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Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers how to take the Do-It-Yourself Dresden Baroque Blitz Tour or the Short and Scenic Black Forest Joyride? With Rick Steves' Germany and Austria 2007, travelers can experience Rick's favorite destinations in Munich, Bavaria, Baden-Baden, Rothenburg, Würzburg, Frankfurt, the Rhine Valley, Dresden, Berlin, Vienna, the Danube Valley, Salzburg, Innsbruck - economically and hassle-free. Completely revised and updated, Rick Steves' Germany and Austria 2007 includes:
* Opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights * Friendly places to eat and sleep * Suggested day plans * Walking tours and trip itineraries * Clear instructions for smooth travel anywhere by car, train, or foot
America's #1 authority on travel to Europe, Rick's time-tested recommendations for safe and enjoyable travel in Europe have been used by millions of Americans in search of their own unique European travel experience.
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probably better for novice travelers.......2007-06-03
I am an experienced traveler and probably shouldn't have bought this book. The maps are inadequate and annoying, I found his narration patronizing, and he assumes that cities he didnt want to see you won't want to either. I want a guide book that will tell me about the places I want to go, this one is for people who want to be told where to go.
However, the restaurant and hotel reviews are useful.
Comments.......2007-05-13
I haven't been on my trip yet, but I was looking for some places in the book that I didn't find. I was a little disappointed. There are better travel guides out there I'm sure.
Typical Rick Steves....which is a good thing.......2007-05-12
This is the 3rd Rick Steves' European travel book I've bought. From now on, his is the first one I look for. I like the simple way the book is set up, and his tips on what to see if you don't have a lot of time.
Travel Germany.......2007-05-12
Good overview of travel in Germany. Was purposely limited in the areas covered.
Don't go to Europe w/o Rick Steves.......2007-04-05
Anyone who's familiar with Rick Steves, from his PBS show, to his syndicated travel column in newspapers, to all of his books, knows that when it comes to having a true European experience, you gotta "bring" Rick. He finds the best places, the best deals, and saves you time and money. Rather than include everything, he only points you to the best of what a particular country has to offer. And since his books are updated every year, the info is as up-to-date as publishing will allow. He saved the Italian town of Vernazza in the Cinqueterra by bringing in tourism, and that alone is worth a 5 star recommendation. If you're going to Europe and you want to experience it like a local, and save time and money to boot, order a copy of the appropriate guidebook. And if you're going to any major museums, get his "Mona Winks" as well. You'll thank him everytime you walk past all the "suckers" standing in line at some major attraction, while you saunter up to the front with your pass that you ordered ahead of time based on his info.
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- Viktor Frankl's, "Man's Search for Meaning."
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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, austere, and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years, and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of the book, called "Logotherapy in a Nutshell," describes the psychotherapeutic method that Frankl pioneered as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps. Freud believed that sexual instincts and urges were the driving force of humanity's life; Frankl, by contrast, believes that man's deepest desire is to search for meaning and purpose. Frankl's logotherapy, therefore, is much more compatible with Western religions than Freudian psychotherapy. This is a fascinating, sophisticated, and very human book. At times, Frankl's personal and professional discourses merge into a style of tremendous power. "Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as he really is," Frankl writes. "After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips."
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Man's Search for Meaning is the chilling yet inspirational story of Viktor Frankl's struggle to hold on to hope during his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps where he endured unspeakable horror. Frankl's training as a psychiatrist informed every waking moment of his ordeal and allowed him a remarkable perspective on the psychology of survival.
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Viktor Frankl's, "Man's Search for Meaning.".......2007-05-12
One of the great books of the 20th Century. Frankel as a philospher and psychologist is to be admired for his legacy to mankind. A must read for any serious thinker.
Life Changing Text.......2007-04-29
Inspiring story about the triumph of the human spirit over the worst kind of suffering. The first half tells the author's story of surviving the most deadly concentration camps in World War 2. The second half discusses Logotherapy, which is the brainchild of Dr. Frankl and later became known as the third school of psychology. The memoir of the first half is engrossing and hard to put down. The second half is a slower read and very academic as it gives an overview of logotherapy, but it is nonetheless interesting.
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl).......2007-04-10
Very good reading. Make's one think about one's own life and how to appreciate what everyone has and not what everyone does not have. I will continue to use Mr. Frankl's uplifting words and attitude through my own daily trials.
A Timeless Classic.......2007-03-27
In life, very few experiences are better instructors than agony, grief, and pain. In addition, very few people can transcend their personal agony, grief, and pain and turn it into wisdom for everyone to share. Victor Frankl did just that. He took his experiences in the Nazi concentration camps during World War II and used them as a sharpening stone to develop a revolutionary approach to understanding the psyche of humankind.
