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Mark Kuntz Friedrich Christian Delius André 

Kubiczek Wolfgang Schuller Maiken Nielsen 

Nicolas Remin Christian Feldmann Kathrin 

Lange Eckart Kleßman Nadja Klinger Andree 

Hesse Jochen Köhler Werner Biermann Leo 

Müller Martin Walser Tom Buhrow Sabine 

Stamer Jens König Iris Alanyali Dirk Sager Konrad Adam Hilde Kammer Herfried Münkler 

Elisabet Bartsch Joachim Fest Erika Mann Klaus Mann Georg Klein Angela Thompson Jan 

Weiler Wolfgang Büscher Martin Schacht Stefan Rehberger Dani Levy Peter Spork Sophie 

Andresky Susanna Calaverno Kirsten Fuchs Alexa Hennig von Lange Anette Göttlicher 

Volkmar Nebe Mark Spörrle Cristina Camera Micaela von Marcard Jan Seghers Roman 

Rausch Lothar Frenz Fritz Müller-Scherz Helmut Schmidt Martin Geck Marianne Reißinger 

Dietrich Grönemeyer Christian Nürnberger Jan-Uwe Rogge Abt Muho Petra Gerster 

Wolfgang Schmidbauer Christian Prior Christoph Thomann Ralph Caspers Peter Zudeick 

Mark van Roosmalen Gabriela Zander-Schneider Dietmar Bittrich Theo Herrlein Doris 

Burger Hans-Erhard Lessing Gerd Presler Thorsten Krome Wilhelm 

Tim Hering Stephen Tree Thorsten Becker Ulli Schubert Gerlis Zillgens 

Foreign Rights | Autumn and Winter 06/07 

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Table of Contents 

Hardcover 1 

Paperback 

Fiction 1 

Non-Fiction 7 

Children’s Books 17 

Fiction 22 

Crime 26 

Historical Fiction 27 

Non-Fiction 28 

Monographs 34 

Science + Encyclopaedia 35 

Highlights 36 

Contact 37 

Addresses 

Foreign Rights 

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Baltic Countries 

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Associates Baltic 

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LV-Riga 1011 

Phone: 0037-1-750 6495 

Fax: 0037-1-750- 6494 

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Brazil 

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Rights Representative 

Caixa Postal 19051 

Sao Paulo, S.P. 

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Phone: 0055-11-5041 9177 

Fax: 0055-11-5041 9077 

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Bulgaria + Romania 


Associates Sofia 

Ms. Anna Droumeva 

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Phone: 00359-2-986 2819 

Fax: 00359-2-986 2819 

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Czech Republic 


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France 

Agence Hoffman 

Mr. Boris Hoffman 

77 Boulevard Saint-Michel 

F-75005 Paris 

Phone: 0033-1-4326 5694 

Fax: 0033-1-4326 3407 

cs@agence-hoffman.com 

Greece 

SO.PE Copyright 

Protection Society 

Mr. C. Samaras 

51, Samou Street 21 

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Phone: 0030-210-6857481 

Fax: 0030-210-6853174 

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Holland 

Internationaal Literatuur 

Bureau 

Ms. Linda Kohn 

Nieuwezijds 

Voorburgwal 292/IV 

NL- 1012 RT Amsterdam 

Phone: 0031-20-3306 658 

Fax: 0031-20-4229 210 

lkohn@planet.nl 

Hungary 

Balla & Co. - Katai & Bolza 

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Vámház krt. 15 1.8 

H-1465 Budapest 

Phone: 0036-1-456 0311 

Fax: 0036-1-215 4420 

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Israel 

Pikarski Ltd.Literary Agency 

Ms. Gabrielle Hertzmann 

200 Hayarkon Street 

IL-63 405 Tel-Aviv 

Phone: 00972-3-5270159 

Fax: 00972-3-5270160 

gabi@pikarskiagency.co.il 


Italy 

Agenzia Letteraria 

Internazionale 

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Via Valpetrosa 1 

I-20123 Mailand 

Phone: 0039-02-861572 

Fax: 0039-02-876222 

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Japan 

The Sakai Agency Inc. 

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Phone: 00351-21-716 2988 

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Scandinavia 

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Literary Agency aps 

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Studiestraede 35 

DK-1455 Kopenhagen K 

Phone: 0045-33-132523 

Fax: 0045-33-134992 

anneli@leonhardt-hoier.dk 

Spain 

Julio F. Yañez Agencia 

Literaria S.L. 

Ms. Montse F. Yañez 

Via Augusta 139, 6° 2a 

E-08021 Barcelona 

Phone: 0034-93-200 5443 

Fax: 0034-93-209 4865 

montse@yanezag.com 

Autumn & Winter 06/07 

Taiwan 

Bardon-Chinese Media 

Agency 

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Phone: 00886-2-2364 4995 

Fax: 00886-2-2364 1967 

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Turkey 

Onk Agency Ltd. 

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P.O.B. 983 

TR-34115 Istanbul-Sirkeci 

Phone: 0090-212-2498 602 

Fax: 0090-212-2525 153 

hatice@onkagency.com

Friedrich Christian Delius 

Portrait of Mother as a Young Woman 

Rome on a radiantly sunny day in January 1943. 

A young German woman ventures out on a stroll 

through this city she doesn’t know. The birth of 

her first child is imminent. Her husband has been 

posted to the African front, the date of his return 

is uncertain. Despite all the confusingly beautiful 

impressions and mysteries she encounters en route, 

all her thoughts are with him, who had promised 

to share the «joys of Rome» with her.Yet she has a 

premonition that the war may be lost. 

Friedrich Christian Delius draws on his own family 

history for this opulently sensual story. The young 

woman who walks wide-eyed through the yet 

unbombed eternal city with a fearful heart and unrelenting 

hope is his mother.Whether it is the auto- 


contemporary fiction 

128 pages 

556 / u 14.90 

fiction 


Rowohlt·Berlin 

September 2006 

Friedrich Christian Delius 

was born in Rome in 1941 

and today lives there and in 

Berlin. His short stories and 

novels include Die Birnen 

von Ribbeck [Ribbeck’s 

Pears] (1991), Der Sonntag, 

an dem ich Weltmeister 

wurde [The Sunday I became 

a World Champion] (1994), 

Der Spaziergang von Rostock 

nach Syrakus [The Stroll 

from Rostock to Syracuse] 

(1995) and Mein Jahr als 

Mörder [My Year as a 

Murderer]. He is one of the 

most important contemporary 

German authors. His 

recent awards include the 

Fontane Award for life time 

achievement. 

biographical connection, the magic of Rome, the 

terrors of war or the tenderly told love story – this 

book exerts a grip you can’t shake off. 

Friedrich Christian Delius’ works have been sold 

to 14 countries. 

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Photo: A. Bachinger

Micaela von Marcard 

historical fiction 

528 pages 

40503 / u 19.90 

Mark Kuntz 


160 pages 

40502 / u 9.90 

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fiction 

The Patriarch 

In a German Hanseatic city in the winter 

of 1900, a boy is born into a Patrician 

household.When the boy’s father abandons 

the family, his Mexican grandmother, with 

her long black hair, just laughs.The boy is 

raised among women: his mother Mercedes, 

his aunt Maria and the aforementioned 

grandmother with her Latin temperament. 

He grows up into a womaniser – wooing 

them, loving them, leaving them. 

The Patriarch playfully spans an eventful 

century from the German Empire to the fall 

of the Berlin wall.Whether it is orphan Paul 

and his mouse theatre, Kratz the make-up 

artist and fat Mrs. Schulz, the Vegetarian 

Mercedes who admires the animal lover in 

Hitler, or the massive Christmas ham – 

Micaela von Marcard writes about the big 

and the small, the mundane and the extraordinary 

with warmth and a delicious irony. 

An extraordinarily colourful novel from a 

rising star in the writing firmament. 

fiction 

The Last Smoker 

What was supposed to be a pleasant dinner 

among friends turns into a bit of a nightmare 

for our protagonist – a confessed 

smoker.The host, an ex-smoker, can’t abide 

cigarette smoke in his flat. So the last 

smoker escapes to the balcony.This is 

exactly where he is when the jolly, tipsy 

party spontaneously decides to up sticks 

and go to the nearest pub. Locked out 

in the cold, he smokes and contemplates 

the meaning of life and what it means 

to be part of that endangered species, 

the smoker. 

Mark Kuntz paints a witty and humorous 

picture of the magic moments in a smoker’s 

life: what is it like to smoke your first ever 

cigarette, what’s the story with the post sex 

puff and how and where do you find 

refuge in a next-to-non smoking society. 

Kindler 


Micaela von Marcard was 

born in Hamburg in 1958. She 

worked as a dramaturge at 

the Berlin State Opera and 

published essays about the 

history of Opera and cultural 

history. In 2005, her libretto 

Die Irre [The Madwoman] 

was premiered at the Opera 

Bonn. Der Patriarch [The 

Patriarch] is her debut novel. 

Kindler 


Mark Kuntz was born in 

Hamburg in 1962 and 

studied psychology and 

journalism. From 1990 to 

2002, he wrote for Germany’s 

renowned women’s 

magazine Brigitte. Today, 

he works as a freelance 

journalist and author. He is 

married with two children 

and lives in Hamburg. 

André Kubiczek 


320 pages 

527 / u 19.90 


fiction 

The Stars Shine Above 

It’s summer. Rock and Bender, both in their 

mid-thirties, haven’t managed to settle in 

Berlin, neither emotionally nor work-wise. 

When Bender’s grandfather dies, the two 

take the opportunity and travel to his funeral 

in the East German Harz mountains. 

Here they find that granddad wasn’t just the 

simple worker everyone had believed.What 

is his mysterious will referring to? Bender 

sets off to find out with Rock in tow. However, 

they are not the only ones interested 

in this mystery. 

With masterful language and darkly subtle 

wit, André Kubiczek describes their journey 

from the Harz mountains to the south of 

Germany, through dying industrial cities and 

romantic countryside.They encounter 

female rock musicians on the run, smart 

secret agents and manic artists. A modern 

adventure novel and a trip into the era of 

the cold war in one – when Berlin was the 

frontline and the workers in the east 

attempted an uprising … 

Oliver Maria Schmitt fiction 


352 pages 

555 / u 19.90 

«Anarchyschnitzel» They Shouted – 

A Punk Novel for the Better Off 

Chaos and anarchy, sex and rock ’n’ roll? 

Not quite! Everyone is frightfully well 

behaved here: Peter Julius Hein is afraid of 

East Germany, and his friend Dr. Hollenbach 

isn’t a real doctor but a pill addict. Nevertheless, 

these two young veteran-punks tear 

up the road to «the other side» to reunite 

what’s left of their old band – for an unexpected 

comeback is looming. 

The reasons for the band members to rejoin 

are highly respectable: avarice, boredom, 

revenge and longing for love.What started 

in the FRG under chancellor Helmut Kohl is 

now to reach fulfillment: Peter Hein’s personal 

reunification with his old flame, the 

miraculous singer Itty Lunatic. 

This world premiere of a «punk novel for 

the better off» is an exuberant road story, 

full of wit and irony. Schmitt’s politically 

incorrect debut speeds through today’s 

German reality and through the eventful 

history of punk then and now. 




André Kubiczek was born in 

Potsdam in 1969, studied 

German literature in Leipzig 

and Bonn and has been 

writing and living in Berlin 

since 1994. He made a 

highly successful debut 

with his 2002 novel Junge 

Talente [Young Talents]. 

The national critics said 

about Die Guten und die 

Bösen [The Good and the 

Bad]: «Kubiczek’s second 

novel even manages to 

top his debut in wit and 

invention: loud, thrilling, 

painful and hilarious.» 

Rowohlt· Berlin 


Oliver Maria Schmitt, born 

in 1966 in Heilbronn, 

studied rhetoric and art 

history in Tübingen and 

Leeds. He was chief editor 

of the satirical magazine 

Titanic, wrote musicals 

about the Bauhaus movement 

and the German 

equivalent of Kentucky 

Fried Chicken, wrote books 

about Germany, German 

poets (Gute Güte, Göthe! 

