The Salaried Masses: Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany
By: Siegfried Kracauer
3.91
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
First published in 1930, Siegfried Kracauer’s work was greeted with great acclaim and soon attained…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Es gibt eine Menge phantastischer E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Figuren unter den Angestellten vorgerückteren Alters. Irgendwo sind sie steckengeblieben und erfüllen seitdem ununterbrochen banale Funktionen, die alles andere eher als unheimlich sind."-Siegfried Kracauer, The Salaried Masses: Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany
"Es gibt eine Menge phantastischer E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Figuren unter den Angestellten vorgerückteren Alters. Irgendwo sind sie steckengeblieben und erfüllen seitdem ununterbrochen banale Funktionen, die alles andere eher als unheimlich sind."-Siegfried Kracauer, The Salaried Masses: Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany
"Es gibt eine Menge phantastischer E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Figuren unter den Angestellten vorgerückteren Alters. Irgendwo sind sie steckengeblieben und erfüllen seitdem ununterbrochen banale Funktionen, die alles andere eher als unheimlich sind."-Siegfried Kracauer, The Salaried Masses: Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany
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1. Prins Charles känsla
By: Liv Strömquist
4.34
Format: 133 pages, Paperback
"What is love?" frågade sig den tyske eurodanceartisten Haddaway redan år 1993. I Prins Charles kän… read more
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"Se puede decir directamente que una relación romántica es una minirreligión privada."-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla
"El "amor" surge, pues, del proceso de negociación de un contrato de exclusividad más o menos permanente de la propiedad sexual entre individuos libres."-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla
"Pourquoi ? Peut-être parce qu'à travers la domination, on peut avoir un sentiment qui rappelle la liberté alors que l'homme ne peut sans doute jamais vraiment "se libérer", de la mort par exemple. En…"-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla
"Cette petite religion possède un caractère unique : les deux membres du couple en incarnent tous les deux l'idéal. Le droit de propriété sur le corps de son partenaire, protégé par une défense rituel…"-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla
2. The Marquise of O— and Other Stories
By: Heinrich von Kleist , None , Nigel Reeves
3.54
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baff… read more
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"In M---, an important town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise of O---, a lady of unblemished reputation and the mother of several well-brought-up children, inserted the following announcement in…"-Heinrich von Kleist, The Marquise of O— and Other Stories
3. The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945
By: Saul Friedländer
4.24
Format: 870 pages, Hardcover
With The Years of Extermination, Saul Friedländer completes his major historical work on Nazi Germa… read more
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"Esa sensación de extrañeza me parece que refleja la percepción por parte de las desventuradas víctimas del régimen, al menos durante los años treinta, de una realidad tan absurda como ominosa, de un …"-Saul Friedländer, The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945
4. Six Memos For The Next Millennium
By: Italo Calvino
3.71
Format: 656 pages,
Six Memos for the Millenniumis a collection of five lectures Italo Calvino was about to deliver at … read more
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5. Species of Spaces and Other Pieces
By: Georges Perec , John Sturrock
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Georges Perec, author of the highly acclaimed Life: A User's Manual, was only forty-six when he die… read more
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6. I'm Not Stiller
By: Max Frisch , Michael Bullock
3.62
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Arrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, a prisoner begins this book with an exclamation: "I'… read more
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7. Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
By: Trina Schart Hyman , Astrid Lindgren , Patricia Crampton
4.54
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
Ronia, who lives with her father and his band of robbers in a castle in the woods, causes trouble w… read more
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8. Jamilia
By: Chingiz Aitmatov , James Riordan
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Jamilia is the first major novel by Chingiz Aytmatov, published originally in Russian in 1958. The … read more
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9. Der Untertan
By: Heinrich Mann
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
"Hurraahhhh!!! Da kommt der Kaiser!!!" Diederich Hessling, ein ewig deutsches Thema. Kurt Tucholsky… read more
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10. Returning to Reims
By: Didier Eribon , George Chauncey , None
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
On thinking the matter through, it doesn't seem exaggerated to assert that my coming out of the sex… read more
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11. The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #1)
By: Hugh Lofting , Michael Hague
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
Doctor John Dolittle loves animals. He loves them so much that his home and office overflow with an… read more
