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8 Red. The Origins and History of Communism 26 Ice Age. How Russia is Being Demonized and 39 A History of Germany | Andreas Fahrmeir 53 My Brother’s Happiness | Stefan Ferdinand Etgeton Gerd Koenen Why That’s Dangerous | Gabriele Krone-Schmalz 40 The Red Army Faction. A Story of Terrorist Violence 54 The Secrets of the Universe | Norbert Scheuer 9 Along the Trenches. A Journey through Eastern 27 The Putin Syndicate. Russia Under the Spymaster’s Petra Terhoeven Europe All the Way to Isfahan | Navid Kermani Control | Margareta Mommsen 41 A History of Poland | Jürgen Heyde 10 The History of the World. A Retelling | Ewald Frie 28 Dark Net. Weapons, Drugs, Whistleblowers. An Inside Look at How the Digital Underworld Works 42 The Slavs | Eduard Mühle 11 Is the West Collapsing? The Current Crisis in Europe Stefan Mey and America | Heinrich August Winkler 43 A History of Capitalism | Jürgen Kocka 29 The Piri Reis Map. The Forgotten Knowledge of the 12 The World at First Light. A History of the Renaissance Arabs and the Discovery of America | Susanne Billig 44 Mesopotamia. The Early Advanced Civilizations along Bernd Roeck the Euphrates and Tigris | Karen Radner 30 Math on the Go. Magical Tricks for Doing Mental 13 The Soviet Century. Archaeology of a Lost World Arithmetic | Christian Hesse 45 Francis of Assisi | Helmut Feld Karl Schlögel 31 By Taxi on the Sabbath. A Journey to the Last Jews of 46 Wine. History and Enjoyment | Daniel Deckers 14 A History of the Soviet Union, 1917–1991. The Rise and Eastern Europe | Eva Gruberová and Helmut Zeller Fall of the First Socialist State | Manfred Hildermeier 47 Rock and Pop. From Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga 32 Unequal Brothers. Russians and Ukrainians from the Peter Wicke 15 The Last Tsar. The Fall of the House of Romanov Middle Ages to the Present Day | Andreas Kappeler György Dalos 48 Architectural Theory. A History from Antiquity to the 33 “One People, One Empire, One Leader”. Present | Dietrich Erben 16 Mozart. Life and Music in the Age of Enlightenment German Society during the Third Reich | Dietmar Süß Laurenz Lütteken 49 Claude Monet |Felix Krämer 34 Mugabe. An African Tyrant | Christoph Marx 17 Ralf Dahrendorf. A Biography | Franziska Meifort 50 Epilepsy. Symptoms – Causes – Treatment 35 A History of the United States of America. From the Hansjörg Schneble 18 The Secret of the Hibernators. Journeys into a Hidden First Colony to the Present Day | Bernd Stöver World | Lisa Warnecke 51 36 A Brief History of Afghanistan | Conrad Schetter 19 The World Before 600. Early Civilizations 52 edited by Hans-Joachim Gehrke 37 A Brief History of Greece. From Its Founding to Today Ioannis Zelepos 20 Byzantium. Empire of Art Arne Eff enberger and Neslihan Asutay-Eff enberger 38 Racism. The 101 Most Important Questions Susan Arndt 21 German Landscapes. From Rügen to the Danube Valley | Hansjörg Küster

22 The Art of Antiquity. Masterpieces of the Munich Antiquities Collections | Florian Knauß

23 Love in Times of High Treason. Diaries and Letters from Jail, 1942–1945 | Joy and Günther Weisenborn

24 A History of the Roman Republic. From its Beginnings to Augustus | Klaus Bringmann

25 A History of Asia Minor in Antiquity | Christian Marek

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Kafka. Der ewige Sohn Peter-André Alt Northwestern UP Den Islam neu denken Katajun Amirpur The Ginko Library Tambora und das Jahr ohne Sommer Wolfgang Behringer Polity Press Florenz und Bagdad Hans Belting Harvard UP Götter und Mythen des Nordens Klaus Böldl I.B. Tauris Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland von 1945 Michael Brenner Indiana UP bis zur Gegenwart Kleine jüdische Geschichte Michael Brenner Princeton UP Propheten des Vergangenen Michael Brenner Princeton UP Caravaggio S. Ebert-Schiff erer Getty Publications Das Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Völker Jörg Fisch Cambridge UP Das Mittelalter Johannes Fried Harvard UP Meister Eckart Kurt Flasch Yale UP NON-FICTION Bild und Mythos Luca Giuliani University of Chicago Press Europa ja – aber welches? Dieter Grimm Oxford UP Geschichte Deutschlands im 20. Jahrhundert Ulrich Herbert Verso Der Schrecken Gottes Navid Kermani Polity Press Gott ist schön Navid Kermani Polity Press Ungläubiges Staunen. Über das Christentum Navid Kermani Polity Press Die Büchse der Pandora Jörn Leonhard Harvard UP Latein Jürgen Leonhardt Harvard UP Die Wahrsagekunst im Alten Orient Stefan M. Maul Baylor UP Carl Schmitt Reinhard Mehring Polity Press Die Welt der mittelalterlichen Klöster Gert Melville Liturgical Press Über das Glück des philosophischen Lebens Heinrich Meier University of Chicago Press Die Verwandlung der Welt Jürgen Osterhammel Princeton UP Die Entzauberung Asiens Jürgen Osterhammel Princeton UP Die Ära der Ökologie Joachim Radkau Polity Press Das letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde Ulrich Raulff Penguin Das islamische Recht Mathias Rohe Brill Academic Der katholische Rubens W. Sauerländer Getty Publications Der Islam und die Frauen Irene Schneider Markus Wiener Des Kaisers alte Kleider Barbara Stollberg-Rillinger Berghahn Books Der Kalte Krieg Bernd Stöver Cambridge UP Philosophie des Traums Christoph Türcke Yale UP Egozentrizität und Mystik Ernst Tugendhat Columbia UP Geschichte des Westens, Bd. 2 Heinrich August Winkler Yale UP Papst und Teufel Hubert Wolf Harvard UP Die Nonnen von Sant‘Ambrogio Hubert Wolf Alfred A. Knopf Gerd Koenen Navid Kermani 8 9

Red Along the Trenches The Origins and History of A Journey through Eastern Europe Communism All the Way to Isfahan FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL A strange territory marked heavily by the BECK BECK

fi ssures of wars and catastrophes lies between BECK Western Europe and Russia. Navid Kermani C.H. C.H. traveled along this rift that has recently ripped open again in Europe, fi rst eastward from his home town of Cologne all the way to the Bal- tics and then south over the Caucasus all the “You close your eyes and look at the sun, way to Isfahan in his parents’ homeland of and through your eyelids you see the color of Iran. With an unerring sense for captivating your blood—a carmine red. This is the color details, this travel journal is fi lled with de- of your physical existence. Green is the color scriptions of forgotten regions where even of external vegetation. Yellow is the color of today history is being made and people whose the sun. Blue is the sky above you.” stories are true but also contradictory.

This is the sentence with which Gerd Koenen begins his Gerd Koenen Navid Kermani Kermani’s travels lead him right into the middle of the epic story of a dream that is as old as humankind. This Red Along the Trenches Jewish Pale of Settlement during the time of the tsars, dream of a big, world-wide communion in which all the “Bloodlands” of the Second World War, along the rift The Origins and History of A Journey through Eastern Europe men become brothers and no one has to be anyone else’s between East and West, where the Cold War isn’t over Communism All the Way to Isfahan servant had left a powerful mark across the centuries yet and has developed into a heated confl ict in the Don- until in October 1917 the revolutions in Russia brought 1136 pages with a 16-page panel 304 pages, € 21,95 bass region of the Ukraine. He sees the rubble of des- Communism to power. But as the utopian ideal tries to € 38,– German title: troyed cultures and the traces of old and new devastation become reality, the dream turns into a nightmare. German title: Navid Kermani alike. Most of all, he meets people who are confl icted With unparalleled storytelling ability, Koenen presents Gerd Koenen Entlang den Gräben inside because their search for a homeland and a chance the history of Communism in a completely new and Die Farbe Rot Eine Reise durch das östliche Europa at prosperity forces them to choose one side or another. fresh way. He lets philosophers, revolutionaries, and Ursprünge und Geschichte des bis nach Isfahan With broad strokes, Kermani brings to life the nightlife Kommunismus politicians have their say and he describes the reasons Further works published by C.H.Beck: of the big cities, shops right out of the Soviet era, cafes why the Communist idea was so attractive: the rule Incredulous Awe (10th ed. 2016) with a hip vintage vibe, the serenity that can be found and oppression, misery and poverty of the exploited. English: Polity Press even on the front, and the fear of others, whoever they The master stroke of his book is that he brings home Dutch: Uitgeverij Cossee might be. to the reader why the fi ght for social justice in a world Spanish: Editorial Trotta of Capitalism is still legitimate and relevant today – but Norwegian: Mentor Medier Navid Kermani is a freelance writer who lives in Co- also how and why the rendezvous of Communism with French: Salvator Éditions logne. His novels, essays, and journalism have recei- history ends in terror and paranoia. Italian: Marsilio Editori ved many accolades, including the Kleist Prize, and the State of Exception (8th ed. 2016) Joseph Breitbach Prize as well as the Peace Prize of the Gerd Koenen is a historian and journalist. Until 1982, he English: Polity Press German Booksellers’ Association. held a leadership role in the Communist League of West Italian: Keller Editore Germany and then he went on to become the editor of Between the Quran and Kafka (5th ed. 2015) the magazine „Pfl asterstrand“ and he also collaborated English: Polity Press with Lew Kopelew, the Soviet author and dissident. He is Who Is ‘We’? (8th ed. 2016) the author of the bestselling Utopie der Säuberung (Uto- Serbian: Samizdat B92 pia of the Purge), Das rote Jahrzehnt (The Red Decade) Arabic: Kalimat Arabia and Vesper, Ensslin, Baader. In 2007 he was the recipient God Is Beautiful (5th ed. 2015) of the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding. Further works published by English: Polity Press C.H.Beck: Arabic: Al-Kamel Verlag The Russia Complex. The Germans The Terror of God (2nd ed. 2015) and the East 1900-1945 English: Polity Press Russian: Rosspen Publishers Turkish: Pinar Yayinlari The History of the World Heinrich August Winkler 11 10