[Good God, Goethe!]) and 

German philosophers (Die 

schärfsten Kritiker der Elche 

[The Harshest Elk Critics]). 

Then he’d had enough. He 

had a go at his first novel. 

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Maiken Nielsen 


448 pages 

0815 / u 16.90 

Nicolas Remin 

historical fiction / crime 

352 pages 

40494 / u 19.90 

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fiction 

The Freemasonette 

The year is 1783. Celeste, the daughter of 

Hamburg masterbuilder Freyhagen, travels 

to the new world.There, she falls head over 

heels in love with Vincent, a budding writer 

and young son of a ship owner.When her 

father dies unexpectedly, Celeste has to 

return home, her life in tatters.To survive, 

she has no choice but to take on her 

father’s business and – to stand a chance in 

the male dominated Hamburg bourgeoisie – 

disguise herself as a man. She even 

manages to gain membership of her father’s 

mysterious lodge. But will she ever see 

Vincent, the love of her life, again? 

Hamburg in the 21 st century.Two young 

people stumble upon traces of a mysterious 

lodge, an extraordinary woman and a love 

that will never die … 

fiction 

The Glass Gondolas – Commissario 

Tron’s Third Case 

Venice, June 1864: Commissario Tron is 

called to the Palazzo Moro in the middle of 

the night.The art dealer Kostolany has been 

murdered and a precious Titian painting 

has disappeared.Tron soon finds the young 

woman who recently sold the painting to 

Kostolany – Marie Sophie, Queen of Naples 

and sister of Empress Elisabeth. Unfortunately, 

her husband knew nothing about this 

sale; the whole affair seems terribly delicate 

and causes Tron a few sleepless nights. 

His private life isn’t exactly calm either. He 

has to deal with the whims of a capricious 

Polish pianist who is playing at the ball 

launching «Tron-Glass». His wife, the Principessa, 

has no patience with her and can’t 

abide the pretty girl.When the pianist 

is found murdered,Tron himself is under 

suspicion … 

Wunderlich 

January 2007 

Maiken Nielsen was born in 

Hamburg in 1965. For centuries, 

her ancestors lived 

as ship captains in the small 

river town of Övelgönne. 

She spent part of her 

childhood on freight ships. 

Maiken Nielsen studied 

in Aix-en-Provence in France 

and has been working as 

a journalist and author for 

NDR (North German Radio) 

since 1996. Die Freimaurerin 

[The Freemasonette] is her 

third novel. 

Kindler 


Nicolas Remin, born in 1948 

in Berlin, studied comparative 

literature, philosophy 

and art history in Berlin and 

Santa Barbara, California. 

Today, he lives near Hamburg. 

Following his success with 

Schnee in Venedig [Snow in 

Venice] and Venezianische 

Verlobung [Venetian Engagement], 

this is Commissario 

Tron’s third case. 

Rights to Snow in Venice 

have been sold to Croatia 

(Fraktura), France (Alvik), 

Greece (Kedros) and 

Russia (Book Club 36.6). 

Kathrin Lange 

historical fiction / crime 

512 pages 

40496 / u 19.90 


fiction 

The Eighth Astrolabe 

France in 1209: Pope Innocent III gathers an 

army to eliminate the Cathars. 

At the same time, Anna, a young brass smith 

who lives in the Southern town of Beziers, 

hears about a valuable astronomical manuscript: 

it was stolen from her father over 

thirty years before – by the woman who 

also stole his heart. 

In the north, near the town of Montfort, 

Galien de Montgris finds a mysterious book 

on his mother’s bookshelf. Before he can 

find out any more about it, war and death 

strike his hometown. His mother is murdered 

and Galien embarks on a quest to 

find out why – and to find the owner 

of the book. 

Galien and Anne meet in Beziers.Together, 

they are drawn into a whirlwind of betrayal 

and danger: the church is also after the 

book … In the meantime, the Pope’s army is 

heading straight for the gates of Beziers. 

Andree Hesse fiction 

crime 

416 pages 

0827 / u 19.90 

Different Blood 

After a calm summer, a «Horse-Ripper» 

haunts a stud farm in Celle just as it is starting 

its annual stud parades. A case for 

Inspector Arno Hennings. He is called to a 

meadow where farm hands have found a 

strange sacrificial altar. Is there some kind 

of cult behind the mutilations? Then, when 

Arno’s dog Basta discovers the body of a 

girl in a field, Hennings is suddenly dealing 

with murder: Kira, the only daughter of a 

farm manager, had held a night vigil with 

the horses. Had she surprised the «ripper»? 

Henning learns that Kira had been pregnant 

and starts investigating Kira’s friends. It 

doesn’t take long for him to find suspects … 


Kindler 


Kathrin Lange was born in 

Goslar in 1969. She lives 

near Hildesheim with her 

husband and two children 

and works as a media 

designer. Following her 

successful debut with 

Jägerin der Zeit [Time 

Hunter], The Eighth 

Astrolabe is her second 

historical novel. 

Wunderlich 


Andree Hesse was born in 

Braunschweig in 1966 and 

grew up near Celle. Before 

going to film school in 

Munich, he trained as a 

saddler. Andree Hesse has 

been working as an author 

and translator since 1998 

and lives in Berlin. His first 

novel Thirty Pieces of Silver 

[Der Judaslohn], about 

Inspector Arno Hennings, 

was published in 2005. 

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Martin Walser fiction 

diaries 

672 pages 

07358 / u 22.90 

Thorsten Becker 


288 pages 

00641 / u 19.90 

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Living and Writing – 

Diaries 1963–1972 

«Martin Walser’s diaries are a treasure trove 

for brilliant etudes, miniatures, aphorisms 

and insinuations», said the Frankfurter 

Allgemeine Zeitung about volume 1 of his 

diaries. «For him, life merges with writing: 

what doesn’t inspire him to write doesn’t 

exist, but everything that does, he feels compelled 

to describe or at least document: a 

rucked up skirt, a glance from a stranger on 

a train, restaurant menus, song lyrics … or a 

New Year’s Eve party in Berlin.» 

Walser’s second volume picks up in 1963, 

not long before the beginning of the 

Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt. Martin Walser 

sits in on the hearings, jots down impressions, 

documents the horrors: the basis for 

his essay «Our Auschwitz». His travels to 

Trinidad, Moscow, Erevan,Tiblisi and the rest 

of Europe inspire him to write – and time 

and again, he contemplates the art of 

writing itself: «The attempt to sing with your 

mouth closed.» 

fiction 

Fritz 

Thorsten Becker enriches the genre of 

historical fiction with an extraordinarily 

witty epic about «Old Fritz», Frederick (II) 

the Great, King of Prussia. 

It all starts off with a political refugee from 

Saxony called Gottlust Hamann asking the 

aged «roi charmant» for shelter. He carries 

a subversive drama in his pocket, referring 

to Fritz’ childhood friend, who was executed 

for insubordination and desertion by Fritz’ 

father in front of his son’s eyes. 

Frederick himself is brilliantly profiled: his 

«enlightened despotism», his interest in the 

arts, his hidden homosexuality, his love for 

all things French and his literary esprit. 

This cleverly thought out work creates a surprisingly 

fresh portrayal of Frederick and 

allows the reader a delightful proximity to 

this larger than life figure.With his bold setup 

and his detailed and refined mixture of 

fact and fiction, Becker also manages to surreptitiously 

create a new perspective on the 

present. 

Rowohlt 


Martin Walser, born in 1927 

in Wasserburg, lives in Überlingen 

by Lake Constance. 

He has received numerous 

awards for his work, among 

them the Georg Büchner 

Award in 1981 and the Peace 

Prize of the German Book 

Trade in 1998. He has also 

been decorated with the 

Pour le Mérite medal and 

appointed Officier de l’Ordre 

des Arts et des Lettres. His 

most recent publication was 

Leben und Schreiben – Tagebücher 

1951–1962 [Living 

and Writing – Diaries 

1951–1962]. In July, his 

novel Angstblüte [Blossoms 

of Fear] went on sale. 

Martin Walser’s works 

have been translated into 

30 languages. 



Thorsten Becker, born in 

1958, grew up in Cologne 

and studied philosophy, 

history, sociology and 

drama. Occasionally living 

in Berlin, he is a polyglot 

and world traveller. His 

multi award winning body 

of work includes Die Bürgschaft 

[The Guarantee], Die 

Nase [The Nose], Schönes 

Deutschland [Beautiful 

Germany], Der Untertan 

steigt auf den Zauberberg 

[The Man of Straw Ascends 

the Magic Mountain] and 

Sieger nach Punkten [Winner 

on Points]. 

Joachim Fest 

Not I – Early Memories 

Joachim Fest has shaped our contemporary understanding 

of the Third Reich like few others. His 

biographies on Adolf Hitler and Albert Speer or his 

contemplations on the last days in the Führer’s 

bunker have reached an audience of millions worldwide 

– but how did Fest himself, born in 1926, experience 

the Nazi Regime, the war and a defeated 

Germany? 

With this autobiography of his childhood and youth, 

Joachim Fest gives an intimate account of his personal 

experiences during those dark years.Whether he 

describes his Catholic home in a Berlin suburb, early 


autobiography 

320 pages 

05305 / u 19.90 

non-fiction 




Joachim Fest, born in 1926 

in Berlin, is a publicist and 

historian. From 1963 he was 

editor in chief at the prestigious 

regional radio NDR 

and from 1973 to 1993 editor 

of the Frankfurter Allgemeine 

Zeitung. His most recent 

publications include Der 

Untergang. Hitler und das 

Ende des Dritten Reiches 

[Inside Hitler’s Bunker. 

Hitler and the End of the 

Third Reich] (2002) and 

Begegnungen. Über nahe und 

ferne Freunde. [Encounters. 

Close and Distant Friends] 

(2004). He lives in 

Kronberg/Taunus. 

professional sanctions against his father, his own expulsion 

from school, his introduction to the Berlin opera 

through Aunt Dolly, his elder brother’s wisdoms, his 

reading matter during his military service or his sevenday 

attempt to escape US-captivity in a wooden 

box: all these are long overdue observations from 

a sharp-eyed witness of recent history. 

Rights to Joachim Fest’s Inside Hitler’s Bunker have 

been sold to 19 countries. 

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Photo: Andreas Pohlmann

Wolfgang Schuller non-fiction 

biography 

224 pages 


Eckart Kleßmann 

history / politics 

288 pages 

561 / u 19.90 

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Cleopatra – 

Queen of Three Cultures 

3000 years ago, Cleopatra ruled over ancient 

Egypt. Her own cultural background was 

Greek and her relations with Rome and the 

great Romans, Caesar and Mark Antony, 

crucially affected her – politically and 

personally.Wolfgang Schuller’s insightful 

new biography explores how Egyptian, 

Roman and Greek influences combined 

in Cleopatra’s extraordinary life. 

Schuller’s intellectually stimulating and 

entertaining book is based on the latest 

historical research. It offers access 

to ancient sources – from Egyptian 

inscriptions to the writings of the great 

Roman poets – and brings a whole 

era vividly to life. 

non-fiction 

Napoleon and the Germans 

Exactly 200 years ago, in October 1806, 

Napoleon beat the Prussians at Jena and 

Auerstedt – the Holy Roman Empire of 

the German Nation had once and for all 

ceased to exist. Napoleon gave himself 

the title of «Imperator» and started turning 

the wheel of history in a different direction. 

Eckart Kleßmann follows the rise and fall of 

this self-appointed Emperor – with a special 

focus on the historical love-hate relationship 

between Napoleon and the German 

people: they felt oppressed by his dictatorship 

and the wars of liberation united them 

in newfound national pride.Yet his campaigns 

brought the values of the French 

Revolution to Germany. 

