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Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now newly rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil. Mann's protagonist, the composer Adrian Leverkühn, is the flower of German culture, a brilliant, isolated, overreaching figure, his radical new music a breakneck game played by art at the very edge of impossibility. In return for twenty-four years of unparalleled musical accomplishment, he bargains away his soul—and the ability to love his fellow man.

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is a poem, translated by Bayard Taylor, which tells the beautiful and emotional story of a man who has seen and done it all. However, despite all of his learning and education, his life still feels empty and unaccomplished. He believes wholeheartedly that there is something else out there. Faust, having exhausted all other fields of study, turns to magic for fulfillment. He summons the devil and makes a pact - that if the devil can show him something rewarding and fulfilling, he will give the devil his soul.

Town marshal Elias Faust thinks that he can make any problem go away if he throws enough lead at it. The living’s easy for a lawman. Bloody, but easy - that is, until Magnate Gregdon arrives with his undead syndicate to tear the town of Blackpeak, Texas apart. When a shootout with a pair of outlaws goes sideways, Elias Faust accidentally draws the Magnate’s attention. As if dealing with arcane sorcery, reanimated corpses, and the Magnate’s personal vendetta aren’t enough, Faust finds himself at the center of a power-struggle for Blackpeak’s eldritch secrets.

A boy named Calek lives in the town of Refuge on a quaint island in the northern Great Lakes. Growing up, he constantly heard stories about what happened on the Mainland before he was born, a huge conflagration that engulfed the entire world. All that remained were the Forsaken - drooling, mindless monsters who found their way to the island in boats, killing and maiming like rabid dogs. The people of Refuge fought them off with much loss of life, surviving as the last remnants of humanity and dreaming of the day they will repopulate the Mainland and start the world anew.

Philipp und Tobias wachsen in der Provinz Sachsens auf. Im Sommer flirrt hier die Luft über den Betonplatten, im Winter bricht der Frost die Straßen auf. Der Hausbau der Eltern scheint der Aufbruch in ein neues Leben zu sein. Doch hinter den Bäumen liegen vergessen die industriellen Hinterlassenschaften der DDR, hinter der Gleichförmigkeit des Alltags schwelt die Angst vor dem Verlust der Heimat. Die Perspektivlosigkeit wird für Philipp und Tobias immer bedrohlicher. Als es zu Aufmärschen in Dresden kommt und auch ihr Heimatort Flüchtlinge aufnehmen soll, eskaliert die Situation.

In the thrilling climax to the Calek's Tale Trilogy, Wayne Faust weaves all the elements together from the first two books, and introduces new and fascinating characters, while fleshing out existing ones. The War is not only a physical battle between the people on the Mainland, who are desperate to rescue Calek and his twin brother John, and the people on the Island, most notably Hezekiah, the spiritual leader, who is desperate to hang onto his waning power. It's also a spiritual battle between two very different ways of looking at the world.

After fleeing the island on the northern Great Lakes where he was born and raised, 12 year old Calek finds himself on The Mainland for the first time. He discovers that he has been lied to, and that the Old World is far different than he'd been told.

"Don Faust" er en mytisk roman om en mand, der sælger sin sjæl til Fanden og til gengæld for evigt liv skal være dennes højre hånd, Døden. Vi følger ham hans tro tjener rundt i Europa, hvor han spreder skræk og rædsel - men også erobrer den ene smukke kvinde efter den anden. "Med denne historie har forfatteren opfindsomt forbundet og fornyet to store myter. Det er en sjov, fræk og meget underholdende bog.

The small farming town of Hypothermia, Minnesota makes world news when a '62 Chevy Implala is discovered in a trailer full of grain. Government agents quickly impound the Chevy, down playing the incident. Yet when agricultural cooperative photographer Bob Putnam attempts to follow up with a story about the elevator manager who found it, he and his writer/partner uncover an unbelievable plot.

In diesem Werk wird dem Hörer die Weltsicht des Herrn F. nahe gebracht. Dabei verbindet Autor Armin Peter Faust die kritische Weltsicht eines engagierten Humanisten mit einigen autobiografischen Erlebnisbildern eines Herrn F. mit ironischem Unterton. Da ihn die normative Kraft des Faktischen meist eher verwirrt als überzeugt, versucht er wieder und wieder - ganz in existentialistischer Tradition - der Wahrheit zum Durchbruch zu verhelfen. Doch selbst wenn dies scheitert, so bleibt immer noch der selbstkritische Humor, mit der Herr F.s Stimme verbunden ist.

When Gilgamesh Young loses one of his best friends to police violence, he finds himself having a hard time coping with the trauma and the memories of that fateful night. He turns to his boyfriend, Trap, for comfort, who suggests that getting high off Dramamine will be just what Gilgamesh needs to clear his head. During the high, Gilgamesh plays with an Ouija board and summons a demon that decides it doesn't want to go away.