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 Erich Kästner --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The Austrian conductor Erich Kleiber performed many 20th-century works but was especially known for his performances of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, and Richard Strauss.
Erich Leinsdorf had some of his first successes in opera but later worked mainly with orchestras.
A psychoanalyst and social philosopher, Erich Fromm studied the emotional problems common in free societies.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9328008   (637 words)

  
 Fabian: The Story of a Moralist (European Classics) (Erich Kastner , Cyrus Brooks , Rodney Livingstone)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Erich Kastner, a writer in the German Enlightenment tradition perhaps best known as a German poet and author of children's books, wrote a scathing satirical novel about decadence during the Wiemar Republic.
Kastner's target is the political, economic, cultural, and spiritual climate of the years preceeding the rise of the Third Reich.
Jacob Fabian, after whom the book is named, is portrayed as a either a passive figure who waits for a return of decency or one for whom there was no place in such a deteriorating society.
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 Erich Kastner --  Encyclopædia Britannica
He was the most durable practitioner of the style of witty, laconic writing associated with the highbrow cabaret, the Berlin weekly Die Weltbühne (“The World Stage”), and the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement of the mid-1920s.
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Erich Kästner's Emil and the Detectives (1929) ranked not only as a work of art, presenting city boys with humour and sympathy,...
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 Erich Kastner in the Looniverse
Erich Kästner was born in1899 in Dresden, Germany.
Der Erich, like most good guys, was much too doubting and, thus, self-effacing for his own, and our, good.
Nevertheless, he went on to publish Die Verschwundene Miniatur (The Miniature That Disappeared), a bundle of poetry: Doktor Erich Kästners lyrische Hausapotheke (Dr. Kastners Lyrical Home Dispensary) and again got arrested for his troubles by the Gestapo in 1937.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Erich Kastner
MSN Encarta - Search Results - Erich Kastner
Ludendorff, Erich (1865-1937), Germany's chief strategist during World War I (1914-1918).
Fromm, Erich (1900-1980), American psychoanalyst, best known for his application of psychoanalytic theory to social and cultural problems.
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 Double Ora - Interviews
Erich Kastner (1899-1974) outlined 'Das Doppelte Lottchen' in 1942 as a film treatment under the title 'Das groBe Geheimnis'.
Though author Erich Kastner became popular through his children's books, he was also very successful among adults as a novelist and poet.
Erich Kastner also took great joy in writing modern versions of classic stories.
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 Erich Kastner biography and books at The Wee Web
His Konferenz der Tiere, a wonderful animated film fable (1969), taught young people to be critical of the Cold War and its possible consequences for democracy.
he Erich Kastner books listed below are either first editions, special editions or noted editions.
All the Erich Kastner books listed below are currently for sale on our website - we may have some others in stock so please ask if you don't see the title you're looking for.
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 BookkooB: Das Doppelte Lottchen - Erich Kastner
Kastner tells the story of the two girls very vividly, their separation, their lives in their separate homes and their "meeting".
Kastner was a keen observer of his surroundings and relates this story sympathetically.
Each child and each parent is described, for better or worse, in a "natural" light, which gives us the feeling that we can relate, although this is only a story.
www.bookkoob.co.uk /book/3791530119.htm   (296 words)

  
 Erich Kastner Bibliography at Bookseller World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Erich Kastner was born in Dresden in 1899.
He worked to support himself through his education and went into journalism on leaving university.
If you are looking to buy or sell books then our find a bookshop section may be of some assistance.
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 eBay.co.uk - erich, erich Fiction, Action Adventure, Crime Detective items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES By Erich Kastner (Puffin) 
Erich Kastner - Emil and the Detectives - PB 
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 Erich Kastner's Lisa and Lottie -- Al Young's Family Reading List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While many scholars rightly feel that learning German is worth the time if only to read Goethe in the original, I would go a step farther.
Learning German would be worthwhile simply to be able read Kastner in the original.
Set in Postwar Austria and Germany, Lisa and Lottie by Erich Kastner tells the story of twin girls, Lisa Palfy and Lottie Horn, separated as toddlers by their divorcing parents.
www.alyoung.com /kastner02.htm   (331 words)

  
 BookkooB: Emil and the Detectives - Erich Kastner
BookkooB: Emil and the Detectives - Erich Kastner
Above you will see a list of UK book stores, along with their stock and price details for Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner.
To allow you to quickly compare prices, the stores are arranged in order of delivered price, cheapest first.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Emil and the Detectives (Red Fox Classics S.): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
One man said: "when people is growing up they through thier childhood out like an old hat".
Erich Kastner is the man who has keeped the childhood in himself.
I think this is a good book because you do not know what is going to happen next.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0099413124   (560 words)