A Retelling by Ewald Frie Is the West Collapsing? Illustrated by Sophia Martineck The Current Crisis in Europe and America FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

The West is in the throes of its most serious For the ﬁ rst time, Ewald Frie tells the story crisis. Heinrich August Winkler analyzes the of the world from a completely unpreceden- reasons and explains the contexts. In this ted and truly global perspective. Athens is clearly articulated book, the famous author on the sidelines, but no one who reads this of A History of the West, provides a political wonderfully light-hearted book will forget compass enabling us to ﬁ nd our way through the fantastic beauty of Kilwa in Africa. this confusing and dangerous crisis cluster.

Until now, the history of the world was told with Europe The History of the World Heinrich August Winkler Is the West collapsing? Floods of refugees, Brexit, au- at its center and it’s about time for a fresh outlook. A Retelling by Ewald Frie Is the West Collapsing? thoritarian regimes in the EU (Orbán, Kaczyński) and Australia was populated by Homo sapiens earlier than on its borders (Putin, Erdoğan), and on top of it all, an Illustrated by Sophia Martineck The Current Crisis in Europe and Europe. People sailed thousands of miles across the American President who is causing worldwide instability America open ocean of the Pacifi c, while the Romans were still 464 pages with 40 illustrations and – Europe and America are facing so many challenges at anxiously hugging the coastline. The pyramids and 27 color maps 380 pages the same time that a rather apocalyptic mood now pre- cities of the Americas can hold their own with Babylon € 28,- € 22,95 vails. Written as a quasi “history of revocation,” the most and Egypt. And while modern era Western Europe was German title: German title: knowledgeable expert on the West gives a step-by-step fi ghting wars of religion, a multicultural exchange was Die Geschichte der Welt Heinrich August Winkler account of recent events—and doesn’t back down from being negotiated from Hungary all the way to southern Neu erzählt von Ewald Frie Zerbricht der Westen? making clear judgements on what went wrong, what still India. Of course, the barbarians of the Occident aren’t Illustriert von Sophia Martineck Über die gegenwärtige Krise in works, and what urgently needs to change if the West forgotten. Ewald Frie writes about their discoveries and Europa und Amerika wants to survive this crisis. conquests, revolutions and wars that have changed the world. Our planet has since become a global Megacity, Heinrich August Winkler is one of the most prominent where the rich and poor are segregated, but we are all Further works published by historians in Germany. His works Der lange Weg nach still inextricably linked. And the Megacities of today’s C.H.Beck: Westen (The Long Road West) and Geschichte des Westens world stand in the same locations where large cities The Long Way West, 2 vols. (A History of the West) are widely read bestsellers. From existed before – outside of Europe. English: Oxford University Press 1991 until he became emeritus, he was professor of con- Italian: Donzelli Editore temporary history at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Ewald Frie is a professor of modern history at the Uni- French: Librairie Arthème Fayard In 2014 he received the Europa Prize for political culture versity of Tübingen, where he directs a global history Polish: Wydawnictwo Universytetu from the Hans Ringier Stiftung and in 2016 he was the research project. In addition to numerous publications Wroclawskiego recipient of the Leipzig Book Award for European Under- on German, European, and Australian history, he also is Hungarian: Osiris Kiado standing. the author of the young adult history book Das Schokola- Japanese: Showado Publishing Co. denproblem (The Chocolate Problem, 2009). Ewald Frie is A History of the West: The Era of the the father of three children. World Wars 1914 – 1945 (2011) English: Yale University Press Sophia Martineck studied visual communication and Italian: Donzelli Editore she has worked in Berlin, New York, and Liverpool as Chinese (simplifi ed characters): an illustrator, designer and comic artist for German and Social Sciences Academic Press international publishers. Her work has become well- Weimar (3rd ed. 1997) known through various publications, exhibitions, and Italian: Donzelli prizes. Russian: DHI Moscow Bernd Roeck Karl Schlögel 13 12

The World at First Light The Soviet Century A History of the Renaissance Archaeology of a Lost World FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK The Renaissance was a revolution that fore- C.H. C.H. ver changed ﬁ rst Europe and then the rest of the world. In this grandly written book, Bernd Roeck unfurls an impressive panora- Karl Schlögel, the great historian of Eastern ma of this restless, dramatic epoch. At the Europe, invites a new assessment of the same time, on the level of global history, he Soviet world with his archaeology of Com- explains why this unique concentration of munism. We have always known quite a bit earthshattering ideas, spectacular discove- about how “the system” functioned, but we ries, and historic radical changes happened know less about the routines of life during in Europe. unusual times.

To reveal the roots of the Renaissance, Bernd Roeck Bernd Roeck Karl Schlögel Every empire has its sound, its smell, its rhythm that still looks far back into the Middle Ages and Antiquity – and The World at First Light The Soviet Century lives on even after the empire has ceased to exist. And thus, far beyond the borders of Europe. With sharp analysis a hundred years after the Revolution of 1917 and a quarter A History of the Renaissance Archaeology of a Lost World and captivating descriptions, he recreates this epoch of a century after the end of the Soviet Union, there emer- right before the reader’s eyes – the incredible art that 1312 pages with 100 images inclu- 752 pages with 80 images ges the panorama of a civilization that was more than just a was created under Italian skies and the ideas of Huma- ding 30 in color € 29,95 political system and without which „the time after“ that we nists as well as the religious wars and the beginning of € 44,- German title: are currently living in can’t be understood. the subjugation of foreign continents. He tells the stories German title: Karl Schlögel Karl Schlögel explores the terrain, the historical layers of merchants and poets, emperors, and popes, clever wo- Bernd Roeck Das sowjetische Jahrhundert of a land marked by wars, revolutions, and civil wars. He men and monstrous men, of the greats of their time and Der Morgen der Welt Archäologie einer allows the early Soviet modern cabaret to be restaged, the the lesser folk who fought disease and hunger far away Geschichte der Renaissance untergegangenen Welt battlegrounds of labor and the scorched earth. It’s as if he from the palaces. Finally, this magnum opus demonst- is right there when the mega-buildings of Communism are rates that the innovations of the Renaissance didn’t just dedicated and the mass graves of Stalin’s Great Terror are create dream destinations for beauty and intellect, but uncovered. He is equally interested in the parade of power also the very foundations of our modern world. and the rituals of everyday life. He investigates the expansive railway system and the close quarters of the community Bernd Roeck has been a professor of modern history apartment where generations of Soviets spent their lives. at the University of Zurich since 1999 and is one of the His archaeology lays bare social places that once were part most knowledgeable experts on the European Renais- of daily survival – the Moscow cuisine and the lifetimes sance. C.H.Beck has published several of his other spent waiting in lines. Places where happiness could be works, including Als wollt die Welt schier brechen. Eine found and small freedoms as well: the cultural park, the Stadt im Zeitalter des Dreißigjährigen Krieges (As if the dachas, the vacations along the Red Riviera. World Wanted to Break. A City in the Age of the Thirty Further works published by Years’ War, 1991), Florenz 1900. Die Suche nach Arkadien C.H.Beck: Further works published by Karl Schlögel, born in 1948 and now professor emeritus, (Florence 1900. The Quest for Arcadia, 2004) and Mör- Florence 1900. The Quest for C.H.Beck: taught Eastern European history fi rst at the University of der, Maler und Mäzene. Piero della Francescas “Geiße- Arcadia (2004) The Old Egypt Constance and then, from 1995, at the European University lung” (Murderers, Painters, and Patrons. Piero della Korean: LeeBook Publishing Italian: Il Mulino Viadrina. He is the author of many signifi cant books on So- Francesca’s “The Flagellation,” 2010). English: Yale University Press Polish: Polish Scientifi c Publishers viet and Eastern European history as well as an active jour- Murderers, Painters, and Patrons. Turkish: Alpha Basim Yayim nalist. In 2016, his book Terror und Traum. Moskau 1937 Piero della Francesca’s “The Dagitim (Terror and Dream. Moscow 1937) received the prize of the Flagellation” (2010) Simplifi ed Chinese: Beijing Historischen Kollegs, also known as the German Historian Korean: Changbi Publishers Phoenix-Power Cultural Prize. He wrote The Soviet Century while he was a fellow of Italian: Bollati Boringhieri Development the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung in Munich. Manfred Hildermeier György Dalos 15 14

