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CONTENT NON-FICTION ALBRECHT SCHONHÖFT RIEDERLE AHR BARTENS EHRHARDT / JOHNEN BONELLI MOESTL SPITZER MÜLLER KISTNER ABDEL-SAMAD KUHN OTT TEMELIE BERGER
Patient of My Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Childhoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Who We Are and What We Want . . . . . . . . . . . The Promise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Keeps Couples Together / Happy Children . . . . . . . To Be Honest, I’m a Really Good Liar . . . . . . . . . . It’s Your Own Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Way of the Tiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mental Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIFA Mafia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Islamic Fascism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Everything a Man Needs to Know by Heart / Every Skill a Man Must Have Yoga for Sceptics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Five Element Wellness Diet . . . . . . . . . . . The Bible Forgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Nightwalker . . . . . . . Glance of Death . . . . . . . Death in Seconds . . . . . . Buried Under the Dunes / Deathly Moon Death Mask . . . . . . . . Devil’s Gang / Toxic Trail . . . . . Dead Drunkards . . . . . . . Blood on the Ice . . . . . . . Sunday of the Dead . . . . . . M . . . . . . . . . . . Bullwhip . . . . . . . . . Mr. Metzger Heads for Paradise . . Your Dead Daughter . . . . . . Little Dead Riding Hood . . . . . Germania . . . . . . . . . The Golden Shore / Flames from the Sky 1813 . . . . . . . . . . Seduction . . . . . . . . . The Master Builder’s Love . . . . The Roses of Montevideo / The Dream of The Forbidden Story . . . . . . The Scent of the Nutmeg Flower . . Stars of the Caribbean . . . . . The House on the Island of Flowers . Like Sun and Moon . . . . . . Traveling with Russians . . . . . Ever Since that Moment . . . . . Time Is Waiting up There . . . . Infinite Blue . . . . . . . .
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SCHONHÖFT Childhoods HOW SMALL PEOPLE GROW UP IN OTHER COUNTRIES
A worldwide perspective on raising children
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African babies cry much less than German ones do; in Japanese day care the little ones feel much better than in ours; in Finland there’s »first aid« for children who aren’t succeeding in school … And there are many more examples of successfully raising children in this world. Michaela Schonhöft has been to Southeast Asia and South America, to Scandinavia and France and elsewhere, and has spoken with parents all over the globe. Her advice: dear parents, look to the good experiences of other countries for inspiration! There’s never only way to go.
Michaela Schonhöft, who has degrees in Sociology
ALBRECHT Patient of My Life PEOPLE WITHOUT HOPE. DOCTORS WHO GO TO THEIR LIMITS. MILESTONES OF MODERN MEDICINE. What do you do when you’ve done everything that can be done and your patient is still dying? See what happens when deeply committed doctors face their cases of a lifetime: Take the pediatrician who is able to deliver a baby the experts said had no chance to live, the youngest premature baby in history, delivered after 21 weeks and five days. Take the two doctors whose sensational mission is to create an artificial windpipe, to let a patient who has been considered sure to die have a chance at a normal life. And take the ward doctor who becomes the first ever to cure a patient of AIDS. Each of them reached the point where they could either give up or keep fighting using unusual methods. Each of them took the risk and won the battle. • Incredible cases of doctors and patients who broke new grounds in the world of science • An award-winning author, science journalist and doctor who knows his subject to the core • As thrilling to read as a crime novel, as beautifully written as literature 2
Bernhard Albrecht studied Medicine and Journalism in Bochum, Uppsala, Barcelona and Strasbourg. He began his career as a practicing physician, writing on the side for daily newspapers and magazines. Since 2000 he has been a full-time journalist, writing for television and magazines and has won numerous prizes. Albrecht is currently a science editor of the magazine stern. He lives in Hamburg and Munich.
and Journalism, is a freelance TV journalist and author. As part of her duties for the Andes regional office of Terre des Hommes she has reported on projects by charitable organizations in South America. Michaela Schonhöft lives in Berlin with her husband, two daughters of her own and two stepdaughters.
Michaela Schonhöft Childhoods 384 pages 978-3-629-13037-2 September 2013
RIEDERLE Who We Are and What We Want THE GENERATION OF DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE Philipp Riederle knows what appeals to people born in the Digital Age, and what expectations they have for their future careers. After all, he’s part of that generation himself! They make use of modern communications technology. They know the fastest way to access information. And for them it goes without saying that they take advantage of the digital community. Riederle describes how this generation sees itself and its mission. It’s a generation that’s well-educated, very much »networked,« and very creative. It’s a generation that is going to accomplish massive change in the structure of society as well as working life.
Philipp Riederle is only 17, but he’s a star of the Internet scene and Germany’s youngest business consultant. He has presented at numerous media conferences, and his successful podcast »My iPhone and Me« is already a legend.
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BARTENS What Keeps Couples Together / Happy Children Werner Bartens
AHR The Promise
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A STORY OF LOVE AND OBLIVION It was love at first sight when Ria and Edwin met in 1945. But he had promised himself to another. When Edwin and his bride tied the knot, Ria sat in the church, crying. The two then lost touch, but they could never forget one another. Many years later, they met again – and swore this time never to be parted. And they stayed together, for 39 happy years. But then Ria was diagnosed with dementia. She couldn’t recognize her beloved husband, even worse, started being scared of him. When Edwin tried to approach his wife, she began to cry, fearing he was going to hit her. When Ria’s condition continued to deteriorate, Edwin realized: he would lose the love of his life for the second time, this time to a malicious illness that had set about destroying all memories of their happy life together.
Nadine Ahr, born in Hannover in 1982, attended journalism school in Berlin after finishing her studies. She went on to win the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s »scholarship for talented journalists« and received a number of awards for her ZEIT dossier »The Promise« about the story of her grandparents.
