Berlin : imagine a city
MacLean, Rory, 1954-2014
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Berlin is a city of fragments and ghosts, a laboratory of ideas, the fount of both the brightest and darkest designs of historys most bloody century. MacLean evokes the seen and the unseen, in a richly varied, unexpected tour of Berlin's history.
Main title:
Berlin : imagine a city / by Rory MacLean
Author:
Imprint:
London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2014
Collation:
421 pages illustrations
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue: ImagineKonrad von Colln, and true loveColin Albany, and the playersFrederick the Great, and the making of PrussiaKarl Friedrich Schinkel, and the dream of a capitalLilli Neuss, and the owlWalther Rathenau, and lost beautyElse Hirsch, and the illusionMargarete Bohne, and Diary of a Lost GirlFritz Haber, and the geography of evilKathe Kollwitz, mother and childChristopher Isherwood, in a city of the imaginationBertolt Brecht, luck and the epicMarlene Dietrich, on becomingLeni Riefenstahl, and the fatal flawAlbert Speer, and GermaniaJoseph Goebbels, the man who made HitlerDieter Werner, wall builderBill Harvey, and the tunnelJohn F. Kennedy, and politics as theatreDavid Bowie, and 'Heroes'Lieu Van Ha, and the gunPeople, let's danceIlse Philips, in another BerlinEpilohue: Imagine Berlin
ISBN:
9780297871835 (paperback)
Dewey class:
943.155 BER
Local class:
943.155
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
522
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 943.155 BER | pbkAvailable |