The edition brings together four of the great thinker Seneca's most important philosophical writings. We all strive for happiness, for a state that allows us to be at peace with ourselves and the world - but how can this goal be achieved? For the Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca (4–65 AD), the key to constant happiness lies not in pleasure and sensual pleasure, but in the peace of mind that each individual achieves through a virtuous, natural life, through modesty, friendship and... Service to the general public must first be acquired. Ancient philosophy and wisdom in Anaconda's gift book series.
Epicurus understood the key word of pleasure as relief from all mental and physical pain. To this end, the philosopher gives out a variety of tips, maxims and advice. The most succinct statements are collected in this volume and continue to be guides to a pleasurably happy life in serene peace of mind.
Self-esteem can mature in the course of life, like fine champagne on the lees. For this you need a clear awareness of your own situation and the will to take responsibility for your own life. It is worth taking a closer look here to discover that the key to happiness lies in your own hands. The only thing left is to simply apply the existing skills correctly. Easy? Yes, it's easy. You just have to want it.
Michelle Christ and Vera Clarin experience these facts in a very personal way and take you on a valuable journey of discovery into self-worth, self-love and self-responsibility. In short: to (d) a self-determined, legendary life.
About the author:
Isabelle Ackerman loves her French personality. They make them light, lively and elegant. She likes to enjoy life and just take it as it is. C'est la vie!
She is extremely grateful for the way nature has arranged it all. She looks forward to their treasures and gifts every day. On special days it can be the premier class for festive occasions: well-tempered, sparkling perlage simply feels good on the tongue.
About the book:
Épernay, 1914: Sophie Delancré is a passionate winemaker. She runs her family's winery and has a big dream: she wants to produce the finest champagne in France. When she meets the good-looking and warm-hearted Jerome Mea, also a winemaker, it is love at first sight. Soon the wedding bells will ring and happiness seems perfect. But shortly after the wedding, Jerome has to go to war and Sophie is left alone on the property they share.As the young winemaker struggles to keep her winery running on her own, a critical sugar shortage forces her to enter into a dangerous deal with a shady acquaintance. And suddenly war no longer seems to be the only threat in their lives...
About the author:
Fiona McIntosh grew up in England but spent many years of her childhood in West Africa. She gave up her job as a public relations manager to travel and decided to stay in Australia in 1980. She has published numerous novels and children's books worldwide and is considered one of Australia's most popular authors. When she's not pursuing her passion for travel in search of new ideas, Fiona McIntosh lives in Adelaide with her family.
111 must-see places in Champagne
When God was very thirsty for the first time, he sent Pierre Pérignon to earth and had him brew a drink that made him see stars: Champagne: Without Dom Pérignon, the inventive monk from Hautvillers, the French national drink would be hard to imagine. And not even the Champagne. With its lovely, hilly landscape, traditional vineyards, old wineries, stately residences, old streets and churches and small villages, it is one of the most beautiful and still undiscovered regions of France - a landscape full of surprises and history. This book takes even champagne connoisseurs to places that will astonish them and tells the stories of 111 unusual places. And of course the champagne.
Authors:
Martin Roos, Jean-Claude Bourgueil, Tom Jasny
The leading Munich senior physician Bülent Atasoy is missing: When the lawyer Olga Swatschuk and her partner Sonja are consulted by a friend of their private investigators in his undercover investigations, abysses suddenly open up. The ambitious achiever and loving family man is involved in dubious business models involving illegal organ transplants. Does the top doctor even belong to a global network? When a promised kidney disappears, the search for the missing doctor becomes a race against time.
»A completely bloodless crime thriller without murder and manslaughter [...] The author proves here that you can build up a considerable suspense curve even without violence and the usual chases.« – ekz.bibliotheksservice about Olga’s first case »Bottomless Fall«
CHAMPAGNE AND SUCH...What is Sonya drinking?
Who is Sonya? She's damn good with computers and is the woman at Olga's side.
But Sonja is also open to the pleasures of the world and likes to drink a glass of champagne - from small wineries, from winegrowers who produce a few thousand bottles with passion and who have found a friend in Munich who, in a small shop, introduces these often unknown wineries to a gives home.
From time to time we will come across this shop in Olga's adventures - and in reality there will also be this adventure of Olga to pick up.
Author: George Brun
Exposing a Secret Traitor: Young attorney Olga Swatschuk faces an unprecedented challenge. When immunologist Nina Kaul seeks her legal assistance in uncovering a traitor, Olga immediately plunges into the world of a renowned research institute. In doing so, she becomes entangled in a bewildering web of deception and betrayal, encountering Cleo Ascher - Nina's ambitious rival who employs questionable methods in developing a revolutionary blood test. Through their investigation, Olga and the private detective Alex Sorger, who stands by her side, are drawn deeper into the institute's game of intrigue. When Nina is suddenly abducted during a cyberattack that cripples the institute, they have little time to act. However, Alex distrusts his former colleagues and is determined to solve the case on his own. His solo mission keeps everyone on edge...