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What Keeps Couples Together Warum man sich riechen können muss und Sex überschätzt wird
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WHY YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SMELL EACH OTHER, AND WHY SEX IS OVERRATED
WHAT MAKES THEM STRONG AND HEALTHY
Almost everyone dreams of it, many try it, and more than a few fail at it: carrying on a relationship over many years. Why do some succeed at it while others don’t? What are the secrets of long relationships? Love? Force of habit? Tolerance? Or is it just knowing how to act in the right situation: stressed-out women love to have their necks massaged in silence, while tensed-up men need to talk – and ideally to be in the right. In a book that’s as entertaining as it is useful, Werner Bartens tells us what psychology, medicine and behavioral research have found out about longterm relationships.
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the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, is himself the father of five, and he knows the insecurities that put pressure on worried parents. And precisely because of these insecurities, many parents behave the wrong way. Werner Bartens offers an easy-to-understand overview of the newest research findings from various disciplines. He compiles the things that let children mature into strong people with healthy minds, souls, and spirits who are able to ride out the storms of life over decades. Robustness in the face of stress and psychological and physical illnesses, an optimistic view of life, and joie de vivre often have their roots in a happy childhood. Following the bestsellers »Happy Body« and »Happiness Medicine« Werner Bartens has turned his attention to »Happy Children« and their parents. It’s a book that has no peer in its holistic and interdisciplinary approach.
Werner Bartens is a »goddamn genius«! (stern)
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EHRHARDT / JOHNEN To Be Honest, I’m a Really Good Liar TRUTH DOESN‘T GET US EVERYWHERE Ute Ehrhardt and Wilhelm Johnen are licensed psychologists who have worked as therapists, lecturers and trainers. Their point of emphasis is positive psychology. The book that made them famous was »Good Girls Go To Heaven, Bad Girls Go Everywhere«.
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BONELLI It’s Your Own Fault A WAY OUT OF THE SOUL’S DEAD ENDS Nothing hits as close to home as being at fault – it’s a taboo that is never talked about. But repressing this isn’t the answer! The Vienna psychiatrist Raphael M. Bonelli shows ways out of the emotional dead ends we run into when we suppress our guilt. Blaming others and self-pitying make you bitter and sick. You get rid of guilt by accepting it. There’s nobody who never makes a mistake. To err is human and failure is part of life, that’s the author’s comforting message. We overtax ourselves if we fail to accept this and demand perfection of ourselves.
Raphael M. Bonelli, born 1968, is a neuroscientist at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna, as well as a psychiatrist and systemic psychotherapist. He has done research at Harvard University, the University of California at Los Angeles, and Duke University, authored numerous publications in the area of 6
neurological research, and earned post-doctoral qualification in the subject of Neuropsychiatry. Now he combines his knowledge of the subject and his experience as a therapist in one easy-to-understand book.
Bernhard Moestl The Way of the Tiger 208 pages 978-3-426-65531-3 November 2013
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Nobody would readily admit that he or she lies. But we do it every day. We don’t want to insult our girlfriend, so we compliment the dress with the garish pattern. We laugh at our boss’s unfunny jokes. To be considerate, we don’t always tell our lovers the truth. And also: we lie to ourselves to boost our own sense of self-worth. Clever fibbing gives us an edge in everyday life. Relationships, career success, health and being happy about our lives are all tightly connected to our ability to lie intelligently. Always telling the truth would bring us problems. The renowned psychologists and bestselling authors Ute Ehrhardt and Wilhelm Johnen get us ready to help ourselves with untruths. They show that a good lie is an intellectual and emotional tour de force and a necessary component of coexisting socially. Love and a happy life aren’t possible in the long run without sophisticated manipulation of the truth.
Moestl’s books have sold more than 250.000 copies
MOESTL The Way of the Tiger KNOWING YOURSELF GIVES YOU STRENGTH IN LIFE Bernhard Moestl, born 1970 in Vienna, has lived in
In his new book he confronts the reader with exciting questions: What am I really good at? What are my strengths? What are my hidden talents? Many of us are not able to answer these kinds of questions about our own personality, at least not right away. We’re too unaccustomed to holding ourselves up to constructive scrutiny. But anyone who knows himself and his own merits can make a strong case for his own point of view, does not let himself be influenced, and gets things done. The Shaolin monks have always known how this worked. They realized that all strength comes from within, from ourselves. Bernhard Moestl makes this Asian wisdom useful to us. He shows how we can find the path to energy within ourselves, even given our hectic everyday lives. So that we can survive everyday life with healthy self-confidence.
Asia for many years. The things he experienced in the famous Shaolin monastery in the Chinese province of Henan, where he studied the monks’ everyday life and the power of their thoughts, were key influences on his life and his way of thinking.
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MANFRED SPITZER DIGITALE DEMENZ Wie wir uns und unsere Kinder um den Verstand bringen
Mental Strength 368 pages 978-3-426-27608-2 December 2013
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Our mental potential is inexhaustible SPITZER
Mental Strength
Dr. Manfred Spitzer, born 1958, studied Medicine, More and more adolescents suffer from attention Psychology, and Philosophy, and subsequently qualideficit disorders. They fail at school because they let fied as a university lecturer in the subject of Psychiaoutside impulses and their own inclinations control try. He runs the University Psychiatric Clinic in Ulm them. They lack willpower and self-control. Mentally and the Center for Neurological Sciences and Learnstrong people act deliberately. They have markedly less stress, they are aware of themselves and others, ing. He has had many books published, including the they are capable, they’re socially competent and they bestseller »Digital Dementia«. He hosts the weekly TV pursue their goals. They go their own way. series »Mind and Brain« on the channel Bayern We can do much to train our own minds and especially Alpha. Manfred Spitzer is one of the most important those of our children to be successful in life, says the German neurological researchers. famous neurological researcher Manfred Spitzer. With the aid of new studies he clearly describes the processes that make us mentally fit, healthy, and happy. Because our minds are strengthened by the right exercises, just as our bodies are. We just have to actually do those exercises. »Manfred Spitzer has mastered the art of illustrating an idea. His didactic method is that of entertaining as he instructs.« The newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Showdown
In his trademark straight, no-nonsense style, Germany’s most popular economic expert and bestselling author explains the second act of the ongoing monetary and economic drama. He recaps the fundamental mistakes in the birth of the euro, pointing out who has a massive interest in the collapse of the strong European currency and economic zone. Because the current crisis isn’t just the result of excessive national debt. It’s the expression of a US vs. Europe economic battle that’s raging behind the scenes. Müller spells out opportunities and dangers, and he explains how the reader can best get his or her money, retirement fund, and investments through a crisis that’s moving toward a dramatic peak. Dirk Müller is Germany’s »face of the stock exchange«. He has worked as pension trader for several companies, official sworn deputy exchange broker and later on lead broker. The bestselling author’s specialist knowledge and experience are highly esteemed by the media.
