certified and quite thick to make the cards suitable for mailing. They are a joy to color with a wide range of techniques, such as watercolor, ink, color pencil, crayon, etc. All our coloring books match the quality of the finest professional coloring pads. In order to get the best results, we recommend the use of high-quality coloring materials. Paperback16 Pages/CardsPepin, 20254 x 6 InchesISBN 9789460096433Coloring Books, Crafts

Art Nouveau: Watercolor Postcard Books

By Mélanie Boureau Embrace the free-wheeling spirit of the roaring twenties with this beautiful, Parisian themed adult coloring book. A coloring book of rebellious flapper girl fashion, sensational hats, art deco patterns and chic Parisienne architecture, The Jazz Age: A Twenties-Inspired Coloring Book is the perfect celebration of creative freedom. Add color to Mélanie Boureau's beautiful hand-drawn scenes and experience the glamour of one of the world's most beautiful cities. Designed for adult colorists, this charmingly illustrated collection invites you to explore the spirit of the 1920s through scenes that evoke freedom, creativity, and timeless style. From sensational hats and beaded dresses to ornate architecture and bold geometric patterns, each page is a tribute to the era's visual richness. Perfect for relaxing, gifting, or sparking artistic inspiration, this coloring book is more than a pastime--it's a celebration of individuality and expression. Whether you're rediscovering the Charleston or imagining a stroll through 1920s Paris, the book offers a creative escape into a world of elegance and edge. The Jazz Age is ideal for fans of vintage fashion, decorative arts, and mindful coloring. Paperback72 pagesSkittledog, 20259.76 x 9.61 x 0.39 inchesISBN 9781837760923 Coloring Book, Jazz

The Jazz Age: A Twenties-Inspired Coloring Book

Foreword by Christian Ring A charming gift-book homage to artist Emil Nolde’s dogs as they appear in his work. The great love story between the painter Emile Nolde (1867–1956) and his wife Ada began with a dog in Copenhagen, when Ada met the poor painter taking a walk. The farmer’s son and the pastor’s daughter married in 1902, and the first mutual dog came into the house in 1904—brought in so that Ada would have some company, while the painter locked himself away in his studio. The many dogs that lived with the couple also featured in Nolde’s work, appearing in loving portraits, vividly-colored oil paintings, endearing watercolors and striking pen-and-ink drawings. Emil Nolde: Dogs explores the importance of this theme in the painter’s work in a charming gift-book format, featuring paintings, writings by the artist about animals and photographs documenting the Noldes’ idyllic rural life in Germany and Denmark. Hardcover88 pages | 40 color & 20 b/w illustrationsDuMont Buchverlag, 20197.25 x 5.75 inchesISBN 9783832199623 Animals, Artist Monograph

Emil Nolde: Dogs

By Charlotte Gastaut “A stunning, timeless marriage of story and craft. . . . Each page turn reveals new visual surprises through clever use of die-cuts and overlapping translucent pages. The physical act of turning pages becomes part of the dance itself, with readers uncovering hidden elements and watching scenes transform before their eyes."―Kirkus, starred review Inspired by the ballet of the same name; this spectacular gift book uniquely tells the age-old tale of romance and betrayal Exploring timeless themes of love, innocence, deception and betrayal, Charlotte Gastaut magnificently retells the story of Giselle using die-cut paper and transparent book leaves to fully immerse us in one of the world’s most famous and haunting ballets. Hardcover44 pagesAge range: 6 to 9 years oldTate Publishing, 202511.42 x 12.6 inchesISBN 9781849769488Children's, Picture Book