Author: George Brun
Exposing a Secret Traitor: Young attorney Olga Swatschuk faces an unprecedented challenge. When immunologist Nina Kaul seeks her legal assistance in uncovering a traitor, Olga immediately plunges into the world of a renowned research institute. In doing so, she becomes entangled in a bewildering web of deception and betrayal, encountering Cleo Ascher - Nina's ambitious rival who employs questionable methods in developing a revolutionary blood test. Through their investigation, Olga and the private detective Alex Sorger, who stands by her side, are drawn deeper into the institute's game of intrigue. When Nina is suddenly abducted during a cyberattack that cripples the institute, they have little time to act. However, Alex distrusts his former colleagues and is determined to solve the case on his own. His solo mission keeps everyone on edge...
Author: George Brun
Torn to pieces by numerous stab wounds and soaked in blood: this is how the police find a man who has been horribly killed. The newly appointed head of the murder commission, Wolfgang Stöhrl, recognizes immediately that he has been the victim of unbridled frenzy. At first he suspects a relationship crime, but when another murder occurs, the investigation becomes complicated.
Both dead used dating platforms to look for non-binding pleasure with a special kick. Nevertheless, Stöhrl still believes in his original trail. As he gets more and more lost, his retired predecessor investigates on his own. Because Nathan Weiß still has a score to settle anyway: he couldn't solve his last case. A world full of hatred and desire soon reveals itself to him, which puts him on the trail of a serial killer. But where does her blind rage come from? And how can it be stopped?
"Feel my anger" looks deep into the abysses of a tormented soul - dark, disturbing and gripping to the last page!
Author: George Brun
About the book:
A man dies abruptly on a bench at Lindau Harbor. Heart failure? His friend Michael doesn't want to believe it and is looking for answers. Together with Professor Brückner, he hires Nathan Weiß. But it soon becomes clear: this was not a natural death, but murder. The late Roland Kundl became involved in dangerous financial transactions, from money laundering to investment fraud. The case becomes complex, but Nathan thrives in this mysterious web of lies. His passion for the truth drives him. A former financial shark is shot dead on Lake Lucerne, just before he was due to testify as a key witness in a media-heated trial. The Swiss police are faced with a puzzle. Is there a connection between the cases? And what role does the passionate painter, obsessed with her dream of painting the perfect painting of all shades of gray, play? Her pictures are selling well, but behind the colors there is a dark secret.
About the author:
Georg Brun was born in Munich in 1958 and lives there today with his daughter. For his book publications he received, among other things: the Bavarian Prize for Literature.
After suffering heavy losses, Olga Swatschuk has closed her law firm and now teaches at the university. But the peace and quiet ends abruptly when her student Caroline, who works as an escort, desperately asks for help. An unwanted client, a banker, is stalking her. She is afraid of losing her job if she refuses to serve him. While Olga concentrates on protecting Caroline, a mysterious team is on the trail of a network of money laundering and digital currency that extends into the circles of the Russian mafia. Only in the end do their paths cross when the banker is found dead and Caroline disappears without a trace. Can Olga uncover the truth and save Caroline before it's too late? After "Bodenloser Fall", "Gewissenlose Wege" and "Grenzenlose Gier", "Venusgold" not only offers a gripping continuation of the Munich crime series centred on lawyer Olga Swatschuk, but also marks an exciting new beginning.
Author: George Brun
111 must-see places in Champagne
When God was very thirsty for the first time, he sent Pierre Pérignon to earth and had him brew a drink that made him see stars: Champagne: Without Dom Pérignon, the inventive monk from Hautvillers, the French national drink would be hard to imagine. And not even the Champagne. With its lovely, hilly landscape, traditional vineyards, old wineries, stately residences, old streets and churches and small villages, it is one of the most beautiful and still undiscovered regions of France - a landscape full of surprises and history. This book takes even champagne connoisseurs to places that will astonish them and tells the stories of 111 unusual places. And of course the champagne.
Authors:
Martin Roos, Jean-Claude Bourgueil, Tom Jasny
111 sparkling wines from all over the world that you must have drunk - by Daniela Dejnega and Luzia Schrampf.
Why does German sparkling wine still have a modest image today? Is champagne always better? How does bubbling get into wine?
Does Lambrusco always have to be so sweet? Why is prosecco often so cheap? And what does Ferrari have to do with sparkling wine?
Discover 111 special, innovative and traditional pubic wines and their sparkling stories.
Authors:
Daniela Dejnega und Luzia Schrampf - Fotographicals: Tobias Fassbinder
Champagne - a Franco-German affair
When the tiny pearls rise in the slim glass and tickle your nose, the first sip, well chilled, rolls over your tongue - then there is something to celebrate. The champagne, the finest of all sparkling wines, stands for luxury and enjoyment. But the most French of all drinks would not be available today if the English had not created a fashion trend in the 17th century, which some Germans who moved to France then picked up.Many German winemakers and wine merchants came to Champagne at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries, founded their own companies or became cellar masters and partners of existing companies. They traveled all over Europe and America, they spoke foreign languages and were good salespeople. They loaded horse-drawn carriages and ships with their valuable cargo and delivered them to royal and princely houses. They knew about their preferences - very sweet for the Russian tsar, dry for the English, semi-dry for the Germans. The history of champagne began 350 years ago when people wanted to get rid of the bubbles in wine. In this book you can find out what makes champagne so unique to this day and what role the Germans played in it.
