Droemer Knaur*

VERLAGSGRUPPE
Droemer Knaur*
Foreign Rights
Catalogue
2007 / 2008

Contents
Fiction …………………………….…………………………………………….……………………………… 1
Non-fiction …………………………….………………………………….……………………………… 9
Religious issues – Pattloch ……………………….……………….……………… 14
Esoterics …………………………….……………………………………….…….……….……………… 17
Practical Guides …………………………….………………………………………….….…….. 18
Children Books / Gift books …………………………….…………………….… 28
Backlist …………………………….…………………………………………….………………………….. 30
Our agencies …………………………….…………………………………………….……………… 32
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Iny Lorentz
The Pilgrim
700 pages, ISBN 3-426-66249-3
December 2006
120.000 copies sold in Germany!
A rich historical novel about a woman’s
pilgrimage to Santiago
The year is 1368: Tilla Willinger’s life
changes in an instant when her father
dies. Worried about the fate of his soul,
the merchant’s last request was that his
heart be brought to Santiago de Compostela.
But Tilla’s brother Otfried
doesn’t care about his father’s last
wish, nor about his desire to marry Tilla
off to Damian, the mayor’s son. Instead,
he forces Tilla to marry the mayor’s
bitter foe.
Tilla’s new husband dies on their wedding
night. Since her brother sold her out and
the relatives of her dead husband are
after her, Tilla decides to flee, breaking
into her parents’ house to get the little
box with her father’s heart to take it to
Santiago. She also takes the iron coffer
that contains her marriage contract and
her father’s will. What she doesn’t know
is that there are also much more explosive
papers inside. To throw off possible
pursuers, she dresses up as a young
man and joins a group of pilgrims. The
journey is difficult and full of dangers, but
she also finds love along the way. And it
soon becomes apparent that her pilgrimage
will only be complete if she can find
an answer to the intrigues and oppression
in her hometown …
Iny Lorentz
Bride of Fire
720 pages, 3-426-66241-0
October 2007
The latest historical novel from a
top-selling author
The Thirty Years’ War: 17-year-old Irmela
von Hochberg and her father have to abandon
their home to save themselves
from the approaching Swedes. Their
group of refugees falls into the hands of
an enemy patrol. Irmela is able to flee
into the woods. The men meet their
death, however, and the rest of the
women, among them the famous beauty
Ehrentraud von Lexenthal, are raped.
Ehrentraud says the only way Irmela
could have saved herself is through
witchcraft. This plays right into the hands
of Xaver von Lexenthal, the prior of a
monastery that was destroyed by the
Swedes. Earlier, Lexenthal wanted to
have Irmela’s mother burned as a witch,
but the influential Duke Wolfgang
Wilhelm thwarted him. And since now
Wolfgang Wilhelm is taking custody of
Irmhilde’s daughter, Lexenthal makes
sure not to take action openly.
The cast of characters also includes the
shady Helene who wants to get Irmela
out of the way so her own children will
inherit a fortune …
Iny Lorentz is a regular in the Top 15 on
the bestseller list. Most notably, her
novel The Traveling Harlot sold 900.000
copies in paperback!
HISTORICAL FICTION 1
Birgit Jäckel
The Druidess
540 pages, 3-426-19760-8
Spring 2008
Southern Germany, 120 B.C.: Young Talia
has despised her father ever since she
heard that he had ordered her to be killed
as soon as she was born. Yet she was
rescued, and she comes of age in a
school for druids, where she learns the
art of healing. Soon she discovers that
her skills extend much further: she can
see people’s souls and protect them from
terrible things. Should she use her
remarkable gifts for the good of others,
or should she serve the druids unquestioningly?
Talia is in danger of becoming the puppet
of the ambitious and power-mad druid
Ientus. If he only had a child with Talia’s
skills he’d have those powers at his permanent
disposal, so he plans to impregnate
Talia, by force if need be. She hears
of this and flees to Alte-Stadt, home of
the powerful Caran, head of a mighty
clan. When she’s offered a job in Caran’s
household, she agrees. She knows
something Caran doesn’t: that he is her
father!
Ientus arrives in Alte-Stadt, with plans to
forcibly bring Talia back to druid school.
Would Talia ever use her powers to help
her father, of all people?
Birgit Jäckel has written her first novel
in the age of 15. She studied ethnology.
At the moment she works for the
Alternative Nobelpreis. Die Druidin is
her first novel.

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HISTORICAL FICTION
Sandra Lessmann
The King’s Judges
560 pages, 3-426-62960-4
August 2005
50.000 copies sold in Germany!
Russian rights sold to AST Publishers
An exciting first novel: a tense
pageturner with plenty of historical
atmosphere
London, 1665, the period after England’s
civil war: Jeremy Blackshaw has given up
his career as a doctor to become a
Catholic priest. But because of the laws
that suppress Catholicism in Protestant
England, Jeremy can only work “underground,”
using an assumed name. Assisting
him in his work is Lady Amoret St.
Clair, mistress of the King and Jeremy’s
protector.
When Jeremy treats the judge Sir Orlando
Trelawney, who has come down with
typhoid fever, he is unwittingly drawn
into a series of crimes that are plaguing
London. Orlando is investigating the
death of his colleague, who was poisoned.
And some of Orlando’s other colleagues
have met with the same fate.
Obviously someone is targeting the
London courts. In the notorious Newgate
prison, Trelawney meets Breandan, a
young Irishman who has been falsely
imprisoned.
But is Breandan the sinister murderer
who killed judges and other members of
the court?
Sandra Lessmann
A Daughter Born of Sin
600 pages, 3-426-62969-0
May 2006
60.000 copies sold in German!
Russian rights sold to AST Publishers
Jeremy Blackshaw’s second case – a
historical mystery set in London,
1666
One evening, Judge Orlando Trelawney
witnesses the cold-blooded murder of a
midwife. His servant intervenes just in
time to save the woman’s daughter Anne
from the same fate. Orlando consults his
friend Jeremy Blackshaw, a Catholic
priest who operates “underground” in
Protestant England.The matter becomes
even more mysterious when Anne, who
obviously knows more than she’s telling,
encourages Alan to sleep with her, and
thereafter accuses him of getting her
pregnant. Alan has to marry Anne. He
realizes too late that Anne was already
pregnant and just needed him to escape
the contempt given a single mother.
Alan sees the pregnant Anne being pushed
down a flight of stairs by a man he
doesn’t recognize. Anne dies, and Alan
can’t save her unborn child, either. Alan’s
arrested and thrown into a dungeon as
the presumed murderer of the wife he
didn’t love.
Sandra Lessmann, born 1969, fell in
love with England after living there for
five years and went on to study English
history. These same characters also
appeared in her first novel, The King’s
Judges.
Sandra Lessmann
The Gryphon
528 pages, 3-426-19766-0
September 2007
England, 1583, the time of the
Throckmorton Conspiracy: Ever since
the rebellion of the North English counts,
Roger Ashton has lived in exile, yet he is
kidnapped and brought to England by
order of Sir Francis Walsingham, first
secretary to the King.
Walsingham is hoping Ashton can give
him information about “The Gryphon,”
a spy whom he wasn’t able to expose.
Ashton is tortured and dies but doesn’t
reveal the name of the Gryphon, so
Walsingham has Ashton’s wife Marianna
arrested. The agent assigned to get the
beautiful woman is murdered at the
handover of secret letters from the
Gryphon, with Marianna nearby. The letters
are stolen. Marianna can’t identify
the thief. He uses her son to pressure her
to help him expose the Gryphon, and
thinks the spy is someone from the
Fenwick family, whom Marianna knows
well. When Marianna goes to the Fenwick
estate as their guest she is to infiltrate an
agent whom she’ll describe as a relative.
Marianna falls in love with Fenwick’s
nephew James Beresford, a loveable
ne’er-do-well … or so he seems.
Sandra Lessman’s previous novels have
shown her to be an expert on English
history as well as a skilled author of
historical detective novels. This is the
author’s third novel.

Michaela Link
The Last Empress
448 pages, 3-426-66103-1
August 2007
A dramatic novel about the lives of
the last Chinese empress and her
protégeé
The Chinese woman Anli, about to turn
70, recalls the dramatic events she experienced
in her youth as a lady-in-waiting
of the last Chinese empress in Peking.
Back then, the empress, already 72, had
been shaping China’s destiny for decades.
It was no coincidence that she
chose Anli for her court: as Anli gradually
finds out, her aunt Malu was once the
best friend of the Empress. Malu hanged
herself 47 years ago.
Anli finds out that an old, unlikable general
named Dun Wangli wants to marry
her, and that her father – upon receipt of
a large sum of money – has agreed. To
protect Anli, the empress sends her away
to Baoding, where she meets the
Englishman Malcolm St. Grower. Though
at first she fends off the strapping blond
gent, she soon falls in love with him. As it
turns out, Malu was a lover of Malcolm’s
father Richard. Because of two forged letters,
each thought the other wanted to
end the relationship. Richard returned to
England, and Malu took her own life.
Michaela Link studied Chinese language
and has translated Chinese novels into
German. She expanded her knowledge of
China by living and working there for
several years.
Sabine Ebert
The Midwife’s Secret
656 pages, 3-426-63412-7
November 2006
100.000 copies sold in Germany within
three months!
Historical romance by a promising
new author
Germany, 1167 A.D., the time of Emperor
Barbarossa: Wolfhart, lord of the castle,
is furious when his son is stillborn. He
orders that the midwife Marthe have her
hands and feet chopped off. She barely
manages to escape the village in time.
Marthe joins a group of settlers that’s
heading east into unknown territory to
start a new life.
The group arrives at a remote village in
the forest, where Christian, brave leader
of a small group of knights, takes Marthe
to the court of his liege, Otto von Meißen.
She is to heal Otto’s youngest son.
Marthe is able to foil an attempt to poison
Otto’s wife, then Marthe survives an
attempt on her own life. Marthe gets
raped by Christian’s foe Randolf.
Later on, Randolf is named governor, and
Christian is thrown into a dungeon. To
save herself and Christian, Marthe will
have to risk her life more than once …
Journalist Sabine Ebert lives in Saxony,
where this heavily-researched first novel
is set.
HISTORICAL FICTION 3
Sabine Ebert
The Sign of the Midwife
650 pages, 3-426-63695-6
January 2008
Second novel by the author of the
surprise hit of 2006
Spring, 1173: The midwife Marthe and
her husband Christian, have spent the
previous three years in relative peace,
but then Christian returns with bad news
from his liege, Margrave Otto: namely
that Randolf, Christian’s enemy, has
returned from the Holy Land.
Even before Randolf’s arrival, things
don’t go well. The villagers, encouraged
by Christian to take a bold stance, do the
opposite by electing a servile textile
merchant as their town elder. Worse
still, Christian’s wife is accused of witchcraft;
her accusers torture her and
attempt to drown her. Christian almost
falls apart when he hears of her supposed
death. But there is no sign of Marthe
or her corpse.
What no one knows: Randolf’s friend
Eckehart rescued Marthe from the
dungeon and has her hidden away,
though she’s deathly ill. And soon,
Randolf and Christian will face off in a
duel to the death …
Sabine Ebert’s first novel, The Midwife’s
Secret, was the surprise hit of
2006: what began as an unsolicited
manuscript submission ended with sales
of 130.000 copies and glowing reviews
to boot. The author lives in Saxony, where
her novels are set.

