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Ordinary Germans in Extraordinary Times
Indiana University Press 2004; US$ 28.00Hildesheim is a mid-sized provincial town in northwest Germany. Ordinary Germans in Extraordinary Times is a carefully drawn account of how townspeople went about their lives and reacted to events during the Nazi era. Andrew Stuart Bergerson argues that ordinary Germans did in fact make Germany and Europe... more...
German History from the Margins
Indiana University Press 2006; US$ 31.95German History from the Margins offers new ways of thinking about ethnic and religious minorities and other outsiders in modern German history. Many established paradigms of German history are challenged by the contributors' new and often provocative findings, including evidence of the striking cosmopolitanism... more...
Macmillan, Khrushchev and the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1960
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 44.95This new study casts fresh light on the roles of Harold Macmillan and Nikita Khrushchev and their efforts to achieve a compromise settlement on the pivotal Berlin Crisis. Drawing on previously unseen documents and secret archive material, Kitty Newman demonstrates how the British Prime Minister acted to prevent the crisis sliding into a disastrous... more...
Destined to Witness
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99This is a story of the unexpected.In Destined to Witness , Hans Massaquoi has crafted a beautifully rendered memoir -- an astonishing true tale of how he came of age as a black child in Nazi Germany. The son of a prominent African and a German nurse, Hans remained behind with his mother when Hitler came to power, due to concerns about his fragile... more...
New Berlin
University of Minnesota Press 2005; US$ 75.00Four locations frame The New Berlin: the Topography of Terror, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, the Jewish Museum, and Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial and Museum. Through field notes, interviews, archival texts, personal narratives, public art, maps, images, and other sources, Karen Till describes how these places and spaces exemplify... more...
Travel Dresden, Germany
MobileReference.com 2007; US$ 4.99Travel Dresden - illustrated city guide, phrasebook, and maps. Indulge Yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. Fully illustrated. Historical overviews. Interesting facts. Street Maps, Metro Map, and more. Museums hours and ticket infor. Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Access the guide anytime, anywhere -... more...
Travel Munich
MobileReference.com 2007; US$ 4.99An illustrated city guide, phrasebook, and maps. Indulge Yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. Fully illustrated. Historical overviews. Interesting facts. Street Map, Train Map, and more. Museums hours and ticket info. Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the... more...
200 Jahre Heidelberger Romantik (Heidelberger Jahrbücher) (German Edition)
Springer 2008; US$ 69.99?Ein gut Teil des Feuers, das Napoleon verzehrte", habe von Heidelberg seinen Ausgang genommen. Das sagte Freiherr vom Stein 1815 und meinte jene nationale Kulturerneuerung, die den Heidelberger Romantikerkreis um Achim von Arnim, Clemens Brentano u. a. entscheidend prägte. Die Beiträge untersuchen neben den kulturpolitischen Intentionen, auch die... more...
Die Berliner Salons
De Gruyter 2000; US$ 49.00The book presents the reader interested in history and literature with a history of the Berlin salons, starting with the first salons around 1780 until the end of the First World War in 1914. The author shows how the artistic and political salons were formative influences in the 'intellectual Berlin' of their times, and demonstrates how they... more...
CultureShock! Munich
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 11.17With over three million copies in print, CultureShock! is a dynamic and indispensable range of guides covering countless destinations around the world. The series is especially intended for travellers who are looking to truly understand the countries they are visiting and who might even consider residing there. more...









