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FOREIGN RIGHTS GUIDE
SPRING 2018
FICTION / NON-FICTION
C O N TA C T S & A G E N T S CONTENT
ANDREA SEIBERT English language CONSTANZE CHORY Scandinavia
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FICTION BOOKS FOR 5
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On maternity leave starting May 2018 YOUNG WOMEN
NICOLA BIEG LITERARY FICTION 8
bieg.nicola@dtv.de
From May 2018 on
CRIME / THRILLER 10
HISTORICAL FICTION 17
MAINLAND CHINA KOREA SCANDINAVIA
Hercules Business & Culture Momo Agency Agentur Literatur Gudrun Hebel WOMEN’S FICTION 18
Mr. Hongjun Cai Ms. Geenie Han Ms. Gudrun Hebel
cai@hercules-book.de geeniehan@mmagency.co.kr gudrun.hebel@agentur-literatur.de GENERAL FICTION 21
Mr. Günther Frauenlob
CZECH & SLOVAK REPUBLIC JAPAN guenther.frauenlob@agentur-literatur.de
Dr. Ivana Beil Literary Agent Meike Marx Literary Agent BACKLIST FICTION 23
Ms. Ivana Beil Ms. Meike Marx SPANISH & PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
dribeil@aol.com meike.marx@gol.com Ute Körner Literary Agent
Ms. Sandra Rodericks
DUTCH LANGUAGE POLAND sandra.rodericks@uklitag.com
Marianne Schönbach Literary Agency AKF Agency
NON-FICTION SELF-HELP 24
Ms. Marianne Schönbach Ms. Anna Kolendarska-Fidyk TAIWAN
m.schoenbach@schoenbach.nl akf.agency@hot.pl Bardon Chinese Media Agency BODY MIND SPIRIT 31
Ms. Yu-Shiuan Chen
HUNGARY ROMANIA yushiuan@bardon.com.tw
DS Budapest Simona Kessler International
CURRENT AFFAIRS 32
Ms. Margit Gruber Copyright Agency TURKEY
dsmargo@t-online.hu Ms. Simona Kessler Kalem Agency HISTORY 33
office@kessler-agency.ro Ms. Nazlı Gürkaş
ITALY rights@kalemagency.com
BACKLIST NON-FICTION 36
Giuliana Bernardi Literary Agent
Ms. Giuliana Bernardi
GBernardi.LitAg@alice.it
Translation by Rachel Hildebrandt
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To p T i t l e s S p r i n g 2 0 1 8 BOOKS FOR YOUNG WOMEN
Michael Hugentobler
Louis or The Ride on the Ocean Turtle Books for young women
“You’re a damned liar!” Just as Louis de Montesanto is about to start his lecture
between 18 and 30!
in front of the venerable Royal Geographical Society, a heckler exposes him as
a charlatan. The small man with the massive head was born in a small Swiss
mountain village in 1849 under the name of Hans Roth, and he went on to lead
a truly adventurous life. Appealing • Unique • Edgy
A picaresque novel about the striving for fulfillment and freedom, and
about the fact that truth is often a question of perception, especially for a
very small person like Louis, who is constantly struggling to remain inde-
pendent from the large, wide world.
Literary Fiction
BELSLETR
220 pages
Pub. Date: March 2018
SE
Rita Falk Rita Falk ENGLPISLH
SAM TEION
NSILLAABLE
TRAAVA
Kaiserschmarrn Drama Hannes
The body of a naked woman is discovered in the forest near Niederkalten- Rita Falk Two young men, friends since early childhood, speed away on their trip into
kirchen. She had recently moved into Simmerl’s first-floor apartment, from life. Until the accident. Uli believes fiercely that Hannes will awake from his
where she had offered online strip shows under the name “Mona.” Eberhofer is
on the verge of a juicy case. Then: a second corpse appears in the woods. The
same MO. A serial murderer in Niederkaltenkirchen?
HANNES
Roman
coma, soon. He visits him daily, even though his community service at the
“Bird’s Nest”, a mental health clinic, is quite demanding. At the same time, he
has this hunger for life, for love and sex as well as for a deep friendship – and
the hope that everything will soon be back the way it was before the accident.
