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GENERAL NON-FICTION & POPULAR SCIENCE • • • • • • • • • • • • •

You Deserve It! 555 Facts You Don’t Really Need To Know The Puzzle Universe So God Created Man Love. An Impossible Desire? Darwin in the News – Me and the Club 40 Degrees in the Shade Boys Are Smarter Than Girls What About Genetics? The World Book of Happiness The World Book of Hope The World Book of Love The World Box of Happiness/Love - The World Diary of Happiness The World Calendar of Happiness

130 x 180 mm | ca. 224 pages ca. 3,000 words hardcover all rights available

SELF-HELP • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Become an Optimist! Positive Mindfulness Give Your Back a Break Stop Stressing! EMDR - A Manual for Children and Teenagers Parenting Books Tiny Teens Living Together Apart Can I Kiss You? Love at Work BrainChains Manu Keirse

FICTION • Forgive Me • Code 37

SOCIETY • • • • • •

Profiling The Limits of the Market Cyber Danger Inside the Arab Revolution Don’t Touch my Body Hotel of Mercy

HISTORY & MEMOIRES • • • • •

Illuminati Waterloo Blue Eyes From Moscow to Compostela The Demons of Leonard Cohen

MANAGEMENT & MARKETING • • • •

StreetwiZe My Boss Chooses my Talent The Discipline of Pleasure Fashion Management

You Deserve It! Jana Vandromme • The ultimate self-reward book • Full of cheerful inspiration and feel-good thoughts • The perfect gift: for yourself and others!

This is not a book to help you, to change anything about yourself, or to improve yourself. There are already more than enough of those. No, this book is different. It allows you to be happy and proud. Because you are you and because you deserve it!

Jana Vandromme studied at Sint-Lucas in Ghent. She does not only come up with concepts for books, but also for television shows and advertising campaigns. With her innovative ideas she tries to make the world a better place.

Does your hair look absolutely fabulous? Have you found the perfect shoes? Have you finally done something you had been postponing for such a long time? Then you deserve a reward! It is that simple. This book does not ask difficult questions. It only provides you with the answers you need. Use You Deserve It! as an inspiration to surprise yourself with original, pleasant treats. Always.

SPIRITUALITY

• The World Book of Faith • Living with the Psalms part II • Joyful Light

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170 x 170 mm | 288 pages ca. 66,000 words paperback all rights available

240 x 270 mm | 416 pages ca. 150,000 words full colour illustrations paperback all rights available English manuscript available

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555 Facts You Don’t Really Need To Know Herman Boel

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• Ideal gift book • Beautifully designed • The sequel of the successful 666 Myths Everyone Believes In that already sold more than 12,000 copies After the success of 666 Myths Everyone Believes In, Herman Boel is back with another surprising book full of funny, interesting but otherwise completely useless facts.

Herman Boel is a translator and member of the Study Group for Critical Evaluation of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal.

An armadillo only gives birth to quadruplets, dolphins sleep with one eye open, nobody can hum while holding his nose, the Philippine flag changes in times of war … These and other facts will help you to keep any conversation going and stun your friends with your knowledge.

The Puzzle Universe Ivan Moscovich • The history of mathematics in 353 puzzles • Created by Ivan Moscovich, celebrated worldwide as one of the leading inventors and creators of visual games and puzzles • Fully illustrated, with beautiful designs and visually compelling puzzles Mathematics have never been so much fun! The Puzzle Universe takes you on a trip full of adventure through the magical world of mathematical ideas, presenting 353 brain teasers inspired by the most famous mathematical concepts in history. The book guarantees hours of fun for the whole family, thanks to the wide variety of puzzles and the practical rating system, starting at level 1 (easy) and going up to level 10 (very difficult).

Ivan Moscovich is internationally recognized as one of the most innovative inventors of games and puzzles in the world. His games have been commercialized by major manufacturers such as Hasbro, Mattel and Ravensburger. His books – such as 1000 PlayThinks – The Big Book of Brain Games and his BrainMatic series – have been published in over 12 languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide.