Although the large majority of this book is about his concentration camp experiences, this book is about hope and meaning. Frankl shows humankind how to approach life in a positive way and to use life to its fullest to not only find meaning, but to create meaning.
This book doesn't belong only in the psychiatry section, it proves its worth by belonging in the philosophy section as well. If you're looking for a shining beacon of hope in a dark world, this book may help you create a spark. If you already have meaning, this book is fuel for your flame and clarity for your vision. Highly recommended.
Fabulous.......2007-03-17
It gives you a chance to step outside of your daily box and understand the real struggle to simply survive and live.
Great Book, gave me lots of insight about life.
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- Great City, Great Guide
- Eyewitness Travel Guide Vienna (2003)
- As rich as a piece of Viennese cake
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Includes: Stephansdom Quarter, Hofburg Quarter, Schottenring, Alsergrund, Town Hall, the Museum Quarter, Opera, Naschmarkt, and the Belvedere Quarter.-
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Great City, Great Guide.......2006-12-17
Vienna is a fascinating place to visit and this is a great book to use. For once I did not find the subdivisions as useful in this book. Vienna can be a very confusing city to get around until you get the hang of it and sometimes the street maps in the book cut off in odd places. Despite that the recommendations of things to see and do and the smaller maps were top notch. I saw almost everything this book recommends within one jam packed three day weekend. Highly recommend.
Eyewitness Travel Guide Vienna (2003).......2006-08-13
Rugged bound handbook for touring Vienna. Outside cover is plastic coated card stock, doesn't soak up water when lying on the lunch table, easily cleaned. Glossy paper throughout its 288 information packed pages: a district map on inside front cover and public transport map on the inside back cover.
"Introducing Vienna" is the first chapter devoting 60 pages to an overview Vienna from a geographical, historical and cultural perspective. Then brief descriptions of major attractions, even the brief descriptions take 20 pages because Vienna offers so much to the visitor.
Next comes "Vienna by Area" with more detailed information on attractions with highlights of St Stephans Cathedral, the Hofburg area which was the Habsburg center of power now converted to civic and cultural uses, museums, palaces etc, too much to describe here as the book devotes 120 pages to guide the reader to sites, dining and maps.
Next comes "Further Afield" with adjacent areas like the Prater recreation area with it famous Ferris Wheel "der reisenrad" and more museums. Schoenbrunn palace also in this chapter as are recommended day trips outside the city and along the Danube river. Concluding the chapter are detailed walking guides for self directed excursions.
The section "Travelers Needs" has restaurants, hotels etc plus photos of local cuisine along with the German language name including the famous Sachertorte, it makes me hungry just looking at it.
Closing the book are suggested entertainment venues, casinos, music theaters followed with practical information on exchanging money, public transportation, how to use public telephones, posting letters and cards, street maps and index.
I selected this guide because it has plenty of information on sites and cultural attractions, its sturdy binding which will outlast me on the trip and its convenient size. I have travelled may places and a good practical guide is great for me, the explorer. I like to explore and discover on my own rather than join guided tours and be shown what others believe should interest me. This book givens me so much information I should not overlook anything major unless I choose to, and that's the point, I will choose for myself what to see and do. Vienna has so much to offer, the guide helps me sort it out.
I intend to spend a full day at the KHM Art History Museum, watch an Opera at the world famous State Opera House, listen to a Mozart concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in the Music Hall, attend Sunday mass with Vienna Boys Choir, see Schoenbrunn, Belvedere etc. Still time in my schedule for day trips up the Danube to Durnstein to see the Castle where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned and if my wife is up to it, a day trip to Budapest. Of course each day in Vienna we plan to visit pastry shops and coffee houses to get the full "flavor" of Vienna. A ride on the ferris wheel is almost mandatory.
If there is anything more in the guide I could ask for, it would be more web site listings for music attractions as many of the venue tickets can be purchased in advance to be sure of getting seats. The guide has some web sites addresses, but a self planner like me could use more.
As rich as a piece of Viennese cake.......2006-04-03
The Eyewitness DK guides are beautiful books in their own right--you would enjoy reading them even if you didn't make the trip. The text is well organized and extensively illustrated with artwork and 3-D pictures of the major tourist attractions. The directions are excellent and they direct you to the important things to see at each location.
A particularly helpful feature is a section with specific instructions on how to use Vienna's extensive public transportation system including a description of the various types of tickets and pictures of the ticket machines.
This guide blows the competition out of the water.
