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FOREIGN RIGHTS
Kerstin Schuster
Foreign Rights
Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur
Hilblestr. 54, 80636 München, Germany
Contact: kerstin.schuster@droemer-knaur.de
Autumn 2015
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Fiction
Monika Bittl
Heike Denzau
Franziska Fischer
Michaela Grünig
Juliane Käppler
Tanja Kinkel
Regine Kölpin
Claudius Pläging
Silke Schütze
Eva Sommer
Lea Winter
Das Fossil
Opa will zum Nordkap
Die Nacht der Zugvögel
Ohne Ziel ist der Weg auch egal
Die sieben Tode des Max Leif
Schlaf der Vernunft
Oma zeigt Flagge
Meer geht nicht
Rosmarintage
In Unterzahl
Der Zauber jener Tage
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Crime/Thriller
Ben Berkley
Mareike Marlow
Thomas Raab
Andrea Sawatzki
Markus Stromiedel
Su Turhan
Jonas Winner
Franz Zeller
Cash Club
Die Blaubeermorde
Der Metzger allein
Der Blick fremder Augen
Zone 5
Anstich
Die Zelle
Sterben ist das Letzte
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Historical Fiction
Sandra Lessmann
Iny Lorentz
Laila El Omari
Wolf Serno
Marita Spang
Claudia Weiss
Die Winterprinzessin
Die steinerne Schlange
Die Farbe der Pfefferblüte
Hexensarg
Blut und Seide
Die Rattenfängerin
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Romance/Passion/Erotic
Susanna Ernst
Sara Johannson
Karola Löwenstein
Karola Löwenstein
Nicole Walter
Immer, wenn es Sterne regnet
Nachtfpauenauge
The Black Game I
The Black Game II
Regenbogentänzer
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Destiny/Family Secrets
Julia Benkert
Anja Beyer
Sabine Eichhorst
Laura Sander
Tanja Weber
Das Flüstern des Himmels
Liebes Herz
Die Liebe meines Vaters
Dieses verdammte Herz voll Leben
Die Frauen meiner Familie
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Fantasy
Iny Lorentz
Tempel in Flammen
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Non-Fiction
Hamed Abdel-Samad
Hubert Filser
Stephan Harbort
Thomas Kistner
Albert Kitzler
Albrecht von Lucke
Alexander Markowetz
Mark Schieritz
Sina Trinkwalder
Mohamed – Eine Abrechnung
AHA!
Der klare Blick
Schuss
Philosphie to go
Die schwarze Republik…
Digitaler Burnout
Der Lohnklau
Fairarscht
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Psychology & Medicine
Jens Förster
Manfred Spitzer
Christiane Tramitz
Was das HABEN mit dem SEIN macht
Cyberkrank
Ich mach das jetzt einfach
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Travel/Adventure
Bergholter/Müller
Marc Freukes
Mittendurch statt drüber weg
Forestman
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Biographies/ Memoir
Alex van Hell
Corinne Hofmann
Leben
Das Mädchen mit dem Giraffenhals
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Sex & Partnership
Nina Deißler
Julia Heyne
Beziehungsstatus kompliziert
It‘s a Match
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Mind Body Spirit
Michael Droste-Laux
Sabine Goette
Michaela Haas
Vistara H. Haiduk
Petter Hegre/Inge Schöps
Thomas Hohensee
Ursula Kreuzberger
Katrin Linzbach
Katrin Linzbach
Katrin Linzbach
Volker Mehl
Ram Ravi Kaur
Stefanie Reeb
Stefanie Reeb
Alexander Sembritzky
Nicky Sitaram Sabnis
Christine Stecher
Aleksej Zasuhin
Säure-Basen-Coach
Selbstheilung
Stark wie ein Phönix
Schüsslersalze-Coach
Yoga pur
100x gelassener
Die Mesotherapie
Bewusstsein braucht Raum im Beruf
Bewusstsein braucht Raum im Alltag
Bewusstsein braucht Raum in der Liebe
Ayurveda geht überall
Yoga Art
Wellcuisine
Süß und gesund
Wie Gefühle heilen
Ayurveda-Coach
Mantras
Moderne tibetische Medizin
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Spiritual fiction
Uli Olvedi
Uli Olvedi
Die Stimme des Zwielichts
Wie in einem Traum
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Humour
Bittl / Neumayer
Markus Ebert
Peter Wittkamp
Ich hatte mich jünger in Erinnerung
Wie man Italiener wird in 30 Lektionen
Poste Deine Darmspiegelung
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Creative books
Angela Gabriel
Heinrich / Rechl
Angela Meyer-Spannagel
Die Sternwerkstatt
Upcycling
Stricken für Wollsüchtige
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Gift books
Karin Clauß
Constanze Guhr
Du bist mir wichtig!
Du, entspann mal!
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Books for Children
Katja Jäger
Christin Rechl
Rate mal, wer Dich am liebsten hat?
Ich kann fast alles!
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AVA titles
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Contacts
FICTION
Monika Bittl
Das Fossil
The Fossil
Droemer, October 2015, 320 pages
Five generations, from the 19th century to the modern age, from the Bavarian village back to Berlin,
five life stories that are determined by a spectacular discovery: the imprint of an Archaeopteryx. For
science the discovery of the fossil is a huge success. For the five family members, the stone plate
with the unique bird is a blessing and curse. For everyone who wants to use the fossil to their own
benefit is punished by fate.
The author:
Monika Bittl was born in 1963 and studied German and Psychology. She worked as a journalist for
many years. She has been a freelance author since 1992 and, amongst others, writes successful
screenplays. She received the Bavarian Film Prize in 1996 for ‘Sau sticht’. Monika Bittl lives in
Munich with her family. Her first novel ‘Irrwetter’ was published in 2006 by Droemer; this was
followed by ‘Bergwehen’ in 2008, ‘Die Expedition’ in 2010 and ‘Freiwild’ in 2012.
FICTION
Heike Denzau
Opa will zum Nordkap
Grandpa Wants To Go To The North
Cape
Knaur, March 2016, 352 pages
Just see the Northern Lights once – that is Grandpa Frido’s deepest desire. So as to fulfil this wish,
seventeen year old Esther has kidnapped her mildly dement Grandpa from the care home. They are
picked up by Audrey, who is on her way to Northern Fresia – in her very own mission. Audrey has to
pass Frido off as her own grandfather, which is not that easy in his more lucid moments. The old man
also has a tendency to run away and thereby sends them on an odyssey through Northern Fresia. Yet
in the middle of the huge chaos, Audrey also finds her inner self and recognises her hearts desire.
The author:
Heike Denzau, born in 1963, lives in Northern Germany with her husband and two daughters. Many
of her short stories have been published in anthologies and she has written several crime novels that
are set in Northern Germany. Her crime novel ‘Die Tote am Deich’ was nominated for the FriedrichGlauser-Preis in 2012 in the category debut novel.
FICTION
Franziska Fischer
Die Nacht der Zugvögel
The Night of the Birds of Passage
Viola and Leon only shared a few nightly hours. She needed a roof over her head and he had nothing
better to do. The next morning Viola leaves Leo’s flat share, in a way as if the meeting had not left a
lasting impression on her. Yet then she begins to write to Leo. She tells him why she ended up in
Berlin, why she hasn’t seen her family in eight years and is now going home for her sister’s funeral.
She sends her letters to Leo’s address, but the letters never get to him, for he has set off on a journey.
One day, after hundreds of kilometres, he takes a piece of paper and begins to write to the woman
with whom he spent just one night …
The author:
Franziska Fischer was born in 1983 in Berlin and continues to live there after her studies in German
and Spanish Philology at the University of Potsdam. She works as a freelance author and editor.
FICTION
Michaela Grünig
Ohne Weg ist das Ziel auch egal
Journey without a Goal
Knaur, October 2015, 384 pages
Lenja loves Ben. That is set in stone. Annoyingly, Ben has just dumped her and is planning to join
‘Medecins sans Frontieres’. But Lenja knows how to stop him: She takes on the role of 76-year old
Karla and moves into the retirement home where Ben works. Naturally she is perfectly prepared for
her role – not only for the charming slyness of her new fellow occupants. They soon offer advice and
assistance, for Lenja, alias Karla, has to do without her female charms …
The author:
What if … instead of completing the sensible university course, a girl where to work as a party girl on Ibiza?
Had done a runner with an Argentinian polo player instead of choosing the marriage-suitable tax advisor? Or
had ‘simply gone’ and bought a one-way ticket to LA? Would the aforementioned woman now be walking
down the red carpet to the Oscars as George Clooney’s girlfriend? Or as a neurotic drunk on the highway to
hell? These are the sorts of thoughts that I daydream about. And, as I sadly – like most people – only have one
life to live, I let the characters in my novels try out these crazy thoughts for me! So as to make things easy,
most of them share my characteristics – the good and the bad! I have my best ideas when I head out for a forest
walk with my three dogs.
FICTION
Juliane Käpler
Die sieben Tode des Max Leif
The Seven Deaths of Max Leif
Knaur, January 2016, 320 pages
A Hypochondriac novel
Max lives in the fast lane. Completely unexpectedly he is thwarted, by death itself. Death takes his
best friend and Max just knows: He is next. The sudden fever can only be an HIV infection and the
cough must be lung cancer. In expectation of his imminent death, Max sells his company and makes
further arrangements, yet simply dying is not an option. First of all he has to make up for the injustice
that he did Maja and fulfil her dream. When Maja refuses his gift, Max is plagued by mysterious
heart symptoms – guaranteed a warning sign of a heart attack. Or is it just lovesickness?
The author:
Juliane Käppler, born in 1977, lives in Mainz with her son. She has been writing since childhood and
has been working as an author for several publishers in various genres since 2011. ‘The Seven Deaths
of Max Leif’ is her first novel with Knaur.
FICTION
Tanja Kinkel
Schlaf der Vernunft
The Sleep of Reason
Droemer, November 2016, 448 pages
After 20 years in prison, Martina Müller is pardoned at the same time as the Red Army Fraction (RAF) is
dissolved. The ‘Murder Monster’ as the press wrote at her conviction. Her daughter Angelika, who never
understood her determination, is meant to support her mother after her long stretch, although they have had no
contact. Martina, still young at 48, has to accept that nothing was achieved - every murder was for nothing. In
order to understand whether her mother has changed, has any remorse, and can become part of her family,
Angelika has to follow Martina’s tracks. From the sympathisers, to illegality, to the ideological leash of the
Stasi, right up to the big assassination - but it is not only she. The pardoning has produced ex-terrorists, but
there are no ex-victims, for their suffering never became time-barred. And so the son of one of the RAF victims
turns up, wanting to know who did the shooting back then. Wives, mothers and the only surviving bodyguard:
After several decades, all of them have unanswered questions.
