For forty years photography in Berlin had been held hostage, like the city, in a ferocious heart-rending ideological struggle, a new war of representation, played out in large part via the image, still & in motion. Protagonist of the great season of photographic reportage in the democracies of the latter half of the twentieth century & instrument of propaganda in the totalitarian regimes of the East, photography narrated & incarnated the division of the two blocs. It focused on that wall built by Soviet power, the materialisation of the Iron Curtain that cut through Europe, separating East from West, real socialism from consumer capitalism. This long bulwark of precast concrete four meters high crossed the city for forty kilometers, continuing for another hundred & forty, enlarged & reinforced again & again, always guarded, observed for almost thirty years by eyes on either side, object of a constant surveillance. This book documents the photography that bore witness to the fall & what came after. ...

Berlin, with Potsdam & the Sanssouci Palace, on a tourist street plan from Red Maps presented in a handy concertina format & printed on thick high quality paper, with thematic indexes for sights, hotels, shopping, etc. The plan covers Berlin from the Messe centre to the Friedrichshain district in the east, & north/south from Moabit to Kreuzberg districts. Rather than show its map scale as the traditional ratio, the publishers indicate coverage eat/west as 14.76 km/ 9.2 miles & north/south 6.15 km/3.8 miles (effectively 1:27, 000 approx). On the reverse a separate panel shows Potsdam with the Sanssouci Palace. The plan names tourist sights & important buildings, entertainment venues, selected hotels, etc. Also highlighted are main shopping streets with names of selected individual stores. S- & U-Bahn stations & connections are very clearly indicated. On the reverse are thematic lists of sights & important buildings, hotels, etc. A special panel provides area-by-area recommendation of (mainly fashion) shops. An index lists a selection of neighbourhoods & streets, plus a handful of stations. To see other street plans from Red Maps with similar presentation please click on the series link. ...

Berlin
- Potsdam Region Street Atlas in a series of detailed atlases covering the whole of Germany at 1:20, 000 with UTM coordinates
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The Style City series focuses on the vitality & uniqueness of the world's greatest cities. Each volume is superbly designed & produced, yet ingeniously practical, with lavish photography, easy-to-read maps, & informed & enjoyable texts. From offbeat cafes & cutting-edge restaurants to the most stylish stores, hotels & neighbourhoods, Style City reveals & revels in all the special places where both locals & discerning travellers can find a vibrant & idiosyncratic urban experience. Ravaged by history, riven in half, gateway to Eastern Europe, Berlin is one of the most dynamic & exciting cities in Europe, a cultural, artistic & creative magnet for the third millennium. Architectural icons
- new & old
- entrenched bohemianism, & a flamboyant nightlife are just a few of Berlin's colourful facets. Against a rapidly changing backdrop, Style City Berlin spotlights the very best of the city, underground, in the open, & behind closed doors.

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Berlin: the Downfall, 1945, is Antony Beevor`s account of the bloody Götterdämmerung that brought the Second World War in Europe to an end, & in which he has fused the large & the small scale effects of war. Beevor paints the broad picture of Marshals Zhukov & Konev, competing for glory & Stalin`s attention, as they race their armies towards Berlin. He gives the reader a gripping account of the brutal street-by-street fighting in the German capital & provides an unforgettable portrait of the last, insane days of Hitler & his entourage in the bunker. Beevor’s attention to emotional detail, in combination with his sweeping historical narrative, shows a remarkable sensitivity to the unfolding human drama of Nazi Germany’s last days. He also highlights the small details of ordinary people caught in the nightmare of history
- the sick children evacuated at the last minute from a Potsdam hospital; the Soviet soldiers shaving themselves for the first time in weeks so that they would make appropriately presentable conquerors; & the Nazi Youth teenagers peddling their bikes in despairing, last-ditch attacks against the Red Army`s tanks. The story Beevor tells is an almost unremittingly terrible one--one of death, rape, hunger & human misery--but he tells it with both an epic sweep & an alertness to individuality.
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History has indelibly imprinted itself onto the cityscape of Berlin
- the period of the Nazi regime in particular. The many air
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` Compelling, suspenseful & beautifully done` Anna Funder, author of STASILAND A captivating account of the Nazi Olympics
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”A mind-shaking work of investigative history”. (” Wall Street Journal”). Checkpoint Charlie, 27 October 1961. At 9pm on a damp night, the ” Cold War” reaches crisis point, US & Soviet tanks face off across the East-West divide, only yards apart. One mistake, one nervous soldier, could spring the tripwire for nuclear war... Frederick Kempe`s gripping book tells the story of the Cold War`s most dramatic year, when Berlin became what Khrushchev called `the most dangerous place on earth`. Kempe re-creates the war of nerves between the young, untested President Kennedy & the bombastic Soviet leader as they squared off over the future of a divided city. He interweaves this with stories of the ordinary citizens whose lives were torn apart when the Berlin Wall went up
- & the world came to the brink of disaster.
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Wallpaper City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about the world's most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or a vacation, we've done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites, & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper City Guides enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city's landscape & the satisfaction you've seen all that you should. In short, these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

Berlin in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...