At the same time, former US President Donald Trump denied
man-made climate change, although millions lost their belongings in the fires in California. But Climate change can no longer be denied–after all, our survival is at stake!

With his new book, the Dalai Lama calls on us to accept our responsibility and to work together to protect the environment. He also emphasizes the spiritual side of the climate problem: If we assume that we will be born into this world again–which is what many religions do–it will be for our own benefit, if we protect nature and live sustainability.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was born in 1935 in Takster in Eastern Tibet. After the occupation of Tibet by China in 1959, he fled to India, from where he has since worked for the independence of his homeland. In 1989 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Franz Alt, born in 1938, studied theology in Freiburg and Heidelberg. In his long-term career as a journalist, he has repeatedly made his mark as a critical spirit that questioned current interpretations of environmental and peace policy issues.

How is our planet doing? Drought and forest fires

wreak havoc. Climate refugees are drowning in the sea and the extinction of species is taking on alarming proportions.

»We humans are the only species that has the power to destroy–or still save–our planet and its climate.«

Our brain needs sustenance because it burns a lot of

energy every day. What we eat has a direct effect on the performance and the development of our brain. And that is true from the womb to old age. In her new book, best-selling author Manuela Macedonia shows how much the brain profits from the right nutrition but also how the wrong kind can damage it.

Manuela Macedonia is a neuroscientist whose scientific mission is to research the mechanisms of the human brain. The best-selling author succeeds in imparting her knowledge to others in a unique way in books, inspiring lectures, and seminars. Macedonia researches and teaches at the Max-Planck-Institut in Leipzig and at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz.

»The belly wants the head to read this book!«

A story of pandemics could be told quickly and would always show the same gloomy process. Yet it is made fascinating when set against the backdrop of the study of viruses, the struggle for gaining insight into their specific nature.

In his new book, multi-award-winning science author Matthias Eckoldt tells the story of these smallest forms of life, from the speculations in Antiquity and utterly fearless self-experiments to the cunning contemporary methods of analysis. This book makes clear that, to date, we have barely begun to penetrate the world of viruses. A highly gripping and readily intelligible scientific work.

Matthias Eckoldt, born in Berlin in 1964, is the author of novels, non-fiction books and plays. His works “Eine kurze Geschichte von Gehirn und Geist” and “Leonardos Erbe” were both nominated for the Bild der Wissenschaft Book Prize. Eckoldt was awarded the IDW Prize for Science Journalism and the Fellowship of the American Council on Germany in New York.

»A Contagious Reading Pleasure!«

How do we deal with increasingly fast-paced

change, the digital transformation, the climate crisis, or a global viral pandemic? Humans have to remember one of their greatest potentials—their ability to find solutions.

It’s on everyone to use it, because we cannot be reduced to our genes.

The simultaneous pursuit of both safe and flexible strategies that create more and less foreseeable futures, thus creates the necessary courage to leave old paths behind and sustainably increases people’s innovative strength. If applied to education, talent management, research, politics, and our work environment, we could rewrite the history of the present that way.

Let’s avoid naive optimism and let’s no longer slow down ourselves by ancient, biologically determined fears and pessimism. Let’s defy the follower crisis. Let’s make us and our children the offer of becoming enablers! Through courageous, creative, and cooperative participation.

At age 16 Markus Hengstschläger was a punk rocker.

At 24 he gained a PhD in genetics, and at 35 he became the youngest professor of medical genetics.

Today the acclaimed scientist is the director of the Institute of Medical Genetics at the Medical University of Vienna. He has been lecturing for two decades, heads the Academia Superior think tank, has a keen interest in ethical questions and is an advisor to governments and business.

»From now on, there are no more excuses.

From now on, being creative is the new normal.«

When one’s soul is hurt, when one’s ego is offended, the desire for revenge isn’t far. Psychotherapist and best-selling author Reinhard Haller knows the small, evil, nagging voice within that calls for revenge, that wants to avenge a perceived or an actual injustice. But he also knows the big criminal cases he has worked on as a forensic psychiatrist. He shows the abysses vindictiveness leads to and that even the sweetest revenge leaves a bitter overtone—which persists in the form of guilt and a bad conscience for much longer than the sweetness could endure.

Reinhard Haller is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist.
The former medical director of the Clinic Maria Ebene
and president of the Society of Criminology is a sought-after expert and forensic consultant.

