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Martin Walser David Safier Hans Joachim
Schädlich Peter Rühmkorf Jindrich Mann
Joachim Fest Markus Grill Pia Frankenberg
Volker Hage Rainer Klis Helge Timmerberg
Dietrich Grönemeyer Michael Degen Klaus
Scherer Wolfgang Leonhard Peter Huth
Dorothee Schmitz-Köster Kathrin Passig Ingo Metzmacher Nicolas Remin Felicitas Mayall
Kay Cordes Holly-Jane Rahlens Thomas Gsella Sabine Wassermann Wolf Schneider Niels
Boeing Mascha Kaléko Sabine Neuffer Dezsö Kosztolányi Bernd List Edelgard Spaude
Astrid Fritz Monika Mann Dirk Nowitzki Jan Böttcher Moritz Rinke Petra Hammesfahr
Norbert Zähringer Carsten Klemann Gabriele Gillen Aleks Scholz Edith Beleites Elke
Loewe Max Goldt Heidi Goch Carlo Schäfer Ulla Lachauer Georg Heller Ruth Berger
Alexandra Guggenheim Ralf König Renée Karthee Gerlis Zillgens Ulricke Kuckero
Hortense Ullrich Georg Klein Andrea Wandel Sabine Both Wolfram Hänel Nina
Brandhoff Rosa Naumann Bernhard Hoecker Dorothee Wolter Simone Thomalla Eva B.
Erica Fischer Simone Ladwig-Winters Christian Nürnberger Rocko
Schamoni Rosamunde Pilcher Marie Nejar Borwin Bandelow
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Table of Contents
Hardcover 1
Paperback
Fiction 1
Non-Fiction 7
Children’s Books 16
Fiction 20
Crime 24
Historical Fiction 25
Non-Fiction 26
Science 33
Encyclopaedia 34
Monographs 35
Highlights 36
Contact 37
Helge Timmerberg
The House of Talking Animals
When it comes to love, opposites don’t always attract –
but they can heighten the passion! In a Moroccan
summer cottage that houses a cosy commune of
humans and animals, all hell breaks loose when Putzi
the cat and Haluf the piglet fall in love. At first everything
goes well, even though she is a loner and he is
a bit of a party piglet. But when Haluf falls into a
coma after a mysterious accident, the great love story
seems destined for tragedy ...
Helge Timmerberg knows Marrakesh intimately.
With all its dreams and desires, it is the wellspring of
world story telling and fantasy. Set in an unusual
community which is also home to Speedy the turtle,
Chingachgook the last chameleon and Rambo the
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contemporary fiction
144 pages
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fiction
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Rowohlt·Berlin
March 2007
Helge Timmerberg was born
in 1952 in Dorfitter and is an
adventurer, journalist and
travel writer, spending part
of the year in Marrakesh.
His work has appeared in
Stern, Merian, Playboy and
the prestigious weekly
Die Zeit. In 2001, he published
Tigers Don’t Eat
Yogis.Travel Stories, in 2005,
Timmerberg’s Wildlife and in
2006 Shiva Moon. A Journey
Through India about which
Die Welt commented:
«A hilariously funny book …
Timmerberg writes as
divinely as Ganesh and
Krishna put together.»
chipmunk, this tale of two ill-suited creatures also
manages to slip in the wonders of evolution:
Timmerberg’s speaking animals make a truly eccentric
chorus and give this fabulous story a unique and
brilliantly cheeky tone.
English sample translation available.
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Martin Walser
poetry
90 pages
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contemporary fiction
464 pages
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fiction
The Tormented Animal – 39 Ballads
Drawings by Alissa Walser
«No flower grows in my mouth», says one of
these 39 ballads, reflecting a life lived in
suffering. It is the pain of someone falling,
tormented and in turmoil, who says:
«If now I threw a leaf into the water / jumped
on it, it would carry me, I / would swim
away. As it is, I / drown on solid ground».
These dark, tender ballads are just a few
lines long, but their tragedies are infinite: the
battle with ignorance and hypocrisy, mendacity
and hatred, bloodshed and torture –
and with his own demons, pride and shame.
Emerging dreams and desires are immediately
suppressed.Yet at the end – a ray of
hope – the speaker finally knows his own
name and carries «the moon on his antlers».
Written after 1998, these poems, accompanied
by delicate drawings by Alissa Walser,
are among the most personal Martin Walser
has ever published. A tribute to one of
Germany’s most distinguished writers on his
80 th birthday.
Peter Rühmkorf fiction
Fairy Tales
The fairy tales of prolific German writer
Peter Rühmkorf are among the most ingenious
experiments in this genre. A long
neglected part of his rich œuvre, part four
of this annotated complete works includes
Rühmkorf’s magic novella Auf Wiedersehen
in Kenilworth and the 13-story-cycle
Guardian of the Dung Heap as well as the
writer’s unfinished drafts, notes, «aha!
moments and shooting-star ideas». For the
first time, the romantic irony and magic of
Rühmkorf’s «enlightened fairy tales» are
displayed in all their splendour – a joyful
journey of literary discovery.
Rowohlt
March 2007
Martin Walser was born in
1927 in Wasserburg and now
lives in Überlingen by Lake
Constance. He has received
numerous awards for his
work, among them the Georg
Büchner Award and the
Peace Prize of the German
Book Trade. 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 the novel
Blossoms of Fear.
Martin Walser’s works
have been translated into
30 languages.
Rowohlt
March 2007
Peter Rühmkorf was born
in Dortmund in 1929 and
studied in Hamburg, where
he now lives as a writer.
His many prestigious awards
include the Bremen
Literature Award, Georg
Büchner Award, Droste-
Hülshoff Award, and Arno
Schmidt Award.
Peter Rühmkorf’s poems
have been translated into
several languages.
Georg Klein
contemporary fiction
192 pages
u 17.90
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fiction
The Naked Night Visitor
Night. Somewhere in a town on the German-
Polish border, a naked man comes to in
a backyard and climbs into a Linden tree.
Angela Z., a caretaker and unemployed
physicist, is in the middle of celebrating her
birthday – alone – with bubbly and cheese
nibbles, when the man jumps out of the tree
straight into her living room.
In a flat further down in the same block,
two doctors have apparently been performing
miracles. But Angela has discovered
a strange trail of clues. Even her best friend,
one-time actress Ms. Blumenthal, seems to
be involved: since her visits to Dr. Black and
Dr.Whyte, the old lady is definitely getting
younger! Angela could do with some support
from her nocturnal visitor – who appears to
be a messenger from another world.
The Naked Night Visitor is not just a wondrous
supernatural medical saga, but also
a book about our faith in science – the
religion promising us fertility, health and
sex appeal.
Hans Joachim Schädlich fiction
contemporary fiction
160 pages
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Over – Three Stories
In this trio of stories, Schädlich creates a
thematic connection between three historical
lives.
In «Tusitala», Dr. Clark, a Scottish doctor,
sails to Samoa to visit the poet Robert Louis
Stevenson. He embarks upon the same ship
that Admiral Roggeveen used a hundred
years earlier when he discovered the island
of Samoa in 1722. Events from the 18 th and
19 th century start to curiously overlap ...
«Torniamo a Roma» follows the acclaimed
archaeologist Winckelmann on his final
journey through Italy while «Concert
Spirituel» looks at four moments in the life
of composer Antonio Rosetti.
Without any sentimentality, these stories
capture the end of three famous lives.
Schädlich’s style is more concise than ever,
his simple, clear language a joy to read.
There’s no doubt Schädlich is one of
the most important contemporary German
writers.
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March 2007
Georg Klein was born in
1953 in Augsburg. He has
published the novels
Libidissi, Barbar Rosa, and
The Sun Is Shining on Us,
as well as two volumes of
short stories, Invocation
of the Blind Fish and
Something about Germans.
He has received the Brüder
Grimm Award and Ingeborg
Bachmann Award.
Rights to Georg Klein’s
previous novels have been
sold to France (Denoël),
Great Britain (Macmillan),
Italy (Marsilio), the
Netherlands (Ambo
Anthos), Poland (Sic!),
Russia (Inostrannaya) and
Spain (Muchnik).
Rowohlt
March 2007
Hans Joachim Schädlich was
born in 1935 in Reichenbach/Vogtland.
He studied
German Literature in Berlin
and Leipzig. His numerous
accolades include the
Heinrich Böll Award, Hans
Sahl Award, Kleist Award,
Schiller Memorial Award,
Lessing Award and Samuel
Bogumil Linde Award.
Schädlich lives in Berlin.
Rights to the author’s
former books have been
sold to Bulgaria (Pygmalion),
Denmark (Fremad),
France (Gallimard),
Holland (Meulenhoff),
Israel (Xargol), Italy
(Einaudi), Korea (Charm
Soul Publ.), Romania
(Daos) and the USA
(Harcourt Brace).
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Felicitas Mayall
crime
400 pages
u 19.90
contemporary fiction
224 pages
u 17.90
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fiction
Death of a Wolf
Laura Gottberg’s Fourth Case
The body of successful German author Wolf
Altlander is found dead in his villa south of
Sienna. Commissario Guerrini discovers a
container of laughing gas next to the dead
man. Did the eccentric misanthrope really
die of an overdose? What part did Enzo, his
handsome – and much younger – lover
play? Why does no one apart from his painter
friend Elsa seem upset by his death?
Also, why does Guerrini suddenly see
Chinese people wherever he looks?
Guerrini asks his colleague, Inspector Laura
Gottberg, to help with the investigation –
not entirely for professional reasons. However,
their encounter does not go quite the
way he had hoped: Laura brings her father
to Tuscany ...
Max Goldt fiction
QQ – Quiet Quality
Max Goldt, thinking ahead as he does,
sneaked the theme of his latest book into
his previous one. Clear for all to see in
this excerpt:
«SHOW HOST: Why do so many women
today set out to be so obnoxious?
