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By Victor Sebestyen “Excellent. . . . This book is more than a narrative of Germany’s descent to Hitler. It is as much social history as political . . . with portraits of its rich, frenetic cultural life. . . . Reading Sebestyen’s gripping book, we encounter on page after page demagogues who employ phrases that might have come out of today’s White House.”—Max Hastings, The Times “A fast-paced and dramatic account of this tumultuous decade that could not be more timely. Sebestyen has brought a vast cast of characters to life and in doing so reminds us of the fragilities of civil society and democracy.”—Tim Bouverie, prize-winning author of Allies at War and Appeasement “Brilliant and important, dark and fascinating. . . . A study of how a society that destroys truth destroys itself. A book for our times.”—Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The World From a master historian and the critically acclaimed author of Lenin, comes a dramatic and gripping account of the political and cultural upheavals that lead to the death of democracy in Weimar era Germany—a story ripped out of today’s headlines. In this masterful work of history, Victor Sebestyen chronicles the rise of the first German Republic from the ashes of the First World War. He captures the momentous fall of the Kaiser and the rise of a democracy that took its place in 1918. But at the very outset, a fatal deal was struck that let Hindenburg and the army off the hook for the economic fallout of the war and allowed the German people to embrace the myth that Germany had not lost. At the same time, Weimar was a breathless period of cultural innovation in music, science, painting, literature, film, and architecture. It was the era of Bauhaus, Dada, and a remarkable openness in queer life and political thought. But dark clouds were looming. The Weimar Republic was marked by a struggling economy, continuous political upheaval, extremism on both ends of the political spectrum, and public assassinations. Warring factions of left and right fought for control of the streets, and democracy was caught in the middle and eventually crushed. A lucid and compelling portrait of a country slowly descending into tyranny, Weimar Germany is a magnificent, timely history of a frighteningly relevant period in the history of democracy. Hardcover480 PagesPantheon, 20266.36 x 1.25 x 9.55 InchesISBN 9780593701287History

Weimar Germany: The Death of a Democracy

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By Alice Melvin "The months roll around with pleasant rhymes and beguiling artwork."— The Wall Street Journal A board edition of the bestselling lift-the-flap picture book following the woodland ramblings of Mouse through the change in seasons. A board book edition of the delightful lift-the-flap children’s book following Mouse on a woodland walk. Written in a gentle rhyme that reflects the slow pace of Mouse’s rambling journey, and illustrated in the inimitable style of Alice Melvin, Mouse’s Wood is a heartwarming celebration of slow living in nature. The story follows Mouse, who first ventures out in wintry January to visit his friend Squirrel. Mouse moves on to wake up Hedgehog for the arrival of spring and as he continues along the path in the wood, Mouse’s journey from friend to friend maps out the changes in seasons from January through to December, from picnicking among the bluebells with Mole in May and picking berries with Dormouse in June, to taking refuge in Fox’s cozy caravan as winter draws in. Board book26 pages | illustrated in color throughoutThames & Hudson, 2026Age range: 3+ years7.1 in x 8.6 in x 0.7 inchesISBN 9780500653883Children's Books

Mouse's Wood

By Michael Kerrigan A sumptuously illustrated exploration of beloved Art Nouveau artist Gustav Klimt and the wider work of his fellow Vienna Secessionists and their influences. An illuminating feast for the eyes. Gustav Klimt is renowned as a quintessential artist of the art nouveau movement, but he was one of a number of Viennese artists who strove to break free of the constraints of the late 19th Century academic art establishment. The Secessionists were united, not in the style of their work, but their desire for freedom, so although there are echoes of similarity in the work of Klimt, Schiele, Kolomon Moser and the many other fine artists, their distinction lies in their magnificent difference. This new illustrated book focuses on the rich diversity of the movement and offers a sumptuous gift of colour and glamour for every art lover. Hardcover192 pagesFlame Tree Illustrated, 202611 x 0.9 x 11.38 inchesISBN 9781835628010Gustav Klimt, Monographs

Gustav Klimt: Masterworks

By Damien Lewis “Damien Lewis chronicles [Josephine Baker] with much fresh detail… What most beguiles us today is the sense that a proud revolutionary lurked beneath the winsome savage, the snowy smile. Spycraft wasn’t so much what Baker did as who she was.” ―The New Yorker “Mr. Lewis is a prolific author of wartime histories and novels… Agent Josephine is a fascinating story, thoroughly researched and richly detailed… Written in the breathless style of a thriller.” ―Wall Street Journal “Damien Lewis journeyed down the rabbit hole of arcane European archives to piece together the elusive tale of Josephine Baker’s French espionage service during World War II. The result, which evokes the sensuous glamour of Baker’s expatriate superstardom, is 400 pages of bravery and heroism that read like a spy novel you can’t put down.” ―Vanity Fair The thrilling account of how Josephine Baker, the world’s richest and most glamorous entertainer, became an Allied spy in Occupied France A Vanity Fair and The New Yorker Best Book of the Year In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers the extraordinary story of Josephine Baker’s transformation from Paris performer to dauntless spy. Throughout World War II, using her stardom as a cloak for her secret work, Baker undertook daring clandestine missions to fight the Nazis, stamping an indelible mark on history. Drawing on a plethora of new material and rigorous research, including previously undisclosed letters and journals, Lewis upends the conventional story of the renowned performer, revealing why she fully deserves her unique place in the French Panthéon. Paperback 512 pagesPublicAffairs, 20235.45 x 1.28 x 8.25 inches ISBN 9781541700673History, Biography

Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

By Thomas Mann Edited by Ritchie RobertsonTranslated by Simon Pare 'Hans Castorp filled his lungs with the pure mountain air--this fresh, light atmosphere that was so easy to inhale and held no scent of moisture, no content, no memories...' Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain (1924) is a social comedy with tragic overtones, providing a portrait of Europe in the first decades of the twentieth century. The novel recounts how an apparently simple North German engineer, Hans Castorp, comes to a tuberculosis sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland, intending to visit his sick cousin, and ends up staying for seven years. He matures intellectually and emotionally, encountering love and death amid a cast of vivid characters who are portrayed with Dickensian humour and sophisticated irony, until he is jerked out of his torpor by the outbreak of the First World War. This translation is accompanied by an accessible introduction by Ritchie Robertson, and detailed notes explaining the many cultural and historical references in the text. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Paperback 798 pages Oxford University Press, 20265.12 x 1.58 x 7.87 inches ISBN 9780198889175Literature

The Magic Mountain (Oxford World's Classics)

By E.T.A HoffmannTranslated by J.T. Bealby, Thomas Carlyle "The godfather of modern horror and fantasy… Hoffmann’s true sorcery is his ability to transfer his characters’ private experiences into the reader. His stories teach us to respect the uncanny depths inside of any “ordinary” human being." —New York Review of Books "Hoffman was the true inventor … of so much that makes literature pleasurable." —Gilbert Adair Three uncanny tales from a master of macabre fantasy whose work inspired Kafka and Poe. This collection of three uncanny tales highlights the best of a 19th-century German author who is seen by many as the father of modern sci-fi and fantasy. In “The Sandman”, young Nathanael grows up terrified of a legendary figure who will steal his eyes if he’s caught out of bed at night – but it’s only when Nathanael has grown to adulthood, seemingly settled and happy, that the full, terrifying truth unfolds. A living doll, a series of doppelgangers, and the seeds of madness combine in this classic story of self-destruction. “The Cremona Violin” also deals with obsession and thwarted desire, this time between an overbearing father and a musically talented daughter who may die of heart failure if she unleashes the full power of her extraordinary voice. Suppressed passion and possessive control prove a fatal mix in this powerful and claustrophobic story. “The Golden Pot”, meanwhile, is a novella-length tale which Hoffmann believed was his masterpiece. Disturbing, exciting and dream-like, it introduces us to the bumbling Anselmus, whose romantic tribulations are complicated by a witch’s curse and the fact that he’s in love with a girl who also happens to be a snake. Influential in the worlds of both literature and music during his lifetime, Hoffmann’s doppelgangers, unattainable love objects and sinister puppet masters have lived on, becoming key figures in the modern imagination. Paperback 208 pagesPushkin Press, 20265.02 x 0.64 x 7.77 inchesISBN 9781805680666Literature

