Manheim, Ralph 1907-1992

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler( Book )

58 editions published between 1943 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 3,522 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Although this monumental book was first ignored, it was a significant warning to the world for it contained an outline of Hitler's plans for his rise to power

The tin drum by Günter Grass( Book )

54 editions published between 1959 and 2010 in English and German and held by 2,219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contemporary German novel, the subject of much controversy when it was first published in 1959, focuses on the years of Nazi control in Germany as seen through the eyes of an intelligent dwarf, masquerading as a retarded lunatic

Dear Mili : an old tale by Wilhelm Grimm( Book )

14 editions published between 1988 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In order to save her daughter from a terrible war, the mother sends her into the forest telling her to return in three days. She meets St. Joseph who cares for her for three days, which in reality is thirty years

Nutcracker by E. T. A Hoffmann( Book )

1 edition published in 1984 in English and held by 2,168 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and watches him change into a handsome prince

The neverending story by Michael Ende( Book )

39 editions published between 1979 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,928 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill

Der Fuehrer : Hitler's rise to power by Konrad Heiden( Book )

27 editions published between 1944 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 1,823 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes events leading up to Hitler's rise to power

An introduction to metaphysics by Martin Heidegger( Book )

20 editions published between 1959 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 1,711 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Introduction to Metaphysics includes a reinterpretation of Greek thought, a vision of Western history, and a glimpse of the reasons behind Heidegger's support of the Nazi Party in the 1930s. Heidegger tries to reawaken the "question of Being" by challenging some of the most enduring prejudices embedded in Western philosophy and in our everyday practices and language. Furthermore, be relates this question to the insights of Greek tragedy into the human condition and to the political and cultural crises of modernity." "This new translation makes this work more accessible than ever before. It combines smoothness with accuracy and provides conventional translations of Greek passages that Heidegger translated unconventionally. There are also extensive notes, a German-English glossary, and an introduction that discusses the history of the text, its basic themes, and its place in Heidegger's oeuvre."--Jacket

Dog years by Günter Grass( Book )

34 editions published between 1963 and 2017 in English and German and held by 1,634 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A novel in three parts, beginning in the 1920s and ending in the 1950s, that follows the lives of two friends from the prewar years in Germany through an apocalyptic period and its startling aftermath

The flounder by Günter Grass( Book )

18 editions published between 1977 and 2017 in English and German and held by 1,621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Based loosely on Grimm's The Fisherman and his Wife, this triumphant blend of folk tale and contemporary story takes place over the course of nine months, during which the wife of the narrator becomes pregnant and is regaled with tales of the various cooks the fisherman has met throughout his life. The emerging themes of the novel expose the periods when men made history and women's contributions went largely, in some cases gravely, unrecognized. Inventive, imaginitive and irreverent, this humorous, fundamentally brilliant novel highlights the value of modern-day myth and timeless legend

Cat and mouse by Günter Grass( Book )

33 editions published between 1961 and 2000 in English and German and held by 1,516 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"On the publication of his first novel, The Tin Drum, Günter Grass was acclaimed internationally as the most imaginative and powerful novelist to come out of postwar Germany. Cat and Mouse has the same setting that The Tin Drum made famous: Danzig and its petty bourgeoisie. But the art form is deliberately different. Brief and compact, it focuses on the extraordinary fate and person of one hero, Joachim Mahlke, fourteen years old when the story starts. Mahlke is set apart from his fellows by an unusual excrescence of cartilage, a huge Adam's apple, sign and symbol of precocious virility, at once embarrassing and stimulating to its bearer. When a classmate sics a cat on Mahlke's "mouse," he unwittingly launches him on a hero's career. In order to compensate for his mouse, Mahlke turns himself into an athlete and ace diver who brings up from a half-submerged ship all kinds of hardware to string around his neck. He becomes "The Great Mahlke," first to his classmates and later to the nation. Mahlke's mentors, however, refuse to be impressed. For the cat watching him, ready to pounce, is a society of petty men. Not even by gaining his country's highest honor, the Order of Merit, the most dazzling piece of hardware to cover his protuberance, does Mahlke succeed in conciliating his enemies. Mahlke is different, Mahlke is doomed. With ferocious virtuosity, Gunter Grass maps the local and mental circumstances of Mahlke's dramatic and pathetic struggle, compelling the reader's participation and belief."--Jacket