Author:
Reinhard Pietsch
Born in 1953, worked in Freiburg i.Br. and Edinburgh studied English, German and mathematics, and then worked for several publishing houses as an editorial, program and publishing manager. For several years he has been working as a freelance writer and editor in the fields of history, advice and popular science. He has been very concerned with German landscapes and their history and has written several books about it. Today he lives near Munich. Vienna is his second home.
Germany's first sommelier about wines, winegrowers and the future of the industry.
Will there still be sommeliers in the future? How is climate change affecting viticulture? What role do scores play in wine? What is the downside of alternative wine closures? Where and how is the best place to buy wine? Germany's first sommelier, Paula Bosch, will answer these and other exciting questions about the development of the wine industry. To do this, she brings well-known discussion partners from the gastro and wine industry to the table, such as Hans Haas, Joachim Heger, Tohru Nakamura and Eberhard Spangenberg.
This book is not just about wine, but about the person behind it, Paula Bosch and her way to the top of the German sommelier. Because she has a clear opinion and a lot to tell about top gastronomy, about cooks, winegrowers and wine merchants, about the perfect wine, about the sense of taste of men and women and the future of the industry.
It is a book for all wine connoisseurs, but also for beginners, for Paula Bosch fans and those who would like to learn something about the world of gastronomy and top sommeliers.
Authors: Paula Bosch & Diana Binder
To the book:
Makers Bible Crafting Cuisine is for those who love to spend time in the kitchen, cook with hand and heart, try new things, and celebrate a consciously prepared meal in good company. This time it is for those who passionately cook and appreciate using the best handmade tools and ingredients. This book shows on 352 pages over 130 makers and crafters.
Five chapters guide the reader from the field and garden to the kitchen, where things get cut and heated, with various interesting devices, we open the pantry on all things storable, stock up the bar cabinet and finally serve and celebrate food consciously prepared, whether it’ll be simply toasted sandwiches or a five course dinner.
Foodies, connaisseurs, and gourmands—admittingly this book is not for beginners. It is rather a book for hobby chefs and hosts who like to get to the next level. And to the source: All relevant makers and crafters are accompanied by QR codes that lead the reader directly to the source, the makers’ online presence.
By Makers Bible
Sometimes it just has to be champagne! But which one? Today, no less than 4,500 companies produce the most famous sparkling wine in the world - each with its own concept. In this book, Stefan Pegatzky provides a guide to the diversity of champagne today and presents the 100 most important producers and their "house style": from traditional brands to innovative cooperatives to revolutionary winemakers. In the process, the reader learns everything important about the different grape varieties, regions and vinification styles.
240 pages | numerous colour photos28.0 x 29.0 cm | hardcover
ISBN 978-3-96033-119-3[WG 1457]
"Champagne 456" by Gerhard Eichelmann, his tenth book on Champagne.
On 768 pages, 456 producers with 2,800 champagnes are presented, all champagnes were tasted in the past two years.
The sub-regions of Champagne and the most important communes are presented in detail, a glossary, a vintage overview and an updated classification round off the book.
The current title is only published in German.
Winner of the André Simon Drinks Book of the Year Award.Winner of the IACP award in Wine, Beer & Spirits
A stunning box set, complete with seven vintage maps in a pull-out drawer.
Based on six years of on-the-ground research and unprecedented access to actual Champagne growers, Champagne is the first book to actually describe producers and wines based on their terroir – enlightening readers by showing them exactly where, how, and by whom these great wines are made.
Champagne is one of the most iconic, sought-after wines in the world, beloved by serious wine collectors as well as everyday wine drinkers. However, it is also one of the most misunderstood wines out there – obscured by a multimillion-pound marketing industry that makes it difficult for consumers to honestly judge value and understand what they’re drinking.
Included in the stunning box set are the Louis Larmat vinicultural maps – the only detailed wine maps of the region, which were commissioned by the French government in the mid-1940s and have never appeared in print in English.
Author:
Peter Liem is an American wine writer and the author of ChampagneGuide.net. Following nearly a decade in the wine trade, he was a senior editor, critic, and tasting director for Wine & Spirits, and his writings on sherry, Champagne, and other wines have appeared in publications such as The World of Fine Wine, The Art of Eating, Decanter and the San Francisco Chronicle. He lives in Champagne.
Hardcover | 21.3 x 6.35 x 27 cm
Gerhard Eichelmann's last champagne title has been out of print for almost two years, now there is a completely new book! There are few, if not none, books that devote themselves so regularly and comprehensively to the evaluation of Champagne on a broad scale, which is why the Eichelmann is also considered such an important reference work, even abroad - which is why this edition appears exclusively in English for the first time.
The new "Champagne" summarizes all previous champagne titles by Gerhard Eichelmann in the form of a compendium and presents over 13,000 champagnes from 1,300 producers. There is also a free downloadable app.
We are very happy that so many of our winemakers are at the forefront, among the world-class and the outstanding producers!
€89.00*
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