  
Auslese - In German , First Edition, Hard Cover.
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Condition of Item(s):
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Good
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Author(s):
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Garland c. Richmond & George H. Kirby
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Type:
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Hard Cover
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Publisher:
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McGraw Hill
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Catagory:
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Novel
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Functionality:
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Excellent
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Last Copywrite:
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1968
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ISBN/Congress/ID:
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0705262273
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Weight:
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2 pds,
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Lot:
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Private - B6
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Notes: Excellent condition, MUST be able to read German
Notes: Bought from a book sale in Glen ROck, the Book has a library stamp Auslese assembles some of the best and most representative modern prose and verse in German (there is no translation), the works of Germany's most distinguished writers of the 20th century -- Böll, Hesse, Kafka, Schnitzler, Rilke, Brecht, Mann, Durrenmatt, etc. The selections are arranged for variety; moreover, this is a progressive reader: each selection is a bit more difficult to read than the previous one. Each selection is accompanied by reading aids -- a biographical sketch of the author (in English), a word list highlighting the important words in the selection and its definitions in English; running glosses throughout the selection on the opposite side for difficult words or idioms; and a quiz at the end of each selection tests the reader's comprehension. This is an ideal book for intermediate students of the German language who wants to be able, eventually, to read German texts unaided
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Front cover: v
BECKMANN, Max.
Street (Die Strasse). Plate^2 from Die Holle a series of 10 lithographs and title page
published by J.B. Neumann, Berlin. 1919.
Lithography, 26y2 x 21".
Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Larry Aldrich Fund.
Since change is an essential element in diversion of all kinds, it is naturally more restful and refreshing to read in a different language from that in which one's ordinary daily work is done. To have a second language at your disposal, even if you only know it enough to read it with pleasure, is a sensible advantage. Our educationists are too often anxious to teach children so many different languages that they never get far enough in any one to derive any use or enjoyment from their study. The boy learns enough Latin to detest it; enough Greek to pass an examination; enough French to get from Calais to Paris; enough German to exhibit a diploma; enough Spanish or Italian to tell which is which; but not enough of any to secure the enormous boon of access to a second literature. Choose well, choose wisely, and choose one. Concentrate upon that one. Do not be content until you find yourself reading in it with real enjoyment. The process of reading for pleasure in another language rests the mental muscles; it enlivens the mind by a different sequence and emphasis of ideas. The mere form of speech excites the activity of separate brain-cells, relieving in the most effective manner the fatigue of those in hackneyed use. One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement. So it is with reading in another language than your own.
"Winston S. Churchill, Painting as a Pastime. (Courtesy McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1950.)
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