Excellent reference material to plan your Viennese vacation.......2005-10-21
There are two kinds of travel guides, and both are useful: those guides that help you to plan your trip, and those to carry in your shirt pocket when the shoes hit the pavement. This Eyewitness Travel Guide is one of the best, if not the best, guidebook to use for planning your Vienna trip before you go. There is a tremendous amount of material, so the book uses small fonts and thin glossy paper; still, it has quite a bit of heft and may not be convenient to carry in your shirt pocket (and if you think this is thick, you should see the China guidebook). But I read about a lot of attractions here that I couldn't find in other reputable publications, and found more details in DK.
If you want a quick guide to the sights while you are out and about the town, you may want to consider the compact DK Top Ten Guidebook. The two books have a great deal of overlap, but there's some information that was unique to the top ten guide.
A visual delight.......2005-09-29
These books are beautiful and informative and perfect for a pre-trip virtual tour of any city. However, I find them overly complex for actual touring and rely more on Rick Steves for Europe and Lonely Planet or Frommers for everything else. I buy a DK guide to any large city I am headed for and spend many happy hours with them pre and post trip. I would highly recommend you do the same. And since travel guides are as varied as the travelers who use them, you might find these to be the perfect book to carry with you.
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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.
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Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09
There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.
For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.
Very Interesting.......2007-03-07
It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.
History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10
Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.
I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.
Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.
Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.
I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.
This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.
Provocative, appealing and controversial.......2006-08-02
Fomenko has succeeded to convincingly demonstrate the misconception about what "history" factually is... It is fiction and -like we can read and judge for ourselves- no science. It indeed is "make belief" only. I "discovered" Fomenko while studying the "old" history of Al Andaluz, Spain. Having found too many contradictions in available data, having seen too many forgeries as to pretend the importance of christianity for its decline, I ventured out to find Fomenko, who convinced me that we know little if anything for sure of the epoch before the XI-century. However, the integration of the Arabic-Islamic cultural history into the heavily distorted Western fails... There are some attempts to fit "the budding new religion" (Islam) into Fomenko's scheme, but they are too weak to be taken seriously and too often focussing on Turkey as the region where things started to influence the West, which is untrue at all.
Islam certainly was no "new religion" in the X-century. That the highly cultivated Al Andaluz ruler Mohammed-I could have been "mirrored" down in time into some myth about the "illiterate" founder of Islam itself is highly speculative. Nevertheless, Fomenko convinces me about the processes that were involved in forging a christian history. Intriguing and controversial as his books are, I recommend them as to rethink our current position in time and space and simply verify what was claimed. It is a "good" book, but not for bedtime reading... Mundus vult decipi, the world wants to be cheated. Fomenko's readers will understand why.
pharaohs lived in the 3rd century AD.......2006-02-16
Traces of white wine were found in Tutankhamen's tomb however there were no record of white wine in Egypt until the 3rd century AD, 1600 years after the young pharaoh died according to the traditional chronology. http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18925395.400
It can be interpreted as a contribution towards New Chronology theory that pharaohs lived in the 3rd century AD.
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Includes: In-depth coverage of famous districts and neighborhoods, special features on music, literature and painting, as well as detailed maps to help you find your way around.
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Great Travel Guide.......2007-05-08
This is the only travel guide that you will need. It has all the information that you will ever need.
A very fine book .......2007-04-28
We wish we could see every place in this guidebook, but for our return visit to Innsbruck plus our first ever visit to Salzburg we used it to plan our trip and to get our bearings. It is a very fine book indeed and the photos, drawings and facts are worth more than the list price, not to mention the sale price. We liked the Street-by-Street pages that give a map that is in three dimensions, so you really get the feel for where you are. Perfect for following the red dashed walking tours and for wandering from the pathway knowing how easily one can get back again. It is a great book to have on hand to revisit in one's mind these far away places. And to look forward to the next time...
Travel Guide.......2006-03-14
Great pictures and lots of information. I'm using this information for my itinerary.
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Revised yearly, STREETWISE is the best-selling map of VENICE, with coverage from San Marco Canal to Cannaregio. Points of interest such as museums, parks, and popular sites are highlighted and fully indexed. Localities covered are San Polo, San Marco, Santa Croce, Dorsoduro, Castello, Cannaregio, and Murano Island. Laminated for durability, accordion folded to fit in your pocket or purse, STREETWISE gives you VENICE in a clear, concise, and convenient format.
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INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.......2007-06-06
My husband and I found this map to be extremely helpful, in large part because of the clear identification of the monuments. It's worth the money to have it for the first day or two until you get your bearings.
Limited worth for the price.......2007-05-22
On a recent visit to Venice I used the Streetwise Venice map. Though I found the plastic coating beneficial during a rain shower, the map was of limited value. Because of its size, street names were often illegible. The northern part of the city was cut off from the map and therefore gave me no help in exploring that part of the city where so many of the locals live. Far better to pick up one of the free maps given out by the tourist office, or available in almost all of the hotels.
