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Title: Bound to be a Good Book
Review: It's a little deceptive of me to write a review of this book, a book I haven't read yet. But since there were no reviews, I did want to point out how qualified Brian Ladd is to write a companion guide to Berlin. I have just finished reading his "The Ghosts of Berlin" - which I highly recommend - and in it Ladd exhibits a close eye for architectural history and how Berlin, unique among all European capitals, wears its complex and troublesome history on its sleeve, so to speak. The monuments, the buildings - the contentious debates about the design and placement of new buildings - and even the parks and roads all ooze history and make Berlin such a rich place to visit. If Mr. Ladd has brought some of these same observations to his new book, it belongs in your suitcase the next time you visit Berlin.
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