Drinking a Hefeweizen at a Biergarten... Dancing at Berlin's hottest club... Cheering for the local soccer team at the Stadion... Drop the textbook formality and chat with the locals in Germany's everyday language. What's up? Wie geht's?; He/She is a real hottie. Er/Sie ist eine ganz hei±e Nummer.; What's on tap? Was gibt's vom Fass?; I ordered the Currywurst. Ich bin den Currywurst.; Do you wanna cuddle? Willst Du kuscheln?; Gooooooal! Toooooor!

German authors that were geniuses of their time and continue to inspire us today. German literature is rich in beautifully crafted stories, especially from the eras of Sturm und Drang, Romanticism, and Realism. Certain German books are an excellent introduction not only to German literature but to German culture and the history of Germany too. This book contains: Sebastian Brandt The Ship of Fools E. T. A. Hoffmann Nutcracker and the King of Mice Friedrich Schiller The Robbers The Death of Wallenstein Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx Wilhelm Tell The Maid of Orleans The Thirty Years War Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Faust The Sorrows of Young Werther Franz Kafka The Metamorphosis Unhappiness The Judgment Before the Law A Report to an Academy Jackals and Arabs A Country Doctor In the Penal Colony A Hunger Artist The Trial The Castle Amerika A Little Fable The Great Wall of China The Hunter Gracchus The Burrow Rainer Maria Rilke Letters To A Young Poet Presaging Autumn Silent Hour The Angels Solitude Kings In Legends The Knight The Boy Initiation The Neighbour Song of the Statue Maidens. I Maidens. II The Bride Autumnal Day Moonlight Night In April Memories of a Childhood Death The Ashantee Remembrance Music Maiden Melancholy Maidens at Confirmation The Woman Who Loves

"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.

A collection of ten short stories that focus on the darker sides of life and death

An advertising man searches for meaning in this “fascinating dissection of the media world we live in . . . A thought-provoking road-trip tale” (Chicago Tribune). Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize In his mid-thirties, Joe works as an advertising copywriter for a slick New York agency. But he feels disillusioned with his life, and finds himself experiencing dreams about a mysterious man, seeing him on the street, hearing his voice. Joe decides to listen. So he waits on his stoop, day and night, for instructions. A local reporter takes notice, and soon Joe has become a media sensation, the center of a storm. When the Man tells Joe to “go west,” he does. What follows is a compelling and visceral story about the struggle to find something more in life, told in two interwoven threads—Joe at the beginning of his journey in Manhattan, and at the end of it as he finds new purpose on a ranch in Montana under the endless sky. “A strangely engrossing, meticulously written allegory of the present moment.” —Douglas Coupland, author of Worst. Person. Ever.

From Mud to Lotus: I Meant to Behave, but There Were Too Many Other Options By: Dr. Pratibha Eastwood “From Mud into Lotus is a real page-turner that takes the reader on a roller coaster ride of such epic proportions that one almost forgets it’s not fiction. A great read that is reminiscent of the lineage of Anais Nin, it champions tireless and daring explorations of what it means to be culturally, spiritually, and sexually free.” — Sunny Massad, author of Untherapy “This book will draw you in from the beginning. An insecure, fearful, lonely and neglected child in the mud of Israel becomes a hippie in America, a PhD in psychology, a sannyasin (seeker) in India. She experiments with drugs and therapies and ends up with Osho Rajneesh for a while. From that commune, her adventures take her all over Asia, to the Himalayas, Australia, and back the US. In the end, she comes full circle to reconcile with her estranged parents, having grown into a lotus blossom blessed with Freedom, Trust, and Forgiveness. A great read!” — Roshani Shay Curtis, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Western Oregon University “Powerful and thought-provoking. . . .Pratibha’s nuanced, richly descriptive writing introduced me to places and faces I’ll never forget. Such a vividly engaging story. It touched me deeply.” — Lizbeth Hartz, author of Angel Hero: Murder in Hawai’i: A True Story

Private George, aka 00Hood, is in the United States Army in Europe. He skates on a case in Chicago; he has looming, knowing that he might be doing jail time. He parties in Nuremburg, Germany, like a rap star. He plugs in with his wit, funny, rugged Chi town style! This opens his world up to the German frauline, aka women! He teams up with his partners Chill and Jay. He schools them to the mack game Chi town style. He works the underground black market to get money. He faces a kidnap attempt. Sergeant First Class Owens and Sergent Davis are his nemesis to break his will or kick him out with a dishonorable discharge. Hell have neither!

Comprehensive and clear explanations of key grammar patterns and structures are reinforced and contextualized through authentic materials. You will not only learn how to construct grammar correctly, but when and where to use it so you sound natural and appropriate. German Grammar You Really Need to Know will help you gain the intuition you need to become a confident communicator in your new language.

A work of coruscating moral brilliance, The Nice and the Good revolves around a happily married couple, Kate and Octavian, and the friends of all ages attached to their house in Dorset. The novel deals with love in its many aspects, as embodied in a fascinating array of characters. The resonant sub plot involves murder and black magic in Whitehall, as the novel leads us through stress and terror to a profoundly joyous conclusion.