Non-Fiction Autumn 2021

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Felix Adlon, Kerstin Kropac

Adlon

One hotel, six generations – the story of my family

Date of publication: September 27, 2021
Hardcover | 288 pages
Felix Adlon can't set foot in a hotel without being personally welcomed by the manager. No wonder: everyone knows the legendary grand hotel Adlon opposite Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The hotel cea...
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Thomas Fischermann, Dzuliferi Huhu...

The Shaman's Son

The Amazon's last surviving shamans fighting for their magical legacy

Date of publication: September 13, 2021
Hardcover | 304 pages
Thomas Fischermann met the apprentice shaman Dzuliferi Huhuteni while on an expedition in the Amazon rainforest. The son of the last surviving jaguar shaman is about to inherit the legacy of his ...
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Reinhold Messner

Meeting the Challenge or Meeting One's End

The irresistible lure of alpinism

Date of publication: October 18, 2021
Hardcover | 304 pages
Old-school mountaineers confront the unknown with courage and self-sufficiency. They go where no one else dares to go, and take unbelievable risks. Ever since man first stood on top of Mont Blanc...
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Wolfgang Schreil, Leo G. Linder

The Woodland Animal Whisperer

Exploring the secrets of our woods and discovering the power of nature

Date of publication: August 16, 2021
Hardcover | 208 pages
No one is as at home among wild woodland animals as Wolfgang Schreil: he gets up close and personal with red deer and lynxes, photographs a hunting stoat at ten paces, gets within touching distan...
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Nicola Bardola

Mercury in Munich

The best years of his life

Date of publication: September 20, 2021
Hardcover | 432 pages
Eccentric and shy, extravagant yet modest, Freddie Mercury was one of rock history's most glittering figures. More has been written about Queen's front man than about any other rock star, but lit...
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Joachim Mohr (Editor), Frank Patal...

Germany in the Roaring Twenties

Dazzling nights and murky days

Date of publication: June 14, 2021
Paperback | 256 pages
In the 1920s, Berlin is the world's most dazzling metropolis: Elegantly dressed ladies stroll along the Ku'damm, long queues form under neon signs outside cinemas, and nightclubs tempt the passer...
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Christian Holler, Joachim Gaukel, ...

Understanding and Talking About Renewable Energies

Date of publication: September 27, 2021
Paperback | 176 pages | With illustrations from: Charlotte Kelschenbach
Fossil fuels like coal or oil are "out": Their use aggravates climate change and we have to replace them as quickly as possible. Yet, what are good alternatives? And are other energy sources suff...
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Jörg Römer (Editor), Christoph Sei...

From Above

The most beautiful stories about our planet and us, told by satellite images

Date of publication: September 27, 2021
Hardcover | 288 pages
There is a whole fleet of satellites keeping an almost constant eye on every nook and cranny on earth. These observers from space not only produce fascinating images of volcanos, deserts, atolls ...
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Peter Wohlleben

The Tenacity of Trees

How trees learn to deal with climate change – and why forests will save us, if we let them

Date of publication: July 26, 2021
Hardcover | 256 pages
Even if man-made climate change ends up devastating our planet, our trees will keep coming back – as they do, always and everywhere, even after catastrophic fires, destructive storms and large-sc...
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Marc Engelhardt

And There I Was... Naked

Naturism around the world

Date of publication: August 9, 2021
Paperback | 288 pages
Where does our new fascination with naturism come from? Whether it's week-long nude cruises, naked yoga sessions or naked hiking, nudity is more popular than ever – perhaps because it creates a m...

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