A History of the Soviet Union, The Last Tsar 1917–1991 The Fall of the House of Romanov The Rise and Fall of the First FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL Socialist State During the night of July 17 to July 18, 1918, Second Edition BECK BECK BECK Czar Nicholas II along with his wife and entire family were murdered by a Cheka com- C.H. C.H. mando in Yekaterinburg. The worst nightmare of all monarchies, which had been On the occasion of the 100-year anniversa- predicted by the uprisings, conspiracies, ry of the October Revolution, Manfred Hil- and assassinations, had become reality. In dermeier has updated his classic history of this lively, historically accurate account, it is the Soviet Union to reﬂ ect the most current made apparent how the persistent political research. This deﬁ nitive work now includes failures of the Romanov dynasty had fueled a a chapter on the Putin era, which brings the revolutionary process that the last czar could content up to the immediate present. no longer hold at bay.

The history of the Soviet Union stretches like a huge Manfred Hildermeier György Dalos György Dalos – one of the most internationally renowned monolith through almost the entire 20th century. The A History of the Soviet Union, The Last Tsar writers in the fi eld of Eastern European history – vividly fi rst socialist state didn’t just infl uence the course of 1917–1991 describes the growing grievances in czarist Russia as The Fall of the House of world history during the „Great Patriotic War“ against the causes of the revolution. Along the way, he paints an The Rise and Fall of the First Romanov Hitler’s armies and the Cold War era. It was also a depar- Socialist State unsparing picture of the czars of the 19th century who ture point and a result of the revolutionary experiment, 224 pages with 23 images alternated between progressive thinking, half-hearted a way of making a social utopia into reality. Manfred 2nd, completely revised and € 22,95 liberalism, and brutal repression without ever addres- Hildermeier is able to craft an informative as well as expanded edition German title: sing the sources of the distress felt by the workers and interpretive and easily understandable overview based 1480 pages with 11 maps György Dalos farmers. When Nicholas II took the throne in 1894, he on an incredible wealth of materials. His guiding point of € 49,95 Der letzte Zar showed himself to be completely incapable of managing view is to investigate the shared „socialist“ principles of German title: Der Untergang des Hauses the various problems of his enormous empire. Catas- political, social, economic, and culture development. Manfred Hildermeier Romanow trophes, wars, and personal suffering, which the author Geschichte der Sowjetunion, effectively portrays, deeply affected the weak ruler in 1917–1991 Manfred Hildermeier is a professor of Eastern Euro- Further works published by whose court the itinerate preacher Rasputin was win- Entstehung und Niedergang des pean history at the University of Göttingen. C.H.Beck: ning greater and greater infl uence. By the time Nicholas ersten sozialistischen Staates Hungary in a Nutshell. A Thousand prepares to enact reforms, it is too late. The unsuccess- and Twenty Years (2012) fully conducted First World War pushed the czar further Italian: Beit Casa Editrice on the defensive until he and the House of Romanov Gorbachov. Man and Might (2012) were pulled under by the rushing current of the Bolshe- Hungarian: Napvilág Kiado vik revolution. Bulgarian: Alto Communications & Publishing Ltd. György Dalos is a freelance writer and historian. In Farewell, Comrades! The Fall of the 1995 he was awarded the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize. In Soviet Empire (2011) 2010 he received the Leipzig Book Award for European Hungarian: Corvina Kiado Understanding. C.H.Beck has published several of his The Curtain Rises. The End of other works. Further works published by Dictatorships in Eastern Europe C.H.Beck: (2010) A History of Russia. From the Midd- Italian: Donzelli Editore le Ages to the October Revolution Estonian: Olion (2016) 1956. The Uprising in Hungary (2006) Chinese: Social Sciences Italian:Donzelli Editore Academic Press Estonian: Olion Laurenz Lütteken Franziska Meifort 17 16

Mozart Ralf Dahrendorf Life and Music in the Age of A Biography Enlightenment FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK Mozart in a new light: this unusual portrayal offers not just another biography of one of C.H. C.H. the greatest composers in musical history, but also shows Mozart as a child of his times. This inquiry into his intellectual environment becomes an exciting hunt for clues in the world of the Enlightenment and illuminates how Mozart incorporated contemporary debates into his music, reﬂ ected them, in “I am getting the impression, Herr Dutschke, order to set the stage for the reception of his that there are not only nerds in politics, but music and himself. also nerds in protest movements.”

Marked by various experiences from his travels as a Laurenz Lütteken Franziska Meifort Ralf Dahrendorfs legendary verbal sparring with Rudi „wunderkind“, Mozart discovers in 1780s Vienna – in an Mozart Ralf Dahrendorf Dutschke in January 1968 at the height of the student atmosphere of radical reforms, boundless tolerance, and revolt is the opening scene of the fi rst biography of Life and Music in the Age of A Biography lively intellectual exchange – the ideal showroom for perhaps the most important German intellectual of his Enlightenment his self-actualization. He erases the boundaries between 496 pages with 12 images generation after Jürgen Habermas. Based on exten- private and public live, bourgeois and courtly audiences, 300 pages with 12 images and € 38,– sive research, Franziska Meifort sketches out the great and through his music makes himself the main protago- 7 sheet music examples German title: liberal’s life and world of ideas. Sociology professor, nist in a Vienna that was reinventing itself. In his works, € 24,95 Franziska Meifort education reformer, FDP politician, an EC commissio- he moves the discussions about the role of music among German title: Ralf Dahrendorf ner, director of the London School of Economics and, the arts, its moral qualities or its ability to portray reality Laurenz Lütteken Eine Biographie fi nally, a Lord and member of the Upper House of the to a new artistic level and pushes them towards their Mozart British Parliament—with breathtaking virtuosity, Ralf apex. Using numerous examples from Mozart’s instru- Leben und Musik Dahrendorf kept starting brand new chapters in his life. mental and opera works, internationally renowned mu- im Zeitalter der Aufklärung From the infl uence of his father’s resistance and his own sicologist Laurenz Lütteken provides an unusual portrait experience in jail from 1944-45 to his late writings and of Mozart in this passionate „intellectual biography“. opinions, this biography shows the inner structure of a public intellectual, who pledged himself passionately Laurenz Lütteken teaches as the chair of Musicology at to democracy and sticked to his own interpretation of the University of Zürich. He has been recognized many liberalism. times for his contributions to research and in 2013/14 he was a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg of Berlin. He is Franziska Meifort is a research assistant at the Insti- the editor in chief of the MGG Online Encyclopedia. tute for History at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. In 2016, her dissertation on Ralf Dahrendorf received the Wolf Erich Kellner Memorial Prize. Lisa Warnecke The World Before 600 18 19

Early Civilizations The Secret of the Hibernators Journeys into a Hidden World Edited by Hans-Joachim Gehrke A History of the World FALL 2017 FALL Edited by Akira Iriye and 2017 FALL Jürgen Osterhammel BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

