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Russian Literature and Empire
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 44.00The first book to provide a synthesising study of Russian writing about the Caucasus during the nineteenth-century age of empire-building. more...
The Cherry Orchard, and Other Plays
The Floating Press 1916; US$ 4.95The Cherry Orchard was written by Chekhov as a comedy, but directed by Stanislavski as a tragedy on its premier. The play has maintained the dual nature of these intentions ever since. An aristocratic family return to their estate on the eve of auction. Though alternatives present themselves, the family is apathetic and their property is sold. The... more...
On the Significance of Science and Art
The Floating Press 2010; US$ 3.99Although Tolstoy is best known as a master of literary fiction, he was also an important thinker with a voracious and wide-ranging intellect. In this extended look at the intersection between science and art, Tolstoy frames his own creative process in the context of thousands of years of Western philosophy. more...
Accent Matters
Editions Rodopi 2011; US$ 107.00The accentual systems of the Baltic and Slavic languages continue to intrigue scholars of general and historical linguistics. They play an important role in the reconstruction of the linguistic ancestor of Baltic and Slavic, but also in the typological study of accentual systems. This volume contains contributions related to the accentology of the... more...
Erinnerungen an Strindberg nebst Nachrufen für Ehrlich und von Bergmann
Diplomica Verlag 2011; US$ 10.77Hauptbeschreibung "Das ist ja das Rätselhafte einer solchen Kämpfernatur, wie der seinen, daß hier das Zarte, Weibliche in engster Umklammerung mit dem brutalen Hohn bis zur Grausamkeit gepaart lag." (Schleich über Strindberg) Das vorliegende Buch versammelt Erinnerungen des Mediziners und Schriftstellers Schleich an seinen Freund August Strindberg,... more...
Colloquial Bulgarian
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 33.95Colloquial Bulgarian provides a step-by-step course in Bulgarian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Bulgarian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language... more...
Deutscher Herbst 1989.
Duncker & Humblot 2010; US$ 81.96Hauptbeschreibung Die Gesellschaft für Deutschlandforschung wurde 1978 in Berlin gegründet. Sie schuf für die Deutschlandforschung ein Forum, auf dem sich ihre Mitglieder und andere interessierte Persönlichkeiten zu regelmäßigen Tagungen treffen sowie Publikationen herausgeben und so die wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit wesentlich fördern. Die Gründung... more...
The Seagull
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 5.99The Seagull is the first of Anton Checkov's four full-length plays. It explores the romantic and artistic tension in the relationships between a young woman, a fading older lady, her playwright son and a popular story writer. The play references Shakespeare's Hamlet both in text and content. It has a cast of eclectic characters whose principle... more...
The Man Who Left Too Soon
John Blake 2011; US$ 9.99The stranger-than-fiction life story of the author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo His three novels are violent, terrifying, brilliantly written, and have sold millions of copies around the world, but Stieg Larrson was not able to witness their international success. Since he died in 2004 the author of the Millennium trilogy... more...
Stieg and Me
Allen & Unwin 2011; US$ 22.72The poignant, personal story of their life together by Stieg Larsson's partner, Eva Gabrielsson. more...