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HISTORICAL FICTION
Marie Cristen
The Hour of the Venetian
512 pages, 3-426-66180-2
August 2007
A thoroughly researched historical
novel with a resourceful heroine
Brügge, Belgium, the late 14th century:
The young noblewoman Aimée Andrieux
meets the charming Conrad Cornelis, the
heir to one of Brügge’s most important
businesses. Flanders is the land where
merchants are just as respected as nobility,
and thus Aimée’s marriage to
Conrad is not seen as being below her
station. But the House of Cornelis is not
in the best of shape. To try and save what
he can, Conrad tries to journey to
London, but he meets his death at sea.
All appears lost for Aimée: the firm’s
creditors want their money back, and
Aimée’s mother-in-law can’t stand her.
But Aimée gets help from an unexpected
source: as her grandmother in faraway
Burgundy hears of her beloved granddaughter’s
marriage to a Cornelis, she’s
shocked and sends a courier with a coffer
to Flanders. The content is something
she had long kept secret: the will of the
lecherous Piet Cornelis, who generations
ago, in his first marriage, was wed to an
Andrieux. As fate would have it, Aimée is
now the rightful heir to the House of
Cornelis!
Marie Cristen’s previous novel The Fire
of the Beguines has certain tie-ins with
this new book, though both novels stand
on their own.
Ursula Niehaus
The Silkwoman
642 pages. 3-426-66256-6
May 2007
A new star author, a lovable character,
an exciting plot, a fascinating setting
Fygen, who has no mother, grows up with
her father. But then her father dies and
the girl is in the custody of her unscrupulous
uncle, who tries to molest her as she
gets older.
Only a well-meaning housekeeper can
stop this, and she sends Fygen to
Cologne to learn the art of making silk
from Mettel, her uncle’s greedy cousin.
It’s near the end of the Middle Ages, and
Cologne is in full bloom. Fygen has to
learn to survive here, and she suffers
under her teacher, who makes her life
difficult. She meets the successful silk
merchant Peter Lützenkirchen, who falls
in love with her and marries her when her
apprenticeship is over. His wedding present
to her is her very own silk workshop.
But soon Peter must head for London on
a risky journey.
But he’s run into huge problems in London,
and has even been thrown into a
dungeon. Fygen sets out to rescue him …
Ursula Niehaus, owner of her own business,
has dreamed of becoming an author
since she was young. She lives with
her husband in the small town of
Ingelheim am Rhein.
Susanne Stein
The Emperor’s Mistress
480 pages, 3-426-63532-2
September 2007
The heroine is Bianca Lancia, a woman of
noble heritage from Piemont in the first
half of the 13th century. Her family has
fallen into poverty, so her brother arranges
a marriage to an influential count.
Following a banquet which Bianca stays
away from, the drunken count storms
into Bianca’s room and attacks her.
Bianca kills him with some scissors in
self-defense.
She has to flee and makes her way to
Brindisi where her girlfriend lives in a
cloister. When it becomes clear that she
can’t hide there, Bianca makes the bold
decision to join the Crusaders and to
journey with them to the Holy Land. She
is fascinated by Emperor Friedrich II of
Hohenstaufen.
Plague breaks out and Friedrich falls ill,
meanwhile Bianca sneaks onto a ship
disguised as a man. Once in Jerusalem
she is taken prisoner and Sultan Al-Kalim
sends her to his harem. Healthy again,
Friedrich journeys to Jerusalem, befriends
the sultan, and is given Bianca as
a gift. Soon Friedrich and Bianca are deeply
in love …
Susanne Stein has been working as
journalist for women magazines and as
free author for more than twenty years.
She studied history – the 13th century is
in the centre of her interest. This is her
first novel.

Lea Korte
The Nun with the Sword
480 pages, 3-426-63386-8
April 2007
The 17th century: Spain’s might is still
feared throughout the world, but corruption
and the effects of the inquisition are
beginning to bring the giant to its knees.
Catalina de Erauso, a 15-year-old member
of the Basque nobility is raised in a
cloister. But a few weeks before her consecration,
she comes into possession of
the key to the front gate, and makes a
break for freedom!
She soon realizes that in the world she’s
in, a girl can’t survive, so she disguises
herself as a farm boy. If exposed, she
would surely be burned at the stake, so
she hires on with a ship headed abroad.
Catalina de Erauso (whose autobiography
largely corresponds to this novel) ends
up traveling through Spain, to Panama,
Peru, and Chile. She is imprisoned in
France, and even makes it to the Vatican.
Catalina’s companion is the Basque Mikel
Laiseka. It’s years after their first meeting
that she realizes she loves him, and
she’s torn by her desire to reveal herself
as a woman to him …
Lea Korte, moved to Spain after she
finished her studies. She worked as a
translator and author in Catalonia,
Basque country and Valencia. She has
been dealing intensely with the history
and culture of her adopted country.
Ina-Marie Cassens
The Healer of Salerno
576 pages, 3-426-63338-8
February 2007
A historical novel about the real-life
heroine Trota of Salerno
Bari, Italy, 1021: Trota, the seven-year-old
daughter of the civic leader Dattus, has
to look on as the Byzantines drown her
father in the sea. After traveling to
Bamberg, Genoa, and Messina, she
comes to the famous medical school of
Salerno, Italy, the first European university.
Thanks to her perceptive nature and
the medical experience she picked up at
the harem of Messina, she’s able to become
a doctor. But the happy times don’t
last: her son suffers from severe epileptic
seizures. There’s a medication known as
theriak, but the secret of its preparation
is unknown in the West, and her onetime
lover Halifa, a Muslim who’s a seller of
rare herbs, isn’t due in the city for some
time.
Worse still, Trota is accused of practicing
black magic, and when there’s an attack
on her most vocal critic, Trota is threatened
with excommunication. An old friend
arrives to offer help, but when she rejects
his amorous advances, he joins her accusers.
She’s held prisoner in the castle.
A friend helps her escape just as Halifa
arrives in town …
Ina-Marie Cassens is the pseudonym of
a well-known German author.
HISTORICAL FICTION 5
Lena Johannson
The Marzipan Girl
448 pages, 3-426-63766-9
December 2007
Lübeck, Northern Germany, 1948: The
Andresen Company, producer of the
delicious marzipan, is celebrating its
postwar reopening. At the gala inaugural,
Frederick Andresen tells the invited
guests that there have been many
attempts over the years to steal the family’s
secret recipe, the basis for its international
success.
Off to one side sits an old woman in a
white dress. Her name is Marie Kröger,
and it’s her story that’s being told …
1870: Marie returns home one day to
hear the terrible news that her brother,
the manager of the family confectionery,
has lost his life. His assistant Achim
Oeverbeck delivers the news. Marie’s
mother can’t think of any better solution
than to name Oeverbeck the new boss.
But Marie’s father, who hasn’t been of
sound mind lately, has a moment of lucidity
and insists that Marie takes over the
firm. With a heavy heart, Marie bends to
her father’s will.
The novel tells the story of how Marie
slowly abandons her dream of becoming
a ballerina, and finally uses the family
marzipan recipe to bring the company
great success.
Travel writer Lena Johansson realized
her dream by moving to the shores of the
Baltic Sea. Living in the Lübeck region
was the inspiration for this novel.

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ROMANTIC WOMEN’S FICTION
Laila El Omari
The Scent of Sandalwood
688 pages, 3-426-62986-0
April 2007
A historical romance set in India
In 1753, Damien Catrall returns to
Madras from England, where he studied
medicine. Damien is to become engaged
to the daughter of one of his stepfather’s
close friends so that the two families will
be united. Having become engaged,
Damien heads for Bombay to be a doctor
for the East India Company. After a year,
the company transfers him to Calcutta.
Elisha, the daughter of his host, has fallen
in love with Damien, but knows that he
can’t break the promise to his family.
Damien postpones his wedding indefinitely,
saying he first wants to establish
himself in society as a doctor. An additional
reason, is that he can’t stop thinking
of Elisha. He returns to Bombay, and
the two begin a secret love affair. When it
comes to light, the scandal threatens to
ruin both of them, and Damien’s only
chance to regain his standing in society is
to offer his services as a doctor to the
British army in their seven-year war in the
Indian colonies. Before he leaves
Bombay, he secretly gets engaged to
Elisha. But as soon as the war has ended,
he returns to reclaim the love of his life.
Laila El Omari was born in Germany to a
Palestinian father and a German mother.
Her first novel, The English Heiress,
was also published by Knaur.
Anne Hertz
Two Dots on the Ultrasound
368 pages, 3-426-62978-X
October 2007
Svenja, age 37, is about to be promoted
to the executive ranks of an advertising
agency. But then she finds out she’s
pregnant. The father is someone she had
a fling with on vacation, she doesn’t even
have his address. And that’s not the only
surprise in store for Svenja: the ultrasound
picture clearly shows two dots.
She’s having twins.
When the agency finds out she’s pregnant,
her promotion is postponed. The
family side of things isn’t turning out
much better: her mother doesn’t want to
be a “babysitter on call,” neither does her
sister. Svenja starts getting desperate:
she wants to come back from her maternity
leave as her old self, giving her bosses
no reason not to promote her. Her
last hope is a full-time nanny, but she
only finds ones she can’t afford, or ones
she would never trust with her children.
Then she meets 29-year-old Alexei. He’s
great with kids and needs money … and
he makes an unusual suggestion: he can
move in with her as a male nanny. The
idea is utterly absurd … but what’s the
alternative?
Anne Hertz, born in Hamburg in 1971,
studied law. After her studies she began
to write short stories and novels. She
also works for several magazines.
Leni Ohngemach
Young and Younger
336 pages, 3-426-63438-7
August 2007
A captivating story about getting
older, this is the second novel by the
successful screenwriter
Star designer Yves has a nervous breakdown
and has to leave the fashion house
Virgo. His “girl Friday” Vera sees her big
chance: a spot among the executives!
But unlikable Tristan Schmied becomes
managing director. Vera is not in his
plans – the very idea that a thirty-yearold
could design clothes for young
people!
Two gay friends of Vera come up with a
plan: with lots of makeup, far-out clothes,
and a few other clever touches, they turn
goody two-shoes Vera into a wild thing.
Assuming this new identity as “Vera’s
cousin Luna,” Vera infiltrates the company,
and starts stirring things up. Tristan is
fascinated by this young newcomer. He
falls for Luna, Vera falls for a coworker
named Alexander, and the pressures of
living a double life begin. She decides
that Luna has to be “killed“, and what she
doesn’t suspect is that there’s more to
Alexander than meets the eye …
Leni Ohngemach studied dramatics and
literature in Munich. Amongst others she
wrote screenplays for the successful
cinema movie “Das Superweib” and the
internationally award-winning TV-twopiece
“Opernball”. The author lives in Los
Angeles and Berlin.