PETRA HIPPROTH (crime writer):
Well, that’s just a ritualised relic from the
once justified resistance to the demand
for genteelness. Old hat, really. I’ve been
moving away from it for a while now,
I feel like I’m drifting towards QQ.
SHOW HOST: QQ? You’re using rather exotic
expressions today.
PETRA HIPPROTH:You haven’t heard of
QQ? It stands for ‹quiet quality›. A new
American expression for everything that
doesn’t scream or splatter. As I am set on
being able to afford a nice flat in one of
those nice retirement homes for the well
off, I’ve worked out that I will have to carry
on screaming and splattering for another
five years, then hello QQ.»
Kindler
March 2007
Felicitas Mayall started out
as a journalist before establishing
herself as a writer
of crime fiction. She lives
in Priem am Chiemsee.
Death of a Wolf is the fourth
thriller in her hit series
featuring Munich Inspector
Laura Gottberg.
Rowohlt·Berlin
March 2007
Star satirist Max Goldt was
born in 1958 in Göttingen
and lives in Berlin. His latest
publications include When
Wearing a White Suit and
The Magic of Walking Past
Sideways. Goldt, who has
been writing for Titanic
magazine since 1989, is also
a musician and writes radio
plays and comics. In 1997,
he was awarded the Kassel
Literature Prize for grotesque
humour and in 1999,
he received the Richard
Schönfeld Award for literary
satire.
David Safier
contemporary fiction
256 pages
u 16.90
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Lousy Karma
Although TV presenter Kim Lange’s marriage
is on the rocks, it’s trebles all round
at work: she has just won the German
Television Award! Sadly, on the very same
night, she is crushed to death by the debris
from a crashed Russian space station.
At the gates of Heaven, she is informed that
she has collected too much bad karma in
her life – she neglected her daughter and
cheated on her husband. So back to square
one: she is reborn as an ant.
Life as an ant isn’t exactly a bundle of laughs
and progressing up the ladder of reincarnation
requires a lot of good karma … pronto.
After a short life as a beagle, she finally gets
reborn as a fat French-fries seller. Just in
time to sabotage the marriage of her former
husband to her treacherous best friend …
Original, heart warming, and a total hoot!
Rainer Klis fiction
contemporary fiction
192 pages
u 16.90
Stone Age
After the fall of the Berlin wall,Wolfram
Meister reinvented himself and set up a
hotel. Now very successful, the hotel runs
itself and he is a man in his prime with lots
of money and time on his hands. He often
sits and smokes, dreaming of escape.
Then he falls in love and the future seems
rosy again. Is this the moment to sell the
hotel and make a fresh start? Meister has
doubts about his enchanting Nelli, but he
knows that he mustn’t lose this chance. He
wants to test her: how about escaping civilization
for a while? Unaware of how much
his plan affronts her, Meister loses control
when his oldest friend turns rival and wants
Nelli for himself …
Rainer Klis tells this story about the risks
of change with unsentimental, pointed
language and creates a novel full of subtle
tension.
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Kindler
March 2007
Successful screenwriter
David Safier was born in
1966. His numerous awards
include the prestigious
Grimme Award, the German
Television Award and the
international Emmy Award.
David Safier lives and works
in Bremen. Lousy Karma is
his debut novel.
Rowohlt·Berlin
March 2007
Rainer Klis was born in 1955
in Karl-Marx-Stadt. After
finishing his studies at the
Leipzig Institute of Literature,
he started making a
name for himself with his
short prose. Since the fall
of the Berlin wall, he has
travelled the world and
written numerous travel
stories. His recent novels
include The Night of the
Salesman (2000) and Night
of the Cavaliers (2003). His
latest prose collection is
Man Without Horse (2004).
Klis lives in Chemnitz and
Hohenstein-Ernstthal.
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Kay Cordes fiction
historical crime
448 pages
u 16.90
Ruth Berger
historical crime
352 pages
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The Sorcerer’s Daughter
The city of Tübingen is buckling under a
heat wave when a vicious hailstorm rampages
across the land and devastates the
harvest.The superstitious citizens of
Tübingen are looking for a scapegoat and
find him in night watchman Martin Wecker.
They throw him into the city dungeon as a
sorcerer. His daughter Anne fights for his
life.The Council is inclined to believe her,
but then a prostitute is found murdered –
with a magic wand stuck through her
tongue.The assistant watchman accuses
Anne of murder. Can Lukas, the young
deputy magistrate, help her at all?
fiction
Gretchen
In 1771, Susanna Margaretha Brandt is a
decent, industrious girl of 24, working as a
maid in a Frankfurt guesthouse. One night,
a guest seduces her – the first and only
time she has been involved with a man, as
she later declares at her trial. Realising
she is pregnant, she tells no one, gives birth
to the child in an outhouse and kills it
immediately.
She is found out by the justice system and
the case causes an outcry in Frankfurt
society. In January 1772, Susanna Margaretha
is publicly executed – the young Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe watching in the
crowd. Her plight moves him so much that
he immortalises her as Faust’s Gretchen.
Ruth Berger tells Gretchen’s harrowing true
story, bringing to life one of the most
famous heroines in German literature –
captivating, dramatic and moving.
Wunderlich
July 2007
Kay Cordes was born in 1960
and did his PhD in Music
at Tübingen University. He
has one son and lives near
Lüneburg with his family.
Kindler
July 2007
Ruth Berger’s three novels
to date have been a huge
success with critics and
readers alike. She lives and
works as a historian in
Frankfurt.
Wolf Schneider
Happiness! – An Alternative User Manual
Yet another book about happiness? Yes, but this is
one of a kind: down to earth, fun, encyclopaedic –
and full of quirky surprises. For over thirty years,
bestselling author Wolf Schneider has devoted himself
to the vexed question of what happiness is and
what helps to enhance it. Now he has gathered everything
you always wanted to know about happiness
into one book.
What actually makes us happy? Money? A high-flying
career? The simple life? Bright kids? Cuddly pets?
There are myriad answers to these questions, so who
do you listen to, whose advice can you trust?
psychology
320 pages
u 19.90
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Spring and Summer 2007
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March 2007
Wolf Schneider, born in 1925,
was head of the acclaimed
Hamburg Journalist School
for 16 years. He was also
correspondent for Associated
Press and for the Süddeutsche
Zeitung, executive editor
for the magazine Stern,
editor in chief for Die Welt
and presenter on the NDR-
Talkshow. He has written
numerous non-fiction bestsellers
and lives by Lake
Starnberg.
Schneider takes an objective look at the flourishing
«happiness industry», from the teachings of our great
philosophers to the supposedly sure-fire methods
offered by an avalanche of self-help literature. He wittily
separates plausible advice from the slightly contentious
and the downright ludicrous. A unique user-friendly
manual for a truly happier life.
Rights to Wolf Schneider’s Great Losers have been
sold to Japan (Soshisha), Korea (Eulyoo) and Taiwan
(Commonwealth).
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Volker Hage
biography
160 pages / illustrated
u 16.90
Peter Satorius / Joachim Mölter / Dirk Nowitzki
(auto)biography
256 pages / illustrated
u 19.90
Simone Thomalla
general interest
224 pages
u 16.90
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John Updike – A Biography
John Updike has long been a contender for
the Nobel Prize for Literature. For half a century,
his novels and stories have explored
the sensitivities of the US middle class.Time
and again, his protagonists attempt to break
free from conventions and relationships –
and on their quest for real meaning, they
are confronted with the mysteries of love
and death, religion and art.
Volker Hage is one of Germany’s most
respected literary critics and an Updike
aficionado. He recounts John Updike’s
progress from teacher’s son to Harvard
Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki, nicknamed «Magic Dirk»,
«Dirkules» or «German Wunderkind», is the
best basketball player Germany has ever
had and has long been an international
star. The 2.13 metre tall Forward has been
playing for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA
since 1998 and has been the German national
team’s undisputed leader for years. Yet
our Bavarian boy always comes across as a
modest, gentle giant – the embodiment of
healthy sport and fair play.
Go Get Me a Beer –
How to Live With Men
You’re a woman who takes no prisoners –
but does it still leave you speechless when
you see the barefaced cheek with which
some men take what they want? Then
Simone Thomalla can teach you a thing or
two.This experienced actress shows you
how to win back the leading role in your
life.With charm, wit and a potty mouth,
she explains how her own experiences of
masculine mishaps, mix-ups and misfortune
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scholar and internationally feted novelist,
essayist and critic. At the same time, he
celebrates the writer’s effortless mastery of
almost any subject and genre. Updike’s
«favourite German interviewer» has visited
the USA for extensive meetings with the writer.
Volker Hage was born in Hamburg in 1949.
He worked as literary editor for Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung and Die Zeit, and is now
literary editor for Der Spiegel magazine. He
has been a visiting professor at Universities
in Germany and the USA. With Rowohlt, he
published the Max Frisch monograph, which
is now in its 15 th edition.
non-fiction
non-fiction
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This is the first book to tell his success story,
and it does so in an original mixture of
biography and autobiography: the journalists
Peter Satorius and Joachim Mölter describe
Nowitzki’s career and the American sports
system, while Dirk Nowitzki himself reveals
his background, his personal successes, his
experiences and vision. Informative and
gripping at the same time, this is an authentic
close-up of an XXL sportsman!
Wunderlich
July 2007
have taught her to walk tall, no matter
how hairy the situation … an indispensable
survival-guide.
Simone Thomalla was born in 1965 in
Potsdam. The well-known actress lives with
former football manager Rudi Assauer.
Jindrich Mann
history
256 pages
u 19.90
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non-fiction
Prague, Poste Restante – The Untold
Story of the Other Mann Family
Leonie, the only daughter of acclaimed
writer Heinrich Mann and his wife Maria
Kanova, is only seventeen when she has to
flee from Germany with her Jewish mother.
