Rainer Maria Rilke hinterließ seiner Nachwelt ein bedeutendes Werk aus Prosa, Lyrik, Essays, Briefen und Tagebüchern, darunter so bekannte Gedichte wie Der Panther oder Das Karussell oder unvergessliche ins Wort gehobene Gesten wie etwa »Wie soll ich meine Seele halten, dass / sie nicht an deine rührt?«. Diese Auswahl aus seinem umfangreichen lyrischen Werk ermöglicht viele Entdeckungen und...

»In diesem Buche des jungen Autors, der hiermit zum ersten Male vor die Öffentlichkeit tritt, werden die geistigen und sittlichen Versuchungen eines Pensionatszöglings in außerordentlich feinen und eigenartigen Wandlungen dargestellt. Es ist ein durchaus künstlerisches Werk, ein in seiner Wahrheit und originellen Anschaulichkeit packendes Seelengemälde, dessen realer Hintergrund das Interesse...

Den Novellenband Drei Frauen publizierte Musil 1924 als kleine Sammlung der bereits andernorts erschienenen Erzählungen Grigia, Die Portugiesin und Tonka.

»Schach! Schach dem König!« An Bord eines Passagierdampfers von New York nach Buenos Aires wird Schach gespielt. Was als harmloser Zeitvertreib wohlhabender Reisender beginnt, ruft in Dr. B. traumatische Erinnerungen an seine Zeit als Gefangener der Gestapo in Österreich wach.

The fourth book in the beloved Harry Potter series, now illustrated in glorious full color by award-winning artist Jim Kay. With over 150 illustrations!

The fifth book in the beloved, bestselling Harry Potter series, now illustrated in brilliant full color.

The third book in the bestselling Harry Potter series, now illustrated in glorious full color by award-winning artist Jim Kay!

Training tests of the III certification level are part of the official set of materials of the Russian system of testing citizens of foreign countries in the Russian language. The book includes two versions of tests at this level. When developing options, the experience gained over several years of testing foreigners was taken into account. The proposed materials have been tested at the Faculty...

The dictionary includes 868 phraseological homonyms of different types. Each dictionary entry contains an interpretation of a phraseological unit, a type of categorical meaning, grammatical, stylistic characteristics, etc. Quotes from literary texts, the press, and colloquial speech are used as illustrations. There are no analogues to this dictionary in modern lexicography

In this groundbreaking memoir, Starobinets chronicles the devastating loss of her unborn son to a fatal birth defect. After her son’s death, Starobinets suffers from nightmares and panic attacks; the memoir describes her struggle to find sympathy, community, and psychological support for herself and her family. A finalist for the 2018 National Bestseller Prize, Look at Him ignited a firestorm...

In the finale of the four-book Beastly Crimes series, Chief Badger faces his most bizarre case yet, in which someone is plucking and burning the feathers of birds in the Far Woods. To make things even worse, the top suspect is his former assistant, young Badgercat. Chief Badger knows that Badgercat can't possibly be the Plucker, so who plucked Lady Cuckoo and attacked the owl twins, Chuck...

Flush with success from having solved the case of the murdered Rabbit, crotchety detective Chief Badger and his impetuous young assistant, Badgercat, anticipate the return of peace and quiet to their community. But trouble recurs with a visit from Huntington Farm's bloodthirsty security team, who bring accusations of theft and harsh demands for justice. Guard dog Muxtar and hunting hound Polkan...