| Management number | 238746939 | Release Date | 2026/07/11 | List Price | US$8.80 | Model Number | 238746939 | ||
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<p><strong>Learn German with the Augsburg Saga - C1.2</strong><br><strong>Interlinear German-English Reader</strong><br><strong>Hope and Peril</strong></p><p>Learn German through a historically grounded family story - with precise C1-level language and immediate English support when you need it.</p><p><em>Hope and Peril</em> is the second book of the C1 level in the Augsburg Saga.</p><p><br>It is written in carefully controlled, authentic C1 German and presented in an interlinear German-English format, sentence by sentence.</p><p>Each German sentence is followed directly by its English translation.<br>The English is not word-for-word and not literary prose. It stays close to the German in meaning and structure and serves purely as a reading aid, allowing you to continue reading without constant dictionary use.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Between two worlds: Germany and Augsburg, 1968-1972</strong></p><p>This story takes place in Augsburg in the early 1970s, in a Germany shaped by division, political violence, protest, and unresolved memory.</p><p>Daily life remains structured.<br>Work continues. Families function. Routines hold.</p><p>At the same time, tension becomes part of the background noise of ordinary life. Reports of shootings at the inner-German border circulate. Attacks, trials, and demonstrations enter kitchens and workplaces through newspapers, radio, and television. The Munich Olympic Games - meant to show a new, open Germany - become a moment of shock and lasting doubt.</p><p>The Hartwig family does not stand at the center of these events.<br>They encounter them indirectly - through administrative procedures, work decisions, cautious conversations, and silences that grow heavier.</p><p>This is not a story about ideology.<br>It is a story about how uncertainty becomes permanent - and how people learn to live carefully inside a society that still wants stability, but can no longer assume it.</p><p> </p><p><strong>What this C1.2 reader includes</strong></p><p>- One complete C1.2 story (self-contained)<br>- Interlinear German-English format (sentence by sentence)<br>- English historical and cultural introduction (Germany 1968-1972)</p><p>- Clear chapter structure<br>- Chapter summaries<br>- Questions and answers for comprehension<br>- Carefully controlled C1 vocabulary and syntax</p><p> </p><p><strong>Who this book is for</strong></p><p>- Advanced learners at C1 level<br>- Readers interested in divided Germany and the early 1970s as lived experience</p><p>- Learners transitioning from supported reading to independent German prose<br>- Teachers working with themes of language, responsibility, and political tension<br>- Readers who value restraint, precision, and historical realism</p><p> </p><p><strong>Part of a larger series</strong></p><p>This book can be read independently.</p><p>It also continues the C1 level of the Augsburg Saga - a long historical</p>
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Textbooks |
| Publication date | January, 2026 |
| Pages | 370 |
| Subgenre | Teaching |
| Series title | Learn German with the Augsburg Saga - Interlinear German-English |
| Number in series | 26 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | German Learning Press |
| Original languages | German, English |
| Language | English |
| Edu focus | Materials & Devices |
| Educational level | General |
| Is collectible | N |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 6.00 x 0.82 x 9.00 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1.09 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Education |
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