Each morning when he woke he was lying with his head on her pillow. Can the love of two young people build a bridge over guilt and trauma after the Balkan War?Robert loves Ana and Ana loves Robert. ...

About seas and coasts, rivers and harbours, wrecks and divers and the pleasure of catching a fish. Siegfried Lenz’s best sea stories collected into one volume by Hanjo Kesting. Lenz, who ...

Spielmann wants to change his life, but something always gets in the way, above all his memories.‘The ocean stretched out in front of him. It belonged to him alone; he knew for sure that he ...

‘When God gets bored in heaven, he opens the window and looks at the Paris boulevards.’ Heinrich HeineHeinrich Heine lived and worked in Paris for 25 years. His descriptions have left ...

The anguished Kafka, the poet who left his mark on literature all over the world – in the view of Marcel Reich-Ranicki.‘Kafka only wanted to write about himself but in so doing he made ...

Revenge which finds no rest in death: In her superbly crafted novel Alexandra Kui conjures up evil spirits.Lübeck, 1942. A man is buried alive – by his own children. 60 years later the ...

The incredible adventures of Björn Hasenscharte, a country boy from Schleswig-Holstein, who is blessed with the life-saving gift of storytelling. Never have the times of the Vikings been ...

The confessions of Simon Gronewech of Lübeck, told by himself in 1402, the year of his death: Hansen’s novel is a rich portrait of customs and morals in the early period of the Hanseatic ...

‘A new, fascinating fantasy world – from a promising storyteller!’ – Michael Peinkofer, author of Die Zauberer (The Sorcerers)In a distant fortress there lies a treasure ...

The destruction of the kingdom of Algarad is imminent. The spectacular second part of the fantasy saga.The seal of darkness has vanished. The former sorcerer’s apprentice Tenan was unable to ...

Birds of a feather flock together and they have the best long-term prospects. But there is a greater erotic tension between dissimilar people. Older woman and young man, princess and bad lot, ...

How does one cope with traumas and the inner wounds they have caused? Answer: the only way is to talk. ‘When I tell my audience that I can’t speak any more everyone understands. They ...

Karl-Heinz Kurras is just the tip of the iceberg: How the Federal Republic was infiltratedThe probably accidental discovery of a file in spring 2009 demonstrates that the post-war history of the ...

An exceptional woman at the side of a great German inventor. He has the knowledge, she is the driving force. When he is in doubt, she presses forward: Bertha Benz. She was the first woman in the ...

Infallible strategies for success from a leading German coach.Knowing what one’s body betrays – the theatre and opera director Stefan Spies expounds a strategy for using the feeling for ...

How Switzerland is itself destroying its most valuable possession – and bringing out money-launderers all over the world in a sweat.In 1934 Switzerland started its secret banking in order to ...

Even kissing doesn’t help. He won’t turn into a prince. Mr. Right is always the wrong one.Liars, cheats, serial criminals and perverts. They all find their way into the completely ...

Children are little monsters and very, very, exhausting. A book of experiences, as angry as it is witty.Sex life suffers, in-laws annoy, friends stay away, money is short and social services are a ...

Warehouse city and container terminal – Hamburg’s long road to world status as a portToday Hamburg’s harbour is one of the largest container-handling sites in the world. When the ...

A somewhat different book about love. For everyone who loves someone enough to eat them. Off-beat and original, cute and charming.Anyone head-over-heels in love gives everything. Make themselves ...

There is cause for celebration every day – not just on Mother’s Day. From the successful writer Katja Reider. A moving homage – enchantingly illustrated.A thank-you for both past ...

An indispensable aid for weddings. How to guarantee a successful speech. With illustrations by Wilhelm Busch‘Love never comes to an end.’ – Wittily and knowledgeably Dietmar ...

A ray of sunshine when everything looks negative‘It’ll be OK’ is easy to say – and doesn’t help a lot. If you need comforting, you are either seething with anger, ...

A gift like a shower of sweet-smelling flower petals. This is a humorous and warm-hearted token to give anyone who enhances your life. For people who share your values or whom you can ...

