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FOREIGN Spring 2018 RIGHTS Kerstin Schuster Foreign Rights Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur Hilblestr. 54, 80636 München, Germany Contact: kerstin.schuster@droemer-knaur.de
CONTENT
Page Author Title
Fiction
7 Küpper, Michaela Kaltenbruch
Commercial Fiction
8 Bittl, Monika You Also Have to be Able to Let
9 Kölpin, Regine Go
10 Matisek, Marie Granny Becomes Granny
11 Vossius, Corinna A Summer Like Lime Ice Cream
12 Wuttke, Claudia Keep Looking Ahead
Weitewelt
Crime/Thriller
13 Falconi, Vitu
14 Föhr, Andreas The Corsican Burial
15 Franz/Holbe Jealousy
16 Gilbers, Harald Blood Bet
17 Hermann, Jutta Maria Death List
18 Kodiak, Frank Choose Death
19 Kraus, Christian Die First
20 Luttmer, Nora Kill What You Love
21 Martin, Pierre Dark Children
Mme le Commissaire and the
22 Tyrie, Gordon Dead Nun
Current of DeathCONTENT
Page Author Title
Destiny & Family Secrets
23 Johannson, Lena Sea Buckthorn Villa
24 Milan, Renée The Surrogate Mother
25 Ohms, Daniela Like Driftwood in a Storm
Romance
26 Becker, Lou Roses at Half Four
27 Fischer, Julia The Threads of Happiness
28 Jarré, Yvonne Rose Wine and Apple Tart
Historical Fiction
29 Beinert, Claudia + Nadja Revolution in the Heart
30 Lo Cascio, Prisca The Kingmaker‘s Game
31 Lorentz, Iny Storm Days
32 Lorne, Mac P. The Lion‘s Paws
33 Lorne, Mac P. The Lion‘s Heart
34 Lorne, Mac P. The Lion‘s Blood
35 Rehn, Heidi The Sky above our Dreams
Fantasy
36 Englert, Sylvia The Dark Word
37 Ilisch, Maja The Mirrors of Kettlewood Hall
38 Pala, Ivo Black Blood
39 Plaschka, Oliver FairwaterCONTENT
Page Author Title
Non Fiction
40 Abdel-Samad Integration
41 Baydar, Yavuz Hope Dies in the Bospurus
42 Bednarz, Liane The Fear Preachers
43 Jahn, Bruno Certain Forecasts in Uncertain
Times
44 Pinzler/Wessel Four Help the Climate
45 Schultz, Tanjev Collapse of Security
46 Sucher, C. Bernd Sucher‘s World: Film
47 Sucher, C. Bernd Sucher‘s World: Music
Psycholgy & Medicine
48 Spitzer, Manfred Loneliness
Popular Science
49 Ohl, Michael Stings and Colonies
50 Steckel, Hanno Superbly Moveable!
Biography
51 Chaussy, Ulrich Rudi Dutschke. The biography
Education
52 Nattermann, Felix Give Responsibility Back to the
ChildrenCONTENT
Page Author Title
Memoir
53 Bariedah, Kholoud No Tears for Allah
54 Mayr, Erika The City Bees
55 Samlan, Manuela + Jules Sika, The White Queen
56 Steffl, Sandra Star With Curves
Humour
57 Nunziante, Laura Cheers! Salute!
58 Uhlig, Elena Jellyfish in Majorca
Sex & Partnership
59 Zimt, Anna Some Nights I Have Somebody
ElseCONTENT
Page Author Title
Mind Body Spirit
60 Althaus / Pork Help With Diabets
61 Hirte, Martin Short and Practical Guide To
Vaccinations
62 Karlinder, Charlotte Healthy is the New Sexy
63 Lynen, Patrick Together You Are More
64 Mohr, Manfred Finally at Home with Myself
65 Rampp / Pork Help from Headaches
66 Roth/Pithan Help With Sleep Disorders
67 Seifarth, Renate Heal the Child within You
68 Seiwert, Lothar Start Your Bullet Journal
69 Shore, Jeff The Journey Starts under your Feet
70 Verma, Vinod Healthy with Ayurveda
71 Zillgens / Pork Help With Heart Complaints
72 Zimmermann, Annika Healthy and Happy
73 Zimmermann, Dorit Medicinal Plants for Women
Spiritual Fiction
74 Olvedi, Uli Behind the Snowy Mountains
75 Titles handled by AVA
76 ContactsFICTION
Michaela Küpper
Kaltenbruch
A novel exploring the wounds that caused chaos
and suffering among those traumatised by the
war
March 2018, 368 pages
A web of disappointment, fear and prejudice
Early summer 1954: An impertinent remark about The author:
his boss’s Brown Shirt past spells the end of Michaela Küpper studied sociology,
Inspector Peter Hoffmann’s dream career with the psychology, politics and education. She was
Düsseldorf criminal investigation department. He employed for many years as a project
is transferred to the provinces, which he intends manager in a publishing house and is now
to leave as soon as possible. working as a freelance author, editor and
But then, in the backwater of Kaltenbruch a illustrator.
murder occurs that stirs up emotions among the
residents. Together with his colleague Lisbeth
Pfau, Hoffmann hunts the murderer - and learns
that the wounds inflicted by the war are not only
far from healed but are also continuing to affect
the next generation. As they investigate,
Hoffmann and Pfau make some startling
discoveries.COMMERCIAL FICTION
Monika Bittl
You Also Have to be Able
to Let Go
Total sales of Monika Bittl’s work: 500,000 copies
September 2018, 256 pages
Even falling has to be learned
How life works out: The adventurous journey of The author:
three women who have really already given up Monika Bittl, born in 1963, studied
“Ich hatte mich jünger in Erinnerung” (I Thought German and Psychology and worked as a
Myself Younger) was no. 1 on the Spiegel best journalist for many years. She has been
seller chart for over 20 weeks
working as a freelance author since 1992
and very successfully writes screenplays.
In fact, Jessy, Charlotte and Wilma were grimly She was awarded the Bayerische
determined to bring their lives to an end. Fernsehpreis for ‘Sau Sticht’ in 1996.
Absolutely adamant! But somehow something Monika Bittl lives in Munich with her
always goes wrong. One afternoon when they
family.
decide to jump from a bridge, they all realise that
it goes far too deep down... Consequently, they
seek out the next petrol station to down some
Dutch courage. There the defiant trio get caught
up in an amateurish robbery. The women
spontaneously offer themselves up as hostages to
the wannabe gangsters and so starts a highly
enjoyable journey back to life.
