Berlin Now

Author : Peter Schneider
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780374712105

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Berlin Now by Peter Schneider Pdf

A smartly guided romp, entertaining and enlightening, through Europe's most charismatic and enigmatic city It isn't Europe's most beautiful city, or its oldest. Its architecture is not more impressive than that of Rome or Paris; its museums do not hold more treasures than those in Barcelona or London. And yet, when citizens of "New York, Tel Aviv, or Rome ask me where I'm from and I mention the name Berlin," writes Peter Schneider, "their eyes instantly light up." Berlin Now is a longtime Berliner's bright, bold, and digressive exploration of the heterogeneous allure of this vibrant city. Delving beneath the obvious answers—Berlin's club scene, bolstered by the lack of a mandatory closing time; the artistic communities that thrive due to the relatively low (for now) cost of living—Schneider takes us on an insider's tour of Germany's rapidly metamorphosing metropolis, where high-class soirees are held at construction sites and enterprising individuals often accomplish more without public funding—assembling a makeshift club on the banks of the Spree River—than Berlin's officials do. Schneider's perceptive, witty investigations on everything from the insidious legacy of suspicion instilled by the East German secret police to the clashing attitudes toward work, food, and love held by former East and West Berliners have been sharply translated by Sophie Schlondorff. The result is a book so lively that readers will want to jump on a plane—just as soon as they've finished their adventures on the page.

Author : Peter Schneider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Berlin (Germany)
ISBN : 0241970830

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Berlin Now by Peter Schneider Pdf

On the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city. Over the last five decades, no city has changed more than Berlin: divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, it has become Europe's most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants and entrepreneurs. Blending memoir, history and reportage, this legendary Berliner takes us behind the scenes there - looking at everything from life under the Stasi and the difference between East and West Berliners' sex-lives to the city's night-life, politics and hidden quirks - and reveals what makes Berlin the uniquely fascinating place it is.

Author : Lucia Berlin
Publisher : Godine+ORM
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781574232318

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Where I Live Now by Lucia Berlin Pdf

The New York Times–bestselling author of So Long contemplates the human condition in this short story collection for fans of Grace Paley & Alice Munro. The elusive nature of happiness is a compelling theme in Where I Live Now. The survivors in these stories—many of them society's marginal or excluded people, fighting alcohol or drug addiction, bearing emotional scars—recognize it all too well. They mourn the lost dreams of youth, the roads not taken. They suffer the damage life inflicts: the ache of loneliness, the pain of separation, the fear of death. Set mainly in Los Angeles, Lucia Berlin’s gritty working-class stories bridge the gap between the Americas—rich and poor, North and South, Anglo and Hispanic. While her style has been compared to Raymond Carver’s, and her dream- and drink-addicted characters to Richard Yates’s, her fictional territory and fatalistic humor are hers alone. Praise for Where I Live Now “Berlin’s literary model is Chekhov, but there are extra-literary models too, including the extended jazz solo, with its surges, convolutions, and asides. This is writing of a very high order.” —August Kleinzahler, London Review of Books “This remarkable collection occasionally put me in mind of Annie Proulx’s Accordion Crimes, with its sweep of American origins and places. Berlin is our Scheherazade, continually surprising her readers with a startling variety of voices, vividly drawn characters, and settings alive with sight and sound.” —Barbara Barnard, American Book Review “Berlin is marvelously successful, placing her memorable characters in gripping situations, plumbing their messed-up lives for pathos and allowing us to see deeply into their souls.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Tony Le Tissier,Winston G. Ramsey
Publisher : Battle of Britain Prints
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Berlin (Germany)
ISBN : 090091372X

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Berlin Then and Now by Tony Le Tissier,Winston G. Ramsey Pdf

Chronicling the history of Berlin, this book charts the Communist-Nazi struggle of the Weimar Republic; the Thousand Year Reich with its penchant for show and architectural grandeur which transformed the city; and its consequent battering by the Allies and the Soviets by air and land respectively. The city's position as the central point of the Cold War is examined, focusing on the partition, and eventual reunion, of East and West.