Streetwise Venice.......2007-03-08
This is a somewhat pricey item considering it's only a map, but a laminated map is a valuable resource when your lost in that splendid maze of Venice. It's a good size and very easy to use.
Was expecting more.......2007-01-21
This is a Venice street map, laminated, folding into standard envelope size item. You can get essentially the same thing, only without lamination, from a tourist bureau while in Venice for free. A good product, but not an essential one to buy ahead of your trip to Venice - get it there.
Streetwise Venice.......2007-01-03
Don't buy a map of Venice, unless you want it for its sentimental value. Venice is far too complicated to map properly; you'll end up more confused. Just follow the MANY streetsigns in the city and you will find what you are looking for. Besides, getting a little lost in Venice isn't a bad way to spend your day anyway.
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- Best Jewish Novel In A Long, Long Time
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Schlepping Through the Alps: My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd
Sam Apple
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Hans Breuer, Austria’s only wandering shepherd, is also a Yiddish folksinger. He walks the Alps, shepherd’s stick in hand, singing lullabies to his 625 sheep. Sometimes he even gives concerts in historically anti-Semitic towns, showing slides of the flock as he belts out Yiddish ditties.
When New York-based writer Sam Apple hears about this one-of-a-kind eccentric, he flies overseas and signs on as a shepherd’s apprentice. For thoroughly urban, slightly neurotic Sam, stumbling along in borrowed boots and burdened with a lot more baggage than his backpack, the task is far from a walk in Central Park. Demonstrating no immediate natural talent for shepherding, he tries to earn the respect of Breuer’s sheep, while keeping a safe distance from the shepherd’s fierce herding dogs.
As this strange and hilarious adventure unfolds, the unlikely duo of Sam and Hans meander through a paradise of woods and high meadows toward awkward encounters with Austrians of many stripes. Apple is determined to find out if there are really as many anti-Semites in Austria as he fears and to understand how Hans, who grew up fighting the lingering Nazism in Vienna, became a wandering shepherd. What Apple discovers turns out to be far more fascinating than he had imagined.
With this odd and wonderful book, Sam Apple joins the august tradition of Tony Horwitz and Bill Bryson. Schlepping Through the Alps is as funny as it is moving.
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A Tale spiced up with enough lively and sometimes humorous commentary that will unquestionably keep readers turning the pages........2006-10-01
Sam Apple, author of Schlepping Through The Alps: My Search For Austria's Jewish Past With Its Last Wandering Shepherd, first encounters Yiddish folk-singer Hans Breuer at a concert and slide show in New York. Breuer, as Apple points out, is not just your ordinary run-of-the mill Yiddish folk-singer, rather he is truly a wandering Jew and as he reveals in his book, "If you ever happen to be hiking the Alps and you see a man singing Yiddish songs as he watches a dog chasing a sheep in a raincoat, no need for concern."
Apple, who grew up in Houston and now makes his home in Brooklyn, was quite intrigued by this forty-five year old Austrian shepherd. The result was a one thousand word article that eventually has being turned into a witty yet insightful book, wherein much of Apple's research was accumulated while traveling in Austria as an apprentice to Breuer.
During their first encounter in New York, Breuer mentioned to Apple that he wanted to bring Yiddish to the uninitiated in the Austrian Alps. When asked if he wanted these individuals to remember their Yiddish neighbors, his reply was: "I want to make them confront for the first time in their lives this culture that their uncles and fathers destroyed." With this in mind Apple decided to voyage to Austria and find out for himself what it was like to be a shepherd in the twenty-first century and to make sense of Han's Jewish identity or as he states, what it really meant for him to sing in Yiddish. He also wanted to learn about sheep, Yiddish music and anti-Semitism.
Apple's engaging narrative is what Yiddish speaking readers would probably classify as a good "meinsa," something akin to an old wife's tale only this story is actually true. Apple beckons us to follow his meandering through the Alps following a herd of sheep, a shepherd, his mistress and young lamb herders, while picking up along the way various shepherding tips from his mentor and learning about Austria's past and present political landscape.
During the course of his apprentice with Breuer, Apple learns about Austria's post-war anti-Nazi legislation that led to the sentencing to death of several Nazis and the conviction and incarceration of thousands of low-ranking Nazis. However, a few years after the enactment of this legislation, a general amnesty came into effect and all but a handful of the worst offenders were free to live happily every after. In fact, the government's constant line about complaints about Austria's behavior during the Holocaust was that if you have one take it to Germany.
