Foreign Rights Autumn 2016

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Sylvie Schenk, Schnell, dein Leben 2 Navid Kermani, Sozusagen Paris 4 Dimitrij Kapitelman, Das Lächeln meines Vaters 5 Eberhard Rathgeb, Cooper 6 Philipp Blom, Bei Sturm am Meer 8 René Freund, Niemand weiß, wie spät es ist 10 Alex Capus, Das Leben ist gut 12 Wilhelm Genazino, Außer uns spricht niemand über uns 14 Sybille Berg, Wunderbare Jahre 15 Peter Henisch, Suchbild mit Katze 16 Gerhard Stadelmaier, Umbruch 17 Evelyn Schlag, Yemen Café 18 Frédéric Zwicker, Hier können Sie im Kreis gehen 19 Botho Strauss, Oniritti Höhlenbilder 20 Tilman Rammstedt, Morgen mehr 21 Raoul Schrott, Erste Erde 22

PHILOSOPHY

Michael Köhlmeier • Konrad Paul Liessmann, Wer hat dir gesagt, dass du nackt bist, Adam? 23

POETRY

Björn Kuhligk, Die Sprache von Gibraltar 24

BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS FICTION 25 FICTION SYLVIE SCHENK Nominated for the Ingeborg-Bachmann- Prize 2016

Louise grows up in France, Johann in West Germany. They meet at a French university, English sample translation available marry, move to a German village, watch their children grow up and their parents die. For a entire lifetime, they look for words to describe a time that no one ever wanted to talk about.

Sylvie Schenk Schnell, dein Leben Hurry, Your Life 160 pages. Hardcover With great clarity and force, Sylvie Schenk tells the simple story of a young woman from Publication date: the French Alps who falls in love with a German during her studies. In her new home, July 2016 everything is difficult and her husband behaves quite differently from when they first met. At the same time, Louise begins to discover more about the past of her authoritarian father-in-law who spent the war in France. Sylvie Schenk was born in 1944 in Hurry, your Life is a discovery by a writer who came to Germany more than fifty years Chambéry, France, studied ago and had to wait the same length of time until she was able to write this particular in Lyon and moved to novel – a story of liberation, a new view of Germany and a book about life. Germany in 1966. She has published poems in French and has written in German since 1992. She lives near Aachen and in La Roche de Rame, Haute Alpes. Hurry, Your Life is her first novel published by Hanser. Peter-Andreas Hassiepen © Peter-Andreas www.sylvie-schenk.com

»A book about life. She bases it on her own biography and convinces the reader with the density, consistency and laconism of her style. A gripping and important book.

Not a superfluous word.« Manfred Papst, NZZ am Sonntag

»A slim book but with all the force of a small masterpiece. This novel is both fiction and contemporary history in one, but above all, it is a daring self-examination. You read the 160 pages quickly

and hungrily, so great is the pull of Schenk’s lyrical prose. Her language is focused and honed, her Sales to Foreign Countries tone is laconic, sometimes mocking – but never sentimental.« Verena Auffermann, Deutschlandradio Kultur Italy (under negotiation)

»It’s time to discover Sylvie Schenk’s captivating novels. Sylvie Schenk writes clearly, cleverly and simply. Every phrase fits, and there’s not an extra word to water down her precise style. In fact, the narrative of this postwar woman’s life develops a force that the reader

is only too willingly to be drawn along by.« Judith Liere, Stern

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FICTION NAVID KERMANI

A writer has written a novel about the love of his life during his youth. After a reading, a woman he doesn’t recognise approaches him. But nevertheless – it is her. What happens to a true love thirty years after it has ended?

Navid Kermani Sozusagen Paris Paris, In a Way 224 pages. Hardcover Of course she’s no longer a young girl like she was back then. But the narrator is also no Publication date: longer the passionate, rather naïve young man who used to be head over heels in love September 2016 with her. Now he’s a writer and she has become a character in one of his novels. She’s also clearly an interesting, attractive, but also married woman. The situation takes a strange turn: they sit and drink wine, talk about French love novels, ask each other what they Navid Kermani born in Siegen in 1967, expect from love now that they are older – and all the while, Jutta’s husband sits in the lives in Cologne. For his room next door. Where is this leading? literature and essays, he Navid Kermani has written a highly unique love story: profound, surprising and witty. has received the Kleist His story describes people who think they know themselves inside out, only suddenly to Prize, the Joseph Breitbach Prize and the Peace Prize find out that they don’t know themselves at all. Is passion an elixir or a poison? of the German Book Trade in 2014, among others. His most recent publications by Hanser include Dein Name (2011) Über den Zufall Sabine Lohmüller Sabine © (2012), Große Liebe (2014) and Album (Das Buch der von Neil Young Getöteten /Vierzig Leben/Du sollst/ Kurzmitteilung, 2014). www.navidkermani.de An intelligent novel about love at last – the new, long-awaited novel by the winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2015

Sales to Foreign Countries Egypt (Al Kotob Khan) Selected backlist: Große Liebe (2009): Egypt (Al Kotob Khan), UK/USA (Seagull)

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Selected by New Books in German

Can a shop specialising in Russian products be a home in Leipzig? This is where Leonid Kapitelman spends his days until his son wants to know where his often-grouchy father – who can just as suddenly turn on the charm – actually comes from. And so

they set off on a journey to his home country. © Nadine Kunath

Dmitrij Kapitelman Das Lächeln meines unsichtbaren Vaters My Invisible Father’s Smile Before Dmitrij Kapitelman came up with the idea of travelling to Israel with his father, the 288 pages. Hardcover only joint trip they took was to the local supermarket. That was back in the 1990s, when a Publication date: home for asylum-seekers in Saxony went up in flames and you could still tell a Nazi by his August 2016 skinhead. In the meantime, his father has taken to selling pelmeni and Krim sparkling wine – but feels no more at home than he did before in the Ukraine. Here is a man whose heart is full to bursting but who claims not to believe in anything. Perhaps, thinks his Dmitrij Kapitelman son, he will find his home in the Holy Land? Or a new self-image in his Jewish identity? was born in 1986 in Kiev, and came with his family to And what about the son’s own identity? He’s a ‘quota refugee’, half-Jewish with a Ukrai- Germany at the age of eight nian passport, who has ended up in Berlin. Where does he actually belong? My Invisible as a ‘quota refugee’. He stu- Father’s Smile is a passionate and insanely funny walk through a minefield of paradoxes died Political Science and Sociology at the University – and a son’s heart-stirring declaration of love for his father. of Leipzig and graduated from the German School of Journalism in Munich. He currently works as a freelance journalist in Berlin »A young author travels to Israel with his father. This sounds like it has high potential and releases music under for embarrassment. But what Dmitri Kapitelman turns it into is masterful. Both brilliant his artist’s name, Dheema. and politically astute in its wording.« Alex Rühle, Süddeutsche Zeitung On Facebook and Twitter: @Kapitelmanslife

»The painful and terribly funny attempt to understand a father who never properly listened.« Lily Brett

»In addition to its unorthodox formulations and wit they provide, tiny observations from everyday Israeli-Arab life are the source of this amusing, thought-provoking book’s charm.« Christian Ruf, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten

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A day like any other. A young family sets off in high spirits on a car journey: to a little house in the

country which the parents have bought to spend Hassiepen © Peter-Andreas nice weekends. But in the darkness, disaster awaits them, just like it can await anyone.

Eberhard Rathgeb Cooper 144 pages. Hardcover Publication date: Who is the mean-looking, aloof boy at a remote petrol station? What happens to the mo- July 2016 ther when she is alone in the house, and suddenly senses a heavy, dark shadow behind her? What will become of the family whose world, once full of light and joy, suddenly tips into terror? Lisa, Jakob, and their two little daughters try to salvage their luck – but the Eberhard Rathgeb worst blow of fate is still to come. born in 1959 in Buenos Cooper weaves a tension that is impossible to resist. Using the most sparing means pos- Aires, came with his sible but with great intensity, Eberhard Rathgeb tells a story of the deep insecurity at the parents to Germany at the roots of every life, to which fear is not the only answer. If Lisa wants to carry on living, age of four. He now lives in the country in North Ger- she has to find a different one. many. For his first novel, Kein Paar wie wir (2013), he was awarded the Aspekte Literary Prize. In 2014, his »On Saturday, fate wasn’t in charge of her. It had another day off novel Das Paradiesghetto until it intervened in her life, assaulting her with a ferocity like a was published. reminder that no one could escape it.«

»Mysterious, downright scary and in terms of language, the finest: great German literature.« Patricia Brooks, buchkultur

»Succinctly and efficiently, Eberhard Rathgeb has created a rural, gothic-novel scenario of immense suggestive power. He expertly employs the tricks of literary fantasy such as only Helmut Krausser (Thanatos) and Henning Ahrens (Glantz and Gloria) have mastered in the German language. A fantastic book!« Hendrik Werner, Weser Kurier

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FICTION PHILIPP BLOM

After his mother’s death, Ben discovers that his family story is a huge illusion. He decides to write down the real-life events for his son.

Philipp Blom Bei Sturm am Meer Storm at Sea Zsolnay Verlag A hotel room in Amsterdam: Ben waits for the urn containing his mother Marlene’s ashes. Novel. 224 pages. He is alone. In a letter to his son, he tries to explain the events that have suddenly chan- Hardcover Publication date: ged his life. Forty years ago, Ben discovered that his own father, Henk, was kidnapped July 2016 and murdered in Columbian rebel territory, where he had been reporting on a story for a German weekly magazine. Marlene and Henk were members of the left-wing scene and

lived in the limelight in Hamburg. But after Henk’s kidnapping, everything in Marlene’s Philipp Blom life changes. When an unknown woman turns up, Ben realises how embroiled Marlene was born in Hamburg in is in a lifelong lie. 1970 and studied Phi- losophy, History and Jewish Studies in Oxford Philipp Blom’s novel is a highly sophisticated story of a divided life – the likes of which and Vienna, where he we have not seen for a long time. still lives today. He has received numerous awards including a scholarship at the Getty Research Peter-Andreas Hassiepen © Peter-Andreas A story of broken dreams and lifelong lies – Institute in Los Angeles, the Premis Internacionals Philipp Blom is a master storyteller Terenci Moix and the German Nonfiction Book Award. His most recent publications by Hanser are »Bei Sturm am Meer is a novel spanning generations with an intense pull. With high sensibility Der taumelnde Kontinent. and depth of focus, Philipp Blom tells a story about the roots of a lifelong lie.« BR 5 Europa 1900-1914 (2009) and Die zerrissenen Jahre. 1918-1938 (2014). www.philipp-blom.eu »Blom’s language carries you away. He has created wonderful characters. A profound, grippingly narrated novel

about shattered dreams and lifelong lies.« Petra Noppeney, Westfälische Nachrichten Sales to Foreign Countries NL (Bezige Bij) Selected backlist: Die zerrissenen Jahre (Fractures): CA (McClelland & Stewart), »Bei Sturm am Meer challenges readers to think about themselves. Little by little, HR (Fraktura), NL (Bezige Bij), Spain (Anagrama), UK (Atlantic Books), USA (Basic) Der taumelnde Kontinent (Vertigo Years): CA (McClelland & Stewart), China (Han the events of the story come to light. An exciting read.« Claudio Campagna, NDR Kultur Tang), Estonia (Varrak), HR (Fraktura), NL (Bezige Bij), Portugal/Brazil (Record), Spain (Anagrama), UK (Orion), USA (Basic)

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FICTION RENÉ FREUND

According to her father’s will, Nora has to scatter his ashes in the Alps: with a companion she doesn’t like at all at first. They set off together on a journey – and arrive at a surprising destination.

René Freund Niemand weiß, wie spät es ist No One Knows What Time It Is Nora has lost her father. That would be bad enough in itself, but then she reads his will. She has to leave her beautiful home and life in Paris to go trekking with her father’s ashes Deuticke Verlag Novel. 272 pages. in her rucksack – accompanied by a pedantic young notary’s assistant, who tells her each Hardcover day how far they have to go to the next stage – through a country she barely knows. Nora, a Publication date: fun-loving scatterbrain, and Bernhard, a strict ascetic, stick to a plan through downpours, July 2016 quarrels and gradual affection, which eventually turns their lives upside down.

