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Marseille 1940

The Flight of Literature

by Uwe Wittstock ...

Translated by Daniel Bowles ...

June 1940: France surrenders to Germany. The Gestapo is searching for Heinrich Mann and Franz Werfel, Hannah Arendt, Lion Feuchtwanger and many other writers and artists who had sought asylum in France since 1933. The young American journalist Varian Fry arrives in Marseille with the aim of rescuing as many as possible. This is the harrowing story of their flight from the Nazis under the most ... Read more

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June 1940: France surrenders to Germany. The Gestapo is searching for Heinrich Mann and Franz Werfel, Hannah Arendt, Lion Feuchtwanger and many other writers and artists who had sought asylum in France since 1933. The young American journalist Varian Fry arrives in Marseille with the aim of rescuing as many as possible. This is the harrowing story of their flight from the Nazis under the most
... Read more
Eurotrash

A Novel

by Christian Kracht ...

Translated by Daniel Bowles ...

**A probing masterpiece-in-miniature of self-reflection and cultural reckoning.The Times [UK] • 12 Best Books of 2024Financial Times • Best Books of 2024 [Fiction in Translation]A Vanity Fair "Can't Miss Novel to Read"Literary Hub • Best Book Covers of October 2024**From “the great German-language writer of his generation” (Joshua Cohen) comes the second novel of Christian Kracht’s career narrated ... Read more

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**A probing masterpiece-in-miniature of self-reflection and cultural reckoning.The Times [UK] • 12 Best Books of 2024Financial Times • Best Books of 2024 [Fiction in Translation]A Vanity Fair "Can't Miss Novel to Read"Literary Hub • Best Book Covers of October 2024**From “the great German-language writer of his generation” (Joshua Cohen) comes the second novel of Christian Kracht’s career narrated
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How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold

Tale of a Redemption

by Philipp Felsch ...

Translated by Daniel Bowles ...

Nietzsche’s reputation, like much of Europe, lay in ruins in 1945. Giving a platform to a philosopher venerated by the Nazis was not an attractive prospect for Germans eager to cast off Hitler’s shadow. It was only when two ambitious antifascist Italians, Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, began to comb through the archives that anyone warmed to the idea of rehabilitating Nietzsche as a major ... Read more

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Nietzsche’s reputation, like much of Europe, lay in ruins in 1945. Giving a platform to a philosopher venerated by the Nazis was not an attractive prospect for Germans eager to cast off Hitler’s shadow. It was only when two ambitious antifascist Italians, Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, began to comb through the archives that anyone warmed to the idea of rehabilitating Nietzsche as a major
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Akiko's Quiet Happiness

The Japan Trilogy, Vol. 1

by Jan-Philipp Sendker ...

Translated by Daniel Bowles ...

Two lonely former classmates reconnect in Tokyo and unravel a family secret in this touching new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats.Still grieving the death of her mother, 29-year-old Akiko is single and lives in self-imposed isolation in Tokyo. Then one evening, she unexpectedly runs into Kento, her first love from school. Kento now leads a ... Read more

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Two lonely former classmates reconnect in Tokyo and unravel a family secret in this touching new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats.Still grieving the death of her mother, 29-year-old Akiko is single and lives in self-imposed isolation in Tokyo. Then one evening, she unexpectedly runs into Kento, her first love from school. Kento now leads a
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The Dead

A Novel

by Christian Kracht ...

Translated by Daniel Bowles ...

"A great Faustian fable, and a literary endeavor of historical ingenuity that we now may start to characterize as Krachtian." —Karl Ove KnausgaardIn Berlin, Germany, in the early 1930s, the acclaimed Swiss film director Emil Nägeli receives the assignment of a lifetime: travel to Japan and make a film to establish the dominance of Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire once and for all. But his handlers are ... Read more

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"A great Faustian fable, and a literary endeavor of historical ingenuity that we now may start to characterize as Krachtian." —Karl Ove KnausgaardIn Berlin, Germany, in the early 1930s, the acclaimed Swiss film director Emil Nägeli receives the assignment of a lifetime: travel to Japan and make a film to establish the dominance of Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire once and for all. But his handlers are
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Do You Like Banana, Comrades?

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

by Csaba Szekely ...

Narrated by Brian Bowles, Daniel Rabin, Freddy White, Jane Wittenshaw, Julia Tarnoky, Luke Newberry, Michael Begley ...

Unabridged

43 min

It's difficult being young and in love when your Dad is a high ranking official in Ceausescu's communist machine, your mother weeps all the time and your brother is trying to kill you. This wild and sideways look at life behind the Iron Curtain during Ceausescu's regime is a first play by a young Hungarian writer living in Romania and was shortlisted for the BBC World Service/British Council's ... Read more

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It's difficult being young and in love when your Dad is a high ranking official in Ceausescu's communist machine, your mother weeps all the time and your brother is trying to kill you. This wild and sideways look at life behind the Iron Curtain during Ceausescu's regime is a first play by a young Hungarian writer living in Romania and was shortlisted for the BBC World Service/British Council's
... Read more
February 1933

The Winter of Literature

by Uwe Wittstock ...

Translated by Daniel Bowles ...