An accessible, beautifully illustrated and imaginative approach to some of the most important ideas in mathemathics. Informative and inspiring, while keeping everything delightfully simple. – Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick

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170 x 225 mm | 253 pages ca. 115,000 words full colour illustrations paperback all rights available

160 x 210 mm | 112 pages ca. 30,000 words full colour illustrations flexo-bound all rights available

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So God Created Man

Love. An Impossible Desire?

Jelle Van Riet photography Elisabeth Broekaert

Dirk De Wachter • An original approach to a widely discussed and popular subject • Avoiding clichés and obvious statements • By the author of the successful book Borderline Times, that already sold 35,000 copies

• A cheerful quest for the most handsome man on the planet • Amusing writing style combined with captivating photographs • A personal and witty approach English sample chapters available

Looking for both insight and fun, journalist Jelle Van Riet and photographer Elisabeth Broekaert go on a journey to reveal the secrets of true male beauty. Jelle and Elisabeth’s travels bring them to the High Priests of Male Beauty: the personal trainer of James Bond, the fashion designer Dries Van Noten, the tattoo-artist of David Beckham and some of the most renowned plastic surgeons in the world.

Jelle Van Riet is a freelance journalist, specialized in literature and poetry. She works for the newspaper De Standaard and has been the president of the jury for the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’ for years. Elisabeth Broekaert is a freelance photographer and has already published among others The Beauty Of Your Body together with the author Bart Moeyaert.

The final result is an entertaining and witty report that will be hard to put aside!

Love is the most frequently used theme in works of literature, music or visual arts. Still, mankind continues to search for its true nature. We think we are able to define and understand the concept of love, but in fact we are not up to par. Love is as vital as it is unfathomable.

Dirk De Wachter is a psychiatrist-psychotherapist and heads the department of System and Family Therapy at the KU Leuven Psychiatric Centre. He is a family therapy instructor and supervisor in different centres both in Belgium and abroad. He is the author of the best-seller Borderline Times.

Sadly, love is threatened in its very existence by modern consumerism and the harmful illusion that all things can be manufactured and tailored to our needs. Even a therapist turns love into something banal, presuming to be able to measure it and to treat it in just a few sessions. Love, however, cannot be defined so easily. Love. An Impossible Desire? is a plea for normal behavior. Only then, can love work its powers: multilayered, mysterious and paradoxical.

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140 x 210 mm | 320 pages ca. 95,000 words paperback with flaps all rights available

170 x 240 mm | ca. 208 pages ca. 60,000 words full colour illustrations paperback all rights available

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Darwin in the News

Or how evolution still hits the front-page every day

Me and the Club

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40 Degrees in the Shade

Why evolution created social behaviour

Life in a different climate

Mark Nelissen

Jill Peeters, Chris Jacobson & Luc Goeteyn

• The Theory of Evolution in our daily lives • Up-to-date: insights into social problems such as racism, herd instinct and the battle between liberalism and socialism • Mark Nelissen’s books are best-sellers and internationally successful

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140 x 210 mm | 214 pages 56,000 words paperback all rights available

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Best-selling author Mark Nelissen shows us how Darwin still hits the front-page everyday, dealing with themes as the Strauss-Kahn affair, family tragedies, the economic crisis and so on. Darwin in the News is popular science at its best: scientifically accurate, accessible and humorous. After reading this book, you will not be able to watch the news in the same way again. Humans are hyper social and hyper individualistic beings at the same time. In Me and the Club behaviourist Mark Nelissen explains how those two extremes can coexist. What distinguishes human beings from other kinds of animals? Maybe the largest (and most underestimated) difference is our complex social behaviour. Why do we attach so much importance to status? Is

racism based in our genes? Is selfless friendship a myth? Mark Nelissen takes us on a journey through evolutionary history and shows us how our current social behaviour is still determined by the ‘survival of the fittest’ of our ancestors. Mark Nelissen is a professor in behavioural biology at the University of Antwerp. In his books and lectures he explains the principles of biology to the broad public and really knows how to capture their attention.