René Freund takes the reader on an unusual journey. At every bend in the path, a surprise René Freund is waiting – and in the end, a wonderful revelation. born in 1967, lives and works as a writer and translator in Grünau in Almtal, Austria. He studied A laidback pleasure-seeker and a pedantic puritan Philosophy, Theatre Stu- dies and Ethnology, and meet on an open-ended adventure was a dramaturge from © Monika Löff 1988 to 1990 at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. Book publications include Stadt, Land und danke für das Boot (satire, 2002) and Wechselwirkungen (novel, »Perfect summer reading! A book you no longer want to 2004). His publications by Deuticke are: Liebe unter put down because it is exciting, funny and thought-provoking Fischen (novel, 2013), and his family memoir, without being the least bit strenuous.« Angela Sellner, BuchWoche Mein Vater, der Deserteur (2014). www.renefreund.net »A thrilling pleasure, which even those averse to esotericism will enjoy.« Claudio Campagna, NDR Kultur

Sales to Foreign Countries »René Freund offers entertainment, comfort Selected backlist: Liebe unter Fischen: Georgia (Ibis), Italy (Piemme), Russia and refined criticism of the guiding principles of our (Eksmo), Spain (Alfaguara)

time in his new novel.« Peter Jungwirth, Wiener Zeitung

»A very amusing novel. A perfect summer book.« Peter Pisa, Kurier

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FICTION ALEX CAPUS

For the first time in twenty-five years of marriage, Max and Tina sleep in separate beds: Tina is in Paris on a business trip and Max stays at home, where he runs a local bar. Because his wife is away, he starts to realise what is truly important in his life.

Alex Capus Das Leben ist gut Life is Good 240 pages. Hardcover Every evening, Max stands behind his bar listening to stories. During the day, he takes Publication date: the glass to be recycled in his handcart, repairs furniture, and sets off in search of a August 2016 stuffed bull’s head – or gets into fights with property speculators. The central character in Alex Capus’ new novel is a protagonist at ease with himself. He defends everything that we easily overlook in our hectic, day-to-day lives with a sharp Alex Capus yet compassionate eye. Life is Good is a novel about people, about unquestionable trust in born in 1961 in Normandy, now lives in Switzerland. ourselves, and in good friendships and life – but above all, it is a tribute to love. In 1994, he published his first collection of stories; since then he has written fourteen volumes of »I love people and things that stay.« short stories, novels and reportage. His most recent publications by Hanser are: Léon und Louise (2011), Fast ein bisschen Frühling © Ayse Yavas (2012), Skidoo (Meine Reise durch die Geisterstädte des Wilden Westens, 2012), Der Fälscher, die Spionin und der Bombenbauer (2013) and Reisen im Licht der »Life is good is an optimistic, cheerful novel, which Sterne (new edition, 2015) as well as Mein Nachbar Urs (Geschichten aus der Barbara Geschwinde, WDR puts you in a good mood.« Kleinstadt, 2014) and Seil- tänzer (Hanser-Box, 2015). »You could easily spend an entire evening talking to Max – and Alex Capus too. As a reader, you have www.alexcapus.de the pleasure of listening to him for a whole novel, only to marvel at how such a lively book can emerge from practically nothing. Ultimately, Max is a romantic – and Alex Capus most certainly is. But both Sales to Foreign Countries know that you can only get through life as a realist. And that a splash of romance simply makes it more Selected backlist: Reisen im Licht der Sterne: F (Actes Sud), SLO (Cankarjeva); enjoyable. Life is Good is a feelgood book. Many readers will feel good because of it.« M. Ebel, Tages-Anzeiger Fälscher, Spionin, Bombenbauer: BG (Atlantis), I (Garzanti), PL (Swiat Ksiazki), SRB (Laguna), SLO (Cankarjeva), UK/USA (Haus); Léon und Louise: BRA (Record), BG (Atlantis), DK (Ganesa), FIN (Atena), F (Actes Sud), ISR (Armchair/ Yediot Aharonot), »Here it is again, Capus’ distinctive, atmospheric tone. You’ll love his books for I (Garzanti), ROC (Munhakdongne), NL (Luitingh-Sijthoff), LV (Zvaigzne ABC), PL (Swiat Ksiazki), RO (Vivaldi), RUS (Arsis), SRB (Laguna), SLO (Cankarjeva), ES (Salamandra), their sentences, and their trenchant, atmospheric descriptions.« K. Weise, NDR Kultur S (Norstedts), TR (Kirmizi Kedi Yayinevi), UK/USA (Haus)

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FICTION WILHELM GENAZINO

A wonderful Sunday morning; the city streets are empty. On the radio, a woman is singing that Jesus will save her. But if his life feels grey on a Sunday morning, isn’t something going wrong? Are things different from how he once imagined they would be? Why can’t he just buy some bread rolls, have a quiet breakfast and reflect on his life?

Wilhelm Genazino Außer uns spricht niemand über uns Apart From Us, No One Talks About Us It’s understandable that Carola has found her partner difficult to bear lately: he, a failed actor and radio announcer, has settled into lasting, comfy mediocrity. His girlfriend only 160 pages. Hardcover Publication date: manages to goad him into showing emotions when they are having a crisis. But when July 2016 she decides to leave him, she realises that putting the brakes on their relationship hasn’t made her any happier. The opposite, in fact. Luckily, the runaway girlfriend’s mother comes to the rescue. Can she save the deserted man? Does he even want to be saved? If Wilhelm Genazino so and how is the subject of Wilhelm’s Genazino’s new, witty, mischievous novel. was born in 1943 in Mann- heim and lives in Frankfurt. Among other awards, he has received the Georg Büchner Prize. He is published by Hanser and his latest book titles are: Das Glück in glücksfernen Zeiten (2009) Wenn wir Peter-Andreas Hassiepen © Peter-Andreas Tiere wären (2011), Tarzan am Main (Walks in Central Germany, 2013) and Bei Regen im Saal (2014).

»To some extent in this bizarre and impressive work, Genazino redeems what he started as a young man in the 1970s in the magazine pardon: he takes a satirical approach and transforms it into melancholy to form an aesthetic work of art.« Helmut Böttiger, Deutschlandradio Kultur

»Apart From Us, No One Talks About Us is Wilhelm Genazino’s latest novel, and it appears to be a continuation of his cycle of serene resignation. His search for significance continues, but while

in doing so, he has produced a significant literary work.« Alexander Solloch, NDR Kultur Sales to Foreign Countries Selected backlist: Liebesblödigkeit: PRC (People's Literature), F (Christian Bourgois), »In Apart From Us, No One Talks About Us, yet again Wilhelm Genazino demonstrates GR (Kastaniotis), I(Ugo Guanda), ROC (Changbi), NL (Atlas), ES (Circulo de Lectores), RUS (Fluid), SLO (Zavod Litera), TW (Yuan-Liou), TR (Jaguar Kitap); Ein Regenschirm that he is at the height of his art.« Thomas Groß, Mannheimer Morgen für diesen Tag: BRA (Apicuri), PRC (Horizon), CZ (Mladá Fronta), F (Christian Bourgois), GR (Kastaniotis), I (Ugo Guanda), JP (Hakusuisha), ROC (Munhakdongne), LV (Man- »Reading Genazino is rather like watching Woody Allen films.« Claus-Ulrich Bielefeld Die Welt sards), LT (Alma Littera), MK (Ars Lamina), NL (Atlas), RUS (Amphora), SLO (Zavod Litera), ES (Galaxia Gutenberg), TW (Yuan-Liou), TR (Jaguar Kitap), UA (Calvaria), UK/USA (New Directions) 13 FICTION FICTION 14

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Exhibitions in Paris, shopping in New York, lying on Spanish beaches and trekking in the Himalayas – the world tempts us to faraway places with a myriad of possibilities. But the dream is over. Beaches have become war zones, concert halls bunkers and cafés high

security wings. Who is still interested in going there? Lütscher Katharina ©

Sybille Berg Wunderbare Jahre – Als wir noch die Welt bereisten Wonderful Years 1 January, 2016, Jerusalem. Sibylle Berg is visiting family and friends. Outside on the The days when we street, she hears firecrackers being set off. But hold on – there are no firecrackers in Jeru- travelled the world salem on New Year’s Eve. Everyone is very nervous and the situation is tense. Screaming 160 pages. Hardcover with people come running down the street. Children cry. People duck and flee into the entran- illustrations by Isabel Kreitz Publication date: ces of houses. Below the balcony, it’s not a party going on: it’s an attack. September 2016 Sibylle Berg is well travelled and has written a great deal about it. But now the party’s over. Do we really want to go sightseeing in parts of the world where poverty and tourist sights exist side by side and bombs fly over our heads? Sibylle Berg describes the times Sybille Berg of wanderlust: that beautiful, adventurous and romantic period. These days she feels like is a dramatist and author running away. But where to? who lives in Zurich and Tel Aviv. She has published 15 novels and 15 plays to date, and her work has been People used to think, »That’s all very far away, thank God …« translated into 26 languages. Her other publications by Hanser are: Der Mann schläft (2009), Vielen Dank für das Leben (2012), Wie halte ich das nur alles aus (2013) and Der Tag, an dem meine Frau einen Mann fand (2014). www.sibylleberg.com

Sales to Foreign Countries Selected backlist: Der Tag, den dem meine Frau einen Mann fand: Czech Repu- blic (Větrné mlýny); Der Mann schläft: Czech Republic (Větrné mlýny), Macedonia (Goten), Turkey (Can Sanat), Vietnam (Giói); Vielen Dank für das Leben: France (Actes Sud), Denmark (Tiderne Skifter), Israel (Am Oved), Netherlands (Signatuur), Turkey (Can Sanat)

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Nominated for the Austrian-Book-Prize 2016

With his characteristic balance between lightness and profundity, Peter Henisch narrates the story of his formative childhood years, and ties his new book to his previous novels Die kleine

Figur meines Vaters and Eine sehr kleine Frau. © Willi Svoboda/Deuticke Verlag

Peter Henisch Suchbild mit Katze Picture Puzzle with Cat Deuticke Verlag A child leans out of the window, and on the windowsill next to him sits a cat. The cat is Novel. 206 pages. the first one he’s ever had. The window is one of many that he will look out of, but this Hardcover is where his consciousness awakens. Peter Henisch takes us on a journey back to his Publication date: September 2016 childhood in postwar Vienna. As a boy, he was often told that he was a daydreamer. And dreaming is a trait that Peter Henisch has preserved as a writer. He’s also still a cat-lover. The cats that have accompanied him through life, and the windows he’s looked out of at Peter Henisch the world frame this poetic memoir in which Henisch virtuously links his biography to was born in Vienna in modern history. 1943 and studied German, Philosophy, History and Psychology. Co-founder of the journal Wespen- nest and a freelance writer since 1971. Works (a selection): Die kleine Figur meines Vaters (1975) and Schwarzer Peter (2000). With his novels Die schwangere Madonna (2005) and Eine sehr kleine »Peter Henisch writing has the lightness and bright melancholy of Franz Schubert’s Frau (Deuticke, 2007), he was longlisted for the compositions.« Der Spiegel German Book Prize. In 2009, his novel Der verirrte Messias was published by Deuticke, and in 2013, Mortimer & Miss Molly. www.peter-henisch.at

Sales to Foreign Countries Selected backlist: Eine sehr kleine Frau: USA (Ariadne Press)

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Eloquent, visually powerful and playful: Gerhard Stadelmaier’s novel about a young man and his life in newspapers. A biographical comedy and

a loving tribute to the great era of newspapers. © Leonhard Hilzensauer/Zsolnay Verlag

Gerhard Stadelmaier Umbruch Break Zsolnay Verlag »Be careful! Don’t go into the newspaper business!« implores his grandmother, dipping Novel. 224 pages. her fingers into the holy water and making the sign of the cross on his forehead. Because Hardcover for her, newspapers are the Devil’s work. However, it’s too late: the narrator or »young Publication date: man« has been bitten by the bug. He is enchanted by the magical world of newspapers and September 2016 by the breaks that characterise the times as well as the lines of text. Nor does the path ahead, which is lined by ruthless chief editors, put him off. He enjoys his work: from the Stadtpost, whose editor is worshipped by its readers, to the Landeszeitung, where wraps Gerhard Stadelmaier born in 1950 in Stuttgart, and reviews are celebrated in defiance of the zeitgeist, all the way to the Staatszeitung, wrote about theatre and where walls fall and dams burst. theatre reviews for the features section of the Gerhard Stadelmaier, the legendary theatre critic of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from 1989 to 2015. knows like few others what goes on behind the doors of newspaper offices. His first novel He was recently awarded is an eloquent, tragi-comic profession of love for what newspapers once were and what the Deutsche Sprachpreis. they should be. His publications with Zsol- nay to date are: Parkett, Reihe 6, Mitte. Meine Theatergeschichte (2010) and Liebeserklärungen. Große Schauspieler, große Figuren. (2012)

