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Wilhelm Raabe: ‘The Birdsong Papers’

By: Wilhelm Raabe

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Wilhelm Raabe: ‘The Birdsong Papers’

By: Wilhelm Raabe

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MHRA

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1781880360

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9781781880364

The Odin Field

A Story

By: Wilhelm Raabe

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The Odin Field

A Story

By: Wilhelm Raabe

The Odin Field deals with a major period of German history: it reveals much about German customs, manners, and outlook during the eighteenth century, and yet it also deals with timeless ethical issues in a subtle and convincing manner. The work has never previously been translated into English. A detailed introduction and a generous number of notes provide context and background for the contemporary reader."--BOOK JACKET.

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214

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Camden House

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1571132228

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9781571132222

German Moonlight

Höxter and Corvey ; At the Sign of the Wild Man

By: Wilhelm Raabe

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German Moonlight

Höxter and Corvey ; At the Sign of the Wild Man

By: Wilhelm Raabe

This volume assembles English translations of three of Wilhem Raabe's narratives. German Moonlight is a tongue-in-cheek study of lunacy and split personality; Höxter and Corvey is a reconstruction of civil unrest and anti-Jewish violence in the seventeenth century which advocates tolerance and sobriety in troubled times; and At the Sign of the Wild Man is an inverted genre piece in which a rural idyll is devastated by an agent of global capitalism.

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MHRA

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190732254X

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9781907322549

The Hunger Pastor (German Classics)

By: Wilhelm Raabe

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The Hunger Pastor (German Classics)

By: Wilhelm Raabe

Wilhelm Raabe's novel entitled Der Hungerpastor (1864) is a classic example of the so-called "poetic realism" to which many - primarily bourgeois - German writers were devoted between 1850 and 1890. --- Wilhelm Raabe (1831 - 1910) became famous following the publication of his first novel, Die Chronik der Sperlingsgasse (The Sparrow Lane Chronicle), in 1856. His late works are known for their social criticism, while earlier novels, such as The Hunger Pastor, were intended to be primarily educational. --- With the figure of Hans Unwirrsch in The Hunger Pastor, Raabe completely lives up to his motto - "Look up to the stars. Pay attention to the streets." The budding pastor, who was born into poverty, "hungers" for knowledge and a respected place in society, but he constantly stumbles over obstacles that his own life, as well as the lives of his family and friends, place before him. --- Raabe's rambling style makes his works difficult reading for many contemporary readers. In this version of The Hunger Pastor, several chapters have therefore been summarized by the translator, while the most important ones are published in their original length. --- Despite some anti-Semitic elements, which were commonly found in the works of some 19th century bourgeois writers in Germany, The Hunger Pastor is and remains a German literature classic.

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Mondial

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1595690751

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9781595690753

The Odin Field

A Story

By: Wilhelm Raabe

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A Story

By: Wilhelm Raabe

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1571132228

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Kleinere Erzählungen

Zweiter Band

By: Wilhelm Raabe

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Kleinere Erzählungen

Zweiter Band

By: Wilhelm Raabe

Reproduction of the original: Kleinere Erzählungen by Wilhelm Raabe

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3732675726

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9783732675722

The German Question

By: Wilhelm Röpke

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The German Question

By: Wilhelm Röpke

Translated from the second edition.""First published in Great Britain in 1946. Published in Switzerland in 1945 under the title Die deutsche frage.

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Ludwig von Mises Institute

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1610164431

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9781610164436

Paul Tillich

His Life and Thought

By: Wilhelm Pauck,Marion Pauck

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Paul Tillich

His Life and Thought

By: Wilhelm Pauck,Marion Pauck

This book offers a moving tribute to one of the twentieth century's most seminal philosophers and theologians, Paul Tillich. In fact, it is widely accepted as the standard biography for Tillich. A soberly objective portrait, it was supported by Tillich himself, who hoped that the full telling of his story would set in context its unconventional aspects (as told in books by Hannah Tillich and Rollo May). Wilhelm and Marion Pauck have recreated the many-sided "Paulus" in all his greatness and humanness. Tracing the development of Tillich's thought alongside the unfolding of his life in Germany and the United States, the authors have provided an excellent model of biographical research.