Quite telling of Breuer's psyche is that he associates the Austrian countryside with fascism and anti-Semitism. When he encounters people along his shepherding path, he believes that they are all staring at him with cold eyes, aware that he is not one of them. Apple notes that Breuer enjoys being a living part of a dying tradition, where Yiddish and shepherding are relics of another time- nonetheless he takes great pride in both. Moreover, he is not quite sure how much of his own romanticizing of wandering and Jewishness has drawn him to Breuer. However, what he observes about Breuer's shepherding is "the rejection of modern society in the aftermath of the Holocaust. In his Yiddish songs I inevitably listened for the millions of missing Yiddish voices that should have been singing along."
Apple does an excellent job of capturing the flavor of the Austrian Alps with its little villages and inhabitants who seem to either have collective amnesia pertaining to their past or consider themselves blameless. Although he never does find as many anti-Semites as he originally feared, Apple does provide his readers with some serious insights, spiced up with enough lively and sometimes humorous commentary that will unquestionably keep readers turning the pages all the way to the end.
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Spot-on social observations from an adolescent personality.......2006-04-26
"Schlepping Through the Alps" opens a fascinating window for Americans into the little-discussed world of Austria's internal politics. Unfortunately, the view is clouded by Sam Apple's insistence on foisting descriptions on the reader of his neuroses, his sexual adventures with a "hip" Austrian woman, and the banal details of the protagonist's dysfunctional family. Woody Allen worked comic wonders with the neurotic secular Jewish character, but that persona lost its freshness nearly 30 years ago. If a reader may offer advice to Mr. Apple for his next book, it would be to share more of the results of his impressive interviewing and observation skills, and to keep his private life private.
Best Jewish Novel In A Long, Long Time.......2006-03-31
I don't understand how people can fall over themselves to sing praises of Jonathan Safran Foer and his ilk when Sam Apple clearly trumps the ever-living hell out of the supposed new Jewish literary elite. Shelpping Through The Alps draws vivid pictures, raises intense emotions, explores history and modernity, is refreshingly honest and non-pretentious, and best of all, is side-splittingly funny. I generally hate novels, but I couldn't put this one down. It's an inviting read and I invite you to read it and compare to the works of every other Jewish novelist adorning Nextbook, Guilt & Pleasure, et al. Could you honestly say you'd rather see another Everything Is Illuminated than a new book from Sam Apple? I doubt it.
A good book to schlep around.......2006-01-21
Sam Apple, a young, Jewish writer from Houston, decided to spend several weeks with Hans Breuer, a Yiddish-folksong-singing, Austrian, wandering shepherd. This books tells of his visit. We learn about Hans's personal history, and how he came to his most unusual occupation. We also learn quite a bit about anti-Semitism in Austria, both historical and present-day. Both of these are fascinating topics. Whether you enjoy this book will depend on whether you also find interesting its third topic, which is Apple's own rather extensive neuroses.
This book has at least two major strengths. First, the topic itself is certainly fresh. I, for one, have never before read a book about anti-Semitism and modern shepherding. And second, it is very funny. Apple has a number of amusing adventures, and he never hesitates to use self-deprecating humor.
I enjoyed this book very much. I felt its focus was a bit too varied--I had a hard time shifting from discussions of Nazi atrocities to descriptions of Apple's sex life. Also, I finished the book without truly feeling that I understand Hans Breuer very well. Nevertheless, I do recommend it, both for its entertainment value and for its educational value.
Understanding Austria and Germany.......2005-08-01
My understanding of my German parents and grandparents and their attitudes toward the European Jews has always been an enigma for me. Sam Apple has the same desires of knowledge that I have, the same questions. Did I receive any any answers? Not really, but life and books are about moving to the truth, and learning about mankind as we go along.
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- War or Peace, the Mystery Continues
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The One from the Other
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Germany, 1949: Amid the chaos of defeat, it's a place of dirty deals, rampant greed, fleeing Nazis, and all the intrigue and deceit readers have come to expect from this immensely talented thriller writer. In The One from the Other, Hitler's legacy lives on. For Bernie Gunther, Berlin has become too dangerous, and he now works as a private detective in Munich. Business is slow and his funds are dwindling when a woman hires him to investigate her husband's disappearance. No, she doesn't want him back-he's a war criminal. She merely wants confirmation that he is dead. It's a simple job, but in postwar Germany, nothing is simple-nothing is what it appears to be. Accepting the case,Bernie takes on far more than he'd bargained for, and before long, he is on the run, facing enemies from every side.
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War or Peace, the Mystery Continues.......2007-05-26
Sorry, Mr, Kerr, I missed reading Berlin Noir mysteries. I shall forthright give myself a few demerits and immediately order the book (s).
Impressive beginning, grabs one's attention and great for a mystery novel, connects up in the end in a very amusing manner, as if anything amusing can be attributed to the War. And this is where Mr. Kerr or his detective Bernard Gunther scores. He treats the entire momentous second world war in Germany from the perpective of one who lived through it and survived.