Katja Maybach
A Night in November
432 pages, 3-426-63384-1
March 2007
French rights sold to Presses de la
Cité
The emotional story of three women,
spanning the years 1933–1995
Sarah von Schröder, a lawyer, is just
about to get married. She seems to have
put her unhappy childhood behind her,
and the once-urgent question of why her
mother left her and her father almost
thirty years ago has become less important.
When Sarah hears of her mother’s
death, she realizes that she doesn’t know
anything about the tragic pasts of her
Jewish mother Mirjam and her grandmother
Rebecca.
Rebecca meets Rolf von Schröder on her
eighteenth birthday, and the two fall
hopelessly in love. Rolf’s mother, a confidante
of Hitler, does everything in her
power to separate her Aryan son from
the Jewish girl. Rebecca marries someone
else and has a daughter, Mirjam. But
when her husband turns violent, Rebecca
flees with her daughter to America …
Mirjam returns to Europe. She meets Rolf
von Schröder, and falls in love with him.
They marry and have a daughter. Sarah.
But Rolf proves to be distant and withdrawn.
Katja Maybach worked in the fashion
industry in Paris before becoming an author.
This is her second novel.
Andreas Franz
The Cross of Death
448 pages, ISBN 3-426-63480-5
April 2007
EMOTIONS / DETECTIVE FICTION 7
170.000 copies sold in Germany!
The detectives from the author’s two
popular series team up for a critical
case
The mutilated corpse of district attorney
Corinna Sittler is found in her house in
Frankfurt. The skin along her spine has
been cut out in the form of an upsidedown
cross. When Detective Julia Durant
arrives at the scene of the crime it looks
like a ritual murder.
The police discover that the dead woman
was involved in several miscarriages of
justice. The worst of them involved the
rape and murder of a young woman, for
which some men were soon arrested.
The evidence against them was overwhelming,
and yet, key pieces of evidence
were missing.
Julia and her colleagues start looking
into the case of the rape victim more
closely, but soon after that, the body of
a judge is found, also the victim of a
gruesome murder …
Andreas Franz’s last novel, Diabolical
Promises, sold almost 200,000 copies.
That book also featured Julia Durant, his
most popular character, while Franz’s
other successful series stars Peter
Brandt. As the first book to feature the
two cops working together, this one is
sure to delight Franz’s many fans.
Michael Böckler
Deadly Truffles
420 pages, 3-426-19745-6
August 2007
An amusing mystery for the “Wine
Detective”, with plenty of local color
In Piemont, a truffle hunter is shot and
killed. A gourmet suffers a fatal blow
when a rack of wine falls. And in Parma,
the owner of a delicatessen meets his
death … in a refrigerated case of scampi.
Sergeant Viberti is distracted from the
investigation, because in truffle season,
there are more important things. For
example: tagliatelli with white truffles!
Meanwhile, Hippolyt Hermanus, the wine
connoisseur and former police psychologist,
has other things he’d rather be
doing as well. But a guilty consience
makes him travel to Alba, where he tries
to get to the bottom of things, meets a
young woman, and finds that he himself
is under suspicion!
Michael Böckler’s travel-oriented suspense
novels have earned him a faithful
following. His previous novels include
Vintage Murder and Died Listening to
Verdi.

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DETECTIVE FICTION / THRILLERS
Gert Anhalt
Sayonara to a Corpse
336 pages, 3-426-63297-7
March 2007
The long-awaited third case for Japanese
P.I. Hamada Ken!
Hamada’s journey of self-discovery at a
Zen monastery comes to an abrupt end
as he pinches a nerve and can’t walk
upright. He has to place himself in the
hands of a master of Shiatsu massage,
but while he’s busy with that, his friend
Sabu is kidnapped by some shady gangsters.
Sabu, the filthy-rich son of a corrupt
construction mogul, is obviously
involved in something serious, and
Hamada is determined to get to the
bottom of it.
Sabu is fished out of a canal, a bullet in
his head. At his friend’s funeral, Hamada
not only meets plenty of underworld figures,
he also sees Sabu’s aunt Sachiko
and her twin sister Michiko. Hamada gets
a job as a driver for the well-to-do ladies
and in doing so gets access to Yakuza
boss Kawaguchi and his fearsome gang.
This god-father of the Japanese mafia is
obviously behind Sabu’s murder, since
Sabu was just about to mess up an especially
shady deal between the underworld
and a group of corrupt politicians.
Gert Anhalt’s character has built quite a
following after his first two exciting and
funny outings, Dead Men Don’t Eat
Sushi and A Fistful of Yen. The author
was a longtime correspondent for German
TV, stationed in China and Japan.
Thomas Thiemeyer
Magma
550 pages, 3-426-66213-2
February 2007
Dutch rights sold to Karakter Uitgevers
A journey to the deepest spot on Earth
as disaster nears
Seismologist Dr. Ella Jordan gets the
news that strange signals are being received
in the middle of the Pacific.They’re
coming from the Mariana Trench, which
is 10.000 meters deep. Ella drops everything
to join a team of researchers heading
over there.They find a gigantic, perfectly
round stone that reacts to their
probing with a deadly heat ray.
What hardly anyone knows is that hidden
away in the mountains of Switzerland is
an underground lab where scientists are
working on a similar, though smaller ball
of stone, found decades earlier next to
the corpse of a geologist. Suddenly new
signals are detected: first from the North
Pole, then Russia, Australia, and the
Antarctic. Ella and Konrad Martin find the
same inexplicable stone shapes everywhere.
When the stones’ signals start to
be sent in unison, the resulting seismic
waves are so strong that they cause
earthquakes and volcanoes, and that’s
just the beginning. A countdown to disaster
begins, and Professor Martin is
convinced that only Ella has the key to
averting it …
Thomas Thiemeyer has earned comparisons
to Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, and
the Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child team.
Wolfgang Hohlbein
Storm
608 pages, 3-426-66168-3
March 2007
20.000 copies sold in Germany
Hungarian rights sold to Alexandra
Kiado
The latest mystery-thriller by “the
German Stephen King”
Computer specialist Dirk Gallwynd has
tried everything to find his 16-year-old
daughter Akuyi, who disappeared three
weeks earlier. Out of desperation, Dirk
has hired a private detective, whose investigations
lead to a small settlement on
the banks of the Ogowe river in Africa,
where the Stormbringer tribe has found a
new haven and guards an unfathomable
secret. Do these Stormbringers know
more about natural disasters than science
does? And can the knowledge of the
two groups be combined? Dirk not only
has to battle for his daughter, but he’s
also caught up in a dangerous adventure,
the stakes of which are no less than
saving mankind.
Wolfgang Hohlbein, born 1953, is one
of the most successful of all German authors.
This latest novel is the follow-up to
Fire (Rights sold to Hungary and
Spain) and Flood (Rights sold to
Hungary), both published by Droemer.

Sabine Kuegler
The Call of the Jungle
320 pages, 3-426-27393-4
September 2006
Translated into eight languages!
A sequel to Child of the Jungle, which
spent months at #1 on the bestseller
list
Ever since Sabine Kuegler left the jungles
of Indonesia, a longing homesickness has
burned inside of her. She thinks and acts
like a Fayu and never really felt at home
in Europe, so she returns to the jungle to
find out for herself: where do I belong?
From a child’s perspective, the jungle
was paradise – now Sabine Kuegler describes
it from the point of view of a grown
woman. It’s been 15 years since she lived
with the Fayu, 15 years in which much
has changed. In this new account, she
once again conjures up a wonderful
world when she tells of meeting her old
friends. But this time she contrasts that
idyll with the outside world. The secluded
life of the Fayu is endangered, the progress
of civilization can’t be stopped,
powerful business interests are exploiting
the jungle’s mineral resources, and a
corrupt government in Jakarta suppresses
any resistance.
Sabine Kuegler’s book Child of the Jungle
has been a runaway bestseller with
half a million copies sold in Germany, a
focal point of media interest, and has
been translated into 25 foreign languages
to date.
Daniel Oliver Bachmann
Desert Medicine: Doctor Kuvare and
the Secret of the Bushmen
248 pages, 3-426-27416-7
September 2007
A documentary filmmaker’s exciting
journey through the Kalahari in southwest
Africa
A search for the traditional healers in the
desert regions of southwest Africa: what
Daniel Bachmann experiences on his
5.000-mile journey through the Kalahari
makes clear that Africa is much different
than we imagine: the profane and the
holy come together in completely unexpected
ways, and nothing is as it seems.
Bachmann meets adventurers, desert
philosophers, practitioners of black
magic, and seekers of wild plants. He
meets people of diverse tribes: the
KhoiSan, the Ovambo, the Nama, the
Herero. And he meets the African medicine
man Dr. Kuvare, who treats patients
in a Herero village. This doctor uses a
mirror to find out the patient’s medical
history, drawing blood is done by scratching
veins.
Bachmann is constantly reminded that
the people of the Kalahari obviously have
access to another reality that’s closed to
outsiders.
Daniel Oliver Bachmann is a documentary
filmmaker. His experiences in the
Kalahari resulted in the acclaimed movie
Desert Medicine, a hit since it was first
shown on German television.
TRUE LIFE STORIES 9
Anna-Patricia Kahn
What Comes between us
Israel, the Jews and the Germans
208 pages, 3-426-27426-4
September 2007
Unpleasant truths about the responsibilities
toward Israel
The war between Lebanon and Israel in
Summer 2006 and the reactions that this
conflict evoked are the author’s reasons
for writing this very personal book. The
urgent question is: what will become of
Israel in view of the newest threats from
nearby countries (Iran in particular) to
destroy it?
The effects of last summer’s war are still
felt today. The reaction of many Germans
to this was that the Israelis were unjustly
making war on their neighbors.The author,
who used to report from the region
for the newsmagazine Focus, sees these
reactions as a resurgence of anti-
Semitism.
This book takes a strong position on
Germany’s own historical responsibilities
and its responsibility toward current
political events in Jerusalem, Beirut,
Damascus, and Tehran. The author’s aim
is to understand why it is no longer a
matter of course that Germany is firmly
on the side of Israel’s survival.
Anna-Patricia Kahn, born in Paris, works
as an author and psychologist. She was
Focus magazine’s Jerusalem correspondent
from 1997 to 2001, thereafter a
media communication adviser for the
United Nations blue helmets in the
Middle East.