The author:
Tanja Kinkel, born in 1969 in Bamberg, won her fist literary prize at the age of 18. She studied
German, Theatre- and communication sciences in Munich and completed her doctorate on the aspects
of Feuchtwanger’s conflict with the issue of power. In 1992, she founded the children’s aid
organisation ‘Brot und Bücher e.V’, in order to become active in fighting for a more humane world
(more information: www.brotundbuecher.de). Tanja Kinkel’s novels have been translated into more
than a dozen languages; they cover the range from the founding of Rome to America in the 21st
century.
FICTION
Renate Kölpin
Oma zeigt Flagge
Gran Flies the Flag
Knaur, August 2015, 336 pages
Can a birthday disappear if you don’t think of it hard enough? Gran Jette is enjoying her post-family
being (so she thinks at least) and plans to simply ignore her 60th. Her granddaughter Marie on the
other hand is planning a secret operation. What Jette’s childhood sweetheart Günther is planning
when he moves in with her, together with his divorce-hamster Emma, is hard to say. The only thing
that is certain, is the fact that Jette’s life is suddenly turned completely upside down.
The author:
Regine Kölpin, born in 1964, lives in Friesland. She loves the North Sea coast, especially as she
needs the rough climate, the sprawling ocean and the landscapes as her inspiration. Regine Kölpin
has received numerous prizes and awards. She was recently nominated for the Kärtner Crime Prize
2008 and in 2010 received the crime grant Tatort Töwerland. In 2011, she was named one of the
‘Strong Women of Friesland’. More info at: www.regine-koelpin.de
FICTION
Claudius Pläging
Meer geht nicht
Sea‘s Up
Claudius Pläging, born in 1975, has full-time fun: He writes for the TV greats like Stefan Raab, Anke Engelke
or Olli Dittrich. His work does not only always guarantee lots of laughs; it also brought several German
comedy prizes and two Grimme prize nominations. ‘Sea’s Up’ is not an autobiographical novel, for Claudius
Pläging would never chase a tie to Rumania – a tie! -, and that because of a woman. But this is precisely what
the novels protagonist Jonathan does, as the aforementioned tie was a gift from Friederike, his fiancée,
especially for the upcoming wedding ceremony. The tie mistakenly lands on the used clothing collection
container and sets off for the wild east. His two best friends accompany Jonathan on the foolhardy rescue
mission, as does the hitchhiker Paula, who would never force Jonathan to wear a tie.
A light and fluffy road trip through Germany and Eastern Europe, at whose end waits love.
The author:
Claudius Pläging, born in 1975, initially worked as an editor with the ZDF. Since 2002, he has been a
permanent member of the writing staff for ‘TV Total’. He also writes for various entertainment shows
such as ‘Ladykracher’ with Anke Engelke and ‘Frühstücksfernsehen’ with Olli Dittrich. He has been
nominated several times for the German Comedy Prize and also for the Grimme Prize.
FICTION
Silke Schütze
Rosmarintage
Rosemary Days
On his 76th birthday, Max Engel finds the love of his life again in the Internet, the French woman
Rosalie. So he convinces the unconventional care worker Tamara Finke, who works in his retirement
home, to drive to the South of France with him, in order to win Rosalie back. Both of them begin a
journey during which they learn the best days in life are those that smell of Rosemary.
The author:
Silke Schütze, born in 1961, lives in Hamburg. Following her studies of Philology, she became Chief
Press Officer of a film distributor and Chief Editor of the magazine CINEMA. She has already
published numerous novels and short stories and believes writing to be the second best activity in the
world. IN 2008, Silke Schütze was awarded the renowned Walter-Serner Prize by the RBB and the
Literaturhaus Berlin.
FICTION
Eva Sommer
In Unterzahl
Outnumbered
Knaur, February 2016, 336 pages
A father-mother-child-child-child novel
Jutta and Alexander desperately want to have a baby, but Jutta just can’t get pregnant. Artificial
insemination just isn’t an option for the two of them. So they decide to adopt. Yet barely have they
brought little Nelly home from Ethiopia, when they receive some ‘good news’: Jutta is pregnant –
with twins! Suddenly Jutta and Alexander have a big family, and joy, hustle and bustle and
hoarseness take their course: adamant breast feeders and pro-mother annoy, the flat is bursting at the
seams and nobody told them what happens when three cute babies turn into three little cheeky
monkeys!
The author:
FICTION
Lea Winter
Der Zauber jener Tage
The Magic of those Days
Knaur, November 2015, 352 pages
Celebrate your 40th in a monastery? Does not sound like much fun, but for the friends Fritz, Juli and
Constanze it is a wonderful opportunity to finally spend some time together, without husbands,
children and everyday stress. At first, they revive their wild student days, but then little by little it
becomes clear that none of the three are truly happy. Their encounter with Nelly, who despite her
young years does not have much time left, makes them realise that life is too precious to simply let it
pass.
The author:
Lea Winter studied Law and languages and worked for an international law firm in Munich and Italy
for many years, before deciding to dedicate her passion to writing. She now works as a freelance
writer with her family near Munich. Alongside novels, she also writes short stories and theatre pieces.
CRIME/THRILLER
Ben Berkeley
Cash Club
Droemer, January 2016, 448 pages
It all started with a few Californian teenagers coming up with a crazy plan: They did not want to be
the best computer hackers in Silicon Valley, but rather the best counterfeiters that the world had ever
seen. So Brian studied computer technology at Stanford, Josh completed his training as a printer in
Germany and Alex was trained as a croupier in Atlantic City, and Stan became a policeman. Then the
inconceivable happened: A megalomaniac teenage dream turned into reality. The cash club was born.
The four friends print deceptively real virgin dollars in huge amounts. This amount of counterfeit
money cannot stay undetected. CIA, FBI and the Federal Reserve Bank begin the hunt for the best
counterfeiters in the world.
The author:
Ben Berkeley was born 1975 to German immigrants in Palo Alto. He grew up in the Bay Area,
studied psychology. He is one of the leading experts in media and criminal psychology. Ben lives in
Santa Barbara, California and Tel Aviv, Israel. The house of a thousand eyes is his third thriller after
Judaswiege and Ich bin sein Mörder.
CRIME/THRILLER
Mareike Marlow
Blaubeermorde
Blueberry Murders
Tessa, 32-years old, dreams of life in the country, with frilly chic and fruitcake. Jana, 63-years old,
lives in the country, with wellington boots and manure heaps. They don’t really have anything in
common. Apart from the fact that they are half-sisters – and the house by the lake, which they have
both inherited. Oh yes, and of course the corpse in precisely this lake … with North German
composure and Berlin panache, the two dissimilar sisters try to solve their first murder case.
The author:
Mareike Marlow came up with her first stories in the Urstromtal of the Isar River, while on discovery
tours with her dog. Stranded in Berlin as a young woman, she did appreciate the benefits of the big
city that never sleeps, but deep in her heart she felt the yearning for country life. And so she and her
husband moved from the capital to a wonderful village in Lower Saxony. Here she tends her garden,
roams the countryside with her children and in this way always finds a new idea for her books.
CRIME/THRILLER
Thomas Raab
Der Metzger allein
The Metzger Allone
Dromer, January 2016, 320 pages
Willibald Adrian Metzger
JOB: Furniture restorer. Respects that which has passed, patiently looks under layers of dust, approaches his work meticulously, and so
his:
HOBBY: The solving of crimes, is a natural progression
IDIOSYNCRASIES: Metzger is a bon viveur, favours red wine, is hence full figured and undersized. His jacket is worryingly tight
across his paunch. He does not care what people think of him, is not oversensitive with himself and his surroundings, but a loyal and
well-meaning soul.
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: And this is where the questions begin: in principle, he is spoken for, namely to his queen of hearts Danjela
Djurkovic. But she has run off, completely out of the blue. After a stranger. Without any explanation, without any apparent reason,
without coming back. And that in front of everyone. So this time round, the first body is the humiliated Metzger himself.
AND NOW? There is not going to be just one body, for neither does Metzger knows who the flash Harry is, nor does he know who
Danjela really was. Apart from that, there is the other story with the crazy …
The author:
Thomas Raab, born in 1970, lives in Vienna with his family as a writer, composer and musician
following his studies in mathematics and sport. Numerous literary and musical nominations and
prizes, most recently ‘Buchliebling’ 2011 and the Leo-Perutz-Prize 2013. The crime novels set
around the furniture restorer Willibald Adrian Metzger count as some of the most successful in
Austria. Two of them were made into films in the summer of 2014 for ARD-Degeto with Robert
Palfrader playing the main part.
CRIME/THRILLER
Andrea Sawatzki
Der Blick fremder Augen
A Stranger‘s Gaze
When a rich female property magnate is found with her throat cut, Commissioner Melanie
Fallersleben initially has no solid leads. Nothing indicates that a tortured soul is behind this murder a person who feels constantly observed and whose brutal acts, born out of desperation and guilt, are
well hidden by a seemingly normal façade. Further deaths follow … and the first disturbing messages
come in for the detective. The murderer seems to be watching her, the roles of hunter and hunted
merge.
The author:
Andrea Sawatzki is one of the most popular German film and television actresses, known, amongst
others, for her role as the Tatort Commissioner Charlotte Sänger. Her first thriller, ‘Ein allzu braves
Mädchen’ became a SPIEGEL bestseller and delighted both critics and readers. Her next book, the
family comedy ‘Tief durchatmen, die Familie kommt’ and ‘Von Erholung war nie die Rede’, made it
onto the bestseller lists. Both books were made into films by the ZDF. Andrea Sawatzki is married to
the actor Christian Berkel, they have two sons and live in Berlin.
CRIME/THRILLER
Markus Stromiedel
Zone 5
Droemer, December 2015, 400 pages
Around 2060, Germany is split into zones. Cologne is also a divided city, dependent on an Indian
pharmaceutical multinational, separated in strictly segregated boroughs. The rich live in luxurious
quarters in the city centre, while outside the city walls the poor fight for survival in the slums. Alex, a
young woman from Zone 4, revolts against the system. Her life-threateningly ill twin sister needs a
drug that is only available in Zone 1. The attempt to obtain this drug is Alex’s downfall. She is
captured – unauthorised border crossings carry the death penalty. David, a young privileged lawyer
from Zone 1, takes on her defence and starts an upsurge that nobody had foreseen …
The author:
Marcus Stromiedel worked as a journalist for ‘Die Zeit’ and the ‘Frankfurter Rundschau’, before
moving into the film industry. He was dramatic producer at Bavaria Film, creative producer for
Columbia TriStar and writing producer for Studio Hamburg. He has been writing screenplays as a
freelance author since 1999. He has produced numerous scripts for successful crime thrillers and
television film adaptations (amongst others, Tatort, Der Staatsanwalt, Stubbe: Von Fall zu Fall).
