"An International Bestseller“An absolute gem of a book.” —The ObserverJust before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . .It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the year Louis Armstrong first picked up a trumpet. It was the year Charlie Chaplin signed his first movie contract, and Coco Chanel and Prada opened their first dress shops. It was the year Proust bega ..."
1913(Reprint) The Year Before the Storm by FlorianIllies, Shaun Whiteside, Jamie Lee Searle Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2014 by Melville House ISBN-13: 978-1-61219-391-5, ISBN: 1-61219-391-9
"An International Bestseller "An absolute gem of a book." --"The Observer "Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century's most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the year Louis Armstrong first picked up a trumpet. It was the year Charlie Chaplin signed his first movie contract, and Coco Chanel and Prada opened their first dress shops. It was the year Prous ..."
1913 The Year Before the Storm by FlorianIllies, Shaun Whiteside, Jamie Searle Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2013 by The Clerkenwell Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84668-951-2, ISBN: 1-84668-951-1
"A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched documentary traces and biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate cultural portrait of a world that is about to change forever. The stuffy conventions of the nineteenth century are receding into the past, and 1913 heralds a new age of unlimited possibility. Kafka falls in love; Louis Armstrong learns to play the trumpet; a young seamstress called Coco Chanel opens her first boutique; ..."
1913(2nd Edition) The Year Before the Storm by FlorianIllies, Shaun Whiteside, Jamie Lee Searle Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2013 by Melville House ISBN-13: 978-1-61219-351-9, ISBN: 1-61219-351-X
"An International Bestseller“An absolute gem of a book.” —The ObserverJust before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . .It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the year Louis Armstrong first picked up a trumpet. It was the year Charlie Chaplin signed his first movie contract, and Coco Chanel and Prada opened their first dress shops. It was the year Proust bega ..."
"An International Bestseller“An absolute gem of a book.” —The ObserverJust before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . .It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the year Louis Armstrong first picked up a trumpet. It was the year Charlie Chaplin signed his first movie contract, and Coco Chanel and Prada opened their first dress shops. It was the year Proust bega ..."
1913 The Year before the Storm by FlorianIllies 270 Pages, Published 2013 by Profile Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84765-981-1, ISBN: 1-84765-981-0
"The Year before the Storm Florian Illies. and father. He spends hours ... Picasso
was seriously ill. But on 22 July Eva Gouel writes to Gertrude Stein: 'Pablo is
almost well again. He gets up every day in the afternoon. Henri Matisse keeps
dropping round to ask after him. He came today to bring Picasso flowers, and
spent the whole afternoon with us.' What a wonderful, consoling idea: one of ... of
the malady of the modern age. At t ..."
"Patrick Bienert used to explore ideas around concepts of cultures and identity grounded on the heritage of street and documentary photography.0In 'East End of Europe', the German photographer portrays a new Georgia and his capital city, ..."
1913 The Year Before the Storm by FlorianIllies Published 2013 ISBN-13: 978-1-306-90978-5, ISBN: 1-306-90978-3
1913 The Year Before the Storm by FlorianIllies 272 Pages, Published 2013 by Melville House ISBN-13: 978-1-61219-352-6, ISBN: 1-61219-352-8
"On 14 April the Frenchman Max Decugis beats the Austrian count Ludwig Salm
in three sets at the final of the Madrid tennis tournament: 6–4, 6–3, 6–2. What's
the quickest way to get from America to Europe? In Telefunken Zeitschrift, no. 11 (
April 1913), there's a report on the 'first radio-telegraphic success between
Germany and America'. It says: 'For the first time since the existence of radio
telegraphy, radio-telegraphic message ..."
Love in a Time of Hate Art and Passion in the Shadow of War by FlorianIllies 369 Pages, Published 2023 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-593-71395-2, ISBN: 0-593-71395-8
"“An enthralling and insightful cultural history—one that shows how, over the course of one pivotal decade, love, freedom and the freedom to love gave way to fear, madness and despair.” —Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post Book Review An ..."
Love in a Time of Hate Art and Passion in the Shadow of War by Illies, Florian, Pare, Simon Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2023 by Riverhead Books ISBN-13: 978-0-593-71393-8, ISBN: 0-593-71393-1
"Carl Hummel (1821-1907) ist einer der vergessenen Künstler des 19. Jahrhunderts. Über 100 Jahre hinweg lag sein Nachlass im Schlossmuseum Weimar verborgen, nun treten die wildromantischen, poetischen Werke des Landschaftsmalers in die Welt. Der Katalog versammelt einen bislang der Öffentlichkeit vollkommen unbekannten Teil dieses Nachlasses: Ölstudien aus Italien, Thüringen und von der Ostsee belegen, dass es sich bei Hummel um eine der ..."
1913(1st Edition) (Spanish Edition) by FlorianIllies, Paula Aguiriano Aizpurua Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2013 by Salamandra ISBN-13: 978-84-9838-534-2, ISBN: 84-9838-534-2
"An International Bestseller "An absolute gem of a book." --"The Observer "Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century's most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the year Louis Armstrong first picked up a trumpet. It was the year Charlie Chaplin signed his first movie contract, and Coco Chanel and Prada opened their first dress shops. It was the year Prous ..."
1913 - Der Sommer Des Jahrhunderts(4th Edition) (German Edition) by FlorianIllies Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2014 by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag Gmbh ISBN-13: 978-3-596-19324-0, ISBN: 3-596-19324-9
"Der Sommer des JahrhundertsBroschiertes BuchDie Geschichte eines ungeheuren Jahres - der internationale Bestseller jetzt als hochwertiges Taschenbuch! "Ich konnte nicht mehr aufhören zu lesen - Illies' Geschichten sind einfach großartig." Ferdinand von Schirach Florian Illies entfaltet virtuos ein historisches Panorama. 1913: Es ist das eine Jahr, in dem unsere Gegenwart begann. In Literatur, Kunst und Musik werden die Extreme ausgerei ..."
"Works from all series and phases of Andreas Mühe’s oeuvre are presented, including renowned series such as "Obersalzberg" (2010–2013) and "A.M." (2013) as well as previously unpublished works. The photographs are accompanied by excerpts from the novel "1913 – The Year before the Storm" by Florian Illies."
1913 The Year Before the Storm FlorianIllies; Read by FlorianIllies Audio, Published 2013 by Chivers Audiobooks ISBN-13: 978-1-4713-4890-7, ISBN: 1-4713-4890-3
"A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched documentary traces and biographical fragments."
Ortsgespräch by FlorianIllies Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2008 by Heyne Taschenbuch ISBN-13: 978-3-453-40533-2, ISBN: 3-453-40533-1
Generation Golf Zwei (German Edition) by FlorianIllies Paperback, 255 Pages, Published 2005 by Verlagsgruppe Random House Gmbh ISBN-13: 978-3-442-45967-4, ISBN: 3-442-45967-2
"Als Florian Illies vor drei Jahren Generation Golf vorlegte, glaubte er, es werde künftig keine weitere Generalinspektion seiner Jahrgänge anstehen, denn »Veränderungen wird die Zukunft kaum bringen«. Doch weit gefehlt! Denn plötzlich ist sie da, die Krise: die kranke Weltwirtschaft, der 11. September und die ersten Falten. Und sie hat das Lebensgefühl der um 1970 Geborenen entscheidend verändert – sie müssen also erneut durch den TÜV.D ..."