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- 2018-02-06
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- 320
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- 9781590519295
- Book Title
- Berlin 1936 : Fascism, Fear, and Triumph Set Against Hitler's Olympic Games
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publisher
- Other Press, LLC
- Publication Year
- 2018
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, History
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- Europe / Germany, Modern / 20th Century, General, Olympics & Paralympics
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- 5.8 in
- Item Weight
- 16.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian , The Telegraph, Daily Mail , and Financial Times A lively account of the 1936 Olympics told through the voices and stories of those who witnessed it, from an award-winning historian and biographer Berlin 1936 takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympiad, describing the events in the German capital through the eyes of a select cast of characters--Nazi leaders and foreign diplomats, sportsmen and journalists, writers and socialites, nightclub owners and jazz musicians. While the events in the Olympic stadium, such as when an American tourist breaks through the security and manages to kiss Hitler, provide the focus and much of the drama, it also considers the lives of ordinary Berliners--the woman with a dark secret who steps in front of a train, the transsexual waiting for the Gestapo's knock on the door, and the Jewish boy fearing for his future and hoping that Germany loses on the playing field. During the games the Nazi dictatorship was in many ways put on hold, and Berlin 1936 offers a last glimpse of the vibrant and diverse life in the German capital in the 1920s and 30s that the Nazis wanted to destroy.
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Other Press, LLC
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9781590519295
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Book Title
Berlin 1936 : Fascism, Fear, and Triumph Set Against Hitler's Olympic Games
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, Modern / 20th Century, General, Olympics & Paralympics
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
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Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
1.1 in
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5.8 in
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16.7 Oz
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An AMAZON BEST OF THE MONTH Category Pick in History "With the skill of a novelist, Hilmes weaves into his account the menacing presence of Hitler, deviously staging the Games to deceive a global audience unaware of the horrific evils he is about to unleash. A riveting drama." --Booklist (starred review) "A great work of narrative history." -- Shelf Awareness "...panorama of that fateful summer....Hilmes provides fascinating insights into the events....Verdict: A unique sports history recommended for all libraries." --Library Journal "[G]ives a "you-are-there" sense of urgency and engagement which few books offer." -- Wired.com/Beyond the Beyond "Illuminating...[Hilmes] offers memorable sequences, from chillingly amusing...to harrowing." -- Kirkus Reviews "Berlin 1936 is an entertaining account of the 16 days of the Berlin Olympics. It is not a straight history of the Games... Rather it is a vivid collage of vignettes gleaned from diaries and memoirs, police reports, snippets from newspapers, and so on. It dances from comedy to tragedy, from the ironic to the sinister, to give a picture of a darkening Germany....Hilmes has an eye for incidental detail." --The Times (UK) "Lively...Hilmes has a gift for storytelling. Each chapter covers a single day and offers vivid vignettes." --The Guardian (UK) "[T]his multidimensional view of each day of the notorious 1936 Olympic Games is a brisk read and a fascinating view of prewar Germany...Famous figures such as Jesse Owens and Leni Riefenstahl make the narrative sparkle, but Hilmes' portrayal of ordinary citizens illuminates this moment in history with an intensely palpable sense of foreboding." --The National Book Review "Extraordinary...