Raimund Gregorius teaches classical languages at a Swiss lyc e, and lives a life governed by routine... more

that of all his books, this was the one he most wished to see translated. He offered Barbara Wright his heartiest...... more

When Israeli Nobel Laureate S. Y. Agnon published the novel Only Yesterday in 1945, it quickly becam... more

Indian Summer (Koharu biyori) is the title of a relatively short novel by Kanai Mieko (b. 1947), rec... more

Indian Summer (Koharu biyori) is the title of a relatively short novel by Kanai Mieko (b. 1947), rec... more

A woman with three loves and a son with three fathers: a universal story of passion and personal des... more

The acclaimed series The Collected Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau concludes with a volume centeri... more

From the author of Smilla s Sense of Snow comes this highly imaginative novel, wonderful in scope .... more

is printed on premium acid-free paper and follows the translation of Barbara Foxley....... more

The Woman and the Ape is the story of a unique and unforgettable couple--Madelene and Erasmus. Madel... more

National Bestseller Strange things are happening at Biehl’s Academy when this elite school opens its... more

-- First paperback edition. -- Formally inventive and utterly joyous, Grabinoulor recounts the fanta... more

This sequel to Kristeva s celebrated allegory The Old Man and the Wolves returns to the corrupt, sea... more

A highly praised novel from the author of Gemini--now in a new paperback edition An international be... more

This brief, beautifically crafted novel introduces one of the finest contemporary Arab novelists to ... more

The novella and eight short stories that constitute Year of the Elephant--an allusion to a battle de... more

These three ancient tragedies--Trojan Women, Helen, and Hecuba--dramatize the tragic fates of women ... more

unique directions in the Chicano novel."--Francisco A. Lomelí, University of California, Santa Barbara "They will be talking...... more

Never to Return is a witty, penetrating account of a woman’s inner journey to understanding through ... more

Daisy Al-Amir is one of the more visible figures in women’s fiction in the Arab world today. This co... more

. Pavlova subtly speaks against the limitations placed on women and especially women writers, which translator Barbara Heldt...... more

translation by Barbara Johnson, is now available for the first time in English as Mallarmé arranged it. The result is an...... more

Tomochic is a controversial and celebrated example of Mexican fiction. Tomochic is the fictional nar... more

Israeli playwright and director Hanoch Levin was one of the most original and innovative writers of ... more

Writing and Madness is Shoshana Felman’s most influential work of literary theory and criticism. Exp... more

A companion workbook offers a rich variety of graded practice exercises in grammar and vocabulary. A... more

Arnold Schoenberg and Thomas Mann, two towering figures of twentieth-century music and literature, b... more

Arnold Schoenberg and Thomas Mann, two towering figures of twentieth-century music and literature, b... more

We Had Won the War (Habíamos ganado la Guerra) is the bestselling 2008 memoir about life in post-Civ... more

appeal in the form of Eclogue IX won a stay. Eclogue I appears to be a thank-you for that favor. Barbara Hughes Fowler...... more

remarkable for their innocent sensuousness. Combining her notable skills as a translator and a poet, Barbara Fowler provides the...... more

experience into the strict formalism of medieval love poetry, it marked a turning point in European literature. Barbara Reynolds...... more

, Yiddish, French, English and other languages, translated by Benjamin and Barbara Harshav into English, and placed in their...... more

Damian Janus draws on his clinical experience to address the relationship between psychopathology an... more

Mechthild s Book consists of visions and revelations about liturgical feasts, saints, and the Blesse... more

Nietzsche has recently enjoyed much scrutiny from the nouveaux critiques. Jacques Derrida, the leade... more

"The English version of Dissemination [is] an able translation by Barbara Johnson . . . . Derrida’s central contention...... more

Coaching is not reserved for those who have coach on their business cards. We all coach in some wa... more

This practical resource for finding peace, meaning and God, from the pen of a sixth-century monk, ca... more

The Trial of Tempel Anneke examines documents from an early modern European witchcraft trial with th... more

The literature on Kierkegaard is often content to paraphrase. By contrast, Michael Theunissen articu... more

In The Silence of Heaven, the world renowned Israeli novelist Amos Oz introduces us to an extraordin... more

Introduced one hundred years ago, film has since become part of our lives. For the past century, how... more

River Morphology deals with the interaction between flowing waters in rivers and their environment. ... more

Trapped in the horrors of World War II, a woman and a child embark on a journey of survival in this ... more

Sergei Korsakoff, Alois Alzheimer, James Parkinson, Hans Asperger and other eminent scientists, are ... more

In The Angel of History, Mosès looks at three Jewish philosophers--Franz Rosenzweig, Walter Benjamin... more

Since it was first published in Hebrew in 2000, this provocative book has been garnering acclaim and... more

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Anna Freud was the sixth and last child of Sigmund Freud and Martha Bernays. Born in Vienna, she fol... more

French journalist Claire Parnet’s famous dialogues with Gilles Deleuze offer an intimate portrait of... more

In this detailed study Simha Arom takes a new and original approach to the understanding of the comp... more

Hinduism is currently followed by one-fifth of humankind. Far from a monolithic theistic tradition, ... more

". . . vital to understanding this period of East European Jewish history. As Hyman promises, the me... more

In this collection of essays written over a period of almost forty years, Raymond Aron explores the ... more