It all happened in a flash. February 1933 was the month in which the fate of German writers, as for so many others, was decided. In a tensely spun narrative, Uwe Wittstock tells the story of a demise which was predicted by some but also scarcely thought possible. He reveals how, in a matter of weeks, the glittering Weimar literary scene gave way to a long, dark winter, and how the net drew ever ... Read more

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It all happened in a flash. February 1933 was the month in which the fate of German writers, as for so many others, was decided. In a tensely spun narrative, Uwe Wittstock tells the story of a demise which was predicted by some but also scarcely thought possible. He reveals how, in a matter of weeks, the glittering Weimar literary scene gave way to a long, dark winter, and how the net drew ever
... Read more
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The History of Rome, volume 4 (Unabridged)

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by Titus Livius ...

Narrated by Roberta Miller, Jeannie Presley, Dawn Bowling, Daniel Haun ...

Unabridged

21 hours 19 min

The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering the period from the supposed arrival of Aeneas and the Trojansall the way to the time of Augustus, finishing with the death of Drusus, contemporary to Livy himself. Only 35 of the 142 books written by the author arrived to our times. This translation, by the Rev ... Read more

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The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering the period from the supposed arrival of Aeneas and the Trojansall the way to the time of Augustus, finishing with the death of Drusus, contemporary to Livy himself. Only 35 of the 142 books written by the author arrived to our times. This translation, by the Rev
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The Dead

A Novel

by Christian Kracht ...

Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

Unabridged

3 hours 50 min

In The Dead, the follow-up to his acclaimed novel Imperium (a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year), Christian Kracht mines the feverish film culture of the 1930s to produce a Gothic tale of global conspiracy, personal loss, and historical entanglements large and small.In Berlin, Germany, in the early 1930s, the acclaimed Swiss film director Emil Nägeli receives the assignment of a lifetime: ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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In The Dead, the follow-up to his acclaimed novel Imperium (a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year), Christian Kracht mines the feverish film culture of the 1930s to produce a Gothic tale of global conspiracy, personal loss, and historical entanglements large and small.In Berlin, Germany, in the early 1930s, the acclaimed Swiss film director Emil Nägeli receives the assignment of a lifetime:
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Staging Social Justice

Collaborating to Create Activist Theatre

by Carly Halse, Megan Hanley, Cristina Pippa, Diane Finnerty, Lindsey Barlag Thornton, Amanda Dunne Acevedo, Ann Elizabeth Armstrong, Bryan Moore, Tracey Calhoun, David Kaye, Susan V. Iverson, Michael Ellison, Bernardo Solano, Paula Weston Solano, Xanthia Angel Walker, Selina Busby, Catherine McNamara, Kathleen Juhl, Lindsey Smith, Rod Ainsworth, Jude Pippen, Rebecca Root, Erasmo Tacconelli, Jessy Ardern, Brooke Kiener, Laura Reed Goodson, Natalya Brusilovsky, Crystal Grills, Daniel-Raymond Flint ...

Series series Theater in the Americas
Normal.dotm0011901163SIU Press195141012.00false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalseFringe Benefits, an award-winning theatre company, collaborates with schools and communities to create plays that promote constructive dialogue about diversity and discrimination issues. Staging Social Justice is a groundbreaking collection of essays about Fringe Benefits’ script-devising methodology and their collaborations ... Read more

$16.59 USD

Normal.dotm0011901163SIU Press195141012.00false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalseFringe Benefits, an award-winning theatre company, collaborates with schools and communities to create plays that promote constructive dialogue about diversity and discrimination issues. Staging Social Justice is a groundbreaking collection of essays about Fringe Benefits’ script-devising methodology and their collaborations
... Read more
Imperium

A Fiction of the South Seas

by Christian Kracht ...

Translated by Daniel Bowles ...

One of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Books of the Year: An uncategorizable, "astonishing and captivating" novel of obsession, adventure, and coconuts (Karl Ove Knausgaard, New York Times–bestselling author of My Struggle).In 1902, a radical vegetarian and nudist from Nuremberg named August Engelhardt set sail for what was then called the Bismarck Archipelago. His destination: the island Kabakon. ... Read more

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One of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Books of the Year: An uncategorizable, "astonishing and captivating" novel of obsession, adventure, and coconuts (Karl Ove Knausgaard, New York Times–bestselling author of My Struggle).In 1902, a radical vegetarian and nudist from Nuremberg named August Engelhardt set sail for what was then called the Bismarck Archipelago. His destination: the island Kabakon.
... Read more
So You Want To Be In Musicals?

by Ruthie Henshall ...

Series series So You Want To Be...? career guides
An insider's guide to achieving that dream career – by one of the brightest stars in musical theatre.Being in a West End or Broadway musical is the dream of thousands of talented performers. But competition is intense and reaching the spotlight can often require a leap into the dark. So You Want To Be In Musicals? by Ruthie Henshall is your comprehensive guide to building – and sustaining – a ... Read more

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An insider's guide to achieving that dream career – by one of the brightest stars in musical theatre.Being in a West End or Broadway musical is the dream of thousands of talented performers. But competition is intense and reaching the spotlight can often require a leap into the dark. So You Want To Be In Musicals? by Ruthie Henshall is your comprehensive guide to building – and sustaining – a
... Read more

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