Numerous pictures, personal witness material 

and hitherto unpublished historical 

sources make for a multi-faceted portrait of 

this flamboyant, mythic leader and create 

a colourful panorama of an epoch that 

changed the world. 



Wolfgang Schuller, born in 

1935, first trained as a 

lawyer. He then studied 

ancient history and taught 

it at Konstanz University 

from 1972 until reaching 

Emeritus status in 2004. His 

area of research is ancient 

Greece, women in antiquity 

and the history of the 

GDR. His last publication 

was for DIE ZEIT Geschichte 

(a history special in the 

national weekly DIE ZEIT). 


November 2006 

Eckart Kleßmann was born 

in 1933. He was an editor 

for, among others, the 

papers DIE ZEIT and Die Welt 

before he started working as 

a freelance author in 1977. 

He has published numerous 

books, most of them biographies, 

for example about 

Goethe’s wife Christiane and 

the romantic writer E.T.A. 

Hoffmann. In 1998, Eckart 

Kleßmann was awarded the 

prestigious Lion Feuchtwanger 

Award by the Arts 

Academy Berlin. 

Christian Feldmann 

religion / biography 

256 pages 

02115 / u 19.90 


non-fiction 

Pope Benedict XVI. – 

A Critical Biography 

As a young professor of theology, Joseph 

Ratzinger was considered a liberal pioneer. 

When he was made prefect of the congregation 

for the doctrine of the faith and in 

effect became the successor to the Roman 

Grand Inquisitors, he put his critical former 

colleagues on a leash. 

When he was elected Pope in 2005, Ratzinger 

went through yet another transformation: 

«Papa Benedetto» invited his old rival Hans 

Küng for a chat and dedicated his first 

encyclical not to the damnation of modern 

ideas, but to love (including erotic love). 

In this critical biography, Christian Feldmann 

describes the rifts and obstacles in the life 

of this German Pope, his fears and his visions 

– as well as his biggest worry: that out 

of fear of being considered intolerant, the 

Christian community will lose its passion 

for the truth: according to Pope Benedict, a 

society choosing its values by majority vote 

puts the foundations of humanity at risk. 

Jochen Köhler non-fiction 

biography 

400 pages 


Helmuth James von Moltke – 

A Biography 

Helmuth James von Moltke was the founder 

and leader of the «Kreisauer Circle», the 

most important German resistance group 

against the Nazi regime – and this book 

recounts his moving life story. Moltke was 

born in 1907 in Kreisau, Silesia, and studied 

law. He had a charismatic personality and 

stood out early on with his committed social 

and political engagement. 

He rejected an appointment as judge to 

avoid having to join the NSDAP. He was 

arrested by the Gestapo a year before the 

end of the war, eventually sentenced to 

death and executed on January 23, 1945. 

Jochen Köhler writes the first comprehensive 

Moltke-biography, based on as yet 

unpublished material. Stylistically brilliant 

and with great sensitivity, the author 

describes an extraordinary personality 

and thinker and at the same time allows 

us to see a panorama of the whole era. 



August 2006 

Christian Feldmann, born in 

1950, studied sociology and 

theology – among others 

with Joseph Ratzinger. He 

works as a journalist for the 

publications Süddeutsche 

Zeitung and Die Zeit as well 

as for radio and television. 

He has written numerous 

biographies that have been 

translated into 13 languages. 



Jochen Köhler, born in 1944 

in Thüringen, was strongly 

influenced by the politics of 

1968. He spent several years 

working as a teacher and 

wrote a much lauded book 

called Klettern in der 

Großstadt [Climbing in the 

Big City] about the life of 

ordinary people in Berlin 

between 1933 and 1945. 

Celebrating Helmuth James 

von Moltke’s 100 th Birthday: 

this is the first comprehensive 

biography of 

the resistance fighter. 

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Werner Biermann non-fiction 

biography / politics 

352 pages 

542 / u 19.90 

Leo Müller 

general interest 

224 pages 

04505 / u 19.90 

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Strauß – Rise and Fall of a Family 

Without doubt, Franz Josef Strauß was one 

of the most controversial German politicians: 

A saint to some, a demon to others. 

The story of the Strauß family is a fascinating 

story of a rise to the top – from a 

butcher’s son to the uncrowned king of 

Bavaria, from a humble background to 

a ruling elite with dynastic claims to power. 

Werner Biermann describes the ambition 

of a family that in the end knew no bounds. 

We witness a political career that almost 

peaks with the post of chancellor – and is 

then tarnished by the exposure of corruption 

and nepotism: a burden that in the end 

crushes the Strauß-children. 

The book is based on extensive archive 

research and conversations with friends, 

colleagues and relatives of the Strauß family. 

non-fiction 

Ackermann’s World – The Facts 

Few managers have as much power and 

influence as Josef Ackermann and few are 

as controversial as he is.The Chairman 

of Deutsche Bank represents a new generation 

of managers in the German speaking 

economy: he is among the few truly global 

operators. 

Who is this man who, in one breath, promises 

an equity capital return of 25per cent 

and then announces the redundancy of 

6,400 people? What do he and his kind stand 

for – do the new front men of globalization 

still know what effect their decisions have 

for the rest of us? 

Leo Müller delivers a critical portrait of this 

economic leader. The details of his upbringing, 

his rapid rise in Zurich and New York, 

his triumph at Deutsche Bank and his part 

in the Mannesmann-Vodaphone deal: 

a close-up of Josef Ackermann and his world. 



Werner Biermann, born in 1945 

in Moers, was a reporter for 

Stern magazine and has been 

working as a freelance author 

and filmmaker since 1974. 

Recent publications include 

Der Erste Weltkrieg [The First 

World War] (with Christine 

Beil and others, 2004) and 

Liebe an der Macht [Love in 

Power] (with Ulrike Brincker 

and others, 2005). 



Leo Müller, born in 1959, 

was an investigative journalist 

for the TV stations WDR 

and Stern TV, as well as for 

Stern magazine, where he 

contributed to the revelations 

of numerous political 

scandals (Stasi-murders, 

illegal weapons exports 

etc.). For the last four years, 

he has been working for the 

Swiss economic magazine 

Cash. 

Peter Spork 

The Sleeping Book – 

Why We Do it and How We Do it Best 

Why do we spend about a third of our precious lives 

in a seemingly passive state? What made nature 

develop the phenomenon of sleep in the course of 

evolution? What is the secret blessing of slumber, 

without which all higher animals and human beings 

would expire? Peter Spork has collected a wealth of 

insights from sleeping laboratories around the world 

and creates an accessible, scientific and highly 

topical picture of modern sleep research.With the 

help of Spork and the many experts he speaks to, the 

reader is able to solve the great mystery of sleep. 

The surprising outcome is that without sleep, there 

would be no human consciousness. Body and mind 

need sleep so they can create memory.The reader 

also learns what sleep type they are and to what 

health / science 

320 pages 



non-fiction 

Peter Spork was born in 1965 

and has a PhD in neurophysiology. 

Since 1991, he 

has been working as a 

freelance science journalist 

and author. He writes for 

numerous German publications 

including Die Zeit 

and Geo Knowledge. With 

Rowohlt, he has published 

Das Schnarchbuch [The 

Snoring Book], Das Uhrwerk 

der Natur [Clockwork Nature] 

and Höher-schneller-weiter 

[Higher-Faster-Further]. 

sleeping disorders they are therefore prone – and 

what the doctors recommend against the most common 

sleeping disorders. 

Rights to The Snoring Book have been sold 

to Holland (ZNU) and Bulgaria (Uniscorp). 




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Photo: S. Frischling

Tom Buhrow / Sabine Stamer non-fiction 


288 pages 


Nadja Klinger / Jens König 

general interest / society 

224 pages 

552 / u 14.90 

My America – Your America 

Tom Buhrow and Sabine Stamer have spent 

over ten years in the USA.They are familiar 

with not only the official, but also the 

private side of America – all its lovable and 

eccentric peculiarities and its often fierce 

inner contradictions. 

Why you shouldn’t think too long about the 

question «How are you?», why many believers 

are prepared to travel long distances to 

their church, why the car is the most important 

place on earth for American teenagers 

and why a visit to the cemetery can be a 

very short affair: the authors share their 

intimate knowledge of the United States. 

Customs and habits, liberties and unwritten 

rules, politics and private life are combined 

with personal experience, facts, data and 

background information. 

A knowledgeable, original and entertaining 

portrait of today’s America – a country 

worth discovering and re-discovering time 

and again. 

non-fiction 

Simply Left Behind 

What is it like to live on 345 euros a month? 

Or when you are weighed down by 20,000 

euros worth of debt? How does a family of 

four survive on the lowest level of unemployment 

benefit? Nadja Klinger and Jens 

König’s real life case studies look at people 

who have been left behind by society. 

The gap between rich and poor is wider 

than ever before. There is now a stratum of 

society that is steadily on the increase: 

a new underclass of people without assets 

or education. It includes recipients of 

income support as well as failed entrepreneurs.This 

book gathers moving life stories 

and offers a sharp analysis of a social 

scandal which, in the near future, is going to 

occupy our minds more than we would like. 



Tom Buhrow was born in 

1958 and was the US correspondent 

for German TV 

station ARD from 1994 to 

2006 (with a two year break 

in Paris). In 2006, he went 

on to present the most prestigious 

German TV news 

programme: Tagesthemen. 

Sabine Stamer, born in 1956, 

started out as a freelance 

journalist, then worked on 

the news for regional TV 

station WDR. In 1994, she 

began working as an author 

in the USA. The two are married 

and have two children. 

Rowohlt · Berlin 


Nadja Klinger was born in 

1965 in Berlin and works 

there as a freelance author. 

She writes mainly portraits 

and features. In 1997, 

she published her book 

Ich ziehe einen Kreis 

[I Draw a Circle]. 

Jens König, born in Berlin 

in 1964, is head of the 

parliamentary department 

at the Berlin broadsheet 

tageszeitung (taz). 

Marc van Roosmalen / Lothar Frenz 

Among Spider Monkeys and Shamans – 

Exploring Evolution 

Marc van Roosmalen has been exploring the flora 

and fauna of Amazonia for the last 30 years – 

he is probably the scientist with the most intimate 

knowledge of this unique rain forest. Like Humboldt, 

Wallace and Darwin before him, he observes, draws, 

maps and logs behaviour and life cycles of plants 

and animals over long periods of time. Following the 

estuaries of the Amazon in his mobile home and 

work place – a two-storey Amazon boat – van Roosmalen 

reaches areas that have never before been 

accessed by scientists. As a matter of course, he 

encounters creatures not yet registered in the annals 

of science. 

science 

256 pages 

05777 / u 22.90 





Marc van Roosmalen was 

born in 1947 in Tilburg and 

is one of the world’s leading 

primatologists, botanists and 

ecologists. He was included 

in Time magazine’s «Heroes 

for our Planet» gallery in 

2000 for his scientific and 

ecological work in South 

America. 

Lothar Frenz, born in 1964 

in Mainz, is a nature filmmaker, 

writer and science 

journalist. 

Van Roosmalen and Frenz introduce the reader to 

the adventurous life of a natural scientist, allow him to 

explore the rain forest with them and share many 

unpublished new facts, insights and theories. A gripping 

book that reveals a true «terra incognita». 

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non-fiction 

Photo: Roland Gockel Photo: Frieder Salm

Petra Gerster non-fiction 


256 pages 

533 / u 19.90 

biography / music 

240 pages 

516 / u 19.90 

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Growing older gracefully – 

Women at the Age of 50 

In a woman’s life, the 50 th birthday is a shift 

and a challenge: You can’t help feeling that 

something untoward has happened when 

every single one of your well-wishers desperately 

tries to point out the positive 

aspects of your new age. 

Petra Gerster tackles the question of aging 

in a very personal way. She compares her 

grand-mother’s and mother’s expectations 

of life with her own and talks frankly about 

her career in a male dominated world. 