[Berlin 1936] casts quite a spell." -- Boston Herald "Hilmes provides dark insights into the Nazi-run 1936 Olympics...fascinating." -- Jerusalem Post "Sensational, sensory, and smartly sophisticated, this is a fine example of history come fully and meaningfully alive." -- Jewish Book Council "Fascinating...Hilmes has gathered testimony from diaries, newspapers, and other sources that show how those Olympic days were experienced by the 'ordinary people' of Berlin." -- Signature Reads "Oliver Hilmes's Berlin 1936 is a punchy, vibrant, and highly original account of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads. By viewing each day of the festival through a wide cast of characters, from diplomats and sportsmen through coroners and concentration-camp inmates, Hilmes pulls the reader into the drama of the moment without neglecting the wider context of Nazi oppression and brutality." --David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 and Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games "[A] witty, ironic diary of the final transitional days of Berlin, from bohemian superpower, to Goebbels-inspired new social media center for the gangsters of the Nazi party...It captures a moment in time never seen before...A delight to read." --Stephen Hopkins, director of Race "A rewarding read for the specialist historian and general public alike. Hilmes has written a history that succeeds where other narratives of the 'Nazi Games' often fail. He manages to bring these sixteen days in the summer of 1936 back to life by unfolding a panorama in which the everyday and banal interacts with the special and extraordinary in often surprising and insightful ways." --Professor Kay Schiller, author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany, " Carrying readers to venues far from the fields of athletic competition, the richly detailed 16-day narrative spotlights men and women who receive no medals but who deserve empathetic attention....With the skill of a novelist, Hilmes weaves into his account the menacing presence of Hitler, deviously staging the Games to deceive a global audience unaware of the horrific evils he is about to unleash. A riveting drama." - Booklist starred review "Oliver Hilmes's Berlin 1936 is a punchy, vibrant, and highly original account of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads. By viewing each day of the festival through a wide cast of characters, from diplomats and sportsmen through coroners and concentration camp inmates, Hilmes pulls the reader into the drama of the moment without neglecting the wider context of Nazi oppression and brutality." - David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 , and Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games "[A] witty, ironic diary of the final transitional days of Berlin, from bohemian superpower, to Goebbels-inspired new social media center for the gangsters of the Nazi party...It captures a moment in time never seen before...A delight to read." --Stephen Hopkins, director of Race "A rewarding read for the specialist historian and general public alike. Hilmes has written a history that succeeds where other narratives of the 'Nazi Games' often fail. He manages to bring these sixteen days in the summer of 1936 back to life by unfolding a panorama in which the everyday and banal interacts with the special and extraordinary in often surprising and insightful ways. Through his vignettes of how individuals from all walks of life experienced the Berlin Olympics he takes us back to what many contemporaries in Germany and beyond perceived as the 'good years' of a dictatorship that simultaneously was planning the death of tens of millions through war and genocide." -Professor Kay Schiller, author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany "The drama and personal stories behind one of the most famous--and infamous--Olympic Games....offers memorable sequences, from chillingly amusing (Hermann Gring appearing in public in a different uniform depending on which of his many appellations an occasion called for) to harrowing, such as that prisoners already in Nazi camps were "beaten with sticks and hung from hooks with their hands bound behind their backs" while athletes celebrated 40 minutes away." - Kirkus, An Amazon BEST OF THE MONTH Category Pick in History " Carrying readers to venues far from the fields of athletic competition, the richly detailed 16-day narrative spotlights men and women who receive no medals but who deserve empathetic attention....With the skill of a novelist, Hilmes weaves into his account the menacing presence of Hitler, deviously staging the Games to deceive a global audience unaware of the horrific evils he is about to unleash. A riveting drama." - Booklist starred review "...panorama of that fateful summer....Hilmes provides fascinating insights into the events....Verdict: A unique sports history recommended for all libraries." - Library Journal "Oliver Hilmes's Berlin 1936 is a punchy, vibrant, and highly original account of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads. By viewing each day of the festival through a wide cast of characters, from diplomats and sportsmen through coroners and concentration camp inmates, Hilmes pulls the reader into the drama of the moment without neglecting the wider context of Nazi oppression and brutality." - David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 , and Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games "[A] witty, ironic diary of the final transitional days of Berlin, from bohemian