Giselle

By Brian Lies With lush paintings and intricately constructed 3-D artwork, bestselling and Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Brian Lies introduces a sleepy kitten whose afternoon nap transforms into an epic journey through art, time, and history. Perfect for fans of They All Saw a Cat, Museum Trip, and Jumanji. Includes back matter. In the warm, late afternoon sunlight, a girl sits on the couch reading a book. Her kitten dozes nearby. But when Kitten notices a mouse and dives after it through a framed poster on the wall, an epic chase through time, art, and history ensues. Is it a dream? That’s up to the reader to decide, but for the kitten, every leap and bound is full of suspense and makes for a masterpiece. Caldecott Honor–winning and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies creates a truly unique picture book journey that invites young readers through the galleries of an art museum as well as through time, space, and history. As the cat and mouse leap from one page to the next, they are portrayed in the style of masterful artworks from history—an ancient Egyptian relief, an illuminated manuscript, a stained-glass window, a ceramic dog—each painstakingly and lovingly re-created in its original media by Brian Lies. When the sly mouse gets away, Kitten finds himself lost and alone. Will art help him find his way home? This visual showstopper by an award-winning and bestselling picture book creator offers readers a page-turning cat and mouse chase, an introduction to famous works of art throughout history, an epic adventure story, and a homecoming. Back matter includes information about how each of the illustrations in the book was created, notes on the original artworks featured in the book, and an afterword inviting young readers to make, create, and build things. Hardcover48 pagesAge range: 4-8 yearsGreenwillow Books, 20259.4 x 0.6 x 10.7 inchesISBN 9780062671288 Children's Interactive, 3D Art

Cat Nap

By Olga Tokarczuk Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR “A folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone … elegant and genuinely unsettling.” —The New York Times Book Review The Nobel Prize winner’s latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone—or something—seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he tries to unravel both the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces beyond, that they have already chosen their next target. A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, with signature boldness, inventiveness, humor, and bravura. Paperback320 pagesRiverhead Books, 20255.2 x 8 inchesISBN 9780593712955Historical Fiction

The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story [Paperback]

By A. Grunewald; A. Hultzsch; S. Nozawa e.a. When Ise Gropius (1897–1983) embarked on a three-month trip to Japan with her husband, architect Walter Gropius, in 1954, she proved to be a gifted chronicler. In detailed reports – her only known cohesive writings from the post-war period – she vividly describes the country and its people. With keen wit and understanding, she comments on everything from discussions about reconstruction, lectures, and the Bauhaus exhibition in Tokyo, to evening parties, the role of Japanese women, Zen Buddhism, and the local cuisine. Extensively annotated by art historian and editor Almut Grunewald, this volume publishes Ise’s travelogues in facsimile for the first time. Hardcover152 pagesIdea Books, 202421.7 x 1.5 x 28.4 cmISBN 9783856764548Architecture, History

Cooking Up Dinner Speeches - Ise Gropius in Japan

By Christine Estima A sweeping, tragic romance and feminist adventure about translator and resistance fighter Milena Jesensk 's torrid love affair with Franz Kafka. In 1919, Milena Jesensk , a clever and spirited twenty-three-year-old, is trapped in an unhappy marriage to literary critic Ernst Pollak. Since Pollak is unable to support the pair in Vienna's post-war economy, Jesensk must supplement their income by working as a translator. Having previously met her compatriot Franz Kafka in the literary salons of Prague, she writes to him to ask for permission to translate his story "The Stoker" from German to Czech, becoming Kafka's first translator. The letter launches an intense and increasingly passionate correspondence. Jesensk is captivated by Kafka's energy, intensity, and burning ambition to write. Kafka is fascinated by Jesensk 's wit, rebellious spirit, and intelligence. Jesensk and Kafka meet twice for lovers' trysts, but can such an intense connection endure beyond a fleeting affair? In her remarkable debut novel, Christine Estima weaves little-known facts and fiction into a rich tapestry, powerfully portraying the struggles of a woman forced to choose between the roles of wife, lover, and intellectual. Paperback384 pagesHouse of Anansi Press, 20255.25 x 1 x 7.75 inchesISBN 9781487013318Biography, Literary History

