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Complete, unabridged texts in German
Search by key-word and by theme
Highlighting, note-taking and bookmark functions
Flexible print function
Text export to word-processing programs
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DirectMedia. Digitale Bibliothek - series of more than 70 german language cd-roms: literature, philosophy, music, art-history, reference, history, sociology, reference works. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, German language cd-roms for PC or for Macs with PC-compatible software.
1 - Deutsche Literatur von Lessing bis Kafka . Studienbibliothek (over 100 authors) - $79
1a - Deutsche Literatur von Lessing bis Kafka. First edition (58 authors) - $49
1b - Upgrade: for owners of the Deutsche Literatur, first edition - $25
2 - Philosophie von Platon bis Nietzsche - $49
3 - Geschichte der Philosophie - $49
4 - Goethe, Werke - $25
5 - Lessing, Werke - $25
6 - Fontane, Werke - $25
7 - Heine, Werke - $25
8 - E. T. A. Hoffmann, Werke - $25
9 - Walther Killy, Literaturlexikon - $99
10 - Goethe, Briefe, Tagebücher, Gespräche - $99
11 - Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Ausgewählte Werke - $49
12 - Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart - $159
13 - Wilpert, Lexikon der Weltliteratur - $49
14 - Propyläen-Weltgeschichte - $49
15 - Tucholsky, Werke, Briefe, Materialien - $49
16 - Knaurs Lexikon der Symbole - $29
17 - Wörterbuch der Mythologie - $29
18 - Lexikon der Antike - $29
19 - Bilderlexikon der Erotik - $49
20 - Der Nürnberger Prozess - $49
21 - Deutsche Einheit - $29
22 - Kindlers Malereilexikon - $49
23 - Handwörterbuch Psychologie - $29
24 - Zmegac, Geschichte der deutschen Literatur - $49
25 - Enzyklopädie des Nationalsozialismus - $29
26 - Geschichte des deutschen Buchwesens - $79
27 - In medias res. Lexikon lateinischer Zitate und Wendungen - $29
28 - Albrecht Dürer, Das Gesamtwerk - $79
29 - Die Luther-Bibel - $29
30 - Dichtung der Antike von Homer bis Nonnos - $99
31 - Friedrich Nietzsche, Werke - $49
32 - Enzyklopädie der DDR - $49
33 - Kutsch / Riemens, Großes Sängerlexikon - $99
34 - Metzler Lexikon Sprache - $29
35 - Jedin, Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte - $49
36 - Küpper, Wörterbuch der Umgangssprache - $34
37 - Lexikon der Weltarchitektur - $34
38 - Brockhaus Riemann Musiklexikon - $49
39 - Deutsche Geschichte von Tag zu Tag, 1918-1949 - $49
40 - Adelung, Wörterbuch der hochdeutschen Mundart - $129
41 - Lexikon der Renaissance - $34
42 - Röhrich, Lexikon der sprichwörtlichen Redensarten - $34
43 - Lexikon der Kunst - $129
44 - Graetz, Geschichte der Juden - $49
45 - Deutsche Literatur von Frauen - $49
46 - Der Koran - $34
47 - Lexikon des Islam - $29
48 - Lexikon des Buddhismus - $29
49 - Das Dritte Reich - $34
50 - Brockhaus, Kleines Konversations-Lexikon - $49
51 - Friedländer, Interessante Kriminalprozesse - $34
52 - Reclams Opernlexikon - $29
53 - Illustrierte Geschichte der Medizin - $49
54 - Wer war wer in der DDR? - $29
55 - Geschichte des Altertums - $99
56 - Archiv des deutschen Alltagsdesigns - $189
57 - Operntexte von Monteverdi bis Strauss - $49
58 - Max Weber, Gesammelte Werke - $49
59 - English and American Literature - $79
60 - Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart - $250
61 - Shakespeare, Complete Works - $49
62 - Deutsches Sprichwörterlexikon - $99
63 - Luther, Gesammelte Werke - $49
66 - Der Erste Weltkrieg in deutschen Bildpostkarten - $25
69 - Georges, Lateinisch - Deutsch: ausführliches Handwörterbuch - $39
--Deutscher Weinatlas - $25
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--5000 Handzeichnungen bedeutender Meister (5 cd-roms) - $39
--10,000 Meisterwerke der Malerei von der Antike biss zum Beginn der Moderne (11 cd-roms) - $49
--10,000 Ansichtskarten. Deutschland um 1900 im Bild - (11 cd-roms) - $49