8COMMERCIAL FICTION
Regine Kölpin
Granny Becomes Granny
Charmingly told holiday reading with lots of local
colour and loveable, quirky characters
April 2018, 288 pages
Granny runs away to Wangerooge - and ends up slap in the middle of family
mayhem
After a strange visit from her son, Granny Suse The author:
decides to run away to Wangerooge. To stop Regine Kölpin, born in 1964, lives in
feeling like a dusty old fossil, at the lighthouse she Friesland. She loves the North Sea coast,
lets the wind blow away the cobwebs. Her peace especially as she needs the rough climate, the
is shattered when Grandpa Paul arrives with his sprawling ocean and the landscapes as her
three small grandchildren who with their carefree inspiration. Regine Kölpin has received
charm cause mayhem wherever they go. Suse numerous prizes and awards. She was
intervenes rather uncivilly, but she can’t stop Paul recently nominated for the Kärtner Crime
and the children from slowly capturing her heart. Prize 2008 and in 2010 received the crime
After a number of delightfully turbulent grant Tatort Töwerland. In 2011, she was
adventures, not only is a secret eventually named one of the ‘Strong Women of
revealed but finally all misunderstandings are Friesland’. More info at: www.regine-
cleared up. koelpin.de author:
9COMMERCIAL FICTION
Marie Matisek
A Summer Like Lime Ice
Cream
• A man returns to his home in Amalfi where he
bumps into his childhood sweetheart
• Total sales of Marie Matisek’s work: 200,000 April 2018, 304 pages
copies
Enchanting coastlines, Italian sensuality and an almost forgotten love
Marco, a successful real estate lawyer, prefers to The author:
look to the future rather than dwell on the past. Marie Matisek runs a chaotic household with her
He has an illustrious career and isn’t very husband, children and animals in the idyllic
interested in his roots in Amalfi where his family surroundings of Munich. Alongside being a
has grown limes for hundreds of years. mother and an author, she enjoys her hobbies:
But then his wife suddenly wants a divorce and his cooking, ploughing her fields and helping frogs
father breaks his leg in far away southern Italy. across the road.
Fate takes Marco to Amalfi - reluctantly, and only Her coastal novels were bestsellers; with her new
for a short while or so he believes. novel, Marie Matisek takes her readers to
Nevertheless, it doesn’t take long until he is delightful Provence.
captivated by its enchanting coastline and the
sensual life in southern Italy.
And then he meets Lisabetta again, his enchanting
childhood sweetheart. Can Marco start his life
from scratch again and does he want to?
10COMMERCIAL FICTION
Corinna Vossius
Keep Looking Ahead
A group of outsiders organise funerals for people
without relatives
About life, death and inheritance: Original, sharp- August 2018, 304 pages
tongued and heart-warming
Various funerals, no weddings and a duck
The “Friends of Gertrude” society has made it The Author:
their mission to attend the funerals of people Corinna Vossius, born in 1963 in Darmstadt, has
without relatives on their last journey. At the end been living in Norway with her husband and two
of the day, nobody should have to get through their daughters since 1999. She currently works as a
burial on their own. And after the funerals, there is senior doctor in the state health system in
coffee and cake, and the odd interesting causes of Stavanger and has a research unit on the subject
death. The colourful members of the society are of Dementia. Her debut novel, ‘Seh’ ich aus, als
somewhat amazed when one day 18-year-old Inger hätt’ ich sonst nichts zu tun’, is based on her own
joins them. Her hair is dyed blue and she has a experiences as an immigrant in Norway and on
duck in tow, which she has to hide from Ms her dealings with the elderly.
Ödegaard, her employer. Should the friends tell
Inger that old and bitter Ms Ödegaard has more
than just one skeleton in her closet?
11COMMERCIAL FICTION
Claudia Wuttke
Weitewelt
• A fast-paced and charming novel about new
beginnings and self-awareness
April 2018, 336 pages
Go out into the wide world
For Annabel Wiesengrund, single mum and sales The author:
assistant, today should have been the most Claudia Wuttke lives with her family in Hamburg.
important day of her career. But everything goes Weitewelt is her second book.
wrong - and the all-important presentation doesn’t
even get started.
Instead Annabel and her young daughter, Romy,
are stuck in a small Schleswig Holstein backwater
of Weitewelt, in an enchanting old house that
captivates her more by the day so that she dares to
dream of a new start. Soon, she realises that she no
longer wants to leave because the house has
become her palace of dreams, especially when a
man shows up who at first glance appears to be
anything but a fairy-tale prince.
But her small paradise is under threat.
12CRIME / THRILLER
Vitu Falconi
The Corsican Burial
• A crime writer investigates and gets caught
between the fronts in a bloody family vendetta
• - Start of an atmospheric crime series in a new March 2018, 368 pages
setting and with plenty of thrills
Welcome to Corsica!
Picturesque beaches, rugged mountains and the The author:
last bastion of blood feuds: Vitu Falconi is the pseudonym of a German
“The Corsican Burial” by Vitu Falconi is the start author. With his thrillers and series for young
of the first holiday crime series set in Corsica and adults, which have sold over half a million copies
has plenty of thrills! and have been translated into thirteen languages,
A man dies while hunting wild boar. However, it he is a firm favourite in German light fiction. For
was not the boar that killed him. An author poses many years, he has been visiting Corsica where he
questions to his family and in doing so stumbles climbs mountains, cycles or goes sea diving. He
into a hundred-year-old blood vendetta. And he loves the people with their customs and secrets,
meets a withdrawn young woman who is the only as well as the rich flora and fauna. He returns
one who can save him from a terrible fate. every year to research his novels. Vitu Falconi lives
Welcome to Corsica, whose landscape is as with his family in Southern Germany.
archaic, as wild and as untamed as its inhabitants.
Where millions of tourists are just as much a part
of everyday life as secretive rituals, vendettas and
violence.
13CRIME / THRILLER
Andreas Föhr
Jealousy
• Sensational start to the new series: 120,000
copies of “Eisenberg” sold, 2nd position on the
Spiegel best seller chart
• - Total sales of Andreas Föhr’s works: more
June 2018, 400 pages
than 1.4 million copies
A new case for Rachel Eisenberg
A woman suspected of murder, a victim who is The author:
still alive: Volume 2 of the Rachel Eisenberg Andreas Föhr, born in 1958, studied law and
books. gained a doctorate in Munich. For many years, he
worked as a lawyer, including a stint in Nairobi,
Judith Kellermann, Rachel Eisenberg’s new client, before making a name for himself writing
is said to have murdered her partner, Eike Sandner, screenplays. His prize-winning crime novels about
out of jealousy. All evidence suggests that she is the investigating duo Wallner and Kreuthner
responsible for the explosion which killed regularly feature in the best seller charts. In
Sandner. Kellermann claims she is innocent. Rachel Eisenberg, he has now created a character
However, the story that she tells her lawyers who not only shares his legal knowledge but also
sounds decidedly strange. As Rachel prepares for the belief that everyone, guilty or not, deserves a
the trial and researches Sandner’s background, the defence counsel. Andreas Föhr lives close to
defendant finds a photo in a newspaper that she Wasserburg.
believes shows her “deceased” partner; on a Greek
island and very much alive. But before Rachel can
contact this man, he is murdered....