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FIFA Mafia
In Kistner’s »FIFA Mafia» the story is told of how a highly corrupt clique has managed to place itself, in the course of the past four decades, at FIFA’s head – under the pretext of reporting on the sporting public’s most popular event that takes place every four years. A History of Crime in the world’s greatest sports association! Thomas Kistner has an international reputation as one of most highly acclaimed investigative journalists in the field of sports and organized crime in the field.
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Preview on a non-fiction highlight in spring: HAMED ABDEL-SAMAD MAKES OBVIOUS THE ALARMING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN RADICAL ISLAMISM AND FASCISM Out of the ashes of the first World War arose not only Italian Fascism and German National Socialism - but also the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. All three political currents have significant ideological likenesses: The idea of a national, racial or religious ‘chosenness’, the forcible exclusion of others, the imperialist striving for world domination. In his lucid, alarming investigation, Abdel-Samad draws striking parallels between the totalitarian movements of the 1930s and today’s extremists’ interpretation of Islam. Hamed Abdel-Samad, born 1972 in Cairo, is a member of the German Conference on Islam (DIK) and one of the most accomplished Islamic intellectuals of the younger generation. His criticism of political Islam, more especially of Islamism, has earned him massive criticism in his native Egypt and other Islamic countries. Following the presentation of his thesis on the fascist character of radical Islamism earlier this year, a death fatwa has been issued against him. Despite this threat to his life, Hamed Abdel-Samad continues defending his opinion in numerous public appearances.
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FIFA Mafia 978-3-426-78548-5 464 pages March 2014
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Unnützes Wissen für alle Lebenslagen
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Everything a Man Needs to Know by Heart 304 pages 978-3-426-78537-9 September 2013
Men tend to remember the most unusual things. Who missed a penalty kick in which cup final? Who spoke which famous last words when he died? Useless and not-so-useless pieces information are of particular interest to a man, especially when he can use them to brag to his pals. Oliver Kuhn’s bestseller »Everything A Man Needs to Know« established the author as someone who understands men. Upon the 50th anniversary of Knaur paperbacks, the author presents indispensable male knowledge. Belly laughs are guaranteed.
Every Skill a Man Must Have 320 pages 978-3-426-78512-6 December 2013
Oliver Kuhn has every man’s dream job: reporter for Playboy. You cannot be him, but you can buy his book.
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Psychologist Dr. Ulrich Ott has been researching altered states of consciousness, yoga, and meditation at the university in Giessen for 15 years. With his bestseller »Meditation for Sceptics« he made the latest research and practical applications accessible to a broad readership.
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Yoga for Sceptics 288 pages 978-3-426-29214-3 October 2013
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How yoga works, and what science knows about it. The only science-based beginner’s handbook. With revealing first-person accounts and expert interviews. The combination of science and practice was an extremely successful innovation of the book »Meditation for Sceptics«. And again in Ulrich Ott’s new book, practical instruction is always combined with a portrayal of scientific findings that’s understandable for the layman. Also, »Yoga for Sceptics« has important information about the side effects of yoga.
Oliver Kuhn is more successful than anyone when it comes to understanding and training men. Here he has put together everything that today’s guy often doesn’t have handy but desperately needs to survive in the wild and in relationships.
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A quick introduction to the popular 5-element-diet by the leading expert in the field. Based on ancient Chinese dietary teachings, this diet aims at permanent weight reduction – by and while feeling good. Instead of adhering to strict rules and diet plans, you learn to listen to your body and appetite to help you reach your lasting feel-good figure. With easy tests for an increased body awareness and some healthy menu ideas to help you change your diet.
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of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Her previous books on the topic have sold over 185.000 copies and have been translated into several languages.
Get Your Personal Wellness Weight: the Five-Elements-Diet
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The Five Element Wellness Diet
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The Bible Forgers 352 pages 978-3-629-02185-4 May 2013
BERGER The Bible Forgers »What some theologians write about Jesus Christ these days is absolutely intolerable!« says Klaus Berger, the combative old man of New Testament exegesis. Berger takes on myths that have been circulated by his colleagues. His findings: Biblical research is full of ignorance, frowns on free thought, and uses unsound philosophical methods. Worse still, in this manner many theologians unintentionally do the atheists’ work for them: they block the path to faith. Berger responds that Jesus wasn’t merely a good person who prayed for people’s health and gently imparted his wisdom, but rather the living God who has become part of our history. His book shows the reader a path to Jesus of Nazareth that looks at both perspectives: his human and his godly nature.
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Born in 1971, Markus Heitz studied linguistics, literature and history, and went on to work for the Saarbrücker Zeitung. He sets out to provide his readers with an escape from everyday life. Fantasy? Horror? Thriller? Markus Heitz will not be limited to one genre only.
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BY writing. The big question that motivates him is: what if ...? What if things have an entirely different meaning than we usually ascribe to them? What if we are hopelessly wrong about the causes of certain events? Sebastian Fitzek sets out to entertain his readers and his stories almost seem to write themselves. His books are anchored in the real world but the stories throw doubt on the latter’s veracity.
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As a young man, Leon Nader suffered from insomnia. As a nightwalker, he even turned to violence during his nocturnal excursions and had psychiatric treatment for his condition. Eventually, he was convinced he had been cured – but one day, years later, Leon’s wife disappears from their flat under mysterious circumstances. Could it be that his illness has broken out again? In order to find out how he behaves in his sleep, Leon fits a movement activated camera to his forehead – and when he looks at the video the next morning he makes a discovery that bursts the borders of his imagination. His nocturnal personality goes through a door that is totally unknown to him and descends into the darkness …
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»Truth is in the eye of the beholder.« This is the message a serial killer leaves behind at his carefully staged crime scenes copying pictures of the dead: old paintings, modern photographs or pictures from the internet. At the beginning, the investigators are convinced that there must be clues hidden at the crime scenes or a connection between the pictures used as models and the victims. Then, however, they make a gruesome discovery: There are more and more dead bodies on the model pictures – and that is not all: The clues for the investigators have been hidden by the killer in a very special place …
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Death in Seconds
Falko Cornelsen, a police detective in northern Germany, is married and in his mid-forties. His special investigative methods have brought him an enviably high success rate. At the scene of a crime, he puts himself in a state of meditative concentration to get a feel for the crime and the criminal, then later in his basement he makes a detailed reconstruction of the crime scene. Here, the investigator has to solve the brutal murder of a successful female mystery author who has been murdered in the same despicable way as a character in her latest novel: her mouth and nose were glued shut with super glue. Alarmed, Falko Cornelsen realizes that he must be dealing with a serial killer when a similar case from the past comes to the fore.
Petra Mattfeldt, born 1971, trained as a paralegal and then became a freelance journalist. She lives in a small town near Bremen with her family.
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Death in Seconds 384 pages 978-3-426-51445-0 January 2014
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ZOE: YOUNG, PRETTY, SMART. OCCUPATION: UNDERTAKER. Journalist Sven Koch was born in 1969. He has also made a name for himself as a photographer and a musician, and he’s been playing gigs all over the country with various punk and rockabilly bands for many years. He lives in Detmold.
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Twenty-one-year-old Zoe is masterful when it comes to preparing the dead for burial. When her grandfather dies, she takes over the family business. She respectfully prepares the dead for their »last voyage« and quickly makes a name for herself as the youngest undertaker in Germany. But the residents of the small village in Hunsrück quickly deem the unusual young woman to be an eccentric. One day the corpses brought in for embalming are those of a fellow named Boris and his two friends. Zoe soon finds herself on the list of murder suspects, because one of the young men almost raped Zoe a few years previously. The justice department investigates. The atmosphere in the village is like a boiling cauldron when Zoe suddenly vanishes without a trace.
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Buried Under the Dunes THE HORROR ON THE IDYLLIC NORTH SEA COAST One night in the small village of Werlesiel on the North Sea, a young girl disappears in the thick fog. Femke Folkmer, head of the small police department, doesn’t think this is a normal missing persons case. But she also thinks the horror story that the residents of this coastal region are telling her is made up. Wolf, a criminologist, joins her team. But instead of finding the missing girl, the investigators find the hidden graveyard of a serial killer …
Helene Henke, born 1964, tried training for two different vocations before she discovered her true passion: writing. The author is married and lives in Krefeld with her family.
Death Mask 432 pages 978-3-426-22632-2 November 2013
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Buried Under the Dunes 416 pages 978-3-426-51322-4 August 2013
The horror on the idyllic North Sea coast
The scene is Frankfurt am Main. On a bridge over the freeway Detective Julia Durant is presented with a disgusting sight: a burned-up motorcycle, and on it is the remains of a scorched corpse. The victim of a gang war in the biker scene? The investigators run into a wall of silence. It’s high time to call in their colleague Brandt from the neighboring precinct.
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SAVE YOUR DAUGHTER?
DANIEL HOLBE
Teufelsbande Ein neuer Fall für Julia Durant
Daniel Holbe has captured the exact »voice« of the late, great Andreas Franz. Holbe lets the legendary investigators Julia Durant and Peter Brandt live on.
Books in the Julia Durant series have been sold to: • China (Beijing Read Product, Bookzone) • Korea (Yemun) • Poland (Weltbild)
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Daniel Holbe
Devil’s Gang 512 pages 978-3-426-51357-6 September 2013
Toxic Trail Ulf Reitmeyer, head of a large organic farm in southern Wetterau, collapses out on the street. Everything points to a sudden heart attack, even though the victim was athletic and seemed to be fit as a fiddle. A second corpse is found, and the victim was, of all things, an employee of Reitmeyer’s farm. Sabine Kaufman gets involved. She had left the Frankfurt precinct a short time before to be closer to her very sick mother. For her first case in the »boondocks« she has to deal not only with a colleague named Ralph Angersbach who takes some getting used to, but also with a perpetrator who kills in despicable fashion…
A serial killer is playing an underhanded game with Police Psychologist Alexandra von Stietencron, sending her song lyrics as clues to his murders. The police are investigating at full tilt. Then the daughter of Alex’s new boyfriend suddenly falls into the clutches of the beast, and the killer confronts Alex with a choice: her life or that of the girl.
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Daniel Holbe, born 1976, lives with his family in Wetterau, not far from Frankfurt. Holbe, an avid reader, has been particularly fascinated by mysteries set in and around Frankfurt and the state of Hesse for some time.
Daniel Holbe
Toxic Trail 464 pages 978-3-426-51374-3 March 2014
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Dead Drunkards
Zeki Demirbilek, alias Detective Pasha, has his hands full when the corpse of a drunkard is fished out of the Isar river. A blood alcohol level of 0.42%: that’s going to knock out even the stoutest Turk. The investigations lead to an independent brewery in Munich – and to a major revolt in the Bavarian capital. The brewery wants to start brewing beer in Istanbul! »First the Turks take away our jobs, and now our workplace too, including our most holy cultural assets!« It’s Ramadan and time for fasting, so stomachs are growling and beer is tempting… making circumstances tougher for Detective Pasha and his Turkish-Bavarian team…
A skeleton in a box, a corpse in the refrigerator… young Detective Wallner and his stubborn colleague Kreuthner are caught up in an especially tricky case. Very dry, very funny, totally Föhr.
lies, he was given the prestigious Max Ophüls Award. »Dead Drunkards« is the second case he has written for Detective Pasha, »A rough-and-ready but lovably authentic figure whom one quickly grows attached to« (Westdeutscher Rundfunk).
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Detective Pasha Su Turhan, born 1966 in Istanbul, came to Germany in the Seventies as the son of guest workers. Today he’s a successful director. Most recently, he directed the series »The Borgia Affair« for the television network ZDF. For his theatrical feature »Ayla,« a dramatic love story about forced marriages in Turkish fami-
Andreas Föhr
Sunday of the Dead 400 pages 978-3-426-21361-2 November 2013
Su Turhan
Dead Drunkards 320 pages 978-3-426-51364-4 January 2014
FÖHR RITTER
Blood on the Ice
How it all began: Detective Wallner’s baptism of fire
This is going to freeze the blood in your veins The Engadin, Switzerland, a bright winter’s day. More than 1.000 leading lights of the business world are on the frozen surface of Lake St. Moritz for the famous horse race. In the midst of them is the pregnant Sandra, girlfriend of the world-renowned sports photographer Thien Baumgartner. Suddenly the surface of the ice explodes, and hundreds of streams of water shoot toward the sky, as the ice shatters and turns blood-red. Terrorists have blown up the ice. Immediately helicopters begin circling, to attempt to rescue survivors from the bitter cold water and then fly them to the hospital. But one helicopter focuses on the super VIPs. It also scoops up Sandra, and rotors thumping, it disappears behind a mountain crest… and doesn’t reappear. Thien, who was aghast as he observed the goings-on from the shore, knows that if he wants to save Sandra he’s going to have to investigate on his own.
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Marc Ritter spent his early years as a photographer, gas-station attendant, roofer, and ski instructor, among other things. In 1995, without being assigned or receiving permission, he started the first online presence of the newspaper publisher Süddeutscher Verlag. He now is a management consultant who makes time to write.
1993: Clemens Wallner, 24 years old, has just been named a detective. He’s celebrating this with an allnight party in front of a huge bonfire on a peak of the Mangfall Alps, along with police constable Leonhardt Kreuthner and the boss’s daughter. As the new day dawns, »Cadaver Kreuthner« finds the first corpse of his career. Under the ashes of the fire there’s a buried metal chest containing a dead person …
Andreas Föhr, born 1958, educated as a lawyer, has been successfully writing scripts for television since 1991. He has written for the series »SOKO 5113«, »Ein Fall für Zwei« and »Der Bulle von Tölz«, among others. For his first novel he was presented the »Friedrich Glauser Award«. Thanks to »Black Slope,« Andreas Föhr’s name was found among the Top Ten on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for months on end.
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Blood on the Ice 460 pages 978-3-426-22629-2 November 2013
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ANI M THE PEOPLEWATCHER »Something about him has been different lately.« With these words the editor Mia Bischof hires the Liebergesell Detective Agency to search for her missing friend. Süden and his colleagues find the woman strange from the start. Their uneasy feelings are confirmed as irritating clues appear in the work environment of the missing man. It is said that he had contact with Neo-Nazis, but Mia disputes this
vehemently. Süden ignores his personal reservations … until his colleagues are put in grave danger and he has to fear for their lives.
Friedrich Ani lives as a writer in Munich. He works as a journalist, police reporter and script writer for television films.
In Bullwhip, district attorney Chas Riley is not having a good summer. There’s rain, rain, and more rain, plus the brutal murder of a policeman in the suburbs. Chas and her fellow police investigators are propelled into a seedy carousel of corruption, influence-peddling and connections. At the end another colleague is dead, a woman is missing, a girlfriend is married. And a big-time gangster learns that no gun can deal with the ultimate loneliness.
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Bullwhip 224 pages 978-3-426-22643-8 October 2013
Simone Buchholz has lived in Hamburg since the Nineties. At first she was a magazine writer there, writing about love, youth, and business. Nowadays she prefers to write about murder and mayhem. Simone Buchholz lives in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg with her husband and her son. She loves summer but hates summertime. Frau Buchholz was once a wild thing. Now she herself lives a very healthy life. Instead of indulging in vices herself, she has her emotionally edgy character, district attorney Chastity Riley, drink and smoke as much as possible … with a few exceptions.
Welcome to the ›Kiez‹ – Chastity Riley is back! »Ani has an uncanny feel for his characters, as broken as some of them may be.«
Italy: whether it’s Jesolo, Caorle, or Bibone, hell is a sea of beach umbrellas and gold chains on well-oiled skin, if you ask the restoration expert Willibald Adrian Metzger. He’s there against his will and hating every minute of it, surrounded by annoying sun-worshippers and persistent seaside peddlers. On top of all of that, corpses are being dug up in the sand. All Metzger wants is to get out of there, but he investigates the story that has come to light, and he’sMETZGER not the only one »DIESER IST KULT!« FREUNDIN doing so. Thomas Raab, geboren 1970, lebt nach abgeschlossenem Mathematik- und
Jesolo, Caorle, Bibione, egal, das Fegefeuer ist ein Meer aus
Sportstudium als Schriftsteller, Kompo-
Sonnenschirmen und Goldkettchen auf öliger Haut – zumindest
Thomas Raab, born 1970, studied Math and Physical nist und Musiker mit seiner Familie in
Wien. Zahlreiche literarische und musikalische Nominierungen und Preise, zuletzt
seinem eigenen Untergang nahe, bekommt er es am Ufer der
Adria mit einer Ausgrabung zu tun. Einer dermaßen makabren,
Education. Today he’s an author, composer, and musician who lives with his family in Vienna. He has won many prizes and been nominated for many more. His detective stories starring restoration expert Willibald Adrian Metzger are among Austria’s most successful, and the character is already being adapted for the screen. »Buchliebling« 2011. Die Kriminalromane
rund um den Restaurator Willibald Adrian Metzger zählen zu den erfolgreichsten
in Österreich, an deren Verfilmung wird
Friedrich Ani is to Munich what Georges Simenon was to Paris
für den Restaurator Willibald Adrian Metzger. Entführt und
versteht sich, da scheinen die alles andere als harmonisch
urlaubenden Alpenländler und Teutonen, allen voran ein vorlauter Berliner unbekannter Profession, das geringste Übel zu sein,
bereits gearbeitet.