Bd. 1. Deutsche Literatur von Lessing bis Kafka. Studienbibliothek expanded edition with over 100 authors, all texts in German. Authors included: Gellert, Winckelmann, Klopstock, Lessing, Sophie von La Roche, Friedrich Nicolai, Wieland, Jung-Stilling, Lichtenberg, Herder, Wilhelm Heinse, G. A. Bürger, Goethe, Lenz, Georg Forster, Karl Philipp Moritz, Schiller, Hebel, Seume, Jean Paul, Schlegel, Hölderlin, Novalis, Tieck, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Kleist, August Klingemann, de la Motte Fouqué, Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim, Chamisso, Bettina von Arnim, Eichendorff, Ferdinand Raimund, Grillparzer, Droste-Hülshoff, Gotthelf, Heine, Grabbe, Nestroy, Hauff, Mörike, Stifter, Büchner, Hebbel, Storm, Keller, Fontane, C. F. Meyer, Ebner-Eschenbach, Raabe, Wedekind, Morgenstern, Rilke, Kafka, Georg Heym, Trakl. $ 79
full contents of expanded edition
full list of Contents. First Edition
Bd. 2. Philosophie von Platon bis Nietzsche. Texts in German by 84 philosophers, from the ancient Greeks to Nietzsche, including Böhme, Dilthey, Meister Eckhart, Engels, Feuerbach, Fichte, Goethe, Haeckel, Hamann, Hartmann, Hegel, Herder, Hölderlin, Humboldt, F. H. Jacobi, Jean Paul, Kant, Kleist, Leibniz, Lessing, Marx, Mendelssohn, Moritz, Natorp, Nietzsche, Paracelsus, Schelling, Schiller, Schlegel, Schleiermacher, Schopenhauer, Simmel, Stirner, Winckelmann. $ 49 Full List of Contents
Bd. 3. Geschichte der Philosophie. Twelve standard works on the history of philosophy, unabridged, on one Cd-Rom, including the much sought Wörterbuch der Philosophie by Fritz Mauthner. Also included: histories by Hegel, Schelling, Feuerbach, Heine, F. A. Lange, Windelband, Vorländer, Hirschberger; and Lexica by Kirchner, Eisler, and Mauthner. $ 49 Full List of Contents
Bd. 4. Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Werke. Much expanded selection over volume 1 of the series. In addition to original texts by Goethe the Cd-Rom also included the ro-ro-ro biography, illustrations, and a recorded reading. Large selection of aesthetic scientific writings in addition to literature and dramas. $ 25 Full List of Contents
Bd. 5. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Werke. $ 25 Full List of Contents
Bd. 6. Theodor Fontane. Werke. $ 25 Full List of Contents
Bd. 7. Heinrich Heine. Werke. $ 25
Bd. 8. E. T. A. Hoffmann. Werke. $ 25
Bd. 9. Walther Killy. Literatur-Lexikon. Contains the full text of the 15-volume printed edition, in searchable form at an astounding price. Over 10,000 articles on German-language authors. $ 99
Bd. 10. Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Briefe, Tagebücher, Gespräche. 13,000 letters and diaries based on the Weimar edition; Goethe's conversations from the Biedermann edition. Original language texts, fully searchable. An invaluable resource for Goethe scholars and Liebhaber. $ 99
Bd. 11. Marx-Engels. Ausgewählte Werke. All texts taken from the MEW, Marx-Engels, Werke. Extensive selection, searchable, inexpensive, and easy on your shelving resources. $ 49
27. Bury, Ernst, hrsg. In medias res. Lexikon lateinischer Zitate und Wendungen. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 27. Berlin: DirectMedia, 1999, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-127-9. $29.
12,000 entries, the most extensive collection of this type. Incudes key Latin phrases and quotations with their source and German translation.
28. Dürer, Albrecht. Lehmstedt, Mark, hrsg. Albrecht Dürer: Das Gesamtwerk. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 28. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-128-7. $79.
More than 2000 works, including paintings, sketches, prints, woodcuts. Organized by concordance to work catalogs of Schramm, Winkler, Knappe, Straus, and Anzeleewsky. The illustrations can easily be printed. Also includes facsimiles of the original printings of his theoretical works, excerpts from his letters and diaries, and Fedja Anzelewsky, Albrecht Dürer. Werk und Wirkung (Erlangen, 1988).
