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Discover the latest German language books for kids and adults. This list updates when we add new titles to our collection.
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"In einer bitterkalten Winternacht im Frühmärz 1620 treiben Liebeskummer und Branntwein den jungen Toggenburger Noldi Abderhalden in die Fänge eines Anwerbers der Spanischen Armee. Als Reisläufer für die katholische Sache lernt der Sechzehnjährige das...
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble;...
"Der Wind fegt Sandschwaden und einen rollenden Busch durch die Straßen der Geisterstadt High Lonesome - und über eine mumifizierte Leiche, die seit mindestens 50 Jahren unentdeckt dort lag. Weil der Tote der örtlichen Polizei Rätsel aufgibt, nehmen ...
"Als Kinder waren Jess und Heather die allerbesten Freundinnen. Sie teilten alles miteinander. Bis ein einziger Tag ihre Freundschaft unwiderruflich zerstörte. Jahre später kehrt Jess in ihre idyllische Heimatstadt an der Küste Englands zurück. Dort soll...
1834, a small village in East Friesland. Lene Vosskamp grew up in abject poverty in a family of fishermen and had to endure severe blows of fate even as a child. But then a stranger gives her a mysterious coin that entitles her to trade in tea in China....
"The well-known Cologne news anchor Tom Monderath is worried about his 84-year-old mother Greta, who is growing increasingly forgetful. What was initially an annoyance in his seemingly perfect life becomes an unexpected gift. Greta tells the story of...
"1217. Because his father wants to give him to the monastery, the young Bremen nobleman Thonis flees and joins a crusade army. But he doesn't get very far: on the way to the Holy Land he goes blind and is left to die. He owes his recovery to the begu...
"The mystery of Christ's shroud is revealed. In 1341. Shortly after his marriage, Count Albrecht, ruler of the County of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, realizes that his wife, Countess Mechthild, suffers from a strange disease. When the young woman disappears...
"He calls himself Janus. After the Roman god of entrances and exits. And he comes in the night. Quiet, secretly. In your home. He numbs you, takes you with him and locks you in, in a cold, dark room. To play a game with you. His game. A game full of ...
"Chase Andrews stirbt, und die Bewohner der ruhigen Küstenstadt Barkley Cove sind sich einig: Schuld ist das Marschmädchen. Kya Clark lebt isoliert im Marschland mit seinen Salzwiesen und Sandbänken. Sie kennt jeden Stein und Seevogel, jede Muschel u...
The Dunbar boys bring each other up in a house run by their own rules. A family of ramshackle tragedy - their mother is dead, their father has fled - they love and fight, and learn to reckon with the adult world. It is Clay, the quiet one, who will build...
"A young woman attends a play about German reunification and is the only black spectator in the audience. She is sitting with her boyfriend at a bathing lake in Brandenburg and sees four neo-Nazis approaching. In New York, she witnessed Trump's elect...
"Leyla is the daughter of a German and a Yazidi Kurd . The village is located in northern Syria, close to Turkey. Leyla spends every summer there. She smells and tastes it. She knows his stories. She knows where the suitcases are hidden when the residents...
"Jana has never met her father. All she knows about him is that he works as a captain on the MS Mozart, a rather less glamorous cruise ship on the Danube. So she booked a week there without further ado. She does not yet know whether she will reveal herself...
"With her caramel workshop on Rügen, Pia is successfully living her dream. And yet she is not happy. Because Paul, the man she loves, lives a good five hundred kilometers away on the island of Juist. When her grandmother asks her to take her on a trip...
"A quite normal, insane childhood on Sylt. Sun, freedom, champagne: in the 1970s, stars, politicians and industrial giants of the economic miracle, but also many other island vacationers, left everyday life on the beach behind - and resourceful Sylt....
"Ein Dahlienbild von Henri Fantin-Latour, einige Millionen wert, wurde entwendet. Die steinreiche alte Dame, der es gehörte, Dalia Gutbauer, hat ein auffallend emotionales Verhältnis zu diesem Bild. Allmen soll es wiederbeschaffen - um jeden Preis. Fall...
