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Dresden, November 1944: the population is groaning under the strain and dire privations of an increasingly menacing war. Detective in-spector Max Heller is summoned to the scene of a crime, where he is confronted with the savagely battered body of a woman. Very soon, the rumour mills start to grind: it’s the Fright Man, prowling the ruins at night.

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Frank Goldammer Detective Inspector Max Heller-series

The Air Raid Killer (vol. I)

A Thousand Devils (vol. II)Dresden, 1947: Th e city lies within the Soviet occupation zone and is still a desert of rubble and ruins. Inspector Max Heller is summoned to the scene of a crime in Dresden Neustadt by the newly-instigated People’s Police. Th e victim seems to be a Red Army soldier. But before he gets a chance to begin his investigations he dis-covers that the Russian military has removed the corpse from the scene...

The Forgotten (vol. III)Dresden 1948: a hot summer, three years aft er the end of the war. Th e great currency reform throws occupied and divided post-war Ger-many into a crisis. In the midst of the arduous reconstruction work, Detective Inspector Max Heller fi nds himself entangled in a case involving a fourteen-year-old boy, whose cause of death is anything but clear. While investi-gating this case, Heller runs up against a wall of silence.

•Total sales of Frank Goldammer’s books with dtv: over 100,000 copies

•Trust viewers of Tom Tykwer´s Babylon Berlin to pick up Goldammers books

• Frank Goldammer’s books span the time period from the the last days of the war to the construction of the Berlin Wall - pure tension, compel-ling and vibrantly narrated

“Reading The Air Raid Killer may keep you up more nights than most mysteries, breathless from the explosions and in awe of Heller’s conviction.” - Gabriella Page-Fort, Amazon Crossing

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Red Raven (vol. IV)Detective Inspector Max Heller-series

In late summer 1951, Detective Inspector Heller and his family are returning to Dresden from their state-authorized vacation on the Baltic Sea. His wife Karin will be leaving again immediately, having unexpectedly received per-mission to visit their son Erwin in West Germany. Heller is worried, but his new case isn’t leaving him any time to brood. Two men, Jehovah’s Witnesses, being held under suspicion of espionage die in their prison cells. And other mysterious deaths follow. A cryptic message is found next to one of the vic-tims and a horrifying suspicion rises in Heller.

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FRANK GOLDAMMER was born in Dresden

in 1975. A painter and varnisher by trade, he

began writing in his early twenties, self-pub-

lishing his fi rst novels. A single parent, he

lives with his twin children in Dresden.

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� e Boysen family celebrates life

During a major celebration at Tide House - Inge Boysen is turning 80, while her granddaughter Inka is turning 18 - Fortune’s Comet soars over the North Sea island. Inge, her children, and her grandchildren become Fortune’s travellers. Enno is off on a worldwide tour, while his wife searches for new opportunities back home. Gesa is walking the tightrope between two loves. Inka learns the truth about her heritage and runs away. Even son Boy, who saved the parental home in a reckless bet, must face the reality that the proverbial tide can turn at any moment - for him, Tide House, and his entire family.

SYBIL VOLKS, lives as a

freelance editor and writer

in Berlin. She has published

numerous novels as well as

short stories and poems in

magazines and anthologies.

Her historical Berlin crime

novel Café Größenwahn was

nominated for the Glauser

Prize for best debut crime

novel of 2008. Winter Guests

was published which also hit

the Paperback Bestselling

List. Her new novel Fortune´s

Travelers continues the story

of Winter Guests.

336 pages

July 2018

Sybil VolksFortune’s Travelers (vol. II)

FIRST VOLUME IN THE SERIES:

• For readers of Rose Tremain• Total sales of Sybil Volks’ books with dtv: over 100,000 copies• A beautifully narrated, warm-hearted book full of humor and charm

Winter Guests

416 pages

Pub. Date: 2015

The news of Inge Boysens

impending death brings the

family back to Tide House

on the tiny North Sea island

they once called home. By

the time they realise the

news was a false alarm, they

fi nd themselves cut off in the

house beyond the dyke by a

blizzard just before the turn of

the year.

“A NOVEL FULL OF NORTH

SEA AMBIENCE, TENDER IN ITS

TREATMENT OF ATMOSPHERE

AND CONFLICT.” FÜR SIE,

OCTOBER 2015

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� ree friends, four lives - and a house by the lake

Th ey had been close friends since childhood: Marie, Alexandra, Friederike, and Jule. Regardless of where their lives took them, they gathered every Friday before Pentecost, at Marie´s enchanting house by the lake. Marie, the sensitive photographer, had held the four of them together, but that was a long time ago. Th e message of Marie’s early death comes as a shock to all of them. Since their quarrel ten years ago, they hardly have had any contact with each other. Marie presents a surprise to her friends: But then they have to meet again.

DORA HELDT was born on

Sylt in 1961. A trained book-

seller, she lives in Hamburg to-

day. She has been a perennial

presence on the bestseller

lists thanks to her novels,

crime fi ction, short stories,

and columns. Her novels are

regularly turned into fi lms.

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August 2018

Dora HeldtThree Women at the Lake


BY THE SAME AUTHOR:

Evil is as Evil Does

448 pages

Pub. Date: 2016

We’re the Good Guys

512 pages

Pub. Date: 2018

• For fans of Rebecca Wells (Ya-Ya-Sisterhood)• Total dtv sales for Dora Heldt: over 5 million copies• Dora Heldt shifts stylistic gears and adopts a more serious tone: a story about the loves and lies that shape our lives, and the value of friendship, and the joy of remembering

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Commissioner Lena Larcher has been dreading the approaching fi rst-year anniversary of the car accident that robbed her of her family. In order to escape those memories and to fi ght her own fears, she decides to sign up for a climbing course. Th e trainer pairs her up with a taciturn, blonde woman who introduces herself as Tessa. However that very evening, a desperate Tessa appears at Lena’s door, begging for help. She explains that her actual name is Dorit - and she has just discovered that her husband is a contract killer.

REINHARD ROHN was

born in Osnabrück in 1959.

He works as the head of a

publishing house and divides

his time between Cologne

and Berlin. Rohn translated

numerous detective novels

into German before starting

to write crime fi ction of his

own.

320 pages

September 2018

Reinhard RohnWhen Angels Die

“PACKED WITH TENSION FROM THE VERY FIRST

PAGE.”

FRANKFURTER STADTKURIER ABOUT THE

LENA LARCHER MYSTERIES

Letter by letter, Kathrin Stiller decrypts the message she fi nds on a piece of paper in her dungeon. It is cold, dark and lonely. Her situation seems hopeless. However, she seemingly isn´t the fi rst person to have been brought here. But what happened? Kathrin is suddenly convinced that “the other person” is no longer alive and whoever that was walked through this door and died. Inside, a prolonged death is waiting. Outside, something even worse is in stall for her. Can the two detectives Emilia Capelli and Zhou stop him? Th is will be a nerve-wracking race against time.

JUDITH WINTER was born

in Frankfurt in 1969. She

studied German literature

and psychology in Berlin and

Vienna, then worked for many

years in a prestigious scientifi c

institute before branching out

on her own. After spending

time in Milan and Paris, she

now lives with her family in

Konstanz.

368 pages

January 2019

Judith WinterDark Woods

• For readers of Minette Walters• First-class suspense with two young and headstrong detectives

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Experience Normandy’s dark side with Benjamin Cors

Fear has settled across Vieux-Port. Th e town’s residents are terrifi ed of an old curse that predicts they will all die in a fl ooding of the Seine. Aft er the fi rst victim dies, the mayor asks for Nicolas Guerlain’s help - but he turns down the request. At least, until another body appears. Th e priest has died an agonizing death in a tub full of river water. Nicolas travels to Normandy and restlessly stalks through Vieux-Port’s silent streets, struggling to make any progress on this case - until it is almost too late.

BENJAMIN CORS is a poli-

tical journalist and television

presenter who spent many

years covering world news for

evening news programmes

and in-depth political analysis.

Today he works as a regional

political correspondent for a

broadcasting station. He grew

up as a Franco-German na-

tional and spent his childhood

summers in Normandy.

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September 2018

Benjamin CorsBeacon

C R I M E F I C T I O N

“AN ATMOSPHERIC MYSTERY

WITH FRENCH FLAIR.”

FÜR SIE ON STRANDGUT

IN THE SAME SERIES:

Jetsam (vol. I)

416 pages

Pub. Date: 2015

Coastline (vol. II)

416 pages

Pub. Date: 2016

Tidal Game (vol. III)

400 pages

Pub. Date: 2017

• A slightly darker version of Martin Walker´s Bruno, Chief of Police• The new crime novel by Glauser award winner Benjamin Cors• Très français: A tough detective with a weakness for chansons and the heart of a romantic



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� e enchanting � nale in the series featuring Lennart Malmkvist and his talking pug

Th e happy ending to Lennart Malmkvist´s adventure is just as unpredictable as a sunny winterday in Sweden. Pug Bölthorn has been severely wounded in a fi ght with the black wizard has almost succeeded in coming into his full power. Th e situation is bleak. However, the animated bronze statue “Mussel Man” presents himself as the fourth and fi nal guardian of the Dark Parchments. On board a sailboat, the three of them make their way to Svolderoie Island, the only place that can possibly save the injured pug - and the world.

LARS SIMON was born in ‘68

(which may explain a lot, but

not everything); after his stud-

ies, he spent many long years

working as marketing man-

ager of an IT company before

moving to Sweden, where he

resided as a tourist artisan in a

wooden house with his family

for more than six years. He has

recently returned to live in the

Frankfurt area.

384 pages

December 2018

Olaf Tryggvason’s Surprisingly Perfi dious Plan (vol. III)

IN THE SAME SERIES:

• For fans of Ben Aaronovitch: Anyone who enjoys Peter Grant will love Lennart Malmkvist• Total sales of Lars Simon’s books with dtv: over 100,000 copies

The Utterly Fantastical Guest from

Trindemossen (vol. 2)

320 pages

Pub. Date: 2017

F A N T A S Y

Buri Bolmen´s Rather

Peculiar Pug (vol. I)

432 pages

Pub. Date: 2016

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A dilapidated manor becomes the key to the past for Laura Milton. Two timelines illumi-nate the fates of Laura (today) and Victoria (100 years ago). Th e fate of Lady Victoria Milton has cast a long shadow into the present day. Exmoor in the late nineteenth century: twenty-year-old Victoria will soon inherit a considerable fortune. However, her guardian Richard has his own plans for her money, and has her committed to an asylum, from which Arthur, one of Richard’s servants, helps her escape. Years later, Victoria decides to recover her inheritance, but even as she emerges from hiding, her fate is already sealed.

FELICITY WHITMORE: Along

with her husband, she manag-

es an independent theater in

Hagen, where she works as a

drama consultant, director and

actress. Once a year, she travels

to England to satisfy her pas-

sion for the Victorian era and

old English country houses.

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November 2018

Felicity WhitmoreThe Manor on the Moor

W O M E N ’ S F I C T I O N

Th e sage Zhuang Zhou has long been a thorn in the eye of Prince Yan, who views the great philosopher’s discourse as highly rebellious. Yan orders one of his soldiers, Min Teng, to murder the philosopher. However, the soldier is taken aback when the old man shows no fear of dying. A deep conversation ensues and Min Teng begins to question his task. Since he cannot return to the palace without executing the prince’s order, the two men decide to run away. As they fl ee, Min Teng’s view of the world expands - and he fi nds himself opening up to the love of a young woman.

HANS KRUPPA was born

in 1952. He read English

Literature, American Stud-

ies and Physical Education,

went on to work as a teacher

for two years and has been

living in Bremen as a full time

author since 1981. His poems,

short stories and novels have

sold over two million copies

worldwide.

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Hans KruppaThe Gift of the Stars

• For fans of John Strelecky• Based on the historical figure Zhuang Zhou and his philosophy, includes a list of characters



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For the past 15 years, Fred has been working for the same radio station, where he moderates “Radio Hearts,” a program about heartache and romance, despite the fact this isn’t really his thing. Unfortunately, his boss Ewald has noticed and has ordered him to take some time off to reconnect with his romantic side. Fred’s luck takes a turn when he happens to meet Lena, the new owner of his favorite record shop, who is an expert on matters of the heart. What she has no idea about is music. And thus, the two of them decide to help each other out of their predicaments. Th e consequences are not quite what they expected.

FLORENTINE KRIEGER was

born in 1971, she studied

political science and African

studies in Cologne. Even

before starting on her univer-

sity degree, she worked as a

freelance journalist for various

newspapers. She has self-pub-

lished several successful

books.

288 pages

July 2018

Florentine KriegerRadio Hearts

• A funny, entertaining and turbulent novel about friendship, love and music• Romance grouch meets dream woman

A wildly adventurous journey through the City of Love

Paul adores being in control. Stains make him nervous, and he has absolutely no tolerance for bad manners. His life and his relationship with Annika would be running along an extremely straight track - if it weren’t for her chaotic sister Jojo, who oft en annoys him to no end. However, when Annika asks him to travel with Jojo to Paris - on his birthday of all days - to sell a rare contrabass, his own personal odyssey begins.

KATRIN EINHORN was

born in 1979. After studying

German and French she went

on to work as a teacher. Her

debut novel is inspired by

her experiences with her

dog Maggie and her old blue

moped. She lives in Trier with

her family.

288 pages

August 2018

Katrin EinhornParis for Beginners

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� ree eras, three women, three fates

Set in the Silesian town of Gleiwitz, the stories of Martha, Maria, and Mag-da trace the history of this border region: following the Germans, Poles, and Czechs, Christians and Jews, who loved and hated each other, were expelled and whose paths eventually crossed again. Dörthe Binkert masterfully spans an arc running from the 1920s to the late 1960s. With much intuition and even more sensitivity, she has craft ed a portrait of a time and a region in which joy and suff ering were never more than a breath apart.

DÖRTHE BINKERT born in

Westfalia, studied German, Art

History and Politics in Frank-

furt. After working as chief

editor for various German

publishers she is now living as

a free-lance author and agent

in Zurich.

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Dörthe BinkertDon’t Forget a Single Word

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RomanWeit übers Meer

Across The Sea And Beyond

336 pages

Rights sold: English Language

Jessica’s Dream

256 pages

The Bramble Summer

272 pages

• For Fans of The Cazalet chronicles by E. J. Howard• Total sales of Dörthe Binkert’s books with dtv: 120,000 copies • Narrated by three strong female characters

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Portrait of a Girl

360 pages

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Niederkaltenkirchen is everywhere! Four twisted stories from Eberhofer

RITA FALK was born in 1964

in Bavaria and still lives there.

She is the mother of three

grown children and is married

to a policeman.

128 pages

September 2018

Damn it, Eberhofer!

I N T E R N A T I O N A L B E S T S E L L E R F I C T I O N

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Rights sold: France, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, South Korea

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DORA HELDT was born on

Sylt in 1961. A trained book-

seller, she lives in Hamburg to-

day. She has been a perennial

presence on the bestseller

lists thanks to her novels,

crime fi ction, short stories,

and columns. Her novels are

regularly turned into fi lms.

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If you’re nearing forty and your husband sud-denly dumps you, aft er ten years of marriage over the phone, it’s bound to come as a bit of a blow. Th is is exactly what happens one fi ne evening to Christine. A publisher’s sales rep who is always on the road, she is at that mo-ment sitting on her sister’s sofa. What should she do? Man gone, love-life kaput, it’s all over? As her friend Marlene says: » Darling, in six months’ time you’ll be laughing about it all.«

384 pages

Life after Forty

Chaperoned (Vacation with Dad)Actually it was meant to be a relaxing working holiday: Christine (45) and Dorothea (40) were going to spend a few days on a Northsea island, helping a friend renovate her pub. But then Christine is compelled by her mother to take her father along. And they’ve barely set foot on the island when Heinz (73) assumes command of the building site. Of course, things can only go from bad to worse...

Don’t tell Dad“We’ll be able to do it with our hands tied behind our backs!” It’s just as well that Ines isn’t easily daunted, because if it weren’t for her little sister, Christine would be feeling pretty queasy. Her friend Marleen has begged her to take over the running of her little guesthouse on the North Sea island for a few days – a job Christine doesn’t know the fi rst thing about. In the guesthouse, the sisters very quickly fi nd themselves out of their depth. And when their Dad also shows up as self-appointed knight in shining armour, the chaos is complete...

Total sales: over 5 million copies

224 pages

320 pages

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Resplendent with glamour but overcast by many a shadow, the story of the Salz family centres on Leipzig’s up-market Fürstenhof hotel. Salz Sr. buys it in 1914, but his actress daughter Lola refuses to set foot in it for many years—not during the Second World War, nor later when the hotel has become GDR state property and Lola is living in Mu-nich with her frail daughter Aveline. It is not until 1989, aft er her son Kurt has restored the Fürstenhof to family ownership, that Lola steps in to preside not only over the hotel but also the fortunes of a family worn down by the relentless winds of change.

380 pages

Pub. Date: 2012

The Immortal Family Salz

Home Made in IndiaIndians, Germans, and an author seeking to answer the question: What is home? Since his marriage to Indian native Saskya, Christopher Kloeble is a notarized “Person of Indian Heritage.” In this insightful, nuanced, amusing book, he strives to convey what it feels like to be suspend-ed between two cultures. Of course, cliches and precon-ceptions abound here as well as there - Indians enjoy chiding Germans for their impatience and dogmatism, while Germans frequently have very exotic stereotypes about life in India.

More often than not all very fastFor years, Albert has been visiting Fred during the hol-idays and at weekends, but they’ve never really grown close. Albert only ever called Fred Fred, never Father. Fred is a child trapped in the body of an old man, he spends his time reading encyclopaedias, waves at green cars and guards his prize possession jealously. Albert is 22, grew up in a children’s home and never knew his mother. Some-how he senses that Fred is the only one who can help him fi nd out more about his background. But Fred has only fi ve months left to live...

440 pages

Pub. Date: 2016

288 pages

Pub. Date: 2017

CHRISTOPHER KLOEBLE,

studied at the German

Literature Institute in Leipzig,

was writer-in-residence at

Cambridge University (UK),

at the Goethe Institute in

Bangalore (India) and at the

Deutsches Haus in New York

(USA). He won several prizes

for his work and lives in Berlin

and Delhi.

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Rights sold: Persian language

Rights sold: English language, Israel, Italy, Turkey

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� e Story of a Passionate Woman

“She was as complicated as a puzzle of several thousand parts, and I had to fi nd these parts and put them together,” says Angelika Schrobsdorff about her mother. Th e parts she uses are letters, photo albums, friends’ memories and the life they later led together. Everything started out well for the wealthy Jewish family in Berlin at the begin-ning of the century. Else Kirschner, with sparkling charm, dark curls and shiny eyes, loved her parents, who were always full of care for her, and she loved life, which blessed her with many years of prosperity fi lled with shows and concerts, holidays in a house at a lake and great passions. Th e Nazis put an end to all that. Else, who has in the meantime married the Prussian squire Erich Schrobsdorff , fl ees to Bulgaria with her two daughters. Else Schrobsdorff ’s life resembles a dance atop a volcano, with the dancers slowly gliding into the violent center. Full of passion and admiration but also scepticism, Angelika Schrobsdorff tells us of the two lives of her mother.

ANGELIKA SCHROBSDORFF,

was born in Freiburg in 1927.

In 1939 she had to emigrate

from Berlin to Sofi a with her

Jewish mother; her grand-par-

ents were killed in Theresien-

stadt. She returned to Germa-

ny in 1947 and wrote several

novels, of which “You are not

like other mothers” was the

most successful. Angelika

Schrobsdorff died in July 2016

at the age of 88 in Berlin.

560 pages

Pub. Date: 1994

Angelika Schrobsdorff You Are Not LikeOther Mothers

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Courage Muscle TrainingFrom Little Steps to Big Leaps

Compelling, authentic advice book.

Courage is a key competency required by our multi-option society. Each of us needs to feel confident in our ability to maximize our options.

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Courage is a muscle, and it is something you can strengthen. And you really should, since it is oft en an underdeveloped courage muscle that causes us to feel controlled by others.

Saying no, putting others in their place, standing up for ourselves - all of these require a certain modicum of courage.

Tanja Peters and and Little Miss Courage will lead the reader through a regimen of exercises and training suggestions that will inspire you to become a little more courageous with each passing day. You will be able to once again take control of your own life and gain confi dence in forging new paths for yourself.

Tanja Peters

Courage Muscle Training

From little steps to big leaps

160 pages

December 2018

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TANJA PETERS gathered all her courage,

quit her full-time job, and set herself up as an

independent coach, speaker, and self-confi -

dence advisor. She lives in Cologne and helps

other people to realize their dreams and

desires.

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January 2019

Self Help Highlight

Read more about the author:www.diemutberaterin.de

From preaching hate to promoting enlightenment

Kamouss is one of the most well-known imams in Germany, where he was once considered the “popstar of the Salafi st scene.” Since then, his perspective on Islam has fundamentally changed. Th is book presents his self-critical confes-sion, explains his current understanding of Islam, and provides refl ections on how radicalization can be fought in the long term.

ABDUL ADHIM KAMOUSS

Dipl.-Ing., was born in 1977

in Morocco, and came to Ger-

many at the age of twenty to

study electrical engineering.

Several years later, he started

working as a volunteer imam.

With prominent support he

was able to establish the Islam

in Germany Foundation in

2017.

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� e Middle Eastern politics of the Brandt era and their consequences

Even today, Willy Brandt’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize and the aura at-tached to his Ostpolitik cast a long shadow. His kneeling in Warsaw is legend-ary. However, the West German to the Middle East approach was less success-ful. Th e federal government at the time made major mistakes and took great risks. Th is book presents a history of this period based on documents that have only recently become accessible.

Th e main events focused on include among other things the murder of the Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir’s eff orts to win Willy Brandt over for peace mediation eff orts. Aided by established experts, Wolff sohn presents an analysis of the years 1972 and 1973.

MICHAEL WOLFFSSOHN

was born in Tel Aviv to Ger-

man-Jewish parents who fl ed

to Palestine in 1939. His family

returned to Germany in 1954,

and Wolff sohn was Professor

of Contemporary History at

the Munich Bundeswehruni-

versität from 1981 until 2012.

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR:

German-Jewish

Children of Fortune

432 pages

Pub. Date: 2018

Civil Courage

96 pages

Pub. Date: 2016

Michael Wolff sohnChancellor of Peace?

Willy Brandt between War and Terror

In Search of

World Peace

96 pages

Pub. Date: 2016

Better con� ict in the interest of better togetherness

Fighting is interesting. Fighting makes you more clever. Fighting is essential - for both societies and individuals, professionally and personally. A good fi ght forces us to organise arguments and consider points to our opponents. In a pe-riod shaped by refugee crises, Brexit, and Trump, we desperately need to be able to argue well. Instead, we end up screaming at each other, insulting each other, or trying to drown each other out, or we take the soft approach and scatter little hearts, likes, and smileys.

Meredith Haaf argues for developing a better argument culture and poses the following questions. What happens to a democracy when it loses its ability to debate? Why have we lost faith in our ability to argue a particular position? What does a good fi ght look like, and how can we re-learn how to engage in it?

Born in 1983, MEREDITH

HAAF is a journalist and au-

thor. She studied History and

Philosophy and has published

articles for the FAZ, taz and

Spiegel Online. Since 2017,

she is working as editor and

contributor for SZ Familie and

Süddeutsche Zeitung and lives

with her family in Munich.

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Meredith HaafFight!

A Challenge




The voice of a young author who helped to start the award winning blog www.maedchenmannschaft.net

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Ikigai: this resonant Japanese term stands for the joy that comes with fi nding meaning in life and consequently concentrating on the things that are truly worthwhile. Research shows that those with high ikigai levels not only lead a more fulfi lled life but also have a signifi cantly high-er life-expectancy than those who haven’t yet found their raison d’être.

112 pages

Pub. Date: 2009

IkigaiFinding the Meaning of Life in the Everyday

Gifts for the SoulFeel-good moments for each day

Making time for yourself or others, discovering the path to your inner self or external power centres—Bettina Lemke urges us to live in the present and savour each mo-ment. Relaxation through breathing exercises, awareness meditation, a gratitude diary—the book off ers a treasure trove of ideas to realign your spirit, strike out on roads less travelled and dedicate yourself to the art of leisure and the myriad wonders of everyday life.

The Pocket Buddhist

Th is enjoyable self-help book presents basic Buddhist teachings in a simple and understandable way, off ering inspiration and specifi c help for everyday situations.Elementary Buddhist principles such as tolerance, em-pathy, composure, patience, discipline, decisiveness and attentiveness are illustrated in instructive stories and short quotes. Th e book also uses practical advice and exercises to show how to react to familiar hectic or nerve-racking situations the relaxed, ‘Buddhist’ way.

160 pages

Pub. Date: 2017

208 pages

Pub. Date: 2016

BETTINA LEMKE is a free-

lance editor, author, publisher,

and translator. After earning

degrees in American Studies,

as well as English and Spanish

Literature, she worked for

many years as an editor in the

publishing industry. Bettina

Lemke lives near Munich and

spends several months of

the year in Ireland, which has

become her second home.

Bettina Lemke

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Many of our decisions have no major infl uence on our lives, while others are a matter of do or die. And some of them are so insane in retrospect that we can hardly believe we took them. A single good or bad decision can change the course of our lives forever. But what infl uences our decisions? Identifying the classical errors in reasoning and the dilemmas we fi nd ourselves in, Jochen Mai shows us how we can improve our decision-making skills.

368 pages

Pub. Date: 2010

How I Set Out to Buy Some Milk and Came Home with a Bicycle

I Think, Therefore I am... Mad!Th e yo-yo eff ect is something many have painfully experienced at fi rst hand aft er a diet, but are you also familiar with the big-fi sh-little-pond eff ect, the Mona Lisa syndrome and the TINA syndrome? Th ere are countless psychological principles and phenomena we know little about, and yet on a daily basis they are aff ecting our be-haviour, infl uencing our decisions or making us prone to manipulation. Jochen Mai and Daniel Rettig explain how we tick, both in matters of the heart and everyday life.

The Offi ce BibleOffi ces are more than just common human habitats – they are also confl ict zones that exert a massive infl uence on people’s behaviour, psyche and well-being. Th ey are akin to small local communities, with their own (largely unwritten) rules and rituals. Th is book will show you how to manage a choleric boss and self-centered colleagues. It explains how to circumnavigate the classic pitfalls of offi ce life, as well as giving you tips on coping with the daily routine.

320 pages

Pub. Date: 2016

384 pages

Pub. Date: 2011

JOCHEN MAI is an econo-

mist/business journalist and

social media expert. He has

been head of the Manage-

ment and Success section of

the weekly business news

magazine WirtschaftsWoche

for eight years. His blog www.

karrierebibel.de won the

Lead-Award in 2009. He lives

near Cologne.

Jochen Mai

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Contentment is a pretty reliable emotion. It may be less thrilling than the euphoria of happiness, but it has the advantage of being a great deal more stable and enduring. Rooted in a basically positive mindset – a fundamentally life-affi rming attitude – contentment is governed more by the mind than the heart; it is the result of cognitive pro-cesses. Th is gives it an unbeatable edge: we can infl uence our sense of contentment far more than the inherently transient feeling of happiness. What’s more, contentment is a wellspring of creativity – and it is a strategy we can learn. Th e central question is: what really matters to ME?

Contentment

ResilienceStress, burnout and depression are the affl ictions of our time. Many of us seem unable to handle the ever-increas-ing speed and complexity of life. What we need more than ever is a coping strategy – an inner strength we can rely on in times of crisis. Resilience: that’s what psychologists call the mysterious force that keeps us from falling apart and brings us back from the brink in the wake of adversity. Christina Berndt explains what it is that makes us strong and reveals the secrets of harnessing the power of resil-ience, off ering strategies to help steer our way through the jungle of everyday life.

256 pages

Pub. Date: 2016

280 pages

Pub. Date: 2013

CHRISTINA BERNDT was

born in 1969, studied bio-

chemistry and obtained her

doctorate at the German

Cancer Research Institute

in Heidelberg. As a science

journalist she reports on med-

icine and research for Spiegel,

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa

– the German Press Agency),

the Süddeutsche Rundfunk

broadcasting station and Süd-

deutsche Zeitung, where she

has been working as editor

since 2000. She was awarded

the European Science Writers

Junior Award in 2000.

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Th is book brought Konrad Lorenz worldwide recognition and is a delightful treasury of observations and insights into the lives of all sorts of creatures, from jackdaws and water-shrews to dogs, cats and even wolves. It is a won-derfully written introduction to the world of our furred and feathered friends, a world which oft en provides an uncanny resemblance to our own.