29. Luther, Martin. Die Luther-Bibel. Originalfassung 1545 und revidierte Fassung 1912. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 29. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-129-5. $29.
The first electronic version of the Luther bible with the last text as edited by Luther. Use of the early modern text is made easier by the integration of later chapter and verse headings and the inclusion of the modern revised edition of 1912. Also included are all woodcuts of "MS" from the original edition of 1545. Martin Luther, Biblia: das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft. Deudsch Auffs new zugericht. Wittenberg: Hans Lufft 1545 (Ausgabe letzter Hand); Die Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments. Nach der deutschen Übersetzung Martin Luthers. Berlin: Preußische Haupt-Bibelgesellschaft, 1912.
30. Lehmstedt, Mark, hrsg. Dichtung der Antike von Homer bis Nonnos. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 30. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-130-9. $99.
Over 17,000 pages, covering 300 works of 80 authors, making available almost all surviving important texts of Greek and Roman literature. The texts are presented in modern, high-quality scholarly translations into GERMAN, most based on the editions of the Bibliothek der Antike published by Aufbau-Verlag. The value to English-language students of the ancients is due to the deep impact of Greek and Roman poetry on German scholarship since the 18th century. As with the philosophy and german literature cd-roms, this collection makes it possible to track down obscure references and make sense of the conceptual horizons of modern German philosophers and poets. Some of the authors included: Homer, Hesiod, Sappho, Äsop, Anakreon, Aischylos, Pindar, Sophokles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Apollonios, Rhodios, Menander, Theokrit, Plautus, Terenz, Catull, Vergil, Horaz, Tibull, Prperz, Ovid, Seneca, Martial, Petron, Juvenal, Lukian, Apuleius, Heliodor, Nonnos, Achilleus Tatios, Alkkaios, Alkman, Ananios, Archilochos, Arion, Ariphron, Avian, Babrios, Bion, Bakchylides, Ennius, Erinna, Hermokles, Hermesianax, Herondas, Hipponax, Hybrias, Ibykos, Ignatios Diakonos, Ion, Kallimachos, Kallinos, Kerkidas, Kleanthes, Korinna, Krates, Kritias, Lucilius, Melinno, Mesomedes, Mimnermos, Moschos, Persius Flaccus, Phaedrus, Phanokles, Phoinix, Phokylides, Platon, Praxilla, Semonides, Simias, Simonides, Solon, Sulpicia, Theognis, Timotheos, Tyrtaios, Varro, Xenophones.
31. Nietzsche, Friedrich / Schlechta, Karl hrsg. Friedrich Nietzsche Werke Cd-Rom, hrsg. v. Karl Schlechta. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 31. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-131-7. $49.
Includes Nietzsche biography by Curt Paul Janz. 10,693 pages of text on cd-rom, fully searchable, in German. Based on the standard 3-volume Schlechta edition, with all works published in Nietzsche's lifetime, all important works from his papers, and an annotated selection of letters. Also includes Janz's massive biography, illustrations, and a chronology.
32. Reference. Enzyklopädie der DDR. Personen, Institutionen und Strukturen in Politik, Wirtschaft, Justiz, Wissenschaft und Kultur - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 32. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-132-5. $49.
The encyclopedia on cd-rom contains three standard reference works in digital form: Andreas Herbst et al hrsg., So funktionierte die DDR. Lexikon der Organisationen und Institutionen, 1994. DDR-Handbuch, hrsg. v. Bundesministerium f. innerdeutsche Beziehungen, 3. ueberarb. Auflage, 1985. Biographisches Handbuch der ZBZ/DDR 1945-1990, hrsg. v. Gabriel Baumgartner, 1996/97 (4500 biographies). Together the three volumes provide an extensive survey of the institutions, governmental structures, social system, statistics, and prominent cultural and political leaders of the German Democratic Republic. A vital resource for students of Germany after World War II.
33. Kutsch, J. J. / Riemens, Leo. Großes Sängerlexikon: cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 33. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc's or mac's with pc-compatible software. Text in German, 3-89853-133-3. $99.