Hibernation is one of nature’s great puzzles. How do animals do it? For half the year, actually half their lives, they lay cold and life- less in a hole in the ground and are none the worse for wear. Yet, when we human beings are laid up in a cast for just three weeks then our leg muscles start to become thin and weak. On her journey through the hidden world of hibernation, Lisa Warnecke A History of the World The great panorama of this fi rst volume of biologist and researcher Lisa Warnecke tells the story The Secret of the Hibernators Edited by Akira Iriye and Jürgen A History of the World reaches from the of four animals she has observed during their “winter Osterhammel Journeys into a Hidden World Old Stone Age to Late Antiquity – a gran- sleep” on four different continents often under adventu- Early Civilizations diose representation of 2.7 million years of rous circumstances: a hedgehog in a major German city, 205 pages with 18 images The World Before 600 a lemur in tropical Madagascar, a bat in the arctic desert € 19,95 humanity’s cultural history and it’s major of the Canadian prairie, and a small marsupial in sunny German title: Edited by Hans-Joachim Gehrke historical events stretching from the begin- Australia. Her book clears up a lot of widespread mis- Lisa Warnecke nings of human existence and the world of 1088 pages with 85 images and conceptions, such as the presumption that the animals Das Geheimnis der Winterschläfer 24 maps the hunter-gatherers through the arrival of are asleep the whole time, that they lay there motionless Reisen in eine verborgene Welt € 49,95 agriculture, the fl ourishing of early advan- the entire time, or that hibernation only happens in cold German title: ced civilizations to the epoch of the Greco- climates. There are animals that will begin to hibernate Geschichte der Welt Roman world and the end of the Gupta Pe- even when the temperature is a cozy 85 degrees. They Herausgegeben von Akira Iriye und conserve an astonishing 99 percent of their energy by riod in India as well as to the fall of the Sui Jürgen Osterhammel doing so. Hibernation is a success story for the conserva- Dynasty in China and the advent of Islam. Frühe Zivilisationen tion of species. Die Welt vor 600. This volume about distant times and the ancient civili- Herausgegeben von Dr. Lisa Warnecke born in 1978 in Frankfurt am Main zations of humankind provides the key to understanding Hans-Joachim Gehrke holds a Ph.D. in biology. She worked on a species con- even younger epochs that were sustained by cultures servation project on the west coast of Australia and she that had already perished long before writing was in- Korean translation rights sold to researched the hibernation pattern of diseased bats in vented. The masterful description of these early civiliza- Minumsa Winnipeg, Canada. Today, she lives in Hamburg and tions illuminates the darkness of early history before the Simplifi ed Chinese translation researches the ecophysiology of hedgehogs in the urban written word just as much as it sheds light to the cultural rights sold to CITIC environment. richness of the ancient Orient, Egypt, and Classical an- Complex Chinese translation tiquity, revealing also the wealth of the Indian and East rights sold to Linking Asian world. All the contributions have been generously enhanced with maps, plans, illustrations, and time lines.

With contributions by Hans-Joachim Gehrke, Mark Ed- ward Lewis (translated by Andreas Wirthensohn), Axel Michaels, Hermann Parzinger and Karen Radner. Arne Eff enberger Hansjörg Küster 21 20

Neslihan Asutay-Eff enberger German Landscapes Byzantium From Rügen to the Danube Valley Empire of Art FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL Heligoland and the Lange Anna, the Lüne-

burg Heath, Heidelberg and the Neckar Val- BECK BECK BECK ley, Lake Starnberg, the Wetterstein moun- C.H. C.H. tains—German landscapes are as diverse as The Byzantine Empire at times encompassed they are extraordinary and distinctive. The the entire Mediterranean region and its well-known landscape historian and eco- culture shone all throughout Europe. But logist Hansjörg Küster goes on a journey of nowhere did Byzantium’s light shine brighter discovery and introduces the reader to the than in the realm of art. This generously loveliest German landscapes. On the way, illustrated volume impressively presents the many hard to ﬁ nd and even hidden features history of an empire that would have been are revealed along with those that are readi- unimaginable without art. ly apparent.

In contrast to today’s thinking, Byzantines viewed their Arne Eff enberger Hansjörg Küster This book is about much more than geography. Lands- images and structures as more than just beautiful things. Neslihan Asutay-Eff enberger German Landscapes capes are more than that, they have a variety of cultural Art was part of political life and was seen through the meanings, no precisely ﬁ xed borders, they can be small Byzantium From Rügen to the Danube Valley eyes of believers: heavenly rapturous mosaics, the icons or large, spectacular or „totally normal“. Our gaze falls that established a personal proximity, and the church Empire of Art 368 pages with 80 color images upon the wide North Sea, the high Black Forest, and the spaces that provided a sensual-mystical experience. 432 pages with 130 images, € 29,95 Kaiserstuhl (Emperor’s Chair), which in spite of its name Arne Effenberger und Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger including 100 color images German title: is just a hill country area. The journey takes us into the unlock the visual language of Byzantium that just like € 49,95 Hansjörg Küster Bavarian Forest with Friedrich Nietzsche and to Heligo- „western“ art has its roots in the Roman Antiquity. They German title: Deutsche Landschaften land with James Krüss. It also shows us that Karl May reveal how much Byzantine art shaped Europe, how Arne Effenberger Von Rügen bis zum Donautal most likely had the deeply cut valleys of the Elbsandstein it responded to political events, religious and cultural Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger mountain in mind when he described the canyons of upheavals, and how it developed an astonishing variety Byzanz the American West in his famous novels about the Wild throughout its over 1000-year history. This volume provi- Weltreich der Kunst West. des a fantastic overview of what has long been considered the most important culture of the Middle Ages. Hansjörg Küster is a professor of plant ecology at the Institute for Geobotany at the Leibniz University of Han- Arne Effenberger was director of the Early Christian nover. C.H.Beck has published many of his other works, Byzantine collection at the Berlin State Museums (East) including Die Entdeckung der Landschaft. Einführung from 1973 to 1992 and then from 1992 to 2007 he was in eine neue Wissenschaft (The Discovery of Landscape. the director of the sculpture collection and the Museum Introduction to a New Science, 2012), Am Anfang war of Byzantine Art (Bode Museum) of the reuniﬁ ed Berlin das Korn. Eine andere Geschichte der Menschheit (In the State Museums. Since 1996, he has been teaching By- Beginning There Was Corn. A Different History of the Hu- zantine art history as an honorary professor at the Free man Race, 2013). University of Berlin.

Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger is a professor of Byzanti- ne art and archaeology as well as Turkish Islamic art at Further works published by the University of Bochum and also teaches at the Univer- C.H.Beck: sity of Mainz. A History of the Forest. From Primitive Times to the Present Day (2008) Italian: Bollati Boringhieri Korean: Yang Moon Publishing Florian Knauß Joy und Günther Weisenborn 23 22

The Art of Antiquity Love in Times of High Treason Masterpieces of the Munich Diaries and Letters from Jail, Antiquities Collections 1942–1945 FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL Edited by Christian Weisenborn, Sebastian Weisenborn, and BECK BECK BECK Fifty years ago the State Antiquities Collec- Hans Woller C.H. C.H. tions – restored after the destruction of the war – were reopened to the public. Since Love endures even in times of high treason – then this incomparable German museum behind bars, in jails, and even in the shadow has presented unique exhibitions of vases, of the gallows. For Joy und Günther Weisen- bronzes, statues, and jewelry. This volume born it was a kind of sustenance that gave uses these masterpieces to provide an over- them conﬁ dence and courage. Their diaries view of the development of ancient art over and letters are touching documents that show the span of more than 3000 years – from the how two opponents of the Third Reich sur- Cyclades to the works of Late Antiquity. vived the ﬁ nal phase of the Second World War.

Florian S. Knauß, the director of the State Antiquities Florian S. Knauß Joy und Günther Weisenborn On September 26, 1942, the Weisenborns were arrested. Collections, has brought together in this 4-color book a The Art of Antiquity Love in Times of High Treason They were part of the circle of friends around Harro selection of ancient art work that doesn’t just provide a Schulze-Boysen, who carried out various forms of resis- Masterpieces of the Munich Anti- Diaries and Letters from Jail, lively impression of this world-class and unparalleled tance against National Socialism. The Gestapo conside- quities Collections 1942–1945 collection. Rather, it offers a cohesive presentation of red him to be a member of a resistance group called the Edited by Christian Weisenborn, ancient art history through these fascinating objects and 288 pages with 215 color images „Red Chapel“ controlled by Moscow. Sebastian Weisenborn, and Hans € 28,– offers an explanation of the stories they tell us – about Woller During their imprisonment, the prominent writer and gods and heroes, about rulers and craftsmen. Knauß German title: his wife wrote letters to each other. With their corres- invites us into his school of seeing and teaches us to Florian S. Knauß 298 pages with 32 images pondance they preserved their own private world and understand the art of the ancient world as a familiar Die Kunst der Antike € 24,95 even protected themselves against the intrusion of the strangeness. Meisterwerke der Münchner German title: seemingly almighty National Socialist regime. After Antikensammlungen Joy und Günther Weisenborn their release in April 1943, Joy kept a diary that is being Florian S. Knauß is a Classical archeologist and has Liebe in Zeiten des Hochverrats published for the fi rst time in this volume. These very been the director of the State Antiquities Collections and Tagebücher und Briefe aus dem personal documents attest to a great love and a resistant Glyptothek in Munich since 2011. Gefängnis 1942–1945 alternate world that persevered in the face of isolation Herausgegeben von Christian and mortal fear. Weisenborn, Sebastian Weisenborn und Hans Woller Christian and Sebastian Weisenborn are the sons of Joy and Günther Weisenborn. The documentary fi lmmaker Christian Weisenborn’s most recent fi lm is „Die guten Feinde. Mein Vater, die Rote Kapelle und ich“ (The Good Enemies. My Father, the Red Chapel, and I), which will be shown on the German television station ZDF on Sep- tember 2017 for the anniversary of the arrest of the „Red Chapel“.