Ninth volume of the bestselling series with around 5 million copies sold.
And in his own way, he tries to bring Hannes back to life: Every day, Uli makes
his friend take part in his daily life, always in hope for a tiny twitch, a blink, a
_ _
Rights sold: France, Hungary, Latvia, Turkey word of recognition. Every day, Uli writes him letters so that Hannes will be up
Crime Novel to date later on, when he is back with him. But in between, he is overwhelmed
Fiction
304 pages
208 pages
by an irrepressible rage, rage at the soulless hi-tech medicine, the helpless-
Pub. Date: February 2018 arrogant doctors, at Hannes’ parents who wallow in self-pity and rage at Han-
Pub. Date: 2012
nes himself, who is just lying there, without showing a single sign of life…
Bärbel Wardetzki / Sonja R.
With Hannes, bestselling author Rita Falk shows the true extent of her writing skills by gifting us with a
Is This Supposed to Be Love? genuine, universal story about unconditional friendship and loss, about love and death, which shall leave
nobody untouched.
How to Effectively Escape a Narcissistic Relationship
Thanks to her unique style, the reader will laugh and suffer with the protagonists and despair with them of
Sonja R. falls head over heels in love. However, she has found herself in the the injustice of fate. But this story also radiates the splendour, power and beauty of life. This is an out-
arms of a narcissist, a man who wants to monopolize her and who systemati- standing novel which will find and touch its readers everywhere.
cally destroys her sense of self-worth. This narcissistic relationship lasts nine
years, until Sonja R. is finally able to break away from it after many attempts.
Bärbel Wardetzki provides commentary on the various phases of this relation-
ship from the psychological-psychoanalytical perspective.
Over 130.000 copies sold
Rights sold: France, Italy, The Netherlands, Israel, Korea
Bärbel Wardetzki is one of the top experts on the subject of narcissism.
Self-Help / Psychology
The connection between the inside perspective and the commentary from
208 pages an experienced psychologist is equally enlightening and helpful for those
Pub. Date: May 2018 who find themselves in similar relationships
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BOOKS FOR YOUNG WOMEN BOOKS FOR YOUNG WOMEN
Entertaining texts of high calibre and with depth - Books for young women
ranging from topical issues to romance,
crime/thriller, and urban fantasy. Capturing the lives, experiences and day-to-day
questions which young women face:
E L I S A B E TH R A P P
Elisabeth Rapp
74001
If He Finds Me I’ll Be Dead First jobs
A murder rocks the camp in northern Finland where Tilly is supposed to be
constructing an igloo youth hostel with a group of ten other troubled adole-
Families and loves
scents. The victim is a girl who Tilly admired — a girl who styled herself in
exactly the same way she did. It’s clear that Tilly was the intended victim; she’s Sexual relationships
ELISABETH RAPP
in no doubt about that. She hatches a plan to lure the killer onto thin ice — but
her ploy is only partially successful. In order to find the real identity of the
THRILLER
murderer and discover his true motive, Tilly has to investigate her distant past
and uncover the sinister secret of her own identity.
dtv
Lea Coplin
dtv
A first-class literary thriller that explores a disturbing subject — violence
Thriller towards children — and features a heroine reminiscent of Stieg Larsson’s
Nothing is Good. Without You.
380 pages Lisbeth Salander.
Pub. Date: 2013
Shortlisted for the Friedrich-Glauser-Prize/Hansjörg-Martin-Prize 2014
Jana and Leander haven’t seen each other in six years. As children, they had
been inseparable - until one fateful August evening, when Jana’s brother Tim
lost his life in a car accident. Leander had been behind the wheel. After that, he
ROMAN
Jenny-Mai Nuyen vanished from Jana’s life. They haven’t exchanged a single word since that day
and have lost all connection with one another.
The Nameless Night dtv
And now he is suddenly standing before her. With his light blue eyes. And the
attraction between them is much stronger than Jana wants to acknowledge. She
has spent the past six years trying to hate him. And now he is here for one very
Nicki and Canon are meant for each other. So when Canon disappears, Nicki Romance good reason: so that she can save him. The only thing is that he doesn’t know
sets off on a quest to find him - and uncovers a dark secret in his life that leads
352 pages this yet himself.