They settle in Prague, but the long arm of
the Nazis soon reaches them and Maria
Kanova dies in 1947 as a result of her incarceration
in a concentration camp. In the
same year, Leonie falls in love with successful
author Ludvik Askenazy.
Sharing his turbulent family history, Heinrich
Mann’s grandson Jindrich describes his
privileged childhood inside the communist
regime of the 1950s. In 1968, the Prague
Spring propels the family into the West and
Jindrich, now 20 and a third generation emigrant,
tries to settle in the buzzing Berlin of
the student movement.
This genuinely affecting book follows the
adventures of a small boy in the middle of a
fascinating Prague and tells the completely
unknown story of «the other Mann Family».
Joachim Fest non-fiction
essays
256 pages
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The Middle Class:
A Way of Life – Late Essays
This stimulating collection of Joachim Fest’s
late essays captures the essence of his
razor sharp intellect: it covers the Third
Reich and the German Resistance, the role
of intellectuals in this ideological age, the
importance of literature and fine art
through the centuries and the secrets of
writing about history.We also find surprising
insights into important contemporaries, like
Willy Brandt, who for Joachim Fest represented
the middle class with all their faults
and foibles – a topic that preoccupied him.
All of these essays from the pen of an extraordinarily
erudite mind and brilliant writer
bear witness to Fest’s commitment to historical
honesty and literary courage.
Rights to Joachim Fest’s works have been
sold to more than 20 countries.
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March 2007
Filmmaker Jindrich Mann,
grandson of Heinrich Mann,
was born in 1948 in Prague.
His mother Leonie was
Heinrich Mann’s only daughter
and his father was the
successful Czech writer
Ludvik Askenazy. After the
Prague Spring of 1968,
Mann’s family emigrated to
the West. He returned home
in 1990.
Rowohlt
March 2007
Joachim Fest (1926–2006)
was a publicist, historian
and a national institution.
From 1963 he was editor in
chief at the prestigious
regional radio NDR and from
1973 to 1993 editor of the
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung. Other publications
include Speer (1999),
The Fall. Hitler and the End
of the Third Reich (2002),
Encounters (2004) and Not I
(2006).
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Dorothee Schmitz-Köster non-fiction
history
288 pages / illustrated
u 19.90
history / autobiography
288 pages / illustrated
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Child L 364 –
A Lebensborn Family Story
Illegitimate and unwanted, Heilwig is born
in 1938, as Child L 364 in a Lebensborn
Children’s Home. Heinrich Himmler takes
her under his wing and four years later,
Heilwig’s mother marries Oswald Pohl, an
SS General and Himmler’s confidant. Pohl
adopts the child and Heilwig grows up amid
the highest NS circles.
The end of the war brings catastrophe: her
family flees the Red Army, her stepfather
is sentenced to death at Nürnberg and
executed in 1951. Heilwig is told about her
Lebensborn past and because of this and
her stepfather’s identity, she experiences
intense isolation. Meeting her biological
father at 18 restores some balance and
when she gets married, her life settles down.
Until her own children confront her with
her past and the wounds are re-opened …
An absorbing piece of contemporary
German history.
Wolfgang Leonhard non-fiction
My History of the GDR
Wolfgang Leonhard, author of the worldwide
bestseller Child of the Revolution, is the last
survivor of Group Ulbricht, the «founder
fathers» of the GDR. He sums up his life –
a life closely entwined with the history of
Communism in the 20 th century.
A political pioneer, Leonhard was given the
assignment to build a socialist Germany
after World War II.Yet he soon broke with
the Stalinist structures taking shape in the
GDR. In this book, he describes the rise and
fall of the state he felt so passionate about,
but ultimately had to leave in disappointment.
His account covers the years after
1945, his life as an Eastern expert in the
West, and the Stasi plot to kidnap him. He
shares his close encounters with GDR leaders
like Walter Ulbricht, Erich Honecker and
super spy Markus Wolf and also sheds light
on how he experienced the Cold War and
the fall of the GDR. An eye witness account
of a decisive period in recent history.
Rowohlt·Berlin
July 2007
Dorothee Schmitz-Köster
was born in 1950. She wrote
her PhD on GDR literature
and has been working as a
radio journalist and writer
since 1995. Among her many
books are German Mother,
Are You Ready? Every Day
Life in Lebensborn (1997)
and My Father’s War.
A German Soldier in Norway.
(2004). Dorothee Schmitz-
Köster lives in Bremen.
Rowohlt·Berlin
March 2007
Wolfgang Leonhard was
born in Vienna in 1921, but
grew up in exile in Moscow
with his mother. In 1943, he
joined the national committee
Free Germany, returning
to Berlin in May 1945 with
the so-called Group Ulbricht.
After two years’ work for
the Central Committee of
the German Communist
party KPD, he broke with
Stalinism and fled to West
Germany, where he established
himself as a leading
expert on the Soviet Union.
For over twenty years he
taught the history of communism
at Yale University
and published numerous
books and articles. Today, he
lives in Manderscheid (Eifel)
as a freelance publicist.
Kathrin Passig / Aleks Scholz
Encyclopedia of Ignorance –
Everything We Don’t Know So Far
You might think our world is pretty much explained,
analyzed, decoded and described.We only have to
delve into the tangled mass of information available
to discover when, what and by whom.
It comes as a surprise then, to find just how many
blind spots still exist on the map of human knowledge,
even in areas we wouldn’t expect: we know as
little about how eels procreate as we do about how
hallucinogenic drugs work, or female ejaculation,
or the boomerang, or about dark matter, or how you
catch a cold.Why exactly does sticky tape stick?
Why does the earth hum and why do sharks not get
cancer? How did life on earth start? Why do autumn
leaves change colour? And how come stones smell?
general interest
256 pages
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Rowohlt·Berlin
July 2007
The Encyclopedia of Ignorance is an extraordinarily
witty and entertaining read, documenting the astonishing
gaps in our knowledge.
Kathrin Passig was born in 1970 and lives in Berlin
working as a journalist, translator and computer programmer.
She is a founder member of the Zentrale Intelligenz
Agentur (an alternative artists co-op) and is a major contributor
to its weblog Riesenmaschine, which received the
prestigious Grimme Online Award in 2005. Her short story
You Are Here won her both the Ingeborg Bachmann Award
and the Klagenfurt Audience Award in 2006.
Aleks Scholz was born in 1975 and is an astronomer in the
field of planet and star formation at Toronto University.
He, too, writes regularly for Riesenmaschine – as well as
for many broadsheets and scientific publications.
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Michael Degen non-fiction
autobiography
304 pages
u 19.90
My Holy Land –
Searching for My Lost Brother
After surviving World War II by hiding with
his mother in Berlin, Michael Degen takes a
ship to Israel. He wants to find his brother,
who managed to flee Germany in 1940.
Stepping ashore all alone, the seventeenyear-old
discovers a land full of blos-soming
citrus orchards, inhabited by people from
all around the world. He needs all the courage
he can muster to find his way through
this dynamic, turbulent country. He refuses
to serve in the army and goes on hunger
strike; he learns Hebrew and in a trice, he is
performing Molière in Tel Aviv; yet nothing
is more important to him than tracing surviving
members of his family, his ancient great
uncle for example, who sparkles with wit
and wisdom. Finally, he finds a clue that
leads him to his brother …
Michael Degen tells his dramatic life story
in an intimate and utterly engaging style –
painting a vivid picture of Israel’s founding
years and of the German post war period.
Gabriele Gillen non-fiction
general interest
192 pages
u 16.90
Frog Princesses – New Insights
into the Female Species
Gabriele Gillen has penned a turbulent life
story – her own. It is also an honest and
personal account of a whole generation:
the post ’68 women.They were the first to
abandon traditional role models, to have a
career, to go into politics: «We lived through
a colourful, exciting transition. But into
what? The new freedom of choice and the
pressure to express an original vision for
our lives led many of us down dead ends.»
Gillen talks about her childhood in the 60s,
her private and political journeys in the 70s
and 80s, her hopes, relationships, career
and children decisions and various ageing
catastrophes. A critical and light hearted
account of living with contradictions.What
did we achieve? Was there any point?
Where are we going now, in a world in which
Angela Merkel and the cult of youth rule?
Rowohlt·Berlin
March 2007
Michael Degen was born
in 1932 in Chemnitz and
survived Nazi Germany
under cover in Berlin. He
trained as an actor at
Deutsches Theater Berlin
and from 1949, spent some
years in Israel. Back in
Germany, he performed
on all the great German
stages, directed by Ingmar
Bergman, Peter Zadek and
George Tabori among
others. The first part of
his autobiography, Not All
of Them Were Murderers
(1999), is a longstanding
bestseller and has been
turned into a film.
Rowohlt
March 2007
Gabriele Gillen was born in
1959. She has been working
as a radio journalist for
WDR radio in Cologne since
1988 and has written several
books. She lives in Cologne
and Berlin.
Peter Huth
general interest
256 pages
u 16.90
travel
256 pages / illustrated
u 19.90
Foreign Rights
From Siberia to Japan – Journey
Through a Forgotten Paradise
The region between Siberia and Japan is one
of the most remote areas of our planet and
a gateway between two worlds.Klaus Scherer
embarks on a journey through the unfamiliar
Far East: from Kamtchatka via the Kuril
Archipelago to Hokkaido, exploring this
region’s unique and wild appearance together
with its turbulent history. He accompanies
hardy nomads and grizzled airplane pilots,
follows the tracks of earlier explorers and
visits Japanese graves in Russia and Orthodox
churches in Japan. He survives an earthquake
and a typhoon while under surveillance
by Cold War secret services. Scherer
beautifully captures the people who live
here: bear naturalists and caviar smugglers,
dancing girls and village elders – not to
mention the father confessor of the Russian
nuclear submarine fleet.
This travel adventure paints a vivid picture
of a fascinating world, an absorbing
historical panorama full of contradictions.