Letters to Kafka

By Arnold Schoenberg "If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art." In this sharp, uncompromising address, he defends the composer’s duty to the text: not to entertain, not to soothe, but to translate meaning with precision and depth. Music, he argues, must obey something higher than taste—something as exacting, and as rare, as truth itself. Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) was an Austrian composer, theorist, and painter who reshaped modern music from the ground up. As the inventor of the twelve-tone technique, he broke with tradition not for shock, but for necessity—seeking structure where tonality could no longer serve. Paperback20 pagesEris Gems, 20257.64 x 4.33 inchesISBN 9781967751136Music, Aesthetics

Tyranny of Style: Music and the World

By Sigmund Freud, translated by James Stratchey “It is in vain that an old man yearns for the love of a woman as he had it first from his mother." In some of the most densely packed pages that Freud ever wrote, the founder of psychoanalysis demonstrates through literary, mythical, and folktale examples the extraordinary way that wishes manifest themselves in people’s dreams and choices as inverted images. Magisterial and brilliant, this short essay also illuminates Freud’s own preoccupation with his daughter, Anna, at the time that he was writing it. Paperback32 pagesEris Gems, 20257.64 x 4.33 inchesISBN 9781916809512Psychoanalysis, Essay

The Theme of the Three Caskets

Edited by Megan Brandow-FallerInformed by the analytical practices of the interdisciplinary 'material turn' and social historical studies of childhood, Childhood By Design: Toys and the Material Culture of Childhood offers new approaches to the material world of childhood and design culture for children. This volume situates toys and design culture for children within broader narratives on history, art, design and the decorative arts, where toy design has traditionally been viewed as an aberration from more serious pursuits. The essays included treat toys not merely as unproblematic reflections of socio-cultural constructions of childhood but consider how design culture actively shaped, commodified and materialized shifting discursive constellations surrounding childhood and children. Focusing on the new array of material objects designed in response to the modern 'invention' of childhood-what we might refer to as objects for a childhood by design-Childhood by Design explores dynamic tensions between theory and practice, discursive const– critically linking historical discourses of childhood with close study of material objects and design culture.Chronologically, the volume spans the 18th century, which witnessed the invention of the toy as an educational plaything and a proliferation of new material artifacts designed expressly for children's use; through the 19th-century expansion of factory-based methods of toy production facilitating accuracy in miniaturization and a new vocabulary of design objects coinciding with the recognition of childhood innocence and physical separation within the household; towards the intersection of early 20th-century child-centered pedagogy and modernist approaches to nursery and furniture design; through the changing consumption and sales practices of the postwar period marketing directly to children through television, film and other digital media; and into the present, where the line between the material culture of childhood and adulthood is increasingly blurred.Paperback352 pagesBloomsbury Visual Arts, 20199 x 6 inchesISBN 9781501358890Design History, Art Education

Childhood by Design: Toys and the Material Culture of Childhood, 1700-Present

The William Morris Paint-In Print Set includes a set of 6 cards featuring the iconic floral designs of William Morris that can be painted using the 6 colors embedded into the top of the card. William Morris was a British textile designer, poet, artist, fantasy writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. The embedded paints are activated by simply wetting the enclosed paintbrush. Tear off the perforated paint strip and you’ll have a print to send or keep. Whether you're looking for a fun activity for a rainy day or a unique gift for a loved one, this Paint-In Print Set is sure to impress! With its intricate details and floral designs, this print set is perfect for anyone who loves flowers or painting. The set's high-quality artwork of William Morris's patterned artwork makes it a beautiful and eye-catching addition to any home or office. Includes:-6 5x7" Paint-In Cards-6 Watercolor Paints per Page-1 Paintbrush Paperback6 pagesGalison, 20246.75 x 8.75 inchesISBN 9780735383234Stationery, Watercolor Sets