möchte man meinen. Und weil es höchst ungesund ist, vom
Weiteres zum Autor:
wird für den Metzger und seine Danjela aus dem Fegefeuer
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Die Hölle ist ein Meer aus Sonnenschirmen und Goldkettchen auf öliger Haut, zumindest für den Restaurator Willibald Adrian Metzger. Genau dorthin hat es ihn verschlagen, entführt und betrogen: ins Land der bissfesten Nudeln, an den schlimmsten aller Strände. Dort sieht er sich dem eigenen Untergang nahe und bekommt es dann auch noch mit einer Ausgrabung zu tun. Einer dermaßen makabren und ziemlich toten, versteht sich, da wird selbst seinem heißgeliebten Prachtweib Danjela gewaltig flau im Magen. Der Metzger will nur noch eines: heim – und begibt sich auf die grauenhaften Spuren der ans Tageslicht
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Mr. Metzger Heads for Paradise 288 pages 978-3-426-19955-8 March 2013 10.01.13 13:28
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Your Dead Daughter 352 pages 978-3-426-51345-3 May 2013
Crime – punishment – love: the haunting analysis of a woman’s psyche
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Wolfram Fleischhauer Little Dead Riding Hood 400 pages 978-3-426-19854-4 September 2013
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Caroline still can’t believe that her daughter Lianne is dead. A deadly traffic accident ended it all for the 26-year-old. Days later the driver who was responsible dies as well. Torn up by grief and anger, Caroline flees Hamburg for the solitude of the forests of Sweden. When she reaches her family’s lake house, she is overcome by memories. Her last visit was 28 years ago, but it’s as if she had never left. And it soon becomes clear that Caroline is plagued by feelings of guilt that go way beyond grief. Surrounded by the profound quiet of the snow-covered forests, Caroline distances herself ever further from reality. Until police detective Ulf Svensson appears, armed with a horrible suspicion…
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Anja Grimm is a 28-year-old student of forest science. By a twist of fate she finds herself working on a project in the remote region where she used to spend her summer vacation with her parents. Anja has very mixed feelings about this forest where her father disappeared on a hiking trip twenty years ago. Soon her dark premonitions prove to be well founded. Just two days into the work, the nightmare of her childhood seems to repeat itself. Deep in the woods she runs into Xaver, the village idiot, who reacts strangely when he recognizes her. Just hours after they meet he hangs himself. His suicide will not remain the only disturbing event connected to Anja’s reappearance. Before long, Anja’s persistent questions about the circumstances of her father’s disappearance become the talk of the town. She meets with reserve and even hostility from the villagers. Even the police are strangely reluctant to reopen what for them is a closed case. When the villagers realize that her scientific skills allow her to »read« their forest in ways they could not even begin to imagine, they are faced with a terrible decision. Little Dead Riding Hood is an emotionally charged page-turner about guilt and denial. It is set in the present day, in an idyllic German region that is still haunted by what happened in the last days of the war– a moving story about a young woman who can »read« the long forgotten horrors written in the silent language of nature.
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Alex Berg, born 1963, worked as a journalist for many years before she started writing fiction. Her series of political thrillers revolving around prosecutor Valerie Weymann and agent Eric Mayer is celebrated by a growing fan base and critics alike – and rightly so: her writing is precise, intelligent, highly topical and full of suspense …
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Gripping, immersive, suffocating: The hunt for a murderer in the war-torn Berlin of 1944 … In the bombed-out capital of the Reich, a serial killer is preying on women and laying the mutilated corpses in front of war memorials. All of the victims had a connection to the Nazi party. But according to one witness’s account, the perpetrator is not an opponent of the regime, but rather a loyal Nazi. The Jewish detective Richard Oppenheimer, once a successful investigator for the Berlin police, is reactivated by the Gestapo. Oppenheimer is not just concerned with helping others survive, but also very much with his own survival. And very possibly, solving this case is what would put him in the most jeopardy. He feverishly searches for a way out of this dangerous game.
Harald Gilbers, born 1970, studied English and History in Augsburg and Munich. He was a television editor before becoming a director for the theater.
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The Golden Shore FATE Walther and Gisela share the same fate. Both have lost their parents and are now growing up as wards of Count Renitz. But the Count’s biological son despises the new family members. Years later, both boys fall in love with Gisela, but she only has eyes for Walther. There’s a scandal, and the lovers’ only option is to flee to other shores. Off to faraway Texas! Iny Lorentz’s historical novels have had monumental success. On the occasion of Knaur’s golden anniversary, »The Golden Shore« shows us the dramatic story of immigrants in the 19th century. Sensational sales figures are guaranteed.
Iny Lorentz books have been translated into 14 languages: Korea (Book21 Publishing), Czech Republic (Euromedia), Hungary (General Press Kiado), France (Presses de la Renaissance), Poland (Sonia Draga), Italy (Sperling & Kupfer), Latvia (Zvaigzne), Turkey (Pegasus), Lithuania (Musu Knyga), Spain (Edicones B, Santillana Ediciones), Russia (Moy Mir), The Netherlands (Xander), Ukraine (Hemiro Limited), Brazil (Editora Objetiva)
Husband-and-wife writing team Elmar and Iny Lorentz are best known for their historical novel »The Travelling Harlot« which has sold over a million copies to date. Ever since then, it’s been an ongoing success story – and not just in Germany!
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Muenster, Germany, in the 16th century. Young Frauke Hinrichs and her family are accused of being Anabaptists and must therefore flee three times to escape death. But now they appear to be safe. Even when a notorious Inquisitor arrives in the city, Frauke’s father doesn’t recognize the danger. When the citizens have to offer up a victim to »the Pope’s bloodhound« to avoid being persecuted themselves, they decide on the Hinrichs family. Frauke is able to flee, with the help of Lothar. He’s the son of a close confidant of the prince-bishop, and he secretly loves the girl. In Muenster they see each other again… but they’re on opposing sides.
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Angiola Calori was the first of just a handful of women to whom Casanova proposed, but she preferred to rule the stages of Europe. Two gifted seducers cross each other’s paths, and what for a long time seems like a war turns into the love of their lives, a love that makes it possible for both to accomplish their very different goals. The author knows what talented young people are able to accomplish, and that’s why she has succeeded in paying an appropriate tribute to two of the most unusual such people.
Sabine Ebert grew up in Berlin. She studied linguistics and Latin American Studies. »The Midwife’s Secret«, her first novel, was the surprise hit of 2006. Sabine Ebert lives in Saxony, where her novels are set.
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Seduction 480 pages 978-3-426-51287-6 July 2013
literary prizes at the age of 18. Herr books have all been bestsellers in Germany and have been translated into several languages.
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The Master Builder’s Love
A YOUNG WOMAN AND HER VERY BIG DREAMS Die der Hebamme Roman
Knaur.
Spring 1813: Europe is aching under the rule of Napoleon. After the dramatic defeat of the French Grande Armée in Russia, Prussia and the Russian Empire start a counter attack. In Saxony, which has virtually been bled white, people have to make decisions that will change their lives forever: There is the mother desperately hoping for her sons to return, the general who risks his life to convince his country to join the allied troops, two students who want to join the Luetzow Free Corps, a countess who for the sake of love turns into a secret agent for Napoleon, a book printer who works under censorship and last but not least also young Henriette who is trying to escape plunderers and does her best to help the many wounded in the sick bay by easing their suffering. People yearn for peace, while the rulers have secretly already split Europe between themselves and give rise to a colossal battle near Leipzig. In all this fighting and butchering, in the midst of unspeakable suffering, how can the people save their hopes and their humanity?
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Prussia, 1544: Young Dora has one great dream: she wants to be a master builder. She has the talent to do it … very much unlike her brother, whom their father had named his successor. When Dora is married to the almost 30-year-old Urban, she initially thinks all of her dreams have been shattered, but despite these expectations the marriage is a happy one, and her husband even supports her goals. But then Urban loses his life in a terrible accident, and a young Nuremberg architect, whom Dora has secretly fallen in love with, comes under suspicion of having a hand in the matter. It’s only much later that Dora finds out what’s behind this horrible act, and she begins to investigate.
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Heidi Rehn, born 1966, is a freelance journalist and
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author. She studied history, German studies, business administration and communication science. Afterwards she taught at Munich’s Ludwig-Maximilians-University before joining a PR agency. She lives in Munich with her husband and two children.
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The Master Builder’s Love 752 pages 8-3-426-65313-5 November 2013
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Montevideo, Uruguay, 1843. Albert Gothmann, son of a Frankfurt banker, falls head over heels in love with Rosa, who’s full of zest for life. She’s the daughter of one of Uruguay’s oldest Spanish families. But her love forces her to give up her homeland, a fate that will be suffered by all of her female descendants from that point forward. Are the women strong enough to fight for their passion?
Carla Federico knows how to use powerful impressions, colors, and scents to let the Carla Federico
The Roses of Montevideo 784 pages 978-3-426-51023-0 June 2013
reader fully experience faraway dream destinations. This book, published on the occasion of Knaur’s 50th anniversary, is a fascinating trip to the Uruguay of the 19th century.
The Scent of the Nutmeg Flower
1545: Fleeing her cruel fiancé, the Portuguese noblewoman Ana stows away on the merchant vessel belonging to her brother Alessandro. But instead of helping her, he threatens to bring her back to preserve the family’s honor. It’s not until reaching Goa, the end of the trip, that Ana gets help from an unexpected quarter: a young Englishman named Geoffrey proposes marriage to her, though not without an ulterior motive…
father and a German mother. She studied Oriental and German studies and political science. El Omari lives in Bonn with her husband and daughter.
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Chile, the 19th century. Katharina is 26 years old, and she’s afraid she’ll never find a man. So an ad she sees in the newspaper is just what she needed: a widowed shepherd on Easter Island is looking for a wife and a mother for his children. Full of hope, Katharina sets out on her journey. But at first it seems she won’t get what she’s longing for, because it’s a hard life on Easter Island, and her husband is a man of few words who doesn’t think much of displays of emotion. Katharina is determined to stick it out, and not give in to the harsh climate and equally harsh people. Then she meets a missionary named Aaron, who fascinates her at first sight.
The Dream of Rapa Nui 704 pages 978-3-426-50853-4 February 2014
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Laila El Omari
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When she receives an invitation to the funeral of someone named »Miti« in Papua New Guinea, Katja, a doctor, doesn’t suspect that the trip will shine light on her family’s darkest secrets and change her own life forever. Author Annette Dutton skillfully intertwines the stories of two women from different centuries, conjures up the dramatic history of Papua New Guinea and brings enigmatic historical figures like the famous, or rather infamous Queen Emma to life. Annette Dutton, born in Germany in 1965, studied Humanities in Mainz. Since then she has worked as a television producer and writer, most recently for a special on Australia by the scientific series »Galileo« as well as the two-part Australia report »The Train of Dreams.« Annette Dutton has lived in Australia for 11 years now, along with her husband John and son Oscar.
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Cuba in the 19th Century: Hermano has long since put his German roots behind him and lives happily in his hacienda along with his wife, who worships him. He has worked his way up to being one of Cuba’s richest and most powerful sugar barons and should be content with his life. But then his younger sister falls in love with a black boy, of all people. When the slaves on the island revolt, the revolution reaches Hermano’s hacienda, and his wife obviously sides with the revolutionaries, Hermano has to act…
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Sterne der Karibik R O M A N
Beatrice Fabregas was a copywriter and journalist for many years and is currently a bookseller. She loves to travel, and Cuba remains her favorite destination.
