Foreign Rights List Fall 2016
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Ulrike Herrmann Ulrike Herrmann is economic correspondent, parliamentary correspondent and head of the communications department for the daily newspaper taz since the year 2000. Her publications often address basic issues of politics, both social and economic. She is a regular guest on national TV and radio talk shows.
No Capitalism is no Solution
Original Title: Kein Kapitalismus ist auch keine Lösung. Was wir heute von Adam Smith, Karl Marx und Maynard Keynes lernen können.
What are the reasons for financial crises? Why are rich people rich and poor people poor? How does money work? Where does economic growth come from? These are questions that even a kid could ask under given circumstances – but for some reason they are just as puzzling to our economists who are often times tinkering about with theories and models that have very little in common with reality. But their failures do not only cost billions in global currencies – they even cost human lives. A firm grasp of the classics is necessary in order to comprehend what went wrong: Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes – important thinkers whose academic representation is either small, faulty or simply does not exist. An astounding fact, considering they gave the best answers to the questions asked above – which is the reason why they need to be rediscovered.
Original language: German Published in September 2016 288 pages
The Crisis of Todays Economy or What We Can Learn from Smith, Marx and Keynes
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» The dominant school of thought in economics does not reflect reality. Everything that is required in order to understand our current system can already be found in the writings of Smith, Marx and Keynes.« Ulrike Herrmann » With serene brilliance and logical consequence, her narration roams 250 years...« ARD, ttt
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Patric Seibel The journalist Patric Seibel writes about culture, literature, science and football. Having studied political science and history, he currently lives with his wife and his three sons in Hamburg. He interviewed Argyris Sfountouris for the broadcasting station NDR Info in May of 2015.
“I will always be the little boy from back then” The SS-Massacre in Distomo and one Survivors Fight for Justice.
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The extraordinary life story of Argyris Sfountouris who survived the Distomo-Massacre committed by German soldiers in 1944 and has been fighting for justice and compensation ever since. Argyris Sfountouris is barely four years old when his parents are murdered by the Germans. He miraculously survives the Distomo-Massacre in June of 1944. Separated from his sisters during flight, he finds safety in a Swiss foster home. Later in life, Argyris fights against military dictatorship in Greece and for justice for the survivors of Distomo. He remains peaceful even though had to witness the German government reject responsibility for past crimes. An inspiring, emotional and political life whose story is especially relevant in the context of modern German-Greek affairs.
Original Title: “Ich bleibe immer der vierjährige Junge von damals.” Das SS-Massaker von Distomo und der Kampf eines Überlebenden um Gerechtigkeit. Original language: German Published in October 2016 288 pages WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE
Agyris Sfountouris, born in 1940, is physicist, teacher, writer and aid official. He became widely known during his fight for compensation payments for the victims of the Distomo massacre. Today, he is a regular guest on television and radio shows and a frequently consulted expert on Germany-Greece relations.
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Ulrich Teusch Ulrich Teusch, PhD, is a freelance publicist living near Kassel. He is an author of non-fiction books and is also working for public broadcasting. His last books include: “A Society of Catastrophes: Why We don’t Learn from Our Mistakes” and “Jenny Marx – the Red Baroness”.
Untold Stories
Original Title: Lückenpresse. Das Ende des Journalismus, wie wir ihn kannten
Mainstream media is in a struggle for credibility. Its authority is often challenged by large parts of its consumers and public opinions are diverging further and further from published ones. This is by no means an exclusively German phenomenon: the dominant media outlets in other countries are under attack as well. The point in question is one of content – “Lies” seems to be the keyword. But are lies the true problem? Ulrich Teusch’s analysis covers two far more grave factors: the suppression of essential information and biased judgement. Both deficits are firmly grounded in the structure of modern media. If nothing changes, the slow downfall of mainstream media will continue and journalism as we knew it will soon be a thing of the past.
Original language: German Published in September 2016 224 pages
The End of Journalism as We Know It
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» a masterfully written and enlightening book« Roland Ropers, Epoch Times
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Florian Schwinn
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Florian Schwinn is a journalist, author and radio host. His career encompasses productions for public television (ZDF) as well as work for the Hessischer Rundfunk as a journalist and host. Schwinn received multiple awards for his works, including the Robert-Geisendörfer-Prize in 2013.
