Best selling Guidebooks from Rowohlt Berlin
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1. Rowohlt Berlin Italien
Italy has always been familiar to German travelers, and the love of Germans for Italianità has always been deep, yet today the country seems so foreign – one thinks of the countless government crises, collapsing bridges, or the persistence of the Mafia. Where does all this come from? Thomas Steinfeld has lived in Italy and traveled across the country, from the mountain passes of the north to the olive groves of the south. Here, he presents the whole of Italy: the bustling activity in Rome, Milan, or Florence, as well as the workers' settlements in industrial areas and the misery of the suburbs. He describes the rural cult of saints and the invention of Slow Food, but also explains the country through its history: from the Renaissance to the Duce fascism, which still has repercussions today. He illustrates how the country has changed due to the COVID-19 crisis and analyzes the political transformation up to the attempt at a new beginning under Mario Draghi. Thomas Steinfeld reveals a society that is more diverse and often different than one might imagine north of the Alps – while also showcasing landscapes and cultural treasures that have never lost their allure. A rich, both sensual and reflective portrait of Italy.
2. Rowohlt Berlin Im Gegenlicht
No country has awakened the longing of the Germans more than Italy. Nowhere else do past and present intertwine in such a compelling way, with the foreign and seemingly familiar lying so closely together. Joachim Fest did not travel through this country via the conventional route, but from the south. This has resulted in a vivid, multifaceted portrait. Whether Fest recounts a detour through the nocturnal Sicily, describes the maze of streets in Naples, or discusses Michelangelo's frescoes – sharp observations are always interspersed with pointed reflections or captivating historical sketches. However, the focus is on the people he encounters. A brilliantly written travel journal that is much more than that: a literary masterpiece, artfully composed yet very personal.
3. Rowohlt Berlin Herbstlicht
An insatiable urge has always drawn Germans southward, to where supposedly lemons bloom and pizza originates. Pilgrims, mercenaries, and provincial princes who desperately wanted to become emperors have traveled to Italy over the centuries; Goethe, of course, also made the journey, but he only wanted to paint.
Willi Winkler has embarked on a hike through a unique cultural landscape—more than one thousand three hundred kilometers on foot. He has followed old and new pilgrimage paths and experienced an unknown world between highways and vineyards. Like Martin Luther, he sets out from Wittenberg, with Rome in mind and not without fear of the Alps that will stand in his way.
Along the way, he encounters Thuringian AfD sympathizers, Franconian brewery owners, Swabian COVID deniers, Württemberg wedding planners, Vorarlberg bakers, and Swiss daughters of the Rhine. He discovers abandoned Baroque churches and the poetry of industrial ruins, marveling at how patiently his feet carry him. Italy greets him with a hailstorm and then unfolds into the dreamlike beauty of Lake Como. With snow-capped peaks behind him, he descends, as Eichendorff puts it, into blooming Milan.
An adventurous journey that allows one to see the seemingly familiar with new eyes. For stubborn stay-at-homes as well as those hopelessly afflicted with wanderlust.
4. Rowohlt Berlin Along the Road
With "Along the Road," we get to know Aldous Huxley, the author of the visionary dystopia "Brave New World," from a previously little-known perspective: as a great travel writer. Huxley takes us through 1920s Europe, a world in transition, where new mobility clashes with old forms of travel. He too succumbs to the allure of speed as he zooms past art-enthusiastic German hikers in his 10-horsepower Citroën in Northern Italy. At the same time, we follow a humorous flâneur who listens to the stories of people in a third-class train compartment, delights in the unexpected, and prefers to be guided by completely outdated travel guides through Amsterdam, Paris, or Rome, simply putting on a green-tinted pair of glasses when the vastness of Southern France lacks a bit of freshness. He searches for hidden cultural treasures, traces the footsteps of Bruegel or Botticelli, enjoys concerts or theaters, attends horse races in Siena, and explores the coasts of Italy. Between Elba, Lombard Renaissance cities, and the dreamlike landscape of Tuscany, he discovers a world thought to be lost. A hedonistic school of seeing, a unique manual for travelers.