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Love, war and betrayal: in her new novel, Evelyn Schlag unfolds a confusion of

emotions amid chaos, fear and terror. © Helmut Gollner/Zsolnay Verlag

Evelyn Schlag Yemen Café Zsolnay Verlag Novel. 368 pages. Jonathan is a doctor and works in a hospital in Sana’a, which is reserved for government Hardcover officials and foreigners. But even here, sometimes catastrophic conditions reign and there Publication date: is no telling who is trustworthy. And even in his private life, the well-travelled doctor August 2016 also finds himself in a conflict between loyalty and lies in Yemen’s capital city, which is devastated by war and terrorism. Delphine, his girlfriend, is far away from Jonathan and his disturbing everyday life. He meets a former lover, is attracted to a colleague’s wife and Evelyn Schlag eventually falls in love with a young woman who works for the NGO. was born in 1952 in Waid- hofen an der Ybbs where she still lives. She studied Evelyn Schlag sophisticatedly interweaves political and personal uncertainties, existen- German and English, and tial questions and the current political background. This is a terrific novel about betrayal has been awarded nu- and passion. merous prizes including the Anton Wildgans Prize and the Austrian Art Prize. Her most recent publications by Zsolnay are her novel Die große Freiheit des Ferenc Puskás (2011) and her volume of poems verlangsamte raserei (2014). »Her work possesses a great poetic force.« Jury of the Austrian Art Prize for Literature, 2015

»Evelyn Schlag invariably strikes the right register, suspended between playfulness and refined strength of mind.« Neue Zürcher Zeitung

»Evelyn Schlag’s language creates unparalleled microcosmic tableaus.« Der Standard

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At the age of 91, the dement Johannes Kehr is put into a nursing home. But he is only faking his dementia. He wants to settle in ahead of time and make sure he is well prepared. At first taken aback, and then with growing understanding, he observes his fellow »inmates«. A sensitive

literary debut, both imaginative and intense. © Marcel Müller

Frédéric Zwicker Hier können Sie im Kreis gehen Here You May Walk »It’s going to happen sooner or later.« With this insight into what he has to do, Kehr plans In Circles his life in a nursing home for his remaining life after his wife’s death. He doesn’t have a 160 pages. Hardcover good rapport with his daughter; he loves his granddaughter Sophie, but she’s expecting a Publication date: baby and he doesn’t want to make too many demands on her. In the nursing home, Kehr August 2016 hopes he will find some peace. But it isn’t that easy. He witnesses the dotty, often aggres- sive behaviour of his fellow occupants and the negligence of the carers. He exploits his faked dementia to steal desserts, hide the walking frames of disagreeable neighbours and Frédéric Zwicker to take liberties. Soon, however, his acting becomes more challenging: the more familiar was born in 1983 in Lau- sanne and carried out his the home becomes, the greater the danger is that he will be exposed. When Annemarie, civilian service in a nursing the love of his youth, turns up, his old affection is rekindled. A strong debut novel whose home. He studied German exuberance stays with the reader for a long time. and has performed as a slammer, was a gag writer for Giacobbo/Müller, writes the lyrics and sings in the band Knuts Koffer and works as a journalist, blogger and columnist. Here You May Walk in Circles is his first novel. »Frédéric Zwicker has created a hero who we cannot fail to be fond of.« Peter Weber www.knutskoffer.de

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The bright world above, the dark world below: even when walking through the city, there are cave entrances everywhere: on the path to love, to justice or to games. Botho Strauß explores the tunnels of history and myth, of the present and dreams. Walz © Ruth

Botho Strauss Oniritti Höhlenbilder Oniritti Cave Paintings 240 pages. Hardcover Those who are alive are surrounded by pictures – by stories that are made up of pictures. Publication date: Man and woman in a lifelong search for themselves, the couple; one who steps onto the October 2016 stage so that the absurdity of life is set aside for a few hours; a man who is forced to read the last book by his torturer. The images that Botho Strauß conjures up and the scenes he narrates are graffiti from the depths of dreams. And like in a dream, the reader quite Botho Strauss suddenly recognises his own face in what at first appears so mysterious. was born in Naumburg in 1944 and lives in Berlin. His Botho Strauß’ new book opens a new, unfamiliar chapter in his exploration of our world of most recent publications by images, both present and past, and deciphers the writing on the cave walls of the night. Hanser are Herkunft (2014) and Allein mit allen (A book of ideas, 2014).

»He is the interpreter of our daydreams. A poet for the 21st century.« Hubert Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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TILMAN RAMMSTEDT Selected by New Books in German

»When Tilman writes a novel, a circus menagerie appears, a declaration of love for imagination, a book that sweeps us up, English sample translation available sweeps us away and shocks us because, with tears of laughter, we catch a glimpse of profound truth behind the insane façade.« Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Tilman Rammstedt Morgen Mehr To Be Continued Tomorrow 208 pages. Hardcover Early 1972: the narrator’s whole life lies before him. He sees everything that lies in front Publication date: of him and is looking forward to it. But there is one snag: he hasn’t been born yet. To July 2016 be precise, he hasn’t even been conceived and his future parents know nothing of each other: both of them have quite different concerns for the time being. His mother is about Tilman Rammstedt to fall in love with a melancholic Frenchman while his father has just been thrown into was born in 1975 in the Main with his feet encased in concrete. How the narrator manages to lead the couple Bielefeld and lives in Berlin. into through heartbreakingly funny and breathlessly sad adventures each other’s arms, In 2003, he published his debut novel Erledigungen is a great firework display of tale-spinning. vor der Feier, followed by the novels Wir bleiben in der Nähe (2005), Der Kaiser von China (2008) In search of time gained: the fastest-paced book of the year and Die Abenteuer meines ehemaligen Bankbera- ters (2012). He has been

© Carolin Saage awarded numerous prizes, including the Ingeborg- Bachmann-Prize and the Annette von Droste-Hüls- »The summer novel of the year. No other German author creates such fabulous worlds full hoff Prize. of life-embracing melancholy with such a light touch and engaging humour: first-class prose at its best.« Oliver Jungen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

»Nothing happens by chance, and each narrative cog locks precisely into the next. To be Continued Tomorrow is cleverly structured: a witty, fast-paced, intelligent and really far-out book. Far-out in the literal sense of the word, because the whole concoction is also a road-movie. […] Along the way, Rammstedt explores the possibilities of invention and the conditions that produce Sales to Foreign Countries literature. First, create the first-person narrator! Quite brilliant.« Jörg Magenau, Deutschlandradio Kultur Lesart Selected backlist: Die Abenteuer meines ehemaligen Bankberaters: CZ (Lidove Noviny), I (Del Vecchio), ES (El Aleph), ES (La Campana), TR(Dedalus), UK/USA »What’s even more amazing is that Tilman Rammstedt did not know at the outset what he would (Seagull Books); Der Kaiser von China: CZ (Lidove Noviny), F (Editions Piranha), write here; but once again, he skilfully weaves together and ties up all the loose ends by the last page. I (Del Vecchio), ROC (Munhakdongne), ES (El Aleph), ES (La Campana), TR (Dedalus), The result of this literary experiment is that, no matter what the circumstances are, if anyone UK/USA (Seagull Books); Wir bleiben in der Nähe: I (Del Vecchio), ES (Eterna Caden- cia); Erledigungen vor der Feier: Canada/French(Les Allusifs) can tell stories, then Rammstedt can. Indisputably.« Alexander Solloch, NDR Kultur Neue Bücher

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Raoul Schrott’s book is the result of an inten- sive exploration of today’s knowledge about the world: from the Big Bang to the formation of the planets all the way to humankind. What image of people does this lead us to?

What does it mean for our existence? Hassiepen © Peter-Andreas

Raoul Schrott Erste Erde. Epos First Earth. Epos 800 pages. Hardcover First Earth ventures a great undertaking: to apply a literary form to our scientific know- with special design ledge and to illustrate it using individual figures and their life stories. In alternating Publication date: poetic forms, the result is a reflection of our cosmos in a narrative panorama. In order to September 2016 do this, Raoul Schrott went on several trips around the world: from the place where the oldest rocks ever were found, aged over four billions years old, all the way to the Atacama Desert, where the largest reflector telescope in the world is currently being built. In the Raoul Schrott second part, Schrott summarizes the current state of our world knowledge in nonfiction born in 1964, has received numerous prizes including form. Linking poetry and knowledge, Raoul Schrott dares to put forward a modern-day the Peter Huchel and the counterpart to Humboldt’s Cosmos. The exploration of the world could hardly be more Joseph Breitbach Prizes. intriguing or beautiful. His most recent publications by Hanser include Homers Heimat (Der Kampf um Troia und seine realen Furious, violent and universal: Hintergründe, 2008), his translation of The Ilias Raoul Schrott links our world knowledge to literature and poetry (2008), Gehirn und Gedicht (Wie wir unsere Wirklich- keiten konstruieren, 2011, together with the neuroscientist Arthur Jakob), his translation of Hesiod’s Theogonie (2014) as well as his poetry volume Die Kunst as nichts zu glauben (2015). His First Earth pro- ject was supported by the German Federal Cultural Foundation for several years.

Sales to Foreign Countries Selected backlist: Geschlecht der Engel: (Seagull) Wüste Lop Nor: France (Actes Sud), Netherlands (De Bezige Bij), Spain (Debate), Spain (Destino), UK/USA (Macmillan) Tristan da Cunha: Netherlands (De Bezige Bij) Tropen: Italy (Crocetti)

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Who am I? What does freedom mean? These are major questions that myths and

philosophy have attempted to answer. © Peter H7 u. H. Corn

Michael Köhlmeier Konrad Paul Liessmann Wer hat dir gesagt, dass du nackt bist, Adam? – Michael Köhlmeier is a great storyteller and Paul Liessmann is a brilliant philosopher, Mythologisch-philosophi- who is also capable of explaining complex models of thought. Together they have perfec- sche Verführungen Adam, who told you that ted the art of eliciting philosophical truths from myths. Michael Köhlmeier tells a story you’re naked? based on 12 key life terms, inspired by ancient sagas or folk tales. And to follow, Konrad 200 pages. Hardcover Paul Liessmann reveals his interpretation of what he reads into these stories about the Publication date: rules of the game and the possibilities of our world: responses to highly fundamental life September 2016 questions. A marvellous literary-philosophical dialogue and a wonderfully pleasurable and intellectual read. Michael Köhlmeier born in 1949 in Hard am Bodensee, lives and works Curiosity, work, violence, revenge, lust, secrecy, ego – literature as a writer in Hohenems/ Vorarlberg and Vienna. and philosophy rolled into one! – beauty, masterfulness, power, His latest publications by limits, fate Hanser are the novels Zwei Herren am Strand (2014), and Das Mädchen mit dem Fingerhut (2016). Konrad Paul Liessmann born in 1953 in Villach, is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, and an essayist, literary critic and cultural journalist. His most recent publications by Zsolnay are Das Universum der Dinge (Zur Ästhetik des Alltäglichen, 2010), Lob der Grenze (Kritik der politischen Unter- Sales to Foreign Countries scheidungskraft, 2012), and Selected backlist Michael Köhlmeier: Das Mädchen mit dem Fingerhut: France Geisterstunde (Die Praxis der Unbildung, a polemic (Actes Sud); Zwei Herren am Strand: Czech Republic (Archa), France (Actes Sud), pamphlet, 2014) Serbia (Laguna), Syria (Dar Ninawa), USA/UK (Haus) Konrad Paul Liessmann: Das Universum der Dinge: Bulgaria (LIK), Czech Republic (Academia), Slowenia (Hermagoras); Lob der Grenze: Czech Republic (Academia); Geisterstunde: Czech Republic (Academia)

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The Language of Gibraltar illustrates Kuhligk’s sovereignty and courage as a poet, one who clear-sightedly sounds out his position, and whose place is his country, his time, his history and this world – as a

Homo politicus, a lover and a poet. Wagner © Achim

Björn Kuhligk Die Sprache von Gibraltar Gedichte The Language of Gibraltar- Björn Kuhligk’s lyrical voice was never as distinct as in this volume of poetry. The form Poems of the long poem, which also lends the book its name, is central. Back in 2014, when it 96 pages. Hardcover was comparatively easy to block out the problem of people in boats as a one that belonged Publication date: July 2016 to the Mediterranean coastline, Kuhligk was haunted by reports of the notorious border fence in Melilla. He travelled there to get a more complete picture and to find a language for what he would experience and see. With The Language of Gibraltar, a firmly political writer speaks out and shows what poetry is capable of: it can assault and imposition us by Björn Kuhligk creating images we cannot shake off. And it can touch us to the quick with its raw tone. was born in 1975 in Berlin where he works as a Yet a purely emotional response is not enough. bookseller. After Es gibt hier keine Küstenstraßen (2001), Am Ende kom- men Touristen (2002), Who claimed that modern poetry was unpolitical? Großes Kino (2005) and Von der Oberfläche der Erde (2009), his volume of poems Die Stille zwischen null und eins was published by Hanser Berlin in 2013.

