This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Friedensgericht; Europäische Bücher Andreas Latzko Max Rascher verlag, 1918 History; Military; World War I; History / Military / World War I; World War, 1914-1918; World war, 1914-1918

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In praise of his poetry, The New York Times calls Andrei Codrescu "one of our most prodigiously talented and magical writers." Part genius, part tongue-in-cheek provocateur, Codrescu is an audacious and passionate poet. The heart of this first new collection in nearly a decade is a beautiful conceit containing the "recently discovered" correspondence between a warrior and a courtesan in fourteenth-century China. These tender, timeless verses contrast nicely with tough, funny -poems about modern life and millennial malaise. Andrei Codrescu is a celebrated poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and commentator on National Public -Radio. A World Heavyweight Champion Poet, his many awards include the Literature Prize of the Romanian Cultural Foundation and the Peabody Award for his film Road Scholar. Born in Romania, Andrei Codrescu lives in New Orleans.

Review Andrei Codrescu transforms the common place into the miraculous. His work is cause for celebration. -- Kay Boyle His command of language is superb, his writing beautifully original, and his insights piercing. -- Harper's Magazine One of our most prodigiously talented and magical writers. -- New York Times Book Review Product description An aspiring writer, a professor's wife, a secreretary, gold anklets, Maoists, Rom .harlots and more swirl through this spicy tale of a harried quest for a mythic artifact. Repentance of Lorraine is a lusty yam inspired | by the heady and hot days of the Sixties. This special edition includes a new introduction by the author on the illicit birth pangs of his career and The Repentance of Lorraine. A longtime favorite of National Public Radio audiences, Andrei Codrescu has cemented his literary reputation with a number of poetry and nonfiction volumes, including the critically acclaimed The Hole in the Flag. Early in his career, Codrescu cut his publishing teeth with less lofty work including the delicious Lorraine. Out of print for years, this early Codrescu tale originally published under the pseudonym Ames Claire is again available. From the Publisher An aspiring writer, a professor's wife, a secretary, gold anklets, Maoists, Roman harlots and more swirl through this spicy tale of a harried quest for a mythic artifact.

The unification of Germany and the decline of superpower conflict in Europe has heightened interest in the "new" Germany. From Bundesrepublik to Deutschland: German Politics after Unification examines how political scientists have historically treated Germany and explores the issues and approaches needed to accommodate the increased importance of the country within Europe. Structured by issue areas, this volume includes sections on political economy; women in politics; inner-German relations and the reintegration of the western and eastern regions of the country; political behavior; Germany and the European Community; security issues; and the role of Germany in the field of comparative politics. Each chapter examines the development of relevant literature and is followed by an essay that charts new areas for, and approaches to, research.

This book assesses the politics of the West German trade unions in the context of their larger role as major actors in the polity of a democratic Federal Republic of Germany. By focusing on the historical realities of the labour movement, the study concentrates on explaining to what extent organised labour helped solidify, yet at the same time challenged the dominant structures of politics and authority in German history's most extensive and longest-lasting democracy. Professor Markovits explains the immediate financial, legal and political framework wherein the unions operate and differentiates the various political trends that have consistently determined inter-union co-operation, as well as rivalry. An analysis of four major unions, including the vast metal workers' grouping, shows how the industrial reality of each helps to shape its political outlook and strategic thinking. Contingent factors such as personal leadership are analysed in addition to objective industrial and historical criteria. This major study concludes by cautiously gauging the future of the West German trade unions in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Andreas: The Legend Of St. Andrew Cynewulf, Andrew (Apostle, Saint.) William Malone Baskervill Ginn, 1889 Poetry; American; General; History / General; Poetry / American / General

"A searing family drama from one of Latin America's most original voices One trip. Two love stories. Three voices. Lito is ten years old and is almost sure he can change the weather when he concentrates very hard. His father, Mario, anxious to create a memory that will last for his son's lifetime, takes him on a road trip in a truck called Pedro. But Lito doesn't know that this might be their last trip: Mario is seriously ill. Together, father and son embark on travels that take them through strange georgraphies, ones that seem to unite the borders of Spanish-speaking world. In the meantime, Lito's mother Elena looks for support in books, undertaking an adventure of her own that will challenge her moral limits. The narratives of father, mother, and son each embody one of the different ways that we talk to ourselves: through thought, speech, and writing. While neither of them dares to tell the complete truth to the other two, their solitary voices nonetheless form a poignant conversation. Sooner or later, we all face loss. Andre;s Neuman movingly narrates the ways the lives of those who survive loss are transformed; how that experience changes our ideas about time, memory, and our own bodies; and how the acts of reading, and of sex, can serve as powerful modes of resistance. Talking to Ourselves presents a tender yet unsentimental portrait of the workings of love and family; a reflection on death, sex, grief, and the consolation of words. Neuman, the author of the award-winning Traveler of the Century, displays his characteristic warmth, humanism, and wide-ranging intellect, giving us the rich, textured, and strikingly different voices and experiences of three singular characters while presenting, above all, a profound tribute to those who have cared for a loved one. "--

Exploring what he terms "the culture of the pose," photographer Andy Goldstein invited his sitters to chose their own position, clothing and setting in his recent series People at Home . Goldstein confined his own creative intervention to the angle of the camera and the use of extremely low exposure speed to emphasize the awareness of the photographic act.

