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Reading The Catcher in the Rye has become a rite of passage for young Americans, landing the book on bestseller lists (and banned book lists) each year, even though it was published a half century ago. What is it about J. D. Salinger and his body of work that has left such a lasting mark on American ... more »

Alexandra Fuller ist zwei Jahre alt, als ihre Eltern zu Beginn der Siebzigerjahre beschließen, ihrer englischen Heimat den Rücken zu kehren und nach Rhodesien - in das heutige Simbabwe - auszuwandern. Es ist ein hartes Leben voller Entbehrungen, das die Fullers erwartet, doch allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz ... more »

Une ville évacuée, désertée, peu importe son nom. C'est Beyrouth, Saïgon, Kaboul ou Pristina. C'est quelques heures avant qu'elle ne tombe aux mains des insurgés. Une femme, libre par surprise. Un homme qui s'écarte de son chemin. Dans l'interstice laissé entre un monde qui disparaît et celui qui s'annonce ... more »

Readers, writers, wordsmiths, verbivores, and logophiles rejoice! Renowned lexicographer and author Eugene Ehrlich gathers the 3,500 most engrossing words in the English language and their concise definitions, including short discussions for words most often confused and misused by today's speakers and ... more »

These twenty-five short chapters on Jewish Literature open with the fall of Jerusalem in the year 70 of the current era, and end with the death of Moses Mendelssohn in 1786. Thus the period covered extends over more than seventeen centuries. Yet, long as this period is, it is too brief. To do justice ... more »

One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, The City of God is vital to an understanding of modern Western society and how it came into being. Begun in A.D. 413 by Saint Augustine, the great theologian who was bishop of Hippo, the book's initial purpose was to refute the charge ... more »

The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a remarkable achievement by hundreds of ordinary and extraordinary men and women, whose stories have until now remained untold. Simon Winchester illuminates this diverse cast of characters for the first time, uniting original research and evidence from ... more »

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The condition of French society in the early half of the nineteenth century - the period covered by Balzac's novels - may be compared to that of a people endeavouring to recover themselves after an earthquake. Everything had been overthrown, or at least loosened from its base - religion, laws, customs ... more »

Schon auf den ersten Seiten entzieht uns der Autor alle Gewissheiten. Wer spricht? Wer nimmt gerade wen oder was wie durch das Auge einer Kamera wahr? Péter Nádas, der Fotograf war, bevor er Schriftsteller wurde, hat seine Filmnovelle aus einer Folge von poetischen und hintersinnig verspielten, skurrilen ... more »

Good news: You don't have to sacrifice style just to pay your electric bill. Kathryn Finney, a.k.a. the Budget Fashionista, is the expert on all things chic and cheap. Now she opens up her Prada bag of shopping and style tips to make you fashionably frugal, with change to spare. It's as easy as 1-2-3 ... more »