One morning in December, the long winter sleep of the Moomin family was interrupted. The world outside the walls of the house changed beyond recognition: something white and mysterious covered the entire Moomin Valley, there and there were dreamers and gemuls, hung with gifts and packages with festive snacks and drinks. Everyone was in excited anticipation of something headed for Moomin...

The monograph focuses on the variety of prevailing perceptions about topics such as: the state of Israel, one's relationship to the country of residence, the Jewish religion, the aftermath of the Holocaust, and the influx of post-soviet immigrants. Cohen-

Written in 1914, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, Kafka's nightmare has resonated with...

A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . the gruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of...

Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.

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...

Having won a two-third majority in Parliament at the 2010 elections, the Hungarian political party Fidesz removed many of the institutional obstacles of exerting power. Just like the party, the state itself was placed under the control of a single individ

Zur großen Ausstellung im Deutschen Historischen Museum, kuratiert von Dr. Monika Boll, erscheint dieser besondere Band über einen der bekanntesten Liedermacher Deutschlands: Wolf Biermann.

У коварных грабителей новый план: они прокрадутся на ферму и украдут самую красивую красную курицу. К счастью, умная божья коровка уже в курсе их идеи и не позволит нарушить покой родной фермы

The twenty-five essays accompany, illustrate and underpin the conceptual framework elaborated in Post-Communist Mafia State, published in conjunction with this volume. Leading specialists analyze the manifestations of the current political regime in Hunga

Die erste große Biographie über die faszinierendste Autorin der DDR. Carsten Gansels umfassende Biographie liefert die spannende Neubewertung des Lebens einer Schriftstellerin in seinen Höhen und Tiefen und eines komplexen Werkes, das derzeit international entdeckt und gefeiert wird.