Angelica Balabanoff was one of the best-known & widely beloved figures of European socialism in the early 20th century. She left home at age 19 to study in Belgium & began a lifetime of travel & activism that was to center around the politics of the 2nd Internat'l & bring her into contact with a fascinating range of political figures, including Luxemburg, Zetkin, Trotsky, Lenin, Goldman, Berkman & Mussolini. During & after WWI, she was a major figure of the left wing of the Socialist movement & a member of the Zimmerwald Group. She returned to Russia after the Revolution, serving as a Comintern officer before becoming disillusioned by the authoritarianism of the Bolshevik regime. Born in Chernigov in the Ukraine, in 1878, the youngest of 16 children, 7 of whom had died before she was born, Angelica was raised to be the “crown of the family.” Her father was a landowner & businessman. She was educated at home by a series of governesses & tutors. From early youth, she was troubled by the privileges she enjoyed, reporting in her autobiography that she “cringed with shame” at the way the servants humiliated themselves before her & her parents. She attributed her own rebelliousness & commitment to the cause of social justice not to any influence of her Jewish heritage (unmentioned in her autobiography), but to these experiences at home & her sense of an “unbridgeable abyss” between herself & her “despotic” mother. She left home in 1897 to study at the Université Nouvelle in Brussels, an institution known for radicalism. There, she hoped to learn how to translate her passion for social justice into practical strategies for aiding the downtrodden. Thru the combination of classes & meetings at the socialist-sponsored People’s House, she met & was deeply influenced by Plekhanoff & a variety of other Russian & Italian emigrés, who befriended her & introduced her to many of the major figures of the 2nd Internat'l. After doing research in the British Museum library, she returned to Brussels, earning a doctorate in philosophy & literature from the Université. She then went to Leipzig, & on to Rome, where she studied with the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Labriola & began what was to be a lifelong relationship with the Italian & internat'l socialist movements. From '01 to '02, she worked with Italian immigrant workers in Switzerland, & organized among young women who'd been recruited by the Swiss to be a docile labor force. Altho hostile to bourgeois feminism, she was committed to addressing the needs of working-class women as well as men—-needs she believed would be best met thru socialist transformation. She was successful as a speaker & journalist. Elected to the executive committee of the Italian Socialist Party in Switzerland, she served as its official representative to congresses of the 2nd Internat'l in '07 & '10. Also during this period, she befriended a poor Italian emigré, Benito Mussolini, helping him to find work & introducing him to socialist clubs in which he became active. In '10, she left Switzerland for Italy, where she began her active involvement in Italian socialism. In ensuing years, she was elected to the party’s Central Committee; served as coeditor of the party organ, Avanti & increasingly came to support the more revolutionary antireformist wing of the Italian Socialist Party. Disillusioned by the failure of socialist internat'lism in '14, she helped to found & remained active thruout the war in the Zimmerwald movement, a socialist organization protesting imperialism & demanding immediate peace. Her fluency in many languages, combined with her strong commitment to internat'l socialism & her popularity as a public speaker, made her indispensable at socialist conferences & conventions. Altho she rejected Lenin’s call for socialist revolutions to end the war, she returned to Russia in '17 to help rally internat'l support. Despite reservations (shared with exiles Emma Goldman & Alexander Berkman), she became secretary of the Communist Internat'l in '19, but was removed after about a year for opposing the manipulative tactics of Lenin & Zinoviev. Early in '21, she left Russia forever. In ensuing years, she suffered from a continuing slander campaign on the part of Lenin & his associates. After living in Vienna & Paris, she spent WWII in NYC, where she became friends with Norman Thomas & was a contributor to Socialist Review. Balabanoff dedicated herself to awakening the American population to the dangers of Italian fascism, publishing The Traitor: Benito Mussolini & His Conquest of Power, as well as her autobiography, My Life as a Rebel. At war's end, she returned to Italy, where she continued to be active in the Italian Socialist Party, dying in Rome on 11/25/65.

Rafael, a young Jewish boy living in Spain during the Inquisition, wants to have a Bar Mitzvah and when his father opposes it, Rafael leaves, meets and falls in love with Miriam, and journeys with her toward Safed, Israel, the spiritual home of mystical Jews.

This book focuses on economic relationships within the eight counties in the Philadelphia Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area. Long-term economic developments, changes in socioeconomic profiles between 1960 and 1980, and patterns of employment are examined on a county by county. Special attention is given to the spread and growth of employment in high-technology industries, the interdependencies between jobs and residents in the city and suburbs, and the roles of federal and state aid to the region.

To read Brookner is to be reminded of fiction’s potential to stun, with full, complex characters in a richly imagined world, as she draws on her insights into human nature to explore the strained, yet enduring friendship of two women. – Publishers Weekly (starred). Brookner again chronicles with surgical precision lives distorted by temperament and circumstance. – Kirkus Reviews. Elizabeth and Betsy have known each other since they were schoolgirls. When they meet again later in life, one is safely married and the other most unsafely partnered. Together, they discover that despite their different lives, they still have in common the capacity for making dangerous choices. In this masterly new novel, Anita Brookner gives us an exquisite story about how our life choices can both reflect the past and direct the future, as she weaves an impeccably crafted tale of two women.

Although the king and queen give her a big birthday party, nobody except a young organ grinder and his monkey really cares whether the princess is enjoying herself.