Kafkas bekanntester Text in einer sorgfältig edierten Ausgabe„Als Gregor Samsa eines morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem... Bett zu einem Ungeziefer verwandelt.“ Mit seiner Verwandlung in einen Käfer protestiert der Handlungsreisende Samsa gegen seinen Beruf, mit dem er die ganze Familie ernährt, er protestiert gegen Vater, Mutter und Schwester, die auf seine Kosten leben – er revoltiert gegen sein ganzes Leben. Aber sein Protest bleibt wirkungslos und führt schließlich zum Tod.Mit einem Nachwort, einer Zeittafel zu Kafka, einem Stellenkommentar und bibliographischen Hinweisen von Dr. Ewald Rösch.

The second in performing sequence, and the most popular and frequently performed of the Ring operas, superbly reprinted here in the authoritative C. F.... Peters edition published in Leipzig, ca. 1910.

In 1987 Gudrun Pausewang responded to the Chernobyl disaster by constructing her anti-nuclear novel "Die Wolke", around a fictitious accident in a real... German nuclear power station at Grafenrheinfeld, Pausewang did not find it easy to write such a horrific scenario: "Um ein Haar hatte ich etwa nach der Halfte aufgehort weiterzuschreiben", she writes, and yet she completed the novel. The book is part of a series and contains the text of "Die Wolke", an introduction on the background to the incident, notes and a follow-up section in German, the "Arbeitsteil", which is intended to enhance language skills.

PUBLISHED IN SPANISH. Diez Comedias--the only volume of its kind--contains an ideal selection of the best-known plays of the most representative... Spanish dramatists of the Golden Age. Apart from the ten well-chosen texts, readers will find the introductions to each play and the footnotes to be most helpful.

Diez cuentos de Eva Luna (Ten Stories of Eva Luna) is an anthology of 10 short stories by the renowned Chilean writer, Isabel Allende. Best known for... her novel, The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende is the first Latin-American woman writer to be widely published and translated. Her unique style has now gained her a reader acceptance on a par with contemporary Latin-American male writers. Designed to be used at the intermediate or advanced level, Diez cuentos de Eva Luna also includes a concise review of key elements of grammar. The stories in this anthology are all highly readable and deal with a broad range of traditional Spanish-American literary themes: love, hate, vengeance, justice, oppression, solidarity.

Singer-songwriter Jos&eacute-Luis Orozco has assembled a collection of finger rhymes and other action songs from Latin America. Including favorites... such as "The Wheels on the Bus" as well as folk songs from a variety of Spanish-speaking countries, Diez Deditos is a treat for the eyes, ears, and fingers. Lyrics are presented in both English and Spanish, and easy-to-follow musical accompaniment and diagrams for the corresponding actions are also provided. As in the companion volume De Colores, bright collage illustrations by Elisa Kleven complete the appeal of this fun-filled book.

As Europe becomes increasingly diverse, understanding the effects of differences among citizens within European democracy crucial. The contributors to... Difference and Democracy take a novel interdisciplinary approach to this important dimension of social interaction, drawing on political science, sociology, communications studies, legal studies, and art history. Contrary to alarmist accounts of difference in Europe, these essays explore its potentially positive impact, outlining the conditions under which differences could lead to effective and legitimate political action.