Deadly Friendship
What We Owe our Animal Friends and Why We Cannot Live Without Them Mankind wouldn’t have become what it is now without its animals. Our Ancestors could not have established global dominance as a species had they not discovered a kind of sustenance extraordinarily high in protein: meat. Grasping this fact bears consequences for our relationships to animals. It ought to be one of care and respect. But it also bears consequences for our relationship to our own nutrition. For turning mankind vegan as a whole is neither healthy, nor close to our nature, since supplying the resources for a vegan diet on a global scale would require artificial fertilizers and other chemicals. Florian Schwinn sketches the cultural history of the inseparable bond man has developed to its livestock, offers a passionate plea for animal rights and argues why mankind’s switching to a vegan diet would be the wrong move, because veganism inevitably leads to the death of countless animals, famine for countless people and the ultimate victory of potentially dangerous chemicals in agriculture.
Original Title: Tödliche Freundschaft. Was wir unseren Tieren schuldig sind und warum wir ohne sie nicht leben können Original language: German Publication in January 2017 256 pages WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE
A book for animal lovers and meat eaters alike.
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Helmut Forster Helmut Forster, born in 1950, has observed and experienced China’s development since the seventies, having worked there the last time from 2007-2013 in Xi’an and Nanjing. Aside from translating modern Chinese literature, both fictional as well as social-scientific, he regularly publishes texts concerning the political, cultural and economic issues of China and especially Tibet.
Red Capitalism
The Rise and Decline of China China has reached a crossroads: Can it accomplish the grand leap to international hegemony or is it destined to be torn apart by its past and its internal conflicts? With its blatant social inequalities, an economy whose growth is coming to a screeching halt, workers’ riots and a catastrophic environmental record, the once-powerful People’s Republic of China appears to be slipping into a deep crisis. Will the experimental “Red Capitalism” succeed, or will the country’s internal struggle cause it to shatter? China-expert Helmut Forster shows why the country is incapable of overcoming its past and tries to predict the Chinese strategy for the twenty-first century.
Original Title: Der rote Kapitalismus. Chinas Macht und Ohnmacht Original language: German Publication in January 2017 320 pages WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE
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Harald Lüders Harald Lüders has worked as an author, reporter and editor for public television for over thirty years. Over the course of his career as a journalist he investigated secret services and right-wing radicalism time and time again. He was awarded an AdolfGrimme-Prize for his work. Harald Lüders lives in Frankfurt.
Sinister Powers A Thriller
TV-Journalist Mitch Berger is slipped an anonymous record that depicts the two NSU-killers Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt in their trailer: heavily armed and moments before the police arrives. Who is monitoring them? And why is Mitch of all people entrusted with this sensitive DVD? At the same time, a conspirative group led by the high-ranking secret-service official Werner Dickmann is planning a terrorist attack on refugee quarters. For in the second year of relentless immigration, resistance against the chancellor’s policies is on the rise – nested deeply within the government itself. Lüders’ intelligently woven thriller is a blend of reality and fiction. The plot itself may be fictional – the length of the trial against the NSU and the radical tendencies of several institutions involved in the proceedings, however, is harsh reality.
Original Title: Dunkelmacht Original language: German Published in October 2016 352 pages WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE
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Backlist The Whole Truth about Everything
How We Can Still Save our Future The few “big fish” winning the global game of optimization, make everybody else believe, that the world we live in today is way too complex to be understood. Bestselling authors Sven Böttcher and Mathias Bröckers show in their new, long overdue book that this is by no means the case.
Original Title: Die ganze Wahrheit über alles. Wie wir unsere Zukunft doch noch retten können Original language: German Published in 2015 336 pages WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE 8000 copies sold
50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the World –And Some Money Global warming. Diminishing fossil fuel resources. Endangered species nearing extinction. What can we as individuals do that will make a difference to today’s burning issues? Plenty, says Andreas Schlumberger. And we can save some of our hardearned money while we’re about it!
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for the German newspapers taz and ZEIT. He is the author of several bestsellers, such as "We are the Good Guys" (70.000 copies sold, rights available). Sven Böttcher (right) is a freelance journalist and successful author. Currently he is living in Hamburg. His books include “119 Questions to 11.9.” (2003) and „The Censored Day“ (2004).
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Mathias Bröckers (left) worked among others
Original Title: 50 einfache Dinge, die Sie tun können, um die Welt zu retten und wie Sie dabei Geld sparen Original language: German Published in 2013 265 pages 35.000 copies sold Rights sold to Italy, Netherlands
worked as a freelance writer and environmental journalist in Cologne. Since 2008, he is marketing manager of a leading company in the field of renewable energy. 2004 he published the first edition of his massively popular book “50 Simple Things You Can Do To Save The World – And Some Money”, which was followed in 2005 by “33 Simple Things You Can Do To Save The World” (children’s edition, rights sold to: Brazil, Thailand, Korea).
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Andreas Schlumberger, studied biology and
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Backlist We Have a Bone to Pick
Original Title: Treffen sich zwei Knochen. Fit und gelenkig bis ins hohe Alter
The ability to move freely and safe from pain, is usually taken for granted – until losing it to arthrosis, arthritis or rheumatism. But where do these vexing problems with our joints originate? Dr. Thomas Pfeifer gives an illustrative, vivid, and fascinating introduction to our bone system with all its little gouts and aches, ranging from diagnosis over therapy to prevention.
Original language: German Published in 2016 240 pages
How to Stay Agile and Fit Through Healthy Joints
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Thomas Pfeifer studied medicine in Padua,
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Aachen, Muenster and Munich. He was a guest physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital at the Harvard Medical School in Boston. Since 1992 he runs his own doctors office together with his brother Johannes and is regarded to be one of the most renouned doctors in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Should We Still Eat Meat?
Original Title: Fleisch essen? Eine Aufklärung
Dr. Ulrike Weiler parts facts from fiction in regard to the most pressing questions concerning the production and consumption of meat. She debunks the conflicts between the protection of animals, the environment and the consumer – and she guides us to a path of politically correct meat consumption.
Original language: German Published in 2016 256 pages
A Clarification
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experts in animal farming and performance physiology. Currently she is apl. Prof. at the Institute for Livestock Sciences at the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim. Central points of her study include the enhancement of quality control in meat products as well as detection of quality manipulation.
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Backlist Conquering Europe
The Ukraine Crisis and the Role of the USA Wolfgang Bittner delivers the definitive chonology and analysis of the fatal influence of the US on politics and public media in Europe, from the beginning of the Maidan protests up to the events from September 2015.
Original Title: Die Eroberung Europas durch die USA. Zur Krise in der Ukraine Original language: German Published in 2015 192 pages 15.000 copies sold RIGHTS SOLD TO RUSSIA
Wolfgang Bittner holds a doctorate in law
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and worked for newspapers, television and radio broadcasting. He has published over 60 books for adults, adolescents and children, both novels and nonfiction books, and received several awards and prizes.
Who Rules the Money?
Original Title: Wer regiert das Geld? Banken, Demokratie und Täuschung
Money rules the world – but who rules over the money? How were the banks created and transformed into their present shape? And who gave the banks the right to exercise this immense amount of power and make profit thereof?
Original language: German Published in 2016 208 pages
Banks, Democracy and Deception
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journalist, who writes for the magazine Telepolis and others, as well as an author of several political non-fiction books. His book “Faktencheck 9/11“ was received with great interest in expert circles, the title “We are the Good Guys” (with Mathias Bröckers) was ranked on the Spiegel bestseller list for over 30 weeks. (Rights available)
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Paul Schreyer, born in 1977, is a freelance
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Backlist The Truth about Greece, the Euro Crisis and the Future of the European Union The Propaganda War against Syriza
»Greece needs to be given the opportunity to grow and not new loans, to serve old debts.« Giorgos Chondros gives a first-hand report of what actually happened during the lengthy negotiations with the EU and its so-called democratic institutions.
Original Title: Die Wahrheit über Griechenland, die Eurokrise und die Zukunft Europas. Der Propagandakrieg gegen Syriza Original language: German Published in 2015 240 pages WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE
Islamophobia
Why We Should not Fear Muslims, but Islamophobists Can Islam be part of Europe? This is the question which deeply divides public opinion – yet the debate is often tainted by prejudice and ignorance. Daniel Bax argues that the real danger is coming from a different direction and explains why our exaggerated fear of Muslims may destroy the core values Europe stands for.
Daniel Bax, born 1970 in Blumenau (Brazil), is an editor of the German newspaper taz. He grew up in Freiburg and Berlin and studied journalism and Islamic studies in Berlin – before everybody else did it. As an editor he concentrates on topics like migration, integration and Islam. Daniel Bax is married and has two children. “Islamophobia” is his first book.
Original Title: Angst ums Abendland. Warum wir uns nicht vor Muslimen, sondern vor den Islamfeinden fürchten sollten Original language: German Published in 2015 288 pages WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE
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ogist and environmental politician. As a founding member of the Greek ruling party Syriza Chondros accompanied the debt crisis in his country and the negotiations with the international donors from the outset. He can report first hand, how a developed industrial nation was driven to the brink of ruin within only a few years.
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Giorgos Chondros, born in 1958, is an ethnol-
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