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Günter Grass und Die Berliner Republik
Günter Grass war nicht nur Schriftsteller und Künstler, sondern er äußerte sich auch kontinuierlich als Intellektueller zur Politik im In- und Ausland. Der "politische Günter Grass" wurde vielfach in den Medien kritisiert, bislang aber nicht wissenschaftlich fundiert erforscht. Sein Engagement wird vor allem auf die Ära Brandt reduziert, dabei prägte er auch in der Berliner Republik öffentliche Diskurse und stand im direkten Kontakt zu einer Vielzahl von SPD-Politikern. Er unterstützte sie nicht nur öffentlichkeitswirksam im Wahlkampf, sondern beriet sie auch bei informellen Treffen. Seine Resonanz war nicht auf Deutschland beschränkt, sondern als internationaler Intellektueller n...
Nathan Zuntz
This book focuses on the life and work of Nathan Zuntz (1847-1920), a German physiologist, who made significant contributions to high altitude physiology and aviation medicine. He achieved fame for his invention of the Zuntz-Geppert respiratory apparatus in 1886 and the first treadmill (Laufband) in 1889. He also invented an X-ray apparatus to observe cardiac changes during exercise and constructed a climate chamber to study exercise under varying and sometimes extreme climates. - Focuses on Zuntz's contribution to high altitude physiology and aviation medicine
Of All That Ends
“A final book like no other” from the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Tin Drum: poetry and meditations on writing, aging, and living until the end (The Irish Times). In spite of the trials of old age, and with the end in sight, Günter Grass weaves his life’s reflections together into a witty and elegiac swansong: love letters, soliloquies, jealous musings, social satire, and moments of happiness long to be shared. As the inimitable German fabulist lives his remaining days, his passion for writing spurs in him new life. His final work is a creation filled with wisdom and defiance. In a striking interplay of poetry, lyric prose, and drawings, this diverse assemblage is a moving farewell gift—a sensual, melancholy summation of a life fully lived. “Elegant musings on dying and, most poignantly, living.” —Kirkus Reviews “A glorious gift, a final salute true to the singular creativity of the most human, and humane, of artists.” —The Irish Times “A thoughtful, uncompromising meditation on death and aging . . . He describes loss, change, and memory with a combination of melancholy and wit.” —Publishers Weekly
Individuals and Materials in the Greco-Roman Cults of Isis (SET)
In Individuals and Materials in the Greco-Roman Cults of Isis Valentino Gasparini and Richard Veymiers present a collection of reflections on the individuals and groups which animated one of Antiquity’s most dynamic, significant and popular religious phenomena: the reception of the cults of Isis and other Egyptian gods throughout the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. These communities, whose members seem to share the same religious identity, for a long time have been studied in a monolithic way through the prism of the Cumontian category of the “Oriental religions”. The 26 contributions of this book, divided into three sections devoted to the “agents”, their “images” and their “practices”, shed new light on this religious movement that appears much more heterogeneous and colorful than previously recognized.
The Rat
A female rat engages the narrator in a series of dialogues--convincingly demonstrating to him that the rats will inherit a devastated earth. Dreams alternate with reality in this story within a story within a story. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 6. Young Germany
Georg Brandes, a Danish critic, and scholar, in the book "Main Currents in Nineteenth-Century Literature - 6. Young Germany" discusses German history. In this volume, he reflects on some of the German works of literature in line with the existing climate of opinion. A book to foster deeper knowledge about the history of Germany and her culture.
The Flounder
An immortal fisherman catches an immortal talking fish in the Stone Age, and they live eternally until modern times in Germany, bound by the man's insatiable pregnant wife and entanglements with various female cooks. The narrating fisherman uses his predicament to comment on gender and nutrition in society, as well as gloat over the fish's second capture and subsequent trial by women for his historical role in subjugating women.