CRIME/THRILLER
Su Turhan
Anstich
Barrel Tapping
Knaur, September 2015, 336 pages
A New Case for Commissioner Pascha and his BavarianTurkish Team
Barely has the barrel been tapped, than the Wiesn Fest is over. Hangovers prevail on the Theresienwiese in
Munich – especially when the showmen and stall owners make an incredible discovery while dismantling and
clearing up. Three corpses on a rubbish pile. Zeki Demirbilek, alias Commissioner Pascha, has to cut short his
romantic weekend in Istanbul, as one of the bodies seems to have foreign roots. Yet nothing functions on
Bavarian territory without the Oktoberfest expert Commissioner Pius Leiphold. When Leiphold mysteriously
disappears after questioning a suspect, Zeki begins his own search in between empty beer tents and the few
remaining fairground rides. With passionate attention to detail and the odd wheat beer, the Turk from Munich,
Zeki Demirbilek, gets to grips with the crime. Charmingly funny culture clash – ‘A Bavarian-Turkish crime
jewel’ Marcus.H. Rosenmüller.
The author:
Su Turhan, born 1966 in Istanbul, came to Germany in the Seventies as the son of guest workers.
Today he’s a successful director. Most recently, he directed the series »The Borgia Affair« for the
television network ZDF. For his theatrical feature »Ayla,« a dramatic love story about forced
marriages in Turkish families, he was given the prestigious Max Ophüls Award. »Dead Drunkards« is
the second case he has written for Detective Pasha, »A rough-and-ready but lovably authentic figure
whom one quickly grows attached to« (Westdeutscher Rundfunk).
CRIME/THRILLER
Jonas Winner
Die Zelle
The Cell
Sammy is eleven and has just moved to Berlin with his parents. In the air raid bunker of the old
Jugendstil villa, which the family moved into in Grunewald, he makes a disturbing discovery. A
completely terrified young girl, not much older than himself, is locked up in a cell in the bunker,
which has been lined with a rubber foil. He can only see her through a tiny slit in the foil. The next
day, the cell is empty and the girl has disappeared. Sammy can only think of one reason behind it: his
father.
The author:
Jonas Winner, born in 1966 in Berlin, completed his doctorate in philosophy, worked as a journalist,
editor for television in Berlin and Paris and also as a screenplay writer (ARD, ZDF, Sat.1). His selfpublishing bestseller ‘Berlin Gothic’ caused quite a stir in the web. In 2012, he celebrated a big
success with his thriller ‘The Architect’. He lives in Berlin with his family.
CRIME/THRILLER
Franz Zeller
Sterben ist das Letzte
Dying is the Final Call
A new case for Chief Inspector Franco Moll and his
colleague Oberhollenzer
The first snow falls gently on the university quadrangle in Salzburg, conjuring white bonnets upon the towers
of the Baroque Kollegian church – and covering the rubbish container with Uwe Marthaler’s body inside.
Marthaler was a scrupulous, cold business dealer, who not only humiliated his employees, but also obstructed a
row of rubbish divers, who fish viable footstuffs out of the supermarket’s rubbish containers. Chief Inspector
Franco Moll and his colleague Oberhollenzer soon have more suspects than they would like. Even Moll’s
neighbour Melinda comes under suspicion, and that, just in the moment when Moll is developing romantic
feelings towards her. A new lead only comes about when it suddenly begins to thaw and the snow releases a
new body.
‘Franz Zeller’s characters … could reach cult status, similar to that of Stefan Slupetzky’s Lemming or Wolf
Haas’s Brenner”. (Wolfgang Weninger, www.krimicouch.de)
The author:
Franz Zeller, born in 1966, studied German and English in Salzburg and Oxford. Since 2004, he has
been moderating the series ‘Matrix’ and ‘Digital.Leben’ for the ORF station Ö1. When he is not ‘onair’ or writing, he enjoys cooking with his family, playing bass, brewing bear or narrating stories to
his sons of the water goblin ‘Bubbelmuck’, whose stories have also been published as ebooks with
Knaur. His crime novel ‘Sieben letzte Worte’ was published in 2014. More information about the
author: www.franzzeller.at
HISTORICAL FICTION
Sandra Lessmann
Die Winterprinzessin
The Winter Princess
England 1670. The festering conflict between Protestants and Catholics and the secret pact of Dover
with the French King Louis XIV create the framework for Sandra Lessmann’s gripping historical
novel: The Jesuit priest Jeremy Blackshaw travels to Paris under orders from King Charles II,
searching for a missing exchange of letters between Charles and his sister Henriette, King Louis’s
sister-in-law. This correspondence must under no account fall into the wrong hands, for they carry an
explosive secret.
The author:
Sandra Lessmann was born in 1969. Following her technical college certificate, she spent five years
living in London, where her love of England developed. Back in Germany, she studied History,
English, Art History and Educational Sciences in Düsseldorf. After her studies, she worked at the
Institute for Medical History, yet her true passion since childhood has been writing.
HISTORICAL FICTION
Iny Lorentz
Die steinerne Schlange
The Stone Snake
Germania in the year 213 A.D. Young Gerhild, daughter of a tribal chief, is a brave and statusconscious woman. When the Roman governor Quintus visits her tribe and requests her as his
mistress, her two brothers, to her horror, are agreed. She does not want to accept her fate, which is
equal to slavery, and demands that the Roman fight for her. Knowing that her brothers want to let the
Roman win, she herself competes against him. What nobody could have imagined happens: The
young woman triumphs and disgraces Quintus before her tribe and his own people. The Roman does
not want to accept his defeat and plots revenge. For Gerhild this is the beginning of a desperate fight
for survival …
The author:
Two authors from Munich are behind the pseudonym Iny Lorentz, whose first historical novel ‘Die
Kastratin’ delighted readers straightaway. With ‘Die Wanderhure’ they had their breakthrough; the
novel attained more than a million readers. Since then, bestseller has followed bestseller. Iny
Lorentz’s novels have been sold in numerous countries. The film adaptations of their ‘Wanderhure’novels and more recently the ‘Pilgerin’ have delighted millions of television viewers. In the spring of
2014, Iny Lorentz was awarded the ‘Ehrenhomerpreis’ for their special merits in the sector historical
novel. The stage version of the ‘Wanderhure’ enthralled thousands of visitors at the open-air festival
in Bad Hersfeld in the summer of 2014. Visit the authors’ hompage: www.inys-und-elmars-romane.de
International publishers:
Rights to prevoius titles sold to: Brazil: ObjetivaCzech Rep.: Euromedia; France: Presses de la
Renaissance; Hungary: General Press; Italy: Neri Pozza; Sperling & Kupfer; Korea: Book 21; Latvia:
Zvaigzne; Lithuania: Musu Knyga; Netherlands: Xander; Poland: Sonia Draga; Russia: Moy Mir;
Spain: Ed. B; Santillana; Turkey: Pegasus
HISTORICAL FICTION
Laila El Omari
Die Farbe der Pfefferblüte
The Colour of the Pepper Flower
Brasil 1624: Catarina da Silvera, illegitimate daughter of a Portuguese aristocrat, grows up on her
uncle’s sugar cane plantation in Olinda. Life flows sluggishly between high marble pillars and the
slaves’ bamboo huts, nothing ever seems to change - until the day when the Englishman Jeremy
Glanville is forced to seek shelter from a hefty storm in the harbour of Olinda. Caterina falls head
over heals in love with the good-looking adventurer – and has not idea that Jeremy is already
promised to someone back in England.
The author:
Laila El Omari, born in Münster to a Palestinian father and a German mother, studied Orientalism,
German and Political Sciences in Münster and Bonn. Today the author lives in Bonn with her
husband and daughter and is currently working on her next novel.
HISTORICAL FICTION
Wolf Serno
Hexensarg
Witch Coffin
Province Holland, anno 1556. In the many arms of the Rhine estuary delta, there where the big
stream and the mighty North Sea meet, lies the island of Zwaanwaard. It is called the ‘Island of the
doomed’, for its only inhabitants are the outcasts – abandoned by the world, left and forgotten. The
only one who rows over from the mainland to provide them with the bare necessities is Lapidius, the
bell slave. He encounters strange people there, terrifying graves and an empty coffin. But he also
finds love in form of Irit, a young Jewish girl with leprosy.
The author:
Wof Serno worked as a text editor and creative director in advertising for 30 years. With his debut
novel, ‘Der Wanderchirurg’ – the first of the gripping novels set around Vitus von Campodios – he
created an instant bestseller, followed by many more. Wolf Serno, who lists his hobbies as ‘reading a
lot, traveling afar, eating well’, lives in Hamburg with his wife and dogs.
HISTORICAL FICTION
Marita Spang
Blut und Seide
Blood and Silk
Castle Kauzenburg near Bad Kauznach around 1260: Simon grows up as the foster son of the Earl
Johann of Sponheim, much to the dislike of his younger brother Heinrich, who fears for Johann’s
patronage and ultimately his legacy. The situation escalates when Simon falls in love with Heinrich’s
fiancée, who reciprocates his feelings. This time not even Johann can help him, as he himself
arranged the engagement. It is only years later that Simon will get the chance to once again fight for
his happiness, when the brothers Johann and Heinrich oppose each other on the battle field.
The author:
Marita Spang completed her doctorate in Psychology and today works as a freelance consultant,
primarily in the business sector. She was born in 1959 and grew up in Trier. She lives in a wine
village near Bingen am Rhein. History is her big passion. ‘Blut und Seide’ is her second historical
novel after ‘Witch Love’. She was awarded the HOMER prize for ‘Witch Love’ in 2014 for best
historical novel in the category ‘Relationships and Society’.
HISTORICAL FICTION
Claudia Weiss
Die Rattenfängerin
Pied Piper
Hamburg in 1713, during the Northern War: Refugee suffering, famine and the Black Death come
upon the population. Under the pretence of protecting the surrounding area from the plague, the
warring parties have completely closed off the city. Trade is barely possible, supplies collapse.
Religious fanaticism and end of world anxieties shape the atmosphere and help a man to power and
authority, a man who provides the city superiors a very special treatment against the pest: the socalled ‘Angel Children’.
The author:
Claudia Weiss, born in 1967, is a qualified historian and private lecturer. She studied History, Slavic
Studies and Geography in Hamburg and Moscow and then spent twelve years researching and
teaching as an East European Historian in Germany, France and Russia, before completely dedicating
herself to writing. Alongside scientific publications, she also wrote for ‘GEO Epoche’ and in March
2011 published an illustrated book ‘Das Reich der Zaren’. ‘Pied Piper’ is her third novel following
‘Das Geheimnis des Scharlatans’ and ‘Schandweib’.
ROMANCE/PASSION/EROTIC
Susanne Ernst
Immer, wenn es Sterne regnet
Always when it Rains Stars
Knaur, December 2015, 432 pages
Love is one of the last mysteries; it has something magical about it, a hint of fairy dust. Somehow Susanna
Ernst has managed to sprinkle a little bit of this dust between the pages of her books, the printed as well as the
digital ones: Since the publication of ‘Deine Seele in mir’, the neobooks-discovery Susanna Ernst has collected
delighted, almost hymnal reader’s voices, Amazon alone already shows 600, 435 of those with 5 stars.