The Sandman and Other Weird Tales

By Elizabeth von Arnim First published in 1936, All the Dogs of My Life is a brilliantly written account of all fourteen pet dogs owned by Elizabeth von Arnim throughout her life. With an introduction by Nina Stibbe, bestselling writer and author of Went to London, Took the Dog. From a beloved dachshund to a trouble-seeking Great Dane, via all manner of dogs large and small, obedient and defiant, von Arnim brilliantly captures the bond between dogs and their owners. This witty and often poignant book is the closest the author came to writing a memoir. Despite her frequent exhortations that it wasn’t an autobiography, much is revealed about her fascinating life: her marriages, life in Germany, England and Switzerland, her children and her lovers. Hardcover216 pagesMacmillan Collector's Library, 20264.1 x 0.6 x 6.2 inchesISBN 9781035064205Memoirs, Literature

All of the Dogs of My Life

By Douglas Smith "Sweeping . . . A vivid, granular portrait of the Jews of Vienna and their demise . . . It is just as easy today as it was in Roth’s time to be enchanted by the opulent beauty of Vienna’s Hapsburg palaces, the perfectly preserved homeyness of its old-fashioned cafés, and the haunted shadows of the Leopoldstadt neighborhood . . . But Smith’s book helped me understand why, underneath that old-world allure, I detected a certain airlessness: When Vienna lost its Jews, it lost its soul.” —Casey Schwartz, The Atlantic "Douglas Smith, an award-winning American historian, recounts the grim story of the destruction of Viennese Jewry with insight and empathy, keeping the human story to the fore. This is an important and deeply researched book. By focusing in depth on one key city, it substantially adds to our understanding of how the Nazi system of genocide and plunder operated . . . Smith carefully examines the most problematic aspect of any history of the Holocaust—the Jewish organisations’ relations with the Nazis—with sensitivity and insight." —Adam LeBor, The Times (UK) "A true account of how one of Europe’s largest Jewish populations was annihilated . . . one that Smith has brought alive with forensic detail and a truly gripping narrative focused on the life and relations of Mignon Langnas." —Luka Ivan Jukic, The Financial Times From an award-winning historian, the gripping, singular story of the destruction of Jewish Vienna as seen through the letters and diaries of an extraordinary woman who witnessed it all. In 1922, Hugo Bettauer published the novel The City Without Jews, a satirical critique of Austrian antisemitism. Three years later he would be killed by an early follower of the Nazi Party. More than a decade later, in March 1938, the novel's terrifying vision of a Vienna emptied of Jews would begin to be realized. German troops poured into the glittering city, marking the beginning of seven years of unfathomable state-sanctioned violence against the Jewish population. A work of great power and urgency, The City Without Jews: Life and Death in Nazi Vienna tells the dramatic story of these seven years as they have never been told before. Drawing on hundreds of sources, many of which have lain untouched for decades, the historian Douglas Smith captures with novelistic immediacy the intertwined lives of those who experienced this age of extremes. And of all these voices, one stands out: a middle-aged nurse named Mignon Langnas, a Jewish woman who would see all her friends and family, and her entire world, disappear. The only Jew who spent the entire seven years in Nazi Vienna and left behind such a detailed record of her life, Mignon, in her letters and diaries, shows herself to be a woman of exceptional strength, compassion, and dignity, seeking to make sense of the once-vibrant city that had now turned against her. By turns heartbreakingly intimate and dazzlingly epic, The City Without Jews tells the story of the destruction of Jewish Vienna in previously untapped breadth and detail. Even more than a work of history, it is a reminder and a warning—of the consequences of forgetting a past whose legacy refuses to die. Hardcover560 pagesFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026‎6.5 x 1.7 x 9.35 inchesISBN 9780374606558Nonfiction, History

The City Without Jews: Life and Death in Nazi Vienna

By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill Edited by Anja Hartl Translated by John Willett, Elisabeth Hauptmann, and Ralph Manheim One of Bertolt Brecht's best-loved and most performed plays, The Threepenny Opera was first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin (now the home of the Berliner Ensemble). Based on the eighteenth-century The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, the play is a satire on the bourgeois society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. With Kurt Weill's music, which was one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce the jazz idiom into the theatre, it became a popular hit throughout the western world. This new edition is published here in John Willett and Ralph Manhein's classic translation with commentary and notes by Anja Hartl. Paperback152 pagesMethuen Drama, 2022Originally published in 19285.08 x 0.35 x 7.8 inchesISBN 9781350205284German Dramas & Plays, Theatre

The Threepenny Opera

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By Katharina Günther Loud, provocative and scathingly mordant – how Dada held a mirror up to society This book celebrates Dada, the art movement founded 110 years ago but whose subversive political engagement remains highly relevant today. With a keen eye and biting satire, Dada produced forceful critiques while examining political and social conditions. Featuring works by the most important Dada artists, this volume presents a multifaceted portrait of the movement and its many forms of expression, including painting, photography, theatre, dance, literature and satire. An international group of experts recount the history of Dada from its beginnings in 1916 through to the 1930s. The volume focuses on the movement’s political motives and social activities, which served to unite this heterogeneous group of visual artists, writers and theatre personalities. Emerging from the experience of the First World War, Dada artists issued urgent warnings about the rise of the Nazi dictatorship. The book vividly demonstrates how vital artistic voices can be in resisting inhumane and anti-democratic tendencies. "Das Buch zeigt die Aktualität des politischen Engagements der Dadaist:innen und ebenso eindrücklich, wie wichtig Kunst als Seismograf für menschenfeindliche und antidemokratische Entwicklungen ist." (Bernd Hüttner, CONTRASTE) Das Buch feiert die Kunstbewegung Dada zum 110. Geburtstag und zeigt die Aktualität ihres politischen Engagements. Mit scharfem Blick und beißender Satire übte Dada Gesellschaftskritik und hinterfragte politische wie soziale Zustände. Mit Werken der wichtigsten Dada-Künstler:innen bietet der Band ein facettenreiches Bild der Bewegung und ihrer vielfältigen Ausdrucksformen, darunter Malerei, Fotografie, Theater, Tanz, Literatur und Satire. Internationale Expert:innen erzählen die Geschichte des Dada von der Gründung 1916 bis zu den 1930er- Jahren. Im Fokus stehen die politische Motivation und Aktivität der Bewegung, welche die heterogene Gruppe aus bildenden Künstlern, Literaten und Theaterleuten maßgeblich verband. Aus der Erfahrung des Ersten Weltkriegs kommend, warnten die Dada-Künstler:innen vehement vor der aufziehenden nationalsozialistischen Diktatur. Eindrücklich zeigt das Buch, wie wichtig die Stimme der Kunst – auch heute noch – in der Abwehr menschenfeindlicher und antidemokratischer Strömungen ist. Hardcover176 pages | 90 illustrationsText in English and GermanHirmer Verlag GmbH, 20266.93 x 0.73 x 9.74 inches ISBN 9783777447322Movements

Unlock Your Heads at Last!: Dada as Political Art

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By Alexandrine Maviel-Sonet and Anne-Katrin Rossberg Preface by Tsuyoshi Tane A unique showcase of 500+ objects from the MAK Collection in Vienna alongside Van Cleef & Arpels’ iconic jewelry, highlighting 120 years of artistry and design innovation. In GLANZSTÜCKE, unique and rarely seen objects from all sections of the MAK Collection engage in a dialogue with jewelry art spanning the 120-year history of Van Cleef & Arpels. The Parisian High Jewelry Maison and the MAK were brought together by a shared passion for outstanding design, exceptional craftsmanship, and visionary ideas. With the exhibition catalog GLANZSTÜCKE: Van Cleef & Arpels High Jewelry × Masterpieces from the MAK Collection, the readers embark on a journey through time and discovery across the entire spectrum of applied arts. The book reveals surprising parallels in forms, colors, and motifs across six chapters: Wanderlust, Architecture, Rhythmic Designs, On Stage, Metamorphoses, and Nature & Cosmos. With text contributions by Lilli Hollein, Catherine Renier, Alexandrine Maviel-Sonet, Rainald Franz, Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Michael Hölters, Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Anne-Katrin Rossberg, Lara Steinhäußer and Mio Wakita-Elis. Design by Bueronardin. This publication accompanies the exhibition GLANZSTÜCKE: Van Cleef & Arpels High Jewelry x Masterpieces from the MAK Collection at the MAK in Vienna, on view from 10 June until 27 September 2026. Hardcover368 pagesText in English and GermanHannibal Publishers, 20268.66 x 1.1 x 11.81 inchesISBN 9789493531031Applied Arts, Jewelry

