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First published in 1924 in German, "The Magic Mountain" is the thoughtful and introspective novel by Nobel Prize laureate Thomas Mann. Widely regarded as one of the most important modern works of the 20th century, Mann's story follows the aristocratic Hans Castorp as he leaves his comfortable family home to visit his ailing friend in a distant sanatorium located high in the Swiss Alps. Castorp's stay begins as a brief vacation before he starts...

The life and times growing up in early 1900s central Texas. The author lived in the towns of Brandon, Penelope and the community of Gholson near Waco and he tells often humorous stories of the people and events in those places. His art work depicting some of these things gives an added dimension. After leaving Texas, he made his home in Alabama. Born in 1903, his life spanned a period from the horse drawn wagons and the first Wright brothers' ...

First published in Germany in 1901 and translated into English in 1924, Thomas Mann's "Buddenbrooks" is the story of the decline of a wealthy German family over four generations which takes place in the years 1835 to 1877. Mann began writing the novel, his first, when he was only twenty-two years old and based much of his critically acclaimed work on the story of his own family and their peers. Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in...

Die Beherrschung des juristischen "Handwerkzeugs" ist bei der Beschäftigung mit allen Rechtsgebieten gleichermaßen notwendig und wird im ersten Staatsexamen als unabdingbar vorausgesetzt, weil sie eine Voraussetzung für überzeugendes juristisches Argumentieren darstellt. Vor diesem Hintergrund versteht sich dieses Buch nicht als klassische Methodenlehre, sondern als praktische Hilfe und arbeitstechnischer Leitfaden für den Studienalltag. Es ri...

(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed) Introduction by T. J. Reed, Translation by H. T. Lowe-Porter