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      February 1996

      Warschauer Tagebuch

      Die Monate davor. 1978–1981

      by Kazimierz Brandys, Friedrich Griese, Konstanty Aleksander Jeleński

      Das im Oktober 1978 begonnene Tagebuch Kazimierz Brandys' endet am 13. Dezember 1981 mit der Eintragung: Nachricht von der Verhängung des Kriegszustandes in Polen. Alle Verbindungen abgebrochen. Einer der führenden Schriftsteller Polens notiert in diesem Buch, was sich in den Monaten davor ereignet hat: die äußeren und offiziellen, die inneren und privaten Geschehnisse.

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      December 1991

      Gedichte

      Aus dem Polnischen übertragen von Karl Dedecius und Jeannine L`uczak-Wild und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Aleksander Fiut

      by Miłosz Czesław, Jeannine Łuczak-Wild, Karl Dedecius, Aleksander Fiut

      Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) zählt zu den wichtigsten Schriftstellern und Intellektuellen Polens im 20. Jahrhundert. Aus der Gegend von Wilna stammend, lebte er von 1951 an im Exil; 1961 bis 1978 war er Professor in Berkeley. 1980 wurde er mit dem Literaturnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. Wenige Jahre vor seinem Lebensende kehrte er nach Polen zurück. Zu seinen bekanntesten Büchern zählen der Gedichtband Ocalenie (Rettung, 1945); die Essaybände Verführtes Denken (1953, dt.: 1953) und West- und östliches Gelände (1959, dt.: 1961) sowie der Roman Das T al der Issa (1955, dt.: 1957). Karl Dedecius, 1921 in Lodz geboren, galt als bedeutendster Mittler polnischer Literatur und Kultur in Deutschland. Als Übersetzer hunderter Bücher, Autor zahlloser Reden und Aufsätze, Herausgeber der Polnischen Bibliothek, Gründer des Deutschen Polen-Instituts in Darmstadt wurde er vielfach gewürdigt und ausgezeichnet, u.a. mit dem Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (1990), dem Orden des Weißen Adlers (1999) in Polen und dem Deutschen Nationalpreis (2010). Karl Dedecius starb am 26. Februar 2016 im Alter von 94 Jahren in Frankfurt am Main.

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      January 1995

      Law, Justice and the State / Law, Justice and the State: Essays on Justice and Rights

      Proceedings of the 16th World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Reykjavík, 26th May – 2nd June 1993. Vol. 1

      by Herausgegeben von Peczenik, Aleksander; Herausgegeben von Karlsson, Mikael M.

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      October 1982

      Gedichte 1933–1981

      by Miłosz Czesław, Karl Dedecius, Karl Dedecius, Jeannine Łuczak-Wild, Aleksander Fiut

      Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) zählt zu den wichtigsten Schriftstellern und Intellektuellen Polens im 20. Jahrhundert. Aus der Gegend von Wilna stammend, lebte er von 1951 an im Exil; 1961 bis 1978 war er Professor in Berkeley. 1980 wurde er mit dem Literaturnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. Wenige Jahre vor seinem Lebensende kehrte er nach Polen zurück. Zu seinen bekanntesten Büchern zählen der Gedichtband Ocalenie (Rettung, 1945); die Essaybände Verführtes Denken (1953, dt.: 1953) und West- und östliches Gelände (1959, dt.: 1961) sowie der Roman Das T al der Issa (1955, dt.: 1957). Karl Dedecius, 1921 in Lodz geboren, galt als bedeutendster Mittler polnischer Literatur und Kultur in Deutschland. Als Übersetzer hunderter Bücher, Autor zahlloser Reden und Aufsätze, Herausgeber der Polnischen Bibliothek, Gründer des Deutschen Polen-Instituts in Darmstadt wurde er vielfach gewürdigt und ausgezeichnet, u.a. mit dem Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (1990), dem Orden des Weißen Adlers (1999) in Polen und dem Deutschen Nationalpreis (2010). Karl Dedecius starb am 26. Februar 2016 im Alter von 94 Jahren in Frankfurt am Main. Karl Dedecius, 1921 in Lodz geboren, galt als bedeutendster Mittler polnischer Literatur und Kultur in Deutschland. Als Übersetzer hunderter Bücher, Autor zahlloser Reden und Aufsätze, Herausgeber der Polnischen Bibliothek, Gründer des Deutschen Polen-Instituts in Darmstadt wurde er vielfach gewürdigt und ausgezeichnet, u.a. mit dem Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (1990), dem Orden des Weißen Adlers (1999) in Polen und dem Deutschen Nationalpreis (2010). Karl Dedecius starb am 26. Februar 2016 im Alter von 94 Jahren in Frankfurt am Main.

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    • Humanities & Social Sciences

      Mythology of Slavs

      by Aleksander Gieysztor

    • Educational: English language: readers & reading schemes

      Lunar Rover

      by Aleksander Sotirovski

    • Fiction
      November 2020

      Ladridos lejanos

      Cuentos caninos de Aleksnadr Kuprín

      by Kuprín, Aleksander

      Surprising, authentic and picturesque - such is the world of animals in the works of Aleksandr Kuprin, one of the greats of Russian literature, which have been translated into many languages, including Spanish. Indeed, very few artists know how to recreate with such veracity the habits, temperament and loyalty of dogs. Kuprin knew how to do it thanks to his exceptional multiform talent, sensitivity and love for nature, leaving us a rich legacy of dog stories, most of which are collected in this collection. The humanitarianism felt in them is due to the writer's unconditional attachment to man's best friends: he tamed them, he healed and protected them when they were threatened, he cultivated the feelings of kindness and compassion that are equally important in all types of readers, whether children or adults.

