The fascinating story of a language known as ‘Rotwelsch’, associated with vagabonds – linked to Yiddish and Romani – that the author learned from his father and uncle. His grandfather, a Nazi, despised it.
The Language of Thieves: The Story of Rotwelsch and One Family’s Secret History
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Knots, Art & History: The Berlin Carpet Collection
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Red Stars
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Stunning monograph covering all 6 decades of Richter's career. AZ is a German art historian with books on Barnett Newman, Anselm Kiefer, Jackson Pollock et al.
Gerhard Richter: Life and Work
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A companion volume to his Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician (pbk £25), tracing Bach's evolution as a composer and looking deeply into his creative process.