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POPULAR SCIENCE
Markolf Niemz
Lucy in the Light
224 pages, 3-426-27420-0
August 2007
On the trail of the hereafter, in the
tradition of Kübler-Ross
Lucy, the narrator, combines discoveries
of modern physics and philosophicaltheological
methods of researching death
in a very impressive way. What happens
the moment we die? Is there life after
death? Is there such a thing as a soul?
Lucy With a C was a self-published book
with no marketing to speak of, yet it
made it all the way to number 15 on Gong
magazine’s bestseller list. Now, physicist
Dr. Markolf Niemz takes his creation, a
little girl named Lucy in a spaceship, on a
second journey through space and time.
This time he wants to find out what happens
to our souls after death. By comparing
the theory of relativity with the oftendescribed
phenomena of near-death
experiences – a warping of space and a
light at the end of the tunnel are common
to both – he proves that our soul accelerates
to light speed. There’s more: at
the time of death, our weightless soul is
put in a state of omnipresence and timelessness.
Lucy’s arguments for the existence of the
hereafter are not proof in a scientific
sense, but they do impress with their
high degree of plausibility.
Dr. Markolf Niemz is a professor of
physics in Mannheim.
Manfred Theisen
The Love Code
240 pages, 3-426-27376-4
February 2007
Korean rights sold to ChungRim
Publishing
The genetic rules of the game of love
Darwin knew it, and so did Freud in his
own way. Now science has proven it: it’s
genes and hormones that give us butterflies
in our stomach, and cause those
other crazy things that happen when we
fall in love. But how do we crack the “love
code?” Manfred Theisen gives us the key
and helps us to better understand the
language of love.
Why do men glance at breasts and hips in
those first few moments, while women
look at a man’s face, and how can knowing
this help us flirt better? Why is it a
tragedy for love when doctors remove a
tiny organ in the nose? How come educated
women are more likely to be unfaithful?
And what’s the simple way to activate
the body’s hormone Oxytocin to help a
fading libido and often rescue long-time
relationships that are in danger of slipping
away? Manfred Theisen proves that
civilized though our society may be, the
most beautiful feeling in the world is
actually controlled by genes that haven’t
changed since the dawn of man.
Science reporter Manfred Theisen writes
for the Tagesspiegel and the Cologne
Rundschau. He lives and works in
Cologne.
Eva Goris
Pre-Packaged Nutrition?
320 pages, 3-426-27413-2
February 2007
How changing eating habits affect our
health
Mass-produced food is taking over from
traditional fare – what risks does that
entail? Well, look at the pork we eat, for
example. These days only three breeds of
pig account for 98 percent of the livestock
in the stalls, and these are fattened
in record time. Pork that’s not from these
factories isn’t just healthier, it tastes
better too.
Many consumers are trying the cage-free
eggs that are now widely available. The
author points out that the same principle
of avoiding “industrial” food in favor of
food produced as it was in bygone days
could be applied to pork, apples, fish,
cheese, and yogurt, too.
The author goes into detail on how food
is mass-produced today. And that’s not
just the part about meat, but also fruit,
vegetables, fish and baked goods! But the
author goes on to discuss how to rediscover
the much larger selection of foods
available in our grandparents’ day as well
as the art of cooking them.
Eva Goris is editor for environmental
topics for the newspaper Bild am
Sonntag. She has won awards for her
series of investigative articles on health
and environmental topics.

Werner Bartens
The I-Hate-Doctors Book
240 pages, 3-426-77976-5
May 2007
140.000 copies sold in Germany!
Korean Rights sold to Charmsoul
Publishing
A doctor reveals the risks of going to
doctors!
Patients are scared, they’re unsure, they
need a sympathetic ear. But when they
go to the doctor they run into a wall of
ignorance, arrogance and lack of sympathy.
Instead of listening, physicians lecture
to the patients. Instead of consoling
them and looking into the source of the
problems, doctors write prescriptions.
Werner Bartens practiced medicine for a
few years. Today he’s medical editor and
he’s still amazed at how many of his former
colleagues miss their patients’ real
problems. Many doctors see themselves
as demi-gods in white coats.
The author provides plenty of examples
of wrong diagnoses and appalling bedside
manner. His message is that medicine
could be helpful and encouraging
and also cure what ails us if more doctors
would only see eye-to-eye with patients
and respect their thoughts, fears, and
wishes.
Werner Bartens’ best-known books are
The Encyclopedia of Medical Errors
and How Doctors and Patients Keep
Inventing New Illnesses. Bartens is the
medical editor of the Süddeutsche
Zeitung.
Margit Schönberger
Don’t Worry, be Fifty
288 pages, 3-426-27388-8
February 2006
50.000 copies sold in Germany!
A very personal approach to women
of the generation best-ager
Orange skin and non-working anti-wrinkle
cream – these are only some of the
shocking experiences, when you turn 50.
More important however is the message:
There is more to win than to lose, for
nowadays women over 50 already know
what they are worth. Long since the
publicity has discovered them as consumers
with a high potential to buy and
much leisure time. And as soon as
women come into the age, when their
children leave home, the world is full of
possibilities indeed. There is even to
discover a new quality of life with more
coolness, courage and freedom.
Margit Schönberger tells very personally
about the wonderful promises, big opportunities
and wild rebellions of the second
half of life – openly, unvarnished and with
a twinkle in her eye.
Margit Schönberger became famous
“press woman” at Bertelsmann. 2001
she wrote the book My Boss is an
Asshole, Yours too? Shortly after this
she started up her one literary agency,
which has become very successful. She
is married and lives in Munich.
LIFESTYLE 11
Margit Schönberger
What Good are Men?
Loving a Superfluous Species
256 pages, 3-426-27424-8
March 2007
A tongue-in-cheek look at the world
of men
Be honest: why do we women actually
need men anymore? We’ve been able to
mow the lawn and put up wallpaper ourselves
for quite a while now. We win
Nobel prizes, run companies, and take
care of children and the household to
boot. And the newest scientific developments
mean we soon won’t even need
men for reproduction …
If you think about it, men are completely
superfluous beings: intolerably smug at
work, crying hypochondriacs or unbearable
tyrants at home. They’re messy,
they’re know-it-alls, and when we finally
want to talk about really important
things, they clam up. Still: wouldn’t our
world be empty without them?
Even though men make us go ballistic at
times, there’s nothing better than meeting
one of the rare specimens who’s
neither a macho nor a wimp, neither a
beerswilling dope or an oyster-slurping
windbag.
Tongue planted firmly in cheek, Margit
Schönberger takes a close look at men
and their idiosyncrasies and comes to
the conclusion: in theory, they’re totally
useless … but who would really want to
do without these great, lovable guys?

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SELF HELP / FAMILY
Cristian Galvez
You are what you show!
256 pages, 3-426-78040-2
November 2007
Make a positive impression using the
techniques of the entertainment pros
Successful TV presenter Cristian Galvez
shows how the techniques used by the
entertainment professionals of Hollywood
can be used to project a perfect
personal image at work and in society.
The author shows how we can:
– Get people excited about our ideas in a
short period of time
- Project authenticity and believability
- Develop a physical presence and an
impressive voice
- Tell stories that appeal to the emotions
- Use humor effectively
- Make that all-important positive first
impression, winning someone over with
a few words
In addition to his frequent appearances
as a presenter on four different German
TV networks, Cristian Galvez is much
sought-after by corporate clients such as
Shell, Deutsche Bank, T-Mobile, and Lufthansa,
who pay him to moderate presentations
at trade shows and management
conferences.
Patrick Hinz and Holger Schlageter
Our Beloved Family
208 pages, 3-426-78022-0
December 2007
How our family shapes us, how it
annoys us, why we need it anyway
In the first years of our lives, family already
begins to shape a person’s character
and personality, which develops throughout
someone’s life – for better or for
worse. But luckily one never stops being
influenced. One can experience other
things, learn new things, and start over.
And this book aims to encourage the
reader to do just that.
The authors discuss the family in two
senses: one’s original family as well as
the family one starts later in life … also
one’s chosen “family,” namely one’s
friends.
Also covered in the book: large families;
the “black sheep”; the psychology of siblings;
twins; the only child; the middle
child; problems with a first-born, and
much more.
Holger Schlageter is a psychologist who
also hosts a radio show about relationships.
Patrick Hinz is an author specializing
in family and relationship topics.
Susanne Kaloff and Nina Puri
Side Effects of Parenthood
208 pages, 3-426-78033-6
November 2007
A funny, tongue-in-cheek guide to the
pitfalls of having children
Becoming a parent changes you. It often
leads to symptoms such as loneliness,
obesity and so on.
This easy-to-use book helps parents
recognize the symptoms of these parental
side effects, with clear guidelines
telling them when they should consult a
doctor and when they’d be better off with
a stiff drink.
An example of parental side effects:
Knuckle itch (wai-ai ata)
Description: A sudden onset of the need
to sock your child.
Parental aggression is channeled into
pedagogically sound forms of expression.
Level 1: The parent engages in clear
self-expression: “You have made me
sad by dropping my car keys into the
toilet bowl.”
Nina Puri is a freelance author. She
enjoys speaking out on topics like “This
room is a pigsty,” and “Say that again,
but without the whining.”
Susanne Kaloff is a freelance author.
Her magnum opus Didn’t I tell you to
put those shoes on? has won her
awards including the prestigious Cracker
Jack prize.