Gerster not only discusses the more difficult 

issues of the second half of life, she also 

explores a newly found freedom: A woman 

of 50 has all the life experience she needs, 

she is more relaxed with her partner and 

children and doesn’t have to prove everything 

to every-one anymore. Isn’t the time 

of 50+ the time to harvest? A profound and 

humorous book about the challenges of 

growing older – and a plea for laid-back 

composure and confidence. 

Konrad Heidkamp non-fiction 

John Lennon – A Life 

John Lennon is the greatest of all rock 

legends – arguably bigger than Elvis Presley, 

Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger. Rising to world 

fame in the sixties with the Beatles, criticised 

and vilified for his relationship with 

Yoko Ono, ridiculed and admired for his 

«Bed-ins» and campaigns for peace, he withdrew 

from the music business in the midseventies. 

John Lennon saw his success as 

a sell-out of his ideals. 

What is this fascination with Lennon that 

has lasted so long? Konrad Heidkamp captures 

it vividly as he tells us the story of a 

rebel who, with his mixture of idealism and 

cynicism, vulnerability and aggression, love 

for simple rock music and curiosity about 

the avant-garde, turned into a controversial 

icon.When Lennon was shot in 1980 in 

front of his house near New York’s Central 

Park, a dream seemed to die with him. 

Today – almost 30 years on – the world still 

sings «Imagine» and you hear that this 

dream is indestructible. 



Petra Gerster, born in 1955, 

started out as an editor for 

the daily paper Kölner 

Stadtanzeiger and for the 

TV-station WDR. Since 1989, 

she has been working for 

the German television 

station ZDF, first as a 

presenter for the women’s 

television programme Mona 

Lisa and since 1998 for the 

7 o’clock news. Her numerous 

prestigious journalism 

awards include The Golden 

Camera and the Bambi. 

Petra Gerster’s latest 

publication (together with 

her husband Christian 

Nürnberger) was the bestseller 

Stark für das Leben 

[Strong for Life]. 



Konrad Heidkamp was born 

in 1947 in Munich and is a 

music critic. He is also 

responsible for the youth 

literature page of the national 

weekly Die Zeit and is 

an audio book jury member 

for Hessischer Rundfunk 

broadcasting. In 1999, he 

published It’s all over now – 

40 Jahre Rock und Jazz 

[It’s All Over Now – 40 Years 

of Rock and Jazz] and, in 

2003, Sophisticated Ladies. 

Junge Frauen über 50 

[Sophisticated Ladies.Young 

Women over 50]. 

Iris Alanyali 


256 pages 



non-fiction 

Blue Travels – and Other Stories 

about my German-Turkish Family 

Her father is from Izmir, her mother from 

Hessia and the family has been living in 

Swabia for almost 40 years. At some point, 

Iris – the German girl with the Turkish passport 

– notices that Turkey means more 

to her than a nice place for a holiday … 

Iris Alanyani takes us on a journey of discovery 

through her German-Turkish family life 

and the country of her father.We learn how 

her dad fared after arriving in Germany at 

the beginning of the 1960’s; what it feels 

like when the Christmas celebrations end 

with belly dancing, or when Play Mobil 

figures end up on grandmother’s prayer 

mat. We are introduced to Turkey’s Sylt and 

Germany’s Istanbul, we meet Turkish 

Swabians, self appointed «sultan mothers» 

and sulking German butchers. 

With a light touch, wisdom and plenty of 

humour, the author describes what a pleasure 

life can be when you enjoy the best 

of two worlds. 

Dirk Sager non-fiction 

travel 

256 pages 

560 / u 19.90 

Berlin – Saigon. A Journey 

to the Other Half of the World 

Berlin – Saigon: more than 15,000 kilometres 

by train – the furthest journey possible by 

rail from the German capital. Dirk Sager 

embarks on an adventure that takes him 

across two continents and seven countries. 

Whilst travelling through breathtaking landscapes 

and historical sites, he learns of 

medieval rulers and uncovers modern myths. 

In Russia’s Smolensk, Sager encounters the 

long shadows of Hitler and Stalin. On the 

Asian part of his trip, he meets itinerant 

vendors on the train and the fishermen of 

the dying Aral Sea. He follows the route 

of Marco Polo along the old Silk Road to 

China and is mesmerised by the magic 

of the Gobi desert. Along the Great Wall, he 

travels to Hanoi, learns about the ancient 

roots of Vietnamese civilisation – and finally 

discovers the secret of the bustling metropolis 

of Saigon. A travel adventure rich with 

fascinating Asian culture and history as well 

as the magical beauty of the East. 




Iris Alanyali was born in 

1969 in Sindelfingen, 

Swabia. After a number of 

years as an editor for the 

publication Literarische Welt 

[Literary World], she now 

works as an arts editor for 

the broadsheet Die Welt. 

She lives in Berlin. Previous 

publication: Gebrauchsanweisung 

für die Türkei 

[A Manual for Turkey] (2004). 

Rowohlt · Berlin 


Dirk Sager, born in 1940 in 

Hamburg, is one of Germany’s 

best-known TV-journalists. 

He was the GDR, 

USA and Russia correspondent 

for the German television 

station ZDF and was 

head of their Moscow studio 

until 2004. He also presented 

their political journal 

Kennzeichen D and is now 

the ZDF’s special correspondent. 

He has received 

numerous awards for his 

work. In 2005, he published 

Russlands hoher Norden. 

Eine Reise von St. Petersburg 

bis zum Polarmeer. [Russia’s 

North. A Journey from 

St. Petersburg to the Polar 

Sea]. 

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Konrad Adam non-fiction 

history 

192 pages 

553 / u 16.90 

Hilde Kammer / Elisabet Bartsch 

history / reference book 

384 pages 

562 / u 16.90 

The Ancient Greeks 

Ancient Greece is the cradle of European 

civilisation.To us, this world gone by – its 

philosophy, language, art and literature – is 

equally familiar and strange. 

Konrad Adam brings this epoch to life. He 

traces the fascinations of Greek philosophy, 

introduces us to the poet Homer and 

explains the meaning of the divine myths 

and the precise logic of the Greek language. 

We take part in a ballot for the people’s 

assembly, listen in on Socrates’ conversations 

with his pupils and go to the theatre 

to see a tragedy by Aeschylus.We find out 

about Greek education, about who ran the 

first marathon – and how to use sophistry. 

We realize that ancient Greece is a lot 

closer to us than we imagined – and that 

we won’t understand ourselves anymore 

if we forget Greek culture. 

An exciting journey into the ancient world – 

entertaining and enlightening. 

non-fiction 

Youth Encyclopedia 

of National Socialism 

Anybody learning about the time of the 

«Third Reich» will come across terms that 

are not easily understood today. Where 

does the term «Third Reich» come from for 

starters? What was a «Pimpf»? How was 

the Hitler Youth structured? And who was 

eligible for the «Mother’s Cross»? What did 

the Nuremberg Laws regulate? Who was 

declared a «Half-Jew» and with what consequences? 

What did «Aryanization» mean? 

And what did abbreviations like «BDM», 

«SA» or «KLV» stand for? 

The Youth Encyclopedia of National 

Socialism answers all these questions and 

many more. It simply and concisely explains 

terms used at the time, as well as how the 

institutions and organizations of the «Third 

Reich» worked. An essential reference book 

that became a classic soon after its initial 

publication in 1982.This is a comprehensively 

revised and updated version. 



Konrad Adam was born in 

1947 in Wuppertal and 

studied ancient languages, 

history and jurisprudence 

in Tübingen, Munich and 

Kiel. From 1979 to 2000 he 

was arts editor of the 

broadsheet Frankfurter 

Allgemeine Zeitung. Since 

then he has been chief 

political correspondent for 

Die Welt. He is the author 

of numerous books, mainly 

political. 



Elisabet Bartsch, born in 

1932 in Berlin, started out as 

a radio journalist and spent 

many subsequent years 

working for the German television 

channel ZDF. 

Hilde Kammer was born in 

1928 in Hamburg. She is an 

actor and worked for Arts 

Academy Berlin from 1977 

to 1997. This author duo 

previously published the 

extremely popular Jugendlexikon 

Politik [Youth Encyclopedia 

of Politics]. 

Inge and Walter Jens 

travel / history 

160 pages 

05304 / u 19.90 

Margret Steenfatt 

young fiction 

13+ 

21283 / u 5.90 


Searching for a Lost Son – 

Hedwig Pringsheim’s South 

American Travels 1907/08 

Thomas Mann planned to write a sequel to 

his successful novel Felix Krull in which he 

would send his hero to Argentina.The travel 

diary of his mother-in-law was to 

help him bring the country and its inhabitants 

to life for his readers. Hedwig Pringsheim’s 

notes are indeed a fascinating read 

and this is the first publication of her gripping 

travel records.They were written in 

1907/08, when she travelled to Argentina and 

Chile to visit her eldest son Erik – who had 

been banished to South America by his 

father. Hedwig Pringsheim describes the 

magnificent natural world, the intolerable 

strains of the journey, as well as numerous 

encounters with extraordinary people. 

This book reflects the experiences of a wise 

and educated woman who was ahead of 

her times in many respects. Hedwig 

Pringsheim writes in a lively, idiosyncratic 

style that impresses with its self-confident 

wit and astute judgments. 

fiction 

rororo rotfuchs 

Yours Forcefully 

14-year-old Frederika is fascinated 

by ice-cool Tessa. A sheltered 

childhood makes her long 

for excitement, so Frederika 

takes on Tessa’s dare to shoplift 

and even to blackmail their 

teacher. Only when she falls in 

love with 15-year-old Daniel and 

Tessa ups the pressure on her 

«friend» in order not to lose her, 

does Frederika realize she’s got 

involved in a dangerous relationship. 

But now she can’t find 

a way out. 





Inge Jens, born in Hamburg in 1927, has 

worked on several cultural history research 

projects. In 1995, she was awarded the 

Thomas Mann Medal for editing Thomas 

Mann’s diaries. 

Walter Jens, born in Hamburg in 1923, taught 

classic philology and rhetoric at the 

University of Tübingen from 1962 to 1989. 

For the following eight years, he was president 

of the Berlin Academy of the Arts. 

Rights to Frau Thomas Mann have been sold 

to France (Jacqueline Chambon), 

Hungary (Europa), Poland (Twoj Styl), 

Romania (Vivaldi) and Russia (BSG). 

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non-fiction 

Ulli Schubert 

young fiction 

13+ 

21370 / u 6.90 


fiction 


Substitute 

Christoph is a footballer 

through and through. He has 

played a brilliant season so far, 

yet his trainer doesn’t put him 

in the team for the next, all 

decisive match. He is angry, disappointed, 

and deeply puzzled: 

Why wasn’t he allowed to play? 

When Christoph wants to have 

a heart to heart with his trainer, 

he makes a horrific discovery: 

he finds the trainer dead at 

home. As the police arrive, 

Christoph flees and starts his 

own search for the murderer. He 

discovers more than he would 

have liked …

Gerlis Zillgens 

young fiction 

12+ 

192 pages 

21385 / u 6.90 

Renée Karthee 

young fiction 

12+ 

192 pages 

21388 / u 6.90 

Hortense Ullrich 

young fiction 

12+ 

192 pages 

21379 / u 6.90 

E Grade English – A Grade Kisses 

An E in English! That’s disastrous news. 

Mary will have to swot all summer to pass a 

final test. She is in tears when she thinks 

about her summer holidays.Wrong! Instead 

of being locked up with her books, she is 

sent off to England on a language course. 

Mary has fantastically eventful days on the 

English South Coast with fast talking Laura, 

with François from France – very charming 

and good looking! – and with bitchy 

Heart Rivals 

Karla is so excited: her friend Amy from 

America, also mad about horses, is coming 

to stay for three weeks. No doubt they will 

be in the saddle until they drop and then 

chat through the night. Karla is looking forward 

to introducing Amy to her first serious 

boyfriend: Felix! To Karla’s surprise, a bitter 

rivalry between Amy and Felix ensues … 

A story about jealousy and the question of 

where dreams are sweeter: on the back of a 

horse or in the arms of the boy you love! 