Spring & Summer 2007
Rowohlt·Berlin
March 2007
Klaus Scherer was born in
1961. In 1999, he became TV
station ARD’s Far East
correspondent and head of
their Tokyo office. Since
2004, he has worked as
editor and author for TV
station NDR. Recent travel
books include: Travelling
the Polar Circle. Forty Days
in Alaska, Canada and
Greenland (2006). In 1996,
Klaus Scherer was awarded
the TeleStar and he received
the prestigious Adolf
Grimme Award in 2001.
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non-fiction
The Office – A Survival Guide
Spacious, pokey, old fashioned or hyper
modern – the office has become our new
home.The boundaries between work and
private life have shifted.We fall in love in the
office, our colleagues sometimes replace
family, and our work issues stay with us well
after office hours.This habitat has created a
whole new species: the homo officensis.
There is wit and irony aplenty as Huth describes
this creature’s feeding, territorial
and mating rituals. He explores the office
microcosm, its inhabitants and all the dangers
lurking between conference room and
copier, kitchen and company car park.What
sub-species of colleagues are there? What
happens if overnight one of them becomes
your fiercest enemy or your boss turns lover?
This survival guide tells you how to hold
your nerve in this strange yet familiar
environment. It also reminds you how nice
it is – despite the odd adversity – to work
in a team on a daily basis … as long as you
are aware of the pitfalls.
Klaus Scherer non-fiction
Peter Huth was born in 1969
in Kleve. After years as
a journalist in Cologne and
Berlin, he was editor
in chief for the Hamburg
edition of the tabloid Bild.
Today, he is deputy editor
of the daily Berliner Zeitung
newspaper. In 2003, he
published his book Heart
Attack, in 2005, he co-wrote
Self Service with Jan Engelke.
In 2004, he won the Hamburg
Literature Award.
Rowohlt·Berlin
March 2007

Rüdiger Iwan non-fiction
general interest / parenting
192 pages
u 16.90
general interest
224 pages
u 16.90
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The New Waldorf School –
Updating a Successful Model
Anyone interested in education is interested
in Waldorf Schools – but although they
were conceived as a radical and credible
alternative to the mainstream school
system, today they have lost much of their
zest.While the original idea is as potent as
ever, the actual teaching methods seem
antiquated: «Waldorf» has grown stale and
needs inspiration and change.
Experienced Waldorf teacher Rüdiger Iwan
evaluates the theory of the classic Waldorf
School, compares it to today’s practice and,
drawing inspiration from a variety of
teaching and working methodologies,
suggests practical ways to modernise
Waldorf Schools.The book is packed with
bold ideas for a school that stimulates all
our children’s senses and releases them into
the world as self-confident young adults.
Markus Grill non-fiction
Sick Business –
How We Are Manipulated by
the Pharmaceutical Industry
With disastrous reforms, two-tier treatment
and scandals galore – our trust in the health
service and the pharmaceutical industry
is waning. Rightly so: doctors are being
seduced into prescribing particular drugs
although there are cheaper, equally effective
alternatives. Politicians are being manipulated
into promoting the interests of the
pharmaceutical industry. Senior professors
are being royally rewarded for praising
drugs they have never tested. In short: the
industry does everything in its power to
flood the market with its products.
During his meticulous research, Markus Grill
spoke to numerous patients, doctors and
pharmaceutical reps.The result is a shocking,
in-depth report into the pharmaceutical
giants who put their profit before our health.
Rowohlt
July 2007
Rüdiger Iwan was born in
Gelsenkirchen in 1955. He
taught at Waldorf Schools
for many years before joining
the perpetuum novile
school innovation project in
1999 as chief executive. Together
with Daimler-Chrysler
and a number of different
schools, he developed a
successful scheme called
New Paths to Qualification
that helps underperforming
pupils find attractive training
opportunities. Rüdiger
Iwan is married with four
children and lives in Schwäbisch
Hall.
Rowohlt
August 2007
Markus Grill, 38, is an investigative
journalist working
for Stern magazine.
He received the Dr. Georg
Schreiber Award and was
nominated for the Henri
Nannen Journalist Award for
his revelations about the
pharmaceutical giant Ratiopharm.
He also received the
Golden Apple Award for his
article «The Pharma-Duel».
Ingo Metzmacher
Curtain Up! – Discover and Enjoy Opera
Opera has enthralled people for centuries. Every
great opera holds a passionate message for humanity.
How has it maintained its appeal for modern audiences?
What gives it that special magic and what does
the music tell us that words could not?
There are few people better placed to answer these
questions than Ingo Metzmacher. In over 20 years in
the orchestra pit, he has worked with the most feted
singers and directors. In his touchingly personal
account of how he got to know and love opera, he
whisks us through the dazzling world of musical
theatre, brings to life key scenes from four hundred
books for the next
generation
152 pages / illustrated
u 16.90
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non-fiction
Spring & Summer 2007
Rowohlt·Berlin
July 2007
Ingo Metzmacher, born in
1957, is an internationally
successful conductor who
worked at the great opera
houses of Brussels, Dresden,
Stuttgart, Paris and Los
Angeles before he became
musical director in Hamburg
from 1997 to 2005. Since
then, he has been chief
conductor at De Nederlandse
Opera in Amsterdam. In
September 2007, he will
move to Berlin to become
the Deutsche Symphonie
Orchester’s chief conductor.
In 2005, he published his
book Listen Up! Music from
Bach to Stockhausen.
years of opera history and offers an insight into the
breathtaking developments of 20 th century opera. An
enticing invitation to experience the marriage of theatre
and music for ourselves, this voyage of discovery takes
us from Monteverdi to Mozart, from Verdi and Wagner to
Alban Berg and Hans Werner Henze.
Rights to Listen Up! have been sold to China (Hua Yi)
and the Netherlands (Cossee).
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Silke Kramer (Ed.)
young fiction
12+
192 pages / u 6.90
June 2007
Ulrike Kuckero
young fiction
12+
192 pages / u 6.90
May 2007
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Chaos, Kisses, Holidays
Fancy meeting the cutest boy
in Europe on the night bus
to Paris, or getting your first
proper snog on a Thai beach,
or successfully spreading love
sickness on a cruise … all this
is on the cards when you dive
into the travel stories of our
most popular chaos-kissescatastrophes
authors!
Essential for every rucksack:
exciting, romantic, exotic and
funny!
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Paula’s Breaking Up Book
Paula and Elias – the perfect
couple? Wrong! Paula can’t
help feeling that Elias is acting
strangely. Doesn’t he love her
anymore? Has he got someone
else? She broods … and notices
that she isn’t too sure of her
feelings for him, either.What
now? Break up? She’d like to
consult her best friend, but
Judith is on love cloud nine at
the moment – useless! Also,
Judith has zero experience of
splits. Paula plucks up all her
courage … can she and Elias at
least remain friends?
Rights to the author’s previous
books have been sold to
Greece (Kedros) and Poland
(Dolnoslaskie).
Renée Karthee
young fiction
12+
192 pages / u 6.90
July 2007
Hortense Ullrich
young fiction
12+
192 pages / u 6.90
September 2007
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Heartbeat Hotel
Maxi knows a thing or two
about heartache: The daughter
of a hotel owner sees love from
every angle day in, day out.
Take Thea: she books into the
hotel for a few weeks on a
work placement with a film
production. As her new love is
400 kilometres away, Thea
spends every free minute on
the phone. Sadly her long
distance romance is over all
too quickly and Maxi ends up
consoling a disappointed Thea.
Maxi could do with a bit of
cheering up herself: her crush
Till hasn’t even noticed her yet.
The Heartbeat Hotel is the
perfect backdrop for stories of
love, jealousy and revenge!
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1000 Reasons (Not)
to Play Cupid
Konny has Sarah, Sanny has
Hubertus, Liz has David – only
Konny’s best friend Kai is girlfriend-less.
So Konny embarks
on a quest for the perfect girl,
but without success. As an
expert in matters of the heart,
his twin sister Sanny gets involved,
but mostly to protect the
girls! As the well-meant project
disintegrates into chaos, Kai
himself takes the initiative …
with astounding results!
Rights to previous books
by Hortense Ullrich have been
sold to the Czech Republic
(Albatros), Hungary (Egmont),
Italy (Disney), Lithuania (Alma
Littera), Poland (Dolnoslaskie)
and Spain (Ediciones B).
Rosa Naumann
young fiction
13+
256 pages / u 9.90
October 2007
Holly-Jane Rahlens
young fiction
13+
244 pages / u 6.90
October 2007
Gerlis Zillgens
young fiction
12+
192 pages / u 6.90
October 2007
The Mummy Maker’s Apprentice
Egypt in 1270 before Christ: fifteen-year-old
Ayat is abducted and taken to Luxor, where
he is forced to help Wah, the shady mummifier.
But Ayat takes a shine to the complicated
art of mummifying – and to the
beautiful young girl Tentperet.When Ayat
finds out that Wah is the leader of a grave
robbing gang that steal the precious gifts
entombed with the mummies, he sees his
chance to impress Tentperet and to regain
his freedom.This gets him into very hot
water …
Prince William, Maximilian Minsky
and I
Nelly Edelmeister is a brilliant pupil with
high hopes of becoming an astronaut – and
she’s in love.With Prince William! Her
American mother can’t see the funny side.
Her daughter should be studying the Torah
rather than royal websites, given that Nelly’s
«Bat-Mitzvah» is imminent.When her school
basketball team is invited to a tournament
at Eton, the rather unfit Nelly has only one
goal: to go with them! To stand a chance of
being accepted into the team, she has to
Kiss Marathon
Sports? – how horrible! Inline skating? – no
thanks! Annika prefers watching DVDs. She
isn’t bothered that this means putting on
the odd pound or two. Boys are just hard
work, anyway. Or so she thinks. Until HE
runs into her … knocking her for six …
literally!! Annika’s knees are skinned, but
her heart is on fire.Who is this David?
