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<strong>Rowohlt</strong> Verlag GmbH Hamburger Straße 17, D-21465 Reinbek Photos: Jan Riephoff, Frank Zauritz, Isolde Ohlbaum (3), privat (2), Hergen Schimpf, Susanne Schleyer<br />
Martin Walser David Safier Hans Joachim<br />
Schädlich Peter Rühmkorf Jindrich Mann<br />
Joachim Fest Markus Grill Pia Frankenberg<br />
Volker Hage Rainer Klis Helge Timmerberg<br />
Dietrich Grönemeyer Michael Degen Klaus<br />
Scherer Wolfgang Leonhard Peter Huth<br />
Dorothee Schmitz-Köster Kathrin Passig Ingo Metzmacher Nicolas Remin Felicitas Mayall<br />
Kay Cordes Holly-Jane Rahlens Thomas Gsella Sabine Wassermann Wolf Schneider Niels<br />
Boeing Mascha Kaléko Sabine Neuffer Dezsö Kosztolányi Bernd List Edelgard Spaude<br />
Astrid Fritz Monika Mann Dirk Nowitzki Jan Böttcher Moritz Rinke Petra Hammesfahr<br />
Norbert Zähringer Carsten Klemann Gabriele Gillen Aleks Scholz Edith Beleites Elke<br />
Loewe Max Goldt Heidi Goch Carlo Schäfer Ulla Lachauer Georg Heller Ruth Berger<br />
Alex<strong>and</strong>ra Guggenheim Ralf König Renée Karthee Gerlis Zillgens Ulricke Kuckero<br />
Hortense Ullrich Georg Klein Andrea W<strong>and</strong>el Sabine Both Wolfram Hänel Nina<br />
Br<strong>and</strong>hoff Rosa Naumann Bernhard Hoecker Dorothee Wolter Simone Thomalla Eva B.<br />
Erica Fischer Simone Ladwig-Winters Christian Nürnberger Rocko<br />
Schamoni Rosamunde Pilcher Marie Nejar Borwin B<strong>and</strong>elow<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> | <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong> | <strong>Rowohlt</strong> ·Berlin | Wunderlich | Kindler Verlag | rororo
Table of Contents<br />
Hardcover 1<br />
Paperback<br />
Fiction 1<br />
Non-Fiction 7<br />
Children’s Books 16<br />
Fiction 20<br />
Crime 24<br />
Historical Fiction 25<br />
Non-Fiction 26<br />
Science 33<br />
Encyclopaedia 34<br />
Monographs 35<br />
Highlights 36<br />
Contact 37<br />
Helge Timmerberg<br />
The House of Talking Animals<br />
When it comes to love, opposites don’t always attract –<br />
but they can heighten the passion! In a Moroccan<br />
summer cottage that houses a cosy commune of<br />
humans <strong>and</strong> animals, all hell breaks loose when Putzi<br />
the cat <strong>and</strong> Haluf the piglet fall in love. At first everything<br />
goes well, even though she is a loner <strong>and</strong> he is<br />
a bit of a party piglet. But when Haluf falls into a<br />
coma after a mysterious accident, the great love story<br />
seems destined for tragedy ...<br />
Helge Timmerberg knows Marrakesh intimately.<br />
With all its dreams <strong>and</strong> desires, it is the wellspring of<br />
world story telling <strong>and</strong> fantasy. Set in an unusual<br />
community which is also home to Speedy the turtle,<br />
Chingachgook the last chameleon <strong>and</strong> Rambo the<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
contemporary fiction<br />
144 pages<br />
u 14.90<br />
fiction<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong>·Berlin<br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Helge Timmerberg was born<br />
in 1952 in Dorfitter <strong>and</strong> is an<br />
adventurer, journalist <strong>and</strong><br />
travel writer, spending part<br />
of the year in Marrakesh.<br />
His work has appeared in<br />
Stern, Merian, Playboy <strong>and</strong><br />
the prestigious weekly<br />
Die Zeit. In 2001, he published<br />
Tigers Don’t Eat<br />
Yogis.Travel Stories, in 2005,<br />
Timmerberg’s Wildlife <strong>and</strong> in<br />
2006 Shiva Moon. A Journey<br />
Through India about which<br />
Die Welt commented:<br />
«A hilariously funny book …<br />
Timmerberg writes as<br />
divinely as Ganesh <strong>and</strong><br />
Krishna put together.»<br />
chipmunk, this tale of two ill-suited creatures also<br />
manages to slip in the wonders of evolution:<br />
Timmerberg’s speaking animals make a truly eccentric<br />
chorus <strong>and</strong> give this fabulous story a unique <strong>and</strong><br />
brilliantly cheeky tone.<br />
English sample translation available.<br />
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Photo: Frank Zauritz
Martin Walser<br />
poetry<br />
90 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
464 pages<br />
u 28,00<br />
2<br />
fiction<br />
The Tormented Animal – 39 Ballads<br />
Drawings by Alissa Walser<br />
«No flower grows in my mouth», says one of<br />
these 39 ballads, reflecting a life lived in<br />
suffering. It is the pain of someone falling,<br />
tormented <strong>and</strong> in turmoil, who says:<br />
«If now I threw a leaf into the water / jumped<br />
on it, it would carry me, I / would swim<br />
away. As it is, I / drown on solid ground».<br />
These dark, tender ballads are just a few<br />
lines long, but their tragedies are infinite: the<br />
battle with ignorance <strong>and</strong> hypocrisy, mendacity<br />
<strong>and</strong> hatred, bloodshed <strong>and</strong> torture –<br />
<strong>and</strong> with his own demons, pride <strong>and</strong> shame.<br />
Emerging dreams <strong>and</strong> desires are immediately<br />
suppressed.Yet at the end – a ray of<br />
hope – the speaker finally knows his own<br />
name <strong>and</strong> carries «the moon on his antlers».<br />
Written after 1998, these poems, accompanied<br />
by delicate drawings by Alissa Walser,<br />
are among the most personal Martin Walser<br />
has ever published. A tribute to one of<br />
Germany’s most distinguished writers on his<br />
80 th birthday.<br />
Peter Rühmkorf fiction<br />
Fairy Tales<br />
The fairy tales of prolific German writer<br />
Peter Rühmkorf are among the most ingenious<br />
experiments in this genre. A long<br />
neglected part of his rich œuvre, part four<br />
of this annotated complete works includes<br />
Rühmkorf’s magic novella Auf Wiedersehen<br />
in Kenilworth <strong>and</strong> the 13-story-cycle<br />
Guardian of the Dung Heap as well as the<br />
writer’s unfinished drafts, notes, «aha!<br />
moments <strong>and</strong> shooting-star ideas». For the<br />
first time, the romantic irony <strong>and</strong> magic of<br />
Rühmkorf’s «enlightened fairy tales» are<br />
displayed in all their splendour – a joyful<br />
journey of literary discovery.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Martin Walser was born in<br />
1927 in Wasserburg <strong>and</strong> now<br />
lives in Überlingen by Lake<br />
Constance. He has received<br />
numerous awards for his<br />
work, among them the Georg<br />
Büchner Award <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Peace Prize of the German<br />
Book Trade. He has also been<br />
decorated with the Pour le<br />
Mérite medal <strong>and</strong> appointed<br />
Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et<br />
des Lettres. His most recent<br />
publication was the novel<br />
Blossoms of Fear.<br />
Martin Walser’s works<br />
have been translated into<br />
30 languages.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Peter Rühmkorf was born<br />
in Dortmund in 1929 <strong>and</strong><br />
studied in Hamburg, where<br />
he now lives as a writer.<br />
His many prestigious awards<br />
include the Bremen<br />
Literature Award, Georg<br />
Büchner Award, Droste-<br />
Hülshoff Award, <strong>and</strong> Arno<br />
Schmidt Award.<br />
Peter Rühmkorf’s poems<br />
have been translated into<br />
several languages.<br />
Georg Klein<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
192 pages<br />
u 17.90<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
fiction<br />
The Naked Night Visitor<br />
Night. Somewhere in a town on the German-<br />
Polish border, a naked man comes to in<br />
a backyard <strong>and</strong> climbs into a Linden tree.<br />
Angela Z., a caretaker <strong>and</strong> unemployed<br />
physicist, is in the middle of celebrating her<br />
birthday – alone – with bubbly <strong>and</strong> cheese<br />
nibbles, when the man jumps out of the tree<br />
straight into her living room.<br />
In a flat further down in the same block,<br />
two doctors have apparently been performing<br />
miracles. But Angela has discovered<br />
a strange trail of clues. Even her best friend,<br />
one-time actress Ms. Blumenthal, seems to<br />
be involved: since her visits to Dr. Black <strong>and</strong><br />
Dr.Whyte, the old lady is definitely getting<br />
younger! Angela could do with some support<br />
from her nocturnal visitor – who appears to<br />
be a messenger from another world.<br />
The Naked Night Visitor is not just a wondrous<br />
supernatural medical saga, but also<br />
a book about our faith in science – the<br />
religion promising us fertility, health <strong>and</strong><br />
sex appeal.<br />
Hans Joachim Schädlich fiction<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
160 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
Over – Three Stories<br />
In this trio of stories, Schädlich creates a<br />
thematic connection between three historical<br />
lives.<br />
In «Tusitala», Dr. Clark, a Scottish doctor,<br />
sails to Samoa to visit the poet Robert Louis<br />
Stevenson. He embarks upon the same ship<br />
that Admiral Roggeveen used a hundred<br />
years earlier when he discovered the isl<strong>and</strong><br />
of Samoa in 1722. Events from the 18 th <strong>and</strong><br />
19 th century start to curiously overlap ...<br />
«Torniamo a Roma» follows the acclaimed<br />
archaeologist Winckelmann on his final<br />
journey through Italy while «Concert<br />
Spirituel» looks at four moments in the life<br />
of composer Antonio Rosetti.<br />
Without any sentimentality, these stories<br />
capture the end of three famous lives.<br />
Schädlich’s style is more concise than ever,<br />
his simple, clear language a joy to read.<br />
There’s no doubt Schädlich is one of<br />
the most important contemporary German<br />
writers.<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Georg Klein was born in<br />
1953 in Augsburg. He has<br />
published the novels<br />
Libidissi, Barbar Rosa, <strong>and</strong><br />
The Sun Is Shining on Us,<br />
as well as two volumes of<br />
short stories, Invocation<br />
of the Blind Fish <strong>and</strong><br />
Something about Germans.<br />
He has received the Brüder<br />
Grimm Award <strong>and</strong> Ingeborg<br />
Bachmann Award.<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> to Georg Klein’s<br />
previous novels have been<br />
sold to France (Denoël),<br />
Great Britain (Macmillan),<br />
Italy (Marsilio), the<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s (Ambo<br />
Anthos), Pol<strong>and</strong> (Sic!),<br />
Russia (Inostrannaya) <strong>and</strong><br />
Spain (Muchnik).<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Hans Joachim Schädlich was<br />
born in 1935 in Reichenbach/Vogtl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
He studied<br />
German Literature in Berlin<br />
<strong>and</strong> Leipzig. His numerous<br />
accolades include the<br />
Heinrich Böll Award, Hans<br />
Sahl Award, Kleist Award,<br />
Schiller Memorial Award,<br />
Lessing Award <strong>and</strong> Samuel<br />
Bogumil Linde Award.<br />
Schädlich lives in Berlin.<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> to the author’s<br />
former books have been<br />
sold to Bulgaria (Pygmalion),<br />
Denmark (Fremad),<br />
France (Gallimard),<br />
Holl<strong>and</strong> (Meulenhoff),<br />
Israel (Xargol), Italy<br />
(Einaudi), Korea (Charm<br />
Soul Publ.), Romania<br />
(Daos) <strong>and</strong> the USA<br />
(Harcourt Brace).<br />
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Felicitas Mayall<br />
crime<br />
400 pages<br />
u 19.90<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
224 pages<br />
u 17.90<br />
4<br />
fiction<br />
Death of a Wolf<br />
Laura Gottberg’s Fourth Case<br />
The body of successful German author Wolf<br />
Altl<strong>and</strong>er is found dead in his villa south of<br />
Sienna. Commissario Guerrini discovers a<br />
container of laughing gas next to the dead<br />
man. Did the eccentric misanthrope really<br />
die of an overdose? What part did Enzo, his<br />
h<strong>and</strong>some – <strong>and</strong> much younger – lover<br />
play? Why does no one apart from his painter<br />
friend Elsa seem upset by his death?<br />
Also, why does Guerrini suddenly see<br />
Chinese people wherever he looks?<br />
Guerrini asks his colleague, Inspector Laura<br />
Gottberg, to help with the investigation –<br />
not entirely for professional reasons. However,<br />
their encounter does not go quite the<br />
way he had hoped: Laura brings her father<br />
to Tuscany ...<br />
Max Goldt fiction<br />
QQ – Quiet Quality<br />
Max Goldt, thinking ahead as he does,<br />
sneaked the theme of his latest book into<br />
his previous one. Clear for all to see in<br />
this excerpt:<br />
«SHOW HOST: Why do so many women<br />
today set out to be so obnoxious?<br />
PETRA HIPPROTH (crime writer):<br />
Well, that’s just a ritualised relic from the<br />
once justified resistance to the dem<strong>and</strong><br />
for genteelness. Old hat, really. I’ve been<br />
moving away from it for a while now,<br />
I feel like I’m drifting towards QQ.<br />
SHOW HOST: QQ? You’re using rather exotic<br />
expressions today.<br />
PETRA HIPPROTH:You haven’t heard of<br />
QQ? It st<strong>and</strong>s for ‹quiet quality›. A new<br />
American expression for everything that<br />
doesn’t scream or splatter. As I am set on<br />
being able to afford a nice flat in one of<br />
those nice retirement homes for the well<br />
off, I’ve worked out that I will have to carry<br />
on screaming <strong>and</strong> splattering for another<br />
five years, then hello QQ.»<br />
Kindler<br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Felicitas Mayall started out<br />
as a journalist before establishing<br />
herself as a writer<br />
of crime fiction. She lives<br />
in Priem am Chiemsee.<br />
Death of a Wolf is the fourth<br />
thriller in her hit series<br />
featuring Munich Inspector<br />
Laura Gottberg.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong>·Berlin<br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Star satirist Max Goldt was<br />
born in 1958 in Göttingen<br />
<strong>and</strong> lives in Berlin. His latest<br />
publications include When<br />
Wearing a White Suit <strong>and</strong><br />
The Magic of Walking Past<br />
Sideways. Goldt, who has<br />
been writing for Titanic<br />
