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  • The Neverending Story

    by Michael Ende ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    Discover the classic coming-of-age adventure of a young boy and a mysterious book that magically comes to life.When Bastian happens upon an old book called The Neverending Story, he's swept into the magical world of Fantastica--so much that he finds he has actually become a character in the story! And when he realizes that this mysteriously enchanted world is in great danger, he also discovers ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Night in Lisbon

    A Novel

    by Erich Maria Remarque ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    History and fate collide as the Nazis rise to power in The Night in Lisbon, a classic tale of survival from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front.With the world slowly sliding into war, it is crucial that enemies of the Reich flee Europe at once. But so many routes are closed, and so much money is needed. Then one night in Lisbon, as a poor young refugee gazes hungrily at a boat ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Bound to Violence

    A Novel

    by Yambo Ouologuem ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    This critical edition of the epic 1968 Malian novel explores its enduring literary power and the racist plagiarism scandal that devastated its author, the first African winner of France’s prestigious Renaudot Prize.An engrossing, tragic tale spanning the thirteenth to the twentieth century, Bound to Violence recounts the fate of the imaginary empire of Nakem and the dynasty of the Saïfs who reign ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Last Times

    by Victor Serge ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    A story of displacement and resistance during the early days of the Nazi occupation of France.Last Times, Victor Serge’s epic novel of the fall of France, is based—like much of his fiction—on firsthand experience. The author was an eyewitness to the last days of Paris in June 1940 and joined the chaotic mass exodus south to the unoccupied zone on foot with nothing but his manuscripts. He found ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Aesthetics

    The Collected Works of Paul Valéry, Volume 13

    by Paul Valéry ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    Series series Bollingen Recollections
    A collection of Valéry’s writings on the making of “works of the mind”—in art, philosophy, history, and scienceFor Paul Valéry, art consisted of all that the mind makes for its own pleasure and use, not only works of art in the usual sense but also philosophy, history, and the pure sciences—in his words, all the “works of the mind.” This volume presents the opening lecture of his “Course in ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Threepenny Opera

    by Bertolt Brecht, John Willett, Ralph Manheim ...
    Translated by John Willett, Ralph Manheim ...
    Series series Modern Classics
    Based on John Gay's eighteenth century Beggar's Opera, The Threepenny Opera, first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, is a vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. It focuses on the feud between Macheaf - an amoral criminal - and his father in law, a racketeer who controls and exploits London's beggars and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Childhood

    by Jona Oberski, Jim Shepard ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    A rediscovered masterpiece: an unblinking view of the Holocaust through a child’s eyesTold from the perspective of a child slowly awakening to the atrocities surrounding him, Childhood is a searing story of the Holocaust that no reader will soon forget. As five-year-old Jona waits with his mother and father to emigrate from Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to Palestine, they are awakened at night, put on a ... Read more

    Was $10.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Shadows in Paradise

    A Novel

    by Erich Maria Remarque ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    A haunting classic from the author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Shadows in Paradise reveals the deepest scars of the men and women who experienced the Holocaust.After years of hiding and surviving near death in a concentration camp, Ross is finally safe. Now living in New York City among old friends, far from Europe’s chilling atrocities, Ross soon meets Natasha, a beautiful model and fellow ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

  • The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

    by Bertolt Brecht, John Willett, Ralph Manheim ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    Series series Modern Classics
    Described by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler - recast by Brecht into a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. Using a wide range of parody and pastiche - from Al Capone to Shakespeare's Richard III and Goethe's Faust - Brecht's compelling parable continues ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

    by Bertolt Brecht ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    Series series Student Editions
    This Student Edition of Brecht's classic satire on the rise of Hitler features an extensiveintroduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion ofthe context, themes, characters, style and language as well asquestions for further study and notes on words and phrases in the text.It is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature.Described by Brecht as 'a gangster play ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Threepenny Opera

    by Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim, John Willett ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim, John Willett ...
    Series series Student Editions
    This Student Edition of Brecht's satire on the capitalist society of the Weimar Republic features an extensiveintroduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion ofthe context, themes, characters, style and language as well asquestions for further study and notes on words and phrases in the text.It is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature.Based on John Gay's ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Grimms' Tales for Young and Old

    The Complete Stories

    by Wilhelm Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    For readers of all ages, two hundred and ten tales of the Brothers Grimm, including "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," "Snow White," and "Hansel and Gretel," translated by Ralph Manheim, the highly acclaimed and prize-winning translator. Manheim has rediscovered in the original German Grimms’ editions of the tales the unadorned, direct rhythm of the oral form in which they were first recorded. He ... Read more

    Was $18.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD