Foreign Rights

Albert Christian Sellner

Immerwährender Päpstekalender

Turn to any page of this book and you'll be instantly hooked.

Der Spiegel


It is not the intent of this book to convert anyone. Inspired by the success of his ‘Perpetual Calendar of Saints’, an example of story-telling in the old tradition, Sellner now honours the heads of the curial state... [read more]

Helge Hesse

Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders

This is the way to make history enjoyable.

NDR


Starting with eighty selected well-known sayings, Helge Hesse takes us on an entertaining and colourful journey through 2,600 years of global history. From the ancient world to the renaissance, the French revolution and the Second World War, every saying opens the door to a particular epoch and brings the famous events, people and places back to life: from Thales of Miletos’ “know yourself” to George W... [read more]

Lea Saskia Laasner

Allein gegen die Seelenfänger




‘It was as if the energy I had held down all these years suddenly erupted. I was often depressed and thought about suicide, but now it was as if my paralysis had evaporated... [read more]

Asfa-Wossen Asserate

Manieren

Manners is truly elegant - witty, erudite and entertaining, of decidedly individual charm and universal appeal: a book that can be recommended to everyone. Frankfurter Allgemein Zeitung

More than 150.000 copies sold - for 16 weeks on the bestseller list!

A book on manners mustn’t necessarily be a how-to guide to correct behavior. Asfa-Wossen Asserate is an Ethiopian prince, who since 1974 has lived primarily in Germany... [read more]

Hans-Georg Behr

Fast eine Kindheit

A tale told by an infant, full of sound and fury and a great deal of sly humor. All in all it's a sad, compelling read.

Jerusalem Post


An Aryan boy in Nazi Austria Hans-Georg Behr was born into Hitler's Austria. The child of wellbred, wealthy and rabidly Nazi parents, he had a terrible childhood, one independent of his social status... [read more]

Anonyma

Eine Frau in Berlin

One of the essential books for understanding war and life.

A. S. Byatt


When the Russian armies captured and invaded Berlin in 1945, a young woman kept a diary of her experiences. This uncompromising picture of her desperate struggle for survival sheds light on the experiences of victims of war... [read more]

Dietrich Schwanitz

Bildung

600.000 copies (hardcover) plus 400.000 copies (paperback) sold - On the bestseller list since October 1999!


To the reader

Who hasn’t felt frustrated when a subject taught in school was void of liveliness, just a pile of uninteresting facts that are totally disconnected from life as we know and live it?

Anyone whose school memories are clouded by those feelings rub their eyes in amazement when, a long time after they have left school, they discover our culture’s wealth. Why didn’t it occur to them earlier that by studying history you can begin to comprehend our own society, and feel how that intellectual whiff of menthol makes us aware of how unlikely the emergence of our society actually is? Why didn’t they realize that great literature is not some kind of boring educational material but actually a form of magic that allows us to participate in experiences right as we observe them? Who hasn’t felt what happens when a thought we used to shrug off with indifference all of a sudden appears to shine like an exploding star? ...

This handbook is written for them... [read more]

Anita Albus

Die Kunst der Künste

With Albus' book we have been given a masterpiece.

William S. Heckscher



There once was a time where science was regarded as art and art as science. In a competition of the senses the eye triumphed over the ear and painting represented the art of all arts... [read more]