He's a detective. He knows all the secret police, SS and whoever else. He met Himmler. But again, all in its place.
The mystery is suitably devious and classical in nature. Yes, Mr. Chandler and Hammett, it is search for a person, one who died (?) in the war. Mr. Gunther works hard, gets beat up, and in a scene reminiscent of China Town, gets his finger amputated.
Don't close your eyes. A very important clue will appear.
The ending is stunning and one leaves the book with the satisfaction of time well spent.
But is Mr. Gunther a Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade?
He's less wisecracking, which is a relief (Parker's Spenser's prattle is dreadful to the ears) but he's smart, hardworking, and he has a family. That's a no-no for a tough guy but Mr. Gunther, surely in keeping future is mind, deals with it.
I have not, being both a writer and an avid mystery reader, found a more engaging, spontaneous and excellently penned book in a long, long time.
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Why did this book take sixteen years to be written?.......2007-05-14
Philip Kerr sprang onto the literary world publishing the 'Berlin Trilogy' and then experimenting with other styles and stories for sixteen years. During that time, not one of his books, except for "Hitler's Peace" comes close to the style and class of "One from the Other". Like his prior "Bernie Gunther" novels, this one is tightly written and the suspense and suspects continue to confound and confuse us till the end.
This one begins after WW2, with Gunther having moved to Dachau (a Munich suburb) to run a hotel owned by his second wife Kristen. Kristen has a breakdown after her fathers death and Gunther does a good job of running the hotel into the ground. Of course being just the other side of the death camp might also have had something to do with it. After Kristen dies Bernie decides to sell the hotel and go back to being a private detective.
Needless to say, he again becomes involved with tracking down missing people (his specialty before the war) except instead of Jews, he ends up looking for ex-SS officers and other scum. One day a woman walks into his office claiming to be the wife of a notorious Nazi Death Camp Commandant who she wants to prove dead so that she (a Roman Catholic) can remarry.
Like all the prior books, the reader knows, that this woman is the beginning of trouble for Bernie. He has a history of falling for these type of woman, and not being able to keep his 'snake' in his pants. Surprise, she's the worst of them all. She leads him into a situation that 'dollars to donuts' is going to get him killed, 'six ways from Sunday'.
The best part of this novel, is that everything that happens, and the way it happens, is plausible; and isn't that what makes a great novel. Here's hoping that we don't have to wait another sixteen years for the next 'Bernie Gunther' novel.
Excellent post WWII crime drama.......2007-02-21
Apparently after a 15 year hiatus author Philip Kerr resurrects his protagonist Munich based cynical private investigator Bernie Gunther. In the year 1949, we find Gunther running a failing hotel, once owned by his late father in law, outside the gates of Dachau concentration camp. With his ailing wife Kirsten confined to a mental institution, he decides to sell the hotel and resume his career as a detective.
In post war Germany occupied by conquering Allied troops and with plethoras of war criminals scurrying around the countryside, there is fertile ground for investigators, particularly those searching for missing persons.
Gunther having consumated several such cases gets hired by a comely, aristocratic Britta Warzok to determine whether her war criminal husband is still alive, as she desires to remarry. Seduced by a large fee Gunther is only too happy to take the case. Little does he know but he's being duped and set up to take the fall for a group of heinous Nazi war criminals. His investigation leads him on a dangerous trail of intrigue while being chased by both pro-Nazi groups trying to protect former members of the party and Israeli based assassination squads trying to liquidate them.
Kerr's portrayal of post war Germany is done with an emphasis on detail which gives "The One from the Other", enormous historical impact. His empathic hero Gunther, while never a member of the Nazi party, is forced to answer for his recruitment into the dreaded SS, as he tries to survive his past and the plot that threatens to end his life.
Weaker than "Berlin Noir" but still good.......2007-01-31
After making us wait 15 years, Philip Kerr reprises his memorable German private eye Bernie Gunther. Gunther languishes running a failed family-owned hotel near Dachau until shuttering it to return to detective work. But not before he witnesses, in his own backyard, an American engaged in a personal treasure hunt for buried war loot.
The only cases Gunther finds are missing war criminals. Gunther, who loathes such men categorically, ends up crossing paths and swords with networks of escaped SS men as well as the CIA.
This postwar sequel to the "Berlin Noir" trilogy doesn't quite measure up to its predecessors. Gunther's hardboiled act seems strained. It's distracting early on.
The earlier books, fine examples of the noir genre, cast Gunther as one of the last honest men in Nazi Germany, peeling back the public repression to reveal the personal corruption beneath.
In a good noir novel, the private eye is an island of certainty - uncertain of the answers to his questions, but relentless in his pursuit of them.