1000 Reasons 

(not) to Write Love Letters 

Sanny is madly in love. According to her 

favourite magazine, writing love letters is all 

the rage again, so she plans to pen the most 

beautiful letter ever to her Hubertus. To her 

horror, Sanny reads that – according to a 

psychological test in the same magazine! – 

Hubertus isn’t her type at all.What now? 

Sanny’s twin brother Konny couldn’t care 

less about what those stupid tests say, he 

just launches into a wonderfully romantic 

letter to his Sarah. Unfortunately, it goes to 

fiction 

fiction 


April 2007 

Natasha.With all its highs and lows, this 

holiday teaches Mary a lot. By the end, her 

grades and kisses are much better! 

Rights to the author’s former books have been 

sold to Poland (Nasza Ksiegarnia) and Russia 

(Amphora). 

fiction 


March 2007 


December 2006 

the wrong address.To get out of this 

embarrassment, Konny simply claims the 

love letter was written by Hubertus … 

Rights to the author’s former books have 

been sold to Czech Republic (Albatros), 

Hungary (Egmont), Italy (Disney), Lithuania 

(Alma Littera), Poland (Dolnoslaskie) and 

Spain (Ediciones B). 

Silke Kramer (ed.) 

young fiction 

12+ 

21373 / u 6.90 


Renate Ahrens 

young fiction 

10+ 

21376 / u 5.90 


fiction 


On the Piste – 

Ready-Steady-Go! 

At the coldest time of the year, 

what could be better than to 

curl up with apple-cinnamonpunch, 

delicious biscuits and a 

romantic read? Not much. Here, 

you get all in one: the best 

winter stories of your favourite 

chaos-kisses-catastrophes 

authors and their yummiest 

biscuit recipes! With exciting 

news from Hortense Ullrich’s 

Kornblum twins.With endless 

embarrassments on a skiing 

holiday from Renée Karthee’s 

heroine Hanna.With icy kisses 

from Maiken Nielsen, scary 

winter walks through the moors 

from Angela Waidmann and 

a special surprise from Gerlis 

Zillgens! Enjoy the read – 

and the biccies! 

fiction 


Marie – Help Me! 

A German-English Story 

A brother! Marie’s Irish friend 

Claire should be over the 

moon when her parents adopt 

little Liam. After all, she has 

always wanted siblings. But 

Liam can be difficult and 

Claire becomes increasingly 

jealous. She is really looking 

forward to Marie visiting her 

in the winter holidays. Claire 

pours out her heart to Marie – 

and her friend tries her best to 

mediate.When they go for a 

walk with Liam, a terrible accident 

happens: the little boy 

falls into a pool of freezing 

water. Claire suddenly realizes 

she can’t imagine a life without 

Liam anymore! 


Maiken Nielsen 

young fiction 

12+ 

21377 / u 6.90 

February 2007 

S. Schulz / D. Quinlan 

young fiction 

12+ 

21378 / u 5.90 



fiction 


4 Hearts and 

Croque Monsieur 

Wow – a castle in the south of 

France! A great place to chill, 

party and flirt.That’s what Alexa, 

Viviane, Inci and Nicoline 

figure anyway. All of Hamburg 

is going to be jealous of their 

holiday! If there weren’t just a 

few minor issues: Nicoline’s 

mum who tries to get over the 

separation from her husband 

with esoteric mumbo-jumbo; 

Gökhan, Inci’s brother, who 

shadows her everywhere to 

guard her virginity – and a 

ghost who haunts their noble 

holiday home.The fact that 

Alexa has fallen in love with the 

son of the castle owner seems 

almost the least exciting event 

of the holidays! A wonderfully 

chaotic novel about friendship, 

frustration and falling in love. 

fiction 


See You Again – 

With a Pounding Heart 

At last! Britney is coming 

to Germany! Not a moment too 

soon for overjoyed Tobias, 

given that it’s already been 

three months since he was on 

a student exchange in Wisconsin 

and fell madly in love with 

the American. His joy is dampened 

when his friend Björn 

gets himself a little too close to 

Britney.Tobias is upset and 

withdraws and one misunderstanding 

follows another.They 

haven’t much time left together 

before the exchange culminates 

in a big US-German football 

tournament … 

The story is told from the 

perspectives of the two protagonists, 

alternating between 

English and German. 

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Andrea Wandel 

young fiction 

8+ 

21381 / u 5.90 


Olaf Fritsche 

young fiction 

8+ 

21383 / u 6.90 


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fiction 


Happy Circus Frolics 

Upheaval among the show jumpers: 

At a big friendly tournament, 

Marie and her archenemy 

Irina face each other in 

a jump-off.Their ponies are to 

be allocated by drawing lots. 

Of all the horses, Irina ends up 

with Happy and Marie with 

Irina’s mad pony Challenger. 

How will the two get on with 

the ponies of their greatest rival? 

In the meantime, Marie’s 

brother Vitus and her friend 

Anna are planning a circus 

performance for Granny Otti’s 

birthday with a special appearance 

from her favourite animal, 

the giant donkey M. Hulot. 

But M. Hulot proves rather 

headstrong … 

fiction 


The Secret Tunnel 

Leonardo’s Great Escape 

A secret tunnel! It’s a magic 

pathway to the past which Lilith 

and Magnus use to solve tricky 

challenges.The first volume 

takes them to the year 1499. 

Here, Lilith and Magnus meet 

the famous painter and inventor 

Leonardo da Vinci.When the 

genius has to flee from Milan 

and is chased by soldiers into a 

small village on the brink of a 

cliff, there is only one way out: 

build a flying machine and hold 

tight! Lucky that Lilith and Magnus 

are so full of good ideas … 

Andrea Wandel 

young fiction 

8+ 

21382 / u 5.90 


Olaf Fritsche 

young fiction 

8+ 

21384 / u 6.90 


fiction 


Hard Times for Marie 

Marie can’t wait for the show 

jumping season to recommence 

and is very excited about the 

first training session with 

the new coach. Unfortunately, 

he turns out to be an old friend 

of her rival Irina’s father. He 

showers Irina with praise and 

demotes Marie back to the 

B-squad. Marie is inconsolable 

and almost ready to give up 

show jumping for good.When a 

girl has to leave the top squad 

because she is moving, Marie is 

given a chance to replace her 

at an important tournament at 

short notice.Will she manage 

to get back into the squad? 

Rights to the author’s former 

books have been sold to 

Denmark (Tellerup) and Poland 

(Nasza Ksiegarnia). 

fiction 


The Secret Tunnel 

Chasing 

the Trojan Treasure 

For their second adventure, the 

friends decide to help famous 

archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann 

with his excavations in 

Troy. Their time tunnel takes 

them to the year 1873, where 

Schliemann and his team are 

grateful for the kids’ help.Yet 

the treasure is barely unearthed 

when a few valuable pieces 

disappear. Who is the thief, who 

is jealous of the children’s 

success? A breathtaking treasure 

hunt ensues. But the 

culprit escapes through the 

open time tunnel into the 

present! From now on, the 

children have an enemy who 

will put them in danger 

in adventures to follow … 

Markus Osterwalder 

picture book 

2+ 

21392 / u 10.– 


Rüdiger Bertram 

young fiction 

6+ 

21374 / u 6.90 


fiction 


The Great 

Bobo Dormouse Book 

Bobo Dormouse is the toddler’s 

favourite, they can’t get enough 

of him and his adventures in 

pictures.That’s why all three 

Bobo volumes are now available 

as an anthology to sit back, 

relax and read with mum and 

dad.Whether at the swimming 

pool, the circus or on the farm: 

Bobo invites the wee ones to 

join him in his exploration of 

the great wide world. Given that 

Bobo needs a good snooze 

at the end of each adventure, it 

is the ideal goodnight-book 

for your tireless cheeky chops. 

One of Germany’s most successful 

picture book series ever. 

fiction 


Five Miracles 

for Father Christmas 

Frederick has no parents anymore; 

instead, he has a mean 

aunt, a nasty uncle and a 

devious cousin.When they 

manage to forget him in the 

woods during their search 

for a Christmas tree, he meets 

the one and only – Father 

Christmas! The old man, however, 

is tired of the whole hustle 

and bustle and would love to 

chuck in the job. Frederick is 

shocked! They strike a deal: if 

Frederick can find five people 

by Christmas Day who still 

believe in Father Christmas, he 

will carry on. And the five 

miracles happen. In the end, 

even Frederick’s greatest wish 

comes true: Father Christmas 

adopts him! 


A. Bartram / J.-U. Rogge 

children 

4+ 

21371 / u 6.90 


Cornelia Franz 

children 

4+ 

21375 / u 6.90 



fiction 


Small Heroes – Big Anger 

Stories which 

Make You Strong 

Little Rudi has had it! He 

always has to sit still when he 

wants to horse around, he has 

to go to bed when he’d rather 

stay up and play, he has to eat 

fruit when he craves chocolate. 

With all this anger, he hits the 

roof one day – and goes beyond 

the roof to a cloud where 

he meets the wise storyteller 

Jau-Jau, who helps him to deal 

with his anger. A book that 

shows parents and children 

how important anger can be, 

offering practical help with 

a myriad of stories. 

fiction 


Luis & I and the Most 

Famous Man in the World 

Carlotta and Luis are really 

worried: will Father Christmas 

find them this year? After all, 

they’ve only just moved to the 

suburbs. 

Without further ado, the two set 

off to their old flat to leave him 

a note with their new address. 

But it all goes terribly wrong: 

they miss their tram stop, and 

when they come out of the station, 

Carlotta can’t find her way 

at all. It’s snowing like mad and 

when they warm up in a café, 

Carlotta notices to her horror 

that they haven’t got enough 

money to pay! How on earth 

are they going to get out of the 

café? And home? Thankfully, 

the door suddenly opens and 

the real Father Christmas peeks 

in – a happy end is in sight! 

21

Erika Mann 

history / Third Reich 

24413 / u 9.90 


Klaus Mann 


24412 / u 8.90 


Martin Walser 

essays 

24428 / u 9.90 


22 

fiction 

rororo 

When the Lights Go Out – 

Stories From 

the Third Reich 

A small town in Germany at 

the end of the Thirties. A visiting 

American is expecting 

the romantic comfort of quiet 

cobbled alleys. Instead, he 

finds crunching boots and roaring 

loud speakers, the SA is 

marching and the Führer 

shrieks over the airwaves. 

In ten episodes, the committed 

antifascist vividly portrays 

daily life under the Swastika. 

fiction 

rororo 

Alexander – 

A Utopian Novel 

Klaus Mann tells the story of a 

Macedonian king who wants to 

create an empire of freedom 

and love.When the young king 

starts out on his victory trail, 

he is greeted with flowers and 

songs of praise.Yet by the time 

his empire stretches from the 

Egyptian deserts to the river 

Indus, Alexander brings his subjects 

nothing but oppression 

and misery. 

fiction 

rororo 

The Management 

of Nothing 

In seventeen closely linked 

essays, Martin Walser summarizes 

his position as a writer 

today: a philosophical, artistic 

and social evaluation unparalleled 

in its unerring perception 

and stylistic beauty. 

An interim judgement from 

one of the greatest living German 

authors. 

Klaus Mann 

autobiography 

24409 / u 12.90 


Klaus Mann 

stories 

24411 / u 8.90 


Martin Walser 

diaries 

24427 / u 12.90 


fiction 

rororo 

The Turning Point – 

An Autobiography 

Klaus Mann’s «The Turning 

Point» is rightly considered one 

of the most beautiful autobiographies 

in German literature. 