Georg Regis
Sudoku Plus
208 pages, 3-426-78038-1
May 2007
40.000 copies sold in Germany!
English worldrights sold to MacMillan
Publishers / UK
Crack Sudoku puzzles with this ingenious
new system
There’s no easier way to solve Sudoku!
This new system helps you recognize the
numerical patterns of the game, greatly
increasing your skill.
A feature unique to this book is that the
puzzles have a ring of numbers surrounding
each square, with the digits 1–9 in
miniature. Checking these off as you go
simplifies the process of elimination,
which really helps on the tougher puzzles
in particular. Also, this book’s new coordinate
system makes double-checking
variations much easier.
The book includes 150 puzzles, from simple
to fiendishly tough!
Also available by Georg Regis:
Sudoku Plus 2
208 pages, 3-426-78087
September 2007
More puzzles with this new system for
the real sudoku-fans!
Jan Meinert
The Poker Course
250 pages, 3-426-78018-6
February 2007
60.000 copies sold in Germany!
Dutch rights sold to Bruna Uitgevers
From sucker to ace in 250 pages!
In 2003, a fellow named Chris Moneymaker
lived up to his name by winning
the fabled World Series of Poker and
taking home 2.5 million dollars. And the
truly shocking thing about it was that he
had never played in a live tournament
before, but learned the game by spending
hours upon hours playing online! Since
then, poker’s popularity has exploded,
with new poker websites springing up all
the time and poker shown on TV almost
every day.
This book is the German-language standard
work for everyone who wants to
make money playing poker. The author
reveals the secrets of the pros: how to
bluff, how to find other players’ “tells,”
and yes, even how to intimidate! And
above all, how to come out ahead in the
long run. Whether in your living room,
online, or in a casino, you’ll know how to
avoid rookie mistakes! There’s also a
complete glossary of poker terminology.
Attorney Jan Meinert has played poker
since he was in his early twenties, and
finds that the skills he has learned at the
poker table help him in his legal career as
well!
POKER AND PUZZLE 13
Jan Meinert
Advanced Poker
368 pages, 3-426-78070-1
August 2007
More tips and tactics for the game
that is taking Europe by storm – with
a glossary and quiz to test your
knowledge!
On the heels of the highly successful
book The Poker Course, Jan Meinert
presents Advanced Poker, a book that
goes into more detail on the concepts
presented in the first book, and also
reveals new secrets.
The author focuses on strategies for
tournaments, home games with friends,
and online poker, which are the places
where most European players play. The
appropriate strategies for each of these
venues are explained, and the most
important questions that come up in the
course of a game are answered.
The author doesn’t neglect strategies and
techniques for beginners and advanced
players. The book also has some psychological
tactics from the author’s bag of
tricks.
In addition to the idiosyncrasies of Limit
and No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em, Advanced
Poker will also deal with variations like
Omaha, Razz, and Seven-Card Stud, to
prepare the reader for the ever-increasing
diversification of poker. After all, you
don’t want to look like a novice if something
other than Texas Hold ‘Em is being
played.

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RELIGIOUS ISSUES
Manfred Lütz
God
320 pages, 3-629-02158-1
September 2007
God doesn’t exist, thank God. But
what if – God forbid – God does exist?
Manfred Lütz analyzes the return of God.
Hardcore agnostics and absolute atheists
will have to be ready for a fight, because
this is the work of a no-holds-barred analyst
of the zeitgeist – his main weapon is
humor, and his persuasiveness is inescapable.
“Psychiatrists tend to have delusions of
grandeur,” writes the author, himself a
psychiatrist. His book mentions the likes
of Elton John, Princess Di and the pharaoh
Echnaton, but his main topic is
GOD. In this briskly-paced tour-de-force,
Lütz once again poses the question of
questions: Is there a God? Or do we have
to spend our entire lives in a senseless
world? Questions of modern physics are
fair game, as is the theory of evolution or
research into the human brain. But what
really makes this a satisfying read is that
he interrupts his reflections again and
again to present compelling stories of
people who wrestled with the subject of
God, and for certain reasons said YES or
NO to a benign creator of all things.
Manfred Lütz is a psychiatrist and
neurologist, but also a theologian. The
head physician of a Cologne hospital,
Lütz is also much in demand as a speaker
and talk show guest.
Klaus Berger
Jesus
704 pages, 3-629-10190-7
February 2007
40.000 copies sold in Germany!
Italian rights sold to Queriniana
Editrice / Japanese rights sold to
Shinkyo Shuppan
The comprehensive book on Jesus
by a leading international New Testament
theologian
The publication of Klaus Berger’s extensive,
accessible book on Jesus was the
international theological event in autumn
of 2004 for all Christians and all people
who want to find a way to God through
Jesus Christ. After the demythologizing of
Scripture in the 1950s and the admission
that “practically nothing“ had been scientifically
documented about Jesus of Nazareth,
Klaus Berger represents a new
generation of theologians who do not try
to rationalize all that is difficult or foreign
in the biblical accounts, but let them
stand as is.
Klaus Berger, Professor of New Testament
Theology at the University of
Heidelberg, enjoys an international reputation
as one of the leading experts on
the New Testament. The theologian is
considered a brilliant author, whose
many books and controversial articles
have sought to spark public debate time
and again.
Peter Seewald
The Surprising Book of Church Lists
240 pages, 3-629-02151-4
March 2007
15.000 copies sold within 10 days!
Korean rights sold to Bonus Publishing
The funniest book ever written about
the Church!
A book of lists in the tradition of Schott’s
Original Miscellany, but all about the
Church: an amazing collection of religious
world records, curiosities, miracles,
and facts: from the best-smelling kinds of
incense to the popes with the most “output,”
to the strictest monasteries (and
the most fun-loving ones too). The oddest
miracle healings, the sexiest parts of the
Bible, etc. etc.
This is a funny but also very informative
book about the over 2,000 year-old
Catholic Church. Even the non-Catholic
reader will enjoy the chance to “peek
through the keyhole” at a whole new
world.
Author and journalist Peter Seewald,
a converted Catholic, has written for
Stern, Der Spiegel, and the Süddeutsche
Zeitung.

Stefan Rehder
Playing God: The Genetic
Supermarket
240 pages, 3-629-02176-2
September 2007
Speaking out on one of the most important
controversies of the present day
This fascinating book takes a critical look
at the frightening possibilities of modern
genetic engineering. The book warns
against embryonic stem cell research
and the genetic manipulation of man and
takes a stance against the million-dollar
business with embryos as a commodity.
This book shows that while the ethically
acceptable research with adult stem cells
has resulted in some medical successes,
the embryonic stem cell research that
pharmaceutical companies and politicians
are trying to bring about – and
which involves killing embryos as a prerequisite
– has only come up with failures
when tried using animals.
The book also demonstrates that embryonic
stem cell research can only lead
to the cloning of human embryos, because
otherwise the tissue that would be cloned
and then transplanted would be
rejected by the recipient.
The book calls for comprehensive protection
of embryos and is an appeal to fight
the unreasonable demands that ethically
reprehensible medicine has in store for
us.
Journalist Stefan Rehder founded a
media agency in 1998 that specializes in
the topic of ethics in medicine.
Bertram Stubenrauch
What Comes after this?
224 pages, 3-629-02132-8
August 2007
Heaven, Hell, Nirvana, or nothing?
When a friend or a close relative dies,
everyone asks himself these questions:
what has happened to him, is it all over?
And anyone whose own death draws near
asks, “What will become of me? Do I have
some reason to hope that it won’t all be
over when I die?”
What do the major world religions say
about life after death? What images of
the hereafter has man had from the
beginning of time to now? What can the
enlightened, reasoning person of today
realistically hope for?
The author takes on all of these questions
and brings together all of the philosophical
and religious answers, and by no
means only those of the Western world.
Viennese professor Bertram Stubenrauch
is considered one of the great
up-and-coming theologians in the
German-speaking region.
RELIGIOUS ISSUES 15
Rolf Schoenberger and
Robert Spaemann
The Final Proof of God’s Existence
96 pages, 3-629-02178-6
August 2007
A triumph of modern philosophy
Robert Spaemann, one of the most accomplished
German philosophers of the
present day, presents sensational proof
of the existence of God. His new proof
follows in the footsteps of the likes of
Anselm of Canterbury and Thomas
Aquinas.
When Plato and Aristotle contemplated
whether it’s possible to prove God’s
existence, they arrived at the conclusion
that such proof is indeed conceivable.
Aristotle came up with the concept of the
prime mover; Thomas Aquinas refined
this and argued that this prime mover is
God himself. In modern times, Kant and
in particular Nietzsche are considered to
be the ones who debunked these proofs.
Thus, Spaemann set out to find a
“Nietzsche-proof” line of argument.
What can proofs of God accomplish and
what can’t they? Taking on this question
is the well-known authority on the philosophy
of the Middle Ages, Rolf
Schoenberger, who edited this volume
and wrote the introduction.
Robert Spaemann, born 1927, is a German
philosopher and former professor.
Rolf Schoenberger is a professor of philosophy
at the University of Regensburg.