William Morris Paint-In Print Set

By Enno Kaufhold The second volume in a series detailing the work of Christian Schad—one of the most important artists associated with the New Objectivity—this examination goes beyond his most famous medium to explore his lesser-known talent for photography. The collection reveals numerous rare images from the early to mid-1930s for the first time, from landscapes and abstract motifs to the striking metropolis of Berlin. Featuring accompanying discussions on the relationship between the New Objectivity and photography, the book also delves into Schad's artistic approach, focusing on his use of photographs in the painting of his famous portraits as well as his later unique method of artistic cameraless photography in his "Schadographs." Hardcover272 pagesWienand Verlag, 20139.5 x 1.1 x 12.25 inchesISBN 9783879099337Monograph, Photography, New Objectivity

Christian Schad, Volume 2: Catalogue Raisonné: Photographs

By Júlia SardàIllustrated by Júlia Sardà "With the second installment in her Three Sisters trilogy, Sardà has struck gold. Both narrative and aesthetic ooze style, coolly occupying the intersection between cautionary folktale and coming-of-age fantasy epic. . . . The result is singular, not merely a modern classic but one for the ages. . . . Utterly spellbinding." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Sardà’s intricate artwork reflects Carmela’s inner journey as much as her outer one, truly letting loose as Carmela gleefully unlocks her own free-spirited magic. A wild rumpus of sorts and a love letter to the outcasts, “the lonely, the lost, and the different ones”—and that is a beautiful, empowering thing."—Booklist (starred review) Gorgeous illustrations are the star of this fantastical adventure about hidden magic, growing up, and braving the unknown to find yourself. Everything is changing for Carmela. Her older sister, Franca, has new, mean friends, and Carmela is feeling lost and lonely. So she decides to go for a walk—to walk until she can’t anymore, then walk a bit more. Her walking takes her to a strange tower, and what she finds there will transform her life forever. In this companion to The Queen in the Cave, her authorial debut, renowned illustrator Júlia Sardà ventures into a mesmerizing world where mermaid grease washes away envy, a giant’s hair helps you face bullies, a circular library holds all your secrets, and a dome of crystal prisms opens a view to the cosmos. Dreamlike and filled with whimsy, the artist’s kaleidoscopic patterns, decorative borders, glowing colors, and layered, elaborately detailed imagery will bewitch young readers as readily as the title character does Carmela—and beckon them to return for many a visit. Hardcover64 pagesAge range: 5-9 years Candlewick Studio, 2025 7.48 × 9.64 inchesISBN 9781536243017Children

The Witch in the Tower (The Three Sisters)

By Jessica Courtney-Tickle Press the note to hear Tchaikovsky's music! Follow Clara on a magical Christmas adventure in this musical retelling of The Nutcracker ballet – push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s original score. It is Christmas Eve at Clara’s house. Scents of ginger, chocolate and peppermint waft through the air. Clara’s parents are having a party, and her little brother Fritz is decorating the Christmas tree. Clara’s godfather, a toymaker, arrives with gifts, including a very special one for her – a wooden nutcracker carved in the shape of a little man. After Fritz breaks it, the children are sent to bed. The story follows Clara in her dreams as she battles and defeats a mouse king, then travels with her nutcracker-turned-prince to the Land of Sweets where she watches its enchanting inhabitants perform beautiful dances. As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes, you will press the buttons to hear 10 excerpts from the ballet’s music, including 'The Waltz of the Flowers', 'The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy', 'The Russian Dance', and the awesome 'Finale'. Readers should press firmly on the pages to activate the sound board at the back of the book, encouraging interactive learning and introducing children to this beautiful piece of music. At the back of the book, find a short biography of the composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with details about his composition of The Nutcracker ballet. Next to this, you can replay the musical excerpts and, for each of them, read a discussion of the instruments, rhythms and musical techniques that make them so powerful. A glossary defines musical terms. The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores. With The Story Orchestra keyboard sound books, children can play the famous melodies themselves with the sound of a real grand piano. Manufacturer’s note: please pull the white tab out of the back of the book before use. Sound buttons require a firm push in exact location to work, which may be hard for young children. All sound clips are 10 seconds long. The perfect primer to introduce children to classical music. Hardcover24 pagesAge Range: 2-5 yearsFrances Lincoln Children's Books, 201710.75 x 0.63 x 12.38 inchesISBN 9781786030689 Classical Music, Children's Book

