Non-fiction: "Seamanship"
"Seemannschaft" may be a non-fiction book, but what a book it is: browsing through the bible of boating can be just as exciting as a thriller. Delius Klasing: 828 pages, hardback, 49.90 euros. ISBN: 978-3-667-13033-4 >> available from Delius Klasing.
Journey: "Poetry of the Pacific"
Ricarda Wilhelm tells of her sailing trip through the South Seas, nature and culture from Panama to Polynesia. Delius Klasing: 240 pages, hardback, 26.90 euros. ISBN: 978-3-667-13073-0 >> available from Delius Klasing.
Thriller: "Schlick"
Alarm on the Elbe: a killer kills people involved in Hamburg's harbour - and disappears into the river. Crime thriller by the Schlenz/Jepsen duo. btb: 304 pages, paperback, 16 euros. ISBN: 978-3-442-77399-2 >> available at Amazon.
Graphic Novel: "Megalodon"
This comic tells the story of a basking shark in the Miocene, millions of years ago. A fascinating look into the past of the oceans. Splitter Verlag: 104 pages, hardback, 22 euros. ISBN: 978-3-98721-453-0 >> available at Amazon.
Voyage: "Alone at sea"
Travelling the sea completely on your own. What is the appeal of this challenge? Richard J. King tells the stories of people who have done it. Mare: 496 pages, hardback, 28 euros. ISBN: 978-3-86648-695-9 >> available at Amazon.
Story: "My Hallig Hooge"
In the popular island series, Jan Keith takes the reader to the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and its tiny world between the tides. Mare: 160 pages, hardback, 20 euros. ISBN: 978-3-86648-747-5 >> available at Amazon.
Seafaring: "On board with Magellan"
Antonio Pigafetta, one of the few survivors of the voyage, reports on the first circumnavigation of the earth in the years 1519 to 1522. Mare: 192 pages, hardcover, 22 euros. ISBN: 978-3-406-82906-2 >> available at Amazon.
Thriller: "Dune Cutter"
Borkum is to get a beauty clinic and one of its residents is to give way. Soon the cosmetic surgeon is dead and Joost Jensen's thriller begins. Gmeiner: 352 pages, paperback, 15 euros. ISBN: 978-3-8392-0776-5 >> available at Amazon.
Sailing: "Whispers on board"
Steffi von Wolff reports on the most beautiful minor matter in the cockpit: the harbour cinema. Film off for very special scenes. Available from 24 July. Delius Klasing: 224 pages, hardback, 22 euros. ISBN: 978-3-667-13153-9 >> available from Delius Klasing.
Seafaring: "To the sea"
The great history of shipping, from Viking ships to supertankers, drawn and told for seafaring enthusiasts aged 10 and over. Knesebeck: 64 pages, hardback, 22 euros. ISBN: 978-3-95728-974-2 >> available at Amazon.
Short stories: "In the bay"
Short story author Katherine Mansfield illustrates everyday facets of the Burnell family's life in their bungalow by the sea. Mare: 128 pages, hardback, 22 euros. ISBN: 978-3-86648-729-1 >> available at Amazon.
Thriller: "Hulda"
In the early 1980s on an island in the North Atlantic: in a remote valley, the mysterious criminal case of a missing child awaits its solution. btb: 272 pages, paperback, 14 euros. ISBN: 978-3-442-76308-5 >> available at Thalia.
Cultural history: "Hotel Provençal"
Using a luxury hotel on the Côte d'Azur as a backdrop, Lutz Hachmeister describes how the French Riviera was invented. C.Bertelsmann: 240 pages, hardback, 22 euros. ISBN: 978-3-570-10432-3 >> available at Amazon.
Novel: "Beyond the Sea"
Off the coast of Mexico, a storm drives two fishermen out to sea. Paul Lynch's novel sheds light on big existential questions. Klett-Cotta: 192 pages, hardback, 22 euros. ISBN: 978-3-608-96688-6 >> available at Amazon.