How can she get his attention? Annika and
her friend Franziska find out that David is
totally focused on his hobby: running. Right
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engage the unspeakably arrogant Maximilian
Minsky as her personal trainer …
Winner of the German Award for Young
Literature, and now a film!
Rights sold to Hungary (Morá),
Italy (Mondadori), Korea (Nurimbo),
the Netherlands (Gottmer), Spain
(SM Ediciones) and the USA (Candlewick).
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now, he’s training for a half marathon.
Annika has no choice, she has to get fit for
the same race … tough times ahead!
Rights to Gerlis Zillgens’ previous books
have been sold to Brasil (Melhoramentos),
Latvia (Jumava), Poland (Nasza Ksiegarnia)
and Russia (Amphora).
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Hortense Ullrich
young fiction
6+
160 pages / u 6.90
July 2007
Wolfram Hänel
young fiction
12+
128 pages / u 5.90
August 2007
Renate Ahrens
young fiction
8+
128 pages / u 5.90
August 2007
Leander’s Bravest Adventures
Leander the little penguin is very curious
and a little courageous, too. He would love
to be part of the cheeky gang of seagulls
that he admires so much, but it isn’t quite
as easy as that.
First, our penguin has to pass some tricky
tests and then embark on adventures
that take him all around the world.Thankfully
he has his trusty friend, the dragon
Mr. Schnabelhorst, by his side.There is
never a dull moment with this exuberant
storybook! Lovingly illustrated, it’s a joy
to read!
Hilfe – Lost in London
A German-English Story
Big Ben,Tower Bridge,West-minster Abbey –
London! Tommi and Lise are sightseeing with
the other pupils on their language course.
After the official tour, they are finally
allowed to explore the city on their own.
But Tommi and Lise soon have a fight and
Lise sets off on her own, while Tommi gets
completely lost and finds himself in trouble
in a dodgy part of town.When he finally
makes it to the coach stop, there is no sign
of Lise …
Hello Marie –
Alles Okay?
A German-English Story
Marie and her family live in Hamburg. She
hasn’t found a best friend at school yet –
until Claire from Ireland joins Marie’s class.
They get on like a house on fire and
manage to understand each other even
though Claire doesn’t speak a word
of German and Marie has only very rudimentary
English.When something goes
missing in class and the suspicion falls on
the Irish girl, Marie can prove herself a real
friend to Claire …
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Rights to previous books by Hortense
Ullrich have been sold to the Czech
Republic (Albatros), Hungary (Egmont),
Italy (Disney), Lithuania (Alma Littera),
Poland (Dolnoslaskie) and Spain
(Ediciones B).
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Sabine Both
young fiction
10+
160 pages / u 6.90
illustrated
September 2007
Andrea Wandel
young fiction
8+
160 pages / u 5.90
illustrated
July 2007
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Kim Crabheart
Kim is as happy as can be. She
can skip straight into the sea
from her bed, light a campfire
in her private dune and run
along the beach dancing with
the waves. Every day is a holiday
for Kim, because she lives
in a beach bar on the Portuguese
coast with her beloved
dog Rasputin, her mum and the
kooky artist Marco. Everything
is perfect, until the day Kim’s
grandma shows up …
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Don’t Panic, Marie!
Marie is totally stressed out:
how is she supposed to get all
the theory into her head in
order to pass the vital rider’s
test?!
If she fails, she’s barred from
the upcoming thoroughbred
tournament and her archrival
Irina would be the only one
to shine! There’s nothing Irina
would like to see more than
Marie failing the exam, so she’d
better keep her head in her
books … don’t lose your nerve
now, Marie!
Rights to previous titles of this
series have been sold to
Denmark (Tellerup) and Poland
(Nasza Ksiegarnia).
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Sabine Both
young fiction
10+
160 pages / u 6.90
illustrated
September 2007
Andrea Wandel
young fiction
8+
160 pages / u 5.90
illustrated
June 2007
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Kim Crabheart Couldn’t
Care Less About School
Kim and her dog Rasputin have
to get used to life in the city.
Grandma and Grandpa have
dragged both of them from Portugal’s
Atlantic coast to Berlin.
All the kicking and screaming
was in vain: after the summer
holidays, Kim will have to go to
school. Being the temperamental
rebel that she is, this is
unlikely to go well …
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Save the Ponies, Marie!
During a ferociously stormy
night, the competition pony
tent collapses.The panicked
animals scatter in all directions.
Marie and her archrival
Irina go in search of their
ponies, Happy and Challenger.
In the dark, they chance upon
a dilapidated farm with four
emaciated mares.They turn out
to be precious and very rare
Sorraia horses, so Marie decides:
she will do her utmost to
find a new home for these
fabulous horses.
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Mascha Kaléko
poems
80 pages / u 5.00
June 2007
Petra Hammesfahr
contemporary fiction
288 pages / u 8.90
August 2007
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The Lyrical Stenobook –
City Poems
Mascha Kaléko shot to literary
fame in 1930’s Berlin and was
hailed by Hermann Hesse and
Thomas Mann as the Poet of
the Big City. Her «poetic shorthand»
reports from the world
of Nine to Five, about living
and loving in the metropolis,
have lost none of their delightful
irony and political wit since
they were first published.This
is a new edition of 20 th century
Germany’s most successful
poetry book and celebrates
Kaléko’s 100 th birthday.
In the Beginning
They’re Still Children
Kathi Lenzen hasn’t had it easy.
First she lost her husband, then
her son. Another bombshell
is dropped when a committed
social worker persuades her to
take in a young shoplifter from
a difficult family. Two worlds
collide – and a relationship of
mutual understanding grows …
This realistic novel from bestselling
crime writer Hammesfahr
is different from anything
she has previously published,
but is as full of suspense as her
best thrillers!
Petra Hammesfahr’s works
have been translated into
17 languages.
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Moritz Rinke
drama
160 pages / u 12.00
August 2007
Georg Heller
contemporary fiction
176 pages / u 8.90
October 2007
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The Nibelungen
Commissioned by the Nibelungen
Festival in Worms,
acclaimed German playwright
Moritz Rinke has written a
completely new version of the
«Nibelungen» drama.With a
spicy sense of irony and a cool
intellect, he casts aside the
burden of scholarly interpretation
and crafts a fresh, irreverent
new take on the heroes of
this medieval German myth.
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The Child He Was: The
Story of Johann Avellis
The family of Johann Avellis is
persecuted by the Nazi regime.
A courageous opponent of
Hitler, his mother has to flee to
Bavaria, but it soon becomes
impossible to hide and Johann
is sent to a forced-labour camp.
Even after 1945, the child of
a Jewish father and protestant
mother, Johann still feels like
an outsider. Heller tells the poignant
story of an extraordinary
youth.
English sample translation
available.
Dezsö Kosztolányi
world literature
192 pages / u 8.90
July 2007
Ulla Lachauer
modern history
192 pages / u 8.90
October 2007
Monika Mann
anthology
224 pages / u 8.90
August 2007
The Adventures of Kornél Esti
Created by renowned Hungarian writer
Dezsö Kosztolányi, Kornél Esti is one of the
most flamboyant and versatile heroes
ever committed to paper. Breezing through
fantastically outrageous adventures, he is
an expert in the art of creative lying, knows
exactly how to deal with «difficult customers»
and regales us with his many spirited
and hilarious encounters. «An important
moment for world literature: the Hungarian
Thomas Mann is finally rediscovered.»
(Die Zeit)
Paradise Lane
«I was born on the morning of Sunday,
June 19, 1910, straight into the sunshine.»
Growing up as a farmer’s daughter in East
Prussia, Lena Grigoleit is witness to two
world wars. In her moving life story, she
talks about how she became a stranger in
her own village, about her deportation to
Siberia and her lonely return to her father’s
house on the river Memel.
Rights sold to Lithuania (Baltu Lanku),
Poland (Fundacja Progranicze)
and Russia (Text).
The Travelling House
Monika Mann (1910–1992) was the «middle»
daughter of Katia and Thomas Mann. Like
the rest of her family, she had to leave
Germany in 1933 and lived in exile in
various countries. Always in the shadow of
her successful siblings, Monika Mann is
the most underrated of the famous writing
dynasty. This introduction to her work is
a fascinating literary discovery.
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Sabine Neuffer
contemporary fiction
256 pages / u 7.90
June 2007
Heidi Goch
contemporary fiction
224 pages / u 7.90
September 2007
T. Gsella / R. Hurzlmeier
humour
64 pages / u 8.90
May 2007
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Love Is a Building Site
38-year-old Hannah is a goldsmith
and single mother. Her
daily routine is abruptly interrupted
when landlord Dirk
turns her shop into a building
site. So she starts to sell online,
with handsome web designer
Till coming as a bonus. Hannah
is in love and deliriously
happy – but then ghosts from
the past come back to haunt
her ... a quirky, heart-warming
love story.
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Man or Car
Lotte’s life could be so pleasantly
laid back. Unfortunately,
she has a go-getting twin sister
Louise, who is just that little bit
thinner and more beautiful than
her – in Lotte’s eyes, anyway.
They share a Hamburg flat, a
brightly coloured convertible
and a best friend – surely, they’ll
stop short at sharing a man …?
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Children, Stop Doing That
Wondering how to keep yourself
sane as you try to bring up
your children? How about a
good dose of black humour?
Thomas Gsella, chief satirist of
Titanic Magazine, and famous
cartoonist Rudi Hurzlmeier
serve up a wickedly witty cocktail
of clever rhymes and drawings
to cheer you up during the
darkest hours of parenting.
Nina Brandhoff
contemporary fiction
256 pages / u 7.90
May 2007
Rocko Schamoni
contemporary fiction
192 pages / u 7.90
May 2007
Elke Loewe
gift book
64 pages / u 5.00
September 2007
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Serial Kisser
Janine is an actress without a
career – all she ever stars in are
embarrasing washing powder
commercials.To improve her
job chances, she starts an
internship at the local TV station
where she gets lumbered
with the most absurd and
undignified tasks. At night, she
throws herself into Munich’s
nightlife, always looking for the
role of her life – and of course
the love of her life.
