Muir, Willa 1890-1970

The trial by Franz Kafka( Book )

113 editions published between 1937 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 3,146 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Narrates the experiences and reactions of a respectable bank functionary after his abrupt arrest on an undisclosed charge. Kafka's final work was left unfinished at the time of his 1924 death, and the original 1925 and subsequent editions were edited according to the standards of the day

The castle by Franz Kafka( Book )

90 editions published between 1930 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 2,085 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of land-surveyor K's obsessive attempts to reach the castle, illustrating man's struggle against bureaucracy

Selected short stories by Franz Kafka( Book )

15 editions published between 1952 and 1993 in English and German and held by 2,053 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Donated by the estate of Donald S. Moore

The penal colony : stories and short pieces by Franz Kafka( Book )

33 editions published between 1948 and 2000 in English and German and held by 1,711 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gift of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut

Josephus by Lion Feuchtwanger( Book )

22 editions published between 1932 and 1973 in 3 languages and held by 965 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First part of a trilogy based on the life of the Jewish historian

The great wall of China : stories and reflections by Franz Kafka( Book )

16 editions published between 1933 and 1974 in 3 languages and held by 828 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of stories, fables, and aphorisms, written between 1917 and 1924

The sleepwalkers : a trilogy by Hermann Broch( Book )

24 editions published between 1932 and 1996 in English and German and held by 826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Broch's influential trilogy examines the "loneliness of the I" stemming from the collapse of any sustaining system of values, with three stories ranging from the aristocracy to the working classes in Germany during the years prior to the First World War

Power by Lion Feuchtwanger( Book )

35 editions published between 1926 and 1977 in 3 languages and held by 756 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Novel is based on the life of an eighteenth-century Jewish banker, Joseph Süss Oppenheimer, who served as a financial adviser to the Duke of Württemberg and was persecuted after the Duke's death

Living with ballads by Willa Muir( Book )

18 editions published in 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 739 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Richelieu : his rise to power by Carl Jacob Burckhardt( Book )

18 editions published between 1940 and 1964 in English and German and held by 716 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal-duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac; 9 September 1585? 4 December 1642) was a French clergyman, noble and statesman. Consecrated as a bishop in 1608, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a Cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin, whose career he had fostered."--Wikipedia