‘Dreamy’, ‘Magical’ or simply just ‘Genial’ – this is how her fan club judged the eBook version of ‘Immer
wenn es Sterne regnet’. And this fan club will continue to grow, as Susanna Ernst writes with ‘huge amounts of
emotion, but suspense and humour are not lacking either’. What more does a woman want? Obviously the story
between Mary and Jeremy, between who lie too many misunderstandings. Until they follow the traces of an
impossible love affair from the 1920s and it suddenly begins to rain stars.
The author:
Susanna Ernst, born in 1980, has been writing stories since primary school. She headed up her own
musical group from the age of sixteen, directed the pieces and gave acting lessons. The qualified
banker and mother of two also enjoys painting portraits and creates stage sets for theatre events.
However, writing remains her favourite occupation for those quiet times when she wants to let her
thoughts and ideas flow. Her credo: writing frees!
Sara Johannson
Nachtfpauenauge
Emperor Moth
The members of the ‘Club of black butterflies’ all have one thing in common: their irresistible beauty.
This is down to the wing dust of the butterflies, which Selma, boss of the club, commands only for
herself. Only those who complete her tasks, receive the valuable powder. When the mousy Katerina
falls in love with the star violinist Viktor, she happens to come in contact with the butterfly dust – and
believes that Viktor’s impetuous love is down to the magic powder. Yet Selma soon has immoral
tasks for Katerina to fulfil.
The author:
Sara Johannson is the pseudonym of the author Andrea Gunschera. She completed her studies at an
art college, plays the violin and piano and has published various novels, as well as short stories in
anthologies. She works as a freelance author and graphic designer in an idyllic house near Berlin.
Karola Löwenstein
The Black Game I
Enticing Game
Part 1 of the erotic success series based on the sensual ‘Black Game’
Anya leads an exciting live as a tough businesswoman in New York, when the charismatic consultant
Devon Draper steps into her life and makes advances towards her. Following initial resistance, she
enters into a thrilling affair with him – without knowing that he is the centre point of the infamous
Black Game, which is played in one of the coolest clubs in town.
A secret game based around sex and power, a dream man with dark desires and a woman who knows
exactly what she wants. Yet in love there are no rules …
The author:
Karola Löwenstein was born in Germany in 1979, where she lives with her family today. Before she
began writing novels, she successfully published short stories and poetry.
Karola Löwenstein
The Black Game II
Dangerous Release
Part 2 of the erotic success series based on the sensual ‘Black Game’.
Although Anya did not want to get involved with a man in New York, she is enjoying the sensual
affair with Devon. Over time, she is developing a sense for her seducer and he also seems to feel
something for her. So they both take the plunge and enter into a relationship. When Anya finds out
about Devon’s secret excessive and erotic game, which he stages in a New York club, she ends the
relationship in shock. Devon promises to renounce his dark passion, but their love to put to the
ultimate test.
The author:
Karola Löwenstein was born in Germany in 1979, where she lives with her family today. Before she
began writing novels, she successfully published short stories and poetry.
Nicole Walter
Regenbogentänzer
Rainbow Dancer
What is it that makes life liveable? For old Alfons it is his special hall planes that are so delicate and
breakable that they can only really fly indoors. Milena is just able to stop him from throwing himself
from a bridge into the Isar, when his plane crashes and threatens to sink in the river. Actually, she
herself would like to jump, now that her career as a dancer is over. Instead she brings Alfons back to
the rainbow house. And there meets wonderful people: People who cannot cope with the world and
yet they still know what makes life worth living.
The author:
Nicole Walter studied languages in Munich and then worked as a copywriter and freelance journalist.
Since 1994, she has been writing very successful screenplays for television- series and films and is
now considered one of the most successful and sought-after scriptwriters in Germany.
DESTINY/FAMILY SECRETS
Julia Benkert
Das Flüstern des Himmels
Heaven‘s Whispers
Daya has to witness her parents’ brutal murder at the beginning of the Nepalese civil war. At the same
time, her sister Leela disappeared without a trace. Daya becomes mute. It is only in a Buddhist
monastery that she finds her voice and discovers her gift: When she sings, she touches people’s
hearts. She soon conquers the world with her songs. Yet she is not seeking fame and riches, but wants
to present her countries fate to the world – and she wants to find her sister. However, when she finally
does find her, Daya is confronted with a bitter truth …
The author:
Julia Benkert works as a freelance author and documentary filmmaker in Munich. During her
research in Nepal she first encountered the boundaries of documentary narration. She felt that she
could only get completely close to the real Nepal, this mystical, and at the same time totally
destroyed country with its extraordinary people, through fiction. This is how her first novel ‘Heaven’s
Whispers’ came about.
Anja Saskia Beyer
Liebes Herz
Dear Heart
Betsy is missing. It does not matter what Susa, Laura and Wilma do or think. The death of their best
friend came completely out of the blue and tore a huge hole in their lives. Only the search for the
father of little Emmi, Betsy’s daughter, can get the friends to travel to Tuscany, as every year. Here
they actually find much more than they planned: An answer to the question why, a way back into life
and great, fateful love …
The author:
Anja Saskia Beyer studied dramatics, communication sciences and advertising psychology in
Munich. She has been writing and working for television since 1996, e.g. as dramaturg in the
Lindenstrasse, as author for Für Alle Fälle Stefanie, Anna und die Liebe, Verliebt in Berlin and
Dahoam is Dahoam. The author lives in Berlin with her husband and two children.
Sabine Eichhorst
Die Liebe meines Vaters
My Father‘s Love
When Loris Schorb gets off the train in Budapest in 1930, he loses his heart: First to the city with its
domes and bridges, its pulsating life, the friendly people, the smell of mocha and warm poppy seed
cake. And then to the unconventional Éva, who has an opinion on everything, even on politics. Over
three years, Loris keeps traveling back to Budapest – yet Éva also loves her hometown and the
shadow of National Socialism is already descending upon faraway Germany. Do the two of them
have a future together? At the end of the 1950s, young Maria falls in love with Hungarian János in
Munich. One day, when she shows him old family photos, he points out a young woman – and
recognises his aunt Éva. The man at her side is Maria’s father, who went missing in the war …
The author:
Sabine Eichhorst studied German and Sociology and worked as a journalist for many years for
various radio programmes of the ARD. She was awarded the CIVIS- Medienpries in 2002 and the
Herbert-Quandt-Medienpreis in 2011. She has been writing books since 1993 and has to date
published more than twenty works of non-fiction and memoires. Amongst these was ‘Ein Tagwerk
Leben – Erinnerungen einer Magd’, which became a bestseller. ‘My Father’s Love’ is her first novel.
Laura Sander
Dieses verdammte Herz voll Leben
This Damned Heart Full of Life
When 18-year old Gwen gets a new heart, her family is relieved. Gwen’s life can finally move on.
Yet instead of enjoying life to the full, she feels guilty towards the person who died for her. In a
particularly desperate night, she develops a crazy plan: She wants to give her new heart away. Noah,
an Internet provider, reads her corresponding appeal in his forum. Noah is completely healthy, but
pretends to take up the appeal – he thinks Gwen’s idea is a sick joke. Yet Gwen takes him at his word
and appears on his doorstep the next morning …
The author:
Laura Sander was born in 1980 and grew up in southern Germany. She works as a writer with a
particular weakness for sentimental material. She lives in Munich with her husband.
Tanja Weber
Die Frauen meiner Familie
The Women in my Family
38-year old Elsa is an art historian and is meant to be investigating a burglary. It is a very special
commission, as the painting in question is one that has belonged to Elsa’s family for generations and
according to family legend, depicts her great grandmother Anneli Gensheim. However, Elsa’s father
had sold the painting to an auction house several years ago. During her search for the missing
painting, the art historian delves deeper and deeper into her own secretive family history and not only
discovers the true identity of the woman in the painting, but also who her great grandmother Anneli
really was…
The author:
Tanja Weber was born in 1966 and initially worked as a theatre dramaturg, in Wuppertal, Berlin and
Hildesheim, amongst other places. In her second job, following the birth of her two children, she
worked as a screenplay writer for television, amongst others, for ‘Verliebt in Berlin’ and ‘Türkisch für
Anfänger’. In 2011, she won first prize in the literary competition of her hometown Gauting. Her first
crime novel, ‘Sommersaat’, was nominated for the Glauser prize.
MYSTERY/FANTASY
Sandra Melli
Tempel in Flammen
Temple in Flames
High fantasy in best form
The fifth volume of the Dämmerland saga
Laisa and Rogon have dealt their enemy Gayyad several hard blows, but have never been able to
conquer him. Now priest, controlled by Gayyad, are stirring up the rich population against the
minorities who live with them. This causes massacres, which endanger the peace in the
Dämmerlands. Laisa and Rogon have to surpass themselves in order to save the world from war.
The author:
Behind the pseudonym Sandra Melli is a renowned author married couple, which have been
publishing very successful historical novels for many years. Their achieved their initial successes
with short stories and novellas in the fantasy anthologies of several large publishers. Furthermore,
they developed their very own fantasy universe over time, with the world of magic colours. The
couple lives in an up-and-coming neighbourhood in Munich.
NON-FICTION
Hamed Abdel-Samad
Mohamed – Eine Abrechnung
Mohamed - A Reckoning
Mohamed’s biography was written 200 years after his death – with political intention: Muslim
princes were seeking to secure their positions and oppose Jesus with one of their own legitimised
ruling redeemer figures. However, the ambivalent image of a figure, radically changing and suffering
from psychic issues, has been maintained. Here the mild, there the violent Mohamed. In his
biographical sketch, Hamed Abdel-Samad traces the fateful consequences that have grown from these
traditions to this day – and why radical Islamists cite the ‘Prophet’ with the same right as secular and
integrated Muslims.
The author
Hamed Abdel-Samad was born in 1972 near Cairo and studied English, French, Japanese and
Politics. He worked for USESCO, at the Institute for Islamic Culture at the University of Erfurt and
at the Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich. Abdel-Samad is a member
of the German Islam Conference and is considered to be one of the most renowned Islam intellectuals
in the German-speaking area. His autobiography ‘My Farewell from Heaven’ caused quite a stir
(Knaur paperback 2010): ‘That which he expects from his fellow citizens, he has done himself:
Enlightenment through breach of taboo.’ ZDF-Aspekte.
NON-FICTION
Hubert Filser
AHA!
Big Book of Everyday Questions
The run of a year is full of wonderful riddles and seemingly irrelevant details that often carry a secret
within them. Science has made a lot of discoveries to this end in the last few years. Hubert Filser,
physicist, passionate scientific journalist and talented narrator, has gathered together the best and
most unusual findings and stories behind the phenomena. A book for anybody between the age of 15
and 95 who wants to keep the ability to marvel, and who enjoys learning new things.