• An accessible introduction to a complex theme • An overview of the present knowledge on the subject • Clearly structured into 21 key questions Global warming is one of the biggest threats that humanity has to face. By means of 21 lucidly discussed questions, 40 Degrees in the Shade explains all known on global warming. The book sketches out the challenges, mechanisms and possible ways out. In short, this publication perfectly introduces the reader to this complex issue. Climate change mainly has consequences for the younger generations. This book will help them to understand the most recent academic environmental insights. Secondly, it will provide them with tools and ideas to find solutions and safeguard their future on this beautiful, dynamic planet – Helga van Leur (weather forecast presenter RTLNederland)

Jill Peeters has been working as a weather forecast presenter for the television channel VTM for more than ten years now. She has been elected as ‘European weather forecast presenter of the year’ as well as ‘best European female climate ambassador’ at the UN Climate Conference in Geneva. Chris Jacobson is a scientific contributor to ARGUS, KBC and Cera’s environmental platform. He also works as a Chief Editor for the environmental website www.ARGUSactueel.be. Luc Goeteyn is a geographer. He works as an advisor for the Flemish Environmental and Nature Council.

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150 x 210 mm | 140 pages ca. 45,000 words paperback English rights sold

140 x 210 mm | 120 pages ca. 80,000 words paperback French rights sold

Boys Are Smarter Than Girls

What About Genetics?

And other myths about education

Gert Matthijs & Joris Vermeesch

Pedro De Bruyckere & Casper Hulshof • Corrects the biggest misunderstandings about education • Familiar topic for everyone • In-depth information by 2 renowned educationalists Education is like the weather: everyone likes to talk about it and thinks that they know everything about the matter. And as we all have different experiences with the educational system, we all have our very own opinion. Boys Are Smarter Than Girls focuses on cliché stories and refutes them armed with the results of recent scientific research. Implications about learning, technology in the classroom, neurology and education policies are discussed and rebutted if necessary.

The book is a true revelation for anyone involved in education, going from teachers to parents or from managers to directors. Pedro De Bruyckere is a researcher at Artevelde University College Ghent. He is a much-demanded speaker on education, youngsters and youth culture. Casper Hulshof is a psychologist and a lecturer at the University of Utrecht. He has experience with educational research and knows a lot about the role of the internet in today’s education system.

Like this, widely believed myths are dispelled: • Babies do not get smarter if they listen to classical music • Some learning styles are not proven to be effective • Boys are not better in mathematics than girls

• Scientific research clearly explained • What is the importance of genome research? • In-depth information by experts in the field

Thanks to numerous technical improvements, it is nowadays possible to have a complete genome analysis for only a few thousand euros. This does not only have a huge impact on scientific research and genetic diagnostics, it also poses new challenges for our society: • • • • •

Gert Matthijs is a lecturer and the head of the Lab for Molecular Diagnostics at the Centre for Human Heredity in Leuven. Joris Vermeesch is a lecturer at KU Leuven. He is the head of the Genome Centre at KU Leuven and UZ Leuven.

How much do we know? Who are we going to test? When is such a specific test really necessary? How will genome research affect our health care? Why will genome research change our society?

The results are already promising, but how can we manage to transform this revolution into a success story? What About Genetics? discerns facts from fiction, openly discusses controversial dilemmas and offers a clear perspective for the future.

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210 x 260 mm | 352 pages 83,400 words full colour illustrations flexicover with flaps English, German, French, Korean, Slovenian, Estonian, Danish, Taiwanese, Japanese, Italian and Russian rights sold, Spanish rights in option

210 x 260 mm | 352 pages ca. 80,000 words full colour illustrations flexicover with flaps all rights available

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The World Book of Happiness

The World Book of Hope

Leo Bormans

• A record of worldwide scientific research on happiness • Science presented in an appealing, accessible manner • Already more than 200,000 copies sold worldwide

• A record of worldwide scientific research on hope • Including a selection of ten of the most hopeful projects • Full of inspiring examples

The World Book of Happiness records the conclusions of a unique worldwide project. In this book, 100 experts in positive psychology, from Iceland to South Africa and from China to Australia, share their knowledge about happiness. None of these researchers are affiliated with any kind of philosophy or religion. Their conclusions are evidence-based and the result of life-long research. The World Book of Happiness conveys actual knowledge on the importance of time, money, health, success and climate. On youth, genetics and coincidence. On humour, pain and sadness. On choice, family, relationships and friendships. This revolutionary work does not only deal with individual happiness, but also with the welfare of groups, organisations and countries. This approach offers a globally legitimate vision of happiness. The surprising, inspirational texts and appealing images will make us evaluate our own existence.