Pub. Date: April 2018
her into totally alien territory. Running parallel to familiar reality there exists a
world of flowing creatures: creatures that originate from people’s thoughts; de-
mons that can make bargains with their creators. Canon’s demon is in serious Authentic characters, relevant topics that surpass all the clichés.
trouble - and so is Canon. Nicki does everything in her power to save him, but
in order to succeed she’ll need all the help she can get from his friends. The book’s raw, pure appeal hits very close to the experiences and
dtv environments of its readers.
Urban Fantasy A truly magical love story that walks a brilliant tightrope between trendy Second volume in preparation.
448 pages city life and the breathtaking atmosphere of a magical realm, creating an
Pub. Date: 2015
incredible hypnotic effect from the very first page.
A Kafka-esque setting and an ambience reminiscent of Marquez and Zafón
give this novel a very special quality.
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LITERARY FICTION
ENGLPISLH
SAM TEION
T NSLABLE
RA
AVAILA
Literary Highlight
from our Spring 2018 list
“You’re a damned liar!” Just as Louis de Montesanto is about to
start his lecture in front of the venerable Royal Geographical Soci-
ety, a heckler exposes him as a charlatan. The small man with the
massive head was born in a small Swiss mountain village in 1849
under the name of Hans Roth, and he went on to lead a truly ad-
Michael Hugentobler
© Dominic Nahr
venturous life, which included, among other things, working for
Louis or The Ride On the Ocean Turtle
the governor of Western Australia. He returns to London many
220 pages
years later, clothed in rags and telling a story that is odder than
Pub. Date: March 2018
anything a person could make up. He claims that he was appoint-
Michael Hugentobler ed chief of an aboriginal tribe, and that he spent years studying
their culture and traditions. His quickly published autobiography MICHAEL HUGENTOBLER, born in Zurich
becomes a worldwide bestseller - until the word gets out about in 1975, works as a freelance journalist. He
Louis how much he has embellished his daring life story. writes articles, features and columns for
various periodicals, including Das Magazin
or The Ride on the Ocean Turtle Michael Hugentobler crafts a fictional life story around a man
who actually did exist. There never was a Louis de Montesanto,
and Die Zeit. He lives with his family outside
of Zurich.
but there was once a Louis de Rougemont, the alias for Henri
Louis Grin, upon whose fascinating story this novel is loose-
ly based. The Wild Word Magazine, in which de Rougemont
published his accounts until he was uncovered as a humbug,
once wrote: “Truth is stranger than fiction, but de Rougemont is
stranger than both.”
“So tell me now how it really was! - Which version, Sir?”
A picaresque novel about the striving for fulfillment and
Trained as a journalist, Michael Hugentobler is a great historical writer. freedom, and about the fact that truth is often a question of
Following the historical traces, he faithfully devises the truth anew. His perception, especially for a very small person like Louis, who
is constantly struggling to remain independent from the large,
titles are reading adventures, cushioned by an elegant sense of humor. wide world.
Anyone who loves Bruce Chatwin will devour Michael Hugentobler.
Endorsement by Angelika Overath
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CRIME FICTION
BELSLETR
SE
Crime Fiction Highlight
from our Spring 2018 list
The body of a naked woman is discovered in the forest near
Niederkaltenkirchen. She had recently moved into Simmerl’s first-
floor apartment, from where she had offered online strip shows
under the name “Mona.” Eberhofer is on the verge of a juicy
case, since the circle of suspects includes a few of her customers,
including Leopold, Simmerl and Flötzinger.
© Susanne Schleyer
These are hard times for Franz, both professionally and privately: Rita Falk
Leopold’s and Susi’s duplex expands in equal measure to Franz’s Kaiserschmarrn Drama
distaste for their cozy domestic happiness. 304 pages
Pub. Date: February 2018
Rita Falk Then: a second corpse appears in the woods. The same MO.
A serial murderer in Niederkaltenkirchen? RITA FALK was born in 1964 in Bavaria and
still lives there. She is the mother of three
Kaiserschmarrn Drama grown children and is married to a police-
man.