Glanzstücke – Van Cleef & Arpels: MAK Collection

By Phaidon Editors Introduction by Rebecca Morrill ‘Real changes are upon us, and today one can reel off the names of a number of first-rate women artists. Nevertheless, women are just getting started.’ – New Yorker ‘The headline grabber of 2019 was Phaidon's Great Women Artists.’ – British Vogue ‘[We] believe every damn day is worthy of celebrating great women, and Great Women Artists makes it easy ... If only all our college art history textbooks were this much fun.’ – Interview Magazine ‘Phaidon [is] helping to redress the balance with this encyclopaedic volume that examines 500 years of great art by great women artists... no self respecting art lover should be without a copy.’ – Culture Whisper Celebrate five centuries of female creativity with this groundbreaking survey of women artists Great Women Artists is the most extensive illustrated survey on women artists ever published. Now available in a sleek compact format, this essential volume reflects an era where art made by women is more visible than ever. Organized alphabetically, the book features more than 400 artists from 50 countries around the world, representing each with a beautifully reproduced full-page artwork and a short illuminating text about its creator. Readers will find works by iconic and influential artists, such as Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Agnes Martin, Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama, and Cindy Sherman, as well as lesser-known names equally deserving of attention. Inspiring, impressive, and expansive in scope, Great Women Artists reveals a parallel yet equally engaging history of art for an age that champions a greater diversity of voices. Introductory essay by Rebecca Morrill Artist texts by James Cahill, Louisa Elderton, Elizabeth Fullerton, Orit Gat, Ferren Gipson, PL Henderson, Katy Hessel, Catalina Imizcoz, Louisa Lee, Henry Little, Helen Luckett, Kathleen Madden, Henry Martin, Tom Melick, Rebecca Morrill, Yates Norton, Cleo Roberts, Matthew Price, Gabrielle Schwartz, Robert Shane, Mitch Speed, David Trigg, and Ellen Mara De Wachter Hardcover460 pagesPhaidon Press, 20267.5 x 6.6 x 1.4 inchesISBN 9781837291434Movements, Art History

Great Women Artists: Compact Format

By Phaidon Editors ‘A staple in every every art aficionado’s library.’ —Galerie The Art Book is beloved throughout the world, known for introducing millions of readers to the joy of art appreciation. This award-winning, century-spanning survey features more than 600 artists from medieval times to modern day. Each is represented by a key work and an informative, explanatory text on the piece and its creator. In addition to hundreds of the world's best-loved artists, the selection includes many overlooked historical and cutting-edge contemporary figures, including: Berenice Abbott, Hilma af Klint, El Anatsui, Romare Bearden, Mark Bradford, Cao Fei, Cecily Brown, Judy Chicago, John Currin, Guerrilla Girls, Lee Krasner, Jacob Lawrence, Kerry James Marshall, Joan Mitchell, Zanele Muholi, Takashi Murakami, Louise Nevelson, Clara Peeters, Jenny Saville, Wolfgang Tillmans, and more. Breaking with tradition, The Art Book; is organized by names instead of dates, creating a vibrant A-to-Z sequence of brilliant examples from all periods, schools, visions, and techniques. The result is an accessible, exciting, and unparalleled visual sourcebook that celebrates our rich, multifaceted culture in all its creative glory. Now available in a mini, travel-friendly format, The Art Book ensures art is always within arm’s reach. Hardcover592 pagesPhaidon, 20266.5 x 5.1 x 1.5 inchesISBN 9781837291489Movements

The Art Book: Mini Format

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By Lauren Simkin Berke Learn to create zines and books with this approachable guide featuring illustrated, step-by-step lessons on making many different book formats. The possibilities are endless!Channel your passions into zines, create your own notebooks and calendars, and try your hand at impressive pop-up and accordion books. This illustrated guide will empower you to share your ideas with the world in personalized, handcrafted packages. Whether you want to create a poetry chapbook, an illustrated ode to the people on your commute, or a map of your dreams, this book will help you leap from an idea to a physical object. You’ll learn the lingo and where to find materials, but most importantly, you’ll be ready to experiment and have fun. If you’re an artist seeking a new medium or are just beginning your creative journey, this book welcomes you to level up your DIY, join a community of makers and thinkers, and discover the power of zines and handbound books. Start now and watch your creative confidence grow and thrive.ZINES ARE BACK: Join the zine renaissance! Discover how to bring your passion to life through this amazing DIY art form that offers endless possibilities for creating and sharing. All you need is paper, scissors, glue, and this handbook to set your creativity in motion. STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS: Educator and artist Lauren Simkin Berke walks you through each handmade book and zine format in straightforward tutorials. This book is perfect for all abilities and experience levels. WIDE VARIETY OF FORMATS: From beautiful Coptic binding to zines made from a single sheet of printer paper, this book has all your needs covered. You'll soon have a flexible repertoire of skills to bring your ideas to life! Paperback 184 pages Chronicle Books, 2026 7.0 x 5.2 x 0.6 inchesISBN 9781797238753Applied Arts, Graphic Design

Zine Making and Bookbinding: A Beginner's Guide in 25 Projects

By Robert Musil Edited by Klaus Amann and Philip Payne Translated by Genese Grill “Politics is will and not truth. A very primitive formulation, but rich in consequences.” Robert Musil was keenly aware of literature’s vulnerability to what he called “the over-reach and encroachment of politics”, but he was also an acute observer of the ways in which literature and politics interact. Literature and Politics presents Musil’s writings on the relationship between literature and politics from World War I through World War II and elucidates his personal struggle to bear witness during the Age of Totalitarianism. In essays, addresses, aphorisms, and unpublished notes on current events, Musil charted the increasing dangers posed to artists and intellectuals by projects of ideological conscription, as well as the broader threats posed by nationalism and other extreme forms of collectivism. His political thinking was unfailingly supple and nuanced, but at its heart was a passionate belief in the rich and irreducible nature of individual creative work as the bulwark of a free, ethical, and pluralistic society. The main texts are translated by Genese Grill and Klaus Amann provides an invaluable Introduction to Musil’s political thought, while Philip Payne introduces Musil's "On Stupidity" (which he has also translated into English). Paperback564 pagesEris, 20254.92 x 1.17 x 7.72 inchesISBN 9781916809611 Literary Criticism, Philosophy

Literature and Politics

Von August Sander Zwei wenig bekannte Projekte des Photographen August Sander (1876–1964), die er für eine gemeinsame Veröffentlichung in einem Band vorgesehen hatte, werden hier erstmals ungekürzt vorgestellt: die sechs Radiovorträge, die er 1931 unter dem Titel Wesen und Werden der Photographie live im WDR hielt, und das Konvolut „Lichtbildwerkstatt August Sander, Köln-Lindenthal“, eine Dokumentation seiner Wohn- und Arbeitsräume in der Dürener Straße, erstellt zwischen 1930 und 1942/43, bevor das Haus 1944 durch Bombenangriffe zerstört wurde. Neben allgemeineren Anmerkungen zur Entwicklung des Mediums sind Sanders Vorträge ein Plädoyer für die sachlich-dokumentarische Photographie und eine deutliche Absage an malerische Tendenzen oder die standardisierte Massenproduktion von Bildern. Er geht auf verschiedene Techniken ein, diskutiert das Medium als Weltsprache und bezieht auch sein berühmtes Portrait-Projekt Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts mit ein. Der Band ist eine Hommage an August Sander zu seinem 150. Geburtstag in diesem Jahr – und eine Einladung zur kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Medium Photographie. „Inhaltsangabe“ gehört möglicherweise zu einer anderen Auflage dieses Titels. Hardcover 272 Seitan Text in German Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH, 20268 x 1.5 x 9.75 inches ISBN 9783829610711Photography, History

August Sander: Wesen und Werden der Photographie Rundfunkvorträge WDR 1931

Introduction by Nicholas Fox WeberTexts by Josef Albers, Elaine de Kooning, and Colm Tóibín Using minimal means—paint straight from the tube, applied meticulously with a palette knife—and a focused selection of colors, Josef Albers’s sustained, serial investigation into rhythm, mood, and spatial movement is explored in this lavishly produced catalogue that looks solely at his respective grey and yellow paintings, exploring two distinct color palettes pervasive to his oeuvre. Highlighting the rich diversity of effects Albers drew from a narrow range of colors, this publication centers around the groundbreaking Homage to the Square (A) (1950), the inaugural painting in the series that would occupy the artist until his death in 1976. The pairing of two palettes—black, white, and grey and an array of yellows—stems in part from Albers’s 1964 series of lithographs, Midnight and Noon, which brought together these two opposing color sets in a single portfolio. Together they address the limitless possibilities the artist found in color and form in relation to light. The impossible simultaneity of “midnight” and “noon” moreover speaks to Albers’s transcending of what he called “factual facts” in favor of the play of perception and illusion possible in art. Opening with an introduction by Nicholas Fox Weber, executive director of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, that contextualizes these works and their color palettes, this volume also includes Albers’s own writing on Homage to the Square. Additionally, Elaine de Kooning’s historic text and Colm Tóibín’s recent writing explore this body of work from different perspectives and time periods. Published on the occasion of exhibitions at David Zwirner’s New York and London galleries in 2016 and 2017, this beautifully illustrated publication looks at one of the most influential abstract painters of the twentieth century.Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover144 pages | 75 color, 2 b&w IllustrationsDavid Zwirner Books, 200178 x 10.5 inchesISBN 9781941701621 Josef Albers, Monographs

