Wolfgang Tschöke Books

The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The subject of major film and stage adaptations, the novel's prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game - a game which they must win. This new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be able a judge whether the novel is as "diabolical" and "infamous" as its critics have claimed, or whether it has much to tell us about the kind of world we ourselves live in. David Coward's introduction explodes myths about Laclos's own life and puts the book in its literary and cultural context.

Cyrano's (the real guy) greatest work, model for much of Gulliver's Travels, Munchausen and so many other fantasy books. First published in the 17th Century (Paris, of course), this elegant satire takes its hero into the solar system, where he then can freely speak on matters of sex, religion and humanity. Join the big guy as he wanders about the solar system, meeting up with Beast-Men, the Solen people, and a rep from the Kingdom of Love.

This delightful video course, for beginning German, follows the adventures of Anna, an eighteen-year old music student, her eleven-year old brother, her elderly neighbor Herr Schmidt, and his insatiable puppy, Oskar. Beginning language students, even at the secondary level, enjoy the videos. As an entertaining family experience for second generation German speakers, it is an ideal program for the home school environment as it is motivating as well as pedagogically sound. The language is current, the characters endearing. All materials are in German only. The entire program consists of 26 fifteen-minute video segments divided into two levels. Components include story/picture books, workbooks, audio and video cassettes, and suggested lesson plans.