Hans Woller is a research contributor at the Institute for Contemporary History and from 1994 to 2015 he was the editor-in-chief of the Quarterly Yearbook for Con- temporary History. C.H.Beck is also the publisher of his books Mussolini (2016), and Geschichte Italiens im 20. Jahrhundert (A History of Italy in the 20th Century, 2010). Klaus Bringmann Christian Marek with Peter Frei 25 24

A History of the Roman Republic A History of Asia Minor in From its Beginnings to Augustus Antiquity Third Edition Third Edition FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

Rome’s rise to world power occurred in many stages on a long, intermittent path from its small, rural peasant beginnings to becoming an ancient empire. The deci- The Zurich-based ancient historian Christi- sive junctures in this historical process took an Marek maps out an impressive survey of place in the time of the Roman Republic. the history of Asia Minor in Antiquity – from This epoch is brought to life in Klaus Bring- the ﬁ rst permanent settlements to Late Anti- manns’ grand history of the Roman Republic. quity.

In an accessible and vivid style, he describes the decisive Klaus Bringmann Christian Marek with Peter Frei This volume describes one of humanity’s most important markers and turning points in more than fi ve hundred A History of the Roman Republic A History of Asia Minor in cultural regions over a time period of ten thousand years of Roman history. Overviews of longer time periods Antiquity years: from the monuments of Stone Age hunters at From its Beginnings to Augustus alternate with the portrayal of important, momentous Göbekli Tepe through the spread of the early advanced 3rd, revised and expanded edition events of internal and external history – such as the 3rd, revised and expanded edition civilizations, the Greek cities, the Persian empire, Alex- 974 pages with 108 images and war against Carthage or the struggle over the efforts at 464 pages with 38 images and ander the Great’s military campaign, and the Hellenistic 24 maps, including 8 in color reform spearheaded by the Gracchi brothers. The prota- maps period to the Roman Empire and the spread of Chris- € 49,95 gonists of the Roman Republic are introduced via close- € 34,95 tianity. Egyptians, Hittites, Urartians, Lycians, Karians, German title: up views – the legendary Brutus, who is said to have German title: Phrygians, Lyders, Assyrians, Greeks, Persians, and Christian Marek expelled the last Roman kings, the proverbially stern Klaus Bringmann Romans have left their impression on a territory of more Geschichte Kleinasiens in der Cato, but also Marius and Sulla, Caesar and Pompey, and Geschichte der römischen Republik than 750,000 square kilometers, which is almost exact- Antike fi nally, Augustus, who would transform the Republic into Von den Anfängen bis Augustus ly the size of present-day Turkey. This new edition has Unter Mitarbeit von Peter Frei. a monarchy. 3., neu bearbeitete und erweiterte been completely revised and expanded to refl ect current 3., überarbeitete und erweiterte For this new edition, Klaus Bringmann has revised and Aufl age research. Aufl age expanded the chapter on the history of money in the Roman Republic. The following translation rights „Brilliant. A great story.“ The following translation rights are sold: Mischa Meier, Süddeutsche Zeitung are sold: Klaus Bringmann taught at the Johann Wolfgang Goe- Simplifi ed Chinese: East China „Christian Marek has presented us with nothing less English: Princeton University the University in Frankfurt am Main until he became Normal University Press than a defi nitive work of ancient history.“ Press professor emeritus. C.H.Beck has published several of English: Polity Press Stefan Rebenich, Neue Zürcher Zeitung Simplifi ed Chinese: Ginkgo his other works: Römische Geschichte. Von den Anfängen Polish: Wydawnictwo Poznanskie (Beijing) Book Co. Ltd. bis zur Spätantike (Roman History. From its Beginnings Christian Marek taught as chair of the Department of Turkish: Türk Tarih Kurumu to Late Antiquity, 2010), Kleine Kulturgeschichte der An- Ancient History at the University of Zürich until he be- tike (A Brief Cultural History of Antiquity, 2011) and Im came professor emeritus. He is an internationally renow- Schatten der Paläste. Geschichte des frühen Griechenlands ned researcher in the fi eld of the history of Asia Minor in (In the Shadow of Palaces. A History of Early Greece, Further works published by Antiquity. 2016). C.H.Beck: Roman History. From its Beginnings Peter Frei (1925–2010) taught as professor of ancient to Late Antiquity (8th ed. 2010) history at the University of Zürich. Italian: il Mulino Simplifi ed Chinese: Beijing Phoenix-Power Cultural Development Gabriele Krone-Schmalz Margareta Mommsen 27 26

Ice Age The Putin Syndicate How Russia is Being Demonized Russia Under the Spymaster’s and Why That’s Dangerous Control FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H. An Ice Age prevails between Russia and the Putin is considered the strong man of Rus- West. Hardly a day goes by without a new sia. But how far does his power really reach? horror story coming out of the „Evil Empire“. Margareta Mommsen has been observing the Why is this? Is it really about human rights Russian leadership circle for many years. In and Western values? Or is this a sign of anti- her illuminating book, she shows how Putin Russian feelings that have a long tradition in came to power, who he is beholden to, who German history? And how come is it always else sits behind the wheel of this “guided de- those states that are geostrategic challenges mocracy” and why the intelligence leaders for the West, which are targeted? and oligarchs wield the true power.