Eberhofer-series, vol. 9 #1 on the German bestseller list
180.000 copies sold in the first week PRESS ACCLAIMS FOR THE SERIES:
A marvelous situational comedy with touching passages. Eberhofer’s Rita Falk’s regional crime novels are cult
typical impudence and intriguingly original investigative methods favorites.
balance each other out. Loads of fun from the first page to the last. Luise Forkel, bild.de
The crime author’s literary skill is silkily fluid
and as gentle as a brook, although it can
All series titles have landed in the top 5 spots of the bestseller list. NINE VOLUMES IN THE EBERHOFER-SERIES:
sometimes sweep you along like a raging
ENGLPISLH wild stream.
SAM TEION
Rita Falk’s sales figures total around 5 million copies. NSLLAABLE
TRAAVAI
Around 5 million copies sold! Walter Prankl, kultur-punks.ch
With her black humor, Rita Falk once again
Rights sold: sends us readers into tears of laughter.
An internationally successful series in France, Hungary, Latvia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Turkey Freundin
and Turkey.
Compelling film adaptations of the Eberhofer-series by
Ed Herzog/Constantin Film.
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CRIME FICTION
Frank Goldammer Chief Inspector Max Heller-series
340 pages
BELSLETR Pub. Date: Since 2016
SE ENGLPISLH
SAM TEION The Bogeyman (vol. I) FRANK GOLDAMMER was born in Dresden
TRAANVASILLAABLE in 1975. A painter and varnisher by trade, he
Dresden, November 1944: the population is began writing in his early twenties, self-pub-
groaning under the strain and dire privations lishing his first novels. A single parent, he
of an increasingly menacing war. Detective lives with his twin children in Dresden.
inspector Max Heller is summoned to the
scene of a crime, where he is confronted with
the savagely battered body of a woman. Very PRESS ACCLAIMS FOR THE SERIES:
soon, the rumour mills start to grind: it’s the
Bogeyman, prowling the ruins at night. Heller An accomplished historical crime novel; a
devotes himself to hunting down the barbaric first-rate read that puts the reader right in
murderer amidst the chaos of the war’s last amongst the ruins of Dresden.
winter. Frankfurter Stadtkurier
A Thousand Devils (vol. II) A breath-taking novel guaranteed to keep
© Jens Oellermann
you up all night
Dresden, 1947. The city lies within the Soviet
Rhein-Westerwald-News
occupation zone and is still a desert of rubble
and ruins. Inspector Max Heller is summoned
I didn’t just read. I had the feeling that I was
to the scene of a crime in Dresden Neustadt by
Frank Goldammer
SEEING what I was reading… Simply unbe-
the newly-instigated People’s Police. The victim
lievable - a true marvel that very few authors
seems to be a Red Army soldier. But before he
are able to achieve.
gets a chance to begin his investigations he dis-
The Bogeyman • A Thousand Devils • The Forgotten
inchen84, Blogger
covers that the Russian military has removed
the corpse from the scene...
Chief Inspector Max Heller-series Rights sold:
English language
The Forgotten (vol. III)
Dresden 1948: a hot summer, three years after
In gripping and poignantly related crime thrillers, the author - Dresden the end of the war. The great currency reform
born and raised himself - sets the action against the backdrop of the throws occupied and divided post-war Germa-
ny into a crisis. In the midst of the arduous re-
darkest hours of his home city with great passion and authenticity. construction work, Chief Inspector Max Heller
finds himself entangled in a case involving a
fourteen-year-old boy, whose cause of death
Exceptionally well-researched, vividly portrayed, realistic and utterly is anything but clear. While investigating this
absorbing, these novels are an unconditional appeal for justice and case, Heller runs up against a wall of silence.
humanity.
The crime series about Max Heller spans the period of
“This was the price of survival. He would pay for it with his dreams time between the end of the war to the construction
and his deepest, most unfathomable fears.” of the Berlin Wall.