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      Ni druge/None Like Her

      by Jela Krečič

      Matjaž fears losing his friends over his obsession with his ex-girlfriend. To prove that he has moved on from his relationship with her, he embarks on a comical odyssey of dates around Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Each chapter is devoted to each new encounter and adventure. The women Matjaž selects are wildly different from one another, and the interactions of the characters are perspicuously and memorably observed. On his adventures, Matjaž repeatedly struggles with the apparent fact that there is “none like her” out there. Or is there? The characters’ preoccupations – brilliantly sketched through sparkling dialogue – will speak directly to Generation Y, and in Matjaž, the hero, Jela Krečič has created a well-observed crypto-misogynist of the 21st century whose behaviour she offers up for the reader’s scrutiny.None Like Her has been described as the literary equivalent of a Hollywood romantic comedy that in spite of its breezy tone touches upon social criticism, portraying the spirit of the times through the characters’ lively and often humorous discussions on the phenomena of modern society, politics, Marxism, celebrity, ecology, etc.

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      February 2020

      The Church

      by Avgust Demšar

      The Church is a typical whodunnit crime novel. The crimes once again take place in native Slovenian surroundings, mostly in the fictitious village of Vodnjaki, where it seems that a special type of evil resides. The tenth, jubilee novel by Demšar is more extensive, the story is more complex and the side stories are even more surprising. The author lures us into a whirlwind of events and holds the reader in suspense even when he delves into the relationships between his mainstay characters known from his previous novels and their characterisation. The rising action that triggers further events is the murder of a high-level church dignitary. Even before the criminal investigators can get down to work, new murders and crimes are reported. In addition to the main storyline, Demšar touches on many different current social issues. This intensely suspenseful read full of intellectual challenges leads the reader on a path to solving an exceptionally complex case.

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      THE PARTISANS

      by JOŽE PIRJEVEC

      This long-awaited book is the first to contain a comprehensive account of the emergence and development of the Partisan movement in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which occupiers and Quislings tried to erase from the map of Europe in 1941. The book contains a considerable amount of information obtained by the author through research in archives in London, Washington, Berlin, Munich, Helsinki and Moscow which to date has remained unknown since some parts of the archives were only opened recently. This extensive monograph is without a doubt Dr. Pirjevec’s life’s work. It is the first comprehensive and synthetic account of the emergence and development of the Partisan movement in the whole of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, from the attack on and disintegration of Yugoslavia in April 1941 up until the end of the war. The author describes the strained relations within the movement, as well as the relations between the Partisans and other military formations (White Guards, Chetniks, Ustashe, Ballists, etc.) and between the Partisans and allies in the anti-Hitler coalition. The book demonstrates that there would have been no national liberation movement without the Communists and their utopian belief that they would create a better future, without their fanaticism, organization and discipline. Above all, the Yugoslav Partisan movement contributed significantly to the defeat of the Third Reich and its satellites and brought victory to the Yugoslav nations. Serbs, Montenegrins and Croats were saved from the shame of collaborationism, and Slovenes and Macedonians were also recognized as European nations with mapped out borders and statehood.

    • March 2010

      The Constructivist Moment

      From Material Text to Cultural Poetics

      by Barrett Watten

      Provocative cultural readings of avant-garde literature and art.

    • Biography & True Stories

      BORIS PAHOR - THAT'S HOW I LIVED

      STOLETJE BORISA PAHORJA

      by TATJANA ROJC

      The life story of BORIS PAHOR (1913), a Slovene writer and centenarian, is at the same time a story about one of the most turbulent centuries in human history. With his clear standpoints and engagement, the author has always challenged current authorities and found himself in some of the most difficult situations of the 20th century. That’s How I Lived is also a story about Trieste and the lives of the people who moved there from rural areas, about the sad fates of Pahor’s patriotic friends and, of course, about his own Calvary through the Third Reich’s concentration camps. It offers an insight into Pahor’s private life, his first experiences of love and the first meetings with people with similar intellectual views and allies. The reader follows Pahor through his much-noticed conflicts with Slovene politicians and his activities on the international stage in favour of the rights of minority cultures. The narrative is supplemented with documents and photographs.

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      TITO AND HIS COMRADES

      by JOŽE PIRJEVEC

      TITO AND HIS COMRADES (TITO IN TOVARIŠI) A new light on familiar events – the most comprehensive presentation of Josip Broz Tito.Jože Pirjevec’s book presents Tito’s life story and the background to his political rise, which was closely connected with the life and political activities of his “comrades”. In revealing new dimensions of the leading creators of the second Yugoslavia, with Tito at the helm, the author draw upon documents kept in private and state archives in Ljubljana and other capitals of the former Yugoslav republics, while he also researched the available archive materials in Washington, New York, Moscow, Berlin, Cairo and New Delhi, as well as the archives of the Slovene and foreign intelligence services, such as Stasi and the KGB. Rich pictorial material.

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