magazine since 1989, is also<br />
a musician <strong>and</strong> writes radio<br />
plays <strong>and</strong> comics. In 1997,<br />
he was awarded the Kassel<br />
Literature Prize for grotesque<br />
humour <strong>and</strong> in 1999,<br />
he received the Richard<br />
Schönfeld Award for literary<br />
satire.<br />
David Safier<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
256 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
fiction<br />
Lousy Karma<br />
Although TV presenter Kim Lange’s marriage<br />
is on the rocks, it’s trebles all round<br />
at work: she has just won the German<br />
Television Award! Sadly, on the very same<br />
night, she is crushed to death by the debris<br />
from a crashed Russian space station.<br />
At the gates of Heaven, she is informed that<br />
she has collected too much bad karma in<br />
her life – she neglected her daughter <strong>and</strong><br />
cheated on her husb<strong>and</strong>. So back to square<br />
one: she is reborn as an ant.<br />
Life as an ant isn’t exactly a bundle of laughs<br />
<strong>and</strong> progressing up the ladder of reincarnation<br />
requires a lot of good karma … pronto.<br />
After a short life as a beagle, she finally gets<br />
reborn as a fat French-fries seller. Just in<br />
time to sabotage the marriage of her former<br />
husb<strong>and</strong> to her treacherous best friend …<br />
Original, heart warming, <strong>and</strong> a total hoot!<br />
Rainer Klis fiction<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
192 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
Stone Age<br />
After the fall of the Berlin wall,Wolfram<br />
Meister reinvented himself <strong>and</strong> set up a<br />
hotel. Now very successful, the hotel runs<br />
itself <strong>and</strong> he is a man in his prime with lots<br />
of money <strong>and</strong> time on his h<strong>and</strong>s. He often<br />
sits <strong>and</strong> smokes, dreaming of escape.<br />
Then he falls in love <strong>and</strong> the future seems<br />
rosy again. Is this the moment to sell the<br />
hotel <strong>and</strong> make a fresh start? Meister has<br />
doubts about his enchanting Nelli, but he<br />
knows that he mustn’t lose this chance. He<br />
wants to test her: how about escaping civilization<br />
for a while? Unaware of how much<br />
his plan affronts her, Meister loses control<br />
when his oldest friend turns rival <strong>and</strong> wants<br />
Nelli for himself …<br />
Rainer Klis tells this story about the risks<br />
of change with unsentimental, pointed<br />
language <strong>and</strong> creates a novel full of subtle<br />
tension.<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
Kindler<br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Successful screenwriter<br />
David Safier was born in<br />
1966. His numerous awards<br />
include the prestigious<br />
Grimme Award, the German<br />
Television Award <strong>and</strong> the<br />
international Emmy Award.<br />
David Safier lives <strong>and</strong> works<br />
in Bremen. Lousy Karma is<br />
his debut novel.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong>·Berlin<br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Rainer Klis was born in 1955<br />
in Karl-Marx-Stadt. After<br />
finishing his studies at the<br />
Leipzig Institute of Literature,<br />
he started making a<br />
name for himself with his<br />
short prose. Since the fall<br />
of the Berlin wall, he has<br />
travelled the world <strong>and</strong><br />
written numerous travel<br />
stories. His recent novels<br />
include The Night of the<br />
Salesman (2000) <strong>and</strong> Night<br />
of the Cavaliers (2003). His<br />
latest prose collection is<br />
Man Without Horse (2004).<br />
Klis lives in Chemnitz <strong>and</strong><br />
Hohenstein-Ernstthal.<br />
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Kay Cordes fiction<br />
historical crime<br />
448 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
Ruth Berger<br />
historical crime<br />
352 pages<br />
u 19.90<br />
6<br />
The Sorcerer’s Daughter<br />
The city of Tübingen is buckling under a<br />
heat wave when a vicious hailstorm rampages<br />
across the l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> devastates the<br />
harvest.The superstitious citizens of<br />
Tübingen are looking for a scapegoat <strong>and</strong><br />
find him in night watchman Martin Wecker.<br />
They throw him into the city dungeon as a<br />
sorcerer. His daughter Anne fights for his<br />
life.The Council is inclined to believe her,<br />
but then a prostitute is found murdered –<br />
with a magic w<strong>and</strong> stuck through her<br />
tongue.The assistant watchman accuses<br />
Anne of murder. Can Lukas, the young<br />
deputy magistrate, help her at all?<br />
fiction<br />
Gretchen<br />
In 1771, Susanna Margaretha Br<strong>and</strong>t is a<br />
decent, industrious girl of 24, working as a<br />
maid in a Frankfurt guesthouse. One night,<br />
a guest seduces her – the first <strong>and</strong> only<br />
time she has been involved with a man, as<br />
she later declares at her trial. Realising<br />
she is pregnant, she tells no one, gives birth<br />
to the child in an outhouse <strong>and</strong> kills it<br />
immediately.<br />
She is found out by the justice system <strong>and</strong><br />
the case causes an outcry in Frankfurt<br />
society. In January 1772, Susanna Margaretha<br />
is publicly executed – the young Johann<br />
Wolfgang von Goethe watching in the<br />
crowd. Her plight moves him so much that<br />
he immortalises her as Faust’s Gretchen.<br />
Ruth Berger tells Gretchen’s harrowing true<br />
story, bringing to life one of the most<br />
famous heroines in German literature –<br />
captivating, dramatic <strong>and</strong> moving.<br />
Wunderlich<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Kay Cordes was born in 1960<br />
<strong>and</strong> did his PhD in Music<br />
at Tübingen University. He<br />
has one son <strong>and</strong> lives near<br />
Lüneburg with his family.<br />
Kindler<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Ruth Berger’s three novels<br />
to date have been a huge<br />
success with critics <strong>and</strong><br />
readers alike. She lives <strong>and</strong><br />
works as a historian in<br />
Frankfurt.<br />
Wolf Schneider<br />
Happiness! – An Alternative User Manual<br />
Yet another book about happiness? Yes, but this is<br />
one of a kind: down to earth, fun, encyclopaedic –<br />
<strong>and</strong> full of quirky surprises. For over thirty years,<br />
bestselling author Wolf Schneider has devoted himself<br />
to the vexed question of what happiness is <strong>and</strong><br />
what helps to enhance it. Now he has gathered everything<br />
you always wanted to know about happiness<br />
into one book.<br />
What actually makes us happy? Money? A high-flying<br />
career? The simple life? Bright kids? Cuddly pets?<br />
There are myriad answers to these questions, so who<br />
do you listen to, whose advice can you trust?<br />
psychology<br />
320 pages<br />
u 19.90<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Wolf Schneider, born in 1925,<br />
was head of the acclaimed<br />
Hamburg Journalist School<br />
for 16 years. He was also<br />
correspondent for Associated<br />
Press <strong>and</strong> for the Süddeutsche<br />
Zeitung, executive editor<br />
for the magazine Stern,<br />
editor in chief for Die Welt<br />
<strong>and</strong> presenter on the NDR-<br />
Talkshow. He has written<br />
numerous non-fiction bestsellers<br />
<strong>and</strong> lives by Lake<br />
Starnberg.<br />
Schneider takes an objective look at the flourishing<br />
«happiness industry», from the teachings of our great<br />
philosophers to the supposedly sure-fire methods<br />
offered by an avalanche of self-help literature. He wittily<br />
separates plausible advice from the slightly contentious<br />
<strong>and</strong> the downright ludicrous. A unique user-friendly<br />
manual for a truly happier life.<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> to Wolf Schneider’s Great Losers have been<br />
sold to Japan (Soshisha), Korea (Eulyoo) <strong>and</strong> Taiwan<br />
(Commonwealth).<br />
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Photo: privat
Volker Hage<br />
biography<br />
160 pages / illustrated<br />
u 16.90<br />
Peter Satorius / Joachim Mölter / Dirk Nowitzki<br />
(auto)biography<br />
256 pages / illustrated<br />
u 19.90<br />
Simone Thomalla<br />
general interest<br />
224 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
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John Updike – A Biography<br />
John Updike has long been a contender for<br />
the Nobel Prize for Literature. For half a century,<br />
his novels <strong>and</strong> stories have explored<br />
the sensitivities of the US middle class.Time<br />
<strong>and</strong> again, his protagonists attempt to break<br />
free from conventions <strong>and</strong> relationships –<br />
<strong>and</strong> on their quest for real meaning, they<br />
are confronted with the mysteries of love<br />
<strong>and</strong> death, religion <strong>and</strong> art.<br />
Volker Hage is one of Germany’s most<br />
respected literary critics <strong>and</strong> an Updike<br />
aficionado. He recounts John Updike’s<br />
progress from teacher’s son to Harvard<br />
Nowitzki<br />
Dirk Nowitzki, nicknamed «Magic Dirk»,<br />
«Dirkules» or «German Wunderkind», is the<br />
best basketball player Germany has ever<br />
had <strong>and</strong> has long been an international<br />
star. The 2.13 metre tall Forward has been<br />
playing for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA<br />
since 1998 <strong>and</strong> has been the German national<br />
team’s undisputed leader for years. Yet<br />
our Bavarian boy always comes across as a<br />
modest, gentle giant – the embodiment of<br />
healthy sport <strong>and</strong> fair play.<br />
Go Get Me a Beer –<br />
How to Live With Men<br />
You’re a woman who takes no prisoners –<br />
but does it still leave you speechless when<br />
you see the barefaced cheek with which<br />
some men take what they want? Then<br />
Simone Thomalla can teach you a thing or<br />
two.This experienced actress shows you<br />
how to win back the leading role in your<br />
life.With charm, wit <strong>and</strong> a potty mouth,<br />
she explains how her own experiences of<br />
masculine mishaps, mix-ups <strong>and</strong> misfortune<br />
non-fiction<br />
scholar <strong>and</strong> internationally feted novelist,<br />
essayist <strong>and</strong> critic. At the same time, he<br />
celebrates the writer’s effortless mastery of<br />
almost any subject <strong>and</strong> genre. Updike’s<br />
«favourite German interviewer» has visited<br />
the USA for extensive meetings with the writer.<br />
Volker Hage was born in Hamburg in 1949.<br />
He worked as literary editor for Frankfurter<br />
Allgemeine Zeitung <strong>and</strong> Die Zeit, <strong>and</strong> is now<br />
literary editor for Der Spiegel magazine. He<br />
has been a visiting professor at Universities<br />
in Germany <strong>and</strong> the USA. With <strong>Rowohlt</strong>, he<br />
published the Max Frisch monograph, which<br />
is now in its 15 th edition.<br />
non-fiction<br />
non-fiction<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
This is the first book to tell his success story,<br />
<strong>and</strong> it does so in an original mixture of<br />
biography <strong>and</strong> autobiography: the journalists<br />
Peter Satorius <strong>and</strong> Joachim Mölter describe<br />
Nowitzki’s career <strong>and</strong> the American sports<br />
system, while Dirk Nowitzki himself reveals<br />
his background, his personal successes, his<br />
experiences <strong>and</strong> vision. Informative <strong>and</strong><br />
gripping at the same time, this is an authentic<br />
close-up of an XXL sportsman!<br />
Wunderlich<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
have taught her to walk tall, no matter<br />
how hairy the situation … an indispensable<br />
survival-guide.<br />
Simone Thomalla was born in 1965 in<br />
Potsdam. The well-known actress lives with<br />
former football manager Rudi Assauer.<br />
Jindrich Mann<br />
history<br />
256 pages<br />
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<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
Prague, Poste Restante – The Untold<br />
Story of the Other Mann Family<br />
Leonie, the only daughter of acclaimed<br />
writer Heinrich Mann <strong>and</strong> his wife Maria<br />
Kanova, is only seventeen when she has to<br />
flee from Germany with her Jewish mother.<br />
They settle in Prague, but the long arm of<br />
the Nazis soon reaches them <strong>and</strong> Maria<br />
Kanova dies in 1947 as a result of her incarceration<br />
in a concentration camp. In the<br />
same year, Leonie falls in love with successful<br />
author Ludvik Askenazy.<br />
Sharing his turbulent family history, Heinrich<br />
Mann’s gr<strong>and</strong>son Jindrich describes his<br />
privileged childhood inside the communist<br />
regime of the 1950s. In 1968, the Prague<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> propels the family into the West <strong>and</strong><br />
Jindrich, now 20 <strong>and</strong> a third generation emigrant,<br />
tries to settle in the buzzing Berlin of<br />
the student movement.<br />
This genuinely affecting book follows the<br />
adventures of a small boy in the middle of a<br />
fascinating Prague <strong>and</strong> tells the completely<br />
unknown story of «the other Mann Family».<br />
Joachim Fest non-fiction<br />
essays<br />
256 pages<br />
u 19.90<br />
The Middle Class:<br />
A Way of Life – Late Essays<br />
This stimulating collection of Joachim Fest’s<br />
late essays captures the essence of his<br />
razor sharp intellect: it covers the Third<br />
Reich <strong>and</strong> the German Resistance, the role<br />
of intellectuals in this ideological age, the<br />
importance of literature <strong>and</strong> fine art<br />
through the centuries <strong>and</strong> the secrets of<br />
writing about history.We also find surprising<br />
insights into important contemporaries, like<br />
Willy Br<strong>and</strong>t, who for Joachim Fest represented<br />
the middle class with all their faults<br />
<strong>and</strong> foibles – a topic that preoccupied him.<br />
All of these essays from the pen of an extraordinarily<br />
erudite mind <strong>and</strong> brilliant writer<br />
bear witness to Fest’s commitment to historical<br />
honesty <strong>and</strong> literary courage.<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> to Joachim Fest’s works have been<br />
sold to more than 20 countries.<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Filmmaker Jindrich Mann,<br />
gr<strong>and</strong>son of Heinrich Mann,<br />
was born in 1948 in Prague.<br />
His mother Leonie was<br />
Heinrich Mann’s only daughter<br />
<strong>and</strong> his father was the<br />
successful Czech writer<br />
Ludvik Askenazy. After the<br />
Prague <strong>Spring</strong> of 1968,<br />
Mann’s family emigrated to<br />
the West. He returned home<br />
in 1990.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Joachim Fest (1926–2006)<br />
was a publicist, historian<br />
<strong>and</strong> a national institution.<br />
From 1963 he was editor in<br />
chief at the prestigious<br />
regional radio NDR <strong>and</strong> from<br />
1973 to 1993 editor of the<br />
Frankfurter Allgemeine<br />
Zeitung. Other publications<br />
include Speer (1999),<br />
The Fall. Hitler <strong>and</strong> the End<br />
of the Third Reich (2002),<br />
Encounters (2004) <strong>and</strong> Not I<br />
(2006).<br />
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Dorothee Schmitz-Köster non-fiction<br />
history<br />
288 pages / illustrated<br />
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history / autobiography<br />
288 pages / illustrated<br />
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Child L 364 –<br />
A Lebensborn Family Story<br />
Illegitimate <strong>and</strong> unwanted, Heilwig is born<br />
in 1938, as Child L 364 in a Lebensborn<br />
Children’s Home. Heinrich Himmler takes<br />
her under his wing <strong>and</strong> four years later,<br />
Heilwig’s mother marries Oswald Pohl, an<br />
SS General <strong>and</strong> Himmler’s confidant. Pohl<br />
adopts the child <strong>and</strong> Heilwig grows up amid<br />
the highest NS circles.<br />
The end of the war brings catastrophe: her<br />
family flees the Red Army, her stepfather<br />
is sentenced to death at Nürnberg <strong>and</strong><br />
executed in 1951. Heilwig is told about her<br />
Lebensborn past <strong>and</strong> because of this <strong>and</strong><br />
her stepfather’s identity, she experiences<br />
intense isolation. Meeting her biological<br />
father at 18 restores some balance <strong>and</strong><br />
when she gets married, her life settles down.<br />
Until her own children confront her with<br />
her past <strong>and</strong> the wounds are re-opened …<br />
An absorbing piece of contemporary<br />
German history.<br />
Wolfgang Leonhard non-fiction<br />
My History of the GDR<br />
Wolfgang Leonhard, author of the worldwide<br />
bestseller Child of the Revolution, is the last<br />
survivor of Group Ulbricht, the «founder<br />
fathers» of the GDR. He sums up his life –<br />
a life closely entwined with the history of<br />
Communism in the 20 th century.<br />
A political pioneer, Leonhard was given the<br />
assignment to build a socialist Germany<br />
after World War II.Yet he soon broke with<br />
the Stalinist structures taking shape in the<br />
GDR. In this book, he describes the rise <strong>and</strong><br />
fall of the state he felt so passionate about,<br />
but ultimately had to leave in disappointment.<br />
His account covers the years after<br />
1945, his life as an Eastern expert in the<br />
West, <strong>and</strong> the Stasi plot to kidnap him. He<br />
shares his close encounters with GDR leaders<br />
like Walter Ulbricht, Erich Honecker <strong>and</strong><br />
super spy Markus Wolf <strong>and</strong> also sheds light<br />
on how he experienced the Cold War <strong>and</strong><br />
the fall of the GDR. An eye witness account<br />
of a decisive period in recent history.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong>·Berlin<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Dorothee Schmitz-Köster<br />
was born in 1950. She wrote<br />
her PhD on GDR literature<br />
<strong>and</strong> has been working as a<br />
radio journalist <strong>and</strong> writer<br />
since 1995. Among her many<br />
books are German Mother,<br />
Are You Ready? Every Day<br />
Life in Lebensborn (1997)<br />
<strong>and</strong> My Father’s War.<br />
A German Soldier in Norway.<br />
(2004). Dorothee Schmitz-<br />
Köster lives in Bremen.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong>·Berlin<br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Wolfgang Leonhard was<br />
born in Vienna in 1921, but<br />
grew up in exile in Moscow<br />
with his mother. In 1943, he<br />
joined the national committee<br />
Free Germany, returning<br />
to Berlin in May 1945 with<br />
the so-called Group Ulbricht.<br />
After two years’ work for<br />
the Central Committee of<br />
the German Communist<br />
party KPD, he broke with<br />
Stalinism <strong>and</strong> fled to West<br />
Germany, where he established<br />
himself as a leading<br />
expert on the Soviet Union.<br />
For over twenty years he<br />
taught the history of communism<br />
at Yale University<br />
<strong>and</strong> published numerous<br />
books <strong>and</strong> articles. Today, he<br />
lives in M<strong>and</strong>erscheid (Eifel)<br />
as a freelance publicist.<br />
Kathrin Passig / Aleks Scholz<br />
Encyclopedia of Ignorance –<br />
Everything We Don’t Know So Far<br />
You might think our world is pretty much explained,<br />
analyzed, decoded <strong>and</strong> described.We only have to<br />
delve into the tangled mass of information available<br />
to discover when, what <strong>and</strong> by whom.<br />
It comes as a surprise then, to find just how many<br />
blind spots still exist on the map of human knowledge,<br />
even in areas we wouldn’t expect: we know as<br />
little about how eels procreate as we do about how<br />
hallucinogenic drugs work, or female ejaculation,<br />
or the boomerang, or about dark matter, or how you<br />
catch a cold.Why exactly does sticky tape stick?<br />
Why does the earth hum <strong>and</strong> why do sharks not get<br />
cancer? How did life on earth start? Why do autumn<br />
leaves change colour? And how come stones smell?<br />
general interest<br />
256 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong>·Berlin<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
The Encyclopedia of Ignorance is an extraordinarily<br />
witty <strong>and</strong> entertaining read, documenting the astonishing<br />
gaps in our knowledge.<br />
Kathrin Passig was born in 1970 <strong>and</strong> lives in Berlin<br />
working as a journalist, translator <strong>and</strong> computer programmer.<br />
She is a founder member of the Zentrale Intelligenz<br />
Agentur (an alternative artists co-op) <strong>and</strong> is a major contributor<br />
to its weblog Riesenmaschine, which received the<br />
prestigious Grimme Online Award in 2005. Her short story<br />
You Are Here won her both the Ingeborg Bachmann Award<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Klagenfurt Audience Award in 2006.<br />
Aleks Scholz was born in 1975 <strong>and</strong> is an astronomer in the<br />
field of planet <strong>and</strong> star formation at Toronto University.<br />
He, too, writes regularly for Riesenmaschine – as well as<br />
for many broadsheets <strong>and</strong> scientific publications.<br />
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Photo: Susanne Schleyer Photo: Isolde Ohlbaum
Michael Degen non-fiction<br />
autobiography<br />
304 pages<br />
u 19.90<br />
My Holy L<strong>and</strong> –<br />
Searching for My Lost Brother<br />
After surviving World War II by hiding with<br />
his mother in Berlin, Michael Degen takes a<br />
ship to Israel. He wants to find his brother,<br />
who managed to flee Germany in 1940.<br />
Stepping ashore all alone, the seventeenyear-old<br />
discovers a l<strong>and</strong> full of blos-soming<br />
citrus orchards, inhabited by people from<br />
all around the world. He needs all the courage<br />
he can muster to find his way through<br />
this dynamic, turbulent country. He refuses<br />
to serve in the army <strong>and</strong> goes on hunger<br />
strike; he learns Hebrew <strong>and</strong> in a trice, he is<br />
performing Molière in Tel Aviv; yet nothing<br />
is more important to him than tracing surviving<br />
members of his family, his ancient great<br />
uncle for example, who sparkles with wit<br />
<strong>and</strong> wisdom. Finally, he finds a clue that<br />
leads him to his brother …<br />
Michael Degen tells his dramatic life story<br />
in an intimate <strong>and</strong> utterly engaging style –<br />
painting a vivid picture of Israel’s founding<br />
years <strong>and</strong> of the German post war period.<br />
Gabriele Gillen non-fiction<br />
general interest<br />
192 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
Frog Princesses – New Insights<br />
into the Female Species<br />
Gabriele Gillen has penned a turbulent life<br />
story – her own. It is also an honest <strong>and</strong><br />
personal account of a whole generation:<br />
the post ’68 women.They were the first to<br />
ab<strong>and</strong>on traditional role models, to have a<br />
career, to go into politics: «We lived through<br />
a colourful, exciting transition. But into<br />
what? The new freedom of choice <strong>and</strong> the<br />
pressure to express an original vision for<br />
our lives led many of us down dead ends.»<br />
Gillen talks about her childhood in the 60s,<br />
her private <strong>and</strong> political journeys in the 70s<br />
<strong>and</strong> 80s, her hopes, relationships, career<br />
<strong>and</strong> children decisions <strong>and</strong> various ageing<br />
catastrophes. A critical <strong>and</strong> light hearted<br />
account of living with contradictions.What<br />
did we achieve? Was there any point?<br />
Where are we going now, in a world in which<br />
Angela Merkel <strong>and</strong> the cult of youth rule?<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong>·Berlin<br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Michael Degen was born<br />
in 1932 in Chemnitz <strong>and</strong><br />
survived Nazi Germany<br />
under cover in Berlin. He<br />
trained as an actor at<br />
Deutsches Theater Berlin<br />
<strong>and</strong> from 1949, spent some<br />
years in Israel. Back in<br />
Germany, he performed<br />
on all the great German<br />
stages, directed by Ingmar<br />
Bergman, Peter Zadek <strong>and</strong><br />
George Tabori among<br />
others. The first part of<br />
his autobiography, Not All<br />
of Them Were Murderers<br />
(1999), is a longst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
bestseller <strong>and</strong> has been<br />
turned into a film.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Gabriele Gillen was born in<br />
1959. She has been working<br />
as a radio journalist for<br />
WDR radio in Cologne since<br />
1988 <strong>and</strong> has written several<br />
books. She lives in Cologne<br />
<strong>and</strong> Berlin.<br />
Peter Huth<br />
general interest<br />
256 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
travel<br />
256 pages / illustrated<br />
u 19.90<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
From Siberia to Japan – Journey<br />
Through a Forgotten Paradise<br />
The region between Siberia <strong>and</strong> Japan is one<br />
of the most remote areas of our planet <strong>and</strong><br />
a gateway between two worlds.Klaus Scherer<br />
embarks on a journey through the unfamiliar<br />
Far East: from Kamtchatka via the Kuril<br />
Archipelago to Hokkaido, exploring this<br />
region’s unique <strong>and</strong> wild appearance together<br />
with its turbulent history. He accompanies<br />
hardy nomads <strong>and</strong> grizzled airplane pilots,<br />
follows the tracks of earlier explorers <strong>and</strong><br />
visits Japanese graves in Russia <strong>and</strong> Orthodox<br />
churches in Japan. He survives an earthquake<br />
<strong>and</strong> a typhoon while under surveillance<br />
by Cold War secret services. Scherer<br />
beautifully captures the people who live<br />
here: bear naturalists <strong>and</strong> caviar smugglers,<br />
dancing girls <strong>and</strong> village elders – not to<br />
mention the father confessor of the Russian<br />
nuclear submarine fleet.<br />
This travel adventure paints a vivid picture<br />
of a fascinating world, an absorbing<br />
historical panorama full of contradictions.<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong>·Berlin<br />
March <strong>2007</strong><br />
Klaus Scherer was born in<br />
1961. In 1999, he became TV<br />
station ARD’s Far East<br />
correspondent <strong>and</strong> head of<br />
their Tokyo office. Since<br />
2004, he has worked as<br />
editor <strong>and</strong> author for TV<br />
station NDR. Recent travel<br />
books include: Travelling<br />
the Polar Circle. Forty Days<br />
in Alaska, Canada <strong>and</strong><br />
Greenl<strong>and</strong> (2006). In 1996,<br />
Klaus Scherer was awarded<br />
the TeleStar <strong>and</strong> he received<br />
the prestigious Adolf<br />
Grimme Award in 2001.<br />
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non-fiction<br />
The Office – A Survival Guide<br />
Spacious, pokey, old fashioned or hyper<br />
modern – the office has become our new<br />
home.The boundaries between work <strong>and</strong><br />
private life have shifted.We fall in love in the<br />
office, our colleagues sometimes replace<br />
family, <strong>and</strong> our work issues stay with us well<br />
after office hours.This habitat has created a<br />
whole new species: the homo officensis.<br />
There is wit <strong>and</strong> irony aplenty as Huth describes<br />
this creature’s feeding, territorial<br />
<strong>and</strong> mating rituals. He explores the office<br />
microcosm, its inhabitants <strong>and</strong> all the dangers<br />
lurking between conference room <strong>and</strong><br />
copier, kitchen <strong>and</strong> company car park.What<br />
sub-species of colleagues are there? What<br />
happens if overnight one of them becomes<br />
your fiercest enemy or your boss turns lover?<br />
This survival guide tells you how to hold<br />
your nerve in this strange yet familiar<br />
environment. It also reminds you how nice<br />
it is – despite the odd adversity – to work<br />
in a team on a daily basis … as long as you<br />
are aware of the pitfalls.<br />
Klaus Scherer non-fiction<br />
Peter Huth was born in 1969<br />
in Kleve. After years as<br />
a journalist in Cologne <strong>and</strong><br />
Berlin, he was editor<br />
in chief for the Hamburg<br />
edition of the tabloid Bild.<br />
Today, he is deputy editor<br />
of the daily Berliner Zeitung<br />
newspaper. In 2003, he<br />
published his book Heart<br />
Attack, in 2005, he co-wrote<br />
Self Service with Jan Engelke.<br />
In 2004, he won the Hamburg<br />
Literature Award.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong>·Berlin<br />
March <strong>2007</strong>
Rüdiger Iwan non-fiction<br />
general interest / parenting<br />
192 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
general interest<br />
224 pages<br />
u 16.90<br />
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The New Waldorf School –<br />
Updating a Successful Model<br />
Anyone interested in education is interested<br />
in Waldorf Schools – but although they<br />
were conceived as a radical <strong>and</strong> credible<br />
alternative to the mainstream school<br />
system, today they have lost much of their<br />
zest.While the original idea is as potent as<br />
ever, the actual teaching methods seem<br />
antiquated: «Waldorf» has grown stale <strong>and</strong><br />
needs inspiration <strong>and</strong> change.<br />
Experienced Waldorf teacher Rüdiger Iwan<br />
evaluates the theory of the classic Waldorf<br />
School, compares it to today’s practice <strong>and</strong>,<br />
drawing inspiration from a variety of<br />
teaching <strong>and</strong> working methodologies,<br />
suggests practical ways to modernise<br />
Waldorf Schools.The book is packed with<br />
bold ideas for a school that stimulates all<br />
our children’s senses <strong>and</strong> releases them into<br />
the world as self-confident young adults.<br />
Markus Grill non-fiction<br />
Sick Business –<br />
How We Are Manipulated by<br />
the Pharmaceutical Industry<br />
With disastrous reforms, two-tier treatment<br />
<strong>and</strong> sc<strong>and</strong>als galore – our trust in the health<br />
service <strong>and</strong> the pharmaceutical industry<br />
is waning. Rightly so: doctors are being<br />
seduced into prescribing particular drugs<br />
although there are cheaper, equally effective<br />
alternatives. Politicians are being manipulated<br />
into promoting the interests of the<br />
pharmaceutical industry. Senior professors<br />
are being royally rewarded for praising<br />
drugs they have never tested. In short: the<br />
industry does everything in its power to<br />
flood the market with its products.<br />
During his meticulous research, Markus Grill<br />
spoke to numerous patients, doctors <strong>and</strong><br />
pharmaceutical reps.The result is a shocking,<br />
in-depth report into the pharmaceutical<br />
giants who put their profit before our health.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Rüdiger Iwan was born in<br />
Gelsenkirchen in 1955. He<br />
taught at Waldorf Schools<br />
for many years before joining<br />
the perpetuum novile<br />
school innovation project in<br />
1999 as chief executive. Together<br />
with Daimler-Chrysler<br />
<strong>and</strong> a number of different<br />
schools, he developed a<br />
successful scheme called<br />
New Paths to Qualification<br />
that helps underperforming<br />
pupils find attractive training<br />
opportunities. Rüdiger<br />
Iwan is married with four<br />
children <strong>and</strong> lives in Schwäbisch<br />
Hall.<br />
<strong>Rowohlt</strong><br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
Markus Grill, 38, is an investigative<br />
journalist working<br />
for Stern magazine.<br />
He received the Dr. Georg<br />
Schreiber Award <strong>and</strong> was<br />
nominated for the Henri<br />
Nannen Journalist Award for<br />
his revelations about the<br />
pharmaceutical giant Ratiopharm.<br />
He also received the<br />
Golden Apple Award for his<br />
article «The Pharma-Duel».<br />
Ingo Metzmacher<br />
Curtain Up! – Discover <strong>and</strong> Enjoy Opera<br />
Opera has enthralled people for centuries. Every<br />
great opera holds a passionate message for humanity.<br />
How has it maintained its appeal for modern audiences?<br />
What gives it that special magic <strong>and</strong> what does<br />
the music tell us that words could not?<br />
There are few people better placed to answer these<br />
questions than Ingo Metzmacher. In over 20 years in<br />
the orchestra pit, he has worked with the most feted<br />
singers <strong>and</strong> directors. In his touchingly personal<br />
account of how he got to know <strong>and</strong> love opera, he<br />
whisks us through the dazzling world of musical<br />
theatre, brings to life key scenes from four hundred<br />
books for the next<br />
generation<br />
152 pages / illustrated<br />
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July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Ingo Metzmacher, born in<br />
1957, is an internationally<br />
successful conductor who<br />
worked at the great opera<br />
houses of Brussels, Dresden,<br />
Stuttgart, Paris <strong>and</strong> Los<br />
Angeles before he became<br />
musical director in Hamburg<br />
from 1997 to 2005. Since<br />
then, he has been chief<br />
conductor at De Nederl<strong>and</strong>se<br />
Opera in Amsterdam. In<br />
September <strong>2007</strong>, he will<br />
move to Berlin to become<br />
the Deutsche Symphonie<br />
Orchester’s chief conductor.<br />
In 2005, he published his<br />
book Listen Up! Music from<br />
Bach to Stockhausen.<br />
years of opera history <strong>and</strong> offers an insight into the<br />
breathtaking developments of 20 th century opera. An<br />
enticing invitation to experience the marriage of theatre<br />
<strong>and</strong> music for ourselves, this voyage of discovery takes<br />
us from Monteverdi to Mozart, from Verdi <strong>and</strong> Wagner to<br />
Alban Berg <strong>and</strong> Hans Werner Henze.<br />
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Silke Kramer (Ed.)<br />
young fiction<br />
12+<br />
192 pages / u 6.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Ulrike Kuckero<br />
young fiction<br />
12+<br />
192 pages / u 6.90<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
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Chaos, Kisses, Holidays<br />
Fancy meeting the cutest boy<br />
in Europe on the night bus<br />
to Paris, or getting your first<br />
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Paula’s Breaking Up Book<br />
Paula <strong>and</strong> Elias – the perfect<br />
couple? Wrong! Paula can’t<br />
help feeling that Elias is acting<br />
strangely. Doesn’t he love her<br />
anymore? Has he got someone<br />
else? She broods … <strong>and</strong> notices<br />
that she isn’t too sure of her<br />
feelings for him, either.What<br />
now? Break up? She’d like to<br />
consult her best friend, but<br />
Judith is on love cloud nine at<br />
the moment – useless! Also,<br />
Judith has zero experience of<br />
splits. Paula plucks up all her<br />
courage … can she <strong>and</strong> Elias at<br />
least remain friends?<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> to the author’s previous<br />
books have been sold to<br />
Greece (Kedros) <strong>and</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
(Dolnoslaskie).<br />
Renée Karthee<br />
young fiction<br />
12+<br />
192 pages / u 6.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Hortense Ullrich<br />
young fiction<br />
12+<br />
192 pages / u 6.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
fiction<br />
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Heartbeat Hotel<br />
Maxi knows a thing or two<br />
about heartache: The daughter<br />
of a hotel owner sees love from<br />
every angle day in, day out.<br />
Take Thea: she books into the<br />
hotel for a few weeks on a<br />
work placement with a film<br />
production. As her new love is<br />
400 kilometres away, Thea<br />
spends every free minute on<br />
the phone. Sadly her long<br />
distance romance is over all<br />
too quickly <strong>and</strong> Maxi ends up<br />
consoling a disappointed Thea.<br />
Maxi could do with a bit of<br />
cheering up herself: her crush<br />
Till hasn’t even noticed her yet.<br />
The Heartbeat Hotel is the<br />
perfect backdrop for stories of<br />
love, jealousy <strong>and</strong> revenge!<br />
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1000 Reasons (Not)<br />
to Play Cupid<br />
Konny has Sarah, Sanny has<br />
Hubertus, Liz has David – only<br />
Konny’s best friend Kai is girlfriend-less.<br />
So Konny embarks<br />
on a quest for the perfect girl,<br />
but without success. As an<br />
expert in matters of the heart,<br />
his twin sister Sanny gets involved,<br />
but mostly to protect the<br />
girls! As the well-meant project<br />
disintegrates into chaos, Kai<br />
himself takes the initiative …<br />
with astounding results!<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> to previous books<br />
by Hortense Ullrich have been<br />
sold to the Czech Republic<br />
(Albatros), Hungary (Egmont),<br />
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Littera), Pol<strong>and</strong> (Dolnoslaskie)<br />
<strong>and</strong> Spain (Ediciones B).<br />
Rosa Naumann<br />
young fiction<br />
13+<br />
256 pages / u 9.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
Holly-Jane Rahlens<br />
young fiction<br />
13+<br />
244 pages / u 6.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
Gerlis Zillgens<br />
young fiction<br />
12+<br />
192 pages / u 6.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
The Mummy Maker’s Apprentice<br />
Egypt in 1270 before Christ: fifteen-year-old<br />
Ayat is abducted <strong>and</strong> taken to Luxor, where<br />
he is forced to help Wah, the shady mummifier.<br />
But Ayat takes a shine to the complicated<br />
art of mummifying – <strong>and</strong> to the<br />
beautiful young girl Tentperet.When Ayat<br />
finds out that Wah is the leader of a grave<br />
robbing gang that steal the precious gifts<br />
entombed with the mummies, he sees his<br />
chance to impress Tentperet <strong>and</strong> to regain<br />
his freedom.This gets him into very hot<br />
water …<br />
Prince William, Maximilian Minsky<br />
<strong>and</strong> I<br />
Nelly Edelmeister is a brilliant pupil with<br />
high hopes of becoming an astronaut – <strong>and</strong><br />
she’s in love.With Prince William! Her<br />
American mother can’t see the funny side.<br />
Her daughter should be studying the Torah<br />
rather than royal websites, given that Nelly’s<br />
«Bat-Mitzvah» is imminent.When her school<br />
basketball team is invited to a tournament<br />
at Eton, the rather unfit Nelly has only one<br />
goal: to go with them! To st<strong>and</strong> a chance of<br />
being accepted into the team, she has to<br />
Kiss Marathon<br />
Sports? – how horrible! Inline skating? – no<br />
thanks! Annika prefers watching DVDs. She<br />
isn’t bothered that this means putting on<br />
the odd pound or two. Boys are just hard<br />
work, anyway. Or so she thinks. Until HE<br />
runs into her … knocking her for six …<br />
literally!! Annika’s knees are skinned, but<br />
her heart is on fire.Who is this David?<br />
How can she get his attention? Annika <strong>and</strong><br />
her friend Franziska find out that David is<br />
totally focused on his hobby: running. Right<br />
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engage the unspeakably arrogant Maximilian<br />
Minsky as her personal trainer …<br />
Winner of the German Award for Young<br />
Literature, <strong>and</strong> now a film!<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> sold to Hungary (Morá),<br />
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now, he’s training for a half marathon.<br />
Annika has no choice, she has to get fit for<br />
the same race … tough times ahead!<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> to Gerlis Zillgens’ previous books<br />
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Latvia (Jumava), Pol<strong>and</strong> (Nasza Ksiegarnia)<br />
<strong>and</strong> Russia (Amphora).<br />
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Hortense Ullrich<br />
young fiction<br />
6+<br />
160 pages / u 6.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Wolfram Hänel<br />
young fiction<br />
12+<br />
128 pages / u 5.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
Renate Ahrens<br />
young fiction<br />
8+<br />
128 pages / u 5.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
Le<strong>and</strong>er’s Bravest Adventures<br />
Le<strong>and</strong>er the little penguin is very curious<br />
<strong>and</strong> a little courageous, too. He would love<br />
to be part of the cheeky gang of seagulls<br />
that he admires so much, but it isn’t quite<br />
as easy as that.<br />
First, our penguin has to pass some tricky<br />
tests <strong>and</strong> then embark on adventures<br />
that take him all around the world.Thankfully<br />
he has his trusty friend, the dragon<br />
Mr. Schnabelhorst, by his side.There is<br />
never a dull moment with this exuberant<br />
storybook! Lovingly illustrated, it’s a joy<br />
to read!<br />
Hilfe – Lost in London<br />
A German-English Story<br />
Big Ben,Tower Bridge,West-minster Abbey –<br />
London! Tommi <strong>and</strong> Lise are sightseeing with<br />
the other pupils on their language course.<br />
After the official tour, they are finally<br />
allowed to explore the city on their own.<br />
But Tommi <strong>and</strong> Lise soon have a fight <strong>and</strong><br />
Lise sets off on her own, while Tommi gets<br />
completely lost <strong>and</strong> finds himself in trouble<br />
in a dodgy part of town.When he finally<br />
makes it to the coach stop, there is no sign<br />
of Lise …<br />
Hello Marie –<br />
Alles Okay?<br />
A German-English Story<br />
Marie <strong>and</strong> her family live in Hamburg. She<br />
hasn’t found a best friend at school yet –<br />
until Claire from Irel<strong>and</strong> joins Marie’s class.<br />
They get on like a house on fire <strong>and</strong><br />
manage to underst<strong>and</strong> each other even<br />
though Claire doesn’t speak a word<br />
of German <strong>and</strong> Marie has only very rudimentary<br />
English.When something goes<br />
missing in class <strong>and</strong> the suspicion falls on<br />
the Irish girl, Marie can prove herself a real<br />
friend to Claire …<br />
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<strong>Rights</strong> to previous books by Hortense<br />
Ullrich have been sold to the Czech<br />
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Italy (Disney), Lithuania (Alma Littera),<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong> (Dolnoslaskie) <strong>and</strong> Spain<br />
(Ediciones B).<br />
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Sabine Both<br />
young fiction<br />
10+<br />
160 pages / u 6.90<br />
illustrated<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
Andrea W<strong>and</strong>el<br />
young fiction<br />
8+<br />
160 pages / u 5.90<br />
illustrated<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
fiction<br />
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Kim Crabheart<br />
Kim is as happy as can be. She<br />
can skip straight into the sea<br />
from her bed, light a campfire<br />
in her private dune <strong>and</strong> run<br />
along the beach dancing with<br />
the waves. Every day is a holiday<br />
for Kim, because she lives<br />
in a beach bar on the Portuguese<br />
coast with her beloved<br />
dog Rasputin, her mum <strong>and</strong> the<br />
kooky artist Marco. Everything<br />
is perfect, until the day Kim’s<br />
gr<strong>and</strong>ma shows up …<br />
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Don’t Panic, Marie!<br />
Marie is totally stressed out:<br />
how is she supposed to get all<br />
the theory into her head in<br />
order to pass the vital rider’s<br />
test?!<br />
If she fails, she’s barred from<br />
the upcoming thoroughbred<br />
tournament <strong>and</strong> her archrival<br />
Irina would be the only one<br />
to shine! There’s nothing Irina<br />
would like to see more than<br />
Marie failing the exam, so she’d<br />
better keep her head in her<br />
books … don’t lose your nerve<br />
now, Marie!<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> to previous titles of this<br />
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Sabine Both<br />
young fiction<br />
10+<br />
160 pages / u 6.90<br />
illustrated<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
Andrea W<strong>and</strong>el<br />
young fiction<br />
8+<br />
160 pages / u 5.90<br />
illustrated<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
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Kim Crabheart Couldn’t<br />
Care Less About School<br />
Kim <strong>and</strong> her dog Rasputin have<br />
to get used to life in the city.<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong>ma <strong>and</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong>pa have<br />
dragged both of them from Portugal’s<br />
Atlantic coast to Berlin.<br />
All the kicking <strong>and</strong> screaming<br />
was in vain: after the summer<br />
holidays, Kim will have to go to<br />
school. Being the temperamental<br />
rebel that she is, this is<br />
unlikely to go well …<br />
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Save the Ponies, Marie!<br />
During a ferociously stormy<br />
night, the competition pony<br />
tent collapses.The panicked<br />
animals scatter in all directions.<br />
Marie <strong>and</strong> her archrival<br />
Irina go in search of their<br />
ponies, Happy <strong>and</strong> Challenger.<br />
In the dark, they chance upon<br />
a dilapidated farm with four<br />
emaciated mares.They turn out<br />
to be precious <strong>and</strong> very rare<br />
Sorraia horses, so Marie decides:<br />
she will do her utmost to<br />
find a new home for these<br />
fabulous horses.<br />
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Mascha Kaléko<br />
poems<br />
80 pages / u 5.00<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Petra Hammesfahr<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
288 pages / u 8.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
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The Lyrical Stenobook –<br />
City Poems<br />
Mascha Kaléko shot to literary<br />
fame in 1930’s Berlin <strong>and</strong> was<br />
hailed by Hermann Hesse <strong>and</strong><br />
Thomas Mann as the Poet of<br />
the Big City. Her «poetic shorth<strong>and</strong>»<br />
reports from the world<br />
of Nine to Five, about living<br />
<strong>and</strong> loving in the metropolis,<br />
have lost none of their delightful<br />
irony <strong>and</strong> political wit since<br />
they were first published.This<br />
is a new edition of 20 th century<br />
Germany’s most successful<br />
poetry book <strong>and</strong> celebrates<br />
Kaléko’s 100 th birthday.<br />
In the Beginning<br />
They’re Still Children<br />
Kathi Lenzen hasn’t had it easy.<br />
First she lost her husb<strong>and</strong>, then<br />
her son. Another bombshell<br />
is dropped when a committed<br />
social worker persuades her to<br />
take in a young shoplifter from<br />
a difficult family. Two worlds<br />
collide – <strong>and</strong> a relationship of<br />
mutual underst<strong>and</strong>ing grows …<br />
This realistic novel from bestselling<br />
crime writer Hammesfahr<br />
is different from anything<br />
she has previously published,<br />
but is as full of suspense as her<br />
best thrillers!<br />
Petra Hammesfahr’s works<br />
have been translated into<br />
17 languages.<br />
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Moritz Rinke<br />
drama<br />
160 pages / u 12.00<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
Georg Heller<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
176 pages / u 8.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
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The Nibelungen<br />
Commissioned by the Nibelungen<br />
Festival in Worms,<br />
acclaimed German playwright<br />
Moritz Rinke has written a<br />
completely new version of the<br />
«Nibelungen» drama.With a<br />
spicy sense of irony <strong>and</strong> a cool<br />
intellect, he casts aside the<br />
burden of scholarly interpretation<br />
<strong>and</strong> crafts a fresh, irreverent<br />
new take on the heroes of<br />
this medieval German myth.<br />
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The Child He Was: The<br />
Story of Johann Avellis<br />
The family of Johann Avellis is<br />
persecuted by the Nazi regime.<br />
A courageous opponent of<br />
Hitler, his mother has to flee to<br />
Bavaria, but it soon becomes<br />
impossible to hide <strong>and</strong> Johann<br />
is sent to a forced-labour camp.<br />
Even after 1945, the child of<br />
a Jewish father <strong>and</strong> protestant<br />
mother, Johann still feels like<br />
an outsider. Heller tells the poignant<br />
story of an extraordinary<br />
youth.<br />
English sample translation<br />
available.<br />
Dezsö Kosztolányi<br />
world literature<br />
192 pages / u 8.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Ulla Lachauer<br />
modern history<br />
192 pages / u 8.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
Monika Mann<br />
anthology<br />
224 pages / u 8.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
The Adventures of Kornél Esti<br />
Created by renowned Hungarian writer<br />
Dezsö Kosztolányi, Kornél Esti is one of the<br />
most flamboyant <strong>and</strong> versatile heroes<br />
ever committed to paper. Breezing through<br />
fantastically outrageous adventures, he is<br />
an expert in the art of creative lying, knows<br />
exactly how to deal with «difficult customers»<br />
<strong>and</strong> regales us with his many spirited<br />
<strong>and</strong> hilarious encounters. «An important<br />
moment for world literature: the Hungarian<br />
Thomas Mann is finally rediscovered.»<br />
(Die Zeit)<br />
Paradise Lane<br />
«I was born on the morning of Sunday,<br />
June 19, 1910, straight into the sunshine.»<br />
Growing up as a farmer’s daughter in East<br />
Prussia, Lena Grigoleit is witness to two<br />
world wars. In her moving life story, she<br />
talks about how she became a stranger in<br />
her own village, about her deportation to<br />
Siberia <strong>and</strong> her lonely return to her father’s<br />
house on the river Memel.<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> sold to Lithuania (Baltu Lanku),<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong> (Fundacja Progranicze)<br />
<strong>and</strong> Russia (Text).<br />
The Travelling House<br />
Monika Mann (1910–1992) was the «middle»<br />
daughter of Katia <strong>and</strong> Thomas Mann. Like<br />
the rest of her family, she had to leave<br />
Germany in 1933 <strong>and</strong> lived in exile in<br />
various countries. Always in the shadow of<br />
her successful siblings, Monika Mann is<br />
the most underrated of the famous writing<br />
dynasty. This introduction to her work is<br />
a fascinating literary discovery.<br />
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Sabine Neuffer<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
256 pages / u 7.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Heidi Goch<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
224 pages / u 7.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
T. Gsella / R. Hurzlmeier<br />
humour<br />
64 pages / u 8.90<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
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Love Is a Building Site<br />
38-year-old Hannah is a goldsmith<br />
<strong>and</strong> single mother. Her<br />
daily routine is abruptly interrupted<br />
when l<strong>and</strong>lord Dirk<br />
turns her shop into a building<br />
site. So she starts to sell online,<br />
with h<strong>and</strong>some web designer<br />
Till coming as a bonus. Hannah<br />
is in love <strong>and</strong> deliriously<br />
happy – but then ghosts from<br />
the past come back to haunt<br />
her ... a quirky, heart-warming<br />
love story.<br />
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Man or Car<br />
Lotte’s life could be so pleasantly<br />
laid back. Unfortunately,<br />
she has a go-getting twin sister<br />
Louise, who is just that little bit<br />
thinner <strong>and</strong> more beautiful than<br />
her – in Lotte’s eyes, anyway.<br />
They share a Hamburg flat, a<br />
brightly coloured convertible<br />
<strong>and</strong> a best friend – surely, they’ll<br />
stop short at sharing a man …?<br />
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Children, Stop Doing That<br />
Wondering how to keep yourself<br />
sane as you try to bring up<br />
your children? How about a<br />
good dose of black humour?<br />
Thomas Gsella, chief satirist of<br />
Titanic Magazine, <strong>and</strong> famous<br />
cartoonist Rudi Hurzlmeier<br />
serve up a wickedly witty cocktail<br />
of clever rhymes <strong>and</strong> drawings<br />
to cheer you up during the<br />
darkest hours of parenting.<br />
Nina Br<strong>and</strong>hoff<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
256 pages / u 7.90<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
Rocko Schamoni<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
192 pages / u 7.90<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
Elke Loewe<br />
gift book<br />
64 pages / u 5.00<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
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Serial Kisser<br />
Janine is an actress without a<br />
career – all she ever stars in are<br />
embarrasing washing powder<br />
commercials.To improve her<br />
job chances, she starts an<br />
internship at the local TV station<br />
where she gets lumbered<br />
with the most absurd <strong>and</strong><br />
undignified tasks. At night, she<br />
throws herself into Munich’s<br />
nightlife, always looking for the<br />
role of her life – <strong>and</strong> of course<br />
the love of her life.<br />
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The Risks of Fame –<br />
Director’s Cut<br />
What a life! … Rocko Schamoni’s<br />
fast forward romp through a<br />
hilariously incongruous CV<br />
is almost too mad to be true …<br />
he’s been a latter day highwayman,<br />
a junkie rentboy, a sailor,<br />
an artist in Paris, travelled with<br />
the circus <strong>and</strong> is, of course, one<br />
of our most charismatic cultural<br />
icons. Shockingly funny!<br />
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Nothing Could<br />
Be Simpler – Stories with<br />
Piggeldy <strong>and</strong> Frederick<br />
Piggeldy <strong>and</strong> Frederick have<br />
been an institution on German<br />
television for over 30 years.<br />
Although these cartoon piglets<br />
were originally designed for<br />
children, Elke Loewe’s charming,<br />
philosophical dialogues<br />
make them a joy for young <strong>and</strong><br />
old alike.<br />
This story book will delight<br />
piglet fans of all ages!<br />
Norbert Zähringer<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
288 pages / u 8.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
Pia Frankenberg<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
256 pages / u 8.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
fiction<br />
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While I Slept<br />
A refugee called Ismael survives<br />
a fall from a plane over Berlin<br />
because a young security guard<br />
finds <strong>and</strong> rescues him.The<br />
guard’s flatmate Alp is knocked<br />
unconscious during a political<br />
demonstration <strong>and</strong> from his<br />
coma, floating above it all, he<br />
tells the story of how these<br />
seemingly unrelated incidents<br />
are secretly connected. A pacy,<br />
tightly plotted suspense novel<br />
about chance <strong>and</strong> happiness.<br />
fiction<br />
rororo<br />
Nora<br />
New York, post 9/11: a chance<br />
encounter that changes the lives<br />
of two women forever. With<br />
extraordinary sensitivity, Pia<br />
Frankenberg writes about past<br />
traumas <strong>and</strong> the fragility of<br />
happiness. A gripping novel<br />
about the power of love,<br />
which can be both destructive<br />
<strong>and</strong> healing.<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
Ralf König<br />
comic<br />
160 pages / u 9.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
Jan Böttcher<br />
contemporary fiction<br />
304 pages / u 8.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
fiction<br />
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A Perfectly Normal<br />
Family<br />
Award winning cult-cartoonist<br />
Ralf König’s latest masterpiece<br />
has three generations of one<br />
family trying to get on with<br />
life – <strong>and</strong> with each other. Not<br />
always easy, especially when<br />
for starters, the mother’s lover<br />
is also having an affair with<br />
the son’s teenage girlfriend.<br />
They all have skeletons in the<br />
closet … when even the gr<strong>and</strong>parents<br />
are thinking about<br />
getting divorced, we know that<br />
this is a perfectly normal<br />
family! König’s dry humour will<br />
have you in stitches.<br />
Ralf König’s previous works<br />
have been translated into nine<br />
languages.<br />
fiction<br />
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Your Money or Your Life<br />
Karl is a 21-year-old ex-con,<br />
travelling in a VW campervan<br />
from West to East Germany to<br />
attend the funeral of his gr<strong>and</strong>father.<br />
He was jailed for trying<br />
to rob his own mother at the<br />
bank she works in – with the<br />
good intention of helping her<br />
get over her fear of terrorists!<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong>father used to be the<br />
caretaker of that bank until he<br />
fled to the GDR under a cloud.<br />
A cloud Karl finally wants to<br />
investigate!<br />
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Elke Loewe<br />
crime<br />
256 pages / u 8.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
Felicitas Mayall<br />
crime<br />
416 pages / u 8.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
Carlo Schäfer<br />
crime<br />
288 pages / u 8.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
24<br />
fiction<br />
rororo<br />
The Snow Camellia<br />
Exported from St. Petersburg, a<br />
unique <strong>and</strong> stunningly beautiful<br />
camellia is Valerie Bloom’s<br />
pride <strong>and</strong> joy, with blossoms as<br />
white as snowy nights in the<br />
old Tsarist city. One morning,<br />
the precious plant vanishes<br />
from her glasshouse <strong>and</strong> the<br />
h<strong>and</strong>some – Russian! – thief<br />
Valerie had fallen in love with,<br />
is found dead by the river.<br />
Would somebody really kill for<br />
a flower?<br />
fiction<br />
rororo<br />
The Lioness of Cinque<br />
Terre: Laura Gottberg’s<br />
Third Case<br />
A dead body in the backyard of<br />
a Munich apartment house is<br />
giving Inspector Laura Gottberg<br />
a headache. The victim,Valeria<br />
Cabun, was a young Italian girl<br />
working as an au pair for a doctor’s<br />
family. To solve this complicated<br />
case, Laura realises that<br />
she must travel to Valeria’s<br />
home village of Cinque Terre,<br />
where the women of the Cabun<br />
family hide a dark secret …<br />
fiction<br />
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Last in Line<br />
Chief Inspector Theuer is<br />
enjoying his well-deserved<br />
retirement when he is suddenly<br />
called upon to solve a series of<br />
murders that have sent shockwaves<br />
through the idyllic university<br />
town of Heidelberg.<br />
Strangely, the murders seem to<br />
have no links <strong>and</strong> Theuer is<br />
completely baffled. Even his<br />
British colleague, Profiler<br />
David Lewis, can’t help – or<br />
maybe he doesn’t want to?<br />
R. Rausch / B. Stipetic<br />
crime<br />
288 pages / u 8.90<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
Edelgard Spaude<br />
crime<br />
272 pages / u 7.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Carsten Klemann<br />
crime<br />
320 pages / u 8.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
fiction<br />
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The Bastard<br />
The city of Würzburg is celebrating<br />
its annual African<br />
Festival. But while the city is in<br />
the thick of the festivities, a<br />
young black boy is found dead.<br />
During their tricky investigations,<br />
forensic scientist Dr. Pia<br />
Rosenthal <strong>and</strong> Inspector Kilian<br />
encounter treacherous hypocrisy,<br />
intrigue <strong>and</strong> a murder – in<br />
one of the most respected families<br />
in the city.<br />
fiction<br />
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Murder in the Spa<br />
The tranquil spa town of<br />
Badenweiler is shaken up by<br />
the murder of a photographer,<br />
Silvio Gerstenbach, who is<br />
found dead in the spa gardens.<br />
Evidently disliked by all <strong>and</strong><br />
sundry, his case is taken up by<br />
the cantankerous Inspector<br />
Lorenz from Freiburg <strong>and</strong> his<br />
young assistant Thiele. A classic<br />
murder mystery from Germany’s<br />
favourite holiday destination –<br />
the first of many!<br />
fiction<br />
rororo<br />
Moselle Blood – Murder<br />
in the Vineyard<br />
Wine connoisseur Christine<br />
Sowell has turned a hobby into<br />
a job: she is editor of the food<br />
<strong>and</strong> travel section of a posh<br />
magazine <strong>and</strong> gets to write<br />
about regional wines <strong>and</strong> delicacies.Wine<br />
producer Count<br />
Meckling appreciates her expertise<br />
<strong>and</strong> asks her for advice. All<br />
the exquisite culinary delights<br />
amid idyllic surroundings come<br />
to a brutal end when a murder<br />
happens …<br />
Alex<strong>and</strong>ra Guggenheim<br />
historical fiction<br />
272 pages / u 8.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
Edith Beleites<br />
historical crime<br />
320 pages / u 8.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
Astrid Fritz<br />
historical fiction<br />
416 pages / u 8.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
fiction<br />
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The Painter’s Apprentice<br />
Amsterdam 1668: 17-year-old<br />
Samuel sees his dream come<br />
true when he is taken on as an<br />
apprentice by the famous<br />
Rembr<strong>and</strong>t. However, when<br />
Rembr<strong>and</strong>t is offered a lucrative<br />
commission to paint an anatomist<br />
during an autopsy <strong>and</strong><br />
suddenly a thief is executed,<br />
Samuel becomes suspicious …<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> sold to France (City<br />
Editions), Korea (Forest of<br />
Knowledge) <strong>and</strong> Spain (Punto<br />
de Lectura).<br />
fiction<br />
rororo<br />
The Master Builder’s Wife<br />
1642: The city of Glückstadt is<br />
in dire need of a town hall <strong>and</strong><br />
commissions Dutch master builder<br />
Hans Holtenkerk. He discovers<br />
that the l<strong>and</strong> beneath the<br />
entire city is not stable enough<br />
for building. The consequences<br />
of this disclosure are so alarming<br />
that no one wants to hear<br />
them – so Holtenkerk’s death<br />
during a late night inspection is<br />
very convenient ... for some.<br />
Midwife Clara suspects a crime<br />
<strong>and</strong> starts to investigate …<br />
fiction<br />
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The Call of the Condor<br />
Hamburg in 1852: Together with<br />
a group of German emigrants,<br />
15-year-old Josef embarks on the<br />
journey of a lifetime. Fleeing<br />
from hunger, hardship <strong>and</strong> his<br />
tyrannical father, he sails to<br />
Chile to look for his lost brother.<br />
But life in the new world is<br />
hard; he fights against prejudice<br />
<strong>and</strong> jealousy – <strong>and</strong> for the<br />
love of his life. A gripping<br />
emigrant story.<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
Nicolas Remin<br />
crime<br />
384 pages / u 8.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Sabine Wassermann<br />
historical fiction<br />
336 pages / u 8.90<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
Bernd List<br />
historical fiction<br />
416 pages / u 8.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
fiction<br />
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Venetian Engagement<br />
Venice, October 1863: Commissario<br />
Tron is busy preparing his<br />
wedding to the beautiful Principessa<br />
di Montalcino – so it is<br />
rather inconvenient when he is<br />
suddenly assigned a murder<br />
case. Even more inconveniently,<br />
the woman who was found<br />
dead was the lover of Archduke<br />
Maximilian, the Emperor’s<br />
younger brother. Further murders<br />
follow …<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> sold to France (Alvik).<br />
fiction<br />
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The Devil Painter<br />
Mainz in 1631: War has been<br />
raging for 13 years <strong>and</strong> fear of<br />
witches is rife in Germany. In<br />
this intimidating climate, the<br />
painter’s daughter Henrietta has<br />
been forbidden to ever lift a<br />
paintbrush herself. Yet her father<br />
is very ill <strong>and</strong> his masterpiece<br />
is awaiting completion.Then the<br />
Swedes occupy Mainz <strong>and</strong><br />
among them is a painter who is<br />
fascinated by Henrietta. He cannot<br />
know to what lengths she is<br />
prepared to go to fulfil her dream.<br />
fiction<br />
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The Gold of Gotl<strong>and</strong>:<br />
A Klaus Störtebeker Novel<br />
Spain in 1397: Young Spaniard<br />
Feliciano de Valencia did not<br />
suspect he was heading for<br />
trouble when he inherited a<br />
mysterious treasure map from<br />
his dying master. But when he<br />
sails north to find the treasure,<br />
he falls into the arms of the<br />
most dangerous pirate of the<br />
Baltic Sea: the legendary<br />
German Klaus Störtebeker, who<br />
is after Feliciano’s treasure.<br />
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Borwin B<strong>and</strong>elow<br />
general interest /<br />
psychology<br />
320 pages / u 8.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Martin Geck<br />
general interest /<br />
music<br />
192 pages / u 8.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
26<br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
Celebrities – On the<br />
Mixed Blessings of Fame<br />
Fame doesn't change people –<br />
a certain type of person tends<br />
to become famous. Professor<br />
of psychology Borwin B<strong>and</strong>elow<br />
presents a kaleidoscope of<br />
fascinating <strong>and</strong> entertaining<br />
star portraits, analysing their<br />
psychological problems – <strong>and</strong><br />
to what extent we all share<br />
their obsessions.<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> sold to China (SDX)<br />
<strong>and</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> (Wydawnictwo<br />
Psychologiczne).<br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
When Papageno Catches<br />
a Firebird for Elise:<br />
A Compact History<br />
of Music<br />
Geck’s comprehensive history of<br />
music is refreshingly different.<br />
By relating individual works to<br />
the various trends in music, he<br />
reveals the breaks with tradition<br />
<strong>and</strong> the revolutions that make<br />
classical music what it is today.<br />
An entertaining h<strong>and</strong>s-on guide<br />
for anyone who has ears <strong>and</strong><br />
is willing to use them.<br />
Dorothea Hauser<br />
general interest /<br />
modern history<br />
256 pages / u 9.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Marie Nejar<br />
autobiography<br />
256 pages / u 8.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
Baader <strong>and</strong> Herold –<br />
Terrorism in Germany<br />
They were hunter <strong>and</strong> prey, but<br />
their desperate game of cat<br />
<strong>and</strong> mouse also bound them<br />
together: Andreas Baader,<br />
founder of the German terrorist<br />
group Red Army Faction, <strong>and</strong><br />
Horst Herold, head of the<br />
German Federal Police. In a<br />
riveting double portrait,<br />
Dorothea Hauser tells the true<br />
story of these iconic figures<br />
in the history of terrorism in<br />
Germany.<br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
Don’t Look So Sad<br />
Little Negro – My Youth<br />
in the Third Reich<br />
Marie Nejar grows up in<br />
Hamburg, a black girl in Nazi<br />
Germany. Thanks to her many<br />
guardian angels – her liberal<br />
teacher, her Jewish doctor <strong>and</strong><br />
the local police – she survives<br />
being exploited in propag<strong>and</strong>a<br />
films <strong>and</strong> forced labour. In 1951,<br />
she is discovered as a singer<br />
<strong>and</strong> becomes the star «Leila<br />
Negra», but she still suffers<br />
prejudice <strong>and</strong> hostility. Finally,<br />
she decides to stop playing the<br />
part of the «Little Negro»: She<br />
re-trains <strong>and</strong> works as a nurse<br />
until her retirement, back in<br />
Hamburg. An extraordinary <strong>and</strong><br />
deeply affecting life story.<br />
Joachim Fest<br />
travel<br />
416 pages / u 9.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Manfred Geier<br />
philosophy<br />
288 pages / u 8.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Against the Light –<br />
An Italian Journey<br />
Few countries fire the imagination like Italy.<br />
Joachim Fest’s lively <strong>and</strong> multi-faceted<br />
portrait of this stunning country is much<br />
more than a brilliant travel journal; it is a<br />
very personal <strong>and</strong> beautifully composed<br />
literary masterpiece.<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> sold to Italy (Garzanti).<br />
Verena Mayer / Rol<strong>and</strong> Koberg<br />
biography / arts<br />
304 pages / u 9.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
Elfriede Jelinek – A Portrait<br />
Elfriede Jelinek polarises. Nobody writes as<br />
angrily about women, nature, sex or sport<br />
as she does. Cold <strong>and</strong> mocking, harsh yet<br />
playful, her novels <strong>and</strong> plays corrode<br />
human constructs.This book is the first<br />
comprehensive review of Jelinek’s life, work<br />
<strong>and</strong> influence. It presents the Nobel Prize<br />
winner’s literary achievements of the last<br />
40 years in an intelligently original light.<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> sold to China (Writers’ Publishing<br />
House) <strong>and</strong> France (du Seuil).<br />
What Smart People Laugh About:<br />
The Philosophy of Humour<br />
Why do people laugh, <strong>and</strong> what significance<br />
does humour have in contemporary life?<br />
What do the world’s great philosophers<br />
have to say about the origins <strong>and</strong> causes of<br />
laughter <strong>and</strong> what did they find funny<br />
themselves? Manfred Geier takes us on an<br />
enlightening <strong>and</strong> entertaining stroll through<br />
the thoughts of history’s most brilliant<br />
minds – full of anecdotes <strong>and</strong> fun to read.<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> sold to China (Jiangsu)<br />
<strong>and</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> (Universitas).<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Eva B.<br />
sexuality<br />
224 pages / u 8.90<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
E. Fischer /<br />
S. Ladwig-Winters<br />
modern history<br />
384 pages / u 9.90<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
Konrad Heidkamp<br />
music<br />
288 pages / u 8.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
28<br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
Yours in Pain –<br />
Confessions<br />
of a Masochist<br />
The double life of Eva B. begins<br />
with an ad: «Wanted – Master<br />
of My Lust». She receives 150<br />
replies – <strong>and</strong> experiences a<br />
hitherto unknown sexual fulfilment:<br />
she obeys when comm<strong>and</strong>ed,<br />
is humiliated <strong>and</strong><br />
beaten.Torn between fear <strong>and</strong><br />
lust, Eva B. learns to accept her<br />
predilection. A c<strong>and</strong>id <strong>and</strong><br />
courageous report on an unusual<br />
sexual odyssey.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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The Wertheim Family<br />
In 1851, Abraham <strong>and</strong> Theodor<br />
Wertheim opened their first<br />
shop in Stralsund <strong>and</strong> the rapid<br />
rise of the Wertheims began.<br />
The Berlin Warenhaus Wertheim<br />
was the biggest <strong>and</strong> most lavish<br />
department store in Europe.<br />
When the Nazis came to power,<br />
the store was gradually «aryanised»<br />
<strong>and</strong> in 1938 declared<br />
«German».This book charts<br />
the spectacular rise <strong>and</strong> fall<br />
of a German Jewish business<br />
dynasty.<br />
non-fiction fiction<br />
rororo<br />
It’s All Over Now –<br />
Music of a Generation<br />
40 Years of Rock <strong>and</strong> Jazz<br />
Konrad Heidkamp takes us<br />
back to legendary rock concerts<br />
<strong>and</strong> jazz clubs, recalling<br />
many iconic musicians, their<br />
songs <strong>and</strong> their often turbulent<br />
life stories. He also portrays<br />
a generation on a journey to<br />
a different consciousness <strong>and</strong><br />
an era that revolutionised<br />
our underst<strong>and</strong>ing of music.<br />
N. Boeing / D. Wolter<br />
travel<br />
256 pages / u 8.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Andreas Platthaus<br />
biography<br />
320 pages / u 9.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
21,000 Kilometres –<br />
Please Take Your Seat<br />
A grey winter in Hamburg … or<br />
sunshine <strong>and</strong> adventure? An<br />
easy choice for Niels Boeing<br />
<strong>and</strong> Dorothee Wolter: They<br />
decide to go «maximum south».<br />
One epic journey to Capetown:<br />
6 months, 18 countries, 21,000<br />
kilometres – by bus, train <strong>and</strong><br />
boat. Stop by stop, they share<br />
their extraordinary travel experiences<br />
<strong>and</strong> reflect on the art of<br />
travelling in the age of globalisation.<br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
Alfred Herrhausen:<br />
A German Career<br />
Banker Alfred Herrhausen was<br />
assassinated by the Red Army<br />
Faction in 1989. Andreas<br />
Platthaus tells the life story of<br />
a controversial financial<br />
visionary. This biography is a<br />
startling portrait of a top<br />
financier who in many ways<br />
was ahead of his time.<br />
Kathrin Passig / H. Friebe<br />
general interest<br />
144 pages / u 7.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Rol<strong>and</strong> Rosenstock<br />
general interest<br />
192 pages / u 8.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
The Next Big Thing –<br />
News From the Forefront<br />
of Progress<br />
Electric kettles with an internet<br />
connection, Shower-Yogurts or<br />
the «Aromapod» – progress<br />
comes in all shapes <strong>and</strong> sizes!<br />
Kathrin Passig <strong>and</strong> Holm Friebe<br />
discover what is at the cutting<br />
edge of invention today, cataloguing<br />
a fascinating collection<br />
of devices from the eccentric<br />
to the absurd. A hilarious foray<br />
into the world of tomorrow.<br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
The Ten Comm<strong>and</strong>ments –<br />
What They Mean Today<br />
A User Manual<br />
Do the Ten Comm<strong>and</strong>ments<br />
make sense in the every day life<br />
of young people today? What<br />
do they make of «You shall not<br />
covet your neighbour’s house» –<br />
when what preoccupies them<br />
most is their friends’ expensive<br />
mobile phones? Looking at<br />
the daily challenges that young<br />
people face, Rol<strong>and</strong> Rosenstock<br />
identifies the relevance of<br />
the Ten Comm<strong>and</strong>ments today<br />
<strong>and</strong> entertains as much as he<br />
elucidates.<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
Dietrich Grönemeyer<br />
health<br />
160 pages / u 7.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Jürgen Bräunlein<br />
general interest<br />
224 pages / u 8.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
The ABC of the Body –<br />
A Little Medic Book<br />
Professor Dietrich Grönemeyer<br />
<strong>and</strong> his Little Medic friend<br />
explain our bodies with the<br />
help of an entertaining <strong>and</strong><br />
illuminating anatomical alphabet.<br />
Using games <strong>and</strong> experiments,<br />
they also encourage<br />
readers of all ages to explore<br />
the mysteries of the human<br />
body. A fun way to learn!<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> to The Little Medic have<br />
been sold to twelve countries.<br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
Encyclopedia<br />
of Bad Manners<br />
We forget our manners on a<br />
daily basis: we pick our noses,<br />
chew our fingernails <strong>and</strong> stare<br />
unashamedly at cleavages.<br />
Jürgen Bräunlein acknowledges<br />
our subconscious relapses<br />
of etiquette in this entertaining<br />
<strong>and</strong> pertinent reference<br />
book. Forays into psychology,<br />
biology <strong>and</strong> cultural history<br />
show that we are not alone:<br />
bad manners are our cultural<br />
heritage!<br />
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M. Fischer-Epe / C. Epe<br />
coaching<br />
244 pages / u 8.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
B. Mähler / M. Schmela<br />
parenting<br />
160 pages / u 8.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
Johannes Sievers<br />
advice<br />
208 pages / u 7.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
30<br />
non-fiction<br />
rororo<br />
Self-Coaching<br />
Accessible <strong>and</strong> comprehensive:<br />
two experienced consultants<br />
show how to achieve personal<br />
success through self-coaching.<br />
Background information <strong>and</strong><br />
practical exercises help the<br />
readers to take active control<br />
of their personal development,<br />
how to work with motivation<br />
<strong>and</strong> inspiration <strong>and</strong> how to<br />
h<strong>and</strong>le responsibility <strong>and</strong> conflict<br />
constructively.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Nightmare ADD –<br />
How Parents Can Help<br />
Children with Attention Deficit<br />
Disorder push parents to their<br />
limit <strong>and</strong> can destroy families.<br />
Experienced ADD coach Bettina<br />
Mähler vividly describes how<br />
parents experience this permanent<br />
state of emergency <strong>and</strong><br />
offers solutions <strong>and</strong> tactics so<br />
that parents <strong>and</strong> teachers can<br />
re-focus.<br />
Bettina Mähler’s previous<br />
books have been sold to seven<br />
countries.<br />
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Dr. Sievers’ Surgery –<br />
Enjoying Your Sexuality<br />
One in three women have<br />
sexual problems. The latest<br />
research shows that this can be<br />
for both psychological <strong>and</strong><br />
physical reasons. Dr. Sievers<br />
has been researching female<br />
sexual dysfunction for many<br />
years <strong>and</strong> his h<strong>and</strong>book is the<br />
first to summarise the scientific<br />
findings <strong>and</strong> discuss possible<br />
therapies.<br />
Beatrice Poschenrieder<br />
general interest<br />
256 pages / u 8.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Dr. Michael Bohne<br />
body & spirit<br />
192 pages / u 8.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
Dr. Gisela Brehmer<br />
parenting<br />
288 pages / u 9.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
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Who Will Save Love?<br />
A clever infotainment-novela<br />
on matters of the heart, Beatrice<br />
Poschenrieder tells the turbulent<br />
story of 37-year-old Diana<br />
Liebig. An agony aunt by profession,<br />
she is trying her level<br />
best to save her own rocky relationship.<br />
Solutions for common<br />
relationship problems are<br />
woven into a gripping plot,<br />
making this an entertaining <strong>and</strong><br />
helpful read!<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Feng Shui –<br />
Uncluttering Your Mind<br />
Dr. Bohne’s book picks up<br />
where Karen Kingston’s Clear<br />
Your Clutter with Feng Shui left<br />
of: he exp<strong>and</strong>s Feng Shui into<br />
subtle energy psychology, a<br />
winning combination that<br />
allows you to unclutter your<br />
thoughts <strong>and</strong> feelings in general<br />
<strong>and</strong> in specific crisis situations.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Advice From<br />
a Paediatrician’s Practice<br />
With her preference for unintrusive<br />
healing methods, paediatrician<br />
Dr. Gisela Brehmer gives<br />
practical advice on the right<br />
diet for your children, ideal<br />
care, symptoms of illness, sleeping<br />
trouble, vaccinations <strong>and</strong><br />
first aid methods in cases of<br />
emergency. A bestselling classic<br />
updated <strong>and</strong> revised!<br />
Frank Naumann<br />
general interest<br />
224 pages / u 8.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
N. Wolf / E. Rosanna<br />
general interest<br />
192 pages / u 12.00<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
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The Art of Popularity<br />
If you are unsuccessful at work,<br />
in love or in any new environment,<br />
although you are no less<br />
qualified, competent or attractive<br />
than others, you need a<br />
popularity check: popularity is<br />
a social skill that can be<br />
learned. Bestselling author Frank<br />
Naumann shows you how in<br />
ten easy steps.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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The Art of Leading People<br />
What makes a good leader?<br />
Are men or women better at<br />
leading? What does a humane<br />
rather than profit oriented<br />
management look like? Abbot<br />
Primate Notker <strong>and</strong> Sister<br />
Rosanna explore these questions<br />
<strong>and</strong> share their experiences<br />
of high office.They point<br />
out common misconceptions<br />
about leadership <strong>and</strong> explain<br />
what really matters – not just in<br />
business, but also in politics,<br />
education <strong>and</strong> family life.<br />
Notker is a rock musician, bestselling<br />
author, <strong>and</strong>, as Abbot<br />
Primate, represents over 800<br />
monasteries <strong>and</strong> abbeys. Sister<br />
Rosanna is the most powerful<br />
woman in the Vatican.<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><br />
communication guide<br />
224 pages / u 8.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
Peter Lauster<br />
psychology / advice<br />
208 pages / u 7.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
Friedemann Schulz v. Thun non-fiction<br />
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Talking:<br />
Questions <strong>and</strong> Answers<br />
In a relaxed question <strong>and</strong><br />
answer format, Friedemann<br />
Schulz von Thun explores the<br />
countless queries that have<br />
accumulated since the publication<br />
of his bestselling<br />
«Talking» trilogy. His explanations<br />
cover the core of his<br />
psychology of communication,<br />
but also his practical experiences<br />
working <strong>and</strong> teaching.<br />
<strong>Rights</strong> to the author’s<br />
previous works have been<br />
sold to six countries.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Paths to Peace <strong>and</strong><br />
Serenity – Find Your<br />
Inner Independence<br />
<strong>and</strong> Strength<br />
Drawing on numerous case<br />
studies, acclaimed psychologist<br />
<strong>and</strong> bestselling author Peter<br />
Lauster illustrates techniques<br />
to manage stress, anger or grief<br />
<strong>and</strong> shows his readers how to<br />
be at peace with themselves.<br />
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Christian Nürnberger<br />
general interest<br />
192 pages / u 7.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Dietmar Bittrich<br />
satire<br />
160 pages / u 7.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
C. Korneli / M. Kavka<br />
general interest<br />
224 pages / u 8.90<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
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If Men Got Pregnant –<br />
A Peace Offer<br />
Women have been ab<strong>and</strong>oning<br />
the kitchen <strong>and</strong> refusing to<br />
have children for decades.<br />
Outrageously depriving an<br />
ageing society of new blood,<br />
they dem<strong>and</strong>: We want half<br />
the world, or we all die out.<br />
Only half the world? Men fear<br />
they want more … an ironic<br />
<strong>and</strong> loving portrait of the fairer<br />
sex – a must for all put upon<br />
