Vanished? by Christer Tholin Hunt across Sweden: To come to terms with his recent divorce, Martin, an attorney in Berlin, plans a peaceful vacation – two weeks in a Swedish summer house seem to be the solution. It won’t be peaceful, however, and those two weeks will change his life forever. He takes a liking to Liv, an attractive Swedish woman whom he meets in the neighbourhood. Unfortunately, they don’t get to have their first date – Liv disappears under mysterious circumstances. Martin … [Read more...] about Vanished? by Christer Tholin
Interview with Author – Charlotte Eriksson
About Charlotte Eriksson: Charlotte Eriksson is a songwriter, publisher and author from Sweden, currently living on the road somewhere in Europe, wherever the seasons take her. She is the author of Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps, which is the story about how she left everything she had to dedicate her life to her art. Her second book "Another Vagabond Lost To Love: Berlin Stories" will be published in May on "Broken Glass Records: Press & Distribution". … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Charlotte Eriksson
Oranges for Christmas by Margarita Morris
The War is over, but for Sabine the fight for freedom has only just begun. 1961. The Cold War. Berlin is an occupied city - the Western Allies in the West; the Soviets in the East. Berliners go about their daily lives as best they can, until one day they wake up to discover their city has been torn in half by barbed wire - great tangled coils of it snaking through the city. Within days East German soldiers are turning the barbed wire into a solid wall. The Berlin Wall. 17 year old Sabine … [Read more...] about Oranges for Christmas by Margarita Morris
Interview with Author – Margarita Morris
About Margarita Morris: I was born and grew up in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, moving to Oxford at the age of 18 to study Modern Languages at Jesus College, Oxford. After university I worked in computing for eleven years before leaving to work with my husband on our internet business. I have always loved books and reading and started writing when my children were young. I now write full time and have two novels published with a third on the way. When I'm not writing I enjoy singing in an Oxford … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Margarita Morris
Interview with Author – Michael Califra
About Michael Califra: Michael Califra lived and worked in Germany, mostly in Berlin, from 1986 to 1998 where he wrote the novel, "No Man's Land". When he first considered writing about the Berlin it was still divided. The challenge then was to render in fiction a situation more absurdly fictional than any he could imagine. Only after the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification did it become clear that the tragic division was only part of the story. The author has also executive … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Michael Califra
Bargain Book: Dumb Deutsch: Absurd German Language Errors (auch für deutsche Leser geeignet) by Hermann Observer
This book is permanently bargain priced. Have you ever ordered leather cheese? Have you ever told your cab driver that your hotel is located on One-Way Street? I doubt it. But English speakers trying to speak German say bizarre things like this all the time and I, for one, feel their pain. Acutely, even. They are speaking Dumb Deutsch. And they have no one else to blame but themselves. The German language is complex, treacherous and terribly difficult to learn, you see. Dumb Deutsch, on … [Read more...] about Bargain Book: Dumb Deutsch: Absurd German Language Errors (auch für deutsche Leser geeignet) by Hermann Observer