Rights to vol. 1, „Eisenberg“ sold to:
Italy: Fazi; Japan: Tokyo Sogensha
14CRIME / THRILLER
Andreas Franz / Daniel Holbe
Blood Bet
• All books in the Durant series have occupied
the top positions in the best seller charts
• “So gripping that you even forget to breathe
while reading it” Literaturmarkt.info
August 2018, 416 pages
Drugs, gambling, debts: Julia Durant’s 18th case The author:
Andreas Franz was the most successful German
Frankfurt: A sportsman has committed suicide. On mystery author. His books have all become
the face of it he had a spotless reputation, but after bestsellers! The author died unexpectedly in
his death dark secrets emerge from behind the March 2011.
glossy image: Drugs, gambling, large debts and an Daniel Holbe, who lives near Frankfurt, always
imminent break-up. Julia Durant wants to get to enjoyed mysteries set in that area and was
the bottom of these new discoveries, however, therefore a big Andreas Franz fan. When he
obstacles are constantly being put in her way. By offered his own mystery novel to Droemer Knaur,
chance she happens across the murder of a he was pleasantly surprised by the suggestion that
Southern European woman years ago, where he also finish Andreas Franz book “Todesmelodie”
appearances and reality also seemed to be very – which then became a bestseller. Besides his own
different. Is there a connection between the two crime novels, he is now continuing the Julia
victims? Durant series.
Separate Rights Guide on the series avaialable
15CRIME / THRILLER
Harald Gilbers
Death List
• Inspector Oppenheimer’s fourth case: A series
of murders in bomb-flattened Berlin
September 2018, 544 pages
Inspector Oppenheimer’s fourth case: A series of murders in bomb-flattened
Berlin
A brutal murder in 1946 in the milieu of the The author:
German refugees from the former eastern Harald Gilbers, born 1970, studied English and
territories History in Augsburg and Munich. He was a
television editor before becoming a director for
Berlin 1946: After the end of the war, Inspector the theater. "Germania", his first novel, has been
Oppenheimer uses his investigative intuition to awarded the Glauser Prize for the best crime
find missing persons. For this reason, he regularly debut and in 2016, the French Prix Historia for
visits the refugee camps in Berlin. When the “Odins Söhne” (Odin’s Sons).
disfigured body of an “ethnic German” refugee is Odin’s Söhne has also been shortlisted for the
found, Soviet Colonel Akasakow orders Festival Polar Cognac Prize for the best
Oppenheimer to investigate the matter. It is not international novel in 2016.
long before there are more brutal murders. Clearly
the murderers are working down a list of Nazi
henchmen in order to exact a late revenge...
“Very historically accurate, atmospherically
intense and extraordinarily exciting to boot.”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung online
Rights to previous vols. of the series sold to:
Separate Rights Guide on the series available Czech Rep.: Garamond; Denmark: Mrs. Robinson
(rights reverted) ; France: Kero; Greece:
Metaichmio; Italy: Emons; Japan: Shueisha;
Poland: DOM
16CRIME / THRILLER
Jutta Maria Herrmann
Choose Death
• A mother is sent to Hell and back for her
children - or is it the other way round?
• As cryptic as Paula Hawkins, as refined as July 2018, 336 pages
Sebastian Fitzek
“I will destroy you, I will take everything that you love. Just like you took everything from me.”
Jana Langenfeld has burned all the bridges to her The author:
former life. A loving wife and mother, she lives In the mid-eighties, Jutta Maria Herrmann was
just outside Berlin. Nobody suspects that Jana is transplanted from Germany‘s Saarland region to
not who she says she is. But one morning when Berlin. There she studied film and German
she finds the family dog dead in the garden, the literature, joined a group of squatters, and lived
fear returns and with it her memory of a long since an active night life. She has worked at a
forgotten injustice. Then Jana’s children are bookstore, as a secretary, cleaning lady, author of
kidnapped and ultimately she has to make an scripts for film dubbing, and organiser of punk
impossible decision: Either she dies or her children concerts, among other things. Today she writes
do. And Jana realises that when the past catches up for a daily newspaper and lives just outside of
with you, the present becomes Hell on earth... Berlin. Hotline is her first psychological thriller.
“Top psychological thriller!” Super Illu on
“Amnesia”
“Jutta Maria Herrmann expertly understands how
to allow peril to slowly and impressively creep
into everyday life.” Schwäbische Zeitung
17CRIME / THRILLER
Frank Kodiak
Die First
• A deadly game of cat and mouse between a
psychopathic murderer and his desperate
victims
• For readers of Sebastian Fitzek, Steve Mosby
and Stephen King May 2018, 352 pages
Only death shall part you
A duplicitous killer gives his victims a horrible choice
38-year-old detective Nora Jacobi is confronted The author:
with a case that pushes her to her limits. A killer Frank Kodiak is the alias for Andreas Winkelmann,
disguised as a clergyman kidnaps couples whose born in 1968, who has published several thrillers
marriages are on the rocks. Then he ties them to with Rowolt (rororo), amongst them the bestseller
stretchers in separate rooms and forces them to Death Book, Die Zucht and Kill Game. He
make a deadly decision. Only the partner who developed his passion for thrilling and creepy
betrays the other one with a mobile phone call will stories from an early age. Before publishing his
survive. Otherwise, they shall both die. Nora first book, he initially worked as a soldier, PE
desperately tries to uncover the identity of the teacher, taxi driver, insurance salesman and
killer - and does not realise that she is becoming freelance editor. He lives near Bremen with his
more and more entangled in the web that the family – in a secluded house on the edge of the
psychopath has spun. forest. More information about Andreas
Winkelmann at andreaswinkelmann.com.
18CRIME / THRILLER
Christian Kraus
Kill What You Love
• As a psychotherapist and psychiatrist, the
author is an expert in this field
August 2018, 384 pages
Don’t trust anybody, especially not yourself
Her face is so beautiful. She is wearing lipstick, a The author:
deep red. Her skin is pale and as thin as tracing Christian Kraus was born in 1971 in Hamburg.
paper. After studying medicine and completing a
Vulnerable. doctorate at Universität Hamburg, he worked for
A shame that you can’t see her. many years as a doctor and research associate at
the Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Psychiatry
I’m no poet. But you can surely imagine what I
and Psychotherapy at the University Medical
mean. Like a large drop of blood on fresh snow.
Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
A murderer is on the loose in Hamburg. Driven by
He has been a specialist in psychiatry and
an old promise from the dark past, at first he kills
psychotherapy since 2006 and he now runs his
cats and then graduates to people.
own psychotherapy and psychoanalysis practice in
The young detective, Alexander Pustin, is starting Hamburg.
his job in the murder squad. He meets the aloof
Christian Kraus is married with one daughter.
pathologist, Luise Kellermann and feels strangely
drawn to her.
As a result, he triggers a fateful chain of events.
A cryptic psychological thriller about a split
personality and the psychological profile of a
disturbed soul.
19CRIME / THRILLER
Nora Luttmer
Dark Children
• Unusual settings, characters with depth and a
gripping storyline
• - Dark metropolitan thriller for readers of
Ursula Poznanski, Ule Hansen or Kristina
May 2018, 320 pages
Ohlsson
The page-turner that gets under your skin: Two youths in the sights of the
drugs mafia
Nearly two years ago, the body of a Vietnamese The author:
boy was found in a clearing to the north of Nora Luttmer (born in 1973 in Cologne) lives in
Hamburg. To date, the child has not been Hamburg and works as an author and freelance
identified. He was a “ghost”: Illegal and without journalist. She read South East Asia studies with a
family in Germany, not registered anywhere and focus on Vietnam in Passau, Hanoi and Paris.
not missed by anyone. But now the bodies of two Subsequently, she completed a postgraduate
men have been discovered in the same place. The course in journalism in Mainz. Since the mid
young detective Mia Paulsen does all she can to 1990s, she regularly spends long periods of time
solve both crimes. She has no idea that she is in Hanoi. She speaks English, French and
stirring up a hornets’ nest and putting other Vietnamese. The author is a member of the
children in danger by following a clue to an old, “Syndikat” group of German crime writers. Her
seemingly abandoned overground bunker in début novel, “Schwarze Schiffe” was nominated
Hamburg. for the Glauserpreis in 2014. www.noraluttmer.de
20CRIME / THRILLER
Pierre Martin
Mme le Commissaire and
the Dead Nun
• Provencal flair, loveable characters and a
ruthless murder - perfect holiday reading, not
just for those who are France-bound
April 2018, 384 pages
Scenic meets slaughter
From the edge of a steep cliff, where you can The author:
normally enjoy the sunset under the tall Aleppo Behind the pseudonym Pierre Martin hides an
pines, Isabelle Bonnet is greeted by a sight that is author who has made a name for himself with
anything but idyllic. novels set in France and Italy. He has acquired a
A woman, unmistakably in a habit, is lying on the new identity for his protagonist Madame le
beach. The worst fears are quickly confirmed: the Commissaire.
nun is no longer alive. When collecting rare
medicinal plants, she evidently lost her footing and
fell to her death. In any case that is the police’s
(overhasty) conclusion.
However, Madame le Commissaire does not trust
her colleagues’ initial deductions - and she is right.
She starts investigating in the lonely, but
picturesquely situated monastery in the Massif des
Maures and quickly has more than one suspect.
But who would really go so far as to murder a
nun?
“He takes the reader on the journey with all their
senses: smell, sight, sound and touch. And that is
exactly what Pierre Martin does from the very first
page.” SR3 Sommerkrimis
Separate Rights Guide on the series available
21CRIME / THRILLER
Gordon Tyrie
Current of Death
• A skilful play on morality and humanity with a
good helping of cynicism
• For fans of films such as Local Hero or The
American March 2018, 384 pages
Three contract killers and an island full of troublemakers
After botching a really big job, three Glaswegian The author:
contract killers are left with just one option and Gordon Tyrie, born in 1966 in Renfrewshire,
that is to flee disguised as nature-loving tourists to Scotland, grew up on a farm and originally wanted
the sparse yet beautiful Hebridean island of Jura. to be a vet. He studied law and worked as a court
Their cover gets blown, but Jura’s reclusive reporter before he began writing. “Current of
inhabitants appear ready to do a deal with them. At Death” is his first book.
the end of the day, they have to prevent a
millionaire redeveloping the island into a golf
club. It would all be fine, if it weren’t for an
unscrupulous police chief and that criminal
politician whom the three of them should have
actually done away with...
22DESTINY / FAMILY
SECRETS
Lena Johannson
Sea Buckthorn Villa
• Love, jealousy and a happy ending - the
charming sequel to “Sanddornsommer”
• -Includes inspiring recipes
• Total sales of Lena Johannson’s work: 250,000
June 2018, 400 pages
copies
A dream of Rügen: Treat yourself to some time-out in the “Sea Buckthorn
Villa”
Spring is on the march in Rügen and small, yellow The author:
flowers are blossoming throughout Niklas and Lena Johannson was born in Reinbek near
Franziska’s sea buckthorn plantation. But as the Hamburg in 1967. After finishing school, she
days grow longer and warmer, Niklas’ workload trained as a bookseller before moving into
also increases. Requests are piling up for tourism. She was later able to combine her two
Franziska’s coaching that she offers Rügen passions – writing and travelling – in her job as a
holidaymakers in a lovingly renovated little house travel journalist. Sometime ago Lena Johannson
on the edge of the plantation. When Niklas takes fulfilled one of her dreams and moved to the
on a very pretty new employee, and Franziska’s Baltic Sea.
best friend flees to Rügen from her cheating
husband, the harmony on the island is knocked
badly off balance. Can Franziska and Niklas find
their way back to each other?
23DESTINY / FAMILY
SECRETS
Renée Milan
The Surrogate Mother
• Sensitive, women’s interest novel featuring a
surrogate mother and her “employer” who
together ultimately find new hope
• - Highly emotional novel for readers of Marie
Force and Marc Levy July 2018, 464 pages
When fates collide
Daniela had never thought she would be capable of The author:
anything like it! When after a prison sentence, she Renee Milan, born in Franconia, lives and works
is literally left with nothing, the offer from Lisbeth with her husband in Munich and travels often in
Siebert, a rich widow, appears to be her only way order to get to know the people and places about
out. Lisbeth is looking for a surrogate mother to which she writes.
bear the child of her son, who is on his deathbed.
Unsuspectingly Daniela gets caught up in a bitter
inheritance dispute over the business empire,
which also places her in danger. Soon she is also
no longer able to regard the small being in her
stomach as someone else's child. However, over
time even Lisbeth understands that Daniela is
more than just a useful pawn.