The author
Hubert Filser was born in 1966 in Ingolstadt. He is a scientific journalist, amongst others, reporter for
the Süddeutsche Zeitung and P.M., as well as chief author of the talk programme Quarks & Co at
WDR (moderated by Ranga Yogeshwar). He is the author of several non-fiction books, most recently
published was a short story of mankind with the title ‘Das Erste Mal’ (2011). The qualified physicist
and graduate of the Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich has received several awards for his work.
NON-FICTION
Stephan Harbort
Der klare Blick
The Clear View
Exposing Lies And Making The Right Decision With The
Knowledge Of A Profiler
Chief Commissioner Stephan Harbort belongs to Germany’s top profilers – this daily work requires
him to decipher complex situations and to solve crime cases with an eye for the offender’s psyche.
Abilities that are also very helpful for everyday life: What should you do when you have problems
with your boss? How to deescalate conflicts with the neighbours? Harbort allows insights into the
methodology of operative cases and provides an instrument that allows everyone to sharpen their
own perception, to overcome crises with a clear view and make the right decision.
The author:
Stephan Harbort, born in 1964, is a Chief Police Commissioner and leading serial murder expert. He
has spoken to more than 50 serial murderers, has developed internationally applied investigative
methods for convicting violent criminals and is a specialist advisor for TV documentaries and crime
series. Stephan Harbort lives in Düsseldorf.
NON-FICTION
Thomas Kistner
Schuss
Shot
The Secret Doping Story of Football.
Used vials were discovered in the changing rooms of the heroes of Bern. After their careers had
ended, Italian top scorers from the seventies and eighties died by the dozen from the obvious
consequences of doping. Numerous Algerian national players from the ‘Golden Eleven’ fathered
seriously handicapped children. Even in Germany, as seen in the cases Klümper and the VfB
Stuttgart, there is little doubt about organised doping. Barely any of the ‘big’ players don’t have a
waft of dark secrets lurking in the shadows. Thomas Kistner presents the shocking sum of his intense
research. No fan can be sure of the fact that their own team won ‘cleanly’ in the last few years and
decades. This book will destroy many illusions and cause quite a commotion.
The author:
Thomas Kistner has an international reputation as one of most highly acclaimed
investigative journalists in the field of sports and organized crime.
Rights sold:
Netherlands: Xander
NON-FICTION
Albert Kitzler
Philosophie to go
Philosophy to Go
Pattloch, September 2015, 288 pages
Great Thoughts for Little Breaks
On the road with the big thinkers from Antiquity: Albert Kitzler presents pearls of wisdom from the
big philosophers from West and East and ties them in with everyday experiences. In this manner, the
reader obtains new perspectives on the small and large questions in life. ‘Philosophy to Go’ – these
are breaks with Seneca, Confucius and many more, who refresh the spirit.
The author:
Doctor Albert Kitzler, born in 1955, studied Philosophy and Law in Freiburg im Breisgau and worked
as a research assistant at the Heidegger Institute. He has been working as a successful media lawyer
and film producer (1994: Oscar for the short film ‘Schwarzfahrer’) in Berlin for more than 20 years.
Since 2000, he has once again become intensely involved with philosophy in antiquity in Greece,
China and India. In 2010, he founded ‘MASS UND MITTE – School for Antique Wisdom’, where he
hosts seminars, coaching sessions and philosophical matinées, as well as giving lectures.
NON-FICTION
Albrecht von Lucke
Die schwarze Republik
The Conservative Republic and the
Failure of the German Left Party.
The German Left Party is in its deepest crisis since the 1960s. Hopelessly at loggerheads, it is unable
to form a government. The SPD government, frozen at 25 per cent, is without a chance of
chancellorship; the Left Party likes to see itself as the fundamental opposition. All that remains for us
is therefore the ‘black’ conservative republic? A permanent CDU chancellorship? The consequences
would be devastating: Politics without change – even a permanent grand coalition – radicalising the
margins and endangering democracy. The country therefore urgently needs a strong Left Party, like
back in the late sixties.
The author:
Albrecht von Lucke was born in 1967 and has been living in Berlin since 1989. He is a lawyer and
political scientist, as well as a political publisher. He has been the editor of the renowned political
monthly magazine ‘Pages for German and International Politics’ since 2003 (www.blaetter.de).
He regularly writes for die tageszeitung and den Freitag and works for television and radio (political
commentary, participation in discussions, among others, ARD-Presseclub, Phönix-Runde, Bayern 2,
WDR 5 Politkum, MDR Figaro, NDR Kultur and SWR2 Forum). He was awarded the Lessing
Sponsorship Prize for Critique in 2014.
NON-FICTION
Alexander Markowetz
Digitaler Burnout
Digital Burnout
Why our permanent use of smartphones is dangerous.
Together with his team, Professor Markowetz developed an App that documents the behaviour of 40
million smartphone users. He came to a shocking result: On average, we use our smartphone for three
hours per day; we handle it 55 times in a day. We are constantly side tracked, unfocused, disrupted. In
his explosive book, Alexander Markowetz seeks to answer the question – what dramatic
repercussions can digital permanence have on our health, our life and our society and what can we do
about it.
The author:
Alexander Markowetz was born in 1976 and studied in Marburg and New York. Since 2009, he has
been a junior professor for Information Technology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University
in Bonn, where he examined the behaviour of 300,000 smartphone users within the framework of a
large-scale project.
NON-FICTION
Mark Schieritz
Der Lohnklau
Stolen Wages
Why we don’t earn what we earn and who is to blame
The correlation between work and capital has shifted since the 1970s. Work is remunerated
significantly lower that owning capital is today. This is why we often cannot afford the lifestyle that
our parents had, and this is why many employees, despite full-time jobs, still rely on government
hand outs, and this is why millions of people find it hard to put aside adequate savings for their
retirement. ZEIT-editor Mark Schieritz makes apparent how this disproportion is threatening societal
equilibrium and economic stability.
The author:
Mark Schieritz is economic political correspondent of the ‘ZEIT’ in Berlin and has been observing
goings on in international financial markets for more than ten years. Following his studies at the
London School of Economics, he began his career at the Financial Times Germany, where he worked
for seven years – amongst others as Head of Financial Markets section. Mark Schieritz was awarded
the Ernst-Schneider-Prize of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Media Prize of the
Keynes-Society. In 2011, he was chosen as one of the Economic Journalists of the Year by the
magazine Wirtschaftsjournalist for his report on the Euro Crisis.
NON-FICTION
Sina Trinkwalder
Fairarscht
Fair Trickery
Enlightened consumers want to change the world through conscious consumption choices. Warning
signals for ecological cultivation and fair production- and trading conditions give the consumer a
good feeling. Yet the mechanisms don’t work, the commodity producers are deprived of the revenues
that were given in good faith. Sina Trinkwalder, one of the most high profile and disputatious
managers in Germany, speaks candidly: Who benefits? How are farmers and craftsmen actually
treated? What are the negative connotations of the do-gooder business?
The author:
Sina Trinkwalder was born in 1978 and studied Politics and Economics at the Ludwig-Maximilian
University in Munich. After successfully breaking off her studies, she worked in her own advertising
agency for more than 10 years. In 2010, she changed sides and founded the first Textile Social
Business in Germany: manomama. In this clothes manufacturing company, formerly unemployed
seamstresses within a regional value chain produce eco-social clothing and accessories. Sina
Trinkwalder was awarded numerous prizes for her ecological- and social commitment. Amongst
others, the German government’s Council for Sustainability named her ‘Social Entrepreneur of
Sustainability 2011’.
PSYCHOLOGY & MEDCINE
Jens Förster
Was das HABEN mit dem SEIN
macht
What HAVING does to BEING
Pattloch, October 2015, 320 pages
How different we humans are. Some go on consumption binges – they buy cupboards full, delight in
owning material goods and draw self-affirmation from it. Others on the other hand could not care less
about owning things – they are searching for a meaning in life and orientated towards unusual
experiences that will help them along. The social psychologist Jens Förster shows very clearly under
which influences our needs fall, why we follow our goals in life and whether they are actually suited
to making us happy. He sounds out our sensitivities in today’s affluent society and on this basis
develops a completely new theory on the relationship between Being and Having.
The author:
Jens Förster, born in 1965, studied Psychology, Philosophy and German Literature. From 2008
onwards, he was a Professor for Psychology at the University of Amsterdam and at the same time,
Director of the Kurt-Lewin Institute. He has been teaching at the Ruhr University Bochum since
2015.
Manfred Spitzer
Cyberkrank!
Cyber Sick!
Droemer, November 2015, 320 pages
How digital life is ruining our health
The new book by the best selling author of „Digitale Demenz“
The digitalization of our daily lives is constantly forging ahead – with fatal repercussions. The renowned brain
researcher, Manfred Spitzer, uses new scientific studies to show to what extent these developments threaten our
health. We become cyber sick when we allow digital media to take control of all aspects of our lives, play
online games for hours and roam around in social media networks. The results are stress, loss of empathy,
depression, as well as sleep pattern disruption and attention deficit disorder. Children’s motor skills and
perception abilities are damaged. Computer addiction, Internet criminality and mobbing become rife. Manfred
Spitzer informs about widely spread sickness patterns, warns of the health damages caused by digital
technology and explains how we can protect ourselves.
The author:
Professor Dr. Dr. Manfred Spitzer was born in 1958. He studied medicine, psychology and
philosophy, and finally obtained his post-doctoral qualifications in psychiatry. He was twice a guest
professor at Harvard University. He is head of department in the psychiatric university clinic in Ulm
and also in the Transfer Center for Neurosciences and Learning. He has published a number of books,
including the bestsellers “Learning“ and “Caution, Monitor!“ Every week he hosts the series “Mind
and Brain“ on the Bavarian Alpha television programme.
Manfred Spitzer is one of the most important German brain researchers. Very few experts can present
scientific findings in such an entertaining and graphic manner.
Christiane Tramitz
Ich mach das jetzt einfach
I’m just going to do it!
Why only fulfilled wishes are good wishes
Supressed wishes, dreams and desires make us humans tread water or give us the feeling that we are
missing out on life. Fulfilled wishes by contrast increase self-confidence and transmit the feeling of
having achieved something. Christiane Tramitz shows how we can lean to indulge ourselves and be
good to ourselves. She refers to findings from social-, developmental-, depth-, personality-,
motivational- and advertising psychology. Vivid examples from daily life and from psychological
consulting practice clearly show what a high significance the subject has and which resolution
strategies there are.
The author:
Christiane Tramitz is a qualified behavioural scientist and specialises in the biological foundations of
human behaviour (amongst others at the Max-Planck-Institute for Behavioural Physiology). She has
written more than ten books, amongst others, the successful title ‘Irren ist Männlich. Weibliche
Körpersprache und ihre Wirkung auf Männer’ (Goldmann 1995), as well as ‘Unter Glatzen’
(Droemer 2001). Christiane Tramitz has two children and lives in Berlin and Upper Bavaria.
