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QUIT

QUIT — The art of giving up the right things. A book about conscious decisions, personal limits and the courage to make room for what matters. Explore the book, reading sample, self-test and games in German.

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NEIN ist auch ein Satz

Everyone can count on you. Can you?

Your calendar is full of other people’s priorities. Time for a two-letter intervention. Explore how to protect your time, set boundaries and make your relationships more honest. Give your next yes a little more meaning.

For the person who always says “Sure, I’ll do it.”

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Das Ende der Wissensökonomie – Das Kompendium

AI has the answer. Does your child have the right questions?

We are still cramming for exams while the rules change. This compendium takes a hard look at education and knowledge work, exploring the abilities Generation Alpha needs next. Creativity, judgment, empathy: discover what matters when knowing the facts is no longer enough.

For parents, educators and anyone rethinking the future.

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Das Verstummte Säugetier

Your most awkward moment does not need an audience.

A bad dance. A clumsy flirt. Once forgotten; now potentially viral. This polemic takes on smartphones, dating apps and the business of public shame. A provocative invitation to be imperfect in the company of other people again.

For anyone tired of living for the camera.

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Normal ist das neue Radikal

Your shopping cart has big plans for you.

Another upgrade. Another subscription. Another reward you did not need yesterday. From advertising psychology to dark patterns, discover what makes buying so effortless and how to choose more deliberately. This book may seriously disrupt your next impulse purchase.

For anyone who wants to be harder to sell to.

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Das Klemmbrett-Syndrom

Give Werner a hi-vis vest. Watch him annex the car park.

Sabine is on version seven of the minutes. Jochen regulates coffee-cup levels. Fifteen affectionate, sharp-edged studies of ordinary people getting spectacularly carried away with a little authority. Someone will come to mind. With any bad luck, it will be you.

For office survivors, committee veterans and lovers of sharp humour.

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CHISOKU

You have achieved so much. Why does it still feel insufficient?

The next goal is already waiting. CHISOKU invites you to sit this one out. Five Japanese perspectives bring cultural history and psychology to the question of when more becomes enough. Reading for an evening when improving yourself can wait.

For restless achievers and the self-improvement weary.

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Der stille Weg

Even ancient wisdom should be able to take a few questions.

Eight Japanese concepts, old stories and a tired tradesman in Munich. Where do the teachings come from? What survives scrutiny? What helps in an ordinary life? Explore a quieter way of living while keeping your critical faculties very much awake.

For Japan-curious readers with a healthy sceptical streak.

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Ein wenig freier

You hold everything together. Where do you fit in?

The invitation you never send. The wish you keep shrinking. The beginning you keep postponing. Seven Japanese perspectives, stories and two small exercises per chapter make room for your next brave step. Choose a freedom. Try it on.

For people carrying everyone else’s world as well as their own.

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Alter Münchner Südfriedhof

A step behind the wall. The scent of lily of the valley. Five horror stories from Munich’s Old Southern Cemetery. Living masonry, a bell beneath the ground and voices that will not fall silent. Explore five stories and read original excerpts from the book.

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Geschichten aus einer nahen Zukunft

2027 is closer than you think. So are the possibilities.

An AI goes on strike. People discover what they can really offer. Set between 2027 and 2035, these stories explore work, purpose and human imperfection. Step inside a possible future and meet the people trying to make a life there.

For curious minds, young adults and parents asking what comes next.

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Der See Vergisst Nicht

The last pleasure boat has docked. Now the lake gets interesting.

A black wreck. An impossible discovery on an island. A gold vessel with a debt still unpaid. Three Chiemgau stories uncover what waits behind the postcard views. Regional folk horror for readers who like their dread slow, atmospheric and uncomfortably close.

For lovers of local legends, island secrets and creeping dread.

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Oberpfalz Horror

Your name is on the memorial board. The date is next week.

The road is blocked. The phone is dead. The village remains friendly. Three novellas descend into forests, sealed chambers and the rock beneath Amberg, where old bargains still demand payment. Bring a comforting blanket. It may not do much.

For folk-horror readers who like it dark and visceral.

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MOON: Das ewige Gewebe

The Moon is losing its pull. Earth is running out of time.

NASA measures the impossible. The Pentagon readies nuclear missiles. But Kaya Lomakema’s search leads to an Arizona cave and an ancient song. Science, Hopi heritage and Vatican ambition collide as a global ice age looms. Clear your evening.

For science-thriller readers with a taste for mythological mysteries.

German edition · Book 1

Das digitale Exil der Götter

What if your feed is already writing your reality?

Aria Vance finds ancient symbols buried in a tech giant’s code. Its algorithm creates the future. In 21 days, a neural interface is due to complete its grip on human perception. Mesopotamian gods meet cyberpunk, with human attention as the prize.

For tech-thriller fans, mythology lovers and suspicious scrollers.

German edition · Book 2

8 Milliarden Götter

Finally free. Everyone would like their instructions back.

Three years after the global feed collapses, an unseen authority is making people’s decisions again. It works frighteningly well. Aria faces a brutal dilemma: obedience breeds dependence; stopping could cost millions of lives. Book two takes freedom to its uncomfortable consequences.

For returning readers and fans of morally challenging science fiction.

English original

Wrong on purpose

Your parents’ career advice missed an update.

Work hard. Stay loyal. Eventually it pays off. What happens when that deal expires? Twenty principles explore how to take deliberate risks and keep mistakes affordable. For the moment when following someone else’s route starts to feel like the bigger gamble.

For career changers, thoughtful risk-takers and people starting over.

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7: The Train Home

The man opposite is 107. He seems less rushed than you.

Daniel Carr has taken the same commuter train for years. Then he meets Elias. Seven evenings later, his life looks much the same from outside and feels different within. A warm novel about attention, the present we keep missing and finding your way back to yourself.

For busy minds, commuters and lovers of quiet, human stories.

English original · Continue after 7

8: A novel about how to love a person across a lifetime

Falling in love is the opening. Staying is the story.

Daniel loves Naomi. Yet there is a craft that falling in love has not taught him. Over eight Sundays at a chess table, Elias shares what sustains love through ordinary days. The sequel to 7: warm, grown-up and close to real life.

For couples, seasoned romantics and everyone who loved 7.