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CRIME FICTION P R E V CI ERW
I MSEE FL FI C- H
T IEOL N
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Paul Grote Frank Uhlmann
Pinot Grigio The Jacobi File
Wasn’t in the Will
© Andreas Bender
© Thomas Räse
400 pages 400 pages
August 2018 June 2018
After training as a manage- FRANK UHLMANN was born
ment assistant in adverti- in Lower Saxony in 1971. He
Wine, men and evil sing, PAUL GROTE studied Gripping, unsettling, explosive studied sociology and politi-
sociology and political science cal sciences, and after working
The legendary South Tyrolean winemaker Franz Karling suffers a heart attack in Hamburg. He spent 15 An activist is killed during a civil rights demonstration staged in Frankfurt. at various different universi-
while diving in the Red Sea. However, his daughter suspects he didn’t die of nat- years living in South America, Rumors fly that it was “dirty cops” who did it. Police reporter Norman Jacobi is ties is now a counsellor at the
ural causes, and she confides her doubts to the photographer Frank Gatow, who from were he reported for the shown a fuzzy video of the crime, and one of the protesters promises to provide University of Giessen, where
is currently staying at the Karling Vineyard to do research for his forthcoming press and radio on wine and him with evidence that will incriminate the police force. However, Commis- he lives with his wife.
illustrated history of South Tyrolean vineyards. Once Gatow witnesses the cookery. sioner Demandt warns Jacobi that the activist in question is a criminal known
volatile fights between the heirs in the Karling home, the daughter’s suspicion of to the police who wants to leverage the reporter for his own ends. As Jacobi de-
murder no longer seems quite so absurd. bates whom he can trust, he makes a shocking discovery in the activists’ office:
He finds a dossier on himself. PRESS ACCLAIM FOR
PRESS ACCLAIM FOR THE YOU MUST BURN:
WINE & CRIME-SERIES:
“The police killed a demonstrator? Are you sure?”
Uhlmann has written a re-
What’s more enjoyable? A markable debut that not only
splendid wine or a juicy crime A cunningly constructed and extremely tense political thriller compares well with the best
thriller? Paul Grote gives us German thrillers but can also
both in one. easily stand alongside interna-
Frau im Spiegel tional competition.
Hanauer Anzeiger
THE WINE & CRIME-SERIES (12 VOLUMES):
IN THE SAME SERIES:
21537
20930
Bitterer Chianti
Rioja für den Matador
A field near Frankfurt: chained to a During Frankfurt’s mayoral
GROTE GROTE
PAUL
PAUL
Over 320.000 copies of stake, the charred body of a woman. campaign, the Free Citizen Party’s
Bitterer Chianti Rioja für den Wine & Crime books sold Shortly afterwards the gruesome candidate is assassinated. At the
GROTE
Kriminalroman
Matador
Kriminalroman scenario is repeated. Police reporter scene of the crime a message is
Norman Jacobi finds religious found—in Greek script, written in
_ _ symbols at both crime scenes: could blood..
they be clues? Jacobi scents a major
Bitter Chianti Rioja for the Matador
story, while historian Katharina Beck
352 pages 352 pages
You Must Burn just hopes the investigation will No Choice
Pub. Date: 2014 Pub. Date: 2006
400 pages help her finally lay her past to rest. 400 pages
Pub. Date: 2014 Pub. Date: 2016
Rights sold: France Rights sold: Poland, Greece
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CRIME FICTION HISTORICAL FIC TION
Hannah O’Brien Heike Stöhr
Irish Legacy The Devil’s
Handwriting (vol. II)
© Melanie Grande
© Christine Fenzl
432 pages 640 pages
March 2018 April 2018
HANNAH O’BRIEN is a jour- HEIKE STÖHR, born in Pirna
nalist and author who lived in in 1964, earned degrees in
A question of faith Great Britain and Ireland for “This mysterious book contains formulas which can defeat death.” German Literature and Histo-
many years but now divides ry, and works as a teacher in
County Galway is in shock. A whole string of murders are perpetrated one her time between homes in Pirna, 1544: Ever since the book with strange writing in it crossed her path as Berlin. She did the research
right after the other in various churches across the area. And to top it off, this is Cologne and on the banks of a child, Sophia has been devoted to solving its mystery. Master Heinrich Fuchs for her thesis on Saxon history
happening during Advent of all times! This fourth case for Grace O’Malley and the Moselle. A regular visitor stands solidly by her side, having married Sophia after the death of Niklas, in the Pirna Municipal Archive,
her colleague Rory Coyne of the murder commission in the western Irish city to Ireland, she is an expert on the father of her son. The unscrupulous town clerk, Wolf Schumann, has been focusing on the subject mat-
of Galway proves to be especially tricky. Is someone seeking revenge against the Irish affairs. secretly watching both of them, and he has his own plans for the book’s magical ter she has now utilized in her
clergy? A hot lead points toward Northern Ireland, thrusting the officers right powers. But then one day, the presumed dead Niklas suddenly appears in Pirna. debut novel.
into the midst of a long-term, escalating confessional conflict.