TRAVEL / ADVENTURE
Peer Bergholter / Jochen Müller
Mittendurch statt drüber weg
Right Through Instead of Up and
Over
Two friends, one dream and the journey of their life
Peer and Jochen are in their mid-thirties when they suddenly realise that life is slipping by at the
same pace day-by-day. And as they don’t want to accept the early onset of midlife, they make a pact:
Drop everything and go once round the world. They declare the destination as the goal and decide to
travel properly – right through instead of up and over: Aeroplanes are taboo. They travel with busses,
trains and containerships, have to wait for weeks on end for their onward journey, just manage to
survive traffic accidents and have bizarre encounters with the locals. 15 months that will change their
lives forever.
The author:
Jochen Müller and Peer Bergholter have been friends since childhood. Jochen Müller is biologist,
Peter Bergholter copywriter and freelance journalist and were both able to successfully return to
everyday life. During their travels, they learnt that less is more and are now successfully
implementing this in everyday life.
TRAVEL / ADVENTURE
Marc Freukes
Forest Man
A Man, A Tent, A Life In The Forest
When 40-year old Marc Freukes is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, he dares to take an unusual
step: He quits his job and his flat and moves into a tipi in a remote area of the Odenwald with his
mongrel dog Rala. He lives there for one and a half years in harmony with nature: His sink is a
hollowed out tree stump, he cooks over an open fire and the little money that he needs for those
things that the forest cannot provide, he earns with outdoor and survival courses. In ‘Forest Man’, he
recounts his adventurous life as a downshifter and how he found himself again in nature.
The author:
Marc Freukes, born in 1974, already experienced a lot of nature as a child, as his father was a hunter,
and he quickly developed a passion for fishing. After his school leaving examination, he studied
several semesters of Economics and worked as a golf teacher, instructor and trainer of a football team
in the German premier league until 2013. When he stopped working in the golf industry, Marc
Freukes set up the project ‘Odenwald-Tipianer’. He passes on his knowledge of nature and the life in
the wild in outdoor- and survival courses.
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIR
Alex van Hell
Leben
Life
My hardest battle
Alex has already gone through so much – more than enough for twelve years of life: Her real father is an
alcoholic, from whom her family flees, her mother brings her new partner home, who constantly beats Alex
and her sister up; as a teenager, Alex really hits rock bottom. She gets caught up in a vortex of drugs and
violence and aged 16 is homeless. Aged twenty she works as a gogo dancer, thereby securing her livelihood,
finally leading a life that she can love. She even reunites with her mother, who has got breast cancer. Yet a
little later the setback: A tumour is spreading in Alex van Hell’s head and it is only after an epilepsy attack that
the doctors begin to treat her.
The cavernoma can be removed; the epilepsy that caused it will remain. And yet, despite all this, Alex manages
to pick herself up again. Now, five years later, she has her own tattoo studio, is a sought-after tattoo model,
barkeeper and manager of a fetish club. This book is the story of an incomparable fighter.
The author:
Alex van Hell, born in 1982 is a former go-go dancer, a tattoo model, bar keeper, manager of a fetish
club and owner of a tattoo studio. She lives in Berlin.
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIR
Corinne Hofmann
Das Mädchen mit dem Giraffenhals
The Girl with the Giraffe Neck
Knaur, September 2015, 320 pages
The new book written by ‘The White Masai’
“The Girl with the Giraffe Neck” recounts Corinne Hofmann’s childhood in the Swiss provinces and
how she became who she is today. Stemming from a humble background, and, as a German child in
the Switzerland of the 1960s and 1970s, an outsider, she learnt to make the most of difficult situations
from an early age. A talent that laid the foundation to survive four adventurous years in the Kenyan
bush, and, back in Europe, to master numerous new beginnings – and not least, to make her into the
strong, successful and lively woman, who time and again manages to surprise and delight her readers.
The author:
Corinne Hofmann was born in 1960 to a French mother and German father in Switzerland. Her autobiography,
‘The White Masai’, which recounts her unusual love affair with a Samburu warrior, became an international
bestseller, translated into 33 languages. Her other books, ‘Back from Africa’, ‘Reunion in Barsaloi’ and
‘Africa, My Passion’ also became bestsellers. Today Corinne Hofmann lives on Lake Lugano. www.massai.ch
SEX & PARTNERSHIP
Nina Deißler
Beziehungsstatus kompliziert
Relationship Status: Complicated
The Absolute Truth about Men, Women, Sex and Love
It has never been easy between men and women. The modern confusion between the sexes adds to
this and somehow love, sex and partnership becomes ever more complicated. Relationship coach
Nina Dreißler shows the way out of this insecurity spiral. If we know ourselves and our wishes well
and act naturally, then love, partnership and family will all work out.
The author:
Nina Dreißler, born in 1974, initially studied Marketing in Hamburg and has been working as a coach
and trainer for partnership and partner search since 1999. Together with her husband, she holds
numerous seminars on the subject of love and flirting. Through her multiple and successful books and
television appearances, she has made a name for herself as a relationship expert.
SEX & PARTNERSHIP
Julia Heyne
It‘s a Match
And so you meet The One
It begins at some point at the end of your twenties: You ask yourself why the project ‘Partner,
Children, Own Flat’ isn’t working out as successfully as you had hoped. Although the commitment
made by singles is impressive! Tinder, Parship and the endless Whatsapp messages are just the
beginning of a turbulent dating career. Unpleasant profile pictures, the calculated optimism of
embarrassing online dates and, time and again, the hybrid between affair and relationship, which
might have been exciting at the beginning, are all part of the process. Julia Heyne knows all about
this. The Bild.de columnist knows that the desperate search for Mr Right obscures the view for The
One. With practical tips for today’s singles, she shows that digital dating is a blessing and a curse, but
if implemented cleverly, can be a genuine opportunity.
The author:
Julia Heyne, 31 years old, worked on the editorial staff of taff before she began her history and
European ethnology studies. She has been an editor in the erotic department of Bild.de since 2012,
where she researches love and sexuality of Generation Y round the clock.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Michael Droste-Laux
Säure-Basen-Coach
Acid-Base Balance Coach
Knaur MensSana, October 2015, 96 pages
Nutrition – Body Care – Psyche
Clear and systematic short description on the sought-after health subject Acid Base Balance. This
‘coach’ offers a concise introduction to the topic and presents the essence of the subject in 100 pages.
The author:
Michael Droste-Laux, born in 1961, initially worked as sales representative for a cosmetic company
following his classical training as a chemist. He then held the responsibility for the department
natural remedies for a pharmaceutical wholesaler and researched the subject of acid base balance.
Since 1999, he has been passing on his knowledge by giving lectures at natural healing- and medical
seminars, as well as in numerous publications. In 2006, he founded Droste-Laux in Augsburg, a
company for base balanced natural cosmetics.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Sabine Goette
Selbstheilung
Self-Healing
Knaur MensSana, January 2016, 272 pages
Everyone has the resources to self-heal. The scientific journalist Sabine Goette has questioned
leading doctors in Germany, interviewed meditation researchers at the Harvard School, discussed
experiences with those affected, and thereby gathered together a wealth of material. From the MindBody medicine, via placebo research, right up to new healing methods, it is clear: Good health
literally lies in our own hands, if only we know how to activate our own strengths.
The author:
Sabine Goette is a trained voice- and speech therapist and media scientist. She works as a freelance
journalist, filmmaker and author. Following several years working in the department audio-visual
media of the Federal Office for Health Education, she founded the Media Office Sabine Goette in
2001. As author and director, she produced T.V. documentaries for public service television with a
thematic focus on health and science. In 2008, she received the journalist prize of the Argus
Foundation for the film “Death in hospitals. The fight against super bugs” (arte/ZDF). She lives in
Cologne.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Michaela Haas
Stark wie ein Phönix
As Strong as a Phoenix
O.W.Barth, September 2015, 432 pages
How to develop your resilience strength and surpass
yourself in crises
New research in posttraumatic growth opens up a revolutionary and surprising perspective on the topic of
trauma. Even after the worst crisis, people are able to draw wisdom and strength in order to rebuild their lives.
With the correct strategies, they are even able to grow as a person from the crisis and pass their experiences on
to others.
Michaela Haas describes the phenomena using twelve impressive character portraits. Among others, she
interviewed the human rights legend Maya Angelou, the successful autistic person Temple Grandin, the
Auschwitz survivor Coco Schumann and played the drums with Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen.
The reassuring insights from these people marked by blows of fate are confirmed by new scientific findings
and they show: This ability lies within us all! Michaela Haas shows how we can activate it, also using effective
exercises to build up resilience.
The author:
Doctor Michaela Haas has been working as a journalist for renowned media such as the Süddeutsche
Zeitung for more than 20 years. She moderates numerous cultural- and interview programmes at the
Bayerische Rundfunk and the ARD and has her own coaching- and consulting company, where she
passes on her media expertise. Michaela Haas turned to Buddhism more than 20 years ago,
completed her doctorate in Asian studies and teaches at the University of California in Santa Barbara,
amongst other places. She lives in Munich and Malibu.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Vistara H. Haiduk
Schüsslersalze-Coach
Dr. Schüssler Salt Coach
How to find the right remedy
Clear and systematic short description on the sought-after health subject of Dr. Schüssler salts. This
coach offers a concise introduction to the topic and presents the essence of the subject in 100 pages.
The author:
Vistara H. Haiduk, born in 1960, has been working as a natural healer in her own practice for many
years. In her work, she places strong emphasis upon finding the causal trigger of a health issue and
then applies a holistic therapy. She regularly holds courses on the subject ‘Schüssler Salts’ and ‘Iris
diagnosis’.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Petter Hegre / Inge Schöps
Yoga pur
Pure Yoga
O.W. Barth, October 2015, 160 pages
Yoga was never more beautiful
‘Pure Yoga’ combines the female beauty ideal with the philosophy of yoga. The renowned yoga
expert Inge Schöps assigns seventeen mind topics to the 58 yoga poses: e.g. to be free, to feel your
inner stability, to be purposeful and sensual, to love and be compassionate or attentive in the here and
now. In a unique way and manner, discerning and qualitative yoga art photography by star
photographer Peter Hegre, illustrates the purity of yoga. Each chapter offers a deeper explanation of
the yoga philosophy and is, together with the philosophical words of wisdom from the yoga classics,
an inspiration for Westerners for a more conscious and happy life.
The author:
Peter Hegre, born in 1969, is a famous Norwegian photographer and director. He studied at the Brooks Institute of
Photography in Santa Barbara/USA. From 1991, he assisted Richard Avedon, the most renowned photographer of the 20 th
century, in New York. Hegre became famous through his risqué, technically demanding, puristic nude photos, which aim
for simplicity and clarity. Together with his wife, the model Luba Shumeyko, he publishes the magazine ‘New Nude’.
Luba, who also works as a yoga teacher, also posed as a model for ‘Pure Yoga’.