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781641711593

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Rick Steves Berlin by Rick Steves Pdf

Marvel at the Brandenburg Gate, climb the Reichstag's dome, and check out Checkpoint Charlie with Rick Steves Berlin! Inside you'll find: Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Berlin Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites Top sights and hidden gems, from the colorful East Side Gallery, to the Memorial of the Berlin Wall, to cozy corner biergartens How toconnect with local culture: Raise a pint with the locals and sample schnitzel, stroll through hip Prenzlauer Berg, or cruise down the Spree River Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight The best places to eat, sleep, and relax Self-guided walking tours of lively neighborhoods and incredible museums Detailed neighborhood maps for exploring on the go Useful resources including a packing list, a German phrase book, a historical overview, and recommended reading Over 400 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down Complete, up-to-date information on every neighborhood in Berlin, as well as day trips to Potsdam, Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum, and Wittenberg Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Berlin. Expanding your trip? Try Rick Steves Best of Germany.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1328 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015080309639

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The Builder by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2632608

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Transit Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1948-11
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105013185355

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American Aviation Daily by Anonim Pdf

Author : Helen Damico,Joseph B. Zavadil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317943341

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Medieval Scholarship by Helen Damico,Joseph B. Zavadil Pdf

Surveying the development of medieval scholarship through biography, this volume contains 23 original essays on scholars whose work shaped medieval historiography for the past 300 years. Their subject was Europe between 500 and 1500, and they labored to define that protean and multinational culture. Each of them pioneered or revolutionized traditional views on fields such as diplomatics (Mabillon); economic, social, and constitutional history (Power, Pirenne, Bloch, Stubbs, Waitz, Whitelock, Maitland); manuscript and archival studies (Delisle, Muratori); Jewish history and the history of Islam and Byzantium (von Grunebaum, Ostrogorsky); symbology and intellectual history (Kantorowicz, Schramm, Smalley); general and cultural history (Gibbon, Adams, Haskins, S nchez-Albornoz); and ecclesiastical history (Bolland, Lea) and the history of magic and science (Thorndike). Some of the scholars pioneered comparative and interdisciplinary studies; all published work that is still essential to our understanding of the past and, more important, the present.

Author : John J. O’Brien
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781483442549

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Unlikely Allies by John J. O’Brien Pdf

Shortly after the end of World War II, the world is still trying to put itself back together, Europe most of all. Within the chaos, a French heroin cartel takes advantage and begins successfully trafficking drugs into the United States, via New York City, utilizing a covert Latin American organization. The DEA is on the hunt. Meanwhile, Israeli Intelligence struggles to pin down the location of ex-Nazi war criminals. Their investigation collides with that of the DEA, and two very unlikely parties become allies. As the agencies work together, they soon come to a shocking revelation. The Latin American connection, sneaking heroin onto U.S. soil, is linked to the ex-Nazis hunted by the Mossad. Now more than ever, two countries must share confidential information to stop not only a drug epidemic but also bring to justice hateful men who tortured and murdered thousands.

Author : Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Germany
ISBN : NYPL:33433002808271

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Northern Germany by Karl Baedeker (Firm) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1030 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Missions
ISBN : CUB:U183021533830

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Missionary Review of the World by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Ure
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1050 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU50627678

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Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines ... [ed] by Robert Hunt ... by Andrew Ure Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1126 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : MINN:31951D010697131

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The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain. Parliament Pdf

Author : Paul Hockenos
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781620971963

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Berlin Calling by Paul Hockenos Pdf

An exhilarating journey through the subcultures, occupied squats, and late-night scenes in the anarchic first few years of Berlin after the fall of the wall Berlin Calling is a gripping account of the 1989 "peaceful revolution" in East Germany that upended communism and the tumultuous years of artistic ferment, political improvisation, and pirate utopias that followed. It’s the story of a newly undivided Berlin when protest and punk rock, bohemia and direct democracy, techno and free theater were the order of the day. In a story stocked with fascinating characters from Berlin’s highly politicized undergrounds—including playwright Heiner Müller, cult figure Blixa Bargeld of the industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, the internationally known French Wall artist Thierry Noir, the American multimedia artist Danielle de Picciotto (founder of Love Parade), and David Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust incarnation—Hockenos argues that the DIY energy and raw urban vibe of the early 1990s shaped the new Berlin and still pulses through the city today. Just as Mike Davis captured Los Angeles in his City of Quartz, Berlin Calling is a unique account of how Berlin became hip, and of why it continues to attract creative types from the world over.