The last on in this case doesn't turn out the lights but mops up the blood...

Thomas Kundt is a crime scene cleaner. How did that come about? Pure coincidence! Podcaster and author Tarkan Bagci tells Thomas Kundt's crazy story. He had been an amateur antiques collector, but then one day, he ...

"We all grow old. It's the how that matters."Dr. Marianne Koch shows us how we can remain mentally young, healthy and energetic. She has dubbed this "successful aging", and in this book, she describes what all that involves. In nine chapters, Marianne Koch illuminates both the physiological and ...

The major issues of our age in surprising contexts

Could we have things nicer than they are now? Absolutely! And healthier.
We are living better and longer than any generation that has come before us. And yet we are more
vulnerable than we thought: a virus is keeping us in ...

"Meaningful work and equitable salaries make people independent and proud, providing them with increased self-confidence. This is how they can be integrated into the broader society. They find what we all need: a home!"
Sina Trinkwalder, who established her business by employing 140 ...

Adventure instead of midlife crisis!

"I didn't need a sabbatical; I needed a new challenge."

What do you do when you find yourself on the verge of a midlife crisis? Retreat into monastic silence? Adopt a strict regimen of fasting and long hikes? Early retirement? Booooooring!

With photos and illustrations

Drive, flexibility and spontaneity have always been the hallmarks of the isolated North Atlantic island dwellers. Not only have these characteristics helped them to weather the tough conditions of daily life in their inhospitable climate and rough landscape ...

In his book, Roenneberg points out a whole range of different aspects of sleep, ranging from day-to-day life to the evolution of sleep. But the book doesn't merely focus on sleep in itself, it encompasses the biological clock and the time of day when we sleep best and when we can't and ...

"Everything changes; nothing remains without change", said Siddhartha Gautama, while Harry Rowohlt held that at least Nothingness remains immutable. In Siddhartha, Herman Hesse observed that "the opposite of every truth is just as true", an insight gleaned from Buddhist catechisms. It ...

Commissioner Richard Thiess is back with a new caseload. In the Munich suburb of Krailling, a man murders his sister-in-law's two daughters in the most gruesome manner imaginable; the sister-in-law escapes her intended fate by pure chance. Then there's the brutal attack on a taxi ...

Stephan Harbort, police commissioner and profiler, describes eight spectacular cases featuring dangerous and unpredictable criminals who put public safety at risk. But his account is not just about the crimes and the fates of those who commit them, it's about their victims too. And last ...

Gelatine and genius, horseradish and horseplay, wasabi-wizardry and luscious lunacy: a book for fun-loving foodies everywhere.

Stefan Maiwald takes the plunge, diving head first into the arcane world of top-notch gastronomy. He meets the ...

The children have left home, retirement has come and gone, so what now? A trip abroad is a great opportunity to make new friends and enjoy new things: a chance for fresh ideas to take root. When she founded the Granny Au-Pair agency, Michaela Hansen created a platform for international cultural ...