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The Risks of Fame –
Director’s Cut
What a life! … Rocko Schamoni’s
fast forward romp through a
hilariously incongruous CV
is almost too mad to be true …
he’s been a latter day highwayman,
a junkie rentboy, a sailor,
an artist in Paris, travelled with
the circus and is, of course, one
of our most charismatic cultural
icons. Shockingly funny!
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Nothing Could
Be Simpler – Stories with
Piggeldy and Frederick
Piggeldy and Frederick have
been an institution on German
television for over 30 years.
Although these cartoon piglets
were originally designed for
children, Elke Loewe’s charming,
philosophical dialogues
make them a joy for young and
old alike.
This story book will delight
piglet fans of all ages!
Norbert Zähringer
contemporary fiction
288 pages / u 8.90
September 2007
Pia Frankenberg
contemporary fiction
256 pages / u 8.90
September 2007
fiction
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While I Slept
A refugee called Ismael survives
a fall from a plane over Berlin
because a young security guard
finds and rescues him.The
guard’s flatmate Alp is knocked
unconscious during a political
demonstration and from his
coma, floating above it all, he
tells the story of how these
seemingly unrelated incidents
are secretly connected. A pacy,
tightly plotted suspense novel
about chance and happiness.
fiction
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Nora
New York, post 9/11: a chance
encounter that changes the lives
of two women forever. With
extraordinary sensitivity, Pia
Frankenberg writes about past
traumas and the fragility of
happiness. A gripping novel
about the power of love,
which can be both destructive
and healing.
Foreign Rights
Ralf König
comic
160 pages / u 9.90
October 2007
Jan Böttcher
contemporary fiction
304 pages / u 8.90
August 2007
Spring & Summer 2007
fiction
rororo
A Perfectly Normal
Family
Award winning cult-cartoonist
Ralf König’s latest masterpiece
has three generations of one
family trying to get on with
life – and with each other. Not
always easy, especially when
for starters, the mother’s lover
is also having an affair with
the son’s teenage girlfriend.
They all have skeletons in the
closet … when even the grandparents
are thinking about
getting divorced, we know that
this is a perfectly normal
family! König’s dry humour will
have you in stitches.
Ralf König’s previous works
have been translated into nine
languages.
fiction
rororo
Your Money or Your Life
Karl is a 21-year-old ex-con,
travelling in a VW campervan
from West to East Germany to
attend the funeral of his grandfather.
He was jailed for trying
to rob his own mother at the
bank she works in – with the
good intention of helping her
get over her fear of terrorists!
Grandfather used to be the
caretaker of that bank until he
fled to the GDR under a cloud.
A cloud Karl finally wants to
investigate!
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Elke Loewe
crime
256 pages / u 8.90
October 2007
Felicitas Mayall
crime
416 pages / u 8.90
August 2007
Carlo Schäfer
crime
288 pages / u 8.90
October 2007
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The Snow Camellia
Exported from St. Petersburg, a
unique and stunningly beautiful
camellia is Valerie Bloom’s
pride and joy, with blossoms as
white as snowy nights in the
old Tsarist city. One morning,
the precious plant vanishes
from her glasshouse and the
handsome – Russian! – thief
Valerie had fallen in love with,
is found dead by the river.
Would somebody really kill for
a flower?
fiction
rororo
The Lioness of Cinque
Terre: Laura Gottberg’s
Third Case
A dead body in the backyard of
a Munich apartment house is
giving Inspector Laura Gottberg
a headache. The victim,Valeria
Cabun, was a young Italian girl
working as an au pair for a doctor’s
family. To solve this complicated
case, Laura realises that
she must travel to Valeria’s
home village of Cinque Terre,
where the women of the Cabun
family hide a dark secret …
fiction
rororo
Last in Line
Chief Inspector Theuer is
enjoying his well-deserved
retirement when he is suddenly
called upon to solve a series of
murders that have sent shockwaves
through the idyllic university
town of Heidelberg.
Strangely, the murders seem to
have no links and Theuer is
completely baffled. Even his
British colleague, Profiler
David Lewis, can’t help – or
maybe he doesn’t want to?
R. Rausch / B. Stipetic
crime
288 pages / u 8.90
May 2007
Edelgard Spaude
crime
272 pages / u 7.90
July 2007
Carsten Klemann
crime
320 pages / u 8.90
September 2007
fiction
rororo
The Bastard
The city of Würzburg is celebrating
its annual African
Festival. But while the city is in
the thick of the festivities, a
young black boy is found dead.
During their tricky investigations,
forensic scientist Dr. Pia
Rosenthal and Inspector Kilian
encounter treacherous hypocrisy,
intrigue and a murder – in
one of the most respected families
in the city.
fiction
rororo
Murder in the Spa
The tranquil spa town of
Badenweiler is shaken up by
the murder of a photographer,
Silvio Gerstenbach, who is
found dead in the spa gardens.
Evidently disliked by all and
sundry, his case is taken up by
the cantankerous Inspector
Lorenz from Freiburg and his
young assistant Thiele. A classic
murder mystery from Germany’s
favourite holiday destination –
the first of many!
fiction
rororo
Moselle Blood – Murder
in the Vineyard
Wine connoisseur Christine
Sowell has turned a hobby into
a job: she is editor of the food
and travel section of a posh
magazine and gets to write
about regional wines and delicacies.Wine
producer Count
Meckling appreciates her expertise
and asks her for advice. All
the exquisite culinary delights
amid idyllic surroundings come
to a brutal end when a murder
happens …
Alexandra Guggenheim
historical fiction
272 pages / u 8.90
October 2007
Edith Beleites
historical crime
320 pages / u 8.90
September 2007
Astrid Fritz
historical fiction
416 pages / u 8.90
July 2007
fiction
rororo
The Painter’s Apprentice
Amsterdam 1668: 17-year-old
Samuel sees his dream come
true when he is taken on as an
apprentice by the famous
Rembrandt. However, when
Rembrandt is offered a lucrative
commission to paint an anatomist
during an autopsy and
suddenly a thief is executed,
Samuel becomes suspicious …
Rights sold to France (City
Editions), Korea (Forest of
Knowledge) and Spain (Punto
de Lectura).
fiction
rororo
The Master Builder’s Wife
1642: The city of Glückstadt is
in dire need of a town hall and
commissions Dutch master builder
Hans Holtenkerk. He discovers
that the land beneath the
entire city is not stable enough
for building. The consequences
of this disclosure are so alarming
that no one wants to hear
them – so Holtenkerk’s death
during a late night inspection is
very convenient ... for some.
Midwife Clara suspects a crime
and starts to investigate …
fiction
rororo
The Call of the Condor
Hamburg in 1852: Together with
a group of German emigrants,
15-year-old Josef embarks on the
journey of a lifetime. Fleeing
from hunger, hardship and his
tyrannical father, he sails to
Chile to look for his lost brother.
But life in the new world is
hard; he fights against prejudice
and jealousy – and for the
love of his life. A gripping
emigrant story.
Foreign Rights
Nicolas Remin
crime
384 pages / u 8.90
June 2007
Sabine Wassermann
historical fiction
336 pages / u 8.90
May 2007
Bernd List
historical fiction
416 pages / u 8.90
July 2007
Spring & Summer 2007
fiction
rororo
Venetian Engagement
Venice, October 1863: Commissario
Tron is busy preparing his
wedding to the beautiful Principessa
di Montalcino – so it is
rather inconvenient when he is
suddenly assigned a murder
case. Even more inconveniently,
the woman who was found
dead was the lover of Archduke
Maximilian, the Emperor’s
younger brother. Further murders
follow …
Rights sold to France (Alvik).
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The Devil Painter
Mainz in 1631: War has been
raging for 13 years and fear of
witches is rife in Germany. In
this intimidating climate, the
painter’s daughter Henrietta has
been forbidden to ever lift a
paintbrush herself. Yet her father
is very ill and his masterpiece
is awaiting completion.Then the
Swedes occupy Mainz and
among them is a painter who is
fascinated by Henrietta. He cannot
know to what lengths she is
prepared to go to fulfil her dream.
fiction
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The Gold of Gotland:
A Klaus Störtebeker Novel
Spain in 1397: Young Spaniard
Feliciano de Valencia did not
suspect he was heading for
trouble when he inherited a
mysterious treasure map from
his dying master. But when he
sails north to find the treasure,
he falls into the arms of the
most dangerous pirate of the
Baltic Sea: the legendary
German Klaus Störtebeker, who
is after Feliciano’s treasure.
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Borwin Bandelow
general interest /
psychology
320 pages / u 8.90
June 2007
Martin Geck
general interest /
music
192 pages / u 8.90
October 2007
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Celebrities – On the
Mixed Blessings of Fame
Fame doesn't change people –
a certain type of person tends
to become famous. Professor
of psychology Borwin Bandelow
presents a kaleidoscope of
fascinating and entertaining
star portraits, analysing their
psychological problems – and
to what extent we all share
their obsessions.
Rights sold to China (SDX)
and Poland (Wydawnictwo
Psychologiczne).
non-fiction
rororo
When Papageno Catches
a Firebird for Elise:
A Compact History
of Music
Geck’s comprehensive history of
music is refreshingly different.
By relating individual works to
the various trends in music, he
reveals the breaks with tradition
and the revolutions that make
classical music what it is today.
An entertaining hands-on guide
for anyone who has ears and
is willing to use them.
