The Berkley Bestiary Jack Rabbit Square Tray from Galison features a dapper rabbit by husband & wife duo Ryan & Lucy Berkley The Berkleys create technically brilliant & detailed drawings of sophisticated animals complete with whimsical backstories & anecdotes for each This tray is packaged in a sturdy die-cut window box so it makes a great gift & is sure to becomes the perfect destination for keys jewelry & other trinkets or desk top items
- Size 5 x 5 inches
- Gift box included

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Michelin City Plans come in practical formats paper laminated & accordian folds Suited for tourist use & with clear precise mapping Starting at 18000 scale & upwards 1 pages ...

Michelin City Plans come in practical formats paper laminated & accordian folds Suited for tourist use & with clear precise mapping Starting at 18000 scale & upwards 1 pages ...

This short book takes us through the sixteen days in August 1936 when the Olympic Games were staged in Berlin With a chapter dedicated to each day it describes the events in the German capital through the eyes of a select cast of characters
- Nazi leaders & foreign diplomats athletes & journalists writers & actors nightclub owners & socialites While the competition inside the Olympic Stadium provides the focus & much of the drama
- from the triumph of Jesse Owens to the scandal when an American tourist breaks through security & kisses Hitler
- Oliver Hilmes also takes us behind the scenes & into the lives of ordinary Berliners the woman with a dark secret who steps in front of a train the transsexual waiting for the Gestapo's knock on the door & the Jewish boy hoping that Germany may lose in the sporting arena During the Games Nazi oppression was temporarily lifted & the book offers us a last glimpse of the vibrant & diverse life in the German capital in the 1920 & early 1930s which the Nazis set out to destroy it evokes the novels of Christopher Isherwood & Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz
- but we are already entering the dark world of Fallada's Alone in Berlin



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play TV drama series directed by renowned German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder adapted from an Alfred Döblin novel The series was basically a 15 hour narrative by one man
- Franz Bierkopf Bierkopf is a compelling character
- good natured soft tender & equally hard violent & brutal when required Fresh out of prison in 1920s Germany after a four stretch for doing away with his girlfriend he&s working at making a new start & going straight He meets Reinhold a magnetic yet dangerous & halfwitted low-rent burglar & falls under his spell Very soon any hope Bierkopf had of going straight goes straight out of the window

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Zeitgeist The Roaring Twenties in Berlin It was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases of brilliant book design of the Bauhaus total work of art of pioneering psychology of drag balls cabaret Metropolis & Marlene Dietrich s rising star in theater & silent film Between the paroxysms of two world wars Berlin in the 1920s was a carpe diem cultural heyday replete with groundbreaking art invention & thought This book immerses readers in the freewheeling spirit of the Weimar age Through exemplary works in painting sculpture architecture graphic design photography & film we uncover the innovations ideas & precious dreams that characterized this unique cultural window We take in the jazz bars & dance halls; the crowded kinos & flapper fashion; the advances in technology & transport; the radio towers & rumbling trams & trains; the soaring buildings; the cinematic masterworks; & the newly independent women who smoked cigarettes wore their hair short & earned their own money Featured works in this vivid cultural portrait include Hannah Hoch s Journalists; Lotte Jacobi s Hands on the Typewriter; Otto Dix s Portrait of Sylvia von Harden; Peter Behrens s Project Alexanderplatz; & Josef von Sternberg s The Blue Angel starring Dietrich as cabaret performer Lola Lola Along the way we explore both the utopian yearnings & the more ominous economic & political realities which fueled the era s escapist idealistic or reactionary masterworks Behind the bright lights & glitter dresses we see the inflation factory labor & fragile political consensus that lurked beneath this golden era & would eventually spell its savage end with the rise of National Socialism" ...

With nearly 200 unique images photographed on the streets of Berlin by the author between 1959 & 1966 Berlin in the Cold War depicts a city which demonstrated the conflict between East & West at that time like no other The photographs throw into focus the situation existing both before the building of the Berlin Wall when anyone could move freely between the two halves of the city & after its construction when most Westerners could with some difficulty make the crossing Allan Hailstone took many photographs during several visits in those years some surreptitiously despite restrictions placed on photography in East Berlin These photographs provide a taste of this once dramatically divided city ...

Marco Polo Berlin City Map the ideal map for your trip Let the Marco Polo city map of Berlin guide you around this amazing city Highly durable & waterproof this handy pocket-size Berlin map folds away easily & is always on standby to help when you're stuck Laminated finish
- waterproof durable & tear-resistant This hard-wearing little pocket map of Berlin will withstand lots of folding & refolding Pocket format
- the handy light-weight pocket-size format contains huge coverage of Berlin Easy to use
- the super clear mapping in strong colours & clear text will help you navigate the city like a local Public transport maps
- the centre of Berlin is easy to navigate on foot but if your feet have had enough then look no further than the easy reference Berlin metro map which is also included Detailed scale
- the scale is 1 15 000 showing you even the smallest of streets Practical tourist information
- Marco Polo's favourite top 10 sights are highlighted & cross-referenced to the map for ease of use Theatres concert halls shopping destinations museums art galleries churches & parks are also listed & cross-referenced Ideal for short break fly-drive & package holidays Extensive street index Coverage

Includes::
- from Gesundbrunnen in the north west to Charlottenburg east to Friedrichshain & south Tempelhofer Park this detailed map will help you plan your time in Berlin Trust Marco Polo's clear mapping & thorough street index to guide you around the wonderful city of Berlin








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Ex-Policeman Bernie Gunther thought he'd seen everything on the streets of 1930's Berlin But then he went freelance & each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of Nazi sub-culture & even after the war amidst the decayed imperial splendour of Vienna Bernie uncovered a legacy that made the wartime atrocities look lily-white in comparison ...

Explore the vibrant city of Berlin with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized pop-up map Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable Berlin city map will ensure you don't miss a thing

Includes:: two pop-up maps covering Berlin Charlottenburg & Mitte Additional maps covering Potsdam Locator & the S-bahn & U-bahn are also included Handy self-folding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination Hotels restaurants stores & attractions are all included Ideal to pop in a pocket or bag for quick reference while exploring Berlin Contents include maps of Berlin Charlottenburg & Mitte Potsdam Locator S-bahn & U-bahn

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