»So much turns up in this book – junk, a mother monkey and the saltiness of the Mediterranean – but not a scrap of pathos.« Margarete Stokowski, SPIEGEL online

Sales to Foreign Countries Selected backlist: Stille zwischen null und eins: Mexico (Bonobos)

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Rafik Schami Sophia oder der Anfang aller Geschichten Sophia, or the Beginning of All Stories Hanser Verlag. 480 pages

As a young girl Sophia falls deeply in love with Karim, but instead of marrying him she weds a rich goldsmith. A few years later Karim is innocently accused of murder and Sophia saves his life. He promises her from that point on he will be there to support her whenever she needs him. Rafik Schami’s latest masterpiece tells of the power of love. A love that instils courage and fortitude, a love that rejuvenates – and can even save lives.

Sales to Foreign Countries Bulgaria (Atlantis), Czech Republic (Zeleny), Greece (Livanis), Hungary (Lábnyom), Italy (Garzanti), Serbia (Laguna), Slovakia (Zeleny), Spain (Salamandra), Turkey (Kafka Kitap), UK/USA (Interlink)

Michael Köhlmeier Das Mädchen mit dem Fingerhut. Girl with Thimble Hanser Verlag. 144 pages

A big city, somewhere in Western Europe. A little girl arrives at the market square, star-ving and thirsty. Someone gives her food and drink. She doesn’t understand a word of the language they speak here, but she starts screaming as soon as she hears the word »police«. Where does she come from? Why is she here? What’s her name? Michael Köhlmeier has written a magnificent,haunting book about our times.

Sales to Foreign Countries Belarus (Haliyafy), France (Actes Sud), Norway (Bokvennen)

Nominated for the Hans Platzgumer German-Book-Prize Am Rand. On the Edge 2016 Zsolnay Verlag. Novel. 208 pages

Who knows what secrets people carry with them? In Gerold Ebner’s life, death and happiness have always walked hand in hand. In a lucid and compelling voice, gripping from first page to last, Hans Platzgumer’s first- person narrator recounts his life.

Am Rand is a stunning novel about moral integrity and personal responsibility: What decision would you have made? »Life confessions are often considered oppressive — here the word 'spellbinding' would be far more appropriate. Hans Platzgumer’s writing is highly sophisticated, simultaneously establishing proximity and detachment.« Christine Westermann, WDR5

André Heller Das Buch vom Süden. The Book of the South Zsolnay Verlag. Novel. 3360 pages

Over 50.000 copies sold.

A portrait of turbulent times, a book brimming with wonderful tales and a cast of bizarre characters; a paean to a world long gone. André Heller has written a brilliant novel.

»André Heller tells stories both wondrous and dreadful […] with a delectable melange of disarming self-doubts and confessions.« Hans Magnus Enzensberger

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ARCHITECTURE

Niklas Maak, Atlas der seltsamen Häuser und ihrer Bewohner 2

SOCIETY

Stephan Lessenich, Neben uns die Sintflut 4 Christoph Bartmann, Die Rückkehr der Diener 6 Wilfried Buchta, Die Strenggläubigen 7 Ulrich Eberl, Smarte Maschinen 8

POLITICS

Armin Thurnher, Ach, Österreich! 9

SCIENCE

Gerald Hüther • Christoph Quarch, Rettet das Spiel! 10 Melanie Mühl • Diana von Kopp, Die Kunst des klugen Essens 12 Lydia Möcklinghoff, Die Supernasen 14 Andreas Fath, Rheines Wasser 15

BIOGRAPHY

Klaus Taschwer, Der Fall Paul Kammerer 16 Oliver Jens Schmitt, Capitan Codreanu 17

CULTURE HISTORY

Martin Dahinden, Schweizer Küchengeheimnisse 18

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A house towers in front of you: a gigantic, white wooden castle, built by a New York art collector and financial speculator, who embezzled 700 million dollars. Or a concrete semi-circle built on a cliff in Sardinia by a film director for he and his lover. A house in Kenya, where a talented painter was shot and killed. A hut in Mexico where an American banker went into recluse after 9/11.

Niklas Maak Atlas der seltsamen Häuser und ihrer Bewohner An Atlas Of Curious Houses Eccentric property owners around the world have indulged in building very individual houses for themselves: Niklas Maak has set off in search of them. He has surveyed them 336 pages with illustrations. Hardcover at length, done research, talked to architects and inhabitants and in doing so, has learnt Publication date: plenty about the dreams, fears and obsessions of our modern age. Houses tell the most August 2016 wonderful stories. Niklas Maak has written them down – not just for fans of architecture.

Niklas Maak Eccentrics, speculators, art collectors and film divas – was born in 1972 in Hamburg and studied Art their unusual houses and incredible stories History, Philosophy and Ar- chitecture in Hamburg and Paris. Since 2001, he has Niklas Maak is one of the best-known journalists on architecture, been a feature journalist for art and architecture at not only in Germany the Frankfurter Allgemeine Peter-Andreas Hassiepen © Peter-Andreas Zeitung. Besides this, he teaches as a guest profes- Stories about unusual houses, which up until now sor in Frankfurt am Main were barely noted and Harvard. He has recei- Quotes on The Building Complex ved the George F. Kennan Prize for his work as well as the Henri Nannen Prize in 2012, the COR Prize in »This is one of the most important architecture 2014 and the BDA Prize for architectural criticism in books in recent years.« Wolfgang Nagel, Die Zeit 2015. His publications by Hanser are: Der Architekt am Strand (2010), Fahrten- »The way our houses should look so that they include up-to-date styles and provide a contemporary buch. Roman eines Autos (2011) and Wohnkomplex. home – this is the book that author and FAZ editor Niklas Maak has written. And he’s achieved it in Sales to Foreign Countries Warum wir andere Häuser brauchen (2014). a such a way thanks to his language that it makes a great read.« Laura Wallace, Süddeutsche Zeitung Selected backlist: Wohnkomplex: UK/USA (Hirmer) Der Architekt am Strand: UK/USA (Hirmer) »It would be wonderful if this wise, knowledgeable book finds a large audience so that, at long last, building culture will be thought about,

talked over and discussed much more.« Monika Dittrich, Deutschlandfunk

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The bottom line is: we all know that we’re doing well in the West because elsewhere, most people aren’t doing well. We outsource poverty and injustice on a small and large scale. Stephan Lessenich’s provocative description of our »externalisation society« illustrates the social failures of the current world order.

Stephan Lessenich Neben uns die Sintflut – Die Externalisierungs gesellschaft und ihr Preis Next To Us, The Deluge – Having it all and wanting more, protecting your own wealth by depriving others: The Externalization Society this is the secret agenda in developed societies. We systematically shift the negative and Its Price effects of our lifestyle to countries and people in other world regions – and we block 224 pages. Hardcover out our role in this practice. The renowned sociologist Stephan Lessenich offers a very Publication date: concrete and politically volatile analysis of dependency and exploitation patterns in September 2016 the globalised economy. In contrast to what we might want to believe, not everyone profits from the free market. The truth is: if someone wins, others must lose. And each of us has a responsibility in this zero-sum game, whose losers are now knocking on Stephan Lessenich our doors. This is why, according to Lessenich, our lives will change, whether we like born in 1965 in Stuttgart, teaches at the Institute it or not. for Sociology at the LMU in Munich and is also the chairman of the German Sociological Association. His numerous publications © Götz Schleser include Die Neuerfindung des Sozialen (2008). www.stephan-lessenich.de

We don’t live beyond our means. We live beyond the means of others

We have it good because others have it bad

This material stirs up social debate: our lives will change, whether we like it or not

With clarity and force mediated through his diagnosis of time, comparable to Ulrich Beck’s Risikogesellschaft (Risk Society) or Richard Sennett’s Der flexible Mensch (The Flexible Human)

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Domestic staff? Servants? Not us. OK, there is the Polish cleaning lady. And in the evening, we order in a quick meal from a delivery service. How else would we manage everything in our social and working lives? There’s no time even to go shopping. And what a relief that the deliveryman carries our groceries upstairs!

Christoph Bartmann Die Rückkehr der Diener – Das neue Bürgertum und sein Personal The Return of the Servant – It is only half true to say that computers run our everyday lives. Because our household, The New Middle Class and childcare or nursing needs are increasingly served by a workforce that is found most its Workforce easily on the Internet. Christoph Bartmann describes how a new underclass of badly 240 pages. Hardcover paid helpers and deliverers has sprung up alongside the digital world. The middle Publication date: classes are increasingly acquiring a taste for a neo-feudal lifestyle. A sharp look at August 2016 our society which evidently gets along fine with social segregation.

Christoph Bartmann Are we living in Downtown Abbey? – The expansion of the was born in 1955 and studied German and History. service industry Since 1988, he has worked at the Goethe Institute in Munich, Prague and Whether we need help in the household or nursing care, Copenhagen, among other

© Katherine Lorimer a delivery or pizza service, we all employ a workforce cities. From 2011, he was the director of the Goethe Institute New York and from Social segregation takes place in our everyday lives 2016, Warsaw. He also writes regular articles for the Süddeutsche Zeitung. »This is a book that appears to report back from another world in a friendly, His most recent publication by Hanser is Leben chatty tone – and yet it dishes up sharp criticism of the thoughtlessness im Büro. Die schöne neue Welt der Angestellten and cynicism of our society.« Martin Tschechne, Deutschlandradio Kultur (2012). »From a psychological milieu standpoint,

the author is in top form here.« Christopher Schwarz, WirtschaftsWoche

»Christoph Bartmann’s The Return of the Servant combines forays into our living environment with moral self-enquiry, without, however, boring the reader with dull appeals and worthless, empty phrases. Bartmann captures you with a keen eye for ambivalence, wording that hits home and the kind of friendly irony that is mostly suited to talking about such inconsequential, deluded beings as humans.« Jens Bisky, Süddeutsche Zeitung

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Militant Islamism, which is a threat to world peace, did not emerge during the past two decades. Its hour of birth in the modern era was 1979 in Iran and Saudi Arabia. Wilfried Buchta traces its development and nature in a compact essay that entertains no illusions. He illustrates why the consequences are

so devastating – above all for the Islamic world. © Ludger Ikas

Wilfried Buchta Die Strenggläubigen – Fundamentalismus und die Zukunft der islamischen Wilfred Buchta, who is intimately acquainted with the Islamic world in the Middle and Welt Far East, focuses his attention not only on the largely failed political and military strate- The Orthodox Religious – Fundamentalism and the gies of the West in this region, but most of all on continuing tensions and developments Future of the Islamic World within the Arab world. In doing so, he points out the fatal role of conflicts between the 192 pages. Hardcover Sunni and Shi’ite confessions that continue to this day. He describes the rise of radical Publication date: Islamist religious leaders and explains why there is no theological mainstream that can September 2016 counter the extreme position of those with orthodox religious beliefs. And precisely because he makes no secret of his closeness to Islamic culture, his critical, pessimistic viewpoint has a particular impact. Wilfried Buchta born in 1961, has a PhD in Islamic Studies and is a publicist. He worked for From the Iranian revolution to the present day: how militant 14 years for national and international organisations Islamism came about and why there is little reason for optimism in Morocco, Iran, Jordan and Iraq, most recently from 2005-2011 as a political analyst for the UN in Baghdad. Besides giving lectures, he also writes for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the Sonntagszei- tung and Cicero. His most recent publication is Terror vor Europas Toren (2012). He lives in Berlin. www.wilfried-buchta.de

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The era of machines has dawned. They can cook, wait tables and make music, think and debate: even cars can drive by themselves. Some machines have already beaten us: they can make more accurate diagnoses than doctors, are more knowledgable than quizmasters, have mastered 20 languages, can detect bottled-up feelings and recognise problems

before a train or a turbine malfunctions. Hassiepen © Peter-Andreas

Ulrich Eberl Smarte Maschinen – Wie künstliche Intelligenz unser Leben verändert Where is all this leading us? Are robots or smart computers a blessing for humanity? Smart Machines Are they necessary to the restructuring process of our energy and industrial systems? How artificial intelligence is changing our lives Or to ensure that cities are worth living in and our ageing populations are cared for? Or are they merely a threat to jobs, our private sphere and security? Ulrich Eberl carried out 416 pages with illustrations. Hardcover research in leading firms in the USA, Japan and Europe. Vividly, precisely and compre- Publication date: hensively, he depicts the fascinating developments in a field that strikes the core of our July 2016 self-perception: human intelligence.

Ulrich Eberl born in 1962, is one of the My dear robot colleague, would you please take over! most renowned German- language science and technology journalists. He Brave new world– how artificial intelligence and robots will took a doctorate degree in change our everyday lives Biophysics at the Univer- sity of Munich, worked for Daimler and managed innovation communication at Siemens for 20 years. He also founded and was »The text derives its force from the densely packed facts inside. […] The reader notices editor-in-chief for the the author’s enthusiasm for technology: Eberl takes on the perspective of the researcher.« internationally acclaimed Günther Hack, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung magazine about future developments Pictures of the Future. In 2011, he published the youth nonfiction title Zukunft 2050. He lives near Munich. On Twitter: @UlrichEberl1

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Austria, 2016 – a country in which the world’s problems are focussed, whether in the rise of the extreme right wing or the refugee crisis, the poison of neoliberal ideas all the way to the endangering of the social state. Should we fear for Europe? Or is there still hope? www.corn.at/© Paul Zsolnay Verlag

Armin Thurnher Ach, Österreich! Europäische Lektionen aus der Alpenrepublik The New York Times recently used a graph to illustrate the rise of right-wing forces in Ah, Austria! European countries: among the highest increases was in Austria. In May, the candidate European Lessons From the Alpine Republic of a party that challenges fundamental European values won nearly half of the votes. Zsolnay Verlag European states view the Austrian example with concern: Is this a case of Orbánisation? 170 pages. Jörg Haider's legacy? Or just a one-off case of immorality? The crisis-laden EU seems to Softcover regard Austria as a microcosm in which world politics are put to the test. Publication date: September 2016 In his brilliant essay, Armin Thurnher, the editor-in-chief and publisher of the Viennese weekly newspaper Falter, demonstrates where weariness with Europe can lead and how right-wing politics can be countered. Armin Thurnher was born in 1949 in Bre- genz. He is the co-founder, co-editor and editor-in chief of the Viennese city newspaper Falter. He has received numerous awards, including the Honorary Award of the Austrian Book Trade Prize »If only we had someone like Thurnher in Germany.« Frank Schirrmacher for Tolerance and the Otto Brenner Prize for his com- mitment to a social Europe. His most recent books published by Zsolnay were his novel Der Übergänger (2009) and Republik ohne Würde (2013).

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Man is only wholly a man when he is playing. What Schiller once believed is nowadays confirmed by neurological research: during play, people develop their potential, and experience the feeling of being alive. But play is currently threatened – not only by its commercialisation but also through addiction to online games. Neuroscientist Gerald Hüther and philosopher Christoph Quarch won’t let it rest there. They make

an appeal to rediscover the significance of playing. Fischnaller Josef © © Nomi Baumgartl

Gerald Hüther Christoph Quarch Rettet das Spiel! – Weil Leben mehr als The authors explain why our brains perform best as soon as we begin to use them funktionieren ist playfully, and why computer games are not suitable for developing our potential. They Save the Game! – Because There’s More to Life Than remind us of how ancient cultures thought highly of play and illustrate which games Just Functioning lend themselves to authentic encounters and vitality. This helps us not to lose our play- 208 pages. Hardcover ful creativity in a world dominated by instrumental thought. Publication date: September 2016

»Man is only wholly a man when he is playing.« Friedrich Schiller Gerald Hüther born in 1951, is a neurobiologist and author of popular In our society, self-optimisation is a dominant theme, books, such as Was wir and results in anxious people sind und was wir sein könn- ten. Ein neurobiologischer Mutmacher. As a scientist, We have forgotten that playing is a source of vitality and creativity he explores the effects of early experiences on the development of the brain, the effects of fear and Hüther and Quarch guide us towards the art of playing: stress, and the significance in the family, our partnerships and our job of emotional reactions. Gerald Hüther lives near Göttingen. www.gerald-huether.de Christoph Quarch born in 1964, is a philosopher, writer, consultant and key- note speaker. He provides support to companies, teaches at several insti- tutes of higher education and in cooperation with ZEIT-Reisen, organises philosophical trips. He lives in Fulda. www.christophquarch.de

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MELANIE MÜHL • DIANA VON KOPP

Whether it’s the Stone Age, vegan or raw vege- table diet, new nutritional trends are constantly being invented. But we mustn’t overlook these key questions: why do we love some dishes and can’t stand others? And how can we manage to eat in a truly more intelligent way? We can read about established findings from the fields of behavioural psychology and neuroscience that decode our taste and shed light on the social aspect of food.

Melanie Mühl Diana von Kopp Die Kunst des klugen Essens – 42 verblüffende Ernährungswahrheiten Melanie Mühl and Diana von Kopp have collected 42 astonishing facts about nutrition. The Art of Eating Smart – They demonstrate how the girth of the waiter influences what we order in a restaurant, 42 Astonishing Truths why we should sit with our backs to the buffet, that diets don’t work (with the exception of About Our Diet the 80 per cent rule), how milkshakes lift our mood and what types of food would ensure 208 pages with illustra- our survival on a desert island. This compendium is as entertaining as it is informative, tions. Hardcover Publication date: and it leads us through the jungle of the nutritional world in easily manageable portions. July 2016

Melanie Mühl born in 1976, has been a feature journalist for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung since 2006. Her publications by Hanser © Helmut Fricke Schober Michael © Eating more intelligently: why red plates are the best diet and are Die Patchwork-Lüge a milkshake can be immensely comforting (2011) and 15 sein (2016). She regularly contributes to the Frankfurter Allge- Surprising insights from the fields of biology and meine Zeitung’s blog, Food Affair. Melanie Mühl lives in »Melanie Mühl, editor of the arts section of the F.A.Z. has written together with Diana von Kopp behavioural science Frankfurt am Main. The Art of Eating Smart. 42 Astonishing Facts about Our Diet. While new nutritional trends Diana von Kopp An ideal present with four-colour illustrations born in 1975, is a graduate are constantly beng declared, we overlook the really important questions: Why do we love some psychologist and author of foods and find others awful? How do we know when we are full? How does taste function, and what Führungskraft – und was jetzt? (2014) and Warum role does our psyche play in choosing food? Yet proven insights from behavioural psychologists and Piloten glückliche[re] Men- schen sind (2015). brain researchers decrypt our taste and shed light on the social dimension of food. Research into this She regularly contributes to the Frankfurter Allgemeine area has unearthed amazing facts – not only for our health but also for our pleasure.« F.A.Z. Sales to Foreign Countries Italy (Sperling & Kupfer), Korea (Banni Books), Spain (Planeta) Zeitung’s blog, Food Affair. Diana von Kopp lives in »Their texts are not only light and sometimes amusing – they are also supported by relevant scientific Hamburg. www.vonkopp.com studies. All this makes reading them a pleasure.« Inge Wünnenberg, Technology Review

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It’s a mystery why the anteater isn’t extinct. He’s slow, has bad eyesight and has a brain the size of a pea. Lydia Möcklinghoff, Germany’s most famous expert on anteaters, takes the reader to places where this species and others, such as the river lamprey or the red-banded rubber frog, have learned survival tricks. Together with conservationists from all over the world, she researches how we can foster more understanding and ensure better protection for animal species.

Lydia Möcklinghoff Die Supernasen – Wie Artenschützer Ameisenbär und Co. vor dem Ausster- ben bewahren The author has spent many months in the Brazilian bush, has fought through the jungle The Super Snoopers – with a machete and climbed trees to escape from wild boars – all to find out how the How Conservationists Save anteater can survive. She narrates this with humour and real passion. Her book takes us Anteaters & Co. on a journey to the most wonderful creatures on this planet and to the people all over the From Extinction world who head into the wilderness for their protection. 208 pages with illustrations. Hardcover Publication date: September 2016 Excellent knowledge transfer by a young Jane Goodall

Lydia Möcklinghoff born in 1981, is a zoologist and researcher of anteaters. She has lived in Brazil for ten years where she can © Lydia Möcklinghoff get close up to the subject of her doctorate. In Germany she is a welcome talk- show guest and successful science-slammer. In 2015, she published her travel blog Ich glaub mein Puma pfeift as a book. Her long- »When Lydia Möcklinghoff talks about Wetlands, it’s term aim is to ensure better protection in the future for the Giant Anteater and a thousand times more interesting and funny than when its endangered Brazilian habitat. Charlotte Roche does.« Titus Arnu, Süddeutsche Zeitung

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A professor conquers Germany’s longest river. He’s the third person ever to do so and manages it in record time: Andreas Fath swam the 1,231 km from the Rhine’s source in the Alps to its mouth. The chemist, who took river water samples along the way with his colleagues, was campaigning for more effective water pollution controls. His scientific analyses showed an alarming increase in microplas- tic particles and indicated high levels of medication,

artificial sweeteners and drugs in our ecosystem. © Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Ulla Ernig

Andreas Fath Rheines Wasser – 1231 Kilometer mit dem Strom Rhine Water is the gripping story of a great adventure – and an appeal for the more care- Rhine Water ful treatment of our most precious resource: so that we become more effective at conser- 1,231 kilometres downriver ving rivers, saving water and preventing antibiotics ending up in our food and drinking 256 pages with illustra- water. tions. Hardcover Publication date: August 2016

A great adventure and an appeal for greater water pollution controls Andreas Fath born in 1965, is a professor for Chemistry at Furtwan- Why the pollution of our rivers is on the increase again gen University (HFU). He has been a keen swimmer since his youth, winning the Fath’s water samples show an alarming concentration German freestyle champi- onship among other prizes. of microplastics and antibiotics In summer 2014, Andreas Rath swam the length of the Rhine from its source to its mouth in 25 stages. Rath lives with his wife and two sons in Haslach, Kinzigtal. www.rheines-wasser.eu On Facebook, Instagram [@rheineswasser] and on Twitter: @RheinesWasser

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On 22 September 1926, Paul Kammerer climbed a hill in the Austrian Schneeberg mountains, put a pistol to his head and took his own life. Shortly before, Kammerer, who had been fêted as the greatest biologist since Darwin, had been accused

of falsifying the results of his experiments in acqui- © M. Cremer red characteristics. The case garnered worldwide attention and remains unsolved to this day.

Klaus Taschwer Der Fall Paul Kammerer – Das abenteuerliche Leben des umstrittensten Biolo- Ninety years later, Kammerer is considered by some to be the father of epigenetics; for gen seiner Zeit others, he remains a forger. Who, if not him, could have carried out the manipulations? The Paul Kammerer Case The adventurous life of the Why else did Kammerer, who had also made a name for himself as a composer, freemason most controversial biologist and Alma Mahler’s lover, commit suicide? of his time Once more, Klaus Taschwer unrolls the story of the man at the centre of the midwife 304 pages with illustra- toad case: Kammerer, his life and death. And Taschwer delivers the first hot lead in this tions. Hardcover cold case, which has its roots in a Jewish conspiracy. A real-life thriller that brings to life Publication date: September 2016 Vienna’s creative milieu around 1900 and the crisis of the inter-war period.

Klaus Taschwer The criminal case of the midwife toad born in Judenburg in 1971, studied Sociology and Political Science. He is the A rediscovery of the first epigeneticist co-editor of the science magazine heureka, joint head of a university course The adventurous life of the »new Darwin« and his mysterious death for Science Communication and a journalist in the science section of the Vienne- se Standard. In 2003, his book Konrad Lorenz. Eine Biographie will be published by Zsolnay (together with Benedikt Föger).

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The first biography of the Romanian fascist leader, Corneliu Zelea-Codreanu, a key

figure in Southeast European history. © J. Benzenberg

Oliver Jens Schmitt Capitan Codreanu Aufstieg und Fall des rumä- nischen Faschistenführers He founded the »Legion of the Archangel Michael«, was sentenced to death as a murderer, Capitan Codreanu honoured as the »fairly-tale Prince« and »Messiah«, and shot in 1938 while trying to flee. The Rise and Fall of the Romanian Fascist Leader

Extreme political anti-Semitism, a social revolution and the creation of a »new man«: after Zsolnay Verlag 336 pages. Hardcover Hitler and Mussolini, Corneliu Zelea-Codreanu (1899-1938) was the third in a series of Publication date: charismatic fascist leaders in Europe between the wars. Nevertheless, Codreanu remains September 2016 almost unknown to this day. Swiss historian Oliver Jens Schmitt, who teaches in Vienna, relates his story in the context of Europe. Like Hitler, Codreanu planned a putsch. He was arrested and, because judges were sympathetic towards him, he became an idol for right- Oliver Jens Schmitt wing nationalist circles. Schmitt narrates the story of student riots, religiously charged was born in 1973 in Basel and studied Byzantine mass marches and the magnetism that Codreanu exerted on all classes of society – in Studies and History. Since particular on intellectuals such as Mircea Eliade and Emil Cioran – up to his violent death 2005, he had been a pro- and the rekindling of his cult today. fessor of Southeast Euro- pean History at the Univer- sity of Vienna, a member of various academies, and has written several books including Skanderbeg. Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan (2009) and Die Albaner. Eine Geschichte zwischen Orient und Okzi- dent (2012).

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The phrase »Swiss cuisine« conjures up fondue and chocolate. But did you know that it was a Swissman who invented the stock cube, another who developed mass-produced ice-cream and yet another who, as the chef of five US presidents, influenced world history? Ingeniously peppered with recipes, it is an ideal pre-

sent than can be served in lieu of another cookbook. MartinDahinden©

Martin Dahinden Schweizer Küchengeheim- nisse – Gesichter und Geschichten hinter This will come as a surprise to some gourmets: Switzerland has made some signifi- bekannten Gerichten cant contributions to international gastronomy in the form of stories, recipe books Swiss Culinary Secrets – The Faces and Stories and culinary inventions. Not to mention brilliant cooks. Napoleon’s Swiss chef, for Behind Famous Dishes example held sway over entire military operations via his boss’ stomach. César Ritz, 176 pages. Hardcover who hailed from the mountainous canton of Valais, founded an entire luxury hotel Publication date: sector. The Tessin family Delmenico, who emigrated to New York, introduced the à la August 2016 carte menu there. And the »milk soup of Kappel« was a diplomatic feat that secured peace. Martin Dahinden has followed the historical traces left by the Swiss who have made culinary history. He tells stories of cocktail and menu geniuses, visits from Martin Dahinden the German Emperor and early haute cuisine. And he explains why the Swiss do not born in 1955 in Zurich, is a Swiss Ambassador living have a national cuisine of their own despite these many achievements. Entertaining, in the USA. He has previ- stirring, and ripe with recipes, this tempting menu of stories is ideal for both Swiss ously managed the Swiss and other epicureans. Agency for Development and Cooperation (DEZA), an agency for development and cooperation in Bern, Matterhorn on a dinner plate: on Swiss cuisine and chefs and the Geneva Interna- tional Centre for Humani- tarian Demining. He has worked as a diplomat in Geneva, Paris, Lagos, New York, Brussels and Bern.

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PHILOSOPHY Rüdiger Safranski Zeit Was sie mit uns macht und was wir aus ihr machen On Time What it does to us – and what we make of it Hanser Verlag. 288 pages

Beyond all the deceptive clocks and watches that give us the illusion of an objective time measurement, our personal experience of time is an altogether different matter: strictly structured in music, boundless and easy when we are at leisure, pursuing sports and hobbies. With time as his central theme, Rüdiger Safranski expounds on the human condition, encouraging us to reclaim the experience of time in all its infinite variety.

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Dieter Thomä / Vincent Kaufmann / Ulrich Schmid Der Einfall des Lebens The march of life: Theory as secret autobiography Hanser Verlag. 416 pages. Softcover

The theorist stays one step removed from life: he is only interested in abstract concepts, theories and their interpretation. But of course, behind the edifice of every theory is the person who constructed it – a person who may have to face the fact that his theories clash with his own life experiences. Vincent Kaufmann, Ulrich Schmid and Dieter Thomä discuss the lives and careers of influential philosophers and other thinkers — an innovative and highly inspirational approach to the present-day theory and its under- lying structure.

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BIOGRAPHY

Ulrich Weinzierl Stefan Zweigs brennendes Geheimnis Stefan Zweig’s Burning Secret Zsolnay Verlag. 288 pages with photos

The life and work of Stefan Zweig from a radical new perspective. Who was – who is – Stefan Zweig? A writer read worldwide to this day, the first true European in German literature and a man with an outstanding gift for friendship. Ulrich Weinzierl presents an intimate and ingenious psychological portrait of Zweig’s character.

»Ulrich Weinzierl is a cultural aristocrat and an intellectual democrat. His formulations are elegantly structured, sophisticated and witty«. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

SOCIETY

Heinz Bude Das Gefühl der Welt. Über die Macht von Stimmungen The Mood of the World. The Power of Emotions Hanser Verlag. 144 pages

Moods are as vague as they are ephemeral and unpredictable. Yet, they are the decisive factor in our perception of the world at large — which is why it is so important for politicians to know the mood of the electorate. Moods can make or break elections. Heinz Bude reveals the driving forces behind public mood streams, explains their effect, and shows how they can be influenced and swayed. Anyone wanting to get to grips with the political process needs to know about the power of public moods.

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SOCIETY

Rolf Dobelli Die Kunst des klaren Denkens The Art of Thinking Clearly Hanser Verlag. 256 pages

The Art of Thinking clearly is an eye-opening look at human psychology and reasoning — essential reading for anyone who wants to avoid »cognitive errors« and make better choices in all aspects of their lives. Rolf Dobelli’s texts are not only enriching as content, they are a real joy to read.

Sales to Foreign Countries Sold to more than 30 countries

Rolf Dobelli Die Kunst des klugen Handelns The Art of Acting Smart Hanser Verlag. 248 pages

Countless readers were interested in Rolf Dobelli's clever descriptions of our most common thinking errors. But those who heed Dobelli's advice about thinking clearly are not yet out of the woods. For new pitfalls await as we progress from thinking to doing. Fortunately, we can bypass these – if we know how. This is exactly what The Art of Acting Smart is all about.

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CULTURE & HISTORY

Wolf Lepenies Die Macht am Mittelmeer. Französische Träume von einem anderen Europa Mediterranean Alliance. The French dream of an alternative Europe Hanser Verlag. 352 pages

Franco-German rivalry has its origins in the contrasts between Catholicism and Protestantism, between the more meticulous, »stricter« North and the less regimented and more pleasure-loving South – concepts and stereotypes that date back to the 18th century and are progressively resurfacing in political debate today. Wolf Lepenies sheds light on this startling and little-known slice of European history, providing essential reading for anyone wanting to gain a deeper understanding of how coalitions and fronts within Europe come about.

»Who could be better qualified to make sense of the endless ping-ponging of theoretical and factual politics than sociologist and historian Wolf Lepenies?« Claus Leggewie, Süddeutsche Zeitung

ECONOMY

Frank Arnold Management – Von den Besten lernen Management – Learning from the Best Hanser Verlag. 464 pages

How can we explain the impressive lifetime achievements of people as different as Herbert von Karajan and Madonna, Alexander von Humboldt and Barack Obama, Coco Chanel and Jeff Bezos? Frank Arnold provides in his book a description of more than 60 celebrities from the most varied areas of society. It is their »knowledge for success« we can all benefit from. Never before has management been imparted in such a comprehensible and entertaining way.

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ECONOMY

Lisa Nienhaus Die Weltverbesserer. Grosse Denker der Wirtschaft, die unser Leben verändern The Do-Gooders. Important Economic Minds Who Changed Our Lives Hanser Verlag. 256 pages

Wealth and ruin, success and failure, avarice and happiness: the big questions of life are questions of economy. This book offers explanations from the leading economic minds as to why there is money, credit, work, and taxes. These voices started revolutions, predicted disasters, and fought for women's rights. They alleviated crises and drove wedges between peoples.

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Hanno Beck Geld denkt nicht Money Does Not Think – How to Stay on Top of Financial Affairs Hanser Verlag. 336 pages

However you look at it: market meltdowns, waves of speculation and evaporated assets - the human psyche is not created for the madness of the capital markets. But when we know how things work we are better protected. The reader of Hanno Beck's book will be much wiser in financial affairs.

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Tomáš Sedláček / Oliver Tanzer Lilith und die Dämonen des Kapitals – Die Ökonomie auf Freuds Couch The Demons of Big Money – The Economy on Freud's Couch Hanser Verlag. 352 pages

Capitalism – Is There a Remedy or Is It a Hopeless Case? Tomás Sedlácek's book Economics of Good and Evil was on the best selling lists for months and made the author a star of capitalism critics. His new, seminal book dissects our economic model and reveals that it is in deep trouble.

»The attempt undertaken by Sedlácek and Tanzer to look at the economy psychoanalytically (which, by the way, has already been insisted upon by Schumpeter, Keynes, Marshall ….) is incredibly inspiring. Perhaps it is the first of a new brand of economic books - and the most important, most significant one in years.« M. Lemke, Portal für Politikwissenschaft

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Frank Sieren Geldmacht China China – World Power. How the Rise of the Yuan weakens Euro and Dollar Hanser Verlag. 286 pages

China's growth story is without equal. Parallel to this rise, the Chinese are increasingly trying to establish their own currency, the Yuan, on the same level as the Euro, Dollar, and Yen as a legal tender. China expert Frank Sieren describes how the Chinese exploit the weakness of the West specifically and strategically to accelerate the rise of new world currency - and what it all means for us, our financial centers in New York, London and Frankfurt and for the Western economy.

»Frank Sieren is Germany's leading China expert«. London Times

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ECONOMY

Andreas Sieren / Frank Sieren Der Afrika-Boom The Africa Boom. The Big Surprise of the 21st Century Hanser Verlag. 270 pages

Africa: The dark continent makes us think of rickety boats full of refugees, bloody civil wars, corrupt regi- mes, and now the Ebola epidemic! But at the same time more and more people go to Africa for work and to take advantage of the opportunities that the continent offers.

»This book is a must read. It does several things: it provides a new perspective of Africa and lets us question deeply rooted self-serving certitude of the West. And it also provides an understanding of China’s point of view.« Antje Korsmeier, Handelsblatt

Klaus Werner-Lobo / Hans Weiss Schwarzbuch Markenfirmen. Die Welt im Griff der Konzerne Blackbook on Branded Companies. Our world in the grip of corporations Deuticke Verlag. 336 pages. Softcover

Revised and updated edition of the international bestseller Large corporations have one goal above all others: maximum profit. Decent working conditions, ethical principles and environmental protection are more often than not secondary concerns. Schwarzbuch Markenfirmen remains a milestone of criticism on modern globalization. The machinations of corporations – and what we can do to curb them. A must-read for the socially engaged consumer!

»This book will hardly fail to provoke a reaction. It attacks corporations at their most vulnerable point – their reputation.« Der Spiegel

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POPULAR SCIENCE

Henning Beck Hirnrissig Hare Brained! Hanser Verlag. 272 pages

The time has come to do away with our hang-ups about the brain! Henning Beck, a neurobiologist and German champion in Science Slam, explains pointedly and with his razor-sharp wit, why there is nothing to the myths of the male and female brains, brain jogging, and brain food. We also learn about the recent discoveries in neuroscience what makes Hare Brained! a provocative and eye-opening book.

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Werner Siefer Der Erzählinstinkt. Warum das Gehirn in Geschichten denkt The Story-Telling Gene. Why our Brains invent Stories Hanser Verlag. 250 pages

There are many answers to the question of what makes us human. One could be that it is our ability to reason or to cooperate with each other. Werner Siefer provides the proof that it is the language and our story-telling gene that make us human. The author makes a convincing case that a well-told tale can work on many levels; it can help us to overcome a personal crisis and it can contribute to peace on earth.

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Peter Spork Wake up! Aufbruch in eine ausgeschlafene Gesellschaft Wake up! Journey Into a New Society Hanser Verlag. 250 pages with illustrations

We should not only abolish DST, we also need more light at the workplace, and presenteeism in the office must give way to a consideration of different chronotypes. »Wake up!« is an energetic plea for the common journey into a wellrested society with less burnout and depression, less lack of sleep and irritability, and less obesity and diabetes.

