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Berlin, Potsdam, Oranienburg & Beyond
Hunter Publishing 2010; US$ 7.99The author, a travel journalist, was born and lives in Germany. This guide focuses on Berlin, Germanys capital, its largest city, and perhaps its most interesting destination. It has more than 170 museums, three opera houses, an enormous cultural variety, and gripping modern history. An interesting daytrip is to royal residences in nearby Potsdam.... more...
The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottomans
I.B.Tauris 2011; US$ 90.00The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire, especially under their charismatic leaders Charles V and Suleyman I, were major empires of the early-modern period. Both exercised global power as, respectively, leaders of the universal 'res publica Christiana' and 'dar-es Islam'. However, both lost supreme power in the course of the 17th... more...
To Prussia with Love
Summersdale 2012; US$ 9.99Farce meets romance in this amusing travel memoir set in East Germany In a desperate attempt to save his relationship with girlfriend Lena and take a break from the world of journalism, Roger Boyes agrees to make a great escape from the easy urban lifestyle of Berlin and decamp to the countryside. He has hopes for Italy, but Lena has... more...
Berlin Divided City, 1945-1989
Berghahn Books 2010; US$ 29.95A great deal of attention continues to focus on Berlin's cultural and political landscape after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but as yet, no single volume looks at the divided city through an interdisciplinary analysis. This volume examines how the city was conceived, perceived, and represented during the four decades preceding reunification and thereby... more...
Der Ausschluss aus der Bundestagsfraktion.
Duncker & Humblot 2011; US$ 71.17Hauptbeschreibung Der Ausschluss eines Fraktionsmitgliedes aus der Fraktion schmälert die politischen und parlamentarischen Handlungsmöglichkeiten eines Abgeordneten nicht unerheblich. Dabei wird die seitens der Fraktionsmitglieder in Ausübung ihres freien Mandats getroffene Entscheidung zur Kooperation durch die Ausschlussentscheidung der Fraktionsmehrheit... more...
Vatikanische Ostpolitik und die DDR
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011; US$ 43.03Hauptbeschreibung Während Johannes XXIII. am 7. März 1963 Tochter und Schwiegersohn des sowjetischen Ministerpräsidenten Chruschtschow in privater Audienz empfing, traf sich Agostino Casaroli, der Architekt der Vatikanischen Ostpolitik, während einer UNO-Konferenz mit Mitgliedern von Delegationen aus Staaten des Ostblocks. Beides kann als Anfang... more...
The Candy Bombers
Penguin Group US 2008; US$ 18.00The Candy Bombers is the true tale of the ill- assorted group of castoffs and second-stringers who saved millions of desperate people from a dire threat. By feeding and supplying West Berlin by air for nearly a year, these brave men won the hearts of America's defeated enemies, and inspired people around the world to believe in America's fundamental... more...
Der Etat des Deutschen Reiches in der Bismarckzeit
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2012; US$ 71.17Hauptbeschreibung Das Deutsche Kaiserreich ist in der wissenschaftlichen Literatur perspektivisch umfassend erschlossen. Die Haushaltspolitik der Bismarckzeit ist bis heute jedoch weitgehend im Dunkeln verblieben. Diese Arbeit beschreitet insoweit Neuland, da der Etat erstmals digital aufbereitet und so einer Analyse zugänglich gemacht wurde. Neben... more...
Frommer's Berlin Day By Day
Wiley 2011; US$ 13.99Day by Day guides are short and punchy city guides that direct travellers on a short break around the city in the most effective way. The guides are aimed at sophisticated travellers who are looking for a very accessible read to make the most of their stay. Through the use of special-interest tours in the books, travellers are able to get a good idea... more...