24DESTINY / FAMILY
SECRETS
Daniela Ohms
Like Driftwood in a Storm
• A touching love story against the backdrop of
hunger and poverty in post-war Germany
April 2018, 544 pages
Love and hope in times of need
A tiny, unheated attic room of a farm in Schleswig The author:
Holstein has been Hannah’s home since she was Daniela Ohms was born in 1978 in Rheda-
evacuated from Hamburg. In one single night of Wiedenbrück in North Rhine-Westphalia. She
bombing, she lost her entire family. When more grew up on a Westphalian farm, whose attic holds
refugees arrive at the overcrowded farm, Hannah her family history dating back 500 years. So it is
has to share her room and a miracle happens. no wonder that she already started writing in her
Moritz, the half-starved soldier, pulls her out of youth. Later, she majored in literature with minors
her lethargy. With him, she collects driftwood on in history and psychology.
the beach to heat the farm. With him, she wants to
survive the Hunger Winter. But as they grow
closer and start telling each other their stories,
Hannah finds out that Moritz cannot stay...
25ROMANCE
Lou Becker
Roses at Half Four
• A love story that gives you courage to live your
dreams
• For all women who have ever yearned for a
secret admirer
July 2018, 304 pages
Romantic, cheeky and full of joie de vivre
The children have flown the nest, and her husband The author:
was not far behind them. Suddenly, Marlene’s only Lou Becker - just shy of 50 - lives in Munich and is
company is her hip measurements, which in return a single mother of two almost adult twin sons. In
are expanding by the day! When one day the 49- order to earn the necessary small change to keep
year-old finds a scented bouquet of roses on her her fast-growing, constantly hungry and soon to
doorstep, she decides to just enjoy them. She be studying offspring, she writes for consumer
doesn’t think much about the secret admirer, but magazines, copywrites for advertising and PR
the next day there is another bouquet on her agencies and manages the reception of a
doorstep. As her curiosity grows, so does her medium-sized business consultancy on a part time
courage to try the things that for far too long she basis.
had only dreamt of. Despite all her efforts she
cannot find out who her secret admirer is - until
one day a miracle happens.
Charming and uplifting reading for all women,
who are not as young as they once were.
“Roses at Half Four” is a homage to the mystery
man who, just under a year ago, anonymously sent
her a breathtaking bunch of flowers to her home
one afternoon at half four.
26ROMANCE
Julia Fischer
The Threads of Happiness
• A woman who finds her inner self and meets
the love of her life on the way
April 2018, 384 pages
Elegant clothes, strong emotions, Italy and the love of her life
She knows the allure of opulent fabrics and radiant The author:
colours. Turin dressmaker Carlotta Calma has Julia Fischer (born 1966) is an actress living in
followed in the footsteps of her mother, a Munich with her husband and three children. She
wardrobe director at the Turin opera, and has has also recorded numerous audiobooks.
dedicated herself to the subtle art of changing
people through their clothing. Carlotta designs
clothes for every situation in life and sews secret
messages under the lining, intended to send her
customers on a journey of self-discovery. For
Carlotta, one thing is certain: There is no such
thing as an ugly woman; every woman is beautiful
and desirable in her own way.
Even Carlotta has changed since her youth; from
an ugly duckling a Baroque beauty has emerged.
Her childhood crush is enchanted by her and she
thinks her dreams are coming true. But is her crush
really the love of her life?
27ROMANCE
Yvonne Jarré
Rose Wine and Apple Tart
• A heart-warming novel about grief and the
courage to be happy again
• Charming reading for fans of Nina George,
Nicolas Barreau and Anna Gavalda
June 2018, 304 pages
Sometimes you find happiness in your front garden
Alexandra, 37, has her job and children under The author:
control - and also her emotions, which she has Yvonne Jarré (born in 1967) is an author from
simply repressed since the death of her husband. Hamburg who has published several novels under
Even the wonderfully located holiday cottage in a pseudonym. She travels to Paris as much as
Languedoc cannot change that. possible with her husband and two children to
It is only when a misunderstanding leads Nick, a dream of owning her own flat there. A property
journalist, and his children to Alexandra’s garden ad, as well as her weakness for heavy American
that her façade starts to crumble. Alexandra motorcycles inspired her to write this novel.
discovers a totally new feeling of lightness at
unplanned barbecue parties and on motorbike rides
through the endless vineyards and scented
lavender fields. But then one morning, the children
have disappeared and Alexandra blames her
feelings for Nick...
28HISTORICAL FICTION
Claudia & Nadja Beinert
Revolution in the Heart
• The story of the rise of a simple woman, who
would become the most intimate confidante of
the great German revolutionary
• -Celebrating the 200th birthday of Karl Marx
on 5th May 2018 April 2018, 480 pages
Karl Marx, a simple girl and a forbidden love
In times of deadly poverty and exploitation, The author:
Lenchen Demuth has to enter into service at a Dr Claudia Beinert, born in 1978, was born and
young age. At the home of the Marx family, she raised in Strassfurt just like her twin sister Nadja.
becomes a close friend of the lady of the house, Claudia studies International Management in
Jenny, and also quickly becomes a confidante of Magdeburg, worked as a consultant for several
the great philosopher Karl Marx. With fascination, years and had a professorship for financial
she follows his studies and soon realises that they management. She lives and writes in Erfurt and
are relevant to her own life. Würzburg. Nadja Beinert also studied
But then Lenchen falls hopelessly in love with International Management and has worked in the
Karl Marx. When she falls pregnant, not only her film industry for many years. The younger of the
friendship with Jenny but also the work of Marx twin sisters lives in Erfurt.
and Engels are at stake.
With deep historical knowledge, the Beinert sisters
have woven fact and fiction into an empathetic
novel about a secret love.
29HISTORICAL FICTION
Prisca Lo Cascio
The Kingmaker‘s Game
• A simple soldier and a young noblewoman are
caught in the crossfire
• One of the most exciting chapters of medieval
German history, opulently told
• -For all readers of Rebecca Gablé’s “Das Haupt
March 2018, 560 pages
der Welt”
Love and intrigue at the court of King Henry the Fowler
Frankfurt 911: On his deathbed, King Ludwig IV The author:
summons the noblemen and princes of the East Priska Lo Cascio, born in 1972, is fascinated by the
Franconian Empire. Among the many who travel culture, history and language of the Early Middle
to select the king are Liuthar, the Saxon warrior, Ages in Germany. When she is not writing, she is
and Sarhild, a Franconian noblewoman whose often found happily browsing wonderfully dusty
family has fallen out of favour with the king. history archives or trying her hand at learning out
Unawares, the couple become the princes’ pawns. of the ordinary languages. She lives with her
The powerful men of the empire elect Konrad of husband and son in Zurich.