superpower, to Goebbels-inspired new social media center for the gangsters of the Nazi party...It captures a moment in time never seen before...A delight to read." --Stephen Hopkins, director of Race "A rewarding read for the specialist historian and general public alike. Hilmes has written a history that succeeds where other narratives of the 'Nazi Games' often fail. He manages to bring these sixteen days in the summer of 1936 back to life by unfolding a panorama in which the everyday and banal interacts with the special and extraordinary in often surprising and insightful ways. Through his vignettes of how individuals from all walks of life experienced the Berlin Olympics he takes us back to what many contemporaries in Germany and beyond perceived as the 'good years' of a dictatorship that simultaneously was planning the death of tens of millions through war and genocide." -Professor Kay Schiller, author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany "The drama and personal stories behind one of the most famous--and infamous--Olympic Games....offers memorable sequences, from chillingly amusing (Hermann Gring appearing in public in a different uniform depending on which of his many appellations an occasion called for) to harrowing, such as that prisoners already in Nazi camps were "beaten with sticks and hung from hooks with their hands bound behind their backs" while athletes celebrated 40 minutes away." - Kirkus "Employing an innovative novelistic approach, the author sketches the strange milieu -- Nazi officials, diplomats, writers, socialites and locals -- gathered for the spectacle in Berlin." - American Jewish World "Outstanding....[Hilmes'] skillful use of excerpts from diaries and letters allows us to enter the minds of the people who are in Berlin in August 1936, the rulers and ruled, rich and poor, men and women, Germans and foreigners. It gives insights into the many ways in which a momentous event impinges on daily life. His use of the present tense lends vitality to the book; it reminds us that the events it describes are close to us in time." -Reading in Translation, An AMAZON BEST OF THE MONTH Category Pick in History "With the skill of a novelist, Hilmes weaves into his account the menacing presence of Hitler, deviously staging the Games to deceive a global audience unaware of the horrific evils he is about to unleash. A riveting drama." --Booklist (starred review) "A great work of narrative history." -- Shelf Awareness "...panorama of that fateful summer....Hilmes provides fascinating insights into the events....Verdict: A unique sports history recommended for all libraries." --Library Journal "[G]ives a "you-are-there" sense of urgency and engagement which few books offer." -- Wired.com/Beyond the Beyond "Illuminating...[Hilmes] offers memorable sequences, from chillingly amusing...to harrowing." -- Kirkus Reviews "Berlin 1936 is an entertaining account of the 16 days of the Berlin Olympics. It is not a straight history of the Games... Rather it is a vivid collage of vignettes gleaned from diaries and memoirs, police reports, snippets from newspapers, and so on. It dances from comedy to tragedy, from the ironic to the sinister, to give a picture of a darkening Germany....Hilmes has an eye for incidental detail." --The Times (UK) "Lively...Hilmes has a gift for storytelling. Each chapter covers a single day and offers vivid vignettes." --The Guardian (UK) "[T]his multidimensional view of each day of the notorious 1936 Olympic Games is a brisk read and a fascinating view of prewar Germany...Famous figures such as Jesse Owens and Leni Riefenstahl make the narrative sparkle, but Hilmes' portrayal of ordinary citizens illuminates this moment in history with an intensely palpable sense of foreboding." --The National Book Review "Extraordinary...[ Berlin 1936] casts quite a spell." -- Boston Herald "Hilmes provides dark insights into the Nazi-run 1936 Olympics...fascinating." -- Jerusalem Post "Sensational, sensory, and smartly sophisticated, this is a fine example of history come fully and meaningfully alive." -- Jewish Book Council "Oliver Hilmes's Berlin 1936 is a punchy, vibrant, and highly original account of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads. By viewing each day of the festival through a wide cast of characters, from diplomats and sportsmen through coroners and concentration-camp inmates, Hilmes pulls the reader into the drama of the moment without neglecting the wider context of Nazi oppression and brutality." --David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 and Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games "[A] witty, ironic diary of the final transitional days of Berlin, from bohemian superpower, to Goebbels-inspired new social media center for the gangsters of the Nazi party...It captures a moment in time never seen before...A delight to read." --Stephen Hopkins, director of