men.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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The Do-Gooder Book<br />
Political correctness has its<br />
limits <strong>and</strong> when well meaning<br />
souls overstep them, it’s time to<br />
have a laugh. With lashings<br />
of black humour <strong>and</strong> with his<br />
tongue firmly in his cheek,<br />
award-winning satirist Bittrich<br />
describes what happens when<br />
do-gooders go to far <strong>and</strong> dishes<br />
out advice on how to undermine<br />
them.<br />
non-fiction fiction<br />
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Boys Vs. Girls<br />
Caroline Korneli <strong>and</strong> Markus<br />
Kavka, two icons of pop journalism,<br />
discuss whether today’s<br />
women are tomorrow’s men!<br />
How much femininity is hidden<br />
in a man <strong>and</strong> how much<br />
masculinity in a woman?<br />
A funny <strong>and</strong> forthright discussion<br />
about modern society’s<br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ing of male <strong>and</strong><br />
female roles. Does the future<br />
really belong to women <strong>and</strong><br />
what, if anything, do men need<br />
to do about it?<br />
Bernhard Hoëcker<br />
general interest<br />
224 pages / u 8.90<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
Katrin Bauerfeind<br />
satire<br />
224 pages / u 8.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Dieter Nuhr<br />
humour<br />
192 pages / u 9.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
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Diary of a Geocacher<br />
Have you heard of Geocaching?<br />
This modern day paper chase<br />
is the latest craze, with 200,000<br />
caches hidden in 217 countries.<br />
A cache is a kind of treasure,<br />
often contained in Tupperware,<br />
hidden in forests, sunk into<br />
lakes or glued under park<br />
benches.<br />
Hoëcker regales us with hilarious<br />
accounts of his extraordinary<br />
adventures <strong>and</strong><br />
explains everything there is to<br />
know about Geocaching.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Katrin Bauerfeind<br />
Presents<br />
the Best of Ehrensenf<br />
Extreme ironing, woollen rubber<br />
johnnies, caffeine-soap <strong>and</strong><br />
giant pink rabbits in the Alps –<br />
just some of the reports featured<br />
on Ehrensenf, Germany’s<br />
most unconventional <strong>and</strong><br />
multi-award winning TV news<br />
magazine. Presenter Katrin<br />
Bauerfeind’s hilarious catalogue<br />
of the most eccentric finds<br />
<strong>and</strong> bizarre news items enjoys<br />
an ever growing cult following.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Believe It or Not!<br />
Faith can move mountains, so<br />
the saying goes – couldn’t be<br />
more wrong, says best-selling<br />
author <strong>and</strong> comedian Dieter<br />
Nuhr. Instead, faith makes<br />
people read horoscopes, blow<br />
themselves up or milk an ox at<br />
midnight. Nothing is so stupid<br />
that you can’t find people<br />
who believe in it. Nuhr has<br />
travelled the world on the<br />
trail of faith <strong>and</strong> shares the rib<br />
tickling results!<br />
Friedhelm Schwarz<br />
science<br />
224 pages / u 8.90<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Olaf Fritsche<br />
science<br />
192 pages / u 8.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
Stephan Berry<br />
science<br />
240 pages / u 9.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Unlocking the Brain – How<br />
Neuroscientists Change Our Lives<br />
Neuroscience has opened up the black box<br />
that is the human brain. This has created<br />
new opportunities to cure disease <strong>and</strong><br />
stimulate dormant talent. However the new<br />
discoveries are also questioning the very<br />
idea of free choice <strong>and</strong> the rationality of<br />
our actions. Are we moving closer towards<br />
the systematic control of our individual<br />
thoughts <strong>and</strong> feelings?<br />
Life in Space – Facts of Astrobiology,<br />
Hopes of Stargazers<br />
The question of whether we are alone in<br />
the universe is almost as old as mankind<br />
itself, but it is only very recently that<br />
we have acquired the technical means<br />
to embark on a serious search for life<br />
«out there».<br />
The result: a growing assumption that the<br />
cosmos is teeming with life.<br />
What Drives Life? – A Journey<br />
into the Microcosm of the Cell<br />
Cells are the amazingly versatile building<br />
blocks of life. They self-assemble, provide<br />
themselves with fuel, regulate themselves,<br />
repair themselves <strong>and</strong> – finally – recycle<br />
themselves. «What Drives Life?» examines<br />
all the processes inside a cell <strong>and</strong> springs<br />
one surprise after another!<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
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non-fiction<br />
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A. Hügli / P. Lübke (Ed.)<br />
encyclopaedia<br />
736 pages / u 18.90<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
Hans-Jürgen Goertz (Ed.)<br />
encyclopaedia<br />
800 pages / u 19.90<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
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Encyclopaedia<br />
of Philosophy<br />
A revised edition of the classic<br />
bestseller, this encyclopaedia<br />
covers more than 1500 terms<br />
<strong>and</strong> names from antiquity to<br />
the present. As a reference<br />
book, it allows readers to track<br />
the changing shape of philosophical<br />
concepts, theories <strong>and</strong><br />
problems throughout history<br />
<strong>and</strong> how they are reflected in<br />
contemporary philosophy.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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History –<br />
A Foundation Course<br />
This new edition focuses on the<br />
academic process that leads<br />
to historical insight: source<br />
material, methods of research<br />
<strong>and</strong> presentation choices. The<br />
book also looks at the evolution<br />
of this methodology.<br />
Sabina Becker<br />
encyclopaedia<br />
208 pages / u 12.90<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
Jürgen Schmidt<br />
encyclopaedia<br />
352 pages / u 14.90<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
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Literary <strong>and</strong> Cultural<br />
Studies –<br />
Methods <strong>and</strong> Theories<br />
Drawing on many text samples,<br />
this book introduces the most<br />
important methods of literary<br />
study, from deconstruction to<br />
post structuralism, <strong>and</strong> examines<br />
their different focuses,<br />
central ideas <strong>and</strong> practical<br />
approaches.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Civil Society –<br />
Civil Engagement<br />
from the Ancient World<br />
to the Present<br />
No one working in the world of<br />
politics, journalism or teaching<br />
can avoid the term «civil society».<br />
Yet there is very little<br />
material that shows the evolution<br />
of the phrase. What does<br />
it actually st<strong>and</strong> for? Where<br />
does it come from? This book<br />
provides the answers.<br />
Susmita Arp<br />
monographs<br />
160 pages / u 8.50<br />
May <strong>2007</strong><br />
Daniel Kupper<br />
monographs<br />
160 pages / u 8.50<br />
July <strong>2007</strong><br />
Charlotte Ueckert<br />
monographs<br />
160 pages / u 8.50<br />
October <strong>2007</strong><br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
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G<strong>and</strong>hi<br />
G<strong>and</strong>hi has long been an icon.<br />
But this book reminds us of the<br />
man behind the saintly image.<br />
Moh<strong>and</strong>as Karamch<strong>and</strong> G<strong>and</strong>hi<br />
(1869–1948) was a politician<br />
who experienced both great<br />
highs <strong>and</strong> great lows; a reformer<br />
who could err; a restless idealist<br />
who was often bitterly thwarted<br />
by reality.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Leonardo da Vinci<br />
No artist has been researched<br />
more than Leonardo da Vinci<br />
(1452–1519), who radically<br />
exp<strong>and</strong>ed the knowledge of his<br />
time.That is why his artistic<br />
creations cannot be separated<br />
from his scientific or technical<br />
ones. A fresh look at the visionary<br />
genius.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Paula Modersohn-Becker<br />
Recognition <strong>and</strong> fame for Paula<br />
Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907)<br />
came only after her death. A<br />
pioneer of modernism, her work<br />
was banned as «un-German»<br />
during the Nazi reign. After<br />
World War II, her heritage was<br />
finally acknowledged, not least<br />
in the famous artist village of<br />
Worpswede, where she worked<br />
<strong>and</strong> died.<br />
Reinhard Blomert<br />
monographs<br />
160 pages / u 8.50<br />
August <strong>2007</strong><br />
Katja Doubek<br />
monographs<br />
160 pages / u 8.50<br />
June <strong>2007</strong><br />
Diana Schilling<br />
monographs<br />
160 pages / u 8.50<br />
September <strong>2007</strong><br />
non-fiction<br />
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John Maynard Keynes<br />
The name John Maynard Keynes<br />
(1883–1946) is like a magic<br />
word in economic circles: The<br />
British economist was a member<br />
of the legendary Bloomsbury<br />
group <strong>and</strong> was one of the<br />
leading intellectuals of his<br />
time. This monograph documents<br />
the life of the man who<br />
transformed the dismal science<br />
of economics into a revolutionary<br />
engine of social progress.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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August the Strong<br />
August the Strong (1670–1733)<br />
was a Saxon prince with<br />
political vision, a legendary<br />
libido <strong>and</strong> a great enthusiasm<br />
for art <strong>and</strong> architecture. He<br />
established the Saxon capital of<br />
Dresden as a major cultural<br />
centre <strong>and</strong> commissioned the<br />
Dresdner Frauenkirche <strong>and</strong><br />
several fantastic baroque palaces.<br />
Katja Doubek recounts<br />
the turbulent life of this<br />
absolutist ruler.<br />
non-fiction<br />
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Robert Walser<br />
With novels like The Apprentice<br />
<strong>and</strong> Jacob von Gunten, Robert<br />
Walser (1878–1956) made literary<br />
history. Experts consider<br />
him a forerunner of Kafka.<br />
Walser shaped a new underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
of the self, based<br />
on heroes of the underclass<br />
<strong>and</strong> the concept of the «superior<br />
servant». Diana Schilling<br />
rediscovers this eccentric <strong>and</strong><br />
influential writer.
Photo: Oliver Pilcher<br />
Rosamunde <strong>and</strong> Oliver Pilcher Wunderlich<br />
Family Album<br />
«After writing Winter Solstice, I decided that I had<br />
reached the age when it was time to retire. I had<br />
been writing <strong>and</strong> selling for nearly sixty years, had<br />
enjoyed considerable success, <strong>and</strong> felt that it was<br />
time to hang up my hat <strong>and</strong> devote my energies to<br />
tasks more close to home.<br />
Family Album is a labour of love, or more exactly, an<br />
expression of gratitude. For the small talent that I was<br />
born with, that blossomed into world wide recognition.<br />
And for the fact that my modest dream for my<br />
children finally came true.<br />
This book is a tribute to their good sense <strong>and</strong> their<br />
good taste. All of them live in different parts of the<br />
world. Each of them has made an individual home,<br />
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160 pages<br />
u 19.90<br />
November <strong>2007</strong><br />
Rosamunde Pilcher was born<br />
in 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall.<br />
She worked at the <strong>Foreign</strong><br />
Office until she married<br />
businessman Graham Pilcher<br />
in 1946 <strong>and</strong> moved to a<br />
farm near Dundee, Scotl<strong>and</strong>,<br />
where she has lived ever<br />
since. She has been writing<br />
since the age of fifteen<br />
<strong>and</strong> achieved international<br />
fame with her best-selling<br />
novel The Shell Seekers.<br />
Rosamunde Pilcher is one<br />
of the most successful contemporary<br />
authors.<br />
a special garden; each enjoys a different circle of<br />
friends, <strong>and</strong> a different life style. But all have the same<br />
gift of generous hospitality, <strong>and</strong> it is always a pleasure<br />
to be asked to stay.<br />
Oliver Pilcher, my gr<strong>and</strong>son, was trained at Edinburgh<br />
Art School, <strong>and</strong> after graduating, worked in the USA<br />
for two years as a photographer’s assistant, learning<br />
his practical skills. I am sure that his sensitivity <strong>and</strong><br />
professional expertise will make this a volume worth<br />
having.»<br />
Rosamunde Pilcher’s books have been translated into<br />
many languages.<br />
Photo: Isolde Ohlbaum<br />
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ilidio.matos@oniduo.pt<br />
Sc<strong>and</strong>inavia<br />
Leonhardt & Høier<br />
Literary Agency aps<br />
Ms. Anneli Høier<br />
Studiestraede 35<br />
DK-1455 Copenhagen K<br />
Phone: 0045-33-132523<br />
Fax: 0045-33-134992<br />
anneli@leonhardt-hoier.dk<br />
Spain<br />
Julio F. Yañez Agencia<br />
Literaria S.L.<br />
Ms. Montse F. Yañez<br />
Via Augusta 139, 6° 2a<br />
E-08021 Barcelona<br />
Phone: 0034-93-200 5443<br />
Fax: 0034-93-209 4865<br />
montse@yanezag.com<br />
Taiwan<br />
Bardon-Chinese Media<br />
Agency<br />
Ms. Yu-Shiuan Chen<br />
3F, No. 150, Sec. 2<br />
Roosevelt Rd.<br />
ROC-Taipei 100<br />
Phone: 00886-2-2364 4995<br />
Fax: 00886-2-2364 1967<br />
yu-shiuan@bardon.com.tw<br />
Turkey<br />
Onk Agency Ltd.<br />
Ms. Hatice Gök<br />
P.O.B. 983<br />
TR-34115 Istanbul-Sirkeci<br />
Phone: 0090-212-2498 602<br />
Fax: 0090-212-2525 153<br />
hatice@onkagency.com<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> & <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>