5. Rowohlt Berlin Lob der langen Liebe
A wealth of guides caters to newly in-love couples. But what about those who have been together for a while or a really long time? A long-term relationship always raises fundamental questions – regardless of whether the partners are in their thirties, forties, or fifties. About two-thirds of all couples feel uncertain in their relationship, grappling – openly or secretly – with the question of whether they want to continue living this way. However, those who give up a long-term relationship, as explained by doctor and bestselling author Werner Bartens, forfeit a treasure trove of shared experiences, familiarity, and intimacy that the couple has built over the years. Moreover, research shows that living together is healthier, happier, and, contrary to what a convinced single might think, involves significantly more sex. Yet, a long relationship also comes with demands: Werner Bartens explains what matters in a true partnership, no matter how old you are. It’s possible to thrive without butterflies in your stomach: in fact, Bartens suggests it might even be better, as you will feel as happy in your long-term relationship as you would have liked to feel at the beginning.
6. Rowohlt Berlin Die Fähigkeit zu sterben
I tell stories from the edges of life because I am a psycho-oncologist. Since I started meeting people, I have thought in stories. And for as long as I can remember, I have asked about the how. Stories are the opposite of reportage, analysis, and discourse. They are as they are because someone wanted to tell them that way and not otherwise. There are stories that one tells about oneself and those that one tells about others. Both can succeed or fail. This is the venture of reporting from psycho-oncology in a very personal way, and more than anyone else, the texts will cover and expose me.
7. Rowohlt Berlin The Anger Book
"The Anger Book" by Elias Baar is a guide that addresses the topic of anger and offers strategies to understand and constructively process this emotion. With a paperback cover and 192 pages, the book provides a compact and accessible read for anyone looking to learn how to channel and release their anger. The content is written in German and is aimed at readers interested in personal development. The book was published in 2025 and offers practical approaches to managing anger that can be applied in everyday life. Measuring 134 mm in width and 15.59 mm in height, it is a handy companion that can be easily transported. "The Anger Book" is a valuable tool for anyone wanting to better understand and manage their emotions.
8. Rowohlt Berlin Emotionale Gewalt
Emotional violence humiliates, it renders individuals helpless and sick. It occurs in all areas of life, at work, in school, within the family, or in partnerships, and it often happens casually. All of this makes it so difficult to defend oneself - health expert and bestselling author Werner Bartens demonstrates that it is still possible. The employee who is summoned by the boss to the "damage table"; the child who is punished with withdrawal of affection; the woman whose husband mocks her in front of a group of friends - they are all victims of emotional violence, often with serious consequences: Emotional violence can cause psychological and physical injuries that may never heal. Stress hormones are released in greater amounts, the pain threshold is lowered, and the immune defense is weakened. Those affected often tend to suffer from depression and anxiety disorders later on.
9. Rowohlt Berlin Heimreisen
Goethe's "Italian Journey" is a key work of Weimar Classicism - an escape from midlife crisis, a departure into the world, an educational journey into antiquity, and a self-location of the great German poet. It also marks the beginning of a bourgeois tradition: Goethe's account fueled a fascination with Rome and Italy among German and European intellectuals that continues to this day.
Golo Maurer illustrates how Goethe's self-experience in Italy became a model for the generations that followed him. Karl Friedrich Schinkel traveled to Italy in the early 19th century, Richard Wagner in the late 19th century, and the Mann brothers, Walter Benjamin, and Sigmund Freud, who called himself an "Italian pilgrim" - Goethe had set the benchmark for them: "A new life, a new meaning dawns on the thinking and feeling person when he enters this place."
Maurer makes it clear in his book: Goethe's Italian journey was the first German self-discovery trip - and as such, it serves as both an aesthetic topos and an autobiographical challenge for those who came after.
10. Rowohlt Berlin Glück ist kein Ort
When reporter Juan Moreno returns from one of his trips abroad, he nervously watches the drug-sniffing dogs at customs—he is sure he reeks of cocaine. He has slept on cocaine slabs with Colombian rebels in the jungle; there was no other way—but how does one explain that to a German customs officer? Juan Moreno's stories from the road are a fantastic read: surprising, dramatic, and gripping. Moreno travels four thousand kilometers across Europe in a minibus full of migrant workers, speaks with killers from the FARC guerrilla about contract killings, and with Mike Tyson about pain and fame. He goes out to sea with Cuban fishermen and survives the world's most dangerous refugee route, the Darién Gap. When he needs a break, he embarks on a year-long journey around the world. But adventure awaits those who know how to find it elsewhere: at home, among the devout pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, or in his native Spain. Moreno tells all this in his characteristic style, which has secured him a large readership for years: with wit and depth, stylistically elegant and sharply observed.
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