Franconia as the new king thus slighting Henry,
the future Duke of Saxony and Liuthar’s
countryman. Henry then seeks revenge. At the
same time, Sarhild learns that the sick king did not
die a natural death. In a world in which everyone
betrays each other, Sarhild and Liuthar have only
one option: to promote the rise of Henry.
30HISTORICAL FICTION
Iny Lorentz
Storm Days
• A young woman caught in the turmoil of the
1848 March Revolution
• Iny Lorentz captures yet another century
• Total sales of Iny Lorentz’s works: over 13
million April 2018, 624 pages
She was betrayed and sold. Now she is taking back control of her life!
The first of the new best-selling trilogy by Iny The author:
Lorentz Two authors from Munich are behind the
pseudonym Iny Lorentz, whose first historical
As an illegitimate daughter of the lord of the novel ‘Die Kastratin’ delighted readers
castle, the young maiden Resa cannot expect much straightaway. With ‘Die Wanderhure’ they had
grace from her mistress, Rodegard. their breakthrough; the novel attained more than
Unintentionally, she also disrupts the wedding a million readers. Since then, bestseller has
plans that Rodegard is making for her own followed bestseller. Iny Lorentz’s novels have been
daughter. Without further ado, Rodegard has the sold in numerous countries. The film adaptations
girl taken to a Berlin brothel. Stigmatised as a of their ‘Wanderhure’- novels and more recently
prostitute, Resa is considered to be the scum of the ‘Pilgerin’ have delighted millions of television
society. However, during the bloody barricade viewers. In the spring of 2014, Iny Lorentz was
fights of the 1848 March Revolution, an injured awarded the ‘Ehrenhomerpreis’ for their special
young man suddenly appears outside the locked merits in the sector historical novel. Visit the
doors of the brothel and asks Resa for help. Is authors’ hompage: www.inys-und-elmars-
Friedrich Resa’s chance to take back control of her romane.de
life and exercise her revenge on Rodegard?
31HISTORICAL FICTION
Mac P. Lorne
The Lion‘s Paws
• Also in cinemas from September 2018: Robin
Hood: Origins with Jamie Foxx and Fifty Shades
of Grey star Jamie Dornan
• For readers of Bernard Cornwell, Rebecca
Gablé and Simon Scarrow
May 2018, 736 pages
Old legends - new adventures
Robin Hood is back! The author:
The true story of Robin Hood - retold by Mac P. Lorne was born in 1957. He grew up in the
acclaimed author Mac P. Lorne former East Germany, for political reasons he
chose to study veterinary medicine rather than
history and literature and later horse breeding and
How it all began! The brilliant start to the series
sport. In the spring of 1988, he managed to flee to
about the Prince of Thieves. Fast-paced and
West Germany. Together with his wife and
accurately researched by best-selling author Mac
daughter he established a riding and breeding
P. Lorne.
farm in Bavaria, from which riders from the
England 1110, young guardsman Robert Fitzooth Olympic team secured their young blood. Today
is appointed as the personal bodyguard to Princess he lives at the foot of a medieval castle in one of
Matilda of England, who is to marry the German the largest forest regions in Europe. English
King Henry V. At her side he crosses the Alps, history is the author’s great passion.
arrives in Rome, becomes involved in the dispute
between the German Emperor and the Curia, and
is forced to fight in a decade long civil war.
However, he also finds the love of his life and his
grandchild will one day bear a name known
throughout the world - Robin Hood.
Mac P. Lorne impressively guides the reader
through 12th Century Europe, from the courts of
emperors and popes to the huts of the common
people and deep into Sherwood Forest.
32HISTORICAL FICTION
Mac P. Lorne
The Lion‘s Heart
• Also in cinemas from September 2018: Robin
Hood: Origins with Jamie Foxx and Fifty Shades
of Grey star Jamie Dornan
• For readers of Bernard Cornwell, Rebecca
Gablé and Simon Scarrow July 2018, 640 pages
Old legends - new adventures
Robin Hood is back! The author:
The true story of Robin Hood - retold by Mac P. Lorne was born in 1957. He grew up in the
acclaimed author Mac P. Lorne former East Germany, for political reasons he
chose to study veterinary medicine rather than
history and literature and later horse breeding and
The dramatic sequel to “The Lion’s Paws” about
sport. In the spring of 1988, he managed to flee to
the legendary Robin Hood.
West Germany. Together with his wife and
England 1189 - Two men meet in Sherwood Forest daughter he established a riding and breeding
and their fates will be intertwined for many years. farm in Bavaria, from which riders from the
They are Robert of Loxley, called Robin Hood, Olympic team secured their young blood. Today
and Richard I, the future king of England. he lives at the foot of a medieval castle in one of
In order to be pardoned, the outlaws accompany the largest forest regions in Europe. English
the king on his crusade to the Holy Land. When history is the author’s great passion.
Robin and his Merry Men return to England after
the hard battles, hunger and mutiny, they sadly do
not find peace. A huge ransom is being demanded
for the king who is held prisoner and not everyone
is prepared to pay it.
Once again Robin Hood and his Merry Men must
set out on a long and dangerous journey that leads
them deep into the German Empire...
33HISTORICAL FICTION
Mac P. Lorne
The Lion‘s Blood
• Also in cinemas from September 2018: Robin
Hood: Origins with Jamie Foxx and Fifty Shades
of Grey star Jamie Dornan
• For readers of Bernard Cornwell, Rebecca
Gablé and Simon Scarrow September 2018, 576 pages
Old legends - new adventures
Robin Hood is back! The author:
The true story of Robin Hood - retold by Mac P. Lorne was born in 1957. He grew up in the
acclaimed author Mac P. Lorne former East Germany, for political reasons he
England in the Middle Ages: The third book in the chose to study veterinary medicine rather than
Robin Hood saga by Mac P. Lorne - extensively history and literature and later horse breeding and
researched, full of suspense and fast-paced. The sport. In the spring of 1988, he managed to flee to
sequel to the “The Lion’s Heart” - the King of West Germany. Together with his wife and
Thieves returns. daughter he established a riding and breeding
farm in Bavaria, from which riders from the
For many years, Robin Hood and his wife Marian
Olympic team secured their young blood. Today
have lived anonymously in Gascony at the
he lives at the foot of a medieval castle in one of
command of Queen Eleanor in order to protect
the largest forest regions in Europe. English
King Richard’s illegitimate son, Fulke. When
history is the author’s great passion.