A fox with hair problems. A goose on the contrary. Haas in rhyming mood.  “This fox ran too fast. So his pelt grew in the wrong direction. He looked into the pond down in the clearing ...

Count Stanislav cannot forget his lost love. In his despair the vampire goes on the hunt again.  He wants to start afresh under the hot sun of Spain – a life without love, without ...

Marseilles – a glittering city with many faces. Bella Block lands in a maelstrom of crime. Bella Block is tired of her native city of Hamburg and goes to Marseilles for a long holiday. ...

Mad with love: the brilliant finale of the Martin Schlosser trilogy.  “In this book former times flow by as though they were only an instant away. Great stuff!” So wrote the ...

“The wind drove the shadows of the clouds together – grey, woolly, ragged things moving slowly over towards Austria.”  Emmeran doesn’t like talking. He prefers ...

“I am still proud of this shipyard worker’s daughter, who I have been married to for nearly seventy years.” Helmut Schmidt  “I couldn’t cope with ...

“ONE SOMETIMES HAS TO BE ABLE TO FORGET”, said the priest.  One day he was sitting on a bench in Hamburg and he didn’t know where he was. Nor even who he was. ...

“Magnificent! This books saves you spending ten years of your life in monastic silence.” Vince Ebert  What is wisdom? How do you recognise it and does wisdom make you happy? Can ...

Long awaited, here at last: Maximilian Schell’s autobiography.  “I’m being pursued and I’m frightened and I run and run, up and up – finally I’m standing ...

The conquest of the seabed has begun – an adventure with an uncertain future.  Only recently has it become technically possible to penetrate into the utmost depths of the oceans. ...

Milda Drüke lived with a family in the Nepal capital for five months and found modern people imprisoned in dark tradition.  Milda Drüke: “ Unfamiliar worlds open up for me ...

The book for learning about the club from the red light district: comic, tragic, entertaining  Promotion to the First Federal Division and celebration of the Club’s centenary ...

That’s what women want!  A sequel to the successful Männerspielzeug (Men’s toys) with faithfully detailed and photographically accurate drawings. Each toy is explained from ...

About a pig who set out to fall in love.  Advertising and the internet offer endless opportunities for finding one’s dream partner. Eberhard doesn’t want to miss out on this, so ...

What I so badly wanted to ask you ... The getting-to-know-you book for partners, good friends and yourself.  When can you not say “No”? What makes you laugh? What’s ...

The perfect morale booster for single parents!  A present for any woman whose first attempt at family life has gone wrong.  What happens when a single mother falls in love? When ...

A journey of discovery into a wonderful world with Lily Lux!  192 pages full of ideas.  This book is a must for people in all walks of life! Whether you want to know how to fold ...

An impassioned Christmas fairy story  Father Christmas has invited some fairytale characters to celebrate with him. But on the morning of Christmas Eve the reindeer have vanished and all ...

Stories that fluctuate between dream and reality  “It’s incredible what the sea throws up and scatters around and what it offers to your powers of imagination.” Siegfried ...

The former Federal Finance Minister, known for his clear-cut and provocative standpoints, analyses the current economic and social political situation. One conclusion: the social state is in ...

Her choice of weapons is as uncompromising as her cooking.  Maxie Kaiser cooks with verve and dedication. However her passions are not only focused on cooking. When one of her forgotten ...

“Politicians and journalists have something in common: they have to judge today things which they only understand tomorrow.” Helmut Schmidt  From the chancellorship to the ...

“He’s not going to make it! Do you hear what I’m saying? Do you realise he’s cut off by the tide?”  Siegfried Lenz has written over 150 short stories, many of ...

“We chew dill and you keep still, when I gently comb your hair...”  Wolf Biermann’s love poetry is erotic and sometimes melancholy, deeply felt and delightfully impudent. ...

A new book by Petra Reski in which she uncovers the mafia networks in Germany and Italy – from the Duisburg murders to Berlusconi’s dubious negotiations.  Petra Reski ...