Excellent tool for finding spectacular gardens in Germany with a photo of each entry. Good facts about operating hours and facilities avaiable.

If are sure about your believes, and about which are the important things... you have to read this book. Janosch, as in his other books, will remove the floor and make you think about what is really important.

Thomas Davey's "A Generation Divided" provides an evocative view of the thoughts of children living in a divided Berlin during a critical juncture of the Cold War. Davey's writing is beautiful and the psychological portraits provided are truly inspiring. This book is an essential benchmark for future scholars and a guide to East-and-West perspectives that resonate today. The book's power and drama come not only from the deeply affecting look at the political socialization of children, but also from the words and colorful drawings of the children themselves. This is a profound work. I very much hope that Davey will at some point follow-up with an update on the lives of the children interviewed now that Berlin has fallen. What a sequel that would make! This book is heartily recommended.

First book devoted to prodigious output of the Gottschalk company. Book identifies a wide variety of Gottschalk's toy dollhouses, stores, stables, kitchens, and other miniature structures. Evelyn Ackerman is an acknowledged expert in this field. Text is lively, descriptive and in-depth and offers insight into these objects. Over 275 color photographs, a rare sales catalog from c.1885 and period advertisements.

German Aircraft And Armament is the trade edition of an official United States Army Air Force manual originally published in 1944 for identifying German military aircraft. Featured are performance data on 57 different German warplanes ranging from gliders to jet fighters. German Aircraft And Armament is profusely illustrated with more than 120 photographs and 170 drawings. On the left page are pictures and illustrations of a combat aircraft, on the right page are the specifications and performance data (including range, armament, bomb/freight load, and armor. Originally a vital intelligence reference for American armed forces, today German Aircraft And Armament is enhanced with an informative Foreword by Walter J. Boyne and represents the ideal quick reference for airplane buffs, modelers, computer war-gamers, as well as being a "must" for air warfare history collections.

I borrowed a copy of this book from my local library for the purpose of research for Wargaming (a strategy game played with scale models) The information in general was first class. Some of the info. I have not been able to find in other books. There is detail on vehicles of the German army, Which was & is my primary interest. The historical background, organisation of the Army, tatictics, Equipment -- The list is not endless but it it seems comprehensive, Detailed, Genuine

Unlike most books that encompass several different artists, this book digs deeply into several contextual issues, as well as the art itself. It is rich with information and analysis. I would recommend this book to anyone seriously interested in art history.

This book tells the story of German nuclear research from 1930's to 1945. This book shows the history of the nuclear chemistry germane to the nuclear bomb and then tells the story of experiments and internal politics in the third reich. For instance an error was made in an experiment to test the suitability of CARBON as a moderator in reactors. This forced the germans to rely on heavy water, and the only large scale production in the world at that time was in norway (british commandos saw to that in 1943, a good chapter of the book). More frightening is the lack of safety with nuclear materials used in those days. One photograph shows british and american intellegence officers dismantling the last secret german atomic pile. They are handling everything with bare hands and are wearing normal lightwieght army clothing (not a gas mask in sight even). The first few chapeters of this book give a good history (and explanation) of nuclear chemistry. The author must have been trained in chemistry/physics to write this clearly on it. PS the ENGLISH edition is titled "THE VIRUS HOUSE" (this was the name put up on the door of the first german reactor in the MIDDLE of berlin, the sign was to keep people out !)

Everything in the book description is true!

It is a definitely *beyond the basics* book. Smith shows you how to analyze the records, explains name changes and farm names, Biblical citations in death records. Since reading Smith's book, I have reviewed my microfilm printouts and have found so much more information that I had not noticed before. I now know what to look for beyond the names and dates.

The book is the perfect size to carry, and the handwriting specimens in the back have proven extremely useful.

The German Colonial Empire was a short lived phenomenon but one that played an important role in the domestic poltics of the German Reich prior to WWI. Smith shows the interplay of domestic politics and colonial policy. The development of two modes of thought about the colonies in Germany- settlement colonialism and economic colonialsim are presented as compteting ideas. He is also excellent at showing the evolutionary nature of the German colonial adminstration and how it responded to major challenges (like the Maji Maji revolt). On the whole Smith emphasizes that the German Empire was a work in progress and one that was not (Allied propoganda efforts aside) dramatically different than those of the French and English. In particular, it was, in some was reforming itself at a faster rate than older colonial powers like the English from whihc the German initially borrowed many of their adminsitarive techniques. None of this should imply that Smith glosses over the very real abuses of the German colonial adminsitration (particularly in its earliest phases when colonial compnaies control the colonies). The book is a fascinating read and well written. It is a must for any student of the German Empire before WWI.

The book also informs on Smith's later work The Ideological Origins of Nazi Imperialism.