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362

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725235137

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9781725235137

The Cold Heart. Nose, the Dwarf (Two German Tales)

German Classics

By: Wilhelm Hauff

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The Cold Heart. Nose, the Dwarf (Two German Tales)

German Classics

By: Wilhelm Hauff

Wilhelm Hauff was a writer of extraordinary fancy and invention, but working for a more obvious purpose, and producing narratives more related in character to popular legends. He was born in 1802, at Stuttgard, and in early life showed a great predilection for telling childish narratives. Being designed for the theological profession, he went to the University of Tubingen in 1820. --- On leaving the university, Hauff became tutor to the children of the Wurttemberg minister of war, General Ernst Eugen Freiherr von Hugel, and for them wrote his Tales, which he published in his "Almanach of Tales for the year 1826". --- Only a few of his famous tales take place in Germany, among them the "Nose, the Dwarf" and "The Cold Heart." --- Hauff needs only to be known to become popular in any country. His works, which are somewhat numerous, were published in a complete edition by the poet Gustav Schwab, in 1830. Wilhelm Hauff died in 1827, before he had completed his twenty-sixth year.

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1595691189

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9781595691187

The Social Crisis of Our Time

By: Arthur E. Morgan

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The Social Crisis of Our Time

By: Arthur E. Morgan

Roepke's The Social Crisis of Our Time is a series of blasts against the malformations of economics: the Nazi and Communist forms of collectivism both come in for severe criticism. Roepke shows the process by which the Western liberal tradition itself makes possible these rebellions against open economic systems. The drive toward social welfare, full employment policies, and the state management of fiscal fluctuations all lead away from free societies no less than market economies.

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268

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Routledge

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1351474006

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9781351474009

The Moral Foundations of Civil Society

By: Wilhelm RÃ¶pke

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The Moral Foundations of Civil Society

By: Wilhelm RÃ¶pke

Wilhelm Roepke may have been the soundest economist of the twentieth century. He understood the limitations as well as the strengths of his discipline. Economists are often tempted to take the easy way out, by denying reality to aspects of human existence and reducing them to arbitrary and subjective tastes and preferences. Roepke never does this, and this is his strength. He realizes that all of these are legitimate aspects of human experience which must be satisfied in a balanced and harmonious social existence. Nature, sex, religion, beauty, and politics are all meaningful as parts of the whole. Problems occur only when each segment attempts to become the whole. The original title of this book, Civitas Humana, contains a double meaning. It promises a treatment of questions fundamental not only to human society but also to humane society. The volume combines distinct aspects of life. Half of the book is devoted to questions of economic and social life. The other half examines spiritual and national life. Chapters include "Moral Foundations," "The Place of Science in the City of Man," "Counterweights to the State," "Congestion and Proletarianisation of Society," and "Economic System and International New Order." Although Roepke recognized the validity of the nation in the modern world, he was constantly trying to find the smaller agencies within society in which real allegiances and loyalties were to be developed. His ideas continue to be of significance. As described by William F. Campbell in the new introduction, The Moral Foundations of Civil Society is a necessary addition to the libraries of economists, sociologists, theologians, and philosophers.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412837855

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9781412837859

Lock-in Thermography

Basics and Use for Evaluating Electronic Devices and Materials

By: Otwin Breitenstein,Wilhelm Warta,Martin C. Schubert

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Lock-in Thermography

Basics and Use for Evaluating Electronic Devices and Materials

By: Otwin Breitenstein,Wilhelm Warta,Martin C. Schubert

This is the first book on lock-in thermography, an analytical method applied to the diagnosis of microelectronic devices. This useful introduction and guide reviews various experimental approaches to lock-in thermography, with special emphasis on the lock-in IR thermography developed by the authors themselves.

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Springer

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3319998250

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Wilhelm Raabe: ‘The Birdsong Papers’

Wilhelm Raabe: ‘The Birdsong Papers’

The Odin Field

The Odin Field

German Moonlight

German Moonlight

The Hunger Pastor (German Classics)

The Hunger Pastor (German Classics)

The Odin Field

The Odin Field

Kleinere Erzählungen

Kleinere Erzählungen

The German Question

The German Question

Paul Tillich

Paul Tillich

The Cold Heart. Nose, the Dwarf (Two German Tales)

The Cold Heart. Nose, the Dwarf (Two German Tales)

The Social Crisis of Our Time

The Social Crisis of Our Time

The Moral Foundations of Civil Society

The Moral Foundations of Civil Society

Lock-in Thermography

Lock-in Thermography

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