Digitale Bibliothek 33. Contains complete text of the five-volume edition of 1997 as well as the supplementary volume of 2000, with more than 14,500 biographical articles. Particularly useful for tracing the performance history of operas and theaters.
34. Glück, Helmut hrsg. Metzler Lexikon Sprache - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 34. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-134-1. $49.
11,224 pages. Based on the 2d expanded edition of 2000. Reference work on language and linguistics.
35. Jedin, Hubert, hrsg. Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 35. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-135-X. $49.9.
Reference work with 48 contributors. Historical development of the Church from a Catholic perspective. First published 1962-1979, this electronic edition based on the revised 1985 edition. Over 16,000 pages.
36. Küpper, Heinz. Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 36. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-136-8. $35.
Dictionary of everyday language. With 65,000 entries including regionalisms, etymology. Over 32,000 text pages on one cd-rom.
37. Pevsner, Nikolaus / Honour, Hugh / Fleming, John, hrsg. Lexikon der Weltarchitektur cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 37. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-137-6. $35.
Based on the updated 3d edition of 1992. Nearly 3000 entries and 3400 illustrations on architects, history of architecture, concepts. Text in German.
38. Dahlhaus, Carl / Eggebrecht, Hans Heinrich / Oehl, Kurt hrsg. Brockhaus Riemann Musiklexikon. Cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 38. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for PC's or for Mac's with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-138-4. $49.9.
Standard reference work. 8000 entries, many illustrated, cover folk music, jazz, pop and rock as well as classical music. Text is the updated edition of 1995.
39. Overesch / Saal. Deutsche Geschichte von Tag zu Tag 1918-1949 - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 39. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-139-2. $49.9.
With over 200,000 entries chronicling the end of the Empire, the Weimar Republic, Third Reich, and post-war reconstruction and division. Detailed report on events of each day. Based on the long out of print five volume edition, 1982-1986. With an 8,000 person biographical appendix.
40. Adelung, Johann Christoph. Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 40. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-140-6. $129.9.
Electronic edition with full text and facsimile edition of the last edition revised by the author, 1793-1801. 63,848 text pages. Adelung (1832-1806) produced the first major German dictionary, with about 60,000 articles. Invaluable reference for the study of classic German literature.
41. Gurst, Gunter / Hoyer, Siegfried / Ullmann, Ernst / Zimmermann, Christa hrsg. Lexikon der Renaissance - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 41. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-141-4. $35.
100 scholarly contributors, 6000 articles on the Renaissance. Revised new edition.
42. Röhrich, Lutz. Lexikon der sprichwörtlichen Redensarten - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 42. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-142-2. $35.
Dictionary of German idioms, with illustrations, etymologies and historical examples for over 15,000 idioms. Standard multi-volume work on one cd-rom.
43. Olbrich, Harald hrsg. Lexikon der Kunst (1987-1994). Kunsttheorie und -praxis von der Steineit bis zur Gegenwart - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 43. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-143-0. $129.9.
Comprehensive encyclopedia of art, published in book form by E. A. Seemann. Electronic version of the revised edition, 17,000 Articles, 63,000 text pages.
44. Graetz, Heinrich, 1817-1891. Geschichte der Juden. Von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 44. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-144-9. $49.9.
First published 1853-1875 and a standard possession of middle class German-Jewish homes. Multi-volume study of Jewish social and cultural as well as religious history.
45. Lehmstedt, Mark, hrsg. Deutsche Literatur von Frauen. Von Catharina von Greiffenberg bis Franziska von Reventlow - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 45. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-145-7. $49.9.
Nearly 80,000 pages presenting 62 German women authors from the Baroque to the 20th century. Included: Ahlefeldt, Arnim, Aston, Bernhardi, Birch-Pfeiffer, Boy-Ed, Brau, Büchner, Christ, Christen, Dohm, Droste-Hülshoff, Duncker, Ebner-Eschenbach, Ehrmann, Fischer, de la Motte Fouqué, Francois, Frapan, Frölich, Gottsched, Greiffenberg, Günderode, Hahn-Hahn, Hensel, Heyking, Hoyers, Huber, Janitschek, Karschin, Kempner, Lachmann, La Rohe, Lewald, Liebeskind, Marlitt, Meisel-Hess, Mereau, Meysenbug, Müller-Jahnke, Naubert, Neuber, Otto, Paalzow, Paoli, Reventlow, Schlegel, A. u. J. Schopenhauer, Sommer, Spyri, Stockfleth, Suttner, Unger, Wilderuth, Wolzogen, Zäunemann, Ziegler, Zinzendorf.