The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker

By Franz WerfelTranslated by Geoffrey Dunlop and James Reidel “In every sense a true and thrilling novel....It tells a story which it is almost one’s duty as an intelligent human being to read. And one’s duty here becomes one's pleasure also.” —New York Times Book Review “For Armenians, it remains unique and precious...it’s the one work whose urgency and passion keeps the truth of their genocide before the eyes of a world that would prefer to forget about it. For Jewish readers, Werfel’s epic about the choice between submitting to the killers or dying on the barricade is still poignant. In several ghettos where the Nazis held Jewish populations before murdering them, The Forty Days of Musa Dagh was passed from hand to hand and became the inspiration—almost the manual—for the sacrificial ghetto risings that followed. Werfel wins an argument with the world’s indifference—and wins it crushingly.” —London Review of Books The heroic story of resistance during the Armenian genocide. When the Turkish government ordered the deportation of Armenians, several villages in the mountains chose not to obey. Instead, they fortified a plateau on the slopes of Musa Dagh and repelled Turkish soldiers and military police during the summer of 1915 while holding out hope that the warships of the Allies would save them. An international bestseller when first published in 1933, and the first novel in modern times to capture genocide by a state, Franz Werfel's masterpiece brought the world's attention to this devastating crime against humanity and the Armenian people. Paperback936 PagesVerba Mundi, 2025Originally published in 19335.5 x 1.97 x 8.5 inchesISBN 9781567928211Literature, History

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

Pepin Press’ Watercolour Postcard Books contain 16 cards made of the finest 250 gsm watercolour paper. The paper is acid-free, FSC-certified and quite thick to make the cards suitable for mailing. They are a joy to colour with a wide range of techniques, such as watercolour, ink, colour pencil, crayon, etc. All our colouring books match the quality the quality of the finest professional colouring pads. In order to get the best results, we recommend the use of high-quality colouring materials. Paperback16 pagesPepin Press, 20244 x 6 inchesISBN 9789460096358Activity Book, Watercolor Art

Floral Images: Watercolor Postcard Book

By Charlotte Beradt Translated by Damion SearlsPreface by Dunya Mikhail "Beradt offers us not a complex hermeneutics of totalitarianism but rather a quite straight forward picture of the psychological effects of propaganda and manipulation upon a populace. . . . How does one become a totalitarian subject? What—aside from the threat of violence—are the necessary conditions? These are questions Beradt’s dreaming people daren’t ask themselves in the cold light of day, but the queries reappear under cover of night." —Zadie Smith, New York Review of Books "A strange, enthralling book. . . . The Third Reich of Dreams is a collective diary, a witness account hauled out of a nation’s shadows and into forensic light." —Mireille Juchau, The New Yorker The hidden history of a nation sleepwalking its way into evil. Charlotte Beradt began having unsettling dreams after Adolf Hitler took power in 1933. She envisioned herself being shot at, tortured and scalped, surrounded by Nazis in disguise, and breathlessly fleeing across fields with storm troopers at her heels. Shaken by these nightmares and banned as a Jew from working, she began secretly collecting dreams from her friends and neighbors, both Jewish and non-Jewish. Disguising these “diaries of the night” in code and concealing them in the spines of books from her extensive library, she smuggled them out of the country one by one. Available again for the first time since its publication in the 1960s, this sensational book brings together this uniquely powerful dream record, offering a visceral understanding of how terror is internalized and how propaganda colonizes the imagination. After Beradt herself fled Germany for New York, she collected these dream accounts and began to trace the common symbols and themes that appeared in the collective unconscious of a traumatized nation. The fear of dictatorship was ever-present. Dreams of thought control, even the prohibition of dreaming itself, bore witness to the collapse of outer and inner worlds. Now in a haunting new translation by Damion Searls and with an incisive foreword by Dunya Mikhail, The Third Reich of Dreams provides a raw, unfiltered, and prophetic look inside the experience of living through Hitler’s terror. Hardcover152 pagesPrinceton University Press, 2025 5.5 x 8.5 inchesISBN 9780691243511History

