Autor: Peter Constantine

Russian Nobel prize–winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) is widely acknowledged as one of the most important figures—and perhaps the most important writer—of the last century. To celebrate the c …

Making Out in Indonesian is a fun, accessible and thorough Indonesian phrasebook and guide to the Indonesian language as it’s really spoken. Kamu sangat menarik! Bisa kita ketemu lagi?–(You’re very …

Interested in Japan’s infamous and colorful sex trade? This guide to sex in Japan presents the in’s and out’s with extensive details and background information. Japan’s Sex Trade offers a probing, s …

Much more than a Japanese phrasebook, this entertaining guide to Japanese slang is full of interesting and hilarious anecdotes and advice. Japanese Slang Uncensored reveals in vivid detail the richne …

Making Out in Vietnamese is a fun, accessible and thorough Vietnamese phrase book and guide to the Vietnamese language as it’s really spoken. Anh dien cuong vi em! Chung ta gap lai sau duoc khong?–( …

Making Out in Korean is a fun, accessible and thorough Korean phrasebook and guide to the Korean language as it’s really spoken. Nan neoga joa michigesseo! Uri tto mannalkka?–(I’m crazy about you! S …

Kennen Sie Ihre Blutgruppe? Und wußten Sie schon, daß die Blutgruppe Ihre Persönlichkeit beeinflußt? Ob A, B, AB oder 0 – das Blut, das durch Ihre Adern fließt, bestimmt Ihr Schicksal mit. Untersuchu …

Russian Nobel prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) is widely acknowledged as one of the most important figures-and perhaps the most important writer-of the last century. To celebrate the c …

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Making Out in Korean is a fun, accessible and thorough Korean phrasebook and guide to the Korean language as it’s really spoken. Nan neoga joa michigesseo! Uri tto mannalkka?—(I’m crazy about you! Sh …

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Machiavelli s highly influential treatise on political power ‘It is far safer to be feared than loved…’ The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining ab …

Three Theban Plays, by Sophocles , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholar …

In three short narratives, Kadare evokes a defining moment in European history28 June 1389, the Field of the Blackbirds. A Christian army made up of Serbs, Bosnians, Albanians and Romanians confront …

Translated by Peter Constantine Edited and with a new introduction by Leo Damrosch’Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains’ is the dramatic opening line of The Social Contract, published in …

Little-known literary works by Truman Capote, Vladimir Nabokov, and more: ‘;[An] extraordinary collection of inexplicably forgotten treasures.’ New York magazine Radical Shadows collects lost, forgot …

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‘Amazing not only as literature but as biography.’ —Richard Bernstein, The New York Times One of the great masterpieces of Russian literature, the Red Cavalry cycle retains today the shocking freshne …

This long-awaited translation of Confessions, which Stephen Greenblatt describes as central to the legacy of Adam and Eve, enlivens the beguiling world of late antiquity. No modern, well-versed liter …

Winner of the State Prize for Poetry in Cyprus, these experimental linked poem-threads move across time, linking a young Cypriot to ancestors, contemporaries, and descendants through striking, dispar …

Based on a true story set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire,  The Purchased Bride tells the tale of Maria, a Greek girl who was bought at age fifteen by a much older, wealthy Ottoman …