Race "A rewarding read for the specialist historian and general public alike. Hilmes has written a history that succeeds where other narratives of the 'Nazi Games' often fail. He manages to bring these sixteen days in the summer of 1936 back to life by unfolding a panorama in which the everyday and banal interacts with the special and extraordinary in often surprising and insightful ways." --Professor Kay Schiller, author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany, "With the skill of a novelist, Hilmes weaves into his account the menacing presence of Hitler, deviously staging the Games to deceive a global audience unaware of the horrific evils he is about to unleash. A riveting drama." --Booklist (starred review) "A great work of narrative history." -- Shelf Awareness "...panorama of that fateful summer....Hilmes provides fascinating insights into the events....Verdict: A unique sports history recommended for all libraries." --Library Journal "[G]ives a "you-are-there" sense of urgency and engagement which few books offer." -- Wired.com/Beyond the Beyond "Illuminating...[Hilmes] offers memorable sequences, from chillingly amusing...to harrowing." -- Kirkus Reviews "Berlin 1936 is an entertaining account of the 16 days of the Berlin Olympics. It is not a straight history of the Games... Rather it is a vivid collage of vignettes gleaned from diaries and memoirs, police reports, snippets from newspapers, and so on. It dances from comedy to tragedy, from the ironic to the sinister, to give a picture of a darkening Germany....Hilmes has an eye for incidental detail." --The Times (UK) "Lively...Hilmes has a gift for storytelling. Each chapter covers a single day and offers vivid vignettes." --The Guardian (UK) "[T]his multidimensional view of each day of the notorious 1936 Olympic Games is a brisk read and a fascinating view of prewar Germany...Famous figures such as Jesse Owens and Leni Riefenstahl make the narrative sparkle, but Hilmes' portrayal of ordinary citizens illuminates this moment in history with an intensely palpable sense of foreboding." --The National Book Review "Extraordinary...[Berlin 1936] casts quite a spell." -- Boston Herald "Hilmes provides dark insights into the Nazi-run 1936 Olympics...fascinating." -- Jerusalem Post "Sensational, sensory, and smartly sophisticated, this is a fine example of history come fully and meaningfully alive." -- Jewish Book Council "Fascinating...Hilmes has gathered testimony from diaries, newspapers, and other sources that show how those Olympic days were experienced by the 'ordinary people' of Berlin." -- Signature Reads "Oliver Hilmes's Berlin 1936 is a punchy, vibrant, and highly original account of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads. By viewing each day of the festival through a wide cast of characters, from diplomats and sportsmen through coroners and concentration-camp inmates, Hilmes pulls the reader into the drama of the moment without neglecting the wider context of Nazi oppression and brutality." --David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 and Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games "[A] witty, ironic diary of the final transitional days of Berlin, from bohemian superpower, to Goebbels-inspired new social media center for the gangsters of the Nazi party...It captures a moment in time never seen before...A delight to read." --Stephen Hopkins, director of Race "A rewarding read for the specialist historian and general public alike. Hilmes has written a history that succeeds where other narratives of the 'Nazi Games' often fail. He manages to bring these sixteen days in the summer of 1936 back to life by unfolding a panorama in which the everyday and banal interacts with the special and extraordinary in often surprising and insightful ways." --Professor Kay Schiller, author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany, An AMAZON BEST OF THE MONTH Category Pick in History "With the skill of a novelist, Hilmes weaves into his account the menacing presence of Hitler, deviously staging the Games to deceive a global audience unaware of the horrific evils he is about to unleash. A riveting drama." --Booklist (starred review) "A great work of narrative history." -- Shelf Awareness "...panorama of that fateful summer....Hilmes provides fascinating insights into the events....Verdict: A unique sports history recommended for all libraries." --Library Journal "[G]ives a "you-are-there" sense of urgency and engagement which few books offer." -- Wired.com/Beyond the Beyond "Illuminating...