46. Paret, Rudi, translator. Der Koran - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 46. Übersetzt von Rudi Paret (1901-1983). Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-146-5. $35.
With introduction and commentary by Paret, text in German.
47. Khoury, Adel Theodor / Hagemann, Ludwig / Heine, Peter. Lexikon des Islam. Geschichte, Ideen, Gestalten. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 47. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-147-3. $29.9.
450 articles on the history of Islam, theology, law and culture. Leading German-language reference work on Islam.
48. Notz, Klaus-Josef, hrsg. Lexikon des Buddhismus. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 48. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-148-1. $29.9.
1570 text pages on one cd-rom. Encyclopedia with 1200 articles on history, culture, and religion of buddhism. Text in German.
49. Oeresch, Manfred / Saal, Friedrih Wilhelm et al, hrsg. Das Dritte Reich. Daten - Bilder - Dokumente. Eine Tageschronik mit 1,700 Abbildungen aus dem Bildarchiv Heinz Bergschicker. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 49. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2000, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-149-X. $35.
Detailed report chronicling events of each day of the Third Reich, 1933-1945 with over 1800 contemporary photos and documents. Also includes documentary appendix by Wolfgang Schneider.
50. Reference. Brockhaus' kleines Konversationslexikon - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, Band 50. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-150-3. $49.9.
Cd-rom of the 5th edition, 1906, with more than 2000 illustrations and 430 maps, 80,000 entries; text in German
51. Friedländer, Hugo. Interessante Kriminalprozesse - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-151-1. $35.
Between 1910 and 1920 Friedländer published his 12-volume compendium of crimina trials he had observed over 40 years of observation. 63 cases from the Imperial period are studied in detail. Included are political trials, robbery, murder, child molestation, and antisemitism cases. Complete text of the edition on one cd-rom.
52. Fath, Rolf. Reclams Opernlexikon - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 52. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc's or for mac's with pc-compatible software. Text in German, ISBN 3-89853-152-X. $29.9.
Based on the six-volume Lexikon der Opernwelt (Reclam, 1998), updated and expanded for this electronic edition. Extensive articles on 350 operas, basic information on a further 700; articles on 750 composers, 2700 librettists, singers, directors, and designers, and thousands of concepts, performance pieces, and roles.
53. Sournia, Jean-Charles / Poulet, Jacques / Martiny, Marcel hrsg. Illustrierte Geschichte der Medizin. Cd-rom. Deutsche Bearbeitung unter der Leitung von Richard Toellner. Digitale Bibliothek Volume 53. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc's or for mac's with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-153-8. $49.9.
Cd-rom version of the 9-volume, heavily illustrated history of medicine, based on the German book edition of 1980. Includes historical sections as well as 1200 articles on specific figures and concepts of medical history, with over 4000 illustrations.
54. Müller-Enbergs, Helmut / Wielgohs, Jan / Hoffmann, Dieter, hrsg. Wer war wer in der DDR? Ein biographisches Lexikon. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 54. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-154-6. $29.9.
Expanded book edition of 2001 with over 2700 biographical entries. Materials from the Gauck-Behörde have been used in preparing the new edition. Text in German, one cd-rom.
55. Christ, Karl [Einführung]. Geschichte des Altertums in Darstellungen von Johann Gustav Droysen, Theodor Mommsen, Jacob Burckhardt, Robert von Pöhlmann und Eduard Meyer. Digitale Bibliothek, 55. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-155-4. $99.9.
Five major histories of the ancient world by the most famous 19th century and early 20th century masters. Includes Droysen, Geschichte des Hellenismus - Mommsen, Römische Geschichte - Burckhardt, Griechische Kulturgeschichte - Pöhlmann, Geschichte der sozialen Frage und des Sozialismus in der antiken Welt - Meyer, Geschichte des Altertums. Also includes a historiographical and biographical introduction by Karl Christ.
56. Bräuer, Hasso hrsg. Archiv des deutschen Alltagdesigns. Warenkunden des 20. Jahrhunderts. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 56. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-156-2. $189.
