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Konrad Wolfs DEFA-Klassiker zählt bis heute zu den wichtigsten filmischen Auseinandersetzungen mit der deutsch-deutschen Teilung. »Der geteilte Himmel« wurde von führenden Filmhistorikern und -journalisten im Verbund Deutscher Kinematheken ausgewählt als einer der 100 wichtigsten deutschen Filme aller Zeiten.

In this pioneering study of Ambrose Bierce's stories, Woodruff examines the best and worst of his fiction and traces the causes of Bierce's success and failure as a writer, analyzing his inability to reconcile the extremes of temperament and belief that marked his life and give his stories their characteristic form.

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This foraging and cooking classic was first published in 1964 and has continued to be one of America's most appreciated works on the subject of seafood. As a young man, Euell Gibbons kept his family alive during the Dust-Bowl era by gathering wild foods. In later years he foraged for seafood all over the coastlines of North America and even Hawaii. He drew on his extensive experience and research to write his "Stalking" series, books which hav...

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Here is a thorough, and long-needed, presentation of the nature of the Pueblo gods and myths. The Pueblo Indians, which include the Hopi, Zuni, and Keres groups, and their ancestors are closely bound to the Plateau region of the United States, comprising much of the area in Utah, Colorado, and-especially in recent years-New Mexico and Arizona. The principal god of the Hopi tribe was and is Masau'u, the god of death. Masau'u is also a god of...

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Written by Gustave Flaubert in 1857, Madame Bovary was once condemned for its pointed telling of the protagonist's immoral behavior as she ignores her duties as wife and mother to pursue her superficial romantic ideals. However, many now claim a study of modern European and American fiction to be impossible without an acquaintance with this, the forerunner and model of the realistic novel.

... a sensitive portrayal of provincial Spain, its physical nature, and the psychology and values of its people. It must be said at the outset that Mrs. Lopez-Morillas' rendition is exemplary... a veritable marvel of fidelity to the Spanish text in both letter and spirit.' - The Modern Language Journal

In AD 68, Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, with four emperors-Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian-emerging in succession. Based on authoritative sources, The Histories vividly recounts the details of the "long but single year" of revolution that brought the Roman empire to the brink of collapse.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publish...

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A silly book with a serious purpose—to help children recognize, remember, and really enjoy using a basic vocabulary of 1350 words. Written and illustrated by P. D. Eastman—with help from the Cat (Dr. Seuss)—this decades-old dictionary pairs words with pictures that carry their meaning, making it simple enough even for nonreaders to understand. A wacky cast of characters reappears throughout the book, making this perhaps the only dictionary in ...

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Dieses Wörterbuch soll die Ergebnisse der fast fünfzigjährigen Erforschung des Lydischen übersichtlich und kritisch zusammenfassen und einen festen Grund für die künftige Forschung legen. Das Buch ist außer für die wenigen Eingeweihten auch für weitere Kreise der kleinasiatischen Philologie und der Indogermanistik gedacht, deshalb geht dem eigentlichen Wörterbuch ein Abriß der Laut- und Formenlehre voran. Mit Rücksicht auf den Fernerstehenden ...

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