The Third Reich of Dreams: The Nightmares of a Nation

By Michelle Young A riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II, THE ART SPY uncovers how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the cultural legacy of the West. On August 25, 1944, Rose Valland, a woman of quiet daring, found herself in a desperate position. From the windows of her beloved Jeu de Paume museum, where she had worked and ultimately spied, she could see the battle to liberate Paris thundering around her. The Jeu de Paume, co-opted by Nazi leadership, was now the Germans' final line of defense. Would the museum curator be killed before she could tell the truth--a story that would mean nothing less than saving humanity's cultural inheritance? Based on troves of previously undiscovered documents, The Art Spy chronicles the brave actions of the key Resistance spy in the heart of the Nazi's art looting headquarters in the French capital. A veritable female Monuments Man, Valland has, until now, been written out of the annals, despite bearing witness to history's largest art theft. While Hitler was amassing stolen art for his future Führermuseum, Valland, his undercover adversary, secretly worked to stop him. At every stage of World War II, Valland was front and center. She came face to face with Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, passed crucial information to the Resistance network, put herself deliberately in harm's way to protect the museum and her staff, and faced death during the last hours of Liberation Day. She also singlehandedly provided information to stop the last train of looted artworks--bearing paintings by Picasso, Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Braque, Degas, Modigliani, and Toulouse-Lautrec--from leaving France. Vivid and atmospheric, The Art Spy moves from the glittering days of pre-War Paris, home to geniuses of modern culture, including Picasso, Josephine Baker, Coco Chanel, Le Corbusier, and Frida Kahlo, through the tension-riddled cities and resorts of Europe on the eve of war, to the harrowing years of the Nazi occupation of France when brave people such as Valland risked everything to fight monstrous evil. In the spirit of Hidden Figures, with the sweeping narrative of The Rape of Europa and the depth of The Resistance Quartet, The Art Spy is an extraordinary tale of a female hero whose courage and tenacity in a time of violence and terror is an inspiration for us all. Hardcover400 pagesHarper Collins, 20256 x 1.5 x 9 inchesISBN 9780063295896Art History, Restitution

The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland

By Sheridan Le Fanu "Succeeds in inspiring a mysterious terror better than any other writer"—M.R. James In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest – the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day… Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance. Paperback160 pagesPushkin Press, 20255.07 x 0.5 x 7.8 inchesISBN 9781805332121Literature, Fiction

Carmilla: The Dark Sapphic Romance That Inspired Dracula [Paperback]