England is in danger, William Marshal calls the
outcasts to return. However, before Robin can
roam through his beloved Sherwood Forest again,
he must first go to war against the Moors in Spain.
Meanwhile back at home in England, King John
continues his monstrous deeds unchecked. But not
for long.
34HISTORICAL FICTION
Heidi Rehn
The Sky above our Dreams
• A young female architect with Jewish roots in
post-war Munich
• Total sales of Heidi Rehn’s work: more than
350,000 copies April 2018, 464 pages
Love caught between a family’s guilt and a new start
Munich in the early fifties: Returning to her The author:
beloved hometown is a dream come true for the Heidi Rehn, born 1966, is a freelance journalist
young architect Vera Cohn. She wants to help and author. She studied history, German studies,
shape its reconstruction and fulfil her desire for a business administration and communication
peaceful future, even though this is the country science. Afterwards she taught at Munich’s
where she had suffered so much. When she and her Ludwig-Maximilians- University before joining a
colleague Arthur fall in love, her happiness PR agency. She lives in Munich with her husband
appears perfect. Full of enthusiasm, they make and two children.
plans for the future. However, Vera, the Jewess
who returned from exile, is haunted by memories.
The past divides them - and also the question of
Arthur’s and his family’s guilt...
35FANTASY
Sylvia Englert
The Dark Wood
• The great magical epic on love, morality and
saving an exotic fantasy kingdom
• - For readers of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard
or Michael J. Sullivan
March 2018, 400 pages
He was the greatest magician of his generation - The author:
until he ventured too far into the darkness. Sylvia Englert studied English, American and
But how far does he have to go to save his German language and literature and has worked
homeland? as a journalist for newspapers, including
Süddeutsche Zeitung. Her fantasy novels for young
adults under the pseudonym Katja Brandis (the
The Orchid Kingdom of Skaidar is in grave
Woodwalkers series) are currently storming the
danger: An army accompanied by sinister glass
SPIEGEL best seller chart. When she is not
blade warriors has assembled on its northern
travelling the world, she lives close to Munich
border and at the same time, a strange spell
with her husband, son and three cats.
emanating from the capital is turning large parts of
the country to crystal. There is only one person
who can help now and so Idassa, the highest
magician and counsel to the King, sends a
desperate cry of help to her former mentor,
Terwyn. However, he swore to never practice
magic again after he caused irreparable damage...
36FANTASY
Maja Ilisch
The Mirrors of Kettlewood
Hall
• Dark, romantic Gothic fantasy set in Victorian
England
• - As eerie as Tim Burton, as gripping as Libba
Bray April 2018, 448 pages
What lives behind the mirrors of Kettlewood Hall?
Creepy movements in the mirrors and an The author:
enchanted game of chess: A chess piece, her only Maja Ilisch, born in 1975 in Dortmund, studied
inheritance from her mother, brings young Iris to public library science in Cologne and subsequently
Kettlewood Hall. As it happens, she receives a completed a qualification as a bookseller. After
much friendlier welcome than an illegitimate several positions in book sales, publishing and the
daughter of a maid can expect. There is great joy library sector, she now works as a freelance
at the return of the figure; in particular Victor, the author. As well as writing, she runs the
son of the Earl, is very pleased. However, the “Tintenzirkel” fantasy authors’ forum. Maja Ilisch
behaviour of the house’s residents soon starts to lives close to Aachen with her husband.
appear odd. When Iris discovers the chess set that
the knight belongs to, she makes a move that by
the next day has already been answered. Iris
doesn’t realise that she is playing with her life -
and also Victor’s life.
37FANTASY
Ivo Pala
Black Blood
• Impressive imagery and action-packed: A dark
story of revenge in the world of eternal night
• Stand-alone dark fantasy thriller by
screenwriter Ivo Pala
May 2018, 400 pages
A world descended into eternal night
A warrioress in search of vengeance
What is the life of an individual worth in a world The author:
where crops wither in the eternal night and Ivo Pala writes thrillers, fantasy as well as film and
freezing temperatures, where people starve on the television screenplays and theatre scripts. The sea
streets and where a fierce war over the last plays a key role in this series and to be sure of
resources has erupted. The warrioress Szuma capturing its mood to the best effect, he
doesn’t have much time to grieve for her murdered deliberately moved from Berlin to the coast for his
lover. Driven by a hate darker than the night itself, work on the ‘Dark World Saga’.
she hunts for the killer despite the chaos and
destruction. She is in search of the one thing that
even the end of the world can’t stop her from
having: Revenge!
38FANTASY
Oliver Plaschka
Fairwater
• Awarded the Deutscher Phantastik Preis: Now
as an attractive new edition
• Urban fantasy for readers of Neil Gaiman and
fans of clever mysteries à la “Twin Peaks” April 2018, 480 pages
Would you dare visit somewhere that is only as real as you’d like to believe?
In order to investigate the death of a friend, a The author:
young reporter enters a world between dreams and Oliver Plaschka (born in 1975 in the Roman city of
reality. Speyer, Germany) is a graduate of the University
Welcome to Fairwater, the Venice of Maryland, of Heidelberg and a freelance writer and
with its darks canals and stone bridges. Gloria, a translator. In 2008 his debut, “Fairwater”, won the
reporter from Washington, winds up in this town Deutscher Phantastik Preis in 2008 for the best
with its cast of strange characters in order to attend first novel.
the funeral of her friend, Marvin. Marvin, she is
told, lived in a dream world full of fantasy
creatures and eventually took his own life. Gloria’s
professional curiosity is awakened when his body
is not found. She probes further and further into
the secrets of Fairwater and in doing so has to
confront forces whose existence she would never
have believed in a few days earlier.
39NON-FICTION
Hamed Abdel-Samad
Integration – A Record of
Failure
• Debate book by the leading critic of Islam:
Integration is the key issue in all Western
societies
• - Total sales of Hamed Abdel-Samad’s work: April 2018, 272 pages
500,000 copies
Holding the integration refuseniks on both sides to account
In the past decades, millions of Muslims have The author:
come to Germany as foreign workers, mainly from Hamed Abdel-Samad was born in 1972 near Cairo
Turkey, or as refugees from Syria or other and studied English, French, Japanese and Politics.
countries in the Middle East. Hamed Abdel-Samad He worked for USESCO, at the Institute for Islamic
scrutinises the policies that have counteracted Culture at the University of Erfurt and at the
integration for too long and the Muslims who have Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the
barricaded themselves into parallel societies. University of Munich. Abdel-Samad is a member
German Turks support Erdogan and Muslims born of the German Islam Conference and is
in Europe commit terrorist attacks. Hamed Abdel- considered to be one of the most renowned Islam
Samad names and shames the elements of Islamic intellectuals in the German-speaking area. His
culture that prevent integration. However, he also autobiography ‘My Farewell from Heaven’ caused
scrutinises the European integration lies. Those quite a stir (Knaur paperback 2010): ‘That which
who have spoken of “foreign workers” for decades he expects from his fellow citizens, he has done
are preventing integration so they shouldn’t himself: Enlightenment through breach of taboo.’
wonder about the existence of parallel societies. ZDF-Aspekte.