Yet decisive passages are missing 

in the edition that has been 

available so far – eliminated by 

his sister Erika and his former 

editor. The full version is now 

being published for the first 

time, together with other previously 

unpublished material. 

fiction 

rororo 

The Twelve Hundredth 

Hotel Room 

Celebrating the 100 th birthday 

of the cult author, this book 

takes us on a journey through 

his extensive literary oeuvre. 

Klaus Mann was the most charismatic 

offspring of the «Mann 

Dynasty». In his short lifetime, 

he established himself as a 

brilliant chronicler of his time 

and this book is a perfect introduction 

to the wide-ranging 

work of one of the most important 

authors of exile literature. 

fiction 

rororo 

Living and Writing – 

Diaries 1951–1962 

Martin Walser is a master of 

transforming life into literature. 

His novels are always suspected 

of being autobiographical, 

rarely with any foundation. 

Opening the diaries, the pages 

covered with drawings, we find 

that even they document his 

writing rather than his life.This 

is what makes them a truly 

distinctive work of art. 

See also page 6. 

Georg Klein 


24431 / u 8.90 


Jan Weiler 


24263 / u 8.90 


fiction 

rororo 

Barbar Rosa – 

A Detective Story 

A romantic detective story 

mysteriously veering between 

the raw and the tender, between 

reality and illusion, between 

darkness and enlightenment. 

Precise and painfully topical, 

highly imaginative and without 

taboo: Barbar Rosa is a suspense 

novel penned by a literary 

magician. 

Rights sold to France (Denoel), 

Holland (Ambo-Anthos) and 

Poland (Sic!). 

fiction 

rororo 

Antonio in Wonderland 

The Italian guest worker Antonio 

Marcipane has achieved everything: 

he owns a semi-detached 

house, a nice car and four 

dozen ties – and his daughters 

married German men. Now he is 

looking forward to a laid-back 

life in retirement. If only there 

wasn’t one unfulfilled dream of 

his: America. Accompanied by 

his son-in-law! 


Angela Thompson 

biography 

24092 / u 9.90 


Wolfgang Büscher 

travel 

24050 / u 8.90 



fiction 

rororo 

Germany, a Journey 

Wolfgang Büscher travels 

round Germany – on foot, by 

bus, by boat or hitching a ride, 

whatever is available. Over 

three months, he experiences a 

country that is infinitely more 

original and eccentric than 

we all imagine. A journey like a 

long forgotten dream – beautifully 

told and full of incredible 

discoveries. 

Rights sold to Denmark 

(Gyldendal), France 

(L’Esprit des Péninsules), 

Holland (Atlas) and 

Poland (Czarne). 

fiction 

rororo 

Always Stay by My Side 

Elfriede Richter gets married in 

Dresden in 1940. Pregnant with 

her third child, she flees the 

inferno with her two young 

daughters and her mother on 

the night of the bombing on 

February 13 th , 1945.This experience, 

the post war years and 

her flight to the West leave 

her deeply scarred, but also 

strengthen her will to survive. 

A life, a century – Angela 

Thompson recounts the extraordinary 

life story of her 

mother. An unforgettable book. 

23

Martin Schacht 

suspense 

24362 / u 8.90 


Seyran Ate¸s 

autobiography 

23803 / u 8.90 


Sophie Andresky 

erotic fiction 

24415 / u 7.90 


24 

fiction 

rororo 

Mandalay Moon 

Bangkok in winter.The satisfaction 

of any desire is for sale 

here, but Tom is skint.Then he 

meets Christine and Victor: rich 

and bored, but with a plan. 

They want to travel to Burma to 

make a film about the legendary 

opium princess Olive 

Yang.Tom falls in love with 

Chris without Victor noticing, 

the journey becomes dangerous.Tom 

realizes far too late 

that he is part of a devilish 

plan cooked up by his lover … 

fiction 

rororo 

Great Journey into the Fire 

As a six-year-old, Seyran Ate¸s 

moves to Berlin with her parents. 

She grows up under the strict 

rule of a Turkish family. At the 

age of 17, she runs away from 

home: a scandal for her parents, 

a first step towards liberation 

for Seyran. She studies law and 

speaks out for women’s rights, 

oblivious to the fact that she is 

risking her life. Born in 1963, 

Seyran Ate¸s now runs her own 

firm of solicitors. 

fiction 

rororo 

Damp 

Women get what they want in 

these seductive stories: passion, 

devotion, and good sex. 

A young singer meets a man 

with a fantastic voice. A singleton 

catches her guy in the 

supermarket – dinner is served 

in the finest lingerie. And Iris 

and Gereon delve into a most 

stimulating work of art ... no 

one writes better erotic fiction 

than the award-winning author 

of «Deeper». 

Stefan Rehberger 


24467 / u 7.90 


Dani Levy 

film book 

24425 / u 8.90 


Susanna Calaverno 

erotic fiction 

24397 / u 7.90 


fiction 

rororo 

Going Home for Christmas 

Roman, 29, left home straight 

after his A-levels. Everything felt 

far too small, too boringly conventional. 

He moved to Berlin 

and found a job. Yet every year 

when he goes home for Christmas, 

he has to face his parents’ 

expectations.The old friends. 

The ex-girlfriend. Every year he 

promises himself that he’ll 

never go back home again at 

Christmas. Until his mum says, 

«Lovely you popped in.» An 

uproariously funny debut novel. 

fiction 

rororo 

My Führer – The Truly 

Truest Truth 

About Adolf Hitler 

The war is as good as lost, the 

Führer is a gibbering wreck, and 

Goebbels knows that only one 

person can save the situation: 

Hitler’s old acting teacher. 

However, he is Jewish and 

therefore locked up in a concentration 

camp. 

This book accompanying the 

German film of the year comprises 

the film script, interviews, 

and additional material. 

fiction 

rororo 

Satin Fantasies 

Elvira and Marion run an erotic 

lingerie shop.When Elvira falls 

ill, she sends Marion to the Paris 

fair «Dessous Toujours». A little 

change of air suits shy Marion 

just fine. But she wasn’t expecting 

her exciting encounters to 

start on the night train to Paris. 

French flair and sexy underwear 

feature in this racy novel. 

Kirsten Fuchs 


24084 / u 8.90 


Anette Göttlicher 


24435 / u 7.90 


Mark Spörrle 


24346 / u 7.90 


fiction 

rororo 

The Titanic and Mister Berg 

A young woman – on income 

support – falls in love with a no 

longer young man: her case 

worker in the social security 

office.What follows is the sparky 

collision between two totally 

opposed worldviews. Of course 

catastrophe is looming, because 

she is the «Titanic», and his 

name is: Mister Berg … 

fiction 

rororo 

Made with Love 

Living in a leafy suburb, Paula 

and Tom are married and 

comfortably off.They’d always 

planned to start a family one 

day. «One day» should be now, 

thinks Tom, but Paula is suddenly 

having second thoughts: 

there is so much she’s been 

meaning to do! A journey to the 

other end of the world, for 

example. Or spend 1000 euros 

on clothes in a single day … 

Yet things don’t go according to 

plan at all! 

fiction 

rororo 

Who Shrunk My Shirts? 

As all locksmiths are hideously 

overpriced – what on earth do 

you do when the door is shut? 

Or when packing before going 

on holiday proves to be a test of 

your relationship? When most 

communication during a sophisticated 

dinner with friends is 

done via the baby intercom? Or 

when shirts shrink for unfathomable 

reasons and it’s nobody’s 

fault? Life is so treacherous, 

pernicious and complicated – it 

could almost make you laugh. 


Alexa Hennig von Lange 


23347 / u 7.90 


Volkmar Nebe 


24404 / u 8.90 


Cristina Camera 


24384 / u 8.90 



fiction 

rororo 

Why So Sad? 

Elisabeth and Philip are happily 

married. Just one problem: in 

their three years of marriage, 

the sexual attraction has dramatically 

deteriorated. He seems 

prepared to just live with this, 

whereas she is determined to 

rekindle the old magic. Elisabeth 

doesn’t know yet that the 

source of their problem lies in 

both their pasts. 

fiction 

rororo 

Alone among the Mums 

Torben is an unsuccessful 

screenwriter in his mid-thirties. 

Apart from that he isn’t doing 

too badly. Until he hears that he 

is being made redundant and 

is about to become a father. 

It’s pretty obvious then who is 

going to look after the sprog. 

However, Daddy Torben doesn’t 

just have to deal with his sweet 

if slightly tubby daughter. There 

are also the grandparents, 

friends and the other mums in 

the playground …! 

fiction 

rororo 

The Lemon Baron 

Sicily in 1928: Anna Maria takes 

up the post of governess on the 

estate of the charismatic Barone 

di Leonardo. Soon, both fight 

against a love that must not be. 

When the Baron’s terminally ill 

wife Valeria dies, the path to 

their happiness seems free.Yet 

the non aristocratic Anna Maria 

is a thorn in the sight of the 

«lemon baron’s» family … a 

touching, bittersweet novel 

about love and conventions in 

the land of lemon blossom. 

25

Renate Kampmann 

crime 

23949/ u 8.90 


Sandra Lüpkes 

crime 

24408 / u 7.90 


Jan Seghers 

crime 

24281 / u 9.90 


26 

fiction 

rororo 

Foreign Body – 

A Leonie Simon Novel 

The mummified body of a woman 

is found in the attic of a 

Hamburg house.The victim of 

a brutal murder? Leonie Simon 

sifts for hints in the woman’s 

past.Yet Inspector Kaminski, 

preoccupied by a sniper case, 

has no time for any of this. 

So headstrong Leonie decides 

to investigate herself … 

fiction 

rororo 

The Sun Dew Child 

Tough Inspector Wencke Tydmers 

is struggling to make her 

job, her child and her au pair 

arrangements work. In her first 

case since maternity leave, a 

male Romanian au pair is found 

dead in the peat barn of Moosdorf. 

His guest parents suspect 

suicide, but Wencke’s nanny 

doesn’t believe this.The clues 

lead to Romania – and to a 

second murder. 

The Snow Bride 

A young dentist has been 

murdered.The killer has put 

her corpse on display in the 

most hideous way. Inspector 

Robert Marthaler can’t shake 

the uncomfortable feeling that 

this murder is only the beginning. 

And he is right … 

Rights sold to 

Holland (De Geus). 

fiction 

rororo 

Leenders / Bay / Leenders 

crime 

24199 / u 8.90 


Boris Meyn 

crime 

24351 / u 8.90 


Roman Rausch 

thriller 

24395 / u 8.90 


fiction 

rororo 

The Castle 

A delegation from Kleve’s British 

twin town of Worcester is visiting. 

As part of the celebrations, 

a historical amateur dramatics 

group is to storm Swan Castle 

and recreate a battle from the 

Thirty Years War. Inspector 

Toppe attends the spectacle. As 

the event kicks off, a bomb 

explodes underneath the grandstand 

of the dignitaries … 

fiction 

rororo 

Death in the Labyrinth 

A corpse is floating in the Elbe- 

Lübeck canal. It’s the wife of 

farmer Thor Hansen, who is considered 

a loser in the village. 

Shortly after that, another body 

is found with traces of torture. 

On the dead man’s voicemail, 

Inspector Jensen discovers the 

number of his colleague Herbst. 

He got the number from his 

underage daughter … 

fiction 

rororo 

Code Freebird 

Levy – a criminal profiler – is 

examining post-traumatic stress 

disorders experienced by 

US-soldiers coming back from 

the Iraq war. In that capacity, 

he attends the premiere of an 

American film on the war 

shown at a military base in 

Frankfurt. A bomb explodes. 

Several high-ranking officers 

die. A terrorist attack? Levy’s 

second case, by the author of 

the Kilian crime best sellers. 

Enie van Aanthuis 


24363 / u 8.90 


Franka Villette 


24331 / u 9.90 


Karin Jäckel 


24396 / u 8.90 

May 2007 

fiction 

rororo 

The Tulip Queen 

Holland in the 1630s: The country’s 

tulip mania is just about to 

peak. After her father's death, 

Mareikje is left with almost no 

resources. Marriage to the rich 

merchant’s son Antonius would 

give her financial stability. Yet 

Mareikje is passionately in love 

with painter Wim.Then she discovers 

that her father’s small 

inheritance includes a few tulip 

bulbs … 

fiction 

rororo 

Odin’s Daughter 

Hela’s father was a Viking, her 

mother came from the Orient. 