The scientific foundations of this book are presented in a well-structured, fluent text. The modern graphic design and beautiful images of The World Book of Happiness make this book a pleasure to read and a wonderful gift. There are a lot of tools, procedures and ideas to help people become happier. And they have proved to work! We just need to make them accessible to everybody. - Dr. José de Jesus Garcia Vega, Mexico Leo Bormans is a journalist, writer and public speaker. For more than twenty years, he was the chief editor of the school magazines Klasse and Yeti. At present, he travels around the world as the Ambassador of Happiness & Quality of Life. After the international best-sellers The World Book of Happiness and The World Book of Love, his new title The World Book of Hope will be released in 2015. He is also the author of the successful practice book Word optimist! (Become an Optimist!).

After the worldwide success of The World Book of Happiness and The World Book of Love, author Leo Bormans has spent two years studying the scientific research on hope and meeting the most prominent experts in the field. Hope is not a luxury of the privileged few. It represents a universal psychological resource that can be found in all corners of the world. Hope is all of this: a tool for envisioning definable goals, a coping resource, an expression of trust and openness as well as a spiritual gift earned by faith or ritual. In the course of a lifetime every individual is apt to experience these different shades of hope. The World Book of Hope is an inspiring quest to the breadth and depth of hope. It offers a universal framework for understanding and using the most powerful tool of mankind: hope. Without hope there is no life. In this book, 100 professional researchers from all over the world share what we know about hope. Not spiritual philosophy but evidence-based knowledge

of recent experiments and life-long research, set in a language everybody understands. This book unveils the secret power of hope in love and relationships, study and work, health and illness, education and care, freedom and prison, management and leadership, therapy and economy, youth and old age. It even shows how we can make pessimism work and how we can benefit from post-traumatic growth: one door closes, one door opens. Leo Bormans is a journalist, writer and public speaker. For more than twenty years, he was the chief editor of the school magazines Klasse and Yeti. At present, he travels around the world as the Ambassador of Happiness & Quality of Life. After the international best-sellers The World Book of Happiness and The World Book of Love, his new title The World Book of Hope will be released in 2015. He is also the author of the successful practice book Word optimist! (Become an Optimist!).

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210 x 260 mm | 352 pages ca. 83,000 words full colour illustrations flexicover with flaps German, French, Japanese, Serbian, Korean, Estonian and Russian rights sold English edition available

200 x 90 x 60 mm box with 52 cards, magnet and instructions French and German rights sold

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The World Box of Happiness The World Box of Happiness provides the tools to increase our own happiness, simply by making an effort! On each card the reader will find two tasks that will help him to become a more positive person and obtain a happier life. The second task is somewhat harder to fulfil than the first. The tasks are based on scientific research, which has shown that people are happier, healthier and more successful when they have an optimistic view on life.

130 x 17 x 60 mm box with 52 cards full colour illustrations French rights sold

The World Book of Love

All suggestions are based on scientific evidence gathered by 100 love experts from over 50 countries.

Leo Bormans

The World Book of Love will take you to the heart of romantic love. What do we know about love? Despite cultural differences, love itself has always existed. It is universal and can take many forms. It is an extremely powerful emotional state. But we all know that the fire doesn’t burn forever. After the worldwide success of The World Book of Happiness, editor in chief Leo Bormans has spent two years studying the international scientific research on love. He succeeded in engaging the most brilliant scientists and unexpected newcomers to describe in their own words what we finally know about love. No butterflies and sunsets. In this book, 100 researchers from 50 different countries share what we know about attachment, passion and commitment; about jealousy, abuse and pressure; from Darwin to science fiction; from hidden secrets to open sex. They explain the system and unveil the mystery. In a global and rapidly changing world

52 beautiful love cards which open like greeting cards, one for each week of the year. An interactive box for those who want to put The World Book of Love into practice. Each card has one golden tip which is elaborated into two concrete ideas: one to do alone, the other one to carry out with a partner. A summary provides more background information.

