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1. John Capgrave

The Life of Saint Katherine of Alexandria

"Karen Winstead has been helping develop our appreciation of the genre of saints' lives for some time now, so her discussion of how Capgrave's Life fits into the tradition as well as how it breaks with convention is enlightening. . . . There is much to encourage further thought and exploration for both novice and experienced scholars." —Sixteenth Century Journal "Words fail me to extol the excellence of this little volume, or to commend with suitable praise the decision of the modern translator to render what she aptly calls 'the cluttered style of this rambling narration,' by its medieval author, John Capgrave, who was an Augustinian friar of King's Lynn in the mid-fifteenth century." —The Heythrop Journal "Following her 1999 edition of Capgrave's Middle English Life of Saint Katherine, Winstead here translates the Middle English rhyme royal verse into modern English prose, to surprisingly good effect. She has managed to capture the stylistic quirks of Capgrave's verse in a prose that makes his Life of Saint Katherine of Alexandria read with all the excitement of a popular novel." —Choice "This is the first translation in idiomatic modern English, which reads smoothly and seamlessly. . . . This is a welcome resource." —Magistra: A Journal of Women's Spirituality in History "Capgrave's work deserves a larger audience than it currently has. The Life of Saint Katherine of Alexandria is a lively and amusing work that intersects with many aspects of late medieval culture and history: it addresses important questions related to gender, theology, pedagogy, family relations, religious institutions, and political power. I can envision many uses for Winstead's translation in the contemporary college and university classroom." —Theresa Coletti, University of Maryland "Karen A. Winstead's translation of Capgrave's Life of Saint Katherine is extremely well done. The text is elegantly simple, nuanced, and serious in tone; graced as well with an excellent introduction and complete bibliography of Katherine materials, Winstead's edition is sure to inspire students to pursue further studies in Middle English." —Maura Nolan, University of California, Berkeley

1. Vernon Postmus

From My Heart to Yours

1. Cynthia Davis
2. Verner D. Mitchell

Images in the River

Through 100 of his best poems, many never collected or published, and a detailed biographical monograph, Images in the River: The Life and Work of Waring Cuney introduces readers to a newly recovered Harlem Renaissance poet, and to the history of a remarkable American family.

1. Khalil , Gibran

Der Prophet -Buch mit Audio-CD

Mit seinem Buch der Reden des Propheten Almustafa hat der libanesische Dichter Khalil Gibran 1923 ein Meisterwerk und ein »Kultbuch« geschrieben, das auf der ganzen Welt zu den Bestsellern gehört. Seit Jahrzehnten entdeckt jede Generation wieder neu die Schönheit und Tiefe seiner Texte. 100 Jahre nach der ersten Auflage erscheint das Werk jetzt als bibliophil gestaltetes Buch zum Lesen, Schauen und Hören. Das Buch ist gestaltet mit Fotografien des Fotokünstlers Klaus Diederich. Die beigefügte Audio-CD enthält den vollständigen Text, gelesen von Gotthard Fermor, umrahmt von einer eigens komponierten Musik von Josef Marschall.

1. Douglas Manuel

Trouble Funk

Soundtracked with soul, disco, and funk hits from the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, the speaker of Testify returns in Trouble Funk to tell the story of how his parents met and fell in and out of love.

1. Ossip , Mandelstam

Der Stein verneint das Joch des Staubes

Die wortgewandte Neuübersetzung von Ossip Mandelstams frühem Gedichtband "Der Stein" durch den Lyriker Andreas Andrej Peters wird erstmals durch sämtliche Gedichte aus dem Umkreis des "Stein-Wurfs" ergänzt. Zum Vorschein kommt die "ungeheure lyrische Intensität", die Joseph Brodsky dem Dichter attestierte, in dem Nebeneinander von Sakralem und Profanem, Erhabenem und Spottendem, das Mandelstams große poetische Freiheit charakterisiert. Anna Achmatowa schrieb: "Mandelstam hatte keine Lehrer. Darüber lohnt es sich nachzudenken. Ich kenne in der Weltpoesie nichts Vergleichbares. Wir wissen, woher Puschkin und Blok kommen, aber wer verrät uns, woher kam über uns diese göttliche Harmonie, die wir 'Gedichte Ossip Mandelstams' nennen."