[Hilmes] offers memorable sequences, from chillingly amusing...to harrowing." -- Kirkus Reviews "Berlin 1936 is an entertaining account of the 16 days of the Berlin Olympics. It is not a straight history of the Games... Rather it is a vivid collage of vignettes gleaned from diaries and memoirs, police reports, snippets from newspapers, and so on. It dances from comedy to tragedy, from the ironic to the sinister, to give a picture of a darkening Germany....Hilmes has an eye for incidental detail." --The Times (UK) "Lively...Hilmes has a gift for storytelling. Each chapter covers a single day and offers vivid vignettes." --The Guardian (UK) "[T]his multidimensional view of each day of the notorious 1936 Olympic Games is a brisk read and a fascinating view of prewar Germany...Famous figures such as Jesse Owens and Leni Riefenstahl make the narrative sparkle, but Hilmes' portrayal of ordinary citizens illuminates this moment in history with an intensely palpable sense of foreboding." --The National Book Review "Oliver Hilmes's Berlin 1936 is a punchy, vibrant, and highly original account of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads. By viewing each day of the festival through a wide cast of characters, from diplomats and sportsmen through coroners and concentration-camp inmates, Hilmes pulls the reader into the drama of the moment without neglecting the wider context of Nazi oppression and brutality." --David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 and Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games "[A] witty, ironic diary of the final transitional days of Berlin, from bohemian superpower, to Goebbels-inspired new social media center for the gangsters of the Nazi party...It captures a moment in time never seen before...A delight to read." --Stephen Hopkins, director of Race "A rewarding read for the specialist historian and general public alike. Hilmes has written a history that succeeds where other narratives of the 'Nazi Games' often fail. He manages to bring these sixteen days in the summer of 1936 back to life by unfolding a panorama in which the everyday and banal interacts with the special and extraordinary in often surprising and insightful ways." --Professor Kay Schiller, author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany, " Carrying readers to venues far from the fields of athletic competition, the richly detailed 16-day narrative spotlights men and women who receive no medals but who deserve empathetic attention....With the skill of a novelist, Hilmes weaves into his account the menacing presence of Hitler, deviously staging the Games to deceive a global audience unaware of the horrific evils he is about to unleash. A riveting drama." - Booklist starred review "...panorama of that fateful summer....Hilmes provides fascinating insights into the events....Verdict: A unique sports history recommended for all libraries." - Library Journal "Oliver Hilmes's Berlin 1936 is a punchy, vibrant, and highly original account of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads. By viewing each day of the festival through a wide cast of characters, from diplomats and sportsmen through coroners and concentration camp inmates, Hilmes pulls the reader into the drama of the moment without neglecting the wider context of Nazi oppression and brutality." - David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 , and Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games "[A] witty, ironic diary of the final transitional days of Berlin, from bohemian superpower, to Goebbels-inspired new social media center for the gangsters of the Nazi party...It captures a moment in time never seen before...A delight to read." --Stephen Hopkins, director of Race "A rewarding read for the specialist historian and general public alike. Hilmes has written a history that succeeds where other narratives of the 'Nazi Games' often fail. He manages to bring these sixteen days in the summer of 1936 back to life by unfolding a panorama in which the everyday and banal interacts with the special and extraordinary in often surprising and insightful ways. Through his vignettes of how individuals from all walks of life experienced the Berlin Olympics he takes us back to what many contemporaries in Germany and beyond perceived as the 'good years' of a dictatorship that simultaneously was planning the death of tens of millions through war and genocide." -Professor Kay Schiller, author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany "The drama and personal stories behind one of the most famous--and infamous--Olympic Games....offers memorable sequences, from chillingly amusing (Hermann Gring appearing in public in a different uniform depending on which of his many appellations an occasion called for) to harrowing, such as that prisoners already in Nazi camps were "beaten with sticks and hung from hooks with their hands bound behind their backs" while athletes celebrated 40 minutes away." - Kirkus "Employing an innovative novelistic approach, the author sketches the strange milieu -- Nazi officials, diplomats, writers, socialites and locals -- gathered for the spectacle in Berlin." - American Jewish World, An AMAZON BEST OF THE MONTH Category Pick in History "Carrying readers to venues far