Hela has inherited their restless 

blood. She leaves the cold north 

at her own peril. Captured by 

Arab pirates, she is sold into a 

Harem. Hela manages to flee 

and after a long odyssey, she 

reaches the edge of the medieval 

world: the Ireland of the 

Druids, where her destiny lies 

waiting. 

fiction 

rororo 

Queen of the Buccaneers 

Ireland in the 16 th Century: no 

one dares to resist the English 

rulers. Only one woman rebels. 

Grace O’Malley fights at sea – 

with incredible courage. 

A whole fleet is under her command 

and no English or Spanish 

trade galley is safe from her. 

Queen Elizabeth I even offers 

a bounty of 500 pounds for her. 

A true story, grippingly told. 


Petra Schier 

historical crime 

24329 / u 8.90 


Astrid Fritz 


24405 / u 8.90 


Fritz Müller-Scherz 


24336 / u 8.90 

October 2006 


fiction 

rororo 

Murder 

in the Whorehouse 

Adelina has married her doctor, 

but is still running her father’s 

apothecary.When one respectable 

Cologne citizen after the 

other is found dead in the 

whorehouse, the councillor 

dealing with the case remembers 

that the clever doctor’s 

wife has been successful on a 

previous murder hunt. Too bad 

that Adelina soon ends up as 

the main suspect … 

fiction 

rororo 

The Duchess and the Maid 

Sabina, daughter of the Duke of 

Bavaria, was promised at a tender 

age to the Duke of Württemberg. 

She doesn’t consent – and 

her marriage is hell. Ulrich 

oppresses his people and beats 

his wife.When he commits murder 

in a blind rage, Sabina flees, 

leaving her children behind. 

Meanwhile, Ulrich forces a peasant 

maid to be his mistress. 

Another woman whose life 

is threatened by the terrible 

duke … 

fiction 

rororo 

Pamir 

The sinking of the training ship 

«Pamir» in 1957 was the greatest 

naval catastrophe in post-war 

Germany. Almost the entire crew 

drowned during this traumatic 

accident. Half a century later, 

it is the subject of a classy 

TV-drama whose screenwriter 

wrote this gripping novel to 

accompany the film. 

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Helmut Schmidt 

politics 

62200 / u 8.90 


Inge and Walter Jens 

biography 

61460 / u 9.90 


Marianne Reißinger 

opera / biography 

62119 / u 8.90 


28 

non-fiction 

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En Route to German 

Unification – Retrospective 

and Perspective 

This book gathers ex-chancellor 

Helmut Schmidt’s seminal 

essays and speeches on German 

reunification: his analysis of 

the mistakes and consequences 

of that historical moment in 

time tell us more about the 

sources of Germany’s current 

economical and political 

problems than most topical 

political statements. 

Katia’s Mother 

Hedwig Pringsheim is recognized 

in literary history only as Thomas 

Mann’s mother-in-law.This 

is the first book to place this 

extraordinary woman, who 

fascinated her contemporaries 

with her wit and wisdom, at 

centre-stage. 

See also page 17. 

non-fiction 

rororo 

non-fiction fiction 

rororo 

Anna Netrebko – 

A Portrait 

This book tells the extraordinary 

success story of Anna 

Netrebko.This fascinating 

portrait of the new opera 

superstar is a close-up of an 

enchanting woman and gifted 

artist. 

Ulla Lachauer (ed.) 


62204 / u 9.90 


Martin Geck 

biography / music 

61445 / u 9.90 


non-fiction 

rororo 

When the Germans Had 

Gone – What Happened 

After the Expulsion: 

East Prussia, Silesia, 

Sudetenland 

The expulsion of the Germans 

after 1945: this story has been 

told many times – but a certain 

chapter remains taboo; what 

actually happened after the 

Germans had gone? Drawing on 

photographs, witness accounts 

and unpublished source material, 

this book is devoted to a highly 

emotive issue. 

non-fiction 

rororo 

Mozart – A Biography 

Martin Geck, award-winning 

writer and musicologist, paints 

a colourful picture of this extraordinarily 

gifted artist with his 

great passion for life – and 

reveals the secrets of his genius. 

Dietrich Grönemeyer 

health 



Christian Nürnberger 




non-fiction 

rororo 

The Bible – What You 

Really Need to Know 

The author recounts the most 

important stories of the Old and 

New Testament and explains the 

revolutionary message of the 

bible, for Christians and non- 

Christians alike. A vivid introduction 

to a classic – the Bible – 

that is surprisingly relevant and 

highly topical. 

Rights sold to France 

(City Éditions). 

non-fiction 

rororo 

The Little Medic 

This book takes its readers on 

an adventurous journey through 

the amazing world of the human 

body, without forgetting about 

the soul. Compact knowledge 

thrillingly presented, a fascinating 

read for young and old. 

Best-selling author Professor 

Dietrich Grönemeyer lectures in 

radiology and micro-therapy at 

Witten/Herdecke University and 

is the founder of the Grönemeyer 

Institute for Micro-Therapy in 

Bochum. 

Rights sold to Taiwan (Business 

Weekly), China (Shanghai 99 

Readers), Denmark (Barylerne), 

Holland (Elmar), Israel (Matar), 

Italy (Longanesi), Korea (Woongjin 

Thinkbig), Russia (Eksmo), 

Spain (Ediciones B) and Czech 

Republic (Euromedia). 


Herfried Münkler 


62213 / u 9.90 


Peter Spork 

health 

62207 / u 8.90 



non-fiction 

rororo 

Empires – The Logic 

of World Domination 

from Ancient Rome 

to the United States 

Until recently empires were 

considered relics from the past. 

It came as a shock to Europe to 

see the USA demonstrate its 

supremacy so openly. Suddenly, 

urgent questions were asked: 

What characterises an empire? 

What risks does an imperial 

order bring? And what opportunities 

might it offer? Herfried 

Münkler shows how empires 

create stability and what dangers 

they face when they overstretch 

their powers. 

Rights sold to China (Central 

Compilation and Translation 

Press), England (English world 

rights, Polity Press) and 

Sweden (Daidalos). 

non-fiction 

rororo 

The Snoring Book – 

Causes, Risks, Antidotes 

When your larynx vibrates in 

your sleep, the noise in your 

bedroom can soar up to motorway 

levels. Night after night, 

relationships are put to the 

test.Yet who knows the real 

causes of snoring, knows how 

to stop it, or is able to judge 

the health risks for themselves? 

Peter Spork’s accessible scientific 

book has all the answers. 

Rights sold to Holland (ZNU) 

and Bulgaria (Uniscorp). 

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Brigitte Steger 


62194 / u 8.90 


C. Prior / C. Thomann 

communication guide 

62214 / u 9.90 


Wolfgang Schmidbauer 

self-help 

62208 / u 9.90 


30 

non-fiction 

rororo 

Inemuri – How the 

Japanese Sleep and What 

We Can Learn from Them 

A well-known image of Japan: 

people sleeping on trains, in 

parliamentary debates or on 

park benches. How come the 

Japanese can go to sleep wherever, 

whenever – to wake up a 

few minutes later with renewed 

energy? The secret is: Inemuri! 

Brigitte Steger reveals the fascinating 

mystery of the Japanese 

powernap. 

non-fiction 

rororo 

Clarification through 

Counselling 3 – 

The Practice Book 

This volume documents a 

highly complicated conflict 

mediation, where methods 

described in volume 1 and 2 

are put to the test.The authors 

also include new techniques, 

outlines of tricky situations, 

warnings of pitfalls and pointers 

for getting out of seemingly 

hopeless situations. 


rororo 

The Helper’s Syndrome – 

Help for Carers 

When the state cuts down on 

support, people have to fight to 

make sure those who need 

help don’t go completely down 

the drain – increasingly exhausting 

themselves.Wolfgang 

Schmidbauer offers accessible 

help for carers. 

The best selling author is the 

founder of the Institute of 

Analytical Group Dynamics 

and runs his own practice in 

Munich. 

Jan-Uwe Rogge 

parenting 

61981 / u 8.90 


Abbot Muho 

philosophy 

62203 / u 8.90 


non-fiction 

rororo 

Anger is Good – 

Why Children are Allowed 

to be Aggressive 

Anger is good – because aggression 

equals not only violence 

and destruction, but also a 

driving force for creativity and 

personality development. 

Jan-Uwe Rogge shares practical 

tips for constructive prevention 

and intervention, so that parents, 

carers and teachers can deal 

effectively with patterns of 

aggression of any age group. 

non-fiction 

rororo 

Zazen or The Path 

to Happiness 

Abbot Muho explores the question 

of what constitutes the 

essence of happiness. It is in 

our power to fill every moment 

of our lives with happiness. 

Taking as examples his own 

journey and many stories from 

his daily life in the Zen monastery 

Antaji, Muho explains how 

we can enrich our lives with the 

help of Zazen. 

Schmidt-Joos / Kampmann 

music 

62132 / u 12.90 

62133 / u 12.90 

May 2007 

Ralph Caspers 

parenting / humour 

62212 / u 8.90 


non-fiction 

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Rock Encyclopaedia 

Volume 1 & Volume 2 

Half a century of rock music 

and the sounds of today: the 

stars, the pioneers, the outsiders. 

Zeitgeist icons and chart 

smashes: dates, facts, background 

info and CDs. 

«… a groundbreaking instant 

classic … and indispensable 

guide.» Der Spiegel 

«… the best researched and 

most fun to read overview of 

rock music written in any 

language yet.» 

Westdeusche Allgemeine Zeitung 

«... fantastically useful for fans, 

specialists and amateurs alike.» 

Die Zeit 

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«Don’t Do That» 

Parents love setting rules – and 

children would love nothing 

more than to say «You’re wrong!» 

So just how sensible are parental 

wisdoms like «Don’t crunch 

your sweets with your teeth, 

or your fillings will come out» 

or «If you read in the dark, 

you’ll ruin your eyesight»? 

Ralph Caspers has put them to 

the test and explains with cheek 

and wit which of them make 

sense and which don’t. An 

entertaining and enlightening 

family read. 


Clint Witchalls 

science / health 

62175 / u 7.90 


Nicole Kuhlert 

science / health 

62175 / u 7.90 



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The Pill and I – Man as 

a Hormonal Guinea Pig 

Clint Witchalls took part in a 

clinical trial to test the «Pill for 

Men» – and turned into a hormone 

riddled, emotional 

wreck. In his hilariously witty 

diary, this pioneer of equality 

talks about what he went 

through in his six months 

trial – and why he is never 

again going to dismiss PMS. 

Clint Witchalls works as 

a freelance journalist for 

the Observer and other 

publications. He and his 

family live in London. 

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Talking Dirty – 

My Life on the Chatline 

«Tanya», «Alexa», «Sandra» – the 

ladies with raunchy voices you 

get to talk to when you dial 

0900 – 6666. Nicole Kuhlert is 

one of them. As the boss of her 

own telephone sex agency, she 

knows about every secret male 

fantasy. In this book, she recalls 

how her initial curiosity turned 

into a numbers business and 

how Nicole Kuhlert became a 

lady of lust. 

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Peter Zudeick 

political satire 

62198 / u 8.90 


Wigald Boning 

WIGALD BONING 

Bekenntnisse eines 

NACHT- 

SPORTLERS 

humour / sports 

62192 / u 8.90 


B. Esser / C. Wilde 

parenting 

62209 / u 8.90 


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What a Performance! – 

Impertinent observations 

on the State 

of the German Nation 

Peter Zudeick serves up 

deliciously vicious pickings 

from German political life. 