PRESS ACCLAIM FOR
“Was it possible that the Master had leveraged his knowledge of alchemy to turn
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH:
his wishes into reality?”
BACKGROUND INFORMA-
• A headstrong investigator Grace O’Malley is as tough as TION ABOUT THE SERIES:
• An atmospheric crime thriller series set in Ireland they come; an investigator full
of character. The harsh beauty Even yet today, scholars are
• An opulent historical novel about a strong woman and baffled by the Voynich Manu-
of the Galway countryside and
its offbeat inhabitants lend the a mysterious book script, which remains undeci-
pherable. It was presumably
story an enchanting backdrop. • A vibrant portrait of urban life around the time of the Reformation written in a rare northern Ital-
Brigitte
ian dialect, and the illustrations
IN THE SAME SERIES: The masterful prelude to kick- indicate that the text contains
start a new crime fiction series. botanical, anatomical and
FIRST VOLUME IN THE SERIES:
Captivating, profound and astronomical information.
well-informed. The author’s
Pirna, 1541. The number of
love of the Emerald Isle leaps
mysterious deaths are multi-
out at you from every page.
plying, almost as if the Devil
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himself had a hand in them.
Nineteen-year-old Sophia has
a serious interest in medicine.
While looking around her
The Luck of the Irish Irish Roulette Irish Night father’s office, she discovers a
416 pages 416 pages 400 pages The Devil’s Snares (vol. I) peculiar book...
Pub. Date: 2015 Pub. Date: 2016 Pub. Date: 2017 512 pages
Pub. Date: 2017
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WOMEN’S FICTION WOMEN’S FICTION
Florentine Krieger
Radio Hearts Anja Jonuleit
The Game of the
• A funny, entertaining and turbulent
novel about friendship, love and music
Night Girls
© Bogenberger / Autorenfotos
© Melanie Grande
• Romance grouch meets dream woman
288 pages
May 2018
FLORENTINE KRIEGER was 304 pages
For the past 15 years, Fred has been working for the same radio station, where born in 1971, and she studied June 2018
ANJA JONULEIT, born in
he moderates “Radio Hearts,” a program about heartache and romance, despite political science and African
1965 in Bonn, is a translator
the fact this isn’t really his thing. Unfortunately, his boss Ewald has noticed studies in Cologne. Even Sixteen-year-old Annamaria will never forget that “Dirty Thursday”: A harm- and interpreter. She has lived
and has ordered him to take some time off to reconnect with his romantic side. before starting on her univer- less Carnival tradition spells doom for the young girl. And yet no one is willing and worked in New York,
Fred’s luck takes a turn when he happens to meet Lena, the new owner of his sity degree, she worked as a to believe what happened to Annamaria, who has been living with a negligent Bonn, Rome, Damascus and
favorite record shop, who is an expert on matters of the heart. What she has no freelance journalist for various and unloving foster mother since her parents’ untimely deaths. Munich. In 1994 she returned
idea about is music. And thus, the two of them decide to help each other out of newspapers. She has self-pub-
to Germany and now lives
their predicaments. The consequences are not quite what they expected. lished several successful Her fate seems to improve when she is chosen to live in the “house of the happy on Lake Constance with her
books.. family.” She grows increasingly hopeful since she has always dreamed of being husband and four children.
part of a picture-perfect family. Super-mother Liane rules the roost here, and
she seems to have everything in perfect working order. A professional guid-
Marlies Ferber ance counselor, her rules are strict. And yet, is Liane’s family life really all that
flawless?