from the fields of athletic competition, the richly detailed 16-day narrative spotlights men and women who receive no medals but who deserve empathetic attention....With the skill of a novelist, Hilmes weaves into his account the menacing presence of Hitler, deviously staging the Games to deceive a global audience unaware of the horrific evils he is about to unleash. A riveting drama." --Booklist, Starred Review "[B]rings to mind Erik Larson in the way it resuscitates famous figures from history alongside forgotten contemporaries....Hilmes has managed a deft re-creation of a city caught between the opulent, transgressive splendor of its past and the iron grip of Nazism." --Shelf Awareness "Oliver Hilmes''s Berlin 1936 is a punchy, vibrant, and highly original account of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads. By viewing each day of the festival through a wide cast of characters, from diplomats and sportsmen through coronevers and concentration camp inmates, Hilmes pulls the reader into the drama of the moment without neglecting the wider context of Nazi oppression and brutality." --David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 , and Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games "[A] witty, ironic diary of the final transitional days of Berlin, from bohemian superpower, to Goebbels-inspired new social media center for the gangsters of the Nazi party...It captures a moment in time never seen before...A delight to read." --Stephen Hopkins, director of Race "A rewarding read for the specialist historian and general public alike. Hilmes has written a history that succeeds where other narratives of the ''Nazi Games'' often fail. He manages to bring these sixteen days in the summer of 1936 back to life by unfolding a panorama in which the everyday and banal interacts with the special and extraordinary in often surprising and insightful ways. Through his vignettes of how individuals from all walks of life experienced the Berlin Olympics he takes us back to what many contemporaries in Germany and beyond perceived as the ''good years'' of a dictatorship that simultaneously was planning the death of tens of millions through war and genocide." --Professor Kay Schiller, author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany "...panorama of that fateful summer....Hilmes provides fascinating insights into the events....Verdict: A unique sports history recommended for all libraries." --Library Journal "[G]ives a "you-are-there" sense of urgency and engagement which few books offer." -- Wired.com/Beyond the Beyond "The drama and personal stories behind one of the most famous--and infamous--Olympic Games....offers memorable sequences, from chillingly amusing...to harrowing...This... illuminating book chronicles those efforts and suggests the horrors to come." --Kirkus Reviews "Berlin 1936 is an entertaining account of the 16 days of the Berlin Olympics. It is not a straight history of the Games... Rather it is a vivid collage of vignettes gleaned from diaries and memoirs, police reports, snippets from newspapers, and so on. It dances from comedy to tragedy, from the ironic to the sinister, to give a picture of a darkening Germany....Hilmes has an eye for incidental detail." --The Times (UK) "Lively...Hilmes has a gift for storytelling. Each chapter covers a single day and offers vivid vignettes." --The Guardian (UK) "[T]his multidimensional view of each day of the notorious 1936 Olympic Games is a brisk read and a fascinating view of prewar Germany...Famous figures such as Jesse Owens and Leni Riefenstahl make the narrative sparkle, but Hilmes'' portrayal of ordinary citizens illuminates this moment in history with an intensely palpable sense of foreboding." --The National Book Review, " Carrying readers to venues far from the fields of athletic competition, the richly detailed 16-day narrative spotlights men and women who receive no medals but who deserve empathetic attention....With the skill of a novelist, Hilmes weaves into his account the menacing presence of Hitler, deviously staging the Games to deceive a global audience unaware of the horrific evils he is about to unleash. A riveting drama." - Booklist starred review "Oliver Hilmes's Berlin 1936 is a punchy, vibrant, and highly original account of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads. By viewing each day of the festival through a wide cast of characters, from diplomats and sportsmen through coroners and concentration camp inmates, Hilmes pulls the reader into the drama of the moment without neglecting the wider context of Nazi oppression and brutality." - David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 , and Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games "A rewarding read for the specialist historian and general public alike. Hilmes has written a history that succeeds where other narratives of the 'Nazi Games' often fail. He