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Day of the Hunt
Tag der Jagd |
von Axel Brauns
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Axel Brauns, “ matter-of-fact stylist but also a merciless ruler over fate ” (FAZ), with a special kind of thrillerTimo Hartwig, in his mid thirties, is in the police force, and he dares to ...
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Beckett was here
Beckett was here |
von Roswitha Quadflieg
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On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Samuel Beckett:Rambles through Hamburg on the basis of his diary from 1936“…by Alterwall, the long ugly Rödingsmarktwith overhead railway…Dined in a foule ...
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Platon
Platon |
von Andreas Marber
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About the flickering light in Tiflis, about a magnificent poem, about stolen manhole covers, about a legendary palace – an absolutely tempting read.On her first day in Tiflis Jutta literally falls ...
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Bitten by Cancer
Vom Krebs gebissen |
von Marion Knaths
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“If you have paid contributions to the health insurance in 1994, then I would like to thank you for financing my survival. “At the age of 25, Marion Knaths, professionally successful and full of ...
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Shadow Bride
Schattenbraut |
von Susanne Ayoub
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What kind of secret overshadows the women of the Tallos Family? A great murderous saga.The Hotel Panhans in the year 1930 – meeting-place for the upper crust of Vienna. The thirteen-year-old twin ...
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The Stories
Die Erzählungen |
von Siegfried Lenz
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80th birthday on 17 March 2006“ I admit, I need stories in order to understand the world.”For the first time in one volume: all the stories on more than 1600 pagesMore than 50 stories never before ...
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Self-Displacement
Selbstversetzung |
von Siegfried Lenz
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„He tells stories in the vague hope that literature could prepare the world for a better life.” (Marcel Reich-Ranicki)On his 80th birthday Siegfried Lenz allows the reader a very personal insight ...
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Autumn |
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Chopin's Heart
Das Herz von Chopin |
von Artur Becker
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“Artur Becker writes compellingly and sympathetically” (Frankfurter Rundschau), with “an unmistakable voice” (Der Spiegel).In 1983 Chopin, a Pole, packs his bags and travels to Bremen, to try his ...
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Decisions
Entscheidungen |
von Gerhard Schröder
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“All my life I have tried to keep pushing boundaries further out towards the horizon.”Freely expressed without statesmanlike diplomacy: In his political autobiography – the focal point being his ...
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Georgia
Georgia |
von Doris Gercke
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Is torture just a mind game? Is humiliation just a kick? Doris Gercke deploys a more captivating tone of voice than ever before.When Susanne Behrendt asks Bella Block for protection, she refuses. ...
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Homeland
Heimat |
von Wolf Biermann
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For his 70th birthday on 15 November.“Homeland – death is the homeland, where I wish to go; but never, never to arrive.” This is a literary event: New Poems by Wolf Biermann, the “true heir to ...
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Into the Open
Ins Offene |
von Karl-Heinz Ott
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“Without knowing it, one has been missing this book for a long time.” (Katrin Hillgruber, Deutschland Radio)“Into the Open is the account of a journey into a confined space, yet these narrows have ...
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Pliers
Kombizangen |
von Frank Heibert
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The adventurous things we do for love – Heibert delights, seduces and captivates in his debut novel.Alexander is stalking Julia, the woman with many faces and an equal amount of sexappeal. Julia is ...
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Loves
Loves. Lieben |
von Irene Dische
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“As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved… His fruit was sweet to my taste.” Song of Solomon, 2;3.Love is a matter of taste. Some people like it sweet, some like it sharp ...
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Ready for a Holiday
Urlaubsreif |
von Dietmar Bittrich
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“At last someone has sat down and told it the way it is” (Berliner Tagesspiegel)Dietmar Bittrich, winner of the Hamburg Satirists’ Prize, has had every imaginable sort of experience on his travels. ...
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Zarah Leander
Zarah Leander |
von Jutta Jacobi
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To mark her 100th birthday on 15 March 2007 – the story of the rise and fall of one of the greatest stars of the 20th century, “Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein” (“Can love be a sin?”), “Yes, sir”, ...
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