The Berlin Wall Today

<p>The Berlin Wall Today is a richly illustrated full color book that takes the reader on a tour of the last traces and fading memories of the historic symbol of the Iron Curtain - to memorials parks hidden back yards old train tracks factory buildings churches and Prussian cemeteries. The Berlin Wall Today tells stories of struggle desperation survival and rebirth and of a history that shaped the post- war world. It also shows how the people of Berlin are reclaiming and memorializing the ground where the Wall once stood: Mauer Park where young people from all over world gather to party; a guard tower that is now the Museum of Forbidden Art; the Topography of Terror Museum which includes the former Gestapo headquarters; and landmarks such as the Reichstag the East Side Gallery and Checkpoint Charlie. Numerous maps are included that lead the visitor from point to point.</p><p></p></p><p><p></p><p>Berlinica Publishing LLC offers English-language books from Berlin German; fiction non-fiction travel guides history about the Wall and the Third Reich Jewish life art architecture and photography as well as travel guides and cookbook. It also offers documentaries and feature films on DVD as well as music CDs. Berlinica caters to history buffs Americans of German heritage travelers and artists and young people who love the cutting-edge city in the heart of Europe. Berlinica cooperates with Berlin-based publishing houses.</p><p></p></p><p><p></p><p>Berlinica's current and upcoming titles include Our West Berlin by various authors also five translated books by famed Weimar author Kurt Tucholsky as well as Harold Poor's landmark biography of Tucholsky two translated plays by Ernst Toller and two American travel stories by Alfred Kerr and Roda Roda soon to be followed by Egon Erwin Kisch's Paradise America.</p><p></p></p><p><p></p><p>In the non-fiction department we have Rocking the Wall the Bruce-Springsteen-book and Burning Beethoven about German Americans in World War I both by Erik Kirschbaum also Mark Twain in Berlin by Andreas Austilat Berlin 1945: World War II: Photos of the Aftermath by Michael Brettin The Berlin Wall Today a full-color guide to the remnants of the Wall by Michael Cramer Berlin in the Cold War about post-World War II history and A Place they Called Home edited by Donna Swarthout about Jews returning to Germany.</p><p></p></p><p><p></p><p>We also offer The Berlin Cookbook a full-color collection of traditional German recipes by Rose Marie Donhauser the picture book Wings of Desire by Lothar Heinke Martin Luther's Travel Guide by Cornelia Dömer Leipzig! The City of Books und Music by Sebastian Ringel and Berlin For Free a guide for the frugal traveler by Monica Maertens.</p><p></p></p>