Josef Albers: Midnight and Noon

Von August Sander Das Pariser Centre Pompidou mit seiner Ausstellung über August Sander und die NeueSachlichkeit (allemagne/années 1920/nouvelle objectivité/august sander, 11.5.-5.9.2022) liefert den Anlass, die Gesamtausgabe der Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts neu aufzulegen. DenGrund liefert das Werk, das in der Geschichte der Photographie sowohl als Idee wie inder Ausführung einzigartig und seit langem ein Klassiker unter den Photobüchern ist. In dem groß angelegten, unvollendet gebliebenen Projekt hat August Sander (1876-1964)ab den 1920er-Jahren Hunderte von Einzel- und Gruppenportraits angefertigt und nachberuflichen, sozialen oder familiären Gesichtspunkten geordnet. Das Ergebnis ist eintypologisches Gesamtbild der deutschen Gesellschaft seiner Zeit, d.h. im Wesentlichender Weimarer Republik, das in Umfang, Bedeutung und kompositorischer Klarheit desProjekts bis heute seinesgleichen sucht. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts ist ein kulturhistorisches Standardwerk, das weit über diePhotographie hinaus enorme Strahlkraft auf Kunst und Literatur besaß und bis heutebesitzt. Kurt Tucholsky, Thomas Mann und Alfred Döblin haben sich mit seinen Bildernauseinandergesetzt. Für zeitgenössische Photokünstler wie Bernd und Hilla Becher undviele ihrer Schüler wurde August Sander zu einer Leitfigur. Hardcover808 Seiten | 619 Tafeln in DuotoneSchirmer Mosel Verlag, 202211.69 x 9.56 x 2.12 inchesISBN 9783829605007Photography

August Sander: Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts

Von Melanie LaiblIllustr. von Hemma Bergner Eine tierische Streitgeschichte: wilde Verfolgungsjagd mit süßem Ende Zwischen Hoppelhase Schnifis und Spitz Ludovic ist ein Wettrennen entbrannt: Rund um den Birnbaum geht es in rasender Geschwindigkeit, wieder und wieder und wieder ... bis es dem Baum zu bunt wird und er drastische Maßnahmen ergreift. Das kunterbunte Bilderbuch mit den witzigen Reimen von Melanie Laibl, illustriert von Hemma Bergner, macht einfach Spaß. Die rasante Geschichte von zwei Freunden, die sich nach einer wilden Verfolgungsjagd und dem unvermuteten Eingreifen der Botanik wieder vertragen, sorgt bei jedem Vorlesen für Gelächter! Birnbaum, Hund und Hase: ein ungewöhnliches Trio in einer witzigen Tiergeschichte Ein Bilderbuch ab 3 Jahren, an dem auch die Vortragenden Spaß haben Streiten und Vertragen: So süß schmeckt Versöhnung Reimgeschichte mit einprägsamen Versen für die Sprachförderung in der Kita Ein Kinderbuch über Freundschaft und köstlichen Birnenkuchen Tierisch lustiges Bilderbuch: Reime rund um den Birnbaum Wenn Hund und Hase sich eine wilde Verfolgungsjagd liefern, komplett mit gegenseitigen Hänseleien, hat Langeweile keine Chance! Das Rennen um den Birnbaum nimmt ein jähes Ende, die Freundschaft der beiden tierischen Protagonisten erhält neuen Aufschwung und das Publikum kommt aus dem Staunen kaum heraus.Melanie Laibl und Hemma Bergner haben ein Kinderbuch geschaffen, an dem die ganze Familie Freude hat. Ein famoser Spaß in einprägsamen Reimen mit Illustrationen, die immer wieder zum Betrachten einladen! Hardcover32 SeitenText in GermanDon Bosco Medien, 20268.5 x 8.5 x 0.39 InchesISBN 9783693370292Children's Literature, German Books

Hase, Hund, Birnen - UND? Bilderbuch

von Sophie Reyer Historischer Kriminalroman Der Tod geht um beim »Jedermann«: Ein Krimi aus dem Salzburg der 1930er Jahre Salzburg, 1937. Der Darsteller, der im Theaterstück »Jedermann« den Tod verkörpern sollte, ist ermordet worden – und vom Täter fehlt jede Spur. Noch dazu zeigt sich Regisseur Max Reinhardt nicht sehr kooperativ; selbst als die Zweitbesetzung ebenfalls erstochen wird, will er die Premiere nicht absagen. Im Gegenteil: Er ruft sogar seine Ex-Frau Else Heims aus Berlin nach Salzburg, um die Rolle zu übernehmen. Kommissar Breitensee versucht, aus der Not eine Tugend zu machen und Else als Köder zu benutzen – doch die hat ihren eigenen Kopf. In »Tod bei den Salzburger Festspielen« wird das Leben von Else Heims, Max Reinhardts erster Frau, erstmals literarisch aufgearbeitet. Ein atmosphärischer historischer Krimi voller Spannung, Gesellschaftskritik und einer Prise Witz – perfekt für Fans des Genres. Paperback 240 SeitenText in GermanErscheinungsdatum, 20257.5 x 4.5 x 1 inches ISBN 9783740825850 Historical Fiction, Crime Fiction

Tod bei den Salzburger Festspielen: Historischer Kriminalroman

Von Kerstin Hau und Stella Dreis Oh nein, vor der Stadt liegt ein riesiges Tier! Es versperrt den Weg. Eieiei, tönt der Wompf. Oje, stöhnt die Timpe-Ma. Da muss etwas gemacht werden! Und dann machen sie etwas. Sie decken das Tier zu, bauen eine Brücke drüber und eine Straße drum herum. Problem erkannt, Problem gebannt! Nur das Mienchen schüttelt den Kopf, ihm gefällt das gar nicht. Aber wer hört schon auf Mienchen? Da nimmt es sich ein Herz und spricht das Tier einfach an … Kerstin Hau und Stella Dreis haben ein Bilderbuch geschaffen, das zeitlos und zugleich zeitgeistig ist. Mit Tempo, Humor und klaren Worten zeigen sie, wie wir Unbekanntem begegnen können. Die reduzierten Illustrationen er­möglichen Projektionen: Jede:r kann Mienchen oder Stadtbewohner:in sein. Eine Geschichte über das miteinander Reden, aufeinander Zugehen und von­einander Lernen. Alles ist unbekannt, bis du es kennenlernst. Für Lehrkräfte: Pädagogisches Begleitmaterial für die Grundschule über den Umgang mit Unbekanntem und Fokus auf dem Thema Gefühle (Download unter Lehrmaterialien). Hardcover40 SeitenText in GermanNordSüd Verlag AG, 202621,5 × 28 cmISBN 9783314107344Children's Literature, German Books

Obacht!

von Alexander Lernet-Holenia mit einem Nachwort von Wynfrid Kriegleder Der vornehme Gentleman und Aristokrat Alexander Jessiersky, der ein prächtiges Stadtpalais im Wiener Ersten Bezirk bewohnt, geht als Profiteur und Kriegsgewinnler aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg hervor. Doch die Vergangenheit lässt sich nicht so einfach begraben. Jessiersky trägt die Schuld für die Deportation eines Grafen Luna ins Konzentrationslager. Ist es dieser totgeglaubte Graf, den er plötzlich im Nebel sichtet und der nun Rache an ihm und seiner Familie nehmen will? Getrieben von Schuldgefühlen und zunehmend ins Paranoide übergreifender Angst, gerät er immer tiefer in den Bann der rätselhaften Gestalt und dessen Familiengeschichte. Der Graf Luna verfolgt ihn gleich einem Dämon durch das flackernde Wien der Nachkriegszeit, taucht an den ungewöhnlichsten Orten auf und raubt ihm jeden Seelenfrieden. Eine Entscheidung muss getroffen werden... "Der Graf Luna", der 1955 erstmals bei Zsolnay erschien und seitdem in Vergessenheit geriet, ist ein Roman voll phantastischer Atmosphäre, psychologischer Spannung und stilistischer Eleganz. Im literarischen Spiel mit Motiven wie Schein und Wahrheit, Schuld und Verantwortung arbeitet Lernet-Holenia die Erfahrung des Nationalsozialismus in Österreich und die Verstrickung Einzelner darin auf eindrucksvolle Weise auf. Im Verlag Das vergessene Buch wollen wir damit die Wiederentdeckung eines der wichtigsten österreichischen Erzähler des 20. Jahrhunderts zum 50. Todestag Lernet-Holenias einläuten.Also available in English. Hardcover 288 SeitenText in GermanDas Vergessene Buch, 2026Originally publish in 19557.48 x 4.72 x 0.94 inches ISBN 9783903244481Crime Fiction

