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The Tin Drum

Günter Grass

Contemporary Fiction

Meet Oskar Matzerath, “the eternal three-year-old drummer.” On the morning of his third birthday, dressed in a

german, historical, magicrealism

The Interpretation of Dreams

Sigmund Freud

Psychology

One hundred years ago Sigmund Freud published The Interpretations of Dreams, a book that, like Darwins The Orig

dreams, german, psychoanalysis

Minima Moralia

Reflections from Damaged Life

Theodor Adorno

Philosophy

A reflection on everyday existence in the sphere of consumption of late Capitalism, this work is Adornos litera

german, sociology

Phenomenology and the Crisis of Philosophy

Edmund Husserl

Philosophy

The first essay can be said to represent Husserl early in his career, when he was seeking to gain a hearing for

continental, german

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann

Contemporary Fiction

In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devoted exclusive

german

The Grundrisse

Karl Marx

Philosophy

Written during the winter of 1857-8, the Grundrisse was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaborati

communism, economics, german, marxism, politics

The World as Will and Representation

Volume 1

Arthur Schopenhauer

Philosophy

Arthur Schopenhauers Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical works of the

aesthetics, ethics, german, idealism, metaphysics, psychology

Lotte in Weimar

Thomas Mann

Contemporary Fiction

Thomas Mann, fascinated with the concept of genius and with the richness of German culture, found in Johann Wol

german, germany, nobel

Dog Years

Günter Grass

Contemporary Fiction

A novel set in three parts, beginning in the 1920s and ending in the 1950s, that follows the lives of two frien

german, magicrealism, nobel

The History of Germany Since 1789

Golo Mann

History

The History of Germany Since 1789, which was revised and expanded for the English edition, is history in the ro

german, germany, socialdemocrat

Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant

Philosophy

Kants Critique of Pure Reason (1781) is the central text of modern philosophy. It presents a profound and chall

enlightenment, german, trancendental idealism

History of the Byzantine State

Goerge Ostrogorsky

History

With clarity and logic, George Ostrogorsky succinctly traces the intricate thousand-year course of the Byzantin

catholic, constantinople, german, roman

Faust / Part One

Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Classic Fiction

Goethes activities as poet, statesman, theatre director, critic, and scientist show him to be a genius of amazi

german, theatre

The Philosophy of History

Goerg Friedrich Hegel

Philosophy

Hegel wrote this classic as an introduction to a series of lectures on the philosophy of history — a nov

german, historiography, history, idealism, materialism

Hegels Phenomenology of Spirit

Goerg Friedrich Hegel

Philosophy

Perhaps one of the most revolutionary works of philosophy ever presented, The Phenomenology of Spirit is Hegels

epistemology, german, idealism, materialism

Being and Time

Martin Heidegger

Philosophy

One of the most important philosophical works of our time, a work that has had tremendous influence on philosop

continental, german, hermeneutics, phenomonology, psychology

A Nietzsche Reader

Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy

The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellect

existentialism, german, germany, nihilism