By Megan Brandow-Faller “The strength of Brandow-Faller's study lies in its ability to yoke together disparate cultural realms-Secessionist Vienna and postwar American childhood, and vastly successful designers and pedagogues with those largely forgotten-to reveal surprising and fascinating points of connection.” ―Laura Morowitz, Associate Professor of Art History at Wagner College, New York “A deeply informed examination of three visionary art educators from Vienna-Franz Cizek, Emmy Zweybruck, and Viktor Lownfeld-and their profound influence on progressive art education in the United States.” ―Ellen Winner, Professor Emerita, Psychology & Neuroscience, Boston College “Insightful and compelling, this book draws on previously unexamined sources to explore how three educators disseminated, popularized, and commodified ideas of child art from the Vienna Secession to mid-century modernism.” ―Mary Ann Stankiewicz, Emerita Professor of Art Education, Penn State University Tracing the dissemination of Secessionist ideas of child creativity – from their origination in early-20th century Vienna through to their eventual commodification in postwar America – this book highlights the central role that visual art has played in child education and in nurturing creativity in elementary and preschool curricula. Taking the reader through the ideas of three artistic visionaries and their students – Franz Cižek, and Austrian-American émigrés Emmy Zweybrück and Viktor Löwenfeld – this book reveals how these ideas developed in postwar America through a focus on child-centered methods of 'learning by doing' in artistic practice. By centring the visual arts as a vital educational medium, we see how these teachings have been popularized as a means of nurturing creativity in childhood. Across three chapter length case studies, interspersed with three 'mini chapters' on the reception of each artist-educator's radical teachings in the American education system, Child Creativity and the Visual Arts provides new interpretations into the impact of these three luminaries' differing philosophies on a broader program of socio-political activism in the USA. Drawing on previously untapped archival and primary source materials, it blends deep material culture analysis with narrative elements to present a compelling account of the unrecognized influence of émigré art pedagogy on progressive, international art education. In doing so, it provides fresh transregional and thematic perspectives on early-1900s Vienna as a hotbed of creative and cultural experimentation and 'mecca' of progressive art education. Hardback264 pages | 70 color illustrationsBloomsbury, 20259 x 6 inchesISBN 9781350456792Viennese History, Secession

Child Creativity and the Visual Arts: From Secessionist Vienna to Postwar America

Learn all about the world of art, from Leonardo da Vinci to Vincent van Gogh, from Frida Kahlo to Georgia O'Keeffe! Trace outlines of art masterpieces and discover the artists who created them! This is a Trace-Along Scratch and Sketch! White outlines on black scratch-off pages create a fun way for younger children (5 and up) to build confidence in their own creativity as they reveal brilliant patterns, swirls, and colors beneath! They can also use the sketch pages in the back to create their own works of art. Includes a wooden stylus for drawing on the black-coated pages. 20 black-coated scratch-off pages, 20 illustrated pages with informative text, and 20 extra pages for independent drawing and sketching. Sturdy wire-o hardcover binding. Non-toxic. Potential eye irritant. Avoid inhaling particles of scratch coating. Not for children under 5 years. Meets all applicable safety standards. Hardcover 64 pagesAge Range: 5 and up 6.3 x 0.7 x 8.3 inchesPeter Pauper Press, 2020ISBN 9781441334008Children, Activity Book

Fine Art Scratch and Sketch

By Vivian Endicott Barnett Explore the œuvre of Erich Heckel, one of the most important German Expressionist painters of the twentieth century.Erich Heckel, 1883–1970, was one of the co-founders of the Künstlergruppe Brücke (Artists’ Group Bridge), established in Dresden in June 1905. He remained part of the group until it disbanded in May 1913.Despite his seminal role in the establishment of this critical early manifestation of German Expressionism, he has not garnered the same acclaim as his fellow Die Brücke artists such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. As a result, there is a dearth of literature available on him in English and he has never had a solo exhibition in an American museum.This important publication, which accompanies a show at the Neue Galerie New York, aims to redress this oversight. The texts presented in this lavishly illustrated monograph will focus on Heckel’s early career and cover topics ranging from his involvement with Die Brücke; the works he created during his idyllic summers in the Friesian beach resort of Dangast; his military service during World War I; and his bold and expressive woodcuts.Emphasis is placed on his portrait and landscape paintings and his vibrant pictures of bathers, which merge both genres. The authors will address the work he made in Dresden, Berlin, and northern Germany, in addition to his output while serving in Flanders during the war. Hardcover222 pagesPrestel, 20259.25 x 11.252 inchesISBN 9783791376271Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Erich Heckel