Inge Schöps is a certified yoga teacher, book author and mental coach from Cologne. She founded the yoga community
‘Yoga-On’ and offers yoga in combination with coachings, workshops and retreats. Her book, ‘Yoga: The complete
Practice Book for Beginners and Advanced’ became a bestseller and was translated into several languages. Before turning
to yoga, the qualified translator and MBA graduate worked in various management positions for internationally orientated
publishers.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Thomas Hohensee
100 x gelassener
100 times calmer
Knaur MensSana, September 2015, 208 pages
Why are we always so stressed? Can you learn to be calm? Did people used to be calmer? The
bestseller author and coach Thomas Hohensee answers the most important questions on the subject of
calmness. His answers are set up as a personal coaching and show how overcoming stress can be
achieved in everyday life situations. Deploying a number of easily applicable tips, it becomes
possible to decide upon a happier life in any given moment.
The author:
Thomas Hohensee, born in 1955, worked as a lawyer and debt advisor for many years. He then
completed a training at the Deutsche Institut für Rational-Emotive und Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie.
He lives and works in Berlin as an author and coach for personality development.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Ursula Kreuzberger
Die Mesotherapie
The Meso Therapy
Knaur MensSana, August 2015, 144 pages
Meso therapy is a modern treatment method that combines conventional medicine with natural
concepts. It has been practiced successfully in France for over fifty years and presents a synthesis of
classical medical therapy, together with neural therapy, acupuncture, homeopathy and traditional
Chinese medicine. Extremely low-dosed medication mixtures are applied as close as possible to the
affected area, in form of numerous microinjections. There are almost no side effects due to the
precise substance mixture being placed at the right location. The gentle and almost pain free
treatment works fast and is sustainable – in particular in the case of chronic diseases. Meso therapy
does not treat the symptoms, meaning that the symptoms are not suppressed, but heals sustainably –
often lifelong.
The author:
Doctor Ursula Kreuzberger was born in 1968 and studied medicine in Munich. Following her clinical training
in Nephrology and Cardiology, she became a specialist for internal medicine. She continued her studies to
become a doctor of natural medicine and also completed additional training in acupuncture. In 2002, she set up
her own practice specialising in internal medicine in Munich. In the same year she completed her training as a
Meso therapist with the Society for Meso Therapy and also offers this exceptional treatment form in her own
practice. She was inspired by the success of this therapy and in particular by the amount of pain reduction that
her patients experienced. With this book she would like to respond to the often-presented question: “This is so
wonderful, why has nobody heard of it?” Doctor Ursula Kreuzberger has two children and lives in Munich.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Katrin Linzbach
Bewusstsein braucht Raum im
Beruf
Awareness needs space in the
workplace
Knaur Balance, October 2015, 128 pages
40 Impulse cards for a fulfilled workday – with accompanying book
The author:
Katrin Linzbach, born in 1980 in Bonn, initially worked for an international corporation following
her business studies. She soon realised that life had more to offer and set out to find precisely that.
She has been publishing articles and podcasts at: www.bewusstsein-braucht-raum.de since 2011,
which inspire and encourage people to shape their lives with awareness and meaning. She also works
as a coach, accompanying people who want to have more self-confidence, clearness and serenity in
their lives.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Katrin Linzbach
Bewusstsein braucht Raum im
Alltag
Awareness needs space in everyday
life
40 Impulse cards for a wonderful day – with accompanying book
The author:
their lives.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Katrin Linzbach
Bewusstsein braucht Raum in der
Liebe
Awareness needs space in love
40 Impulse cards for a happy relationship – with accompanying book
The author:
their lives.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Volker Mehl
Ayurveda geht überall
Ayurveda works everywhere
Knaur Balance, November 2015, 192 pages
A mobile kitchen, 3 months, 25 locations, 75 recipes and 3,000 km – that is the result of Volker
Mehl’s extended Ayurveda home tour travels. His travel goal is to find out how much Ayurveda is in
his home country. He is not only concerned with healthy eating, but in particular with a balanced,
relaxed approach to life according to the principles of the ancient Indian healing art. The Ayurveda
celebrity chef meets people, speaks to them about the Ayurvedic typology, suited to their way of life,
gives recommendations for better well-being, health and nutrition, and interprets classical German
cuisine into Ayurvedic creations. In short, Mehl shows that: Ayurveda works everywhere!
The author:
Volker Mehl is an Ayurveda chef, health advisor, entrepreneur and successful book author. From his studies of
Catholic theology, via his training as an insurance salesman, he came to being trained as an Ayurvedic health
advisor through several detours, also working as an apprentice for Harald Wohlfahrt, a 3-Michelin starred chef.
Nowadays, he holds national and international cookery courses and workshops, heads up both a cookery- and
yoga studio in Wuppertal, the vegan-vegetarian deli snack bar “Deli”, as well as a gourmet club that he
founded himself. Volker Mehl has already written four cookery books, launched an organic line of teas and
Ayurvedic breakfasts and has become well known through numerous television appearances. He is nominated
for the award Gourmand World Cookbook in Germany in the category Best Indian Cuisine Book 2015.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Ram Ravi Kaur
Yoga Art
O.W. Barth, July 2015, 30 postcards
These unusual sketches by the illustrator Ram Ravi Kaur are designed using gouache and acryl. Each
picture is unique and shows the nature of yoga in its purest form.
The author:
Ram Ravi Kaur is a renowned illustrator within the yoga community. Her career began as an artsand later creative director in international communication. She has been illustrating for Yoga Aktuell
for more than eight years. Her much-loved sketches embellish websites and books. Ram Ravi Kaur is
a qualified Kundalini yoga teacher and hosts seminars in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Stefanie Reeb
Wellcuisine
Most nutrition concepts lay their focus on health or enjoyment. Not Wellcuisine. For the first time, wellness
(health) and cuisine (enjoyment) merge in a sensual marriage that makes the body and soul feel equally happy.
Completely undogmatically and as approachable as a close friend, Stephanie Reeb inspires to a healthy way of
life with an extra portion self-love providing well-founded nutrition tips and recipes for delicious healthy meals
made of natural ingredients. Wellcuisine is an invitation to better understand oneself and the requirements of
one’s body. For a good life in balance is far more than a green smoothie in the mornings and a vegan biscuit in
the afternoon. It also includes the loving glance in the mirror, the way in which we breathe, how we move and
how we think. Wellcuisine is far more than a nutrition book. It is a holistic, healthy, as well as enjoyable
lifestyle programme that makes it easy for every one of us to say ‘yes’ to ourselves.
The author:
Stefanie Reeb, born in 1977, studied communication design and was a freelance designer for
agencies until 2005, working for clients such as Nike, René Lezard and Stone Island. This was
followed by a position as Senior Designer with MetaDesign in Berlin, which she held between 2005
and 2008. She worked on the corporate designs of clients such as Siemens AG. In 2007, she
published a children’s cookery book: ‘Reim dich oder ich fress dich!’, and won the if Design Award
for it, and was also nominated for the Deutsche Designpreis. In 2008, she developed new editorial
ideas in the development department of Gruner & Jahr. She has been working freelance since 2008,
and develops creative concepts and corporate designs for companies.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Stefanie Reeb
Süß und gesund
Sweet and Healthy
Entirely in the rhythm of nature and the seasons, the passionate baker presents delicious vegan
recipes for soul- cakes and -cookies that benefit the palette and the soul. In doing so, she particularly
focuses on the herbs and plants that are used and gives recommendations on how to improve personal
wellbeing.
The author:
Stefanie Reeb, born in 1977, studied communication design and was a freelance designer for
agencies until 2005, working for clients such as Nike, René Lezard and Stone Island. This was
followed by a position as Senior Designer with MetaDesign in Berlin, which she held between 2005
and 2008. She worked on the corporate designs of clients such as Siemens AG. In 2007, she
published a children’s cookery book: ‘Reim dich oder ich fress dich!’, and won the if Design Award
for it, and was also nominated for the Deutsche Designpreis. In 2008, she developed new editorial
ideas in the development department of Gruner & Jahr. She has been working freelance since 2008,
and develops creative concepts and corporate designs for companies.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Alexander Sembritzky
Wie Gefühle heilen
Healing Emotions
The key to vibrancy, well-being and good health
We constantly keep many of our emotions and needs in check. We don’t want to show our fears,
don’t want to be sad, and swallow our anger. Yet emotions are constantly active within us. If we
suppress them, we deprive ourselves of vibrancy. The emotions accumulate within us and then
unload themselves uncontrollably in thoughts and excess feelings, in comportment and illness.
Doctor Alexander Sembritzki, specialist for general medicine, experienced therapist and teacher of
TCM, vividly and competently shows us how we can activate our feelings as self-healing powers and
individual life energy.
The author
Doctor Alexander Sembritzki is a specialist for general medicine and also an experienced therapist and teacher
in Chinese medicine. Using his contemporary synthesis of Far Eastern and Western healing methods, he opens
up new paths and perceptions on holistic healing. His holistic-natural approach includes both the physical, as
well as the mental and spiritual level. He lives and works in Munich: www.dr-sembritzki.de
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Nicky Sitaram Sabnis
Ayurveda Coach
Knaur MensSana , October 2015, 96 pages
What is right for me – what is good for me?
A clear and systematic brief description of the sought-after health subject Ayurveda. This ‘coach’
offers easy access and in 100 pages presents the essence of the subject.
The author:
Nicky Sitaram Sabnis, born in 1959 in India, has headed up the Ayurvedic kitchen of the
Frauenwörth Abbey on the Fraueninsel im Chiemsee since 1998 and regularly holds seminars and
cookery courses. Together with his wife he leads the Ayurveda centre in Chiemgau. He has published
two books on Ayurveda and presented his cookery skills in several television programmes.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Christine Stecher
Mantras
O.W. Barth, September 2015, 304 pages
What they mean, how to implement them, why they help
For centuries people have used power words, formulae or holy syllables in order to delve into their
inner feelings and to resonate with the divine. Meditation using mantras helps to free oneself from the
many disruptive influences to our awareness. This path builds upon the fact that the universe and all
that lives in it, consists of sound vibrations. Mantras are ‘mind power encased in sound’. This mind
power is used intensively in all cultures. Christine Stecher maintains a neutral perspective and does
not only place the focus on the birthplace of all mantra practice: India. In fact, in the lexical part, she
is able to present an overview that reflects the richness of the mantra world in all spiritual traditions.
Due to the wealth of background information and the clear, practical instructions, the mantras
become a helpful accompaniment in daily life.
The author:
Christine Stecher works as a freelance editor and non-fiction author covering subjects such as health,
holistic healing and spirituality. She first encountered mantras some twenty years ago through the
Indian wisdom teachers Amma and Gurumayi. This awakened her interest for the Holy Mother Mary
and the Christian tradition’s power formulae. As a practitioner of Kundalini yoga, she obtained a lot
of experience with the energising effect of mantras.
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Aleksej Zasuhin
Moderne tibetische Medizin
Modern Tibetan Medicine
Knaur MensSana, September 2015, 232 pages
Practical healing knowledge for widespread complaints and
illnesses
Can Buddhist-influenced medicine be applied to the requirements of people in our high-tech society?