In her new book, Gabriele Krone-Schmalz warns of a After the fall of the Soviet Union, it looked as if Russia backslide into the simple thought patterns and clear would orient itself towards the West, but the West spur- images of the enemy that were predominate during ned the Russian overtures. Since then, the aggrieved the Cold War. Vladimir Putin’s goals are expansive, it is Gabriele Krone-Schmalz Margareta Mommsen superpower has drawn on its own strengths. The noto- claimed, and he threatens Poland and the Baltic states. rious „Kremlin Family“ took power under Yeltsin and Ice Age The Putin Syndicate But on what basis are these conclusions actually drawn? in Putin they fashioned a willing, tailor-made president Who acts, who reacts? Which policy should we pursue: How Russia is Being Demonized Russia Under the Spymaster’s who portrays himself as an athletic nature lover and has containment through deterrence or change through and Why That’s Dangerous Control even found admirers in the West. Margareta rapprochement? These questions should be openly deba- 176 pages 256 pages with 10 images Mommsen describes how the intelligence leaders, cap- ted. Instead, dissenters are defamed and marginalized as € 14,95 € 14,95 tains of industry, and the Orthodox Church want to make defenders of Russia. Despite the fact that this concerns German title: German title: Russia great again. She demonstrates how a secret oli- the most important question of all: the peaceful coexis- Gabriele Krone-Schmalz Margareta Mommsen garchy runs the media, the judiciary, and key industries, tence with our neighbors. Eiszeit Das Putin-Syndikat organizes the leader’s cult, mobilizes the military, and Wie Russland dämonisiert wird und Russland im Griff der Geheim- defends Russia’s superpower interests in the Ukraine Gabriele Krone-Schmalz was the Russia correspondent warum das so gefährlich ist dienstler or Syria. The Putin Syndicate has a fi rm grip on Rus- for the German ARD public television network from 1987 sia. Margareta Mommsen reveals just how fi rmly Putin to 1991 and then was the moderator of the ARD Cultu- himself is under the thumb of the intelligence service. ral World Mirror until 1997. Since 2011, she has been a professor of television and journalism at the Iserlohn Margareta Mommsen is professor emeritus of politi- College. She is a member of the Petersburger Dialogue cal science at the University of Munich. C.H.Beck most and, as the leading Russia expert in Germany, she makes recently published her book Das System Putin (The Putin regular television appearances. C.H.Beck has also pub- System, co-authored with Angelika Nußberger, 2009). lished her book Russland verstehen (Understanding Rus- sia, 2016). More information is available on the author’s website http://www.krone-schmalz.de C.H.BECK FALL 2017 28 to date. net beyondwhatanyother journalisthasaccomplished into thereality, contradictions, andpotentialofthedark gative research,hehasbeen abletoprovidedeepinsight magazine LeMondeDiplomatique. Throughhisinvesti- magazine DeutschesÄrzteblatt, aswellthepolitical news sitesHeiseOnline and Golem,themedicalindustry Fluter.de, SpektrumderWissenschaft magazine,the IT about thedarknetforHeute.de, theyouthmagazine Stefan Mey audience aswellappealtotheITprofessional. the darknet.Hisbookwillsatisfycuriosityof a broad out conversationswithpeoplefromthe„dark“side of channels andcomplexinitiationprocesses,Meysought studies ofthedarknetforviableconclusions.Via secure researchers andcombedthroughdozensofscienti secrets ofthisdif real knowledgeexists.Thisinspiredhimtounlock the swirling aroundthedarknetaremythsandhow little stalled. Hequicklyrealizedhowmuchoftheinformation that opensthegatewaytoadigitalparallelworld isin- „in“. Inafewseconds,theanonymizingTor Browser And that’s howhe foundoutjusthoweasyitistoget journalist StefanMeywantedtodrawhisownpicture. fi The darknetispolarizingandconfusing.Manypeople digital anonymity? between? 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C.H.BECK FALL 2017 29 C.H.BECK FALL 2017 30 other works,including and writesbooks.C.H.Beck haspublishedseveralofhis Bundestag, isanexpertfor theFederalConstitutionalCourt, at theUniversityofStuttgart. HehasadvisedtheGerman 1991, hehasbeenaprofessorofmathematicsandstatistics has taughtattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley. Since Christian Hesse these tricksthatmakethemind-bogglingpossible. – butalsoforthosewhoareinterestedintheideasbehind tal calculationskills–yes,eventakethemuptofull-speed designed fornotonlythosewhowanttoimprovetheir men- can befoundbetweenthecoversofthisbook.Ithas been birthday willfallonwithoutlookingatacalendar?All ofthis day oftheweekChristmasEve,NewYear’s Eveoryourown decimal? Ortoannounceanastonishedaudience which ciprocal of19fromrightoffthetopyourheaddecimal by number 2134215by9inasingleshortline?Ortopull there- without givingyourselfaheadache?Ortodividethe mighty the dauntingproductof396x178injustafewquicksteps numbers like271inyourheadjustseconds?Orto solve Isn’t itsupercooltobeablesquareeventhree fact, theywill no onewillbefrustratedanymoreand,in head. Theymakecalculatingsosimplethat calculation tricksfordoingmathinyour sharing thewholecornucopiaofhismagical cessary. Heshowsyouhowthiscan workby of usingthinkingtomakecalculatingunne- least short-sighted.Math,hesays,istheart Christian Hessethinksthisiswrongorat the artofcalculating.Themathematician Most peoplewouldsaythatmathematicsis Arithmetic Magical Tricks for DoingMental Math ontheGo Christian Hesse Little Guide toEveryday Mathematics, 2014) thematik (He Who MiscalculatesWillBe PunishedbyLife.The den bestraftdas Leben.DaskleineEinmaleins derAlltagsma- His Parrot.The BestScienceJokes,2013); Wer falsch rechnet, te. Diebesten Witze ausderWissenschaft (WhatEinsteinTold Amazing Stories,2012);Was Einstein seinemPapageierzähl- de Geschichten(WhyMathematics MakesYou Happy. 151 2013); Warum Mathematikglücklich macht.151verblüffen- Guide toClearThinking.22 ThinkingTools foraBetterLife, Denkens. 22Denkwerkzeuge füreinbesseresLeben(TheLittle holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University and holdsaPh.D.fromHarvardUniversityand fi nd itcompletelyeffortless. Das kleine Einmaleins des klaren Das kleineEinmaleinsdes klaren . fi gure gure Kopfrechnen Magische Tricks fürschnelles Mathe togo Christian Hesse German title: € 12,- 189 pageswith10illustrations Arithmetic Magical Tricks for DoingMental Math ontheGo Christian Hesse Osteuropas Eine ReisezudenletztenJuden Taxi amShabbat Helmut Zeller Eva Gruberová German title: € 18,- 272 pageswith19images Eastern Europe A Journey to theLast Jews of By Taxi ontheSabbath Helmut Zeller Eva Gruberová Children, andtheMiracle ofKaufering I,2015) I (Born inaConcentration Camp. SevenMothers, Seven ben Mütter, sieben KinderunddasWunder vonKaufering Eva Gruberová undHelmutZeller’s authored with AbbaNaor, 2014) My Pathfrom theGhettotoIsraeli Intelligence,co- Ghetto zumisraelischenGeheimdienst (ISangfortheSS. published hisbook the SüddeutscheZeitung newspaper. C.H.Beckrecently Helmut Zeller Camp MemorialSite. She alsoisaconsultantat theDachauConcentration Eva Gruberová young 21stcentury. Jews“. ButthehatehasreturnedtoEuropeof this ning. Somebelievetherewillbea„Renaissanceof the cultural memory. Butthat’s notwhatseemstobehappe- to giveJewishhistoryitsrightfulplaceintheirnational whether thecountriesofEasternEuropeareprepared For theseJewishcommunitiestodayalotdepends on the implicationsofdissolutionSovietUnion. the regimechange,thawingandrepression, to for thelifeexperiencesthat of retirementhomes.Theytelltheirrespectand awe children placedininstitutionsOdessa,andinhabitants intellectuals, museumfounders,cemeterykeepers, with remaining survivors,withrabbis,congregants,Jewish kow, PragueorBudapest?Theauthorstalkedtothe last merely suppressed?WhatisJewishlifeliketoday inKra- accountable? Didtheanti-Semitismdisappearor was it given fortheirpropertyandweretheperpetrators held Were theirrightsrecognizedonceagain,wasrestitution Europe hadevolvedafter1945. ven formerCommunistcountriesinEastern They wantedtoknowhowJewishlifeinse- ropean JewrybeforetheSecondWorld War. places thatwerethecentersofEasternEu- Holocaust, twojournaliststraveledtothe More than75yearsafterthebeginningof Eastern Europe A Journey to theLast Jews of By Taxi ontheSabbath Helmut Zeller Eva Gruberová directstheDachaueditorial of isafreelancejournalist and Ich sangfürdieSS.Mein Weg vom fl ooded inonthecurrentof . C.H.Beckalso released Geboren imKZ. Sie- fi lmmaker. fi . ce of

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Unequal Brothers „One People, One Empire, Russians and Ukrainians from the One Leader“ Middle Ages to the Present Day German Society during the FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL Third Reich

„One People, One Empire, One Leader“ – BECK BECK BECK when in March 1938 the campaign for the C.H. C.H. For centuries, Russians and Ukrainians have „Annexation of Austria“ was moving full considered themselves brother nations, speed ahead, this triad was heard again and although the Russians see themselves as again in the squares and markets. It linked being in the role of an older brother. This the hope for social harmony with the de- book tells the story of these unequal broth- sire for national strength and also made it ers as an interplay between entwinement clear that underneath the beautiful facade and disentanglement, thus enabling us to to of the National Socialist people’s community a better understanding of the current Russi- lurked the brutal exclusion of everyone who an-Ukrainian conﬂ ict. couldn’t or didn’t want to belong.

The Russian annexation of the Crimea and the subse- Racial inequality, according to this impressive overview, quent occupation of the industrial region in the south- was the structural principle of German society in the east of Ukraine by militia controlled by Russia in Spring Third Reich, the ever increasing state violence was the 2014 have sparked a military conﬂ ict between the two Andreas Kappeler Dietmar Süß central pillar of the new political order, and a radical countries that continues today. Since the 18th century, antisemitism was the fuel that kept the entire machine Unequal Brothers „One People, One Empire, the relationship between these closely connected peop- going. With virtuosity, Dietmar Süß weaves the concrete One Leader“ les has increasingly demonstrated an asymmetry. This Russians and Ukrainians from the fates of individual people into his analysis and describes German Society during the culminated in the 19th century, when Russia refused Middle Ages to the Present Day how the National Socialist regime fundamentally Third Reich to recognize the „Little Russians“, which was how the 267 pages with 10 images and changed the lives of Germans. Ukrainians were ofﬁ cially referred to at that time, as an 4 maps 304 pages with 4 images independent nation with a separate history from Rus- € 16,95 € 18,- Dietmar Süß is a professor of modern and contemporary sia. This is still the viewpoint of Russia today and is also German title: German title: history at the University of Augsburg. widespread in the West. Andreas Kappeler Dietmar Süß Ungleiche Brüder „Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer“ Andreas Kappeler is professor emeritus of Eastern Eu- Russen und Ukrainer vom Die deutsche Gesellschaft im ropean history at the University of Vienna and a mem- Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart Dritten Reich ber of both the Austrian and the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Christoph Marx Bernd Stöver 35 34

Mugabe A History of the United States of An African Tyrant America From the First Colony to the FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL Present Day BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

This volume is the ﬁ rst „histoire totale“ of the United States of America in decades and No other African politician is quite as pola- it deftly combines the political and military rizing a ﬁ gure as Robert Mugabe. Christoph history of this superpower with the history Marx offers an unvarnished and considered of its economy and culture. This fascinating account of the life of this dictator, who is as book provides a better understanding of intelligent as he is unscrupulous and is dri- both the American Dream and the current ving his country to ruin. deep divides across the country.

