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NON FICTION >> Biography
Paul Trynka:
STARMAN: DAVID BOWIE · The Definitive Biography
Little, Brown Book Group · London | New York, 3/2011 · 384 pp
David Bowie - famously described as rock's greatest chameleon - has lived an extraordinary life.
Martin Geck:
ROBERT SCHUMANN · Mensch und Musiker der Romantik
Siedler · München, 2010 · 320 pp
ROBERT SCHUMANN · The man and musician of Romanticism
This biography tells the fascinating life of this universal soul of the Romantic Period, describing while doing so the social and artistic revolutions of his time.
Joachim Gauck:
WINTER IM SOMMER - FRÜHLING IM HERBST · Erinnerungen
Siedler · München, 2009 · 352 pp · 20 b/w illustrations
WINTER IN SUMMER - SPRING IN AUTUMN · Memoirs
The political and very personal look back at a peaceful revolutionary, written by a key figure in the recent history of Germany reminisces: Joachim Gauck.
Oliver Hilmes:
COSIMAS KINDER · Triumph und Tragödie der Wagner-Dynastie
Siedler · München, 2009 · 320 pp · b/w illustrations
COSIMAS'S CHILDREN · Triumph and Tragedy of the Wagner Dynasty
One mother, two fathers and five children – the family of Richard and Cosima Wagner is a cosmos, enigmatic and shrouded in legend. Very similar to Thomas Mann's children, the offspring of this fascinating couple have found the burden of their origin hard to cope with.
Susanne Schädlich:
IMMER WIEDER DEZEMBER
Droemer · München, 2009 · 256 pp
Dutch rights sold
Susanne Schädlich, born 1965, is the daughter of author Hans Joachim Schädlich, who can be considered one of the key figures in East Germany’s literary scene. Among other things, he hosted the 1973 East-West authors’ gathering at his apartment, an event attended by some of the most famous intellectuals from both East and West.
Bettina de Cosnac:
GISÈLE FREUND · A LIFE
Arche · Hamburg | Zürich, 2008 · 304 pp · 28 b/w photos
GISÈLE FREUND • A Life
A portrayal of a pioneer of photography and a courageous and willful woman. Includes hitherto unpublished letters and images.
Elizabeth Lunday:
SECRET LIVES OF GREAT ARTISTS
Quirk Publishing · Philadelphia, 2008 · 288 pp
What Your Teachers Never Told You About Master painter and Sculptors
Sold to Spain
Here are outrageous and uncensored profiles of the world's greatest artists complete with hundreds of little-known politically incorrect and downright bizarre facts.
