European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A i not much pretty in Bella Fromm a Berlin diary by Charles Solomon los Angeles times recommended paperbacks blood amp Bon Ruotsi a Bolln glory 19301938 by Bella Fromm Touchstone. The daughter of a prominent jewish family Fromm was forced to begin working when her Fortune disappeared in the runaway inflation that wracked Germany after world War i. As Frau Bella the society columnist for the highbrow Berlin newspaper Vos Sische Zeitung she frequented the most exclusive circles describing the activities of Chancellor von Hindenburg and the Hohen Rollem princes for her readers. At the same time she kept a secret journal that recorded the revulsion she Felt watching hitlers Rise to Power realizing he would destroy her beloved country. Fromm also had to socialize with the new nazi elite including industrialist Alfred Hugenberg Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda a whom Fromm had known As mrs. Gunther Quandt the stepdaughter of a jewish waiter. In one chilling entry she describes meeting Hitler in March 1933, and having her hand kissed by the demagogue she despised a in talking to people you got the impression that he was addressing an audience. The most casual remark was delivered As though to a mass meeting. His gestures appeared As studied and As unnatural As those of a Ham actor. He was no Awe inspiring personality. He gave no impression of dignity. He was self conscious and inferior in attitude. He did not know what to do with his  in september 1938, Fromm fled Berlin for America where she was pursued by nazi agents. Her fascinating and often frightening Memoir evokes the doomed world of prewar Berlin As vividly As Christopher Isherwood a celebrated stories. Tom Boss dog a Story of province by . Fisher pantheon. This delightful series of sketches chronicles the misadventures of an american Mother and her two Small daughters during an eventful year in Aix. As they develop friendships with restaurant proprietors and caf6 waiters they continue to encounter the Jaunty title character who has far too much aplomb to follow anyone around. More than any human acquaintance it is the nonchalant Mongrel who frees the visitors from the uncomfortable sensation of being strangers in a strange land. Fishers charming Book would be Ideal to read aloud enabling parents and children to share the warmly delineated relationships the girls enjoy with their Mother their friends the Lovely City of Aix and the irrepressible Boss  among Tho Qullis an uncommon look at human nature by William Jordan Harper perennial. Jordan a informal essays about various aspects of biology offer pleasant Reading. He discusses Why gorillas in zoos have problems when they mate because they Haven to been properly socialized the animals done to know How to care for their you Gand explains How an ichthyologists proved that electric rays Are Active Hunters rather than passive Bottom dwellers. An entomologist by profession Jordan shares the wonder he experienced when he discovered an Ordinary Alfalfa Field encompassed a Complex microcosmic world. His most interesting essays focus on the Behaviours that enable animals to survive in the paved world of s i a is Adolf Hitler failed to Awe Fromm. Southern California either by accepting the velvet prison of domestication or by learning to cohabit with humans despite their objections a a strategy adopted by opossums parrots coyotes feral cats and rats. The National Lampoon pro sonts Moro Truo fact compiled by John Bendel contemporary books. This new anthology contains More improbable signs a theater marquee announcing Walt Disney a 101 dalmatians dying Youn newspaper headlines with double ent Endres a Ryan gets of to kill religious school boards and improbable wedding announcements Hayre Combs Paul Newman Etc. The uncredited Tongue in Cheek commentary adds to the general Absurdity. More True facts lacks the careful organization of the previous anthology. The entries seem to have been thrown together in no particular order. But the Lack of Structure does no to prevent the Book from being very very funny. New Orleans Stor Lesi great writers on the City edited by John Miller and Genevieve Anderson chronicle books. New Orleans must rank As the most romanticized City in an Erica and this rather mixed bag of fact and fiction attempts to capture the City a distinctive atmosphere. 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