But Gunther's tough talk here runs up against the swirling murk of the postwar and Cold War. The situation is too uncertain, Holocaust crimes too huge and incomprehensible. It sounds more like bravado.
What I end up liking about Gunther is precisely his uncertainty. While he loathes war criminals, we learn he served in the SS and still struggles with what might have been a war crime. While he's disgusted with Nazism, the American occupation cuts against his German pride. He works against former comrades whose actions he loathes, but in whom he sees too much of himself. And he sees the victors and victims alike riven with corruption as well. Sorting it all out, it's hard to tell "the one from the other."
Kerr admirably works against type as he mines the veins of World War II history's gray areas. Jews show up not as the familiar victims but as Zionist revenge-seeking death squad members on the one hand, as kapos, or as plotters conspiring with war criminals. Some Catholic priests help SS men out of anti-Semitism while others do so after also hiding Jews during the war. Nazi medical experimentation seems uncomfortably like U.S. experiments on prisoners around the same time.
The plot is so-so. Escaping war criminals covering their tracks engage in a ploy too clever by half to be plausible. Both this book and Kerr's previous "Hitler's Peace" suffer perhaps from too many big historical angles. Adolf Eichmann's presence here, for instance, is superfluous. But there's no disputing that such unearthed history is often gripping or that Kerr maintains his fine eye for the everyday touches of German life. Gunther's character, battered but ultimately serviceable, comes through to sustain the book.
The German Gumshoe.......2007-01-16
One From the Other is the long-awaited sequel to Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir, a trilogy about a private detective who must adapt to continue working in a new world order. Crimes, both ordinary and political, push Bernie Gunther places he would just as soon avoid. Beginning with the 1936 Olympics, through the horror of Kristallnacht, and ending with Soviet occupation this German gumshoe manages to survive on his wits, his charm, and his chameleon-like ability to adapt. By the end of the war this shamus has seen and done things he never would have imagined.
One From the Other takes place in 1949. Germany is struggling to adjust to defeat and yet another world order. Their occupiers are trying to sort out the good Germans from the bad. Or is it the bad from the very bad? The Allies were all spying on one another in preparation for the long Cold War. And, the evil deeds of the Nazi regime hung over them all. Was anyone completely unimpeachable?
As a mystery - thriller - detective story, this book has it all. But, there is something darker and more complex to Kerr's character. Much of his story takes place off the pages of the books during the in-between years. The books haul him back into the reader's view for insight into a moment in time. As this moment comes to a close we watch the war-weary private eye boarding a ship for Buenos Aires. You can almost see the gray film of post-war Europe beginning to lift and feel the vibrant warmth of Argentina in the distance. On the other hand, with a traveling companion like Albert Eichmann, it is doubtful.
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Frankl's timeless memoir and meditation on finding meaning in the midst of suffering With a new Foreword by Harold S. Kushner and a new Biographical Afterword by William J. Winslade Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory-known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos ("meaning")-holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful. At the time of Frankl's death in 1997, Man's Search for Meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty-four languages. A 1991 reader survey for the Library of Congress that asked readers to name a "book that made a difference in your life" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America. Beacon Press, the original English-language publisher of Man's Search for Meaning, is issuing this new paperback edition with a new Foreword, biographical Afterword, jacket, price, and classroom materials to reach new generations of readers. Born in Vienna in 1905 Viktor E. Frankl earned an M.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. He published more than thirty books on theoretical and clinical psychology and served as a visiting professor and lecturer at Harvard, Stanford, and elsewhere. In 1977 a fellow survivor, Joseph Fabry, founded the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy. Frankl died in 1997.
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Inspiring Book.......2007-06-20
I originally bought this book knowing nothing about Frankl, his experiences, or psychological theories. I simply read the description and a few of the overwhelmingly positive reviews here on Amazon and decided that it sounded interesting. What a life-changing book. Merely reading it at any given time has a marked positive influence on my attitude towards life.
What's most interesting about it, as Frankl says himself, is that what he's propounding are not abstract ideas developed by some academic at a university or in some research laboratory. He uses his direct experience in one of the most adverse circumstances possible--a Nazi concentration camp--to relate the ideas of logotherapy (his own school of psychotherapy) to the reader.
In a nutshell, the three most important tenets of logotherapy are as follows: (1) Life has meaning under all circumstances--even the most miserable ones; (2) Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life; and (3) We have the freedom to find meaning in what we do, and what we experience, or at least in the stand we take when faced with a situation of unchangeable suffering. These principles are put directly to the test, and Frankl demonstrates their validity in a way that no social scientist has conceived of (or been able to) ever before.