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RELIGIOUS ISSUES
Hans-Gunther Kaufmann and
Odilo Lechner
Monasteries: the Power of Silence
144 pages, 3-629-02166-2
August 2007
Impressive photography and soothing
sounds
The silence of monks and the peace of
the monastery as the basis of a life of
contemplation are more and more fascinating
for the people of today. A stay at a
monastery is a saving grace, not just for
stressed-out executives and politicians,
but for anyone who wants to escape our
overscheduled, noise-filled world.
With this book full of impressive pictures
and including an audio CD with the centuries-old
choral singing of the monks,
anyone can bring the atmosphere of
these places of meditation into his or her
own home.
Large-format photos give you a thorough
look at monastery life in many parts of
the world. It’s an idyll, a nostalgic look at
a world whose existence is threatened
and a lifestyle that is worth discovering.
Hans-Günther Kaufmann is one of the
best-known photographers in the German-speaking
countries.
Former abbot Odilo Lechner is a beloved
preacher and a successful author.
Cardinal Joachim Meisner
He was my Friend
80 pages, 3-629-02156-5
March 2007
Polish translation rights sold to
Drukarnia i Ksiegarnia Sw. Wojciecha
The story of the author’s strong
friendship with Pope John Paul II.
Everyone saw him. Some knew him,
some even spoke with him. But only one
German can say “He was my friend!”:
Cardinal Joachim Meisner.
Meisner never made a big fuss about
it. But now, with the beatification of
“John Paul the Great” imminent, Cardinal
Meisner – as a gesture of thanks – gives
his personal account of his friendship
with the Pope. His story, enriched with
unusual recollections and exceptional
photographs, is a touching document
that portrays the Polish Pope’s humanity
and warmth. The man who was called
from Krakow to the Vatican was a genius
when it came to friendship. The Church is
only now beginning to realize what it had
in this Pope.
Cardinal Meisner is the Archbishop of
Cologne.
Constantin Magnis
Believers - The New Generation
240 pages, 3-629-02168-9
September 2007
“Why We Believe”: Young People
Explain
More and more intelligent, critically thinking
youths are making things difficult for
their enlightened parents: they begin to
pray, read the Bible, do community service,
think the Pope is great, and go to
church congresses and well as church
services. Who are these people, what is
making them act this way? Constantin
Magnis has sought them out and talked
to them. He interviews 24 interesting
young people, both Catholic and
Protestant, and the result is a plethora of
surprising stories.
Constantin Magnis, born 1979, is a
journalist living in Berlin.

Thomas Schäfer
How Suffering can Become Love
Again
250 pages, 3-426-66592-1
March 2007
Hungarian rights sold to Bionenergetic
Based on the concepts of Bert
Hellinger
In this book, Schaefer employs Bert
Hellinger’s systematic therapy to point
out tension-causing relationships in the
context of the family structure.
For instance, it’s important that the man
and the woman are on the same level. If
one partner is seen as a surrogate father
or mother, there’s an imbalance that
makes a deep, fulfilling relationship
impossible. Schäfer’s method of looking
at things shows amazing ways to escape
seemingly impossible situations in favor
of loving togetherness.
According to Schäfer, a happy relationship
is based on two individual persons
who, in a loving way, set limits and take
care of their individual needs rather than
clinging symbiotically to their partner.
Thomas Schäfer’s What Ails The Soul,
also published by Knaur, has been translated
into many foreign languages.
Thomas Schäfer born in 1960, has been
working as a non-medical practitioner
focusing on psychotherapy for many
years. He has already written many
books on Bert Hellingers systemic family
therapy.
Alexa Kriele
Angels Show the Way to Healing
336 pages, 3-426-65603-7
September 2007
The well-known angel-interpreter
shows how it is possible to get into
conversation with the body
Alexa Kriele’s new book deals with the
subject healing. Difficult and continual
problems as for instance crisis in relationship,
isolation and hollowness can
manifest in physical diseases. Angels
contribute additional insights to questions,
which have not been accessible in
orthodox – and alternative medicine yet,
such as:
1. Which psychological problems have an
effect on which organs and vice versa:
Which organs tend to become ill, if
certain problems are not solved?
2. What can the person concerned do, in
order to heal or to avoid illness?
3. How can we directly get into conversation
with our organs, to learn
where the heart of the problem is?
A guidance to self-healing and holistic
health, explaining psychosomatic connections
and giving practical pieces of advice.
Alexa Kriele studied philosophy and
psychology. Later she worked as journalist
and instructor for managers. Since
1994 her work has been centring on the
interpreting of angels.
MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT 17
Penny McLean
The Secret of the Rhythm of Fate
256 pages, 3-426- 66573-2
October 2007
How the figure 7 determines your fate
The best-selling author Penny McLean
describes the amazing system of
rhythms of life, a universal rule influencing
the life of every human being –
every seven years the cells of the human
body renew themselves completely. Thus
the consciousness, the perception of the
world and experiences change. In her
new book the author explains which
subjects of life and challenges are prominent
in the different seven-year periods.
If one manages to transfer the consequences
of regularity to the personal
scheme of life, one cannot only understand
the own fate, but also influence it
in a positive way. By this concept both
ancient questions “Who am I?” and “Why
am I here?” are answered understandable
for everybody.
Penny McLean who has started a career
as singer, is one of the most read spiritual
authors. She lives in Vienna and
imparts her consolidated knowledge in
seminars, courses and lectures in many
European countries.

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PSYCHOLOGY / SELF HELP
Christopher A. Weidner
Wabi Sabi – Not Perfect and Still
Happy
208 pages, 3-426-64459-2
March 2007
French rights sold to Editions Trédaniel
Dutch rights to Bruna Uitgevers, Spanish
rights to Editorial EDAF, Lithuanian
rights sold to Algarve Publishing House
The Asiatic way to more calmness,
self-determination and individuality
Lately a cosmetic label deliberately
chose women with seeming flaws for its
advertisement and thus shows the beauty
of the individual in contrary to sterile
perfection.
The Japanese philosophy of Wabi Sabi
has this thought as basis. It is a natural
contrast to digitized high gloss aesthetics
of today – it attaches high value to things
looking natural, unique and showing
flaws. Besides an aesthetical concept
Wabi Sabi also includes a strategy for
self-help especially for perfectionist and
stressed persons. For instance relationships
tend to become more satisfying
through honest and deep communication.
At work a relaxed and authentic cooperation
adds to avoiding stress. Reconsidering
ones aims in life helps to free
oneself out of the perfection trap and to
gain more satisfaction in everyday life.
Christopher A. Weidner is astrologer,
systhemic therapist and Feng-Shui
expert and lives in Munich. For many
years he has been dealing with Asiatic
culture and has published many books on
the subject.
Christopher A. Weidner
Wabi Sabi – No Time and Still Happy
208 pages, 3-426-64567-3
March 2008
Discover slowness with the Japanese
philosophy Wabi Sabi!
In today’s society time is a fervently
disputed good. Quick electronic media,
multi-tasking and trainings for more efficiency
help us using every minute best.
Simultaneously traces of time are considered
to be unattractive and are not
wanted.
By contrast the Japanese philosophy of
Wabi Sabi focuses on a completey different
appreciation of time – It accepts the
change and encourages to discover the
beauty of the moment.
Christopher Weidner shows in his guide,
how to find a more relaxed approach to
time. Starting point is the definition of
the own time-type. By means of exercises,
tests and self-reflections problematic
concepts of time can be identified and
new approaches can be developped.
In order to live in the present consciously,
the past should be judged anew and
possible fears of the future should be
answered with positive visions.
A practically oriented seven-points programme
helps slowing down the own
rhythm of life step by step.
Rainer Wälde
Style - The Book of Modern Manners
208 pages, 3-426-64533-5
September 2007
A new inside-out approach to good
manners, confidence and success
This is a different sort of etiquette
book, as it isn’t full of dos and don’ts. The
reader is not supposed to follow strict
regulations, but rather to take on a composed
manner. The book gets to the bottom
of some societal norms and reveals
what’s behind them.
The author looks at twelve hours in the
life of a fictitious model family, one that
has its position in business and society
not because of family ties but because of
personal accomplishments. If they exhibit
style, it’s not out of conceit but out of
personal conviction. The author supplies
analysis and commentary to these narrative
situations and adds lots of practical
tips and suggestions for the reader.
Longtime TV presenter Rainer Wälde is
much in demand as an image consultant;
his clients include Bosch, Daimler
Chrysler, and Lufthansa.

Margit Schönberger
Don’t Worry, Be Fifty: The Guide
160 pages, 3-426-64537-8
October 2007
Enjoy new freedom and treat yourself
to the best in life!
At 50, it’s time to develop a healthy
selfishness. The author sees getting older
as something positive, and pushes for
success, value, status, and class – a new
quality of life instead of calmness, wisdom,
shame, or distancing yourself.
– Look at the big picture: you’re younger
than you think. There’s your biological
age and your true age, take the author’s
test to find out how old you really are.
– Be selfish: your health comes first. The
most important screenings and tests.
– Signs you’re wearing down, and what
to do about it.
– Spoil yourself: only the best is good
enough. Go for selected culinary delights
rather than eating indiscriminately.
With tips on eating right and
maintaining your figure.
The original nonfiction book Don’t Worry
Be Fifty was a bestseller; here, the same
author has re-written the book as a practical
guide, with clearer points of emphasis
and with even more real-life advice.
Margit Schönberger runs a successful
literary agency in Munich.
Nadja Nollau
Go – Finally Following a New Path
176 pages, 3-426-64323-5
February 2007
Vera F. Birkenbihl
Personal Success
176 pages, 3-426-64416-4
September 2007
Dr. Christiane Schlüter
Knaurs Navigator for Relationships
96 pages, 3-426-64538-3
September 2007
PSYCHOLOGY / SELF HELP 19
Nadja Nollau
Feng Shui – You are as you Live
144 pages, 3-426-64369-3
October 2006
Petra Hollweg
Balance for the Soul
128 pages, 3-426-64463-8
March 2007
Verena Breitenbach / Katarina Katic
Serotonin – the Happiness Hormone
144 pages,3-426-64372-3
November 2006