272 pages

King Solomon’s Ring

Man meets DogHow, why and when did man meet dog and cat? How much are they in fact guided by instinct, and what sort of intelligence have they? What is the nature of their aff ec-tion or attachment to the human race? Professor Lorenz says that some dogs are descended from wolves and some from jackals, with strinkingly diff erent results in canine personality. Th ese diff erences he explains in a book full of entertaining stories and refl ections.

On AggressionOn Agression has had signifi cant impact on the social as well as the biological sciences and is now a classic point of reference for investigations of man’s behavioral patterns. Written by a Nobel Prize winner and one of the most distinguished pioneers in the fi eld of animal behavior, the book presents extraordinary fi ndings on the mechanism of aggression and the various means by which animals control destructive drives in the interest of the species.

240 pages

144 pages

KONRAD LORENZ, born in

1903 in Vienna, studied Me-

dicine and Biology. In 1949, he

founded the Institute for Com-

parative Behaviourism in Al-

tenberg (Austria) and changed

to the Max-Planck-Institute

in 1951. In 1973, he won the

the Nobel Prize for Medicine

and Physiology together with

Karl von Frisch and Nikolaas

Tinbergen. He died February

27th, 1989.

Konrad Lorenz The Founding Father of Behavioural Science

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A worldwide ban on wars went into eff ect with the establishment of the UN. Military intervention is only permitted in two excep-tions (self-defense or by mandate of the UN Security Council). However, the reality is quite diff erent. Th is book describes how illegal wars have been carried out both in the past and in the present and reveals how the UN regulations are intentionally circumvented, with special focus on the inglorious role played by the NATO nations.

DANIELE GANSER born in

Lugano in 1972, is a historian

who specializes in modern

history since 1945 and

international politics. He

teaches on the history faculty

at the University of Basel, where

he is currently researching the

peak oil phenomenon - the

global struggle for oil deposits

- and the so-called “War on

Terrorism.”

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With 30 4c-illustrations

304 pages

October 2013

Daniele GanserIllegal Wars

Homer listed many of the Trojans’ allies by name, yet antiquity studies is scarcely interested in these peoples. Only a few scholars were convinced that on the east side of the Aegean Sea there was a whole culture that has been thus far overlooked. Because of these scholars we now know that the peoples of Western Asia Minor had their own language and script: Luwian. Troy was one of the primary sites of Luwian culture. Did the Luwians have their own empire? Were they a hitherto unknown world power? Th is book recounts not only the history of the Luwians but also the story of the scholarship around these ancient Anatolian peoples, which is almost as gripping.

DR. EBERHARD ZANGGER,

geoarchaeologist and

journalist, lives in Zurich.

For years he has focused

on researching the Luwians

and their role in the Bronze

Age’s world war. Since April

2014, Zangger has been

president of the board of

the international non-profi t

foundation for Luwian

Studies.

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October 2017

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Eberhard ZanggerThe Luwians and the Trojan WarA story of discovery

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From Cuba to Syria: A history of sabotage by NATO nations and the UN




Christoph Staerkle’s stagecraft ranks among the most impressive achievements of today’s pantomime artists. “Even without words, Staerkle speaks volumes,” a newspaper once opined. And it is true. In his “mimic cabarets,” he characterizes - with precise stylization, sensitive caricature and biting parody - fi gures from everyday life, their expressions and gestures. Th is is a unique, anecdotal artist autobiography by the great Swiss pantomime Christoph Staerkle, following his artistic path from street performance to international theater.

CHRISTOPH STAERKLE born

in Luzern in 1952, is one

of the great contemporary

pantomimes. He received his

pantomime training under the

tutelage of Bernie Schürch, An-

dres Bossard, Samy Molcho, and

Jacques Lecoq, among others.

Staerkle’s body of artistic work

has been honored with numer-

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With 12 illustrations

224 pages

October 2018

Christoph StaerkleMy Life as a Mime

Saint-Exupéry took a diff erent route than Walt Disney: He tamed his melan-cholic urges instead of dispelling them; he wrote in depth about fear and friendship, about love and death. And to the present day his volumes Southern Mail, Wind, Sand and Stars, Flight to Arras and of course � e Little Prince have inspired millions of readers. But what type of man was Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who fell from the heavens so suddenly on July 31, 1944? Joseph Hanimann has written the most comprehensive literary biography available on the life and works of this dreamy adventurer and proves him to have been a stalwart humanist of a very diff erent nature.

JOSEPH HANIMANN

was born in 1952 in Chur,

Switzerland, and presently

resides in Paris, where he

works as a cultural correspon-

dent and essayist. His articles

regularly appeared in the

Neue Zürcher Zeitung and

in the FAZ. Today he writes

for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

In 2011 he received the

prestigious award »Berliner

Preis für Literaturkritiker«.