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12. Regarding the Pain of Others
By: Susan Sontag
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
Twenty-five years after her classic On Photography, Susan Sontag returns to the subject of visual r… read more
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13. The Artificial Silk Girl
By: Irmgard Keun , None , None
3.82
Format: 4 pages,
In 1931, a young woman writer living in Germany was inspired by Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blond… read more
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14. Mythologies
By: Roland Barthes , Annette Lavers
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
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15. Vernon Subutex, 2 (Vernon Subutex, #2)
By: Virginie Despentes
3.10
Format: None pages,
QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more
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16. Vernon Subutex, 1 (Vernon Subutex, #1)
By: Virginie Despentes
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more
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17. Sweet Days of Discipline
By: Tim Parks , Fleur Jaeggy
4.50
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enou… read more
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18. Radio Sarajevo
By: Tijan Sila
4.47
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
„Eine Jugend zwischen Blauhelmen und Bon Jovi. Tijan Sila erzählt rau, verletzlich, unverstellt.“ (… read more
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19. Echtzeitalter
By: Tonio Schachinger
3.96
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
Ein elitäres Wiener Internat, untergebracht in der ehemaligen Sommerresidenz der Habsburger, der Kl… read more
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20. The Faces
By: Tove Ditlevsen
3.92
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
It's Copenhagen, 1968. Lise, a children's book writer and married mother of three, is becoming incr… read more
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21. De Effingers
By: Gabriele Tergit
3.96
Format: 733 pages, Hardcover
De Effingers volgt de levens van drie joodse families over vier generaties: de Berlijnse Oppners en… read more
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22. 1000 Serpentinen Angst
By: Olivia Wenzel
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
»Ich habe mehr Privilegien, als je eine Person in meiner Familie hatte. Und trotzdem bin ich am Ars… read more
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23. Scheiß auf Selflove, gib mir Klassenkampf: Eine neue Kapitalismuskritik (German Edition)
By: Jean-Philippe Kindler
4.27
Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition
Selflove? Warum? Wenn jeder nur an sich denkt, ist an niemanden gedacht. Wir müssen das individuell… read more
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24. Views
By: Marc-Uwe Kling
4.10
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
Ein schockierendes Verbrechen – und alle werden es sehen Die 16-jährige Lena Palmer verschwindet… read more
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"Ist falsche Hoffnung nicht ein Übel?"-Marc-Uwe Kling, Views
25. The Salaried Masses: Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany
By: Siegfried Kracauer
3.91
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
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"Es gibt eine Menge phantastischer E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Figuren unter den Angestellten vorgerückteren Alters. Irgendwo sind sie steckengeblieben und erfüllen seitdem ununterbrochen banale Funktionen, die a…"-Siegfried Kracauer, The Salaried Masses: Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany
26. To Carl Schmitt: Letters and Reflections (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture)
By: Jacob Taubes
3.92
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
A philosopher, rabbi, religious historian, and Gnostic, Jacob Taubes was for many years a correspon… read more
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"The first few lines of the third chapter run as follows: All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts not only because of their historical developme…"-Jacob Taubes, To Carl Schmitt: Letters and Reflections (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture)
27. "Einige Herren sagten etwas dazu": Die Autorinnen der Gruppe 47 (German Edition)
By: Nicole Seifert
4.63
Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition
Nicole Seifert erzählt die Geschichte der Gruppe 47 aus einer neuen der der Frauen. Ihr Ergebnis k… read more
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28. Ungleich vereint
By: Steffen Mau
4.26
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Die Diskussion über Ostdeutschland und das Verhältnis zwischen Ost und West flammt immer wieder auf… read more
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29. Trophäe
By: Gaea Schoeters
4.11
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
Gaea Schoetersʼ preisgekrönter Roman ist von einer außerordentlichen erzählerischen Wucht. Die Tief… read more
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30. Tod eines Kritikers
By: Martin Walser
2.69
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Frankfurt am Main. 21 cm. 218 S. 21 cm. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta … read more
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31. Schule des Südens: Die kolonialen Wurzeln der französischen Theorie
By: Onur Erdur
3.72
Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition
In seiner Ideengeschichte in acht Porträts erschließt Onur Erdur eine neue Geografie des französisc… read more
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