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  | | Before the Deluge(Reprint) Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s, A by Otto Friedrich, Gerd Korman Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 1995 by Harper Perennial Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-06-092679-3, ISBN: 0-06-092679-1 "The Birds of Berlin PROLOGUE Therefore let us found a city here And call it "Mahagonny," Which means "city of nets." . . . It should be like a net Stretched out for edible birds. Everywhere there is toil and trouble But here we'll have fun .... Gin and whiskey, Girls and boys . . . And the big typhoons don't come as far as here. --BERTOLT BRECHT "Would you like me to show you?" the old man asks. Professor Edwin Redslob is more than old; ..." |
 | | The Kingdom of Auschwitz(Reprint) 1940-1945 by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1994 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-097640-8, ISBN: 0-06-097640-3 ""Otto Friedrich's powerful portrayal of Auschwitz is both an extraordinary reminder of the human capacity for evil and an eloquent message to humanity never to let such things happen again." --Arthur Schlesinger, Jr."I know of no work which brings the reality of this evil place so directly, vividly, accurately, movingly and clearly. . . .It is quite simply the best short account ever produced." --Paul JohnsonA short and thoroughly accur ..." |
 | | CIty of Nets(Reprint) A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 736 Pages, Published 2014 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-232604-1, ISBN: 0-06-232604-X "The late Otto Friedrich enlivened the pages of many newspapers and magazines with his vigorous prose. His journalistic ability to convey complex material in a vivid, accessible manner is evident in City of Nets, a mordant portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s. (Originally published in 1986, it's the middle volume in a trilogy of superb urban histories that also includes Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s and Olympia: Pari ..." |
 | | Clover(1st Edition) The Tragic Love Story of Clover and Henry Adams and Their Brilliant Life in America's Gilded Age by Otto Friedrich . Hardcover, 381 Pages, Published 1979 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-0-671-22509-4, ISBN: 0-671-22509-X "The tragic love story of Clover and Henry Adams and their brilliant life in the Gilded Age." |
 | | City of Nets(Reprint) A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 514 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-20949-7, ISBN: 0-520-20949-4 "The late Otto Friedrich enlivened the pages of many newspapers and magazines with his vigorous prose. His journalistic ability to convey complex material in a vivid, accessible manner is evident in City of Nets, a mordant portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s. (Originally published in 1986, it's the middle volume in a trilogy of superb urban histories that also includes Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s and Olympia: Pari ..." |
 | | Blood and Iron(1st Edition) From Bismarck to Hitler the Von Moltke Family's Impact on German History by Otto Friedrich Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 1995 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-016866-7, ISBN: 0-06-016866-8 "A chronicle of more than a century of German history focuses on the role played in that history by the Von Moltke family, from a field marshall who won the Franco-Prussian War to a count whom the Gestapo executed for conspiracy. National ad/promo." |
 | | Olympia(Reprint) Paris in the Age of Manet by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1993 by Touchstone ISBN-13: 978-0-671-86411-8, ISBN: 0-671-86411-4 "In a delightfully different account of art and politics during the Second Empire, Friedrich sketches a landscape that encompasses Napoleon III, Flaubert, Wagner, Proust, Degas, Zola, Monet, Hugo, Manet, and many others, both famous and infamous. Photographs." |
 | | City of Nets(1st Edition) A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's by Otto Friedrich, Freidrich Otto Hardcover, 495 Pages, Published 1986 by Harper & Row ISBN-13: 978-0-06-015626-8, ISBN: 0-06-015626-0 "The late Otto Friedrich enlivened the pages of many newspapers and magazines with his vigorous prose. His journalistic ability to convey complex material in a vivid, accessible manner is evident in City of Nets, a mordant portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s. (Originally published in 1986, it's the middle volume in a trilogy of superb urban histories that also includes Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s and Olympia: Pari ..." |
 | | Going crazy(1st Edition) An inquiry into madness in our time by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 390 Pages, Published 1977 by Avon Books ISBN-13: 978-0-380-00888-9, ISBN: 0-380-00888-2 "“Yesterday, we had table-rapping for the first time,” he wrote to the composer Ferdinand Hiller. “A wonderful power! Just think, I asked what ... And to the violinist Joseph Joachim: “I have dreamed of you, dear Joachim. . . . Your hands were full ..." |