Whereas in the West, Mugabe is regarded as the proto- From dishwasher to millionaire: the myth of a land of type of an African despot, he still receives an astonishin- unlimited opportunities is still alive today. Bernd Stöver gly positive response in Africa despite his decades-long explores the roots of the American Dream, but also the tyranny over Zimbabwe and the destruction of the coun- Christoph Marx Bernd Stöver many contradictions of American history: slavery and try. But also in Europe, Mugabe was heralded for a long genocide against the Native Americans on one hand, Mugabe A History of the United States of time as a liberator. The idea that he is a fallen revoluti- philanthropy on the other, global mass culture and America onary still persists. Christoph Marx paints a new picture An African Tyrant subversive counterculture, worldliness and patriotism. From the First Colony to the of Mugabe and demonstrates that this supposed beacon The election of Trump took the world by surprise. Bernd 336 pages with 11 images and Present Day of hope was from the very beginning willing to use any 3 maps Stöver’s grand depiction shows that surprising new be- means to satisfy his all-consuming desire for power. € 18,- 781 pages with 84 images, 19 maps, ginnings are an essential part of American history. German title: and 15 graphs „What a stroke of luck…a historical search for clues to Christoph Marx is a professor of Non-European history Christoph Marx € 19,95 America’s inner self.“ at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Mugabe German title: Thomas Speckmann, Die Welt Ein afrikanischer Tyrann Bernd Stöver „Even long-standing experts on America will ﬁ nd infor- Geschichte der USA mation in this book that is newsworthy.“ Von der ersten Kolonie bis zur Gert Raeithel, Süddeutsche Zeitung Gegenwart „Impressive and an enjoyable read.“ Jörg Nagler, Damals „A concisely written book … that shines a new light on the current news of the day.“ Gerhard Klas, WDR

Bernd Stöver, after holding appointments in Bielefeld and Washington D.C., now teaches at the University of Potsdam as professor of modern history with an em- phasis on global history. C.H.Beck has published some of his other works, including Der Kalte Krieg (The Cold War, 2012), Geschichte des Koreakriegs (A History of the Korean War, 2015) and most recently CIA. Geschichte, Organisation, Skandale (The CIA. History, Organization, Scandals, 2017). Conrad Schetter Ioannis Zelepos 37 36

A Brief History of Afghanistan A Brief History of Greece Fourth Edition From Its Founding to Today Second Edition FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

There are very few countries that are as po- Anyone who would like to understand mo- litically and cultural diverse as Afghanistan. dern Greece in all its contradictions and Different languages, ethnicities, religions, conﬂ icts should take the time to learn a little and powerful clans have hindered a national bit about its history. This book offers a com- state unity, but also control of the country by pact and well-informed overview of the mo- foreign powers. Years later, the US still has ving development of this country from the failed to defeat the Taliban. time of the Ottomans up to the present day.

Conrad Schetter presents the history and culture of By highlighting the great historical markers of the 19th Afghanistan from ancient times through great conquests and 20th centuries – the War of Independence of 1821 and waves of immigration up to the present day. The and the founding of the nation, the Asia Minor Cata- focus is on the last two centuries in which the tensions Conrad Schetter Ioannis Zelepos strophe of 1922, the German-Italian occupation and the between city and country, between modernity and tra- ensuing civil war of 1941-1949 as well as the entry into A Brief History of Afghanistan A Brief History of Greece dition are constantly erupting into rebellions and wars. the European Community in 1981, the political history is This book describes the turmoil of a civil war that has 4th, revised and updated edition From Its Founding to Today embedded into the economic, social, and cultural deve- been going on since 1979, the Islamic rule of the Taliban, 172 pages with 5 maps and 2nd, expanded and updated edition lopment of the country. A balanced overall picture emer- and the invasion by the US after 9/11. Those who read 1 genealogical table 240 pages with 15 images and ges from this groundwork and this contributes to a better this concise and knowledgeable representation will gain € 12,95 6 maps understanding of Greek society at a new turning point in a better understanding of why this rugged land along the German title: € 12,95 its history. The author has added a new chapter to this Hindu Kush still can’t fi nd peace despite years of effort Conrad Schetter German title: second edition in which he describes the crisis time after by the West. Kleine Geschichte Afghanistans Ioannis Zelepos 2014, the current Grexit discussions, and the fi rst years 4., überarbeitete und aktualisierte Kleine Geschichte Griechenlands of the government under Alexis Tsipras and his SYRIZA Conrad Schetter is a professor of peace and confl ict Aufl age Von der Staatsgründung bis heute coalition party. research at the University of Bonn and director for re- 2., erweiterte und aktualisierte search at the Bonn International Center for Conversion. Aufl age Ioannis Zelepos teaches as a professor of modern Greek He has spent over twenty years studying Afghanistan. studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. C.H.Beck has also published his book Pakistan. Land der Through his many publications, he has become known Extreme (Pakistan. Land of Extremes, co-authored with as an expert on modern Greek history and culture. Katja Mielke, 2013). Susan Arndt Andreas Fahrmeir 38 39

Racism A History of Germany The 101 Most Important Questions Third Edition FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

Are there genes that make people distingu- ishable by race? Whose skin is actually skin- toned? Why does Europe sit at the center of our world maps? Where is sub-Saharan Africa? Is it racist to ask a Black person if you can touch their hair? How do I recognize racist language? And ﬁ nally, is it possible to In his brief history of Germany from its have a world without racism? beginnings to the present day,

In this book, Susan Arndt offers a view into the past, Andreas Fahrmeir explores a variety of topics including present, and future of racism. There aren’t many people the changing geographic shape of the German states, the who would gladly describe themselves as racists. Al- Andreas Fahrmeir gradual rise of middle Europe from the periphery of the though racism is in no way restricted to small extreme Susan Arndt A History of Germany Mediterranean world to the center of power politics on right-wing groups. It is far more likely to lurk in the see- the continent in the 20th century, the countless water- Racism 128 pages mingly harmless words found in our everyday speech. shed moments in German politics, and the evolution € 9,95 Asking yourself what you know about racism – and what The 101 Most Important from empire via monarchy into a republic, dictatorships, German title: you don’t – and what it has to do with you, is the best Questions and democracy. This informative and highly readable Andreas Fahrmeir way to defy racism. The 101 most important questions to 3rd edition book ends with a chapter that highlights the distinctive Deutsche Geschichte ask are answered in this book. 160 pages characteristics of German history. € 10,95 Susan Arndt is a professor of English literary studies German title: Andreas Fahrmeir is a professor of modern history at and anglophone literature at the University of Susan Arndt Goethe University Frankfurt/Main. He also is the author Bayreuth. Rassismus of Revolutionen und Reformen. Europa 1789–1850 (Re- Die 101 wichtigsten Fragen volutions and Reformations. Europe 1789–1850, 2010), which is part of the C.H.Beck History of Europe series. Petra Terhoeven Jürgen Heyde 41 40

The Red Army Faction A History of Poland A Story of Terrorist Violence Updated Edition FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

„Rarely has so much been written about so few“, is something that already was said In a study that has now become a classic, thirty years ago about the Red Army Faction Jürgen Heyde provides an overview of the (RAF). more than thousand-year history of Poland.

Petra Terhoeven doesn’t present yet another chronicle Alongside the political, societal, and cultural develop- of events rather she uses the most advanced current ment of this country, special attention is paid to the research to explain how a terrorist group emerged from Petra Terhoeven Jürgen Heyde representation of the European dimensions of Polish the urban guerilla experiments of a small minority of ra- The Red Army Faction A History of Poland history as well as the development of the German-Polish dicalized „68ers“. The RAF not only sparked a profound neighboring state relationship. For this new edition, A Story of Terrorist Violence 4th, updated edition disruptive moment in German post-war history, but also the text has been thoroughly revised throughout and 128 pages with 3 maps still holds a morbid fascination long after its political 128 pages brought up to date. € 9,95 failure. € 9,95 German title: German title: Jürgen Heyde is a project manager and researcher at Jürgen Heyde Petra Terhoeven is professor of European culture and Die Rote Armee Fraktion the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eas- Geschichte Polens contemporary history at the University of Göttingen. Eine Geschichte terroristischer tern Europe in Leipzig and associate professor at Martin Gewalt Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Eduard Mühle Jürgen Kocka 43 42

The Slavs A History of Capitalism Revised Edition FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

Jürgen Kocka, one of the world’s leading experts on the topic, describes the most important forms and changes that commercial, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Russians, Ukrainians, industrial, and ﬁ nancial capitalism has gone Croats, Bosnians, Serbs – these and several through from the Middle Ages in Europe to other peoples are referred to as „Slavs“. today’s globalization.