  
 Erich Kastner's Emil and the Detectives -- Al Young's Family Reading List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Published between World Wars, this witty tale of young boys tracking a thief won Erich Kastner immediate and lasting fame in Germany, and eventual international fame as well.
Book texts on the Internet contains links to some Internet sites from which the text of the book may be available.
Erich Kastner appears on our list of links to Internet resources.
www.alyoung.com /kastner01.htm   (233 words)

  
 Erich Kästner
Erich Kästner was born in Dresden as the son of a saddler.
He attended the Lehrerseminar, a teacher's training college, before he was conscripted into an infantry regiment for a year during World War I. The experience made him a life-long opponent of militarism.
A statue stands close to the house where he was born.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /kastner.htm   (1722 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Social criticism in the early works of Erich Kastner.
Find in a Library: Social criticism in the early works of Erich Kastner.
Social criticism in the early works of Erich Kastner.
WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/67923c4302fa98e6.html   (69 words)

  
 Kastner, Erich (on ArtsFizz.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Information in German and English on Kastner's life.
Images, list of Kastner's books and films, biographical information.
Translations from Kastner's writing, including sections on book burning in Berlin, Kristallnacht.
www.artsfizz.com /Literature/Authors/K/Kastner,_Erich   (167 words)

  
 Textbooks by Erich Kastner - Direct Textbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Erich Kastner - Barnes and Noble - 0760706387
Erich Kastner - Random House Children's Books (A Division of Random House Group) - 0224603663
Erich Kastner - Random House Childrens Books (Lib) - 0394914023
www.directtextbook.com /author/erich-kastner   (154 words)

  
 Gruss Nach Vorn: Eine Auswahl Herausgegeben Von Erich Kastner - TUCHOLSKY, KURT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gruss Nach Vorn: Eine Auswahl Herausgegeben Von Erich Kastner - TUCHOLSKY, KURT
TUCHOLSKY, KURT Gruss Nach Vorn: Eine Auswahl Herausgegeben Von Erich Kastner
Spine is cream with fl text, cover is same with fl/red text.
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 Erich Kastner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Erich Kästner was born in Dresde in 1899.
He is the author of many novelsn children's books, poems and essays.
La Classe volante, illustrated by Mette Ivers, Hachette, 1999.
www.ricochet-jeunes.org /eng/biblio/author/kastner.html   (270 words)

  
 Erich Kastner Erich Kastner Books and Creations for Sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Erich Kastner Erich Kastner Books and Creations for Sale
Emil and the Detectives ~ Kastner Erich ~ 0099413124 ~ Paper Back ~ Aust$19
To More Information about items by Erich Kastner
www.mindbodyspirit.com.au /au/k/kastnererich.htm   (58 words)

  
 Babelguides: Erich Kästner
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In the English-speaking world Erich Kästner is chiefly known as the author of Emil and the Detectives, the first of a long series of children’s books.
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 BookHq: Emil and the Three Twins by Erich Kastner,Jonathan Cecil (Reader) ( 0745124747 )
BookHq: Emil and the Three Twins by Erich Kastner,Jonathan Cecil (Reader) (0745124747)
Made with superfine drawing paper & hand stitched with archival quality linen.
The 10-digit ISBN# is typically found on the back of your book.
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 Erich Kästner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
German poet and writer, not to be mixed with his name-twin Erich Kästner...
Paradise for Three (1938) (novel Drei Männer im Schnee) (as Erich Kaestner)
Find where Erich Kästner is credited alongside another name
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 Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective February 23 in History
Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective February 23 in History
Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective
Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.
www.brainyhistory.com /events/1899/february_23_1899_66904.html   (48 words)

  
 Erich Kastner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
White-collar Workers, Mass Culture And Neue Sachlichkeit In Weimar Berlin: A Reading Of Hans Fallada's Kleiner Mann, Was Nun?, Erich Kastner's Fabian And...
Der Kleine Grenzverkehr (Easy Reader Series Volume D) Erich Kastner
Erich Kästner und der Film: Mit den Songtexten Kästners aus "Die Koffer des Herrn O.F."
www.interference.com /webstore/us/books/author/Erich+Kastner-5.htm   (48 words)

  
 BookkooB: Emil and the Three Twins - Erich Kastner
BookkooB: Emil and the Three Twins - Erich Kastner
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Fabian: The Story of a Moralist Erich Kastner ISBN: 1870352459
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 Erich Kastner : Lebensphasen, Politisches Engagement, Literarisches Wirken
Erich Kastner : Lebensphasen, Politisches Engagement, Literarisches Wirken
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 Kidlit - Bokh, Dr., in The Flying Classroom, by Erich Kastner, None   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kidlit - Bokh, Dr., in The Flying Classroom, by Erich Kastner, None
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