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HEALTH
Dr. Arne Schäffler (Ed.)
Health: The Complete Handbook
1300 pages, 3-426-64326-6
October 2007
The comprehensive book of illnesses,
diagnoses, and therapy
You can only take an active role in your
own good health if you know the facts
about the cause, diagnosis, treatment
options, and development of an illness.
That’s what this book is for. This new
standard work was written by a team
of doctors from all over the Germanspeaking
region, and illustrated by outstanding
medical illustrators. The book
opens up a broad range of knowledge
and experience to the layman.
Illness Finder: Quick reference on more
than 100 common maladies like fever,
coughing, or diarrhea.
Stay healthy: The proper nutrition; preventive
medicine; recognizing symptoms
early.
Illness, Diagnosis, Therapy: Everything
you need to know about more than 2.000
illnesses, from diagnosis to healing.
Editor Dr. Arne Schäffler, in addition
to his duties as a physician specializing
in internal medicine, is a publisher of
medical texts for doctors and nurses. He
assembled the team of over 50 physicians
that combined to author this new
reference work.
Christoph Bamberger
Stress Intelligence
144 pages, 3-426-64281-8
February 2007
Polish rights sold to Wydawnictwo
Helion
Find your ideal level of stress and gain
energy for life
In this book, Prof. Bamberger disproves
the traditional theory about stress,
namely that it’s a matter of fate and
that outward stimuli are bound to cause
a stress reaction that we’re helpless
against. Bamberger shows that there are
ways of intervening to mitigate the stress
reaction. This certain something is what
he calls stress intelligence. A certain
amount of this is innate, and similar to
cognitive or emotional intelligence. But
it’s possible to extend and amplify it by
using certain “master tools”: prevention,
mental strength, and time and priority
management.
Prof. Bamberger describes these three
master tools step by step, and the result
is stress intelligence that anyone can
learn and begin using immediately. Also
included is a test for readers to determine
their individual stress type.
Prof. Christoph Bamberger is in charge
of the department of endocrinology at
the University of Hamburg. The 39-yearold
professor is an interesting and eloquent
personality who has already been
featured in the media on many occasions.
His book Live Better, Live Longer
was previously published by Knaur.
Michael Despeghel
Quality Sleep
160 pages, 3-426-64535-1
October 2007
To get the most out of life when you’re
awake, you have to sleep right!
The author has developed two-week
“quality sleep programs” for each of
three sleep types. He has distinguished
these sleep types through years of observation
and research, correlating with
recent discoveries in the field of neuropsychology.
These have found that while
every person has the same basic needs
for living, their requirements of sleep,
nutrition, and exercise differ slightly: this
has to do with the structures of the
human brain.
The core of this guide is an extensive test
to help the reader determine his or her
sleep type. By matching up one’s sleep
type with the appropriate program, anyone
can improve his sleep results in just
two weeks. This program includes thorough
recommendations for the propernutrition
and exercise. It’s the key to
regenerative sleep and an active, healthy
lifestyle!
Dr. Michael Despeghel is one of
Europe’s leading fitness and lifestyle
experts, and author of several successful
books on health topics.

Dr. med. Bernd Reinhardt
Without Backache
160 pages, 3-426-64546-8
October 2007
Irina Baumbach /
Sven-David Müller-Nothmann
Reducing Blood Sugar in a
Natural Way – January 2007
80 pages, 3-426-64479-9
Maria Lohmann
12 Salts, 12 Typs
144 pages, 3-426-64545-1
October 2007
Birgit Frohn /
Dr. med. Hans-Jürgen Dibbert
Healing over the Counter
320 pages, 3-426-64485-0
March 2007
Dr. Anneliese Schwenkhagen /
Dr. Katrin Schaudig
Menopause – Women and her Body
240 pages, 3-426-64428-7
March 2007
Dr. med. Eberhard J. Wormer
Knaurs Guide on Laboratory Values
240 pages, 3-426-64541-3
August 2007
HEALTH 21
Wolfgang Möhring
Healing with Acupressure
96 pages, 3-426-64275-7
February 2007
Dr. med. Karola Scheffer
Homeopathy – The Easy Access
128 pages, 3-426-64544-4
September 2007
Dr. Oliver Ploss
Medicine from the Monastery
112 pages,3-426-64558-1
August 2007

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HEALTHY NUTRITION
Maria Lohmann
The Acid-Base Cook Book
128 pages, 3-426-64418-8
March 2007
Margit Hellmiß
Good-Humour-Figure
from 40 Years on
144 pages, 3-426-64421-8
February 2007
Irina Baumbach /
Sven-David Müller-Nothmann
The 50 Best Calories Killer
80 pages, 3-426-64450-8
January 2007
Sarah Wiener
Sarah Wiener’s Cookbook
272 pages, 3-426-64363-4
August 2007
By Germany’s best-known TV cook
German, French, and Asian cuisines are
Sarah Wiener’s favorites, and she combines
the best of these in the 135 recipes
presented here. The author emphasizes
organic foods and fresh, natural ingredients;
she shuns glutamate and “readymade
stuff.” Her love for healthy cuisine
inspires millions of TV viewers every
week.
Included here are appetizers, soups,
meat and poultry, fish, vegetarian dishes,
and desserts and baked goods.
The author has collected these recipes in
her travels, and there’s quite a variety,
from tafelspitz with red wine shallots to
tagliatelli with parmesan coriander
sauce, to Asian coconut milk pudding.
These are new cooking ideas that will
excite your taste buds!
Sarah Wiener has been a fixture on
German TV since 2004.
She runs three restaurants in Berlin.
Dagmar von Cramn
The Bio-Active Diet
160 pages, 3-426-64489-8
January 2008
Be slim and energetic the natural way
This book shows how you can lose weight
with ease, and in a healthy manner. It’s
mostly a matter of vitamins, minerals,
plantbased substances, and more, all of
which give you energy, strengthen your
immune system, and help your mental
fitness. This book’s promise: less is
more, doing something good for yourself
is a matter of quality, not quantity, and he
who lives by his inner clock and listens to
his inner voice lives better … and longer.
– Bio-active substances and their effects
on the body,
– Where to find them, what foods to eat,
how to shop for them, how to prepare
them
– Tests of your nutrition, fitness, and
life-style
–With recipes categorized as “fat
burners,” “basic balance,” “happy
mood,” “for the immune system,” or
“healthy heart.”
Dagmar von Cramm is much in demand
as a nutrition expert. Her books have had
a total print run of over 3 million copies.

Hans Immler
Slim wih the Swordfish-Programme
144 pages, 3-426-64480-0
February 2007
Rule your weight successfully with
positive feelings – finally overcoming
long-established habits!
Why do so many diets fail? Because
feelings decide on our body and not the
mind. Genetically, we are still on the level
of the Stone Age – our body longs for all
there is to eat, should there be a period
of hunger. And every opportunity to rest
is welcome – no human being from the
Stone Age would go for a run.
The swordfish-programme takes into
account that eating habits are based
upon neuronal structures in our brain,
which cannot be changed easily by
willpower. By contrast the swordfishprogramme
has a positive emotional
conception, based upon a non-rational
change of behaviour.
The success of this brilliant idea is approved,
already several thousand persons
lost weight by applying it. The “swordfish”
stands for individual diet and exercise
behaviour, which often drift far apart
as does the outline of the fish stomach
and shall be brought together in one line
as in the sword of the fish.
Prof. Dr. Hans Immler is head of the
re-search group “Body and Health” at
the university of Kassel. He was professor
for working apprenticeship and
social ecology at the same university.
Marion Jetter
Cook yourself Slim
128 pages, 3-426-64419-5
January 2008
Marion Jetter
Diet-Coach
160 pages, 3-426-64248-1
January 2006
Astrid Schobert
The Red-Light / Green-Light
Additive Guide
112 pages, 3-426-64551-2
August 2007
HEALTHY NUTRITION 23
Ursula Summ
Food-Combining Scheduler
96 pages, 3-426-64520-8
September 2007
Hans Scherz
7-Days Fasting Scheduler
128 pages, 3-426-64365-5
February 2007
Anita Heßmann-Kosaris
The 50 Best Immune-Turbos
80 pages, 3-426-64557-4
September 2007

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WELLNESS
Christiane Wolff
Chakra-Energy
128 pages, 3-426-64431-7
March 2007
Ulrike Grunert / Dr. med. Detlef Grunert
Feeling Good with Ayurveda Yoga
80 pages, 3-426-64475-1
March 2007
Ulrike Grunert / Dr. med. Detlef Grunert
Easy Meditation
128 pages, 3-426-64536-9
August 2007
Christiane Wolff
Body-Balance with Floor-Pilates
96 pages, 3-426-64472-0
March 2007
Dr. med. Weizhong Sun
Qi Gong Basics
144 pages, 3-426-64548-2
October 2007
Eva Maria Haaga
Relaxing with Autogenic Training
128 pages, 3-426-64464-5
February 2007
Uschi Ostermeier-Sitkowski
Yoga Pilates for Beginners
144 pages, 3-426-64473-7
March 2007
Uschi Ostermeier-Sitkowski
Relaxing with Yoga
96 pages, 3-426-64301-3
August 2007
These are only the
highlights of our
extensive guides list.
We have hundreds of
titles available, be sure
to ask us about your
area of interest!

Ulaya Gadalla
Bollywood-Dance
128 pages, 3-426-64466-9
March 2007
Ulrike Grunert / Dr. med. Detlef Grunert
Yoga for Runners
80 pages, 3-426-64430-0
March 2007
Christiane Wolff
Pilates for Shoulder and Neck
96 pages, 3-426-64565-9
February 2008
Jessica Mentrup
Ballet-Workout for a Perfect Posture
96 pages, 3-426-64435-5
March 2007
Prof. Dr. Hans A. Bloss /
Dr. med. Isabel Bloss
Fit without Sports
128 pages, 3-426-64550-5
September 2007
Christof Baur / Bernd Thurner
The Big Guide for Runners
144 Seiten, 3-426-64564-2
February 2008
FITNESS 25
Nina Winkler
Venus-Workout
128 pages, 3-426-64474-4
March 2007
Andreas Wilhelm /
Rosi Mittermaier / Christian Neureuther
Healthy Back with Nordic Walking
96 pages,3-426-64376-1
October 2006

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FAMILY CARE
Rufus Beck / Elke Leger
Children Love Fairytales and
Discover Values
256 pages, 3-426-64442-3
April 2007
Elke Emmerich / Andrea Lex-Kachel /
Martina Oberhauser
With AD(H)S through Primary School
128 pages, 3-426-64276-4
September 2007
Ilona Weöres / Antje Anders
My Pregnancy Calendar
160 pages, 3-426-64406-5
March 2007
Gerald Drews
Education Navigator
96 pages, 3-426-64437-9
March 2007
Dr. med. Ursula Keicher
Soft Naturopathy for my Child
160 pages, 3-426-64318-1
March 2007
Birgit Zebothsen
Loosing Weight after Pregnancy
144 pages, 3-426-64439-3
March 2007
Cornelia Nitsch
What Makes Children Clever
144 pages, 3-426-64350-1
March 2007
Petra Hirscher / Thordis Zwartjes
Pleasant Baby-Massage
96 pages, 3-426-64483-6
September 2007
Beatrix Kruse
Baby-Management
224 pages, 3-426-64351-8
September 2006