Those who close their eyes to differences in
culture, mentality and religion will fail in their
efforts. Abdel-Samad puts together a catalogue of Rights to „The Islamic Fascism“ (Der islamishe
demands on politicians and on society because the Faschismus) have been sold to:
topic of integration will be decisive for the future Bulgaria: Gutoranov; Czech Rep.: Euromedia;
of Germany. Estonia: Johannes Esto; France: Grasset;
Hungary: Művelt Nép; Italy: Garzanti; Korea:
Separate Rights Guide on the author available. Geulhangari; Norway: Document; Sweden: Rosa
Alba; USA: Prometheus
40NON-FICTION
Yavuz Baydar
Hope Dies in the Bosporus
• The conditions for Erdogan’s rise to become
dictator
• - 40 years of Turkish contemporary history told
first hand June 2018, 272 pages
Why democracy doesn’t stand a chance in Turkey
- “Turkey is heading towards a Gestapo regime.” The author:
Can Dündar, former editor in chief of Cumhuriyet Yavuz Baydar is a journalist and prominent critic of
- “The day will come when Turkey explodes.” Erdogan’s policies. Born in Istanbul in 1956, he
Yavuz Baydar emigrated after the 1980 military putsch and has
worked for the BBC World Service, among others.
In 1994, he returned to Turkey where he worked
At the turn of the century, it was hoped that Turkey
as a newspaper journalist and as editor in chief of
was finally on its way to Europe. The tiger on the
a radio station. In 2016, Baydar emigrated 30
Bosporus was not only economically strengthened,
hours after the putsch in order to avoid
but Western values and a Western lifestyle were
imprisonment. In Germany, Baydar became
also becoming increasingly popular. However,
famous for the “Türkischen Chronik”, which he
Erdogan’s rapid rise to power undid this. After the
writes for Süddeutsche Zeitung.
putsch in July 2016, thousands of people were
arrested and media outlets critical of the regime
were silenced. How could this happen? Yavuz
Baydar, one of the leading Turkish journalists,
describes the developments between the military
putsches in 1980 and 2016, and explains what
Erdogan’s reign means for Turkey, its NATO
partners and the EU member states - a disturbing
analysis.
“Turkey is heading towards a Gestapo regime.”
Can Dündar, former editor in chief of Cumhuriyet
41NON-FICTION
Liane Bednarz
The Fear Prayers
• A ring-wing network fights against pluralism,
freedom and tolerance
April 2018, 256 pages
The author is a sought-after speaker in media and church circles
Unnoticed by the public, right-wing Christians The author:
have been on the rise for years. They are Liane Bednarz is a doctor of law and a publicist
increasingly gaining influence in the political with a focus on populism and religious
parties, in editorial departments of newspapers and movements. Her articles have appear in
in the national churches. The fight against an Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, in Christ
alleged “Islamisation” and campaigns against und Welt, in Tagesspiegel, in The European and
“marriage for all”, equality, abortion and the so- others. In 2014, she was awarded the Goldener
called “gender madness” are the main issues in this Maulwurf prize for features. Liane Bednarz lives in
crusade. Liane Bednarz has been monitoring the Hamburg, where she works as a lawyer. Her
scene for years. In her book, she names the discussion with a politician from the AfD was the
players, describes their convictions and goals, and biggest media event at the Evangelischer
warns of the social implications of their success. Kirchentag in 2017 in Berlin, with the exception of
the appearance of Barack Obama.
42NON-FICTION
Bruno Jahn
Certain Forecasts in
Uncertain Times
• Accurate forecasts can be learned by every
individual
• Thus, the future can be better planned
April 2018, 256 pages
Precise predictions are possible - even in economics and politics
Bruno Jahn is one of the four German super The author:
forecasters Bruno Jahn, born in 1982, read Islamic studies,
North American studies and international
Only a few people in the world can predict future relations. In 2011, he participated in the Good
events with a higher likelihood than the experts. Judgement Project (GJP), a training programme
Bruno Jahn is one of these super forecasters. In his for amateurs that was developed in cooperation
book, he explains how people like him are with the American secret services, was led by the
different in their way of thinking. He explains in psychologist Philip Tetlock and had input from
which traditions the art of forecasting and Daniel Kahneman. In 2013, Jahn was distinguished
probability calculation are rooted and how the as a super forecaster on the grounds of his
abstract findings of great thinkers are reflected in excellent predictions. Since 2015, he has been
economics and politics today. However, above all offering consultancy services for forecasting as a
Jahn reveals how each one of us can increase our freelance entrepreneur.
ability to predict the future. He shows what errors
in reasoning we mere mortals are often taken in by
and the importance of the considered handling of
information.
43NON-FICTION
Petra Pinzler / Günther Wessel
Four Help the Climate
• Self-experiment in sustainable living
• For readers of Naomi Klein, Harald Lesch and
Harald Welzer
• We help the climate: The book meets the strict
requirements for The Blue Angel certification March 2018, 304 pages
Climate protection: One family takes the real-life test
“We are the good ones. Or so we thought. And The author:
when we believe that, we soon stop thinking about Petra Pinzler was a reporter for Zeit in the USA
it. Until we investigate our ecological footprint and Brussels. Since 2007, she has been a Berlin
and find that we too are to blame for climate correspondent for politics and economics.
change. If we want to limit the temperature Together with two colleagues she was awarded
increase to two degrees, then we also have to the Otto-Brenner-Preis for critical journalism for a
reduce our CO2 consumption. But how is it done? report on free trade/TTIP.
What kind of a life is it? Is a stored organic apple Günther Wessel has worked for more than 20
more climate-friendly than an organic apple from years as a freelance journalist and editor. He has
Chile? What is better, pork or beef? Plane or car?” written numerous non-fiction books and radio
A family of four attempted to live a climate- features for all large German radio broadcasters.
friendly life and to reach good compromises in
day-to-day life. They researched and kept a
housekeeping book of their climate sins. In this
entertaining report on their self-experiment, they
explain what works and what doesn’t, what is
really effective, what is fun and what experiences
they have gained.
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