Product Description: Newly translated by Peter Constantine Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch   The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world’s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement’s most passionate and persuasive critics...read more

Inspired by the brutal ethnic cleansing that took place in 1997 and 1998 in Kosovo, this collection of three stories explores the historical backdrop and implications of the killings for the people involved in both sides of the conflict.

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Focuses on adaptability as the key to success and that effective leadership is sometimes only possible at the expense of moral standards

The second novel in the Gerhard Self detective series, from the author of The Reader.

A compilation of writings by the influential Renaissance philosopher features a number of essays that have never before appeared in English--including 'The Persecution of Africa' and 'A Warning to the Medici Faction'--as well as The Prince, The Mandrake, and excerpts from The Discourses, The Art of War, and selected correspondence. Original. 10,000 first printing.

Two young men, Henry and Paul, are complete strangers when they meet while sharing a sleeping compartment on a night train from Munich to Berlin, and, as they begin to talk, they share their mutual stories of love, loss, friendship, and loneliness in the big city, a conversation that eventually reveals the darkest depths of human behavior. By the author of Crazy. Reprint.

The collected short stories of a master of the form are accompanied by an assortment of letters, plays, diaries, and screenplays in a remarkable, authorized anthology. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Sheds further light on the enigma of Lea Kralj. The narrator of this novel is a young Frenchman who first met her, in curious circumstances, in Madrid, and pursued her obsessively to Paris, Milan and eventually to Slovenia.

Making Out in Vietnamese is a fun, accessible and thorough Vietnamese phrase book and guide to the Vietnamese language as it's really spoken.Anh dien cuong vi em! Chung ta gap lai sau duoc khong?—(I'm crazy about you! Can we meet again?) Answer this correctly in Vietnamese and you may be going on a hot date. Incorrectly, and you could be hurting someone's feelings or getting a slap! Vietnamese classes and textbooks tend to spend a lot of time rehearsing for the same fictitious scenarios but chances are while in Vietnam you will spend a lot more time trying to make new friends or start new romances—something you may not be prepared for. If you are a student, businessman or tourist traveling to Vietnam and would like to have an authentic and meaningful experience, the key is being able to speak like a local. This friendly and easy-to-use Vietnamese phrasebook makes this possible. Making Out in Vietnamese has been carefully designed to act as a guide to modern colloquial Vietnamese for use in everyday informal interactions—giving access to the sort of catchy Vietnamese expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. Each expression is written in Vietnamese next to the English, so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with. This Vietnamese phrasebook includes: A guide to pronouncing Vietnamese words correctly. Explanations of basic Vietnamese grammar, such as, personal pronouns and tones. A guide to male and female usage. Authentic Vietnamese script (Chu Nom) as well as simplified phonetic spellings for all phrases. Useful and interesting notes on Vietnamese language and culture. Lots of colorful, fun and useful expressions not covered in other phrasebooks.Titles in this unique series of bestselling phrase books include: Making Out in Chinese, Making Out in Indonesian, Making Out in Thai, Making Out in Korean, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Japanese, Making Out in Vietnamese, Making Out in Burmese, Making Out in Tagalog, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Arabic, Making Out in English, More Making Out in Korean, and More Making Out in Japanese.

Product Description: The books in the Making Out series are fun and accessible guides to languages as they're spoken on the street. These classic phrase books have been updated and expanded for use in informal situations such as bars, parties, or anywhere else one needs to know slang to survive! The books also now feature phrases written in their native script as well as in English, so the book can be shown to the person you are trying to communicate with...read more

Product Description: This unique bilingual anthology presents the achievements of Greek poetry in the 20th century. Included are 109 poets and 456 poems, with the Greek original and the English translation on opposite pages. Included are the internationally recognized C...read more

Product Description: Making Out in Indonesian is a fun, accessible and thorough Indonesian phrasebook and guide to the Indonesian language as it's really spoken.Kamu sangat menarik! Bisa kita ketemu lagi?—(You're very attractive! Shall we meet again?) Answer this correctly in Indonesian and you may be going on a hot date...read more

A collection of interlinking short stories, first published in the 1920s, draws on the author's own experiences as a journalist and propagandist with the Red Army during the war against Poland to capture the turbulent, violent era of early Soviet history, in a volume that contains the complete Red Cavalry cycle, Babel's original 1920 diary of the period, and his preliminary sketches for the story. Original.

Mixes Haitian folklore with current social issues in three stories in which characters encounter executions and forced captivity while fighting for a better life for themselves and for their people.

Presents the Russian author's stories in new translations, including a chronology and notes on the texts.

Find out how to hang out, pick up dates and get your way - all in Korean. Whether it's pillow talk, or how to start a conversation, this handy book has all the answers. Learn this spontaneous language for situations such as meeting and greeting, party talk, lover's language and dining out.

The love affair and life-long relationship between Hannah Arendt and Heinrich Blncher is chronicled in this collection of letters spanning more than three decades of economic distress, war, and reconstruction in Europe. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

A travel guide to the moon covers preparing for the trip and life in space while recommending lunar attractions, accommodations, sidetrips, and shopping options (view table of contents)

Introduces English-speaking readers to thirty-eight short stories, published in Russian magazines in the 1880s in the beginning of the great writer's career, that established him as a modernist innovator through their unconventional approach to the form. IP. (view table of contents)

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