Definitely. Aleksej Zasuhin knows the differences and the commonalities between both cultures and
is aware of how western civilisation can learn and benefit from Tibetan medicine. In his own healing
practice, he has been successfully applying Tibetan medicine adapted to today’s Western society.
Whether you have head-, back- or shoulder pain, allergies, depression, cardiovascular- or skin
diseases, Tibetan medicine has surprisingly helpful answers to our modern day problems.
The author:
Aleksej Zasuhin, born in 1970 in Ulan Ude/Siberia, where he also grew up, is a qualified teacher of Tibetan
medicine. Following his move to Germany at the end of the 1990s, he completed an additional qualification as
a physiotherapist and opened his own practice in Berlin - the Umahaus. Tibetan medicine has accompanied
him since his youth and became the foundation of his worldly- and medical beliefs. Alongside the classical
treatment methods of physiotherapy, his holistic approach to healing also offers pulse diagnosis, breathing
therapy, manual therapy and nutrition advice. www.umahaus.de
SPIRITUAL FICTION
Uli Olvedi
Die Stimme des Zwielichts
The Call of Twilight
Relaunch: already 75.000 copies sold
Together with her husband, the monk Sonam, Maili sets off on a very special adventure: She is to
leave Nepal in order to teach Buddhism in far away Europe. The two of them discover a world that
appears both foreign and fascinating at the same time …
The author:
Ulli Olvedi, born in 1943, has been focused on Tibetan Buddhism in theory and practice for decades
and worked as a documentary film author and translator before devoting herself completely to
writing.
SPIRITUAL FICTION
Uli Olvedi
Wie in einem Traum
Like in a Dream
Relaunch: already 100.000 copies sold
Why do we have to suffer – and how can we achieve permanent happiness? Young Maili leaves her
village in the mountains of Nepal in order to find answers to the big questions of life in a monastery.
Two people accompany her on her path: her wise teacher and young monk, who awakens an
unknown desire within her.
The author:
Ulli Olvedi, born in 1943, has been focused on Tibetan Buddhism in theory and practice for decades
and worked as a documentary film author and translator before devoting herself completely to
writing.
HUMOUR
Monika Bittl / Silke Neumayer
Ich hatte mich jünger in Erinnerung
I Thought Myself Younger
A woman looks back at us from the bathroom mirror in the mornings, who we thought to be younger.
At lunchtime we scurry off to the optician to get some reading glasses – which previously only
grannies wore. And on the way home the builders don’t wolf whistle us anymore. Getting older is
terrible and wonderful at the same time. It just depends on the perspective. You can view it as tragic
or comic. Monika Bittl and Silke Neumayer have decided upon humour and combat the little declines
with a woman’s best weapon: self-irony and laughing about oneself.
The authors:
Monika Bittle, born in 1963, studied German and Psychology and worked as a journalist for many
years. She has been working as a freelance author since 1992 and very successfully writes
screenplays. She was awarded the Bayerische Fernsehpreis for ‘Sau Sticht’ in 1996. Monika Bittl
lives in Munich with her family.
Silke Neumayer, born in 1962 in Zweibrücken, studied Communication Sciences in Munich before
she went freelance as a scriptwriter for film and television. Silke Neumayer lives in Munich with her
family.
HUMOUR
Markus Ebert
Wie man Italiener wird in 30
Lektionen
How To Become An Italian In 30
Lessons
Bella Italia!
Come diventare italiano in 30 lezioni
Barely any other country fascinates us as much as sunny Italy: the picturesque old towns, the great artists in the galleries and museums, Tuscany with its
incomparable landscapes and it full bodied red wines, the Mediterranean climate, the temperament of the citizens, the marvellous Italian cuisine, the
elegant clothing, the fiery language …
Goethe was already fascinated by the ‘Country where the lemons blossom’ and even today, Italy is one of the favourite destinations of the Germans. It is
therefore strange that at the same time, we have more preconceptions (and fear of its national football team) about the country (and its inhabitants) than
of any other.
Markus Ebert, actually a down-to-earth Lower Saxon, fell in love with the country (and one inhabitant in particular) in his student days and has been
living and working in the hustle and bustle of Italian culture for several years now. In this book, he tongue in cheek tells how you can come love and
understand Italy in 30 lessons, which preconceptions are true and which are false, and how to deal with them. In the to-ing and fro-ing within a southern
Italian large family, it took him a while to really arrive, and he now lets us take part in the typical situations that come about when you live in Italy for a
certain period of time – and don’t want to go to the dogs.
Markus Ebert, born in 1983 in Northern Germany, fell in love with a hot-blooded Italian girl and
moved to Italy with her, in order to start a career in his father-in-law’s automobile business. The
marriage took place after seven years of hard-core integration work. He has gathered together all his
experiences in this book, so that others might have an easier time of it when they want to become an
Italian.
HUMOUR
Peter Wittkamp
Poste deine Darmspiegelung
Post your Colonoscopy
50 lessons towards being a perfect Internet user
Narcissists, egocentrics and digital self-promoters: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram could be so
much fun, were it not for the self-obsessed annoying prats out there, who take their own picture with
a selfie stick in front of every sunset, who post ultrasound pictures of unborn babies and who clog up
the web with hearts and emojis. Peter Wittkamp knows all the digital no-gos and highlights the
biggest excesses. His advice book parody is a lot of fun for everyone who loves social media and
who doesn’t know how else to help themselves than to laugh about digital posers.
Sascha Lobo: ‘Peter Wittkamp: bad hairstyle, excellent observation skills!’
The author:
Peter Wittkamp, 33 years old, lives in Berlin. He studied Sociology and worked as a market
researcher at Universal Music, later with a social media agency. He has been a freelance advisor for
online communication since 2013.
CREATIVE BOOKS
Angela Gabriel
Die Sternwerkstatt
The Star Workshop
Knaur Kreativ, September 2015, 128 pages
Stars – versatile, popular, effective
Over 60 models in different materials and techniques
The perfect project for every handicraft enthusiast – from individual gifts to decorations for the
garden, house and festivities right up to Christmas decorations and delicious recipes
With templates in original size for simple reworking
The project in this book was designed by a group of creative minds, who had previously realised ‘The
Engelswerkstatt’ and ‘Die Herzwerkstatt’.
CREATIVE BOOKS
Katharina Heinrich / Christine Rechl
Upcycling
Too Valuable for the Container
Sustainability and recycling – the new trend!
30 objects – from individual gifts to unusual decorative ideas.
All materials available in every household.
Detailed step-by-step instructions in writing and pictures.
The author:
Katharina Heinrich, jazz singer, musician and music teacher has a great passion alongside her job:
Recycling of the ‘unusable’. She loves to play with colours and shapes and to magic charming
surprises with a bit of vintage-flair out of old things.
Christine Rechl, born in 1963 in Munich, studied at the Technical College for Design in Augsburg.
Today she lives and works as a graphic- and international successful textile designer in Coburg.
CREATIVE BOOKS
Angela Meyer-Spannagel
Stricken für Wollsüchtige
Knitting for Wool Addicts
Modern knitting projects in the Alpine look
18 models for every season and every age
All pieces tried and tested
Free knitting App: Knitting instructions and knitting chart for all models, as well as a short video for
specialist techniques
The author:
Angela Mayer-Spannagel works as a conservator and freelance artist. Knitting has been one of her
favourite hobbies since her childhood, therefore it comes as no surprise that her husband and three
children are ‘wrapped in wool’ from head to toe. In her knitting courses she prefers to dedicate her
time to practical objects that are knitted according to the seasonal requirements and which have stood
the test of time in the mountains. She lives near Rosenheim with her family.
GIFT BOOKS
Karin Clauß
Du bist mir wichtig!
You Are Important To Me!
Pattloch, July 2015, 64 pages
This gift book is a wonderful proof of friendship – for your best friend, partner, mother, sister,
godfather, in short: For all those who are really important in life! It is about friendship and giving and
simply being happy that you are together. The rhyming text is originally and cleverly illustrated by
Karin Clauss.
‘I give you these lines my dear, freshly printed and on paper right here.
Then you have it in black and white. I’ll whisper it once more, quiet as night:
The fact that you are in my life is a true gift indeed, there is no more that I shall need.’
The author:
Karin Clauss studied sculpture at the Winchester School of Art in England and at the Emely Carr
Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver. She sketches and writes about those things that come her way,
mostly life itself, with all its habits, adversities and simple normalities. Karin Clauss lives with her
husband and two children in Berlin.
GIFT BOOKS
Constanze Guhr
Du, entspann mal!
Hey You, Relax!
Pattloch HC, July 2015, 64 pages
Doodle Book with 99 Short Breaks That Belong To You
Alone
The Doodle Book For Truly EVERYONE!
This book for doodling, colouring and puzzling, designed by the Berlin illustrator Constanze Guhr,
brings a lot of relaxation. From good mood Sudoku to bath with blubber-soap bubbles, the 99 doodle
exercises bring everyone a suitable creative idea for the little breaks in between.
A perfect gift idea for people who ought to have a time out more often!
The author:
Constanze Guhr, born in 1975, grew up in Leipzig and studied Fine Arts in Berlin. In 2001, her first
illustrated book was published and since then she has been working as a freelance illustrator for
various publishers, newspapers and magazines. She loves working with many different materials and
combining her illustrations with photos and old papers. Constanze Guhr lives in Berlin with her
family and works in the studio petit4.
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Katja Jäger
Rate mal, wer Dich am liebsten hat?
Guess Who Loves You Most?
Pattloch, August 2015, 48 pages
The big monster loves the little monster, but how tremendously actually? The answers are hidden in
numerous funny picture puzzles. A particular book for the best message in the world: I love you!
Parents and children will definitely have a lot of fun solving these puzzles together. A book, which
even after solving the puzzles, will certainly be looked at time and again, so as to enjoy the monster
illustrations by Katja Jäger, as well as the kind messages. Suitable for children as of the age of 6.
The monster is also available as a cute key ring made of material and on 25 love you cards in a small
gift box.
The author:
Katja Jäger, born in 1974, has been working as a freelance illustrator since 2002. Her sketches adorn
numerous gift boxes and children’s books, as well as paper articles. She lives near Cologne with her
family.
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Christin Rechl
Ich kann fast alles!
I Can Do Almost Everything!
Pattloch, July 2015, 48 pages
An action book full of gimmicks, funny records and
scribbling stuff
Do you enjoy your own records, a lot of gimmicks, funny scribbling stuff and lots more? Yes? Great!
Then you have found a book in which you can really let of steam. A funny action book for those who
can do everything and those who want to get there. For girls and boys from the age of 6. A great gift
idea not just for a birthday.
The author:
Christine Rechl, born in 1963 in Munich, studied at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in Augsburg.
Today she lives and works as an internationally successful graphic- and textile designer in Coburg.
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