 | | Glenn Gould(1st Edition) A Life and Variations by Otto Friedrich Hardcover, 441 Pages, Published 2002 by Lester & Orpen Dennys ISBN-13: 978-0-88619-106-1, ISBN: 0-88619-106-8 "Glenn Gould was a virtuoso of the piano who inspired an almost religious fervor in his fans, yet he hated performing and left the concert stage forever at the age of 31. He was a tireless advocate of the technology of recording, an artist who looked forward to a time when mere musicians would be rendered obsolete. He was a notorious -- and, some thought, a deliberate -- eccentric, who muffled himself in scarves and gloves, liberally dos ..." |
 | | Blood and Iron(Reprint) From Bismarck to Hitler the Von Moltke Family's Impact on German History by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2000 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-092767-7, ISBN: 0-06-092767-4 "In the turbulent history of modern Germany the name of Moltke has stood for military power and also enduring moral strength. In the Franco-Prussian War and then World Wars I and II, in each a Moltke was a key figure, culminating in the arrest and execution for conspiracy by the Gestapo of Count Helmuth James von Moltke, the great-great-nephew of Field Marshal von Moltke, who had defeated the Austrians, then besieged and conquered Paris ..." |
 | | The Kingdom of Auschwitz by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1996 by Penguin Putnam Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-14-025253-8, ISBN: 0-14-025253-3 |
 | | The End of the World(Reprint) A History by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1994 by Fromm Intl ISBN-13: 978-0-88064-062-6, ISBN: 0-88064-062-6 "Accounts of the apocalyptic endings of previous civilizations, cultures, and peoples--from the sack of Rome to Auschwitz--form an inquiry into disaster, atrocity and resilience" |
 | | Olympia(1st Edition) Paris in the Age of Manet by Otto Friedrich Hardcover, 329 Pages, Published 1992 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-016318-1, ISBN: 0-06-016318-6 "An evocation of the people and events that made Paris during the Second Empire extraordinary discusses the furor over Manet's Olympia, Empress Eugenie's disastrous influence on Napoleon, Manet's portraits of Berthe Morisot, and more. National ad/promo." |
 | | The Grave of Alice B. Toklas(Reprint) And Other Reports from the Past by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1991 by Fromm Intl ISBN-13: 978-0-88064-128-9, ISBN: 0-88064-128-2 "pp. 384, "These essays oscillate between Friedrich's historical interests and his varied life experience: in a Massachusetts high school; in postwar Paris; in the news media as a foreign reporter; in the world of opera and classical music. The journalistic background helps to define his style, as bright and detailed as a passing parade. What…" |
 | | Glenn Gould(1st Edition) A Life and Variations by Otto Friedrich Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 1990 by Lime Tree ISBN-13: 978-0-413-45231-3, ISBN: 0-413-45231-X "441 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. A Child Prodigy Playing Piano With Major Orchestras Before His Fifteenth Birthday." |
 | | Glenn Gould A Life and Variations by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 6 Pages, Published 1990 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73207-5, ISBN: 0-679-73207-1 "He was a virtuoso of the piano who inspired an almost religious fervor in his fans, yet he hated performing and left the concert stage forever at the age of 31. He was a tireless advocate of the technology of recording, an artist who looked forward to a time when mere musicians would be rendered obsolete. He was a notorious -- and, some thought, a deliberate -- eccentric, who muffled himself in scarves and gloves, liberally dosed himsel ..." |
 | | The Grave of Alice B. Toklas(1st Edition) And Other Reports from the Past by Otto Friedrich Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 1989 by Henry Holt & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-0903-3, ISBN: 0-8050-0903-5 "Book by Friedrich, Otto" |
 | | City of Nets(1st Edition) Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's by Otto Friedrich Hardcover, 524 Pages, Published 1987 by Headline Book Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7472-0048-2, ISBN: 0-7472-0048-3 "The late Otto Friedrich enlivened the pages of many newspapers and magazines with his vigorous prose. His journalistic ability to convey complex material in a vivid, accessible manner is evident in City of Nets, a mordant portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s. (Originally published in 1986, it's the middle volume in a trilogy of superb urban histories that also includes Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s and Olympia: Pari ..." |
 | | City of Nets(Reprint) by Otto Friedrich Paperback, 495 Pages, Published 1987 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-091439-4, ISBN: 0-06-091439-4 "The late Otto Friedrich enlivened the pages of many newspapers and magazines with his vigorous prose. His journalistic ability to convey complex material in a vivid, accessible manner is evident in City of Nets, a mordant portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s. (Originally published in 1986, it's the middle volume in a trilogy of superb urban histories that also includes Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s and Olympia: Pari ..." |
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