Erich Heckel

By Edmund de Waal Edmund de Waal has created a book about archives that is itself archival, a gathering together of his reflections on archives from over a decade in chronological order. The book is also cyclical, it starts in Odessa in 2009 and ends in Paris in 2021 encountering his family archives in both places. In-between there are his responses to the archives of poets and artists and places he loves. An Archive offers the opportunity to read texts by de Waal originally included in previous publications that are no longer available to the reader. The effort to put together all this material is not only an archival work but also an essay on the topic that offers different approaches to the definition and the experimentation of an archive by the viewer or its creator. Like much of de Waal’s work, this book is concerned with collecting and collections—how objects are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed. This book is part of the Ivory Press Archives series, which aims to make unpublished, long-lost or sold out material available to the general public. Paperback250 PagesIvory Press, 20254.72 x 0.79 x 6.3 inchesISBN 9788412749311Archive, History

An Archive

By Ernst Toller Translated by Drew Lichtenberg Hoppla, We're Alive is a landmark drama of the Weimar Republic and one of the founding works of what would become known as a powerful portrait of a fragile democracy at war with itself, inevitably corrupted from within by the rising forces of capitalism and fascism. Toller's main character Karl Thomas, a participant in the failed Communist revolution of 1919, has spent eight years in a mental hospital. Released into the much-changed Germany of 1927, Thomas encounters each of his former comrades in a world where all of the lessons of the first World War and the revolution seem to have been forgotten. Building to a powerful and tragic climax, Toller’s play has lost none of its power to shock, provoke, and awaken readers. Paperback86 pagesBerlinica Publishing, 20195 x 8 inchesISBN 9783960260424Theater

Hoppla, We're Alive!

Maria Pranke (1891-1972) Flowers, 1911 Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 478ASingle Postcard

Maria Pranke: Flowers [Postcard]

By Daniel Brook "A well-informed life of a scientist worth remembering."—Kirkus Reviews "Jaunty… Brook succeeds in bringing his subject to fresh life, including a description of Hirschfeld’s world travels in 1930, which he undertook to lecture and research."—Casey Schwartz, Washington Post "You’ve probably never heard of Magnus Hirschfeld—and this is an injustice to a truly great man. Daniel Brook’s excellent biography. . . resurrects Dr. Hirschfeld’s status as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century, whose insights into human nature can illuminate our turbulent times."—Deborah Mason, BookPage An illuminating portrait of a lost thinker, German-Jewish sexologist and activist Magnus Hirschfeld. More than a century ago, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, dubbed the “Einstein of Sex,” grew famous (and infamous) for his liberating theory of sexual relativity. Today, he’s been largely forgotten. Journalist Daniel Brook retraces Hirschfeld’s rollicking life and reinvigorates his legacy, recovering one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. In an era when gay sex was a crime and gender roles rigid, Hirschfeld taught that each of us is their own unique mixture of masculinity and femininity. Through his public advocacy for gay rights and his private counseling of patients toward self-acceptance, he became the intellectual impresario of Berlin’s cabaret scene and helped turn his hometown into the world’s queer capital. But he also enraged the Nazis, who ransacked his Institute for Sexual Science and burned his books Driven from his homeland, Hirschfeld traveled to America, Asia, and the Middle East to research sexuality on a global scale. Through his harrowing lived experience of antisemitic persecution and a pivotal late-in-life interracial romance, he came to see that race, like gender, was a human invention. Hirschfeld spent his final years in exile trying to warn the world of the genocidal dangers of racism. Rich in passion and intellect, The Einstein of Sex at last brings together this unsung icon’s work on sexuality, gender, and race and recovers the visionary who first saw beyond the binaries. A century after his groundbreaking work—as the fights for personal freedom and societal acceptance rage on—Hirschfeld’s gift for thinking beyond the confines of his world has much to teach us. Hardcover320 pagesW. W. Norton, 20256.4 x 9.4 inchesISBN 9781324007241Biography, German History

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