Der Graf Luna

Von Jan Jekal Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades oder Beverly Hills – das sind die klingenden Namen des kalifornischen Idylls, in dem sie Zuflucht gefunden haben: Filmemacher und Schauspieler, Schriftsteller und Intellektuelle, die in den 1930er- und 1940er-Jahren vor den Nazis aus Europa fliehen mussten. Sie bilden eine Solidargemeinschaft der Exilierten: Bertolt Brecht, Helene Weigel und Hanns Eisler, Billy Wilder und Vicki Baum, Fritz Lang und William Wyler, Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Wer in Berlin, Wien oder Prag einen Namen hatte, folgte dem Ruf der boomenden Filmindustrie Hollywoods. Doch dieses romantische »Weimar am Pazifik« ist nicht die ganze Geschichte: Noch während sie im beginnenden Krieg ihren mal militärischen, mal moralischen Beitrag aufseiten der Allierten leisten, werden die Geflüchteten zu Verdächtigen. Eben noch als noble Nazi-Gegner gefeiert, wird jetzt ihr Müll vom FBI durchsucht – der »red scare« und der McCarthyismus machen aus Freigeistern und Linksliberalen feindliche »Kommunisten«. Das Land, das Zuflucht war, wandelt sich zum Ort der Repression und Verfolgung. Fesselnd und stimmungsvoll, anhand bisher unveröffentlichter Dokumente aus Archiven in Los Angeles zeichnet Jan Jekal nach, wie sich die Exilierten gegen das autoritäre Amerika wehrten – mit Aktivismus, Witz, Courage und mit Filmen, die zu Klassikern geworden sind –, aber auch, wie einige von ihnen an Amerika verzweifelten. Hardcover380 SeitenText in GermanMatthes & Seitz Verlag, 20268.7 x 5.6 x 1.5 inchesISBN 9783751821032Non-Fiction, Film History

Paranoia In Hollywood

Von Melanie LaiblIllustr. von Stella Dreis Wie wäre das, wenn ich ein Baum wäre, mitten im Wald? Was würde ich sehen, fühlen, hören? Wie wäre die Welt ganz ohne Menschen? Und sind nicht auch wir Teil der Natur? Können wir uns in ihr wiederfinden, achtsam und zart? Melanie Laibl reimt elegant und entwirft ein Szenario, das zutiefst berührt. Sie nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise nach innen und vermittelt uns Intuition in der Natur. Mit bezaubernd schönen Bildern von Stella Dreis. Hardcover32 SeitenText in GermanG & G Verlagsgesellschaft, 20238.66 x 0.39 x 11.02 inchesISBN 9783707452976Children's Book, Books in German

Wie ich die Welt mir träume

Von Ruth Rehmann Herausgegeben von Werner Jung »Illusionen erzählt die konkreten Arbeitsverhältnisse im Nachkriegswirtschaftswunder der Fünfzigerjahre mit und schildert insbesondere weibliche Berufstätigkeit zu dieser Zeit. Damit steht der Roman inhaltlich in der Tradition der Neuen Sachlichkeit der Weimarer Republik [...].« —Nicole Seifert, 54books »Das ist ein tolles Stück Literatur, die Sprache ist ganz besonders, die Perspektive auch.« —Nina Wehner, Berliner Zeitung Im verglasten Großraumbüro im 13. Stock eines großen Konzerns beginnt Samstagmittag das Wochenende. Und mit ihm eröffnet sich ein Panorama an Abenteuern und Enttäuschungen, Träumen und Illusionen. In ihrem 1959 erstmals veröffentlichten Roman erzählt Ruth Rehmann (1922–2016) vom Arbeitsalltag und den Wochenendvergnügungen dreier Frauen und eines Mannes und gewährt Einblick in deren verwirrende, faszinierende oder beschämende Vergangenheit und Gegenwart – bis zur Rückkehr in den 13. Stock am Montagmorgen. 1958 las Ruth Rehmann das Kapitel »Das erste Kleid« auf der Tagung der Gruppe 47 in Großholzleute. Bei der Abstimmung über den Preis der Gruppe unterlag sie schließlich jedoch Günter Grass. Im selben Jahr, in dem Grass’ »Blechtrommel« oder Bölls »Billard um halb zehn« erschienen, lässt Rehmanns Zeit- und Gesellschaftsroman ganz neue Facetten der Wirtschaftswunderzeit entdecken und beeindruckt auch heute noch durch seine Modernität. Hardcover320 seitenText in German AvivA Verlag, 20225.12 x 1.26 x 8.54 inches ISBN 9783949302046Literature

Illusionen

Von Melanie LaiblIllustr. von Nini Alaska Es ist Weihnachtszeit, und alles funkelt und leuchtet! Auch im Haus mit der Nummer 24 sieht man Licht. Eines der Fenster funkelt ganz besonders. Doch keiner weiß, was sich hinter dem Funkelfenster verbirgt. Mit einem genialen Plan möchten Niko und Luzie das herausfinden. Ein Fest muss her, das den Zauber von Weihnachten und Keksduft ins Stiegenhaus bringt! Ein Fest für alle, die hier wohnen. Autorin Melanie Laibl erzählt hoffnungsvoll und augenzwinkernd von einem Fest für alle. Zusammen mit den hinreißenden und stimmungsvollen Illustrationen von Nini Alaska entführt sie kleine Leserinnen und Leser in eine zauberhafte Weihnachtswelt. Wer möchte nicht wissen, was sich hinter dem geheimnisvollen Funkelfenster verbirgt? Die beiden Kinder setzen alles daran, das Rätsel zu lösen und den Zauber von Weihnachten zu entdecken. Ein Buch, das nicht nur Kinderherzen höherschlagen lässt, sondern auch Erwachsene in die festliche Stimmung der Weihnachtszeit versetzt. Hardcover30 SeitenText in GermanG&G Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 20248.66 x 0.31 x 10.98 inchesISBN 9783707453065Children's Book

Funkelfenster

Von Robert WalserNachwort von Michail Schischkin „Ich teile mit, daß ich eines schönen Vormittags, ich weiß nicht mehr genau um wieviel Uhr, da mich die Lust, einen Spaziergang zu machen, ankam, den Hut auf den Kopf setzte, das Schreib- oder Geisterzimmer verließ, die Treppe hinunterlief, um auf die Straße zu eilen.“ 1917 erschien Robert Walsers klassische Erzählung „Der Spaziergang“, ein Lob des Müßiggangs: „Die Herrlichkeit eines kostenlosen Spaziergangs am heiterhellen Werktag wird hier geradezu aufreizend gepriesen.“ (Eduard Korrodi) Christian Thanhäusers kongeniale Holzschnitte waren bereits 2014 im Kunstmuseum Bern zu sehen, nun sind sie auch in der Insel-Bücherei zu besichtigen. Hardcover116 Seiten | 16 HolzschnittenText in GermanInsel Verlag GmbH 20184.8 x 0.47 x 7.36 inchesISBN 9783458194491Literature

Der Spaziergang

Von Rainer Maria RilkeHerausgegeben von Siegfried Unseld Unter den Gedichten Rainer Maria Rilkes sind »Lieder von der vollendeten taktilen Schönheit von Früchten; Strophen, die sich als Lied im Sinn der Griechen von Hand zu Hand wie eine Schale, eine Scherbe geben lassen« (Walter Benjamin).Siegfried Unseld hat die schönsten Liebesgedichte dieses Dichters zusammengestellt. Es sind Botschaften der Liebe, dem höchsten Auftrag des Daseins folgend: Liebe leben zu lernen, sich dem Liebeserlebnis ganz »mit allen seinen voneinander kaum unterscheidbaren Entzückungen« hinzugeben. Hardcover58 SeitenText in GermanInsel, Frankfurt 19944.8 x 0.47 x 7.24 inchesISBN 9783458191506Literature