The desire for revenge occurs in every

relationship, even in some of the closest. And the thoughts of revenge are often followed by actions. In most cases, they are expressed in everyday malice but sometimes, they manifest in incredible crimes.

»From his psychotherapeutic practice, the author knows the sweetness and the bitterness of revenge. And the inevitable feeling of guilt that follows.«

In the mountains, the world-famous psychiatrist Viktor Frankl was »just Viktor,« as his wife Elly put it. Not an exceptional alpinist, but a true friend of the mountains, with heart and soul.

Climbing as a parable for life: We are confronted with our fears, overcome external and internal obstacles, train our body and our will and learn to trust absolutely – our own abilities,
but also our rope partner.

Elisabeth Lukas, psychotherapist and one of the best-known students of Viktor Frankl, adds context and well-founded logotherapeutic principles to accompany these climbing tours.

An hommage to an exceptional alpinist who provided us with a way to talk about the meaning of climbing.

Michael Holzer is a journalist, has been a business consultant for twenty years, and is a coach and confidant of personalities from the fields of economy, sports, and media. The most important intellectual mentor for his work is Viktor E. Frankl, with whom he shares a
love for the mountains.

Klaus Haselböck is editor-in-chief of the magazine Bergwelten. In his leisure time, the native of Lower Austria also enjoys climbing, hiking, or ski touring.

Through climbing, Viktor Frankl

reinforced his inner strength, which he called »defiance of the mind«. According to Frankl, this helped him to overcome his own fear of heights and more importantly to survive four concentration camps.

»This book offers many fascinating and unknown insights into the life and works of Viktor Frankl.«

A controversial verdict causes loud criticism of Petersen, even his family turns away from him. His wife accusing him of being self-aggrandizing, biased, and letting himself be guided by prejudices is a slashing blow that opens up an old trauma: Corinna Maier, who shot her son‘s radical right-wing murderer in his courtroom, just before Petersen was able to pass his judgement. Suddenly, Petersen questions everything: his integrity as a judge, as a husband, as a father. In his mind, there is only one way out: He must confront himself with questions he never dared ask before …

Markus Thiele is an author and lawyer and knows the courtroom with all its facets. In his novels he skillfully interweaves fiction and reality using examples of true criminal cases that sometimes are still unsolved to this day.

Frank Petersen, a passionate criminal judge,

is convinced of the infallibility of the law. His verdicts, in his self-understanding, are objective and just. Until, one day, his life starts to fall to pieces and he is suddenly forced to judge himself.

»A profound novel about prejudice and xenophobia, about self-justice and the limits of justice and guilt, which will resonate long after you have finished reading it.«

Germany 2048: The country is ruled by rightwing nationalists who have drawn the population to their side with populism and tough law-and-order politics. Critical reporting has abolished itself, and the judicial system has degenerated into a commercialized show format: It’s no longer the judge, but »the people« who issue the verdicts on guilt and punishment.

Meanwhile, the Muslim population, under the leadership of the large clan families, has retreated to its own territories–behind high walls and regulated by its own rules. Abdelkarim, the head of the al-Zahidi clan in Neu-Essen, however, has a vision: the legalisation of clan business and a peaceful co-existence. He finds an ally in Lorenz van Bergen, one of the country’s most popular criminal lawyers. But van Bergen underestimates the political intrigues and propensity for violence on both sides. And he gets caught up in a conspiracy that threatens to lead to disaster.

Clans and organized crime, political failures

and the division of society: CLAN-LAND is a political thriller that consistently takes current developments further and sketches an oppressive vision of a divided Germany.
Merciless, bleak, radical!

Burkhard Benecken is a criminal defence lawyer. He became known throughout Germany due to his celebrity clients from film and television as well as various clan figures whom he represented in court (including the families al-Zein, Remmo, Abou-Chaker etc.). In the public discourse he takes the position that the criminalization of whole families leads to an intensification of clan criminality. As an expert, Benecken is a regular guest on TV and radio talk shows.

»Between fascist politics and unleashed clan criminality, Burkhard Benecken teaches the reader to fear – to fear that the social abysses that have become flesh and blood in CLAN-LAND will become reality. It is shocking how absurdly realistic Burkhard Benecken’s bleak future scenario resonates.«