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November 2013

Orell Füssli

Joseph HanimannAntoine de Saint-ExupéryThe melancholic globetrotter. A biography

The deaf who ventured into the limelight




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Today’s children and teens are treated like de-fi cient individuals. In this context, childhood becomes an extended grueling and confl ict-ual battle with the ultimate goal of producing inconspicuous, professionally successful members of society.However, this comes at a steep price. Childhood is denied, while teens are disem-powered. Th e result is a kind of benevolent dictatorship, which naturally supervises our children’s happiness with the Little Nanny location app. Many players are involved with this: parents, daycare centers and schools, the elderly, the industrial complex - because they all know what is best for our children. Right?

PROF. DR. ALLAN GUGGEN-

BUEHL completed his studies

in Analytical Psychotherapy

at the C.G. Jung Institute in

Küsnacht. Since 1984, he

has been the Director of

the Department for Group

Psychotherapy for Children

and Teens for the City of

Bern, as well as the Director

of the Institute for Confl ict

Management in Zurich.

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October 2018

Allan GuggenbühlOnly the Best for My Child

Yvonne Eisenring doesn’t fall in love. Almost never. She also doesn’t know what she’s looking for in a man – or even what she’s not looking for. Not because she’s particularly clueless, but because she’s never really paid it much thought. Now at age twenty-seven, Yvonne is starting an experiment. She is giving her-self a year: A year without a permanent job, fi xed abode or any responsibility. Th e idea is to overdose on freedom, getting it out of her system. She travels the world, meeting men and going on dates – many, many dates.

YVONNE EISENRING came

into the world in 1987. After

working as a reporter with

TeleZüri she was a columnist

with the magazines friday

and BeobachterNatur, and

her writing appeared in

annabelle, Das Magazin,

SonntagsZeitung, NEON and

NIDO. Yvonne Eisenring lives

in Zurich, but is oftentimes

travelling.

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September 2016

Yvonne EisenringOne Year, Twelve Countries, Fifty DatesOne year for love

How to liberate children from excessive care and over-parenting: a passionate plea for a child-scaled childhood.




Her mother came from a good Catholic family and was extremely attractive. She met her husband via a newspaper ad. Th is relationship didn’t last long, but it produced two children, one of whom is the author of this unusual book: Cristina Karrer – enfant terrible, occasional mother hater, and eventual renowned journalist. When she discovered that her mother had Alzheimer’s, she decided to move the older woman in with her, to South Africa. With this, she began to take a renewed interest in the history of her childhood and her family, and, for the fi rst time ever, she started to feel like her mother’s daughter.

CRISTINA KARRER (born

in 1961) earned degrees in

Geography and Social History,

and since 2001, she has

lived in South Africa. She has

penned numerous foreign

aff airs reportages. She was the

African correspondent for Swiss

Television (station SRF) and

honored with the 2008 Zurich

Film Prize for Hidden Heart.

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224 pages

October 2018

Orell Füssli

Cristina KarrerMy Mother, Her Lovers, and My Lonely Heart

Anyone who is suff ering or in the midst of dying will oft en seek spiritual support and consolation. Spiritual Care can off er help, assists in acknowledging boundaries, and what support can look like in borderline situations. It will introduce readers to various spiritual sources of strength, pointing them toward paths out of their fear. Spiritual Care is still a young discipline, and it is based on the fi ndings and therapy forms coming out of medicine, psychotherapy, and other health professions. It supports people in crisis situations, especially the ill and dying.

PROF. DR. BRIGITTE BOOTHE

is a clinical psychologist, as

well as a psychotherapist.

Until 2013, she taught at the

University of Zurich. Today she

works a therapist and coach in

a joint psychological practice

in Zurich.

PROF. DR. ECKHARD FRICK

is a psychiatrist specializing in

psychosomatic medicine, as

well as a psychoanalyst.

Orell Füssli

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March 2017

Brigitte Boothe /Eckhard FrickSpiritual CareOn living and dying

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On a hot summer weekend the old and critically ill patriarch Joseph invites his family to his villa on the Baltic coast. Th e old and extremely rich man with a colorful past accepts death as what it is. However, before he goes, he is unyielding in his desire to see his entire family one last time. Th e relatives haven’t been on speaking terms for years, but they all decide to come in the interest of their potentially approaching inheritance.Predictably the events escalate until, in the truest sense of the world, everything explodes.

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February 2019

Frank GoldammerSummer Act

“How was your day?” Th e question is easy to answer, since when we’re awake, we are aware of what’s going on around us. “How did you sleep?” Th is question is trickier. In this book, Roenneberg focuses on sleep in all of its aspects, ranging from day-to-day living to questions related to evolution. Furthermore, this study doesn’t merely concentrate on sleep in itself, but encom-passes the time we dedicate to it and the conditions under which sleep does or doesn’t occur. According to Roenneberg, the task of restoring the relative signifi cance of sleep is a social and political responsibility.And what about the reference to the washing machine in the title? Its development from invention through today presents some similarities to the evolution of organisms. Th e author uses this metaphor in his book and his lectures in order to help explain the evolution of sleep.

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Till RoennebergThe Right to SleepA Manifesto for Sleep and an obituary for the alarm clock

A darkly humorous family saga from the successful crime fiction author

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