Beatrice Fabregas
Stars of the Caribbean 480 pages 978-3-426-21365-0 April 2013
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The House on the Island of Flowers
Laura’s husband Fabian died in an accident six months ago. When the tickets arrive for the Australia trip the two had planned together, old wounds are reopened. Laura hurriedly flees to Madeira, to her great-aunt’s home near the lighthouse. Here she hopes to find peace so she can mourn Fabian undisturbed. But then she gets hold of a book in which her ancestor had drawn the fascinating flowers of the island, and like her relative, she becomes enchanted by Madeira. Christiane Lind received her doctorate in sociology. In addition to many short stories, she has published a historical novel and a book for young adults. Travel is her great passion, which led her both to Cornwall and to the island of flowers, Madeira. She was immediately fascinated by the glorious colors and atmosphere of the island.
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CHRISTIANE LIND
Das Haus auf der Blumeninsel ROMAN
My Russian Mother-In-Law and Other Catastrophes
Christiane Lind The House on the Island of Flowers 480 pages 978-3-426-51333-0 June 2013
Alexandra Fröhlich
Traveling With Russians 320 pages 978-3-426-51468-9 March 2014
Mysterious, opulent, and with the flair of the legendary »island of flowers«
FRÖHLICH
Traveling with Russians
THE ROAD TO ADVENTURE!
WALTER
Like Sun and Moon
Birgit lives a happy and content life with her husband Tom and two children in a house on Lake Starnberg. But who should suddenly show up there but her sister Kira, the globetrotting rebel who lives in Ibiza and whom Birgit hasn’t seen in 20 years. Suddenly Birgit starts to question her current life: did she really make the right decision by choosing a bourgeois existence of family life and affluence? Isn’t there something else out there? Kira, on the other hand, can’t forget what happened that night 20 years ago when she lost her lover and her life was destroyed… by her sister.
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What’s Important Is What You Can’t See
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Her husband has disappeared, and Paula sits alone in Kiev, a city where she can’t even read the street signs. It was supposed to be a vacation to help the two of them make up. Just her and him. Without the kid. Without responsibilities. And above all, without his mother. Instead, Paula’s only hope is, of all people, her Russian mother-in-law Darya. Darya travels to see her, glamorous and nutty as ever, with Paula’s mother Luise in tow and carrying Paula’s two-year-old daughter Johanna. When the three women hear that Paula’s husband is in Donetsk, Ukraine, they follow him. It’s the beginning of a wild cross-country odyssey!
Alexandra Fröhlich is a journalist and author. She works for various women’s magazines as a freelance copy editor. In Kiev she developed a new women’s magazine. Alexandra Fröhlich is bound to her Russian ex-husband by deep-seated attraction and repulsion, and she lives in Hamburg with her three sons. Her debut novel, »My Russian Mother-In-Law and Other Catastrophes«, made the bestseller list of Der Spiegel and delighted readers and the press.
Nicole Walter
Nicole Walter studied Foreign Languages in Munich and then worked as an advertising copywriter and freelance journalist. Since 1994 she has written very successful scripts for television series and TV movies, and today she numbers among Germany’s most successful and sought-after scriptwriters. Her first novel, »What’s Important Is What You Can’t See«, made Der Spiegel’s bestseller list.
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WIE SONNE UND MOND Roman
Nicole Walter Like Sun and Moon 352 pages 978-3-426-51144-2 September 2013
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AHRENS
Ever Since that Moment
WHEN THE WORLD TOTTERS
Paula doesn’t know much about her father Georg. This becomes that much clearer to her as she hears about his suicide attempt. Paula’s previously well-ordered life is shaken up, and she needs to learn to find her way in a world that has suddenly changed. But soon she encounters secrets that bring something abominable to the surface. Renate Ahrens gives an intense account of a woman’s search for identity and carefully leads the reader down the winding paths of a family tragedy.
Renate Ahrens
Ever Since that Moment 336 pages 978-3-426-51380-4 October 2013
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Time Is Waiting up There
LILLY LINDNER – THE EXCEPTIONAL LITERARY TALENT
»Jenny looks up at the dark sky. Her thoughts fall outside the time frame of the borders of reality. She sees winter clouds and Christmas lights; cinnamon cookies rain down on her, snowflakes get caught in her hair, and ice crystals grow on the grass under her feet. The ducks turn into blue hares and disappear into small igloos at the edge of the castle’s grounds. The pond sinks under a mirror of ice and dead fish. Suddenly it’s so cold. So terribly cold. »Up there,« Jenny whispers in the windy storm. »Up there snow is falling.«
Time Is Waiting up There 272 pages 978-3-426-22640-7 September 2013
Lilly Lindner was born in Berlin in 1985. At age 15 she had already begun to write autobiographical texts as well as novels. In »Stark Naked« she came to grips with her own story: that book was on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for months. The newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote: »Crystal clear prose that brings you the world.«
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HOHBERG Infinite Blue
AT THE END YOU ONLY REGRET THE THINGS YOU HAVE NEVER DONE.
Annette Hohberg
Infinite Blue 352 pages 978-3-426-65335-7 September 2013
When the journalist Martha disappears on her 50th birthday right before her own party, her friends and her daughter Lina are puzzled: Why did she leave the house without a word? Martha had set out without a plan, and packing nothing but a few dreams… and in Italy she finds the answers to questions she had never asked herself before. She finds laughter, as well as the joie de vivre that’s been missing for so long… and she meets a man named Michele. With him she experiences the love of her life, and the last great love of her life. Because what neither her friends nor her family know is that she doesn’t have very long to live and wants to relish every day as if it were her last. Because she has realized: you only regret the things you have never done! Annette Hohberg is a section editor at one of Condé Nast’s major magazines, based in Munich.
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