PRESS ACCLAIM FOR
RAVEN WOMEN:
Love is Green An ambitious and compelling story about home, identity,
A moving book that leads you
into the abyss. You will never
forget it.
and the seemingly perfect family Sibylle Peine (dpa), Offenbach
Post
• A story not only about how love
develops, but about how it lasts A relentless book that inspires
© Melanie Grande
reflection.
• Humorous and emotional -
Indra Lindenau, Weser Kurier
BY THE SAME AUTHOR:
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CORNELIA SCHWARZ has FRIEDER GAMM (born in
worked as a life coach and 1965) is a much sought-after
The relationship space is the critical element to all communications. If it isn’t Light-Body meditation keynote speaker and lecturer.
Seeing and seizing your chances
right, there will also be misunderstandings in terms of meaning. This can be instructional trainer in private For ten years, he worked as a
avoided! This practical manual provides examples of illuminating moments practice since 1989. A quali- negotiator for Porsche in the
We tackle our first negotiation with ourselves right after we get up in the morn-
through the analysis of everyday conversational situations. Problematic beha- fied business graduate, she areas of sales and distribution.
ing: whole grain cereal or chocolate croissant? And this is how the rest of our
vioral patterns will be clarified through vivid examples and stories. Through also has eight years’ experi- He now advises companies
days go. Negotiations don’t just occur in front of a judge or at a negotiation ta-
concrete case studies, the author outlines strategies that can be used to depen- ence working in human re- such as Daimler, Bosch and
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Easily understandable and packed with practical advice, this book reveals how, courses in Asia with the Dalai and business schools. In 2015,
The questions keep popping up: Where do I stand on this? Where would I like
by altering your attitude, you can eliminate misunderstandings and communi- Lama, among others. he founded the nonprofit “Life
to go? How can I achieve that? Those who are willing to embrace the opportu-
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STEPHAN SCHWARZ has lawyer services to refugees.
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Time for En Route
Something New The Meaning of Travel
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April 2018 April 2018
IRIS SEIDENSTRICKER Born in 1954, ACHILL MOSER
studied German, philosophy studied economics, African
Is there life after your career? Absolutely! and pedagogics. She was Destination: the world studies and Arabic in college.
responsible for the press and For many years, he lived
For the many people who define accomplishment and recognition in terms of publicity departments of Achill Moser, “passionate globetrotter and go-getter,” invites us to participate in among various nomadic
their professional lives, the thought of departing the working world is unset- various German publishing his fascination for the sublime natural environment. In an increasingly swiftly peoples in Africa and Asia.
tling. No doubt about it: It is a challenge to set the course for this new phase of houses for many years and turning world, we need nature as a counterbalance and measure for our own He has traveled through 28
life - however, it is the ideal point in time to start something new. This book will now works as a coach and existence, as well as a source of inspiration and healing. Forests, mountains, deserts around the world by
help you easily discover what that something could be. trainer in personal and career rivers, seas, and deserts are outstanding examples of our planet’s habitats. They foot and by camel. He now
development. influence us physically and spiritually - every path into the natural world is also lives in Hamburg, where he
“Your professional and private experiences are a treasure trove that will help an exploration of each individual’s metaphysical topography. works as a freelance journalist,
you open up to both yourself and others. And to your newly achieved freedom photography and lecturer. His
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that is generated whenever we submerge ourselves in the vast breadth of nature
• Personal coaching advice, including incentives, checklists and READER:
and find ourselves in the company of new thoughts.
and other periodicals. He has
published over 20 books.
practice exercises This book pragmatically
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“We don’t need nature with its amazing diversity as an economic factor. We
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chase with each one… Readers
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and the way it pulls together • Trendy subject matter: self-discovery through hiking
and illuminates many of life’s
questions. • More than a travelogue: a practical philosophy for traveling
iovado, Journal rund um Leben and hiking
und Gesundheit
A Pocket Reader Happiness – A Pocket Reader
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Pub. Date: 2015 and a happier life
160 pages
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Ute Schaeffer Wolfgang Benz
Fake versus Fact How Germany Came
How Populists, Bots and to be Divided
Trolls are Attacking From the Capitulation
our Democracy
© Lynn Schaeffer
to the Establishment of
©private
320 pages 336 pages
the Two German States,
May 2018
UTE SCHAEFFER was chief
May 2018 1945-1949 WOLFGANG BENZ, born in
editor of Deutsche Welle and 1941, is professor emeritus
is now head of media devel- of History and was Director
Digital manipulation
opment and deputy director of the Centre for Research on
From the four zones, two nations emerged
of the DW-Akademie. She has Anti-Semitism at the Technical
The public forum has been fundamentally changed. That which begins as a
spent many years reporting University of Berlin until his
Tweet or a post practically leads to violence, and has a direct influence on At the Potsdam Conference in July and August 1945, the “Big Three” - the Bri-
from Africa, Eastern Europe retirement in 2011.