A unique collection of scarce works on design, originally published from 1915 to 1961. "Warenkunden" were the housewares and design catalogues of their day. Presented here in both facsimile and full-text (searchable) editions, five major works with over 4000 facsimiles become an inexhaustible research and design tool. Design historians introduce the works. Includes: Deutsches Warenbuch. Hrsg. v. Dürerbund-Werkbund (Hellerau, 1915), Jetzt wird Ihre Wohnung eingerichtet. Das Warenbuch für den neuen Wohnbedarf von Werner Gräff (Potsdam: Verlag Müller und Keipenheuer, 1933); Deutsche Warenkunde. Hrsg. v. Kunst-Dienst Berlin (Berlin: Alfred Metzner Verlag, 1939-1941); Deutsche Warenkunde. Eine Bildkartei des Deutschen Werkbundes (Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1955-1961); Form und Dekor. Hrsg. v. Institut für angewandte Kunst (Berlin: Verlag Die Wirtschaft, 1955-1961).
57. Hafki, Thomas hrsg. Operntexte von Monteverdi bis Strauss, cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek 57. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, German language cd-rom for PC or for Macs with PC-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-157-0. $49.9.
Libretti in the original languages and in German translation. Works of over 100 composers. Concentration on the period from Händel to Richard Strauss, with a selection of texts from the 17th and 18th centuries. About 25,000 pages of text.
58. Weber, Max / Hrsg. v. Marianne Weber und Johannes Winckelmann. Gesammelte Werke cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 58. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-158-9. $49.9.
Also includes Marianne Weber, Max Weber. Ein Lebensbild (1926). Based on the standard texts, with page concordance to the UTB-Ausgabe. Includes Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Religionssoziologie, Gesammelte Politische Schriften, Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Wissenschaftslehre, Gesammelte Aufsätze Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Soziologie und Sozialpolitik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Grundriß der verstehenden Soziologie. Even in the tiny print paperback edition, these volumes cost well over $200. The digital form offers new resources for the study of Weber. Now there is no excuse for citing Weber from old or ponderous translations without checking the original-language texts.
59. Lehmstedt, Mark ed. English and American Literature. From Shakespeare to Mark Twain. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 59. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-159-7. $79.9.
94 English and American authors from the 14th century to the 1930s presented in the original language, over 120,000 pages, on one cd-rom. In addition to classics of literature, drama, and poetry, the edition contains a selection of essays and autobiographies. Bibliographic and biographical notes to the authors also included. Based throughout on solid scholarly editions, and with page concordance to both the digital and print editions. Authors included: Austen, Beckford, Behn, Bellamy, Bierce, Blake, Boswell, Bronte, Bunyan, Burns, Butler, Byron, Carroll, Chaucer, Cleland, Coleridge, Congreve, Conrad, Cooper, Crane, Defoe, Dickens, Doonne, Doyle, Dryden, Douglass, Eliot, Emerson, Equiano, Fielding, Franklin, Gaskell, Gay, Gissing, Godwin, Godwin, Goldsmith, Gray, Hardy, Harte, Hawthorne, Henry, Irving, James, Johnson, Jonson, Keats, Lawrence, Lear, Lewis, Lillo, London, Longfellow, Macpherson, Malory, Mandeville, Mansfield, Marlowe, Melville, Meredith, Milton, Morris, Poe, Pope, De qunicey, Radcliffe, Raleigh, Richardson, Rossetti, Scott, Shakespeare, Shelley, Sheridan, Smollett, Spenser, Sterne, Stevenson, Stoker, Stowe, Swift, Swinburne, Synge, Tennyson, Thackeray, Thomson, Twain, Walpole, Washington, Whitman, Wilde, Wordsworth, Young.
60. Blume, Friedrich hrsg. Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Ungekürzte elektronische Asugabe der ersten Auflage: cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek 60. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, German language cd-rom for PC or for Macs with PC-compatible software. Text in German, ISBN 3-89853-160-0. $255.
The complete edition on one cd-rom. More than 12,000 articles, originally 30,000 text columns. First published between 1949 and 1987. Much easier to use than the print edition, as the supplement volumes have been integrated.
61. Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare: Complete Works in English and German. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 61. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-161-9. $49.9.
A modern scholarly edition in English, plus the famous German translations by August Wilhelm Schlegel, Dorothea Tieck, Ludwig Tieck, and Wolf Graf Baudissin. Includes a complete facsimile of the First Folio edition of 1623 with a complete transcription. 16,000 pages on cd-rom, making comparison of the different versions and translations a snap.