Wie soll ich meine Seele halten

By Max Frisch Translated by Geoffery Skelton "Do you consider yourself a good friend? Are you a friend to yourself?" Between these two inquiries lie 23 questions on the subject of friendship. Max Frisch’s famous questionnaires originate from his Diary 1966–1971, and each of the ten questionnaires focuses on a specific theme: marriage, women, humor, money, friendship, fatherhood, homeland, property, and nothing less than the survival of the human race. The answers are left to the reader’s imagination—an irresistible reading experience. Hardcover81 pagesInsel-Bucherei, 20177.25 x 4.75 x 0.25ISBN 9783458194354Literature

Questionnaire

Von Thérèse Lambert Eine unvergleichliche Amour fou: Alma Mahler und Walter Gropius. Östereich, 1910: Alma ist mit Gustav Mahler verheiratet, der ihr untersagt, selbst zu komponieren. Als sie den jungen Architekten Walter Gropius kennenlernt, ist es Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Mit Mahlers Tod scheint der Weg frei für sie, doch Eifersucht und überschäumende Leidenschaft verhindern, dass sie zueinander finden – bis Gropius schwer verletzt aus dem Krieg zurückkehrt. Sie heiraten, und Gropius findet in Alma eine brillante Muse und Unterstützerin in seiner Entwicklung zu einem der großen Architekten der Moderne; sie hofft, bei ihm endlich emotionale Geborgenheit zu finden. Aber dann muss Gropius zurück an die Front. Kann die Liebe der beiden der grausamen Schwere des Krieges standhalten? Die bewegende Liebesgeschichte der größten Femme fatale ihrer Zeit und dem Gründer des Bauhaus. Mit Franz Werfel, Oskar Kokoschka, Arnold Schönberg u. v. a. prägenden Künstlern der Moderne. Taschenbuch398 SeitenText in GermanAufbau Verlag, 20228 x 5.75 x 1.25 inchesISBN 9783746638676Literature

Alma und Gropius

By Stefan ZweigTranslated from the German by Alexander Starritt In Zweig’s classic novella, an epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of Nazi persecution, madness, and obsession. “Perhaps the best chess story ever written.” —Economist A Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the final work completed by the bestselling author of his day. Sent off to his publisher just days before his suicide in 1942, A Chess Story is also the only work where Zweig engages directly with Nazism; he brings all his signature psychological insight and compassion to the tale—but it is also suffused with the darkness of wartime. Stark, intense, and overpowering, A Chess Story is a grandmaster’s examination of madness and the power of a mind willing to sacrifice everything to win. Chess champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating each of them and taking their money. But there is another passenger with a passion for chess: Dr B, previously driven to insanity during Nazi imprisonment by his torturers—but also by the games played in his imagination. In agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately pay? Brought vividly to life in a fresh translation by award-winning author Alexander Starritt, this is one of the finest novellas by a master of the form, entirely deserving of its classic status. Also available in German. Paperback112 pagesPushkin Press Classics, 2026Originally published in 19424.39 x 0.38 x 6.98 inchesISBN 9781805332411Literature, Novella

A Chess Story

By Marian Orłoń A collection of 3 irresistibly charming, beautifully illustrated stories about the adventures of Detective Nosegoode and his talking dog, Cody. “Uncommonly good [with] distinctive black-and-white drawings. Readers will enjoy the quirky characters and well-constructed mysteries” —Booklist At first glance, Mr Ambrosius Nosegoode seems to be a perfectly ordinary older gentleman. After retiring, he has moved from the big city to a small town, where he spends his days growing radishes, playing the flute and taking walks with his dog, Cody. But appearances can be deceiving: this unimposing man was once a famous detective, and his dog isn’t an ordinary mutt either—he can talk! Join Nosegoode and Cody for 3 classic stand-alone adventures, deemed to be instant classics: Detective Nosegoode and the Music Box Mystery. When a mysterious man with a fake black beard comes to town and a music box goes missing from the workshop of clockmaker Mr Ignatius Blossom, the two friends begin to investigate… Detective Nosegoode and the Kidnappers. Detective Nosegoode wants to enjoy his well-deserved retirement, but it seems the villains of Lower Limewood are determined not to let him rest: Cody has been kidnapped! Will he be returned safe and sound? Never fear, Detective Nosegoode is already on their trail! Detective Nosegoode and the Museum Robbery. A famous picture is in danger of being stolen, the headquarters of the Circle of the Aficionados of Checkers has been robbed and an elusive pickpocket strikes at the celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lower Limewood. This small town seems to have attracted quite a number of thieves—thank goodness they can count the brilliant Detective Nosegoode and his faithful Cody among their residents! Paperback320 pagesAge range: 7-11 yearsPushkin Children's Books, 20267.8 x 5.1 x 0.93 inchesISBN 9781782695141Children's Books, Fiction

Detective Nosegoode Investigates

By Anna SeghersTranslated by Lucy Jones “Anna Seghers was an admirable woman in many ways, but above all she was a remarkable humanist: she became a model of cultural resistance and ideological struggle who cut across borders, and who, still today, thanks to her work, transcends time and lives on in our memory. Anna Seghers’ novels don’t only recount stories of terror, escape, and oppression; they are a call to compassion and solidarity.” —Fernanda Melchor “Like Dante, Leo Tolstoy, and more recently Nadine Gordimer, Seghers was an epic writer who wrote against the grain of those in power. Her works evoke the spirit of her time in ways that most histories and documentaries cannot. Anyone who wants to know how people seeking justice can face adversity and still retain hope should read her books.” —Helen Fehervary, Jacobin “In this masterful novel, Anna Seghers examines how the private decisions of numerous individuals lead to fatal political consequences. She is that rare author whose books never age.” —Jenny Erpenbeck A chilling narrative about early Nazism in Germany through the eyes of a wrongfully accused young man, this 1930s novel provides a prescient look at the ways ordinary people are seduced by fascism, to the point of betraying their neighbors. It’s the summer of 1932, and Johann Schulz is accused of killing a police officer during a demonstration. Wanted for murder, Schulz leaves the city to seek shelter with his relatives in a small village on the Rhine. But the Nazis are beginning to recruit there, and it’s only a matter of time before the price on his head is too great a temptation for the villagers. Blood Money, a novel of suspense and political upheaval, tracks the nascent rise of the Hitler movement in a German village: the old farmers disinterested, then capitulating; the young entranced by the promise of action and the rare chance at advancement. Anna Seghers began writing Blood Money in 1932 and completed it in exile a year later, after she was blacklisted in Germany and forced to leave. In this prescient novel, Seghers’s dispassionate realism opens our eyes to the massive dimensions of the impending political and moral collapse. Paperback168 pagesNYRB Classics, 2026Originally written in 1932-19335 x 8 x 0.5 inchesISBN 9798896230489Fiction

Blood Money

By Stefan ZweigTranslated by Anthea Bell You loved him for decades and he doesn’t even know your name… A DEVASTATING PORTRAIT OF SILENT OBSESSION: Yearning, heartbreak, and tragedy unfold in this haunting autopsy of a broken heart. “In … Zweig’s most famous story, an obsessive passion lays bare the truth about a hypocritical society civilized to the point of inhumanity.” —Salman Rushdie, The New York Times Translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell, these 4 pieces of Stefan Zweig’s short fiction are among his most celebrated and compelling work. The titular tale offers a devastating depiction of unrequited love. Returning home to Vienna, an author in midlife opens a letter from a woman he has no memory of, but who has loved him her whole life. From a youthful crush to a night of shared passion, she has shaped her entire existence around the quiet pursuit of his attention. Yet, despite their intimacy and a child born of their union, she remains a ghost in his biography. Elsewhere in the collection, Zweig explores the fragile architecture of the heart:A young man mistakes his beloved for her sister.Two former lovers reunite after a lifetime of silence.A married woman repays a haunting debt of gratitude to a childhood sweetheart.Expertly paced, laced with the acutely accurate psychological detail and empathy that are Zweig’s trademarks, this is a powerful addition to Pushkin’s unequalled collection of his work. Also available in German. Paperback160 pagesPushkin Press Classics, 20265.1 x 7.8 inchesISBN 9781782697633Short Stories, Fiction

Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories

By Milo Todd 2026 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER Finalist for the New England Book Award “Reminiscent of Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See . . . Heart-stopping in its suspense and dramatic reveals.” —The Boston Globe “In dual timelines, Milo Todd thoughtfully portrays the plight of queer and transgender people in Germany before and after World War II.” —Becky Meloan, The Washington Post A moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis then the Allies, all while protecting the ones he loves In 1932 Berlin, a trans man named Bertie and his friends spend carefree nights at the Eldorado Club, the epicenter of Berlin’s thriving queer community. An employee of the renowned Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld at the Institute of Sexual Science, Bertie works to improve queer rights in Germany and beyond. But everything changes when Hitler rises to power. The Institute is raided, the Eldorado is shuttered, and queer people are rounded up. Bertie barely escapes with his girlfriend, Sofie, to a nearby farm. There they take on the identities of an elderly couple and live for more than a decade in isolation. In the final days of the war, with their freedom in sight, Bertie and Sofie find a young trans man collapsed on their property, still dressed in Holocaust prison clothes. They vow to protect him—not from the Nazis, but from the Allied forces who are arresting queer prisoners while liberating the rest of the country. Ironically, as the Allies’ vise grip closes on Bertie and his family, their only salvation is to flee to the United States. Brimming with hope, resilience, and the enduring power of community, The Lilac People tells an extraordinary story inspired by real events and recovers an unknown moment of World War II and trans history. Paperback320 pagesCounterpoint, 20265.5 x 8.25 inchesISBN 9781640097667 Historical Fiction, LGBTQ History

The Lilac People: A Novel [Paperback]

Edited by Christoph Wagner An intimate and bibliophilic artist monograph of the German Expressionist Hermann Stenner. Hermann Stenner (1891–1914) was one of the most remarkable talents of the twentieth century. His promising career was cut short death by his death in battle in World War I when he was twenty-three. Stenner’s body of work is all the more impressive because of the compressed time frame in which it was produced—just five years of study and creative work. After attending painting classes at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, he transferred to study under the painter Adolf Hölzel, becoming the artist’s master student in 1912. In addition to the “Hölzel Circle,” Stenner also belonged to the circle of Westphalian Expressionists, which included artists such as Peter August Böckstiegel, Else Lohmann, August Macke, and Carlo Mense. By 1913, Stenner was already participating in important exhibitions in Germany and abroad alongside artists like Egon Schiele and Max Slevogt. In 1914, only a few months before he died in the war, he executed a cycle of wall paintings in the entrance hall of the Werkbund exhibition in Cologne with artists Oskar Schlemmer and Willi Baumeister. This artist’s remarkable oeuvre, which includes 280 paintings and more than 1,500 drawings, has recently attracted new critical attention. This publication celebrates the great rediscovery of one of the pioneers of German Expressionism. Hardcover80 pagesHirmer Publishers, 20215.25 x 8 inchesISBN 9783777438238Monograph, German Expressionism

Hermann Stenner: A Pioneer of German Expressionism

By Wolfgang KoeppenTranslated from German by Michael Hofmann "Wolfgang Koeppen, a remorselessly brilliant German writer of the 20th century, has long remained scandalously obscure in the Anglophone world. His reputation can finally begin to flower with Michael Hofmann’s fine translation of Pigeons on the Grass, an acute and disquietingly contemporary novel about a society disfigured by racism and historical amnesia." —Pankaj Mishra Wolfgang Koeppen’s postwar masterpiece in a luminous new translation by the poet Michael Hofmann Pigeons on the Grass is told over a single day in Munich in 1948. The first new cinemas and insurance offices are opening atop the ruins, Korea and Persia are keeping the world in panic, planes rumble in the sky (but no one looks up), newspaper headlines announce war over oil and atomic bomb tests. Odysseus Cotton, a black man, alights at the station and hires a porter; Emilia sells the last of her jewelry; Philipp gives himself up to despair; with their interracial love affair, Carla Behrend and Washington Price scandalize their neighbors—who still expect gifts of chocolate and coffee; a boy hustles to sell a stray dog; Mr. Edwin, a visiting poet, prepares for a reading; Frau Behrend disowns her daughter; Alexander stars as the Archduke in a new German Super-production; and Susanne seeks out a night to remember. In Michael Hofmann’s words, “in their sum, they are the totality of existence.” Koeppen spares no one and sees all in this penetrating and intense novel that surveys those who remain, and those who have just arrived, in a damaged society. As inventive as Joyce and as compulsively readable as Dickens, Pigeons on the Grass is a great lost classic.Paperback208 pagesNew Directions, 20205 x 8 x 0.5 inchesISBN 9780811229180Fiction

Pigeons on the Grass

By Walter BenjaminTranslated by Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin “The Arcades Project was a legend before it became a book...This large volume reproduces every relevant scrap in the Benjamin archives, reprinting, verbatim, every entry in the more than 30 notebooks that Benjamin had meticulously maintained to organize his observations and pertinent passages from books pertaining to a variety of different topics and themes, from 'Fashion' and 'Boredom' to 'Barricade Fighting' and 'the Seine.'” ―James Miller, New York Times Book Review “The force of [Walter Benjamin's] ideas in The Arcades Project is cumulative. You are pulled in and overwhelmed. True, it's a work of cultural history, but it can also be thought of as the greatest epic poem written in the 20th century: fragmented, contradictory, and profoundly suggestive.” ―André Alexis, Globe and Mail "To great writers," Walter Benjamin once wrote, "finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they labor their entire lives." Conceived in Paris in 1927 and still in progress when Benjamin fled the Occupation in 1940, The Arcades Project (in German, Das Passagen-Werk) is a monumental ruin, meticulously constructed over the course of thirteen years--"the theater," as Benjamin called it, "of all my struggles and all my ideas." Focusing on the arcades of nineteenth-century Paris-glass-roofed rows of shops that were early centers of consumerism--Benjamin presents a montage of quotations from, and reflections on, hundreds of published sources, arranging them in thirty-six categories with descriptive rubrics such as "Fashion," "Boredom," "Dream City," "Photography," "Catacombs," "Advertising," "Prostitution," "Baudelaire," and "Theory of Progress." His central preoccupation is what he calls the commodification of things--a process in which he locates the decisive shift to the modern age. The Arcades Project is Benjamin's effort to represent and to critique the bourgeois experience of nineteenth-century history, and, in so doing, to liberate the suppressed "true history" that underlay the ideological mask. In the bustling, cluttered arcades, street and interior merge and historical time is broken up into kaleidoscopic distractions and displays of ephemera. Here, at a distance from what is normally meant by "progress," Benjamin finds the lost time(s) embedded in the spaces of things. Paperback1088 pagesBelknap Press, 2002 6.5 x 1.75 x 10 inchesISBN 9780674008021Theory

The Arcades Project

By Wolfgang KoeppenTranslated by Michael HofmannWith a contribution by Joshua Cohen "A triumph, a gem of postwar German literature that has remained obscure in the Anglophone world for too long... Ribald, irreverent, cutting, rhapsodic, and ultimately devastating portraits of German amnesia and hypocrisy." —Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker "The reader closes Death in Rome not knowing whether he has just witnessed a murder or the creation of a masterpiece. The answer is: both" —The New York Times "In a brilliant translation of this great German novel, Michael Hofmann has illuminated a dark corner of recent European history. A forgotten masterpiece." —The Evening Standard On the anniversary of Wolfgang Koeppen’s 120th year, the two remaining works in his postwar trilogy, now available again in Michael Hofmann’s spectacular translation. Death in Rome tells the story of four members of a German family—a former SS officer, a young man preparing for the priesthood, a composer, and a government administrator—reunited by chance in the decaying beauty of postwar Rome. A chilling account of Nazis after the war, here the older generation is resentful but not repentant. From the old unreconstructed Nazi officer Judejahn (the name has a suggestion of “Jew hunter”) to the young and apparently gay priest, from the supposedly reformed Mayor to the acclaimed but haunted young composer Siegfried, no clear hope emerges. And amid haunting flashbacks and against the shadows of Rome with its imperial echoes, the darkness is alive. Brace yourself: the novel takes place over a two-day period, mostly at night, and it's certain that the present will be governed by the past, if you let it. In Death in Rome, Koeppen amply demonstrates that evil doesn't simply cease once it loses a war—it seeps out, hungry to exist in other forms. And as Siegfried confesses: “In my daydreams and nightmares I see the Browns and the nationalist idiocy on the march again.” Death in Rome—following Pigeons on the Grass and The Hothouse— blazingly concludes Koeppen’s masterful trilogy. Paperback224 pagesNew Directions, 2026Originally published in 19545 x 8 x 0.5 inchesISBN 9780811240024Fiction