From the afterword:
"Frankl was once asked to express in one sentence the meaning of his own life. He wrote the response on paper and asked his students to guess what he had written. After some moments of quiet reflection, a student surprised Frankl by saying, 'The meaning of your life is to help others find the meaning of theirs.'
'That was it, exactly,' Frankl said. 'Those are the very words I had written.'"
Perspective.......2007-03-24
This is the most influential book I have read. It stops you from envying those who have more than you and reminds you of those that have less. I am not a two year old dying of AIDS in Africa. It makes you count your blessings. I have bought dozens of copies for friends and acquaintances. All to good effect.
No.1 Principle for Success.......2006-12-29
Please all my friends who are visiting this blog, I am sure you are here because you want to be successful. Me Too. I've read more than 100 self-help books, attended 20+ seminars, listened more than 30 audiobooks, and here is the MOST IMPORTANT rule for success - Do Something You Like. You Are Passionate About. You Will Do It For Free Anyways. This is the ONLY way, and Please Never Settle for Less. Here is WHY:
How do you define success? You can only be successful when you are being who you are. Period. Success cannot be measured by a yardstick as society always teaches us. There are times that what you really love to do doesn't look very promising, that your dad and mom tell you "Honey how about doing this instead that because this will secure you a job!". But, nothing can secure you a job if you nowadays. The only way to win is to be the BEST in your field. This is what important. What you do is not important AS LONG AS you are the BEST in what you do. And How can you be the BEST in what you do? You have to earn the competition with others who are doing the same thing as you. And, Psychologist Professor Tal Ben-Shahar at Harvard University said that you will find the things you love easy for you! And this is the secret for success! You are surely to win when you are doing something easy for you when others are not. They are struggling and you are enjoying. 8 hours feel like 1 hours for you but 16 for them. So, who will be more efficient, more creative, more energetic, more effective, more confident, more productive, more...more...? Of course YOU. And what's more important is that you will feel SATISFIED because you are actualizing yourself. - Self-Actualization is the HIGHEST pursue for human beings. You are being whom you are meant to be, fulfulling your meanings for this life. Meaning is all that matters! If you haven't got a chance to read Dr. Viktor E. Frankl's book "Man's Search for Meaning", I really urge you grab a copy. It is the pursuit of meaning that make Dr. Frankl survive the more than 3 years in concentration camps and became one of the most important thinkers and psychologists after Freud and Adler, as commented by The American Journal of Psychiatry. So, please do something you like. Your success lies in there. So is your meaning.
How to be Worthy of One's Suffering.......2006-09-02
Frankl, who survived the concentration camps, writes that suffering is inevitable and that avoiding suffering is futile. Rather, one should be worthy of one's suffering and make meaning of it instead of surrendering to nihilism, bitterness and despair. He uses poetic, moving anecdotes from the concentration camps to illustrate those souls who find a deeper humanity from their suffering or who become animals relegated to nothing more than teeth-clenched self-preservation. Though not specifically religious, this masterpiece has a religious purpose--to help us find meaning. This book succeeds immeasurably.
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World of the Trapp Family.......2007-05-08
This is one book I will keep in my private library. Very good book with all the pictures. My mother has enjoying looking at it also.
Very Nice book.......2007-03-08
I really enjoyed the beautiful pictures. I first read "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria which was great but I wanted pictures and more info and this book was greatly enjoyed.I really liked it.
The real Sound of Music.......2006-02-05
I had the opportuntiy to buy this book last fall when I saw the grandchildren of Maria Von Trapp in concert at the Dollywood theme park. Having read the account by Maria in her book "The story of the Trapp Family Singers" as a child I was fully aware that the movie and the real story were not identical, however the liberties of the movie version aside this book is a delight for anyone who loves the story and music of the Von Trapps. It gives you a first hand insight to what the family went through from the Natzi's to the building of their inn in Vermont to the rebuilding of it after it was destory by fire. The photography is superb and the history of this family is one I have enjoyed for years and will for years to come. I can hardly wait til next Christmas to add the Von Trapp Children CD to my holiday music enjoyment.
This book is great...........2003-06-06
....because I find so many information about the Trapp Familiy which I don't know. I saw the two german movies from 1956 und 1958 and the american from 1965, and I like all this films.
The pictures make it easy to read.
But there is something, that I don't like. Martina, who died in 1951. Maria Augusta wrote only one and a half sentences about her stepdaughter. Why had she done that ?
Good, that I've read "Yesterday, Today and Forever", so I know the tragedy of Martina's death.
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Great book.......2000-08-16
This book is a really great behind-the-scenes type book about the real Von Trapp family. Fans of the movie may not like it as much, because there isn't very much stuff written about the making of the SOM. However, it really gives you a very clear picture of the way the story reall was without detracting from the magic of the movie.
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