He recalls the highs and lows 

of German politics and society 

over the past year and offers 

a disrespectful and sharptongued 

insight into the 

hotbed of Berlin politics. 

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Confessions of a 

Nocturnal Sportsman 

In his inimitably humorous way, 

marathon runner and humorist 

Wigald Boning recounts his 

unorthodox training methods 

and bizarre training experiences, 

shares with us his heroic battles 

against his inner demons, garnishes 

it all with tips for runners 

and cyclists – and offers 

entertainment in bucket loads. 


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Montessori Schools – 

Basics, Practice, 

Parents’ Questions 

The Pisa Study has focussed 

parents’ minds on looking for 

possible alternatives to the 

standard schooling system. For 

many, the Montessori method 

has proved an attractive 

option.This book explains 

the essentials. It also offers 

in-depth answers to frequently 

asked questions and helps 

parents with their choices. 

Jule Philippi 

humour / politics 

62217 / u 5.– 


Jan Weiler 

travel / humour 

62199 / u 9.90 


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The Wisdoms 

of Angela Merkel 

Jule Philippi has listened carefully 

to Germany’s popular new 

head of state Angela Merkel 

and has ended up with a collection 

of surprising wisdoms: 

Merkel’s thoughts on equality – 

«I don’t see any reason why 

men can’t achieve the same as 

women» – are as interesting 

as her refreshing realisation: 

«I think it’s plain to see that 

I am a woman …» 

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In My Small Country 

Jan Weiler spent weeks and 

months taking a good look 

around his country: from Borgholzhausen, 

where the trains 

stop by driving into the swollen 

udder of a cow, to Versmold 

whose inhabitants endearingly 

call it the «grease stain of Germany», 

he saw it all. He has kept 

a witty and amusing record 

of his big and small adventures 

and concludes: Germany is 

worth a visit! 

Gabriela Zander-Schneider 

health 

62189 / u 8.90 

October 2006 

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Are You My Daughter? – 

Living with My Mother 

and Alzheimer’s 

At first there was just a certain 

forgetfulness.Then Gabriela 

Zander-Schneider caught her 

mother going shopping in her 

slippers and hugging strangers. 

She sensitively and openly 

charts her mother’s gradual 

personality change, the long 

way to a diagnosis and the 

enormous challenges that a life 

with Alzheimer’s poses. 

Dietmar Bittrich 

Christmas / humour 



Doris Burger 

sports 

61083 / u 9.90 




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The Christmas-Phobia 

First Aid Book 

If the drone of «Silent Night» 

makes you freeze in horror, if 

you’d rather spend the family 

Christmas under the sofa and if 

you enjoy using Christmas 

tree decorations as snowball 

substitutes: this book is for 

you. It offers ingeniously malicious 

suggestions for Christmas 

with a difference – a distinct 

difference! With refreshing wit, 

Dietmar Bittrich shows how 

you can celebrate Christmas – 

and keep a smile on your face! 

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Power Nordic Walking 

Walking with sticks is the thing! 

Even joggers change to Nordic 

Walking and look for appropriate 

training programmes.Top 

expert Doris Burger presents the 

power version of Nordic Walking 

with training checks and with 

the ultimate walking techniques. 

Theo Herrlein 

Christmas 

62182 / u 9.90 


T. Steffens / M. Grüning 

sports 



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The Christmas 

Encyclopaedia 

Where did the tradition of 

mistletoe come from? Who 

should or shouldn’t you be 

kissing under there? And 

where was the very first 

Christmas market held? 

Theo Herrlein’s Christmas 

encyclopaedia has all the 

answers. 3200 entries on 

Christmas and its varied 

traditions guarantee new, 

exciting insights for the 

whole family. 

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Runner’s World: 

The Running Book 

for Women 

This ultimate handbook 

contains everything you need 

to know about healthy, 

balanced running as a 

woman – a whole range of 

running and fitness programmes, 

ideal running techniques, 

tailored training 

rotas and specific diet tips, 

stretching routines and a 

guide to sports injuries.

Hans-Erhard Lessing 

monographs 

50594 / u 8.50 


Uwe Naumann 

monographs 



Volker Ullrich 

monographs 



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Robert Bosch 

Often dismissed as an eccentric 

Swabian inventor, Robert Bosch 

(1861–1942) is actually one 

of the great founding figures of 

German industrial history.The 

multitalented technician was 

quick to recognize the car had 

a future: his invention of the 

spark plug initiated the success 

of his enterprising company. He 

was also the first to introduce 

the 8-hour working day, the 

5-day week and paid holidays. 

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Klaus Mann 

Klaus Mann started out as a 

literary enfant terrible. After the 

Nazis rose to power in 1933, he 

became an important representative 

of the Hitler-opposition, 

fighting against the Third Reich 

with self-published magazines 

and with novels like Mephisto 

(1936) and The Volcano (1939). 

His autobiography The Turning 

Point is one of the most impressive 

accounts of the Nazi era in 

German literature. 


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Napoleon 

Napoleon Bonaparte is one of 

the most fascinating and most 

irritating figures of world 

history. His rise from nowhere 

to become the Emperor of 

France and ruler of Europe and 

his equally sudden fall and 

ignominious end on the rocky 

island of St. Helena have captured 

people’s imagination and 

provoke incessant disputes 

among historians. 

Reinhard Ermen 

monographs 



Stephen Tree 

monographs 



Gerd Presler 

monographs 



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Joseph Beuys 

The life of Joseph Beuys 

(1921–1986) is surrounded by 

myth; his works are considered 

deeply meaningful and yet 

enigmatic. Indisputably one of 

the most important artists of the 

20 th century, his installations, 

sculptures, objects and drawings 

merge topical allusion and 

biographical elements with an 

often esoteric understanding of 

nature. 

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Moses Mendelssohn 

An openly religious Jew from a 

poor background, small and 

hunchbacked, Moses, son of 

Mendel from Dessau, or as he 

called himself: Moses Mendelssohn 

(1729–1786), became 

one of the leading thinkers of 

Berlin, Prussia and Europe. 

He was the child of a time in 

which the world and the German 

Jewry, from whence he came, 

changed significantly. 

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The Bridge 

«The Bridge» wrote an exciting 

chapter of art history. From 

1905 to 1913, its members – 

among them Emil Nolde, Ernst 

Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Mueller, 

Max Pechstein, Karl Schmitt- 

Rottluff – challenged the arts 

establishment: their works, now 

precious exhibits in the world’s 

greatest museums, were met 

with incomprehension and 

their spontaneous, dynamic 

style of painting was ridiculed 

as dilettantism. 

Beck-Bornholdt / Dubben 

science 

62196 / u 9.90 


Wilhelm Tim Hering 

science 

62186 / u 8.90 


Hugo Friedrich 

encyclopaedia 

55683 / u 16.90 




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The Dog who Laid Eggs – 

Don’t Trust Statistics 

Statistics are endlessly pliable – 

and yet we willingly trust every 

new study circulated by scientists 

and the media. «Don’t 

believe anything!» is the credo of 

the authors who have a great 

time dissecting and disproving 

rash statistical statements. 

Rights sold to Korea (Indebook) 

and Hungary (Magyar). 

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How Science Knows 

what It Knows 

The myriad reports about striking 

achievements and surprising 

new theories of natural science 

tend to give little information 

on how their facts were actually 

gathered.Wilhelm Tim Hering is 

the first to systematically – 

and humorously – explain the 

different methods, rules of play 

and verification procedures 

with which scientists gather 

their knowledge – and what 

impact this has on our lives. 

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The Structure 

of Modern Poetry 

This book is looking at the characteristics 

of modern poetry 

beyond the personal and the 

rational. Hugo Friedrich’s critical 

expertise, his intellectual 

creativity and analytical language 

are considered exemplary 

for any examination of 

writing styles and interpretation 

of poetic œuvres. 

Fritsche / Mischak / Krome non-fiction 

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science 

62190 / u 8.90 


Klaus Amann 

encyclopaedia 

55685 / u 12.90 


Riddle Me This – 

Mathematical 

Brainteasers 

Go on an entertaining journey 

to the tower-magicians of 

Hanoi, join the award ceremony 

of the brainteaser competition 

for oldies and become part of a 

special force in the republic 

of Mathemazumbia. Hard to 

believe how quickly even number-phobics 

will get hooked. 

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Robert Musil – 

Literature and Politics 

This book features two 

speeches, one essay and several 

accompanying texts – which 

have not been analysed together 

before.They document 

Musil’s reaction to the political 

changes in the 1930s and the 

resulting personal consequences, 

as well as Musil’s contemplation 

of his role as a writer 

and the function of literature 

in the face of dictatorships of 

the left and right. 

Klaus-Michael Bogdal a.o. 

encyclopaedia 

55682 / u 10.90 


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BA-Studies 

German Literature – 

A Course Book 

This course book is structured 

to match the modules of the 

new BA courses. A systematic 

and historical introduction sketches 

the foundations of German 

Literature with its sub-disciplines. 

Exercises in working 

techniques used in German 

literature follow, the advanced 

modules deepen the knowledge 

of the students.

Martin Walser Highlight 



July 2006 


0814 / u 17.90 


humour / reference 

543 / u 16.90 


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Blossoms of Fear 

The phone rings. Karl von Kahn, an investment 

consulter in Munich, learns from his 

best friend’s wife, Gundi, that her husband 

has been paralyzed. Upon visiting the hospital, 

Karl is shaken to find his friend looking 

as though he is on death’s doorstep. After 

his visit, Gundi invites Karl to stop by at her 

house, where she asks him to sign a contract 

dealing with the sale of a business, 

claiming it is her husband’s last wish. Ever 

the loyal friend, Karl does as she asks, but 

that same night, he learns that his friend 

has made a miraculous recovery. Has Karl 

Exhilaration 

There’s no problem big or small that 

doesn’t have its place in Linda’s life. 

It’s Friday evening, and Linda has no idea 

how she is going to get through the weekend 

– just as she has no idea how she’s 

survived the past six months. During that 

time she reluctantly left her boyfriend. She 

changed cities and jobs. She took a humiliating 

vacation in a resort for lonesome 

singles and received some worrisome predictions 

from a fortune-teller. Now she’s 

waiting for her lover to decide between her 

and his wife and has to save the life of a 

Lexicon of Superfluous Things 

Everyday life is full of things we don’t really 

need, consumer goods that only consume 

time and money, and reduce the quality of 

life. Mobile phones, for instance, have to 

serve as cameras, MP3 players and Internet 

portals – they do everything but the laundry. 

Sport utility vehicles that could cross Siberia 

clog every intersection, and you can’t 

prepare breakfast any more without using a 

dozen kitchen appliances. 

With ironic wit, Alexander von Schönburg 

attempts to cut through the jungle of things 

we have but don’t need. His lexicon covers 

von Kahn become the victim of a clever 

swindle? His telephone rings again.This 

time it’s a request that he co-finance a film 

adaptation of Othello. Unable to resist the 

seductive charms of the young actress cast 

to play the lead, Karl agrees. But he can’t 

shake the suspicion that he is being duped 

again. 

Martin Walser’s latest novel is a grand tale 

of deception. 

Martin Walser’s works have been translated 

into 30 languages. 

Ildikó von Kürthy Highlight 

love-sick gay friend she met after a mistake 

by a dating agency. It’s going to be one heck 

of a weekend in Berlin – but nothing can 

surprise Linda any more. 

Ildikó von Kürthy’s works have been 

translated into 20 languages. 

Alexander von Schönburg Highlight 

everything from answering machines to 

electric toothbrushes to horoscopes to lava 

lamps to unnecessary conversational tics. 

This humorous reference work is a how-to 

guide for modern urbanites who want to get 

back to the basics. 

Rights in the bestseller The Art of Stylish 

Poverty have been sold to China (Hua Yi), 

Finland (Atena), Italy (Mondadori), 

Japan (Shueisha), Korea (The Open 

Books), Poland (PIW), Russia (Text) and 

Taiwan (Business Weekly).

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