"It's one of the most legendary scenes of the 20th century: the Berlin of the 1920s was a wildly carousing, ultra-modern metropolis filled to the brim with joie de vivre, even as the storm clouds of economic crisis and the rise of Nazism were already gathering. Artist Robert Nippoldt and writer Boris Pofalla have captured the spirit of these years in an atmospherically dense city portrait. An accompanying musical CD with rare original recordings expands this edition to a vibrant multisensory experience"--Back cover.