Emiko Takano
Manga-Characters for Kids
112 pages, 3-426-64467-6
February 2007
Hannes Döllel
Drawing for Beginners
80 pages, 3-426-64383-9
Juli 2007
Dieter W. Schwaiger (ed.)
Drawing and Designing Fashion
96 pages, 3-426-64193-4
March 2007
Irmgard Lang
Paper Handicrafts for Children
64 pages, 3-426-64526-0
July 2007
Barbara Eisenbarth
Intuitive Painting with Acrylic
56 pages, 3-426-64290-0
February 2007
Jens-Helge Dahmen
Origami from Neptune’s World
64 pages, 3-426-64382-2
February 2007
ARTS AND CRAFTS 27
Nadine Wewer
Drawing Fantasy – Easy Done
64 pages, 3-426-64528-4
September 2007
Sigrid Heinzmann
Imaginative Gift Coupons
64 pages, 3-426-64525-3
September 2007
Kristina Budar
Basic Knitting Patterns
176 pages, 3-426-64469-0
September 2007

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Luise Holthausen
The Holiday Detectives
96 pages, 3-629-01381-1
September 2007
Brigitte Endres
Justus and the 10 Commandments
128 pages, 3-629-01398-8
September 2007
The 10 commandments transferred to
modern everyday life – translated into
a language understandable for children
Justus has to learn the 10 commandments
for school. Finally, his grandpa –
with whom he tinkers a model aeroplane
– explains to him that the 10 commandments
are a guidance to living together
happily. In the afternoons spent together
both have plenty of time to discuss in
detail. When finally the model aeroplane
climbs high into the sky, Justus understands
that the 10 commandments play
an important part in his everyday life too.
Judith Steinbacher / Antonia Nork
Felix and the Rainbow
32 pages, 3-629-01266-1
September 2007
Anastassija Archipowa
The Christmas Story
32 pages, 3-629-01311-8
August 2006
The internationally known Russian illustrator
Anastassija Archipowa has illustrated
the Gospel according to Luke in
colourful pictures.
And so, the birth of Jesus is vividly portrayed.
This book is ideal for reading the Nativity
story under the Christmas tree and preparing
Christmas with children.
Bernhard Langenstein / Irmgard Paule
Little Black King
32 pages, 3-629-01368-2
August 2007
Gaby Scholz / Martina Mair
Stories from Noah’s Ark
32 pages, 3-629-01390-3
February 2007
The Ark bustles with activities –
Stories from the bible told in an
unusual way
At the beginning of the long voyage the
mood of the animals on board of Noah's
Ark is elating. After a while all games
have been played, all songs been sung,
and the atmosphere swings back to the
other extreme. Fortunately, Noah knows
how to keep their spirits up by telling the
animals exciting stories. These are stories
from the bible that are linked to the
state of affairs on board and help to solve
the arguments and conflicts.

Norbert Pautner
Instead of Cigarettes
40 cards, 3-629-10176-1
December 2006
Norbert Pautner
Love U
40 pages, 3-629-10132-7
January 2007
Andrea Schomburg / Michael Wirth
I Think of You Every Hour
48 pages, 3-629-10219-5
July 2007
Jutta Oster
Instead of Chocolate
48 pages, 3-629-10175-4
September 2007
Norbert Pautner
Take Care
40 pages, 3-629-10133-4
January 2007
Eva-Maria Altemöller
I Need to Get away
80 pages, 3-629-10230-0
July 2007
GIFT BOOKS 29
Georg Lehmacher
Sorry!
40 pages, 3-629-10167-9
February 2007
Bettina Burghof
Vitamins for the Soul
40 pages, 3-629-10185-3
January 2007
Bettina Burghof / Yo Rühmer
Pull Yourself up
48 pages, 3-629-10225-6
July 2007

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BACKLIST
Iny Lorentz
The Lioness
560 pages, September 2006
Thomas Thiemeyer
Reptilia
Rights sold to seven countries
400 pages, August 2005
Sandra Arango / Cornelia von Schelling
The Rebel’s Daughter
Rights sold to the Netherlands
320 pages, May 2006
Tanja Kinkel
The Venus Throw
Rights sold to five countries
496 pages, February 2006
Thomas Kastura
The Fourth Murderer
496 pages, September 2006
Pooja Marske
Pooja – the Elephant Girl
Rights sold to Korea and the
Netherlands
144 pages, October 2006
Wolf Serno
The Puppet Master
496 pages, November 2006
Kathinka Wantula
The Broken Cup
448 pages, April 2007
Claudia Tabbert
But my Heart Will Stay in Africa
Rights sold to the Netherlands
240 pages, March 2007

Gisela Heidenreich
Seven Years Eternity
400 pages, February 2007
Joachim Faulstich
The Healing Consciousness
272 pages, October 2006
Richard Michaelis
The First Five Years
in the Life of a Child
Rights sold to China
256 pages, October 2006
Zubin Mehta
My Life, Set to Music
Rights sold to four countries
300 pages, April 2006
Ursula Summ
Eat.Yourself.Thin - Fast Food-
Combining Recipes
96 pages, August 2006
Dimiter Inkiow / Marion Briswalter
Stories about Jesus for Children
112 pages, January 2006
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Paul Badde
The Face of the Lord
Rights sold to four countries
320 pages, March 2006
Christoph Bamberger
Live Better – Live Longer
256 pages, February 2006
Michaela Merten
The Joy of Bathing
28 cards, August 2006

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Our agencies abroad
ITALY
General guides, non-fiction
Giuliana Bernardi
Literary Agent
Via Duca d'Aosta,13/3
30171 VENEZIA-MESTRE
ITALY
Phone: 0039-041-5056512
Fax: 0039-041-962247
E-Mail: gbernardi.litag@alice.it
Fiction
Daniela Micura Literary Services
Via Barrili, 36
20141 MILANO
ITALY
Phone: 0039-0289-506385
Fax: 0039-0289-506385
E-Mail: d.micura@mclink.it
FRANCE
Fiction, Non-fiction (Droemer)
Literary Agency Editio Dialog
Dr. Michael Wenzel
51, rue Marcel Henaux
59000 LILLE
FRANCE
Phone: 0033-3-20180375
E-Mail: dr.wenzel@editio-dialog.com
Non-fiction (Pattloch), general guides
DFD International
Mrs Daisy Froger-Droz
144 Pied Mont du Bouquier
84330 Caromb
FRANCE
Phone: 0033-4-90625894
Fax: 0033-4-90625894
E-Mail: dfdint@free.fr
SPAIN, PORTUGAL, LATIN AMERICA
Ute Körner Literary Agent
Mr Günter G. Rodewald
C/Aragó, 224 pral-2
08011 BARCELONA
SPAIN
Phone: 0034-93-3238970
Fax: 0034-93-4514869
E-Mail: guenny.rodewald@uklitag.com
Web: www.uklitag.com
NETHERLANDS
Marianne Schönbach
Literary Agency
Robert Kochplantsoen 29
1097 GG AMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone: 0031-20-7706970
Fax: 0031-20-7705308
E-Mail: m.schoenbach@chello.nl
SCANDINAVIA
Agentur Literatur
Frau Gudrun Hebel
Paul-Lincke-Ufer 7a
10999 Berlin
www.agentur-literatur.de
Phone: 0049-30-34707767
E-Mail: gudrun.hebel@agentur-literatur.de
CZECHIA AND SLOVAKIA
A.R.T. DIALOG
Mrs Daniela Vranovská
Michelská 81
141 00 PRAHA 4
CZECH REPUBLIC
Telefon: 00420-2-41482808
Fax: 00420-2-41481442
E-Mail: artdialog@mybox.cz
HUNGARY
Balla & Co Literary Agents,
Mrs. Zelma Horvath
Benczúr u. 11
1068 BUDAPEST
HUNGARY
Phone: 0036-1-456 03 11
Fax: 0036-1-215 4420
E-Mail: zelma@ballalit.hu
POLAND
(Fiction, Non-fiction Droemer)
Graal Sp. z.o.o.
Mr Tomek Berezinski
Ul. Pruszkowska 29/252
02-118 Warszawa
POLAND
Phone: 0048-22895-20-00
E-Mail: tomek@graal.com.pl
CHINA
HERCULES Business & Culture
Development GmbH
Mr Hongjun Cai
Am Röderweg 6
61138 Niederdorfelden
GERMANY
Phone:0049-6101-407921
Fax: 0049-6101-407922
E-Mail: cai@hercules-book.de
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO, CROATIA,
ROMANIA, GREECE
Mrs Nada Popovic
Prava I Prevodi
International Literary Agency
Blvd. Mihaila Pupina 10B/I
5th floor, Suite 4
11070 BELGRAD
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO
Phone: 00381-11-460 290
Fax: 00381-11-472 146
TURKEY
Onk Agency Ltd.
Mrs. Hatice Gök
Inönü Caddesi 31/7 taksim
34437 ISTANBUL
TURKEY
Phone: 0090-212-249 8602
Fax: 0090-212-2525153
E-Mail: hatice@onkagency.com
ISRAEL
Pikarski Literary Agency
Mrs Gabi Hertzmann
200 Hayarkon Str.
61040 TEL AVIV
ISRAEL
E-Mail: gabi@pikarskiagency.co.il
KOREA
Eurobuk Agency
Dr. Min Su Lee
Changcheon-Dong, Suite 1508,
Anam investel 20-41,Seodaemun-Ku
SEOUL 120-833
SOUTH KOREA
E-Mail: minsu@eurobuk.com
Corea Literary Agency
Mrs Yeonglan Han
B101
121-18 Samsung-Dong, Gangnam-Gu
SEOUL 135-090
SOUTH KOREA
E-Mail: noirnoir049@hanmail.net
MOMO Agency
Mrs Geenie Han
#102 Seoil-Artvill
395-109 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu
SEOUL 121-840
SOUTH KOREA
E-Mail: geeniehan@mmagency.co.kr
Book Seventeen Agency
Mr Jerome Lee
326-22 B 102 Seogyo-dong
Mapo-gu
SEOUL 121-836
REPUBLIK KOREA
E-Mail: jerome@project17.co.kr
Bestun Korea Literary Agency
Mrs Hyeyoung Lee
502 June Ville
355-5 Seokyo-dong, Mapo-gu
SEOUL 121-838
SOUTH KOREA
E-Mail: ylee@unitel.co.kr