62. Wander, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm hrsg. Deutsches Sprichwörterlexikon cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, 62. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, German language cd-rom for pc or for Macs with PC-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-162-7. $99.9.
250,000 idioms. First published in five volumes 1867-1880. Wander (1803-1879) was co-founder of the German teacher's association; but was removed from his offices in 1849 because of his revolutionary activities.
63. Aland, Kurt hrsg., Luther, Martin. Martin Luther: Gesammelte Werke cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 63. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-163-5. $49.9.
Based on the 10-volume Aland edition, with Luther's latin and early German texts translated into modern german. Contains 110 texts, from the first lecture on Psalms (1513/1515) and the central texts of the Reformation to the provocative "Wider das Papsttum zu Rom, vom Teufel gestiftet" (1545); also includes his Lieder, 72 sermons, and a selection of over 350 letters. The edition adds introductions to each work, commentary, indexes, and a chronology of Luther's writings, as well as a chronicle of his life with 170 illustrations, a biographical introduction by Hermann Bornkamm and a study of his theology by Gerhard Ebeling.
64. Sucher, Bernd C. hrsg. dtv-Lexikon Theater. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 64. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-164-3. $35.
dtv - the Deutsche Taschenbuchverlag - has long been a pioneer in both paperback republication and original publications in paperback form. Here over 5900 pages on cd-rom, 2150 articles on the theater, past and present, in German-speaking countries. Standard work includes a Sachlexikon with 500 articles on epochs in theater history, famous stages, and the conceptual and theoretical ideas of the great directors and playwrights. In the Personenlexikon, over 1650 authors, directors, and critics are presented, with the broadest coverage given to the period after 1945. Based on the two-volume editions of 1996 and 1999.
65. Schaub, Horst / Zenke, Karl G. dt Worterbuch Padagogik. Digitale Bibliothek, Band 65. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, German language cd-rom for pc or for Macs with PC-compatible software, 3-89853-165-1. $19.9.
Digitale Bibliothek, 65. Based on the 4th revised and expanded editionof the book edition (2000). 1700 entries on the history of educational thought, the educational systems of modern times, biographical and institutional themes.
66. Deutsches Historische Museum, hrsg., Kilian, Katrin (introduction and commentary). Der Erste Weltkrieg in deutschen Bildpostkarten. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 66. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-166-X. $29.9.
The picture post card was officially permitted in 1895, and rapidly gained great popularity. Before 1914 it was valued as one of the best, and cheapest, sources of color reproductions. But with the outbreak of the war it became a standard means of communication between soldiers and the home front. This new edition contains about 1000 picture post cards representing the First World War, taken from the collections of the German Historical Museum in Berlin. Arranged by themes, the collection covers photographs, paintings, lithographs, and drawings of all aspects of the war - from being called up to service to dying the heroic death. Propaganda for the war plays a large part in the imagery. The edition also documents the messages on the post cards. This makes it a valuable source for the study of private communication, as well as wartime imagery. Accessible via a data bank, and accompanied by an introduction by Katrin Kilian, director of the project "Feldpost-Archiv Berlin".
67. Sulzer, Johann Georg. Allgemeine Theorie der schönen Künste. Lexikon der Künste und Ästhetik (1771/1774). Digitale Bibliothek, volume 67. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-164-3. $49.9.
The first german encyclopedia of aesthetics. The two-volume first edition of 1771 / 1774 represents aesthetics of the German Enlightenment and supplied the basis for the German classics. 900 Articles on the arts, music, literature, and rhetoric, including many substantial treatises. Basic aesthetic concepts (Charakter, Empfindung, Form, Genie, Geschmack, Klassisch, Komisch, Nachahmung, Natur, Pathos, Witz); the history and practice of individual arts (Musik, Baukunst, Malerei, Zeichenkunst, Bildhauerei, Gartenkunst, Ballett, Ooper, Operette, Theater, Rhetorik); Concepts and Genres (Groteske, Harlekin, Kanon, Lyrisch, Metapher), and much more. Around 6,500 pages.
69. Georges, Karl Ernst. Lateinisch - Deutsch. Ausführliches Handwörterbuch. Elektronische Ausgabe der 8. Auflage (1913/1918). Digitale Bibliothek, volume 69. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-169-4. $39.