But what do these nearly 250 million people have in In this comprehensive introduction, Kocka also asks common besides the similarities of their languages, what what kind of light the recent crises have shone on capi- connects them? Eduard Mühle presents a brief and well- Eduard Mühle Jürgen Kocka talism and whether its history can teach us something informed description of the history of the Slavic ethno- The Slavs A History of Capitalism about the present. linguistic group from the 6th to the 20th century and 128 pages with 2 maps 3rd, revised edition points out both the real historical associations as well Jürgen Kocka is a retired professor of the history of the € 9,95 144 pages as the imagined commonalities that are still utilized for industrial world at the Free University of Berlin and is German title: € 8,95 political purposes today. considered one of the most inﬂ uential social historians Eduard Mühle German title: of our time. He has been awarded the Leibniz Prize and Die Slawen Jürgen Kocka Eduard Mühle is a professor of East Central European the Holberg Prize for his outstanding achievements. Geschichte des Kapitalismus and Eastern European history at the Westfälischen Wilhelms University of Münster. He is the author of Die Piasten: Polen im Mittelalter (The Piasts: Poland in the Middle Ages, 2011), which has also been published in the C.H.Beck Wissen series. Karen Radner Helmut Feld 45 44

Mesopotamia Francis of Assisi The Early Advanced Civilizations along the Euphrates and Tigris FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

Mesopotamia was the land located between Francis of Assisi is among the most the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. fascinating saints.

Here one of the earliest forms of writing developed by Because of „The Canticle of the Sun“ and his sermon to pressing a stylus into wet clay to form wedge-shaped the birds, he is considered the founder of a completely marks. Large numbers of these clay tablets, hardened in Karen Radner Helmut Feld new, brotherly relationship to nature. Helmut Feld vivid- the ﬁ re of destruction, have been found intact and they Mesopotamia Francis of Assisi ly describes the life of Francis, delves into his religious bear invaluable witness to the history of cities and king- inner world, and explains why the Poverello and his or- The Early Advanced Civilizations 4th, revised and expanded edition doms such as Ur, Uruk, Akkad, Babylon, Mittani, and der were recognized by the pope rather than branded as along the Euphrates and Tigris 128 pages with 1 image and 2 maps Assyria. Karen Radner recounts the fascinating history of heretics. A new chapter on the history of the Franciscans 128 pages with 10 images and € 9,95 this culture and community of states from their begin- rounds out this expanded volume. 1 map German title: nings to the turning point in history at the start of the € 9,95 Helmut Feld Common Era. Helmut Feld is honorary professor of historical theolo- German title: Franziskus von Assisi gy at the Saarland University. His biography of Francis Karen Radner Karen Radner is the Humboldt Professor of Ancient His- of Assisi (new edition 2014) is considered the deﬁ nitive Mesopotamien tory of the Near and Middle East at Ludwig Maximilians work of its kind. Die frühen Hochkulturen an University of Munich. Euphrat und Tigris Daniel Deckers Peter Wicke 47 46

Wine Rock and Pop History and Enjoyment From Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga Updated Edition FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

From the religious rituals of the ancient Greeks and Romans to the global wine culture of the present day, this expert and en- tertaining book covers over three thousand This book tells the story of rock and pop mu- years of wine history. sic from its beginnings to the present day.

Daniel Deckers helps the reader become familiar with Bands, songs, styles, sound forms, and recording tech- winegrowing and its regional conditions, the history of niques are explored as well as changes in the music the wine trade and wine consumption, and, last but not Daniel Deckers Peter Wicke industry and the revolutions in youth culture that have least, wine as an endless source of enjoyment and inspi- Wine Rock and Pop accompanied the evolution of popular music since Elvis ration. The world of wine, as this delightful introduction History and Enjoyment From Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga Presley arrived on the scene. demonstrates, always provides an enlightening reﬂ ec- tion of each time period. 128 pages 2nd, updated edition Peter Wicke is professor emeritus of the theory and € 9,95 128 pages history of popular music at the Humboldt University of Daniel Deckers is an editor at the Frankfurt Allgemei- German title: € 9,95 Berlin. nen newspaper and a lecturer on the history of wine- Daniel Deckers German title: growing and wine trade at the Hochschule Geisenheim Wein Peter Wicke University (Rheingau). C.H.Beck has also published De- Geschichte und Genuss Rock und Pop ckers’ Papst Franziskus. Wider die Trägheit des Herzens. Von Elvis Presley bis Lady Gaga Eine Biographie (Pope Francis. Against the Inertia of the Heart. A Biography, 2015). Dietrich Erben Felix Krämer 48 49

Architectural Theory Claude Monet A History from Antiquity to the Present FALL 2017 FALL FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK BECK C.H. C.H.

Architectural theory concerns itself with the fundamental questions of building – from the ideal forms to the purpose of structures Claude Monet (1840–1926), known as the and the relationship between architect and founder of Impressionism, is one of the most society. beloved painters of the 20th century.

Dietrich Erben provides a concise, clear overview from Felix Krämer presents Monet as preparing the way for the most important ideas that came out of Antiquity to the modern, as the ﬁ rst „contemporary artist“. He con- the chorus of voices that inform present day discussions. Dietrich Erben Felix Krämer veys the particular fascination that his paintings inspire Architectural theory is fed by the gaze and it can make Architectural Theory Claude Monet through their ability to capture a transitory moment with silent structures speak, which makes this book a won- virtuosity, but also an incredible effortlessness. This A History from Antiquity to the 128 pages with 48 images, derfully exciting guide to appreciating architecture. Present book offers a concise overview of Monet’s life and work including 16 color images and also puts into perspective the inﬂ uence his oeuvre € 9,95 Dietrich Erben is a professor of the theory and history 128 pages with 35 images had on the generations of artists who followed him. German title: of architecture, art, and design at the Technical Univer- € 9,95 Felix Krämer sity of Munich. C.H.Beck has also published Erben’s Die German title: Felix Krämer is the collection curator of modern art at Claude Monet Kunst des Barock (Baroque Art, 2008). Dietrich Erben the Städel Museum in Frankfurt. Architekturtheorie Eine Geschichte von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart Hansjörg Schneble 50

Epilepsy Symptoms – Causes – Treatment Updated Edition FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK C.H.

Epilepsy has become not only one of the most well-known, but also one of the most common chronic disorders.

Despite its spontaneous occurrence and its often seemingly ominous symptoms, today epilepsy is among the most treatable neurological disorders. Schneble begins Hansjörg Schneble with a historical account of the „holy disease“, describes Epilepsy the causes and triggers, and explains the drug and surgi- Symptoms – Causes – Treatment cal options. The mental and social impact of epilepsy are considered as well as the steps an afﬂ icted person might 3rd, revised and updated edition take to cope with this disorder. 128 pages € 9,95 Dr. Hansjörg Schneble is a specialist on childhood German title: diseases and epilepsy. He directs the clinic for children Hansjörg Schneble and youth at the Epilepsy Center in Kork, Germany and Epilepsie until 2002 he was the medical director of the entire cen- Erscheinungsbilder – Ursachen – ter. In 1998, he founded the world’s only epilepsy muse- Behandlung um in Kehl-Kork. Stefan Ferdinand Etgeton 53

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The Secrets of the Universe A Novel FALL 2017 FALL BECK BECK C.H.

Nina, a seventeen-year-old orphan, takes care of Sophia Molitor, who spends her days inside her beautiful, old villa pining for her husband Eugen, gone missing in China years ago.

Paul Arimond, protagonist of Scheuer’s previous novel Norbert Scheuer „The Language of Birds“, is a soldier who has miracu- The Secrets of the Universe lously survived an attack in Afghanistan. He will recover A Novel and Nina will fall in love with him. Just like The Gray 240 pages Hairs – a group of old men who observe and comment € 19,95 on everything that goes on in the surrounding small German title: towns and villages – Nina sees everything happening in Norbert Scheuer the Urft district. She constantly thinks about her disap- Am Grund des Universums peared brother, Gregor, as she discovers all the secrets, everyday goings-on, and hidden intrigue in this corner Rights sold to: of Germany: A treasure trove of silver in the abandoned The Language of Birds (Egypt/ mine? Lünebach launched himself into outer space Marousha, UK/Haus Publishing) inside his own homemade space capsule? Sophistica- ted and thrilling, suggestive and poetic, Scheuer’s new novel reveals the dashed hopes and requited desires of a universe constantly in motion and revealing some of its secrets.

Norbert Scheuer was born in 1951 and lives in Eifel, Germany, where he works as a systems programmer. He has been the recipient of numerous literature prizes and his recent work includes the novels Peehs Liebe (Peeh’s Love, 2012) and Die Sprache der Vögel (The Language of Birds, 2015), nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. His novel Überm Rauschen (The Sound of the Weir, 2009) was on the shortlist for the 2010 German Book Prize and also was named the 2010 Book of the City for Cologne and the surrounding region. C.H.BECK

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