Dorothea Hauser
general interest /
modern history
256 pages / u 9.90
July 2007
Marie Nejar
autobiography
256 pages / u 8.90
June 2007
non-fiction
rororo
Baader and Herold –
Terrorism in Germany
They were hunter and prey, but
their desperate game of cat
and mouse also bound them
together: Andreas Baader,
founder of the German terrorist
group Red Army Faction, and
Horst Herold, head of the
German Federal Police. In a
riveting double portrait,
Dorothea Hauser tells the true
story of these iconic figures
in the history of terrorism in
Germany.
non-fiction
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Don’t Look So Sad
Little Negro – My Youth
in the Third Reich
Marie Nejar grows up in
Hamburg, a black girl in Nazi
Germany. Thanks to her many
guardian angels – her liberal
teacher, her Jewish doctor and
the local police – she survives
being exploited in propaganda
films and forced labour. In 1951,
she is discovered as a singer
and becomes the star «Leila
Negra», but she still suffers
prejudice and hostility. Finally,
she decides to stop playing the
part of the «Little Negro»: She
re-trains and works as a nurse
until her retirement, back in
Hamburg. An extraordinary and
deeply affecting life story.
Joachim Fest
travel
416 pages / u 9.90
June 2007
Manfred Geier
philosophy
288 pages / u 8.90
July 2007
Against the Light –
An Italian Journey
Few countries fire the imagination like Italy.
Joachim Fest’s lively and multi-faceted
portrait of this stunning country is much
more than a brilliant travel journal; it is a
very personal and beautifully composed
literary masterpiece.
Rights sold to Italy (Garzanti).
Verena Mayer / Roland Koberg
biography / arts
304 pages / u 9.90
September 2007
Elfriede Jelinek – A Portrait
Elfriede Jelinek polarises. Nobody writes as
angrily about women, nature, sex or sport
as she does. Cold and mocking, harsh yet
playful, her novels and plays corrode
human constructs.This book is the first
comprehensive review of Jelinek’s life, work
and influence. It presents the Nobel Prize
winner’s literary achievements of the last
40 years in an intelligently original light.
Rights sold to China (Writers’ Publishing
House) and France (du Seuil).
What Smart People Laugh About:
The Philosophy of Humour
Why do people laugh, and what significance
does humour have in contemporary life?
What do the world’s great philosophers
have to say about the origins and causes of
laughter and what did they find funny
themselves? Manfred Geier takes us on an
enlightening and entertaining stroll through
the thoughts of history’s most brilliant
minds – full of anecdotes and fun to read.
Rights sold to China (Jiangsu)
and Poland (Universitas).
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Eva B.
sexuality
224 pages / u 8.90
May 2007
E. Fischer /
S. Ladwig-Winters
modern history
384 pages / u 9.90
May 2007
Konrad Heidkamp
music
288 pages / u 8.90
June 2007
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Yours in Pain –
Confessions
of a Masochist
The double life of Eva B. begins
with an ad: «Wanted – Master
of My Lust». She receives 150
replies – and experiences a
hitherto unknown sexual fulfilment:
she obeys when commanded,
is humiliated and
beaten.Torn between fear and
lust, Eva B. learns to accept her
predilection. A candid and
courageous report on an unusual
sexual odyssey.
non-fiction
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The Wertheim Family
In 1851, Abraham and Theodor
Wertheim opened their first
shop in Stralsund and the rapid
rise of the Wertheims began.
The Berlin Warenhaus Wertheim
was the biggest and most lavish
department store in Europe.
When the Nazis came to power,
the store was gradually «aryanised»
and in 1938 declared
«German».This book charts
the spectacular rise and fall
of a German Jewish business
dynasty.
non-fiction fiction
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It’s All Over Now –
Music of a Generation
40 Years of Rock and Jazz
Konrad Heidkamp takes us
back to legendary rock concerts
and jazz clubs, recalling
many iconic musicians, their
songs and their often turbulent
life stories. He also portrays
a generation on a journey to
a different consciousness and
an era that revolutionised
our understanding of music.
N. Boeing / D. Wolter
travel
256 pages / u 8.90
June 2007
Andreas Platthaus
biography
320 pages / u 9.90
August 2007
non-fiction
rororo
21,000 Kilometres –
Please Take Your Seat
A grey winter in Hamburg … or
sunshine and adventure? An
easy choice for Niels Boeing
and Dorothee Wolter: They
decide to go «maximum south».
One epic journey to Capetown:
6 months, 18 countries, 21,000
kilometres – by bus, train and
boat. Stop by stop, they share
their extraordinary travel experiences
and reflect on the art of
travelling in the age of globalisation.
non-fiction
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Alfred Herrhausen:
A German Career
Banker Alfred Herrhausen was
assassinated by the Red Army
Faction in 1989. Andreas
Platthaus tells the life story of
a controversial financial
visionary. This biography is a
startling portrait of a top
financier who in many ways
was ahead of his time.
Kathrin Passig / H. Friebe
general interest
144 pages / u 7.90
July 2007
Roland Rosenstock
general interest
192 pages / u 8.90
June 2007
non-fiction
rororo
The Next Big Thing –
News From the Forefront
of Progress
Electric kettles with an internet
connection, Shower-Yogurts or
the «Aromapod» – progress
comes in all shapes and sizes!
Kathrin Passig and Holm Friebe
discover what is at the cutting
edge of invention today, cataloguing
a fascinating collection
of devices from the eccentric
to the absurd. A hilarious foray
into the world of tomorrow.
non-fiction
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The Ten Commandments –
What They Mean Today
A User Manual
Do the Ten Commandments
make sense in the every day life
of young people today? What
do they make of «You shall not
covet your neighbour’s house» –
when what preoccupies them
most is their friends’ expensive
mobile phones? Looking at
the daily challenges that young
people face, Roland Rosenstock
identifies the relevance of
the Ten Commandments today
and entertains as much as he
elucidates.
Foreign Rights
Dietrich Grönemeyer
health
160 pages / u 7.90
July 2007
Jürgen Bräunlein
general interest
224 pages / u 8.90
July 2007
Spring & Summer 2007
non-fiction
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The ABC of the Body –
A Little Medic Book
Professor Dietrich Grönemeyer
and his Little Medic friend
explain our bodies with the
help of an entertaining and
illuminating anatomical alphabet.
Using games and experiments,
they also encourage
readers of all ages to explore
the mysteries of the human
body. A fun way to learn!
Rights to The Little Medic have
been sold to twelve countries.
non-fiction
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Encyclopedia
of Bad Manners
We forget our manners on a
daily basis: we pick our noses,
chew our fingernails and stare
unashamedly at cleavages.
Jürgen Bräunlein acknowledges
our subconscious relapses
of etiquette in this entertaining
and pertinent reference
book. Forays into psychology,
biology and cultural history
show that we are not alone:
bad manners are our cultural
heritage!
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M. Fischer-Epe / C. Epe
coaching
244 pages / u 8.90
September 2007
B. Mähler / M. Schmela
parenting
160 pages / u 8.90
September 2007
Johannes Sievers
advice
208 pages / u 7.90
August 2007
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Self-Coaching
Accessible and comprehensive:
two experienced consultants
show how to achieve personal
success through self-coaching.
Background information and
practical exercises help the
readers to take active control
of their personal development,
how to work with motivation
and inspiration and how to
handle responsibility and conflict
constructively.
non-fiction
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Nightmare ADD –
How Parents Can Help
Children with Attention Deficit
Disorder push parents to their
limit and can destroy families.
Experienced ADD coach Bettina
Mähler vividly describes how
parents experience this permanent
state of emergency and
offers solutions and tactics so
that parents and teachers can
re-focus.
Bettina Mähler’s previous
books have been sold to seven
countries.
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Dr. Sievers’ Surgery –
Enjoying Your Sexuality
One in three women have
sexual problems. The latest
research shows that this can be
for both psychological and
physical reasons. Dr. Sievers
has been researching female
sexual dysfunction for many
years and his handbook is the
first to summarise the scientific
findings and discuss possible
therapies.
Beatrice Poschenrieder
general interest
256 pages / u 8.90
July 2007
Dr. Michael Bohne
body & spirit
192 pages / u 8.90
September 2007
Dr. Gisela Brehmer
parenting
288 pages / u 9.90
October 2007
non-fiction
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Who Will Save Love?
A clever infotainment-novela
on matters of the heart, Beatrice
Poschenrieder tells the turbulent
story of 37-year-old Diana
Liebig. An agony aunt by profession,
she is trying her level
best to save her own rocky relationship.
Solutions for common
relationship problems are
woven into a gripping plot,
making this an entertaining and
helpful read!
non-fiction
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Feng Shui –
Uncluttering Your Mind
Dr. Bohne’s book picks up
where Karen Kingston’s Clear
Your Clutter with Feng Shui left
of: he expands Feng Shui into
subtle energy psychology, a
winning combination that
allows you to unclutter your
thoughts and feelings in general
and in specific crisis situations.
non-fiction
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Advice From
a Paediatrician’s Practice
With her preference for unintrusive
healing methods, paediatrician
Dr. Gisela Brehmer gives
practical advice on the right
diet for your children, ideal
care, symptoms of illness, sleeping
trouble, vaccinations and
first aid methods in cases of
emergency. A bestselling classic
updated and revised!
Frank Naumann
general interest
224 pages / u 8.90
August 2007
N. Wolf / E. Rosanna
general interest
192 pages / u 12.00
October 2007
non-fiction
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The Art of Popularity
If you are unsuccessful at work,
in love or in any new environment,
although you are no less
qualified, competent or attractive
than others, you need a
popularity check: popularity is
a social skill that can be
learned. Bestselling author Frank
Naumann shows you how in
ten easy steps.
non-fiction
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The Art of Leading People
What makes a good leader?
Are men or women better at
leading? What does a humane
rather than profit oriented
management look like? Abbot
Primate Notker and Sister
Rosanna explore these questions
and share their experiences
of high office.They point
out common misconceptions
about leadership and explain
what really matters – not just in
business, but also in politics,
education and family life.
Notker is a rock musician, bestselling
author, and, as Abbot
Primate, represents over 800
monasteries and abbeys. Sister
Rosanna is the most powerful
woman in the Vatican.