Death in Rome

By Wolfgang KoeppenTranslated by Michael HoffmannWith a contribution by Pankaj Mishra "A triumph, a gem of postwar German literature that has remained obscure in the Anglophone world for too long... Ribald, irreverent, cutting, rhapsodic, and ultimately devastating portraits of German amnesia and hypocrisy." —Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker "The prose, at least as it comes to us in Hofmann’s worked magic, is simultaneously wild, fluid, often flat-out gorgeous, and uncannily precise. Reading, one feels at the center of a living thing rather than looking on from a safe distance—receiving thoughts and sensations just as they’re hatching into the articulable." —Deborah Eisenberg, New York Review of Books The Hothouse traces the tragic final two days in the life of a minor German politician, Keetenheuve, a man disillusioned by the corruption of his country after WWII. Following his self-imposed exile during the war, Keetenheuve returns to the hothouse: the city of Bonn. Until this point he has led a life guided by principle and political optimism. Here, in spellbinding internal monologue and jarring montage, he meets his end. The Hothouse is an existential masterpiece and a portrait of a moral man crushed by an immoral world. Bitterly controversial at home and a cult writer abroad, Koeppen (1906– 1996) brought a volcanic modernist style to German literature that remains unparalleled to this day. His uniquely radical voice and breathtaking prose is rendered magnificently by Michael Hofmann. Paperback240 pagesNew Directions, 2026Originally published in 19535 x 8 x 0.5 inchesISBN 9780811240000Fiction, Post-WWII Germany

The Hothouse

By Marlen HaushoferTranslated by Shaun Whiteside "Effortlessly poignant. Haushofer's prose is like clear lake water: clean, crisp, seemingly simple yet with surprising depths. This novella's translation from German to English was worth the 75-year wait." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Finally available to English-language readers thanks to Shaun Whiteside’s precise translation… Haushofer inserts sharp observations about religion, gender inequity, overwhelming grief, and looming dangers. Haushofer expertly, poignantly unearths life beneath the surface." —Terry Hong, Booklist "A dreamy novella... In The Fifth Year, childhood bliss is edged with intimations of sorrow. Marili's is an honest sadness, slightly comic, but admirable in its intensity." —Becca Rothfeld, London Review of BooksA haunting story of a childhood in the Austrian countryside from the author of The Wall The Fifth Year follows a five-year-old girl, Marili, through each season of a single year on her grandparents’ farm in the mountains of Austria. Her grand-mother is a quiet, melancholic woman; her grandfather, with his calm, cheerful disposition, radiates warmth. Marili’s parents have died in the war, and she is left to discover—with curiosity, wonder, and fear—the beauty and darkness of a quiet pastoral life. Sinister elements lurk beneath the surface of The Fifth Year, in Marili’s dreams and fantasies, and this deceptively simple tale of childhood, told in effervescent and evocative prose, bubbles to life in Marlen Haushofer’s inimitably alarming style. Paperback80 pagesNew Directions, 20267.25 x 4.5 x 0.25 inches ISBN 9780811239981Fiction, Novella

The Fifth Year

By Tobias G. Natter, Christiane Druml and Markus MüllerTaking Klimt’s lost painting Medicine as a starting point, this authoritative volume examines the relationship between art, medicine, and modern thought in Vienna around 1900.When Gustav Klimt unveiled Medicine in 1901, the work sparked outrage by challenging conventional ideas about science, progress, and the human condition, becoming one of the defining cultural controversies of its time. Withdrawn by the artist and destroyed during World War II, Medicine remains one of the most fascinating lost masterpieces of modern art. Through paintings, drawings, archival photographs, and restored imagery, this volume reconstructs the history, meaning, and legacy of the work while placing it within the intellectual ferment of fin-de-siècle Vienna. Essays explore the connections between art, anatomy, psychology, philosophy, evolutionary theory, and modern medical science.Leading scholars reveal Klimt’s engagement with the ideas reshaping his era, in particular microscopical cell examination, Darwinian concepts of human evolution, and the discovery of the unconscious. Reproductions of related masterpieces highlight the themes of birth and death, sexuality, consciousness and transformation. Documents in unprecedented detail the impact of Gustav Klimt’s painting, Medicine. Authors are experts in the field of art history, and on medicine and cultural studies Sheds light on the creative milieu of the time as well as Klimt’s allegories of life Richly illustrated with Klimt’s artworks, essays are interspersed with plate sections Ideal for readers interested in the intersections of art, medicine, and philosophy Essential reading for Klimt enthusiasts, this volume is a compelling new perspective on Klimt’s lost masterpiece and its enduring relevance.Hardcover240 pagesPrestel, 20269.5 x 11.5 inchesISBN 9783819500145Monographs

Gustav Klimt and Medicine: The Flow of Life

By James A. van Dyke “Van Dyke is undoubtedly one of the foremost experts on the art world of the Weimar Republic. In his groundbreaking new study, he focuses on Otto Dix, one of the leading―and perhaps the most radical―painters of the era. In a paradigmatic way, the author demonstrates what a ‘leftist,’ critical art history can be today and how necessary it is. Detailed description, the ‘material turn,’ and the socio-historical analysis of the artistic field complement and illuminate one another. Van Dyke’s keen eye for detail leads to a fundamental reexamination of Otto Dix’s art in general.” —Olaf Peters, Martin-Luther University, Halle-WittenbergHow small details in the paintings of Otto Dix materialize the realities of a modern German artist.Offering a fresh look at German art during a period of extraordinary transition and precarity, James A. van Dyke focuses on overlooked but critically significant details in works completed by Otto Dix between 1919 and 1936. A small lump of paint, a monogram, an almost invisible self-portrait, the verso of a drawing, a patch of discoloration, and a web of fine cracks—van Dyke reveals such details, hidden in plain sight, as coded dialogue through which Dix addressed audiences and art-world insiders amid the combative world of cultural production in Weimar Germany. Sly, cutting, and provocative, these are the material traces of social relationships between the painter and those who represented threats to his professional ambition: an avant-garde mentor and rival, an increasingly skeptical critic, a prominent bourgeois photographer, and a local Nazi authority.Proving that small things offer insight into the big picture, this book highlights Dix’s satirical, transgressive work as nuanced and polyvocal, reflecting the complex fields of power and economics in which the field of art is located.Hardcover296 pages |12 color plates and 120 halftonesUniversity of Chicago Press, 20267 x 10 .9 inchesISBN 9780226848549Monograph, German Art History

Otto Dix in Detail: Painting and Precarity in the Field of Weimar Culture

Original Price: $18 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS This lavishly illustrated hardback presents the life and work of Paul Klee - a gifted artist whose experimentation with color and abstraction made him a key figure in the development of modernism.Influenced by Cubism, Expressionism and Surrealism, Klee's own work was varied and experimental. After joining the German group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), Klee fought in the First World War before emerging as one of the leading artists in Germany. He taught at the world-famous Bauhaus school of art for 10 years alongside Wassily Kandinsky, before rule forced its closure.This full-colour book charts Klee's development as an artist, the themes that preoccupied him, artists he worked with as well as recounting a remarkable life lived in the shadow of war and oppression. This biographic detail is accompanied by useful timelines, feature spreads and a selection of his most iconic paintings - including Senecio, Twittering Machine and Fish Magic.A wonderful introduction to one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.Hardcover96 pages Arcturus Publishing, 20219.25 x 11.26 inchesISBN 9781789505139Monograph, German Artist

The Great Artists: Paul Klee

Edited by Frank SchmidtWith Contributions by Rebecca Duckwitz, Simone Ewald, and Wolfgang WernerWith Essays by Frank Schmidt This oversize volume examines the career of Paula Modersohn-Becker, a pioneering Expressionist who was largely unknown during her lifetime. Published in celebration of the 150th birthday of Paula Modersohn-Becker, an artist who remains one of the most important figures of the German avant-garde, this book examines her artistic development in depth and presents works from all phases of her career, with a particular focus on her early work, which has hitherto received little attention or recognition. Modersohn-Becker was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, and her works influenced such major figures as Georg Baselitz and Chantal Joffe. But how did Paula Becker, born in Dresden in 1876, become the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker? Numerous works from renowned collections and private holdings illustrate this fascinating story and demonstrate that she was following her own artistic path even in her student years. It was this path that made her the legend she became, celebrated in literature, film, and art. This oversized and lavishly illustrated publication celebrates the beloved artist with large reproductions of her most iconic works as well as seldom shown works. Paperback96 pages | 70 color illustrationsHirmer Publishers, 20269.45 x 0.4 x 12.99 inchesISBN 9783777447827Paula Modersohn-Becker, German Expressionism

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