"Die Geschichte um das wertvolle Dahlienbild erreicht einen neuen Höhepunkt: Carlos zittert um die entführte María Moreno und bringt Allmen dazu, Dinge zu tun, die dieser sich nie hätte träumen lassen."--Back cover.
"A dream comes true for deaf Maelys Durant when she begins studying art in Paris. But then her aunt Valérie falls ill and Maelys has to portray tourists on Montmartre in order to earn money. One day a mysterious stranger made her an astonishing offer...
"The first green defense minister in the Federal Republic of Germany survived a bomb attack by a hair's breadth. While the police are looking for the perpetrators in the vicinity of Afghan terrorists, state security officer Alain Liebermann is looking...
"Maria has traveled half the world and never missed an adventure. She would never have dreamed that she would find happiness on a small North Sea island of all places. But she loves her life on Norderney, her little beach café and above all her family:...
"Hamburg, 2017, shortly before the controversial G20 summit. The life of the Koschmieder family goes on seemingly untouched; they live in Hamburg-Marienthal, in orderly conditions. But the closer the summit gets, the farther the cracks that gaped somewhere...
"Yorkshire, 1710: The young Daniel Huntington is offered a position as stable master at the renowned stud of the Baronet Brigham. Overwhelmed by this unique opportunity, he agrees and soon settled in on the property. Only one thing does not leave him...
"Not only pleasant and harmless things can be poured into fine porcelain, but also hearty and suggestive things in perfect art. Allmen and Carlos come across a treasure trove of valuable porcelain figurines for lovers of explicit erotic representation....
"1920: Twenty-five-year-old Margherita, who runs the newspapers in her home town of Treviso, becomes Venice's first lady through her marriage to the noble Antonio Revedin. Today her name is forgotten: But Margherita knew how to make herself the center...
"How does an upright book man become a reactionary - or a revolutionary? A stirring story about all of us. Norbert Paulini is a highly respected Dresden antiquarian, where book lovers will find treasures and like-minded people. He went through ups and...
Côte d'Azur, France. Winter 1992. An icy night. His high school is paralyzed by a storm. Vinca Rockwell, 19, one of the brightest pupils, ran away with one of her teachers, who she was having a secret relationship with. For the girl, "love is everything...
"Tell me about your dreams and I'll tell you who you love. In a small café in Amsterdam, Valerie meets the attractive Dutchman Ted. The two immediately have a special bond. Instead of small talk, they tell each other about their longings: Ted dreams of...
"The coastal town of Hulthave, 1987. Little Friederike disappears from a tent camp without a trace. Commissioner Wedeland is investigating feverishly, but in vain. The catastrophic event casts a shadow over the town by the sea and the life of the carer...
"Trees full of ripe almonds and three women in search of happiness . Sophie left rural California behind for a life in the big city. But then she unexpectedly inherits her grandmother Hattie's almond farm, where she spent many wonderful summers as a ...
"There are pictures of fireflies, butterflies, bees and dragonflies on an old, beautifully crafted secretary that inspire the journalist Taru and the young student Remy to make their dream come true. Since these delicate insects are threatened these days,...
"Björn Diemel learned the principles of mindfulness and with their help improved his life. He quit the stressful job and started his own business. He spends more time with his daughter and usually argues more lovingly with his wife. Oh yes, and by the...
"Without braking, Interior Minister Dr. Patricia Kohlbeck drives her company car into the Spree River. “You can't trust anyone, they're all involved,” is the last thing she says to her daughter Maja before she drowns. Maja drowns too - but a few hours...
Ricarda Raspe and her fiance are looking forward to their first child. But then something goes wrong at the birth in the Dresden clinic - and it is said that Ricarda's baby is dead. According to the regulations, she is not even allowed to see it. Everyday...
"Germany 1936. The young violinist Carla Fuchs dreams of a career as a musician - but a closely guarded family secret makes both this wish and her marriage to the aristocrat Harald von Breden impossible. Apparently spontaneously, her father invites the...
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