voting results. A veritable information war has started, one that is dividing our tish Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the American President Harry Truman,
and the Arab States and has
society and throwing into doubt the reliability of our democratic institutions. and the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, discussed the future borders of Europe, the
first-hand experience of many
The issue is voices, not facts. Populists and extremists need a story: with victims reparation payments, and the administration of the occupation zones. There
of the refugees’ countries of
and perpetrators, clear-cut enemies and heroes. The echo effect and opinion was little agreement on any of this, and thus, the Cold War began. In 1949, the
origin.
spaces on the internet function as biotopes for these groups. Federal Republic of Germany arose from the western zones, while the eastern
zone became the German Democratic Republic. A vivid, succinct history of the
For almost two years, Ute Schaeffer accessed and operated undercover within post-war period from the surrender through the years of occupation policies
these spaces. She describes the players behind the campaigns, analyzes the sto- and everyday existence, denazification, currency reform, and the Berlin Block-
ries, and describes the way in which the internet’s functionality intensifies the ade up to the founding of the two German states.
effectiveness of propaganda messages.
A history of post-war Germany - from a renowned modern historian
• Uncovered: the mechanisms and players behind the fake news that
manipulate public meaning
• Fascinating research in the abyss of the digital world
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rights@dtv.de www.dtv.de rights@dtv.de www.dtv.deHISTORY HISTORY
Michael Appel W. Daniel Wilson
The Final Night of the The Faustian Pact
Monarchy Goethe and the Goethe
How the Revolution and Society in the Third Reich
© Sebastian Breitkreuz
© Samantha Hart
the Munich Soviet
Republic Produced
Adolf Hitler
384 pages 400 pages
March 2018 July 2018
MICHAEL APPEL, Dr. phil., Born in the United States,
studied history, political Prof. W. DANIEL WILSON is
science and philosophy. He a Professor of German at the
works as an author and pro- University of London. He has
The centennial of the Revolution: an extraordinary historical overview Goethe, co-opted
ducer for the Bavarian Radio published various texts rela-
Corporation, focusing on both ted to Goethe’s life and work.
On November 7, 1918, the House of Wittelsbach fell from power in Bavaria, Goethe’s life is so richly documented and his life so multi-faceted that he is
modern and pre-modern They are all distinguished by a
followed in short succession by all of the other German royal houses. Prior to easily co-opted by vastly different opinion leaders. For the Goethe Society -
history. sober, unobstructed perspec-
the founding of the Republic on November 9, Kurt Eisner established the Ba- founded in 1885 in Weimar - even before the Machtergreifung in 1933, he was
tive from the outside
varian Republic as an independent state. This groundbreaking event paved the less of the enlightened humanist and more of the conservative nationalist. After
looking in.
way for the rise of National Socialism. Appel recreates the starting point of this Hitler’s rise to power, the society promoted a significantly “browner” image
historical drama through vivid memories and contemporary journal accounts. of Goethe with increasing vehemence. Eventually, the Olympian was roughly
This study describes the roots of the Revolution, the last night of the monarchy, brought into line to serve the regime’s purposes. The privileges of a designated
and the subsequent decisive days. Appel also provides a lively description of the “world role” combined with increasing entanglements yield a fascinating dra-
period of the Independent State of Bavaria through the assassination of Kurt matic curve to this story.
Eisner, the declaration of the Munich Soviet Republic, and Hitler’s initial steps
toward setting the stage for counterrevolution.
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literary society in the Third Reich
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• A cultural history of Germany in those barbaric years
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• Newly researched documents, insightfully analyzed
authors, politicians, and both influential and “ordinary” people are all
given their say
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