Foreign Rights
communication guide
224 pages / u 8.90
September 2007
Peter Lauster
psychology / advice
208 pages / u 7.90
August 2007
Spring & Summer 2007
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Talking:
Questions and Answers
In a relaxed question and
answer format, Friedemann
Schulz von Thun explores the
countless queries that have
accumulated since the publication
of his bestselling
«Talking» trilogy. His explanations
cover the core of his
psychology of communication,
but also his practical experiences
working and teaching.
Rights to the author’s
previous works have been
sold to six countries.
non-fiction
rororo
Paths to Peace and
Serenity – Find Your
Inner Independence
and Strength
Drawing on numerous case
studies, acclaimed psychologist
and bestselling author Peter
Lauster illustrates techniques
to manage stress, anger or grief
and shows his readers how to
be at peace with themselves.
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Christian Nürnberger
general interest
192 pages / u 7.90
June 2007
Dietmar Bittrich
satire
160 pages / u 7.90
August 2007
C. Korneli / M. Kavka
general interest
224 pages / u 8.90
August 2007
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If Men Got Pregnant –
A Peace Offer
Women have been abandoning
the kitchen and refusing to
have children for decades.
Outrageously depriving an
ageing society of new blood,
they demand: We want half
the world, or we all die out.
Only half the world? Men fear
they want more … an ironic
and loving portrait of the fairer
sex – a must for all put upon
men.
non-fiction
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The Do-Gooder Book
Political correctness has its
limits and when well meaning
souls overstep them, it’s time to
have a laugh. With lashings
of black humour and with his
tongue firmly in his cheek,
award-winning satirist Bittrich
describes what happens when
do-gooders go to far and dishes
out advice on how to undermine
them.
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Boys Vs. Girls
Caroline Korneli and Markus
Kavka, two icons of pop journalism,
discuss whether today’s
women are tomorrow’s men!
How much femininity is hidden
in a man and how much
masculinity in a woman?
A funny and forthright discussion
about modern society’s
understanding of male and
female roles. Does the future
really belong to women and
what, if anything, do men need
to do about it?
Bernhard Hoëcker
general interest
224 pages / u 8.90
May 2007
Katrin Bauerfeind
satire
224 pages / u 8.90
June 2007
Dieter Nuhr
humour
192 pages / u 9.90
October 2007
non-fiction
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Diary of a Geocacher
Have you heard of Geocaching?
This modern day paper chase
is the latest craze, with 200,000
caches hidden in 217 countries.
A cache is a kind of treasure,
often contained in Tupperware,
hidden in forests, sunk into
lakes or glued under park
benches.
Hoëcker regales us with hilarious
accounts of his extraordinary
adventures and
explains everything there is to
know about Geocaching.
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Katrin Bauerfeind
Presents
the Best of Ehrensenf
Extreme ironing, woollen rubber
johnnies, caffeine-soap and
giant pink rabbits in the Alps –
just some of the reports featured
on Ehrensenf, Germany’s
most unconventional and
multi-award winning TV news
magazine. Presenter Katrin
Bauerfeind’s hilarious catalogue
of the most eccentric finds
and bizarre news items enjoys
an ever growing cult following.
non-fiction
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Believe It or Not!
Faith can move mountains, so
the saying goes – couldn’t be
more wrong, says best-selling
author and comedian Dieter
Nuhr. Instead, faith makes
people read horoscopes, blow
themselves up or milk an ox at
midnight. Nothing is so stupid
that you can’t find people
who believe in it. Nuhr has
travelled the world on the
trail of faith and shares the rib
tickling results!
Friedhelm Schwarz
science
224 pages / u 8.90
June 2007
Olaf Fritsche
science
192 pages / u 8.90
September 2007
Stephan Berry
science
240 pages / u 9.90
July 2007
Unlocking the Brain – How
Neuroscientists Change Our Lives
Neuroscience has opened up the black box
that is the human brain. This has created
new opportunities to cure disease and
stimulate dormant talent. However the new
discoveries are also questioning the very
idea of free choice and the rationality of
our actions. Are we moving closer towards
the systematic control of our individual
thoughts and feelings?
Life in Space – Facts of Astrobiology,
Hopes of Stargazers
The question of whether we are alone in
the universe is almost as old as mankind
itself, but it is only very recently that
we have acquired the technical means
to embark on a serious search for life
«out there».
The result: a growing assumption that the
cosmos is teeming with life.
What Drives Life? – A Journey
into the Microcosm of the Cell
Cells are the amazingly versatile building
blocks of life. They self-assemble, provide
themselves with fuel, regulate themselves,
repair themselves and – finally – recycle
themselves. «What Drives Life?» examines
all the processes inside a cell and springs
one surprise after another!
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Spring & Summer 2007
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A. Hügli / P. Lübke (Ed.)
encyclopaedia
736 pages / u 18.90
October 2007
Hans-Jürgen Goertz (Ed.)
encyclopaedia
800 pages / u 19.90
September 2007
non-fiction
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Encyclopaedia
of Philosophy
A revised edition of the classic
bestseller, this encyclopaedia
covers more than 1500 terms
and names from antiquity to
the present. As a reference
book, it allows readers to track
the changing shape of philosophical
concepts, theories and
problems throughout history
and how they are reflected in
contemporary philosophy.
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History –
A Foundation Course
This new edition focuses on the
academic process that leads
to historical insight: source
material, methods of research
and presentation choices. The
book also looks at the evolution
of this methodology.
Sabina Becker
encyclopaedia
208 pages / u 12.90
May 2007
Jürgen Schmidt
encyclopaedia
352 pages / u 14.90
July 2007
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Literary and Cultural
Studies –
Methods and Theories
Drawing on many text samples,
this book introduces the most
important methods of literary
study, from deconstruction to
post structuralism, and examines
their different focuses,
central ideas and practical
approaches.
non-fiction
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Civil Society –
Civil Engagement
from the Ancient World
to the Present
No one working in the world of
politics, journalism or teaching
can avoid the term «civil society».
Yet there is very little
material that shows the evolution
of the phrase. What does
it actually stand for? Where
does it come from? This book
provides the answers.
Susmita Arp
monographs
160 pages / u 8.50
May 2007
Daniel Kupper
monographs
160 pages / u 8.50
July 2007
Charlotte Ueckert
monographs
160 pages / u 8.50
October 2007
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non-fiction
rororo
Gandhi
Gandhi has long been an icon.
But this book reminds us of the
man behind the saintly image.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(1869–1948) was a politician
who experienced both great
highs and great lows; a reformer
who could err; a restless idealist
who was often bitterly thwarted
by reality.
non-fiction
rororo
Leonardo da Vinci
No artist has been researched
more than Leonardo da Vinci
(1452–1519), who radically
expanded the knowledge of his
time.That is why his artistic
creations cannot be separated
from his scientific or technical
ones. A fresh look at the visionary
genius.
non-fiction
rororo
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Recognition and fame for Paula
Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907)
came only after her death. A
pioneer of modernism, her work
was banned as «un-German»
during the Nazi reign. After
World War II, her heritage was
finally acknowledged, not least
in the famous artist village of
Worpswede, where she worked
and died.
Reinhard Blomert
monographs
160 pages / u 8.50
August 2007
Katja Doubek
monographs
160 pages / u 8.50
June 2007
Diana Schilling
monographs
160 pages / u 8.50
September 2007
non-fiction
rororo
John Maynard Keynes
The name John Maynard Keynes
(1883–1946) is like a magic
word in economic circles: The
British economist was a member
of the legendary Bloomsbury
group and was one of the
leading intellectuals of his
time. This monograph documents
the life of the man who
transformed the dismal science
of economics into a revolutionary
engine of social progress.
non-fiction
rororo
August the Strong
August the Strong (1670–1733)
was a Saxon prince with
political vision, a legendary
libido and a great enthusiasm
for art and architecture. He
established the Saxon capital of
Dresden as a major cultural
centre and commissioned the
Dresdner Frauenkirche and
several fantastic baroque palaces.
Katja Doubek recounts
the turbulent life of this
absolutist ruler.
non-fiction
rororo
Robert Walser
With novels like The Apprentice
and Jacob von Gunten, Robert
Walser (1878–1956) made literary
history. Experts consider
him a forerunner of Kafka.
Walser shaped a new understanding
of the self, based
on heroes of the underclass
and the concept of the «superior
servant». Diana Schilling
rediscovers this eccentric and
influential writer.

Photo: Oliver Pilcher
Rosamunde and Oliver Pilcher Wunderlich
Family Album
«After writing Winter Solstice, I decided that I had
reached the age when it was time to retire. I had
been writing and selling for nearly sixty years, had
enjoyed considerable success, and felt that it was
time to hang up my hat and devote my energies to
tasks more close to home.
Family Album is a labour of love, or more exactly, an
expression of gratitude. For the small talent that I was
born with, that blossomed into world wide recognition.
And for the fact that my modest dream for my
children finally came true.
This book is a tribute to their good sense and their
good taste. All of them live in different parts of the
world. Each of them has made an individual home,
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family album
160 pages
u 19.90
November 2007
Rosamunde Pilcher was born
in 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall.
She worked at the Foreign
Office until she married
businessman Graham Pilcher
in 1946 and moved to a
farm near Dundee, Scotland,
where she has lived ever
since. She has been writing
since the age of fifteen
and achieved international
fame with her best-selling
novel The Shell Seekers.
Rosamunde Pilcher is one
of the most successful contemporary
authors.
a special garden; each enjoys a different circle of
friends, and a different life style. But all have the same
gift of generous hospitality, and it is always a pleasure
to be asked to stay.
Oliver Pilcher, my grandson, was trained at Edinburgh
Art School, and after graduating, worked in the USA
for two years as a photographer’s assistant, learning
his practical skills. I am sure that his sensitivity and
professional expertise will make this a volume worth
having.»
Rosamunde Pilcher’s books have been translated into
many languages.
Photo: Isolde Ohlbaum
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