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• A record of worldwide scientific research on love • Full of practical advice • Science presented in an appealing, accessible manner

The World Box of Love

180 x 130 mm | 730 pages 18,000 words paperback all rights available

The World Calender of Happiness The World Calendar of Happiness provides a collection of quotes from the greatest creative spirits in world history. A special feature of this calendar is that quotes from each of these great minds are given on their birthdays – from Einstein and Voltaire to Madonna and Steve Jobs.

we can all learn from each other. From Asia to America, Europe and Africa. You can find more information on www.theworldbookoflove.com Leo Bormans is a journalist, writer and public speaker. For more than twenty years, he was the chief editor of the school magazines Klasse and Yeti. At present, he travels around the world as the Ambassador of Happiness & Quality of Life. After the international best-sellers The World Book of Happiness and The World Book of Love, his new title The World Book of Hope will be released in 2015. He is also the author of the successful practice book Word optimist! (Become an Optimist!).

100 x 150 mm | 384 pages 10,000 words full colour illustrations hardcover with ribbon all rights available

The World Diary of Happiness The World Diary of Happiness is a source of inspiration that will get you started straightaway, a precious gift full of ideas to help you become aware of your happy moments more easily. Leo Bormans is a journalist, writer and public speaker. For more than twenty years, he was the chief editor of the school magazines Klasse and Yeti. At present, he travels around the world as the Ambassador of Happiness & Quality of Life. After the international best-sellers The World Book of Happiness and The World Book of Love, his new title The World Book of Hope will be released in 2015. He is also the author of the successful practice book Word optimist! (Become an Optimist!). Kasteelstraat 97 | b-8700 Tielt | Belgium | t +32-51424211 | f +32-51401152 www.lannoo.com | contact liesbeth.debruyne@lannoo.be or gunther.spriet@lannoo.be

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160 x 240 mm | 192 pages 48,000 words paperbackWord with flaps optimist! Become an Optimist!: French and German rights sold Make your life f low: French and German rights sold Increase your Self-Confidence: Word optimist! German rights sold

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Become an Optimist! offers simple and inspiring examples, usable advice and remarkable stories about how optimism can become a lifestyle; your lifestyle.

140 x 210 mm | ca. 240 pages ca. 35,000 words paperback with flaps French edition available English samples available

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Make your Life Flow Marlies Terstegge Most likely you have already experienced the sensation yourself: you were so focused on a task it made you completely forget time and place. This blissful feeling is called ‘flow’. The theory of flow teaches you to recognise and appreciate your talents and desires. Marlies Terstegge is a mental health psychologist and psychotherapist.

Increase your Self-Confidence Robert Haringsma A high level of self-confidence, says Haringsma, consists of a combination of skills (performance) and a proper sense of worth (talents) – a balance between these two providing stable self-confidence. Robert Haringsma studied psychology. He is currently director of the Institute for Positive Psychology, where he is a trainer and coach for personal development.

Raising toward Happiness Jacqueline Boerefijn and Ad Bergsma Raising toward Happiness makes a resolute choice not to become fixated on what can go wrong, but to concentrate attention on the positive points of your adolescent instead. Jacqueline Boerefijn graduated as Master of Applied Positive Psychology at the University of East London.

Positive The Power of Objectivity, Openness and Optimism Patrick & Anne-Marie Demoucelle • A gripping story that will leave no one untouched • Written by inspiring speakers with a large international network • Full of concrete examples and practical exercises

Top consultant Patrick Demoucelle was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 40. At present, he instructs both individuals and companies in the power of positive thinking. Patrick Demoucelle and his wife Anne-Marie developed a successful coaching programme that teaches how to cope with setbacks. This programme is drawn on their personal experiences and insights from positive psychology. In their book Positive, they focus on the three basic skills to become a more positive person in life: objectivity, openness and optimism.