62,000 entries, with over 200,000 variant meanings and 300,000 references and examples. Long the key reference for classical-studies. Beyond definitions it offers etymologies, changes in meaning, and usage, all supported by references to classical authors. The philologist Karl Ernst Georges (1806-1895) was both a teacher and a lexicographer. The expanded edition was revised by his son, Heinrich Georges (1852-1921). Around 12,000 pages on cd-rom.
70. Reference. Kindlers Meisterzeichnungen aller Epochen. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 70. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-170-8. $39.9.
The 4 volume Kindler edition on one cd-rom. With over 1000 illustrations and complete text.
72. Delbrück, Hans, 1848-1929. Geschichte der Kriegskunst. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 72. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-172-4. $29.9.
Cd-rom version of the 4-volume history of warfare, text of the 1920-1923 edition, with an introduction by Karl Christ. Military history from a social and cultural perspective.
73. Fahlbusch, Erwin, hrsg. Taschenlexikon Religion und Theologie. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 73. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-173-2. $29.9.
500 entries by noted scholars on Church life in Germany, contemporary theology, religion, and issues such as democracy, the third world, genetics, Islam, mass media, racism, tolerance, environment along with traditional theological concerns. Based on the 4th expanded book edition, 1983.
74. Wilhelm Busch. Gesammelte Werke - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, cd-rom for pc, text in German, 3-89853-174-0. $35.
First extensive collection of Wilhelm Busch in digital form.
75. Poetry. Deutsche Lyrik von Luther bis Rilke - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, cd-rom for pc, texts in German, 3-89853-175-9. $89.
53,000 poems, 207 authors.
78. Reference. Archiv der Gegenwart. Deutschland 1949 bis 1999. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 78. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, ISBN 3-89853-178-3. $49.9.
Cd-rom edition based on the 10-volume Archiv der Gegenwart from the Siegler Verlag. 50,000 pages of historical chronicle, not in retrospect, but from ongoing contemporary publication.
80. Uther, Hans-Jörg, hrsg. Deutsche Märchen und Sagen. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, cd-rom for pc, text in German, 3-89853-180-5. $58.
24,000 fairy tales and legends from German tradition. Contains over 40 major collections, including Musäus, Bechstein, Grimm (first editions of 1812/15). Also includes bibliography of over 20,000 titles.
81. Denzler, Georg / Andresen, Carl. Wörterbuch Kirchengeschichte. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, cd-rom for pc, text in German. Over 700 articles on church history and concepts, 3-89853-181-3. $16.85.
Die Cd-Rom Ausgabe basiert auf der 5. aktualisierten Auflage der Buchausgabe vom Juli 1997, dtv.
82. Andrea Gorys. Wörterbuch Archäologie - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, cd-rom for pc, text in German, 3-89853-182-1. $16.85.
Die Cd-Rom basiert auf der 1. Auflage der Buchausgabe vom Juli 1997, dtv.
83. Werner D. Fröhlich. Wörterbuch Psychologie - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, cd-rom for pc, text in German, 3-89853-183-X. $16.85.
Die Cd-Rom basiert auf der 24., durchgesehenen Auflage der Buchausgabe vom November 2002, dtv.
85. Reference. Lexikon der Naturwissenschaftler - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, cd-rom for pc, texts in German, 3-89853-185-6. $22.
Die Cd-Rom basiert auf der Buchausgabe von 2000 - Spektrum Verlag, Heidelberg. With articles on 3000 scientists in all fields, 788 portraits, 550 concept definitions.
88. Kartschoke / Bumke / Cramer. Deutsche Literatur im Mittelalter. Geschichte - Kultur - Gesellschaft. Cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, cd-rom for pc, text in German, 3-89853-188-0. $68.
Contains full texts of the authors three volume Geschichte der deutschen Literatur im Mittelalter. Also includes Joachim Bumke, Höfische Kultur - Literatur und Gesellschaft im hohen Mittelalter.
90. Walter Scherf. Märchenlexikon. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, cd-rom for pc, text in German, cd-rom of 2-volume reference on 500 fairy tales, 3-89853-190-2. $45.
Die Cd-Rom Ausgabe basiert auf der zweibändigen Buchausgabe des Verlags C. H. Beck von 1995.