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Hanno Charisius / Richard Friebe Bund fürs Leben Together for Life – Why bacteria are our Friends Hanser Verlag. 319 pages

There is a great impact of bacteria on our health, our mood, and our thinking. As we continually gain new knowledge about how bacteria control our appetite with chemical signals and how they can strengthen or weaken our immune system one wonders – who's in in charge in our bodies? After reading this book we will be able to distinguish »good« and »bad« bacteria and will have learned all the tricks for living a healthy and peaceful life together with our intimate tenants.

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Richard Friebe Hormesis Hormesis. The Principle of Resistance – How Stress and poison Can Make Us Stronger Hanser Verlag. 360 pages

Everything is totally different: What is healthy is actually poisonous. What is good for the mind and for the body isn't good at all. It is chemical, biological, mental and physical stress stimuli that are healthy for the body. This principle is called hormesis. The biologist and scientific author Richard Friebe sheds light on the secret of this inner strength that we all can use. This book is nothing less than a key for a more healthy life.

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Christoph Drösser Total berechenbar? Totally predictable? When Algorithms make Decisions for us Hanser Verlag. 256 pages. Softcover

From Amazon and Netflix to the Facebook newsfeed and online dating, algorithms determine what we buy, what we watch for entertainment, and with whom we go out. Bestselling author Christoph Drösser has no equal in explaining mathematically complex interrelations and what makes them work.

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Rudolf Taschner Die Zahl, die aus der Kälte kam The Number That Came In From The Cold. When Math Becomes An Adventure Hanser Verlag. 244 pages

Rudolf Taschner takes us on an amazing ride through the history of the most powerful numbers. He tells the tale of Blaise Pascal who first invented a computer in the 17th century, of how Isaac Newton learned to calculate with the concept of infinity, and of how the British Intelligence despaired about the number 007. The author unveils the secrets of math in a suspenseful, light, and entertaining way. Even the non-math- inclined cannot help but be taken into the spell of numbers.

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Rudolf Taschner Die Mathematik des Daseins The Mathematics of our Being. A Short History of the Game Theory Hanser Verlag. 256 pages

Bestselling author Rudolf Taschner tells the tale of game theory. He walks us from the 17th Century, the time of Blaise Pascal, who invented the theory of probability, to Ludwig Wittgenstein, who thought the world to be a play of words, and finally to the present time of the global financial markets. This is a book of mathematics as a quest for meaning, and it is written like a suspense novel.

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Florian Freistetter Der Komet im Cocktailglas The Comet in the Cocktail Glass. How Astronomy rules our Lifes Hanser Verlag. 224 pages

When one thinks of astronomy it us usually about stars, galaxies, black holes, and the like. Yet the events of deep space also impact our daily lives in a fundamental way. Florian Freistetter, Germany's most popular science blogger, unveils astronomy behind the objects that surround us. This book is a delightfully illustrated walk through the everyday universe; showing how cosmic phenomena affect our lives – and how the universe manifests itself in our living rooms.

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Florian Freistetter Asteroid Now Asteroid Now. Why Man’s Future lies in the Stars Hanser Verlag. 236 pages

Picture this scary scenario: asteroid XYZ is racing toward the earth and threatens to wipe out all life. Only a few short weeks remain to divert disaster. What might sound like the plot of a Hollywood movie it is the subject of present-day studies. This book is a fascinating overview of the potential of technology and the state of knowledge of astronomy. Most of all, the book sheds light on the future of man.

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POPULAR SCIENCE

Florian Freistetter Die Neuentdeckung des Himmels The Rediscovery of the Sky. Searching for Life in the Universe Hanser Verlag. 256 pages

We are not alone! Almost every day astronomers discover new worlds . It's only a matter of time before space telescopes will also detect life on distant planets. The Rediscovery of the Sky is the tantalizing tale of one of the greatest adventures of mankind as we seek to answer the eternal question »Are we alone in the universe?«

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Science Busters Das Universum ist eine Scheißgegend The Universe is a Crappy Place Hanser Verlag. 328 pages

A Stellar Mixture of Leading-Edge Science and Humor.

The Science Busters use their latest book to issue some serious advice. They declare that space is no playground, planets are hard to find, where to sign on against extraterrestrial bacteria, what a shooting star might think when encountering a human, how the universe will end and who will be left cleaning up the mess when everything is over.

»A Magic Moment of Science!« Jürgen Kaube, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Holm Friebe Die Stein-Strategie The Stony Strategy. The Art of Inaction Hanser Verlag. 226 pages

Silence is often the most powerful tool in human communications. Holm Friebe explains in an entertaining and scientifically way how we can end up on top in everyday life and on the job by playing the trump card of non- action. Learning to wait for the right time to act is learning how to win!

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Holm Friebe / Philipp Albers Was Sie schon immer über 6 wissen wollten Everything you always wanted to know about 6 Hanser Verlag. 276 pages. Softcover

Numbers have a secret power- whether they are quantities, prices, or group sizes. In an innovative new study, Holm Friebe and Philipp Albers explore the psychological effect of numbers based on insights of behavioral economy, evolutionary biology, and psychology. Everything you always wanted to know about 6 is a kaleido- scope of baffling results of the inner workings of numbers and at the same time a playful instruction for the use of them in our daily lives.

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PICTURE BOOKS

Rotraut Susanne Berner, Karlchen – Mein Kindergartenbuch 2 Rotraut Susanne Berner, Karlchens Welt – Backlist 4 Peter Schössow, Wo ist Oma? 6 Anu Stohner • Henrike Wilson, Die kleine Schusselhexe und der Drache 8 Ole Könnecke, Elvis und der Mann mit dem roten Mantel 10

CHILDREN‘S FICTION

Annika Reich, Lotto macht was sie will! 12 Rudyard Kipling, Der Schmetterling, der mit dem Fuss aufstampfte 14 Jutta Richter, Ich bin hier bloß das Kind 16 Katja Samt, Josie Eckstein – Aufbruch ins Abenteuer 18

YOUNG ADULTS FICTION

Julya Rabinowich, Dazwischen: Ich 20

YOUNG ADULTS NON-FICTION

Manfred Mai, Wir leben alle unter demselben Himmel – Die 5 Weltreligionen für Kinder 22 PICTURE BOOKS ROTRAUT SUSANNE BERNER

Rotraut Susanne Berner Karlchen – Mein Kinder- garten-Freundebuch Little Charlie – My Friends in Kindergarten Little Charlie has a lot of friends, especially in kindergarten. That is why this friendship book is apt to be used even by the youngest to leave a print in their friend’s life. Collec- Color illustrations throughout ting precious memories of your playmates from kindergarten is so valuable. 64 pages. Hardcover Format: 16 x 21 cm From age 3 Publication date: For most friendship books one has to know how to write even though you make your first August 2016 friends in day care and kindergarten already. Therefore Little Charlie’s friendship book has special pages for children in kindergarten to creatively engage in: with motives to color, multiple-choice questions, fill-in texts, and a lot of space for pictures and other Rotraut Susanne Berner treasures. That way parents don’t have to fill out the album for their offspring. On each the author and illustrator has created, written, and double-page spreads for ages 3 to 7 children can discover similarities and differences illustrated numerous books and make creative memories by painting, writing, and crafting. Of course, Little Charlie for children and adults. She leads by example! has been awarded multiple prizes in recognition of her work. Among others, the Special Prize of the Ger- • Playfully making memories of the first friends in life man Young Reader's Lite- rature Prize for her lifetime achievements (2006), the • Suitable for children in kindergarten Grand Prize of the German Academy in Volkach (2016), • Getting creative with coloring and crafting and the Hans-Christian- What’s Ole’s favorite color? Andersen-Prize (2016).The Little Charlie-series so far • Over 350.000 Little Charlie-books sold to date includes twelve includes twelve volumes. www.rotraut-susanne- Or Klara’s favorite food? berner.de rsbuecher.blogspot.de In this book friends can tell you all the important things about themselves …

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Board books 1–8 Little Charlie‘s World

Now you can play with me!

Each 18-20 pages from age 1

Hardcover

Puppet

32 pages 128 pages from age 4 from age 3

Stories 1+2

Happy Families Pairs Each 64 pages from age 3

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE PICTURE BOOKS PETER SCHÖSSOW

Peter Schössow Wo ist Oma? – Zu Besuch im Krankenhaus Where Is Granny? A Visit at the Hospital Henry’s visit to his granny at the hospital turns into a little odyssey – but it’s fun, because there is so much to discover! Color illustrations throughout 64 pages. Hardcover Actually, Henry only wants to visit his grandmother, with Gülsa, who watches him some- Format: 25 x 26 cm times. But Gülsa has to make a quick call - that can take a while. In the meantime, Henry From age 4 Publication date: is going ahead on his own. After all, he knows his granny. But the hospital is hu-mon- September 2016 gous! People are everywhere. The normal ones must be visitors. The people in green, blue, and white coats must be working there. And the ones in plaster or with eyepatches, those

are the patients. One is even wrapped like a mummy, he probably ran in front of a bus. In Peter Schössow their rooms, the patients are in their beds, but you can’t go in everywhere. How is Henry The author and illustrator supposed to find his granny like this? Is there anybody who can help him? Of course there born in 1953, ranks among is: the janitor. Henry meets him in the basement after he got hopelessly lost. Luckily. the great contemporary picture book artists. Hanser published Meeres Stille und glückliche Fahrt (2004), Gehört das so??! (2005), Die Prinzessin (2006), Baby Dronte (2008), Meehr!! • »The new Schössow« – a visit at the hospital seen with the eyes of a child (2010), Mein erstes Auto war rot (2010), Ich, Kater Robinson (Neuausgabe There’s no fear of hospitals • Educational as a factual book and entertaining as an adventure story 2012) and recently Der arme Peter (2013). Peter Schössow received the German Children’s Litera- with Peter Schössow, ture Award for Gehört das so??! in 2006. www.peter-schoessow.de

one of »the best picture book Sales to Foreign Countries UK/USA/NZ (Gecko Press) artists in the country«. Thomas David, DIE ZEIT

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ANU STOHNER • HENRIKE WILSON

Anu Stohner Henrike Wilson Die kleine Schusselhexe und der Drache The Scatterbrained Little The little witch is indeed incredibly scatty but she’s there when it really counts. And she’s Witch and the Dragon also not afraid of facing a dragon. Colour illustrations throughout 32 pages. Hardcover With his fire the dragon left everything in a shambles: All the old witches’ brooms are Format: 21 x 29,7 cm From age 4 charred and useless. Only the broom of the little scatterbrained witch is unscathed. So it’s Publication date: on her to put the dragon to rout. Courageously, she takes off. But wait a minute, how did August 2016 it go again? Of course, the little witch has yet again forgotten the spell. »A song of ghosts The audiobook is you must now sing, to hold the dragon and … ehhm … to tie his wing!« well, that was published simultaneously by Igel Records. almost right, but at least she can now talk to the crashed down dragon. And that’s great because, actually, the dragon needs help. He wants to get rid of his red spots so he won’t be laughed at anymore. But what was the spell against dragon spots again? Anu Stohner born in 1952 in Helsinki, is a freelance writer and • For fans of the adventures of the little witch (and dragons) translator living in Altluß- heim. Die kleine Schussel- hexe was first published in 2013, followed by Die kleine Schusselhexe und der Zauberer (2013) and Die kleine Schusselhexe Great adventure hat Geburtstag (2014). Henrike Wilson born in Cologne in 1961, studied graphic design and painting. She lives in Berlin as a freelance illustrator. She has worked together with Anu Stohner for the books of the Der kleine Weihnachtsmann and of approaching! Das Schaf Charlotte. For Hanser she has also illustrated books by Rafik Schami and Jostein Gaarder.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE PICTURE BOOKS OLE KÖNNECKE

Ole Könnecke Elvis und der Mann mit dem roten Mantel Elvis and the Man with the Red Coat Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year! Music is playing and finally one can relax with a cup of coffee. Unless, a man with a red coat is standing at the door – in need of Color illustrations throughout help! A hilarious Christmas story. 32 pages. Hardcover Format: 19 x 19 cm Christmas Eve! Nobody has to work, snow is covering the ground outside, and the electric From age 4 Publication date: Christmas tree is shining inside. Even Elvis and his grandfather are getting in the mood September 2016 for Christmas. But suddenly the lights go off and the music stops – a blackout. But that’s not all: A man with a red coat is at the door. And because he smashed a utility pole with his fully loaded sleigh, he is now left with an unroadworthy vehicle. Albeit the fact that he urgently needed to go to work. Today of all days! Elvis doesn’t understand. Why is this Ole Könnecke The author and illustrator curious man not even taking Christmas Eve off from work. But he still tries to help him. was born in Göttingen in It’s Christmas after all. 1961, grew up in Sweden and lives in Hamburg. Since 1990 he created about 30 books, for which • This classic book is finally available again he was awarded with numerous national and • For everyone who was hoping to relax a little bit at Christmas international prizes. Hanser published, among others, Wie ich Papa die Angst vor A time of contemplation? • Amusing for both children and adult readers Fremden nahm (text: Rafik Schami) and the Anton- books, which are highly popular because of their refined sense of humor and Far from it! – A hilarious their close observations of children’s everyday experiences. Das große Buch der Bilder und Wörter (2010) Sales to Foreign Countries and Das große Bilderbuch France (La Martinière), Russia ( Melik-Pashaev) der ganzen Welt (2014) Christmas-story were great international successes.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE CHILDREN'S FICTION ANNIKA REICH

There are many things Lotto doesn’t like. Chores, boredom, and broccoli, for example. But she likes rockets, her grandmother, and fresh ideas – and with those she can survive even the most difficult days.