manages to bring these sixteen days in the summer of 1936 back to life by unfolding a panorama in which the everyday and banal interacts with the special and extraordinary in often surprising and insightful ways. Through his vignettes of how individuals from all walks of life experienced the Berlin Olympics he takes us back to what many contemporaries in Germany and beyond perceived as the 'good years' of a dictatorship that simultaneously was planning the death of tens of millions through war and genocide." -Professor Kay Schiller, author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany "The drama and personal stories behind one of the most famous--and infamous--Olympic Games....offers memorable sequences, from chillingly amusing (Hermann Gring appearing in public in a different uniform depending on which of his many appellations an occasion called for) to harrowing, such as that prisoners already in Nazi camps were "beaten with sticks and hung from hooks with their hands bound behind their backs" while athletes celebrated 40 minutes away." - Kirkus, " Carrying readers to venues far from the fields of athletic competition, the richly detailed 16-day narrative spotlights men and women who receive no medals but who deserve empathetic attention....With the skill of a novelist, Hilmes weaves into his account the menacing presence of Hitler, deviously staging the Games to deceive a global audience unaware of the horrific evils he is about to unleash. A riveting drama." - Booklist starred review "...panorama of that fateful summer....Hilmes provides fascinating insights into the events....Verdict: A unique sports history recommended for all libraries." - Library Journal "Oliver Hilmes's Berlin 1936 is a punchy, vibrant, and highly original account of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads. By viewing each day of the festival through a wide cast of characters, from diplomats and sportsmen through coroners and concentration camp inmates, Hilmes pulls the reader into the drama of the moment without neglecting the wider context of Nazi oppression and brutality." - David Clay Large, author of Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 , and Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games "[A] witty, ironic diary of the final transitional days of Berlin, from bohemian superpower, to Goebbels-inspired new social media center for the gangsters of the Nazi party...It captures a moment in time never seen before...A delight to read." --Stephen Hopkins, director of Race "A rewarding read for the specialist historian and general public alike. Hilmes has written a history that succeeds where other narratives of the 'Nazi Games' often fail. He manages to bring these sixteen days in the summer of 1936 back to life by unfolding a panorama in which the everyday and banal interacts with the special and extraordinary in often surprising and insightful ways. Through his vignettes of how individuals from all walks of life experienced the Berlin Olympics he takes us back to what many contemporaries in Germany and beyond perceived as the 'good years' of a dictatorship that simultaneously was planning the death of tens of millions through war and genocide." -Professor Kay Schiller, author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany "The drama and personal stories behind one of the most famous--and infamous--Olympic Games....offers memorable sequences, from chillingly amusing (Hermann Gring appearing in public in a different uniform depending on which of his many appellations an occasion called for) to harrowing, such as that prisoners already in Nazi camps were "beaten with sticks and hung from hooks with their hands bound behind their backs" while athletes celebrated 40 minutes away." - Kirkus
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Super impressed with this seller! They had the best price by far for this book! Both the cost of the book and the shipping fee was far better than average! The book came exactly as described, it was well packaged and quite a bit earlier than expected! The seller was polite and replied quickly to my messages.
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WONDERFUL book! Better than described, in just like new condition [not just good]. Packaged very carefully, shipped very securely. Great seller, would buy from again in a heartbeat! No communication occurred, but I imagine it would have been as good as the rest of their customer service. Very happy with purchase, thank you very much!
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Excellent packaging, expedited shipping, great seller communication, and accurate photo representation. I'm very pleased to have received this graphic novel for a fair and competitive price. Brand new and sealed!! I would highly recommend and purchase from this reputable retailer again. Thank you 👍!
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