Die Oderberger Straße war zu DDR-Zeiten ein Biotop für Künstler und Unangepasste. Auch die Bürgerrechtlerin Freya Klier und ihre Tochter Nadja lebten hier zehn Jahre lang. In diesem Buch begeben sie sich auf Spurensuche in die wechselvolle Geschichte der Straße und ihrer Bewohner – von den Anfängen im 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Zeit nach dem Mauerfall, als plötzlich überall Galerien, Kneipen und Kulturprojekte in die alten Häuser einzogen....

Die Künstlerkolonie in der Nähe des Breitenbachplatzes ist seit den 1920er¬Jahren Heimstatt für viele Künstler, Schriftsteller und Intellektuelle. Der Liedermacher Manfred Maurenbrecher wohnt dort seit Jahrzehnten begibt sich in diesem Buch auf eine historische Spurensuche, die viel über das Zusammenleben der Bewohner und den Zusammenhang zwischen Architektur und Lebensform verrät. Der Spaziergang durch die Geschichte der Künstlerkolonie ist...

Follow the comical adventures of Harper, Scarlet and their family as they expore Edinburgh's historic Royal Mile and get up to all sorts of mischief. A unique souvenir of the city for both children and adults. Jan-Andrew Henderson is a multi award-winning author, historian and former tour guide on Edinburgh's Royal Mile

History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from The Berlin Wall to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. The Berlin Wall was the concrete manifestation of the Iron Curtain, which signified the profound ideological difference between the capitalist, democratic Western powers and the socialist, communist Soviet Union. After WWII ended, the Allied Powers carved up defeated Germany into four blocks. They did...

"Spanish Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines, Anniversary Edition. Best-selling reference book of reproducible Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines. Full of maps, full-color illustrations, comparison charts, and favorite Bible topics. Many new features have been added for the this expanded edition such as essential Christian doctrines, the genealogy of Jesus, Heroes of the Faith, and many more. Perfect for Bible studies, Sunday school lessons,...

How can we unmask the vested interests behind capital's 'cultural' urban agenda? Limits to Culture pits grass-roots cultural dissent against capital's continuing project of control via urban planning. In the 1980s, notions of the 'creative class' were expressed though a cultural turn in urban policy towards the 'creative city'. De-industrialisation created a shift away from how people understood and used urban space, and consequently, gentrification...

In many respects, the discovery of the Pithecanthropus erectus appears to be one of the most important since the Neanderthal skull was brought to light in 1857, and hence the main facts concerning it deserve early notice in this Journal. This memoir contains a full description, with illustrations, of part of a skull, a molar tooth, and a femur, found in the later Tertiary strata of Java, and pertaining to a large anthropoid ape, which is believed...

From Russia's exciting and colorful architecture to its almost desolate tundra, readers have so much to discover about this amazing and vast country! This title covers information like Russia's common foods, its largest cities and capital, plants and animals, and things to see and do. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

From England's quaint country roads to a palace fit for a queen, readers have so much to discover about this amazing country! This title covers information like England's common foods, its largest cities and capital, plants and animals, and things to see and do. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Hotel Victory was a beacon of luxury and grandeur along the shores of Put-in-Bay, Ohio. Attracting crowds especially for the short three-month tourist season, the allure of its sumptuous accommodations surrounded by sun and water promised an unforgettable memory. The truth is that unfortunately not every story culminates in a jubilant ending; however, the life lessons we are able to take from such precipitous situations can be invaluable and formative....