Annika Reich Lotto macht, was sie will Lotto has her own Head Color illustrations by Brushing teeth-rules, bathing days, trash chores, and going to bed? Only adults can in- Regina Kehn vent these things! Lotto has to come up with plenty of maneuvers to make her day an ad- Colored Endpaper 88 pages. Hardcover venture: In the morning she launches white-green toothpaste arcs over the sink with her Format: 17 x 24 cm ingenious bristle catapult. That’s how brushing your teeth is fun! Or how about pouring From age 6 milk in the bathtub to bathe like Cleopatra, only in a bubbling crater lake? And taking out Publication date: August 2016 the trash is only possible when Lotto imagines a mysterious mini-stag lives in the bin. The audiobook is simul- Of course, she’s not telling anybody – adults just wouldn’t understand. Just as they don’t taneously released with understand that she doesn’t like broccoli. She only eats it when she pictures herself as a Hörcompany. rocket-boss in space. Because broccoli looks tiny from above.

Annika Reich To read to others or by yourself born in Munich in 1973, • lives in Berlin. She works as a visiting professor at With curiosity, imagination, and sassiness against rules and boredom the Kunstakademie Düs-

Peter-Andreas Hassiepen © Peter-Andreas • seldorf, teaches creative writing at the Bayerische Charming, witty, and funny illustrations by Regina Kehn • Akademie and writes her own column 10 past 8 for ZEIT-Online. Hanser pub- »I’m never going to be someone lished many of her novels, most recently Die Nächte auf ihrer Seite, 2015. She makes her debut as a children’s book author with who likes broccoli. I’m going to be the stories about Lotto. www.annikareich.net Regina Kehn born in Hamburg in 1962 and studied illustration. She a rocket-boss!« has illustrated numerous magazines and children’s books as well as young adult books. In 2014, she was nominated for the Ger- man Children’s Literature Award for Das literarische Kaleidoskop.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE CHILDREN'S FICTION RUDYARD KIPLING

After 100 years Kipling’s original creation story is still a wonderful discovery for children and adults alike – a fireworks of imagination and humor!

Rudyard Kipling Der Schmetterling, der mit dem Fuss aufstampfte Just so stories (The Butter- fly That Stamped) In a child-friendly way, the famous author of The Jungle Book explains in a fantastic and wondrous way how the world, humans, animals, and even our alphabet have developed: Illustration rights only Edited, translated, and Actually, the elephant is a small-nosed animal that only got a long trunk because he was with an afterword by looking at the crocodile’s jaws too curiously. And the lazy camel that we »see at the zoo«, Andreas Nohl got his hump because it has »too little to do«. The armadillo came into being because the Color illustrations throughout by Kathrin Schärer hedgehog and the tortoise had to defend themselves against the Painted Jaguar. And the 223 pages. Hardcover whale only eats small fish nowadays because the Stute Fish deceived him with a pair of Format: 16 x 24 cm suspenders. 13 marvelous and hilarious stories guaranteed to make you smile. From age 6 Publication date: September 2016

• Kipling’s famous, fantastic, and funny animal stories

Rudyard Kipling • A great reading experience for children and adults alike was born in Mumbai in 1865 and died in London • Illustrated by the master of animal studies: Kathrin Schärer in 1936. He was a British storyteller and poet. He is

best-known for his novels The Jungle Book and Kim. – ILLUSTRATION RIGHTS ONLY – In 1907 he received, as the youngest laureate to date, the Nobel Prize for Are you curious how the Literature. Kathrin Schärer born in 1969 in Basel has illustrated numerous books. Hanser published elephant got his long trunk? Es war einmal ein Igel and Die Nacht des Kometen by Franz Hohler as well as Das Herz der Puppe by Rafik Schami. www.kathrinschaerer.ch

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Jutta Richter Ich bin hier bloß das Kind I’m Just the Child Here Black/white illustrations Actually adults have no clue. But they all act like smartypants. That’s so annoying. by Hildegard Müller Do you really have to just accept it? 131 pages. Hardcover From age 8 Publication date: Mom is such a know-it-all, it drives me nuts! Just as getting up early for school and this September 2016 endless smooching between my mom and Eberhard! Imagine that – or better don’t, it’s The audio book is published simultaneously with Igel simply ‘eww’! And then there’s granny. She does a lot of strange things, too, like getting Records. stuck under the couch just when the cat is giving birth there. Eberhard had to come and pull her out. Unbelievable! And then Mom says: Don’t get so annoyed, some day you’ll move out anyway. Excuse me? I really don’t get it. There’s absolutely no reason for that. It’s great at home, warm and nice. I’m not going to listen to this. But I can’t change anything Jutta Richter was born in 1955 and anyway, because I’m just the child here. published her first book as a high school student. Since 1978, she has been living as a freelance writer • A fun and snappy book for the in the Münsterland region. © Jutta Richter entire family to laugh along Her many awards include the German Prize for Young Readers Literature (2001) for Der Tag, an dem ich lernte die Spinnen zu zähmen and the Catholic You think I’ll fall for Children’s and Young Adult Book Prize (2005) for Hechtsommer (2004). your »I know it«– www.juttarichter.de Hildegard Müller born in 1957, lives close to Mainz. She has already illustrated Ich bin hier faces? Think again! Sales to Foreign Countries bloß die Katze by Hanna Italy ( Beisler Editore) Johansen (2007), Ich bin hier bloß der Hund by Jutta Richter (2011) as well as Ich bin hier bloß der Hamster (2014) and Ich bin hier bloß das Pony by Friedbert Stohner (2015).

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE CHILDREN'S FICTION KATJA SAMT

The Eckstein family is moving: From Heidelberg to a Bavarian one-horse town in the middle of nowhere. This is not, at all, what 11-year-old Josie had imagined.

Katja Samt Josie Eckstein, Aufbruch ins Abenteuer Josie Eckstein: Destination Adventure It’s been decided ever since Uncle Gustav has signed over his farm to the family: Josie has to leave behind her home, her saxophone lessons, and her climbing-friend Robert because Black/white illustrations by Almud Kunert the family is moving to the Bavarian countryside. During their very first break, however, 168 pages. Hardcover Josie is surprised how friendly people are. And as they arrive, she is astonished by the Format: 12,5 x 20,5 cm sheer sight of the old farmhouse that is now theirs. You could totally install a climbing From age 9 Publication date: wall here! And it gets even better: Her neighbor Kati immediately introduces Josie to all July 2016 her friends. And Josie finds herself playing in the brass orchestra in no time. Time really flies and Josie misses Robert only occasionally. But they’ll see each other soon enough because he’ll visit her in her new home during the holidays! Katja Samt moved thirteen times as a child. She was born in • A joyous book and a cheerful story about friendships and family Lübeck, went to elementary school in Heidelberg and • A lighthearted holiday-read Austria, and voluntarily at- Isthar Najjar Isthar © tended an all-girl boarding school in Bavaria. For some time, she also worked in New York City. Today, Katja Samt and her family call Munich and the surround- Moving to Schöning ing regions their home. Almud Kunert born in Bayreuth in 1964, am Froschsee – actually, this studied painting and graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Since 1990 she has been working sounds like paradise but to as a freelance illustrator for several publishing houses and advertising agencies. Josie it sounds more like nightmare! Almud Kunert lives in Munich. But does it really?

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15-year old Madina shares her fate with many refugee children: All of them are building bridges between their families and their new lives in the western world.

Julya Rabinowich Dazwischen, Ich Me, In-between 255 pages. Softcover Where is Madina from? That doesn’t matter. She’s from everywhere and nowhere. And with flaps now she’s finally arrived in a country that promises safety. To her, it feels a lot like future From age 14 Also available as e-book here. But it is not as easy to gain a foothold for everyone in her family. Her father with- Publication date: draws, and her mother falls silent. So it’s upon Madina to take action and to mediate bet- August 2016 ween her family in the refugee hostel and the unfamiliar life on the outside. Torn between her parents, who won’t let go, and her desire to be a normal and accepted teenager, Madina has to take charge of her family’s fate. In this endeavor she meets Laura with whom she Julya Rabinowich feels at home in this foreign land. was born in St. Peters- burg in 1970. In 1977, she emigrated with her family to Vienna where she also • A novel about the current issues of migration and integration completed her studies. She works not only as a writer, columnist, and painter but • A young girl caught in the threshold between tradition and new beginnings also as an interpreter. In this capacity she supported © Brigitte Friedrich • The author incorporates her own experiences as a refugee the Refugee Service of the Deaconry and Hemayat, a center for the victims of torture and war. Julya Rabi- nowich has been awarded several prizes. Her latest novel, Krötenliebe, was Mom and Dad’s excitement for the published by Deuticke. Me,In-between is her first young adult novel. www.julya-rabinowich. new turned into fear of the future. com Mine? Not so much.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE YOUNG ADULT'S NON-FICTION MANFRED MAI

How does a Jewish family live? Since when does Christianity exist? What is a Mosque? Why do Hindus not eat cows? And who was Buddha? An important and current book.

Manfred Mai Wir leben alle unter demselben Himmel Die 5 Weltreligionen für Kinder Within a religious community, people not only share similar views about the evolution of We All Live under the same the world, the meaning of human existence, and what happens after death but also agree Sky: The 5 World Religions on the rules by which to live. Manfred Mai gives a general overview of the five world for Children religions for children from the age of ten by describing them in a concise and objective Colour illustrations by manner. He vividly narrates the beginnings of religious communities and their rituals, Marine Ludin. Ca. 160 pag. Hardcover. From age 10 feasts, and symbols and thus contributes to a better understanding of different values and Publication date: morals. September 2016 The audiobook is published simultaneously with Hörverlag. • A family book to become mandatory reading for younger readers

For everyone who wants to gain a comprehensive overview • Manfred Mai of the five world religions born in 1949, is one of the best-known German • As usual, vividly narrated and of great expertise authors of books for children and young adults. Before he decided to become a full-time writer, he studied and taught History and German. He earned a Understanding other beliefs: lot of critical acclaim for his books Deutsche Geschich- te, Deutsche Literatur- geschichte, and Weltge- An overview of the schichte. For his works he received several awards. www.manfred-mai.de Marine Ludin 5 world religions was born in Paris and grew up in Southern France. She studied in Nancy and Hamburg and has worked as a freelance illustrator for German and French publishing houses since then. Marine Ludin lives close to Stuttgart.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE Sylvie Schenk Navid Kermani Dmitrij Kapitelman Eberhard Rathgeb Philipp Blom René Freund Alex Capus Wilhelm Genazino Sybille Berg Peter Henisch Gerhard Stadelmaier Evely Schlag Frédéric Zwicker Botho Strauss Tilman Rammstedt Raoul Schrott Michael Köhlmeier Konrad Paul Liesmann Björn Kuhligk Niklas Maak Stephan Lessenich Christoph Bartmann Wilfried Buchta Armin Thurnher Melanie Mühl Diana von Kopp Ulrich Eberl Gerald Hüther Christoph Quarch Lydia Möcklinghoff Andreas Fath Klaus Taschwer Oliver Jens Schmitt Martin Dahinden Rotraut Susanne Berner Peter Schössow Anu Stohner Henrike Wilson Ole Könnecke Annika Reich Rudyard Kipling Jutta Richter Katja Samt Julya Rabinowich Manfred Mai

Impressum: FOREIGN RIGHTS SERVICE translated by Lucy Renner Jones Umschlag: © Peter-Andreas Hassiepen unter Verwendung von Zeichnungen von Niklas Maak zu Atlas der seltsamen Häuser und ihrer Bewohner, Hanser Verlag, August 2016