berlin (germany)

Discusses the efforts the Allies made in keeping the population of West Berlin alive during the summer of 1948. Explores the individual heroism, politics, and daily life in the face of a Russian blockage.

"On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job is hard, at least until she stumbles into Caf? Lila, a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers. Rosa, one of the club's waitresses and performers, immediately takes Hilde under her wing. As the caf? denizens slowly embrace Hilde, and she embraces them in turn, she discovers her voice and her own blossoming feelings for Rosa. But Berlin is in turmoil. Between the elections, protests in the streets, worsening antisemitism and anti-homosexual sentiment, and the beginning seeds of unrest in Caf? Lila itself, Hilde will have to decide what's best for her future...and what it means to love a place on the cusp of war"--From the publisher's web site.

A graphic novel chronicling the lives of the author and illustrator's parents in East Germany, before the Berlin Wall fell, while the Socialist Unity Party of Germany was in power. Explores the hardships of life under communism and why the author's parents tried to leave and get into West Germany.

"In the destroyed city of Berlin in 2039, Ana is fifteen years old and struggles to survive. The weather makes life difficult, there is not enough food for everyone and the freedom they once knew is non-existent. The city and its civil life disappeared completely; Now, after years of war, the inhabitants are subject to the orders of a strict military regime. Immersed in this bleak universe, Ana achieves the impossible: recover the Internet connection and, against the rules established by the dictatorship, begins to write a blog. Soon Ben contacts her, with whom he first chats and then meets in person. Ana is strong and, despite the harshness of her reality, she looks for a world that is not only different but better, driven by the memories of those that are no longer there, friendship and ... love"--Translated from OCLC.

In the days before the treacherous overnight raising of the Berlin Wall, teenaged cousins Drew, an American army brat in West Berlin, and Matthias, a young communist in East Berlin, become wary friends on opposite sides of the Cold War. Interspersed throughout the story are captioned photographs from the era.

Sean O'Sullivan, an American captain responsible for the military government of the city of Rombaden, nurses a fierce hatred of the Germans and is faced with a dilemma when he falls in love with a German girl.

The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall and unlike anything readers have heard before. This historical piece is an epic tale of desperate rivalries, human follies, and an animal-mad city.

"The history of how teenage East German punk rockers played an indispensable role in bringing down the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.

"During the [Olympic] games the Nazi dictatorship was in many ways put on hold. [This book] offers a last glimpse of the vibrant, diverse life of the city in the 1920s and '30s that the Nazis aimed to destroy"--Dust jacket.