Each interaction with Anne-Marie and Patrick has been insightful and inspiring to me and I have no doubt that their triple-O approach will inspire countless others. – Todd Sherer, CEO of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Patrick Demoucelle worked as a consultant for Bain and his wife Anne-Marie worked for Allianz just until Patrick was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and their lives completely changed. At present, they are running a successful training centre that offers amongst others motivation and positivism trainings to both individuals and companies.

Ad Bergsma is a psychologist and science journalist.

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155 x 240 mm | 240 pages 21,000 words paperback German and French rights sold, English edition available

155 x 240 mm | 192 pages ca. 46,000 words full colour illustrations paperback with flaps all rights available

Mindfulness

Give Your Back a Break

Edel Maex

Pascal Mannekens

• The mindfulness techniques discussed in this title will assist people in dealing with stress • A practical guide which offers concrete strategies to become more peaceful and conscious in life • Already over 100,000 copies sold!

• Choose the right bed for you! • This book will maximise your night’s rest • Filled to the brim with tips and tricks on how to relax properly

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The mindfulness theory has become increasingly influential and successful in recent years. Its supporters believe that to acquire a more balanced psyche, it is essential to be aware of one’s thoughts and sensations. Instead of trying to reach distant goals, mindful people should approach life from a position in the present. This will allow them to deal with the problems of life in a peaceful manner.

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In this reference work on the mindfulness theory, Maex elaborately discusses how to reach a state of inner awareness without passing judgement on others. His techniques focus on a self-criticising attitude and sometimes have surprising results. Mindfulness is the perfect guide for a more peaceful and conscious life experience!

I bow to Edel Maex for writing this lovely book, and for his relentless efforts to bring mindfulness in an authentic and universal articulation, based on his own years of meditation practice and study, into the mainstream of medicine, psychiatry and Western culture. – Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor of Medicine emeritus, University of Massachusetts Medical School Edel Maex is a psychiatrist at the Middelheim hospital in Antwerp. He introduced the mindfulness theory in Belgium. His group lectures and workshops are an enormous success.

We spend almost a third of our lives in bed. Many of us sleep in a bed of inferior quality, even when roughly 8 out of 10 people suffer from severe back pain at some point during their lives. Of those, almost 10% go on to develop chronic back problems. A good night’s rest and a correct sleeping posture can however prevent the onset of a number of common back problems.

A must-read if you want to keep your body in perfect condition. – Prof. Dr. Anton Coenen, Radboud University of Nijmegen

Give Your Back a Break, written by world renowned specialist Pascal Mannekens, helps you to minimise the risk of developing back pain. The fully illustrated book tackles some of the most persistent myths on sleep and bedding systems and familiarizes the reader with the different sleeping systems that are available today.

Essential reading for everyone looking for a good night’s sleep. – Prof. Dr. Simon Brumagne, University of Leuven

What should you look for when buying a mattress? Should you be thinking in terms of sleeping on an orthopaedic or memory foam mattress? What sleeping system fits your sleeping profile best? And which is the best position for sleeping?

Fascinating and accessible! – Prof. Dr. Gaëtane Stassijns, University Hospital of Antwerp

Pascal Mannekens is a physiotherapist, ergonomic adviser and researcher. He is a worldwide renowned authority on sleep comfort and sleep. He is involved in various (product) developmental projects and collaborates with research departments of several international manufacturers of bedding systems.

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160 x 220 mm | 128 pages ca. 30,000 words paperback all rights available

170 x 240 mm | 400 pages ca. 180,000 words hardcover all rights available

Stop Stressing! Manual for youngsters with an almost burnout Annemieke Ruggenberg & Lotte Stegeman

Renée Beer & Carlijn de Roos

• Young and burned out? • Filled to the brim with practical advice • The first step to a stress-free life!

‘Only adults have burnouts!’ Not anymore! More and more teenagers have complaints that are usually linked with burnouts: they are exhausted all the time, have too much stress and suffer from insomnia and panic attacks. Many youngsters are under a lot of pressure: they need to perform well in school, build on their curriculum vitae, but also have an active life after school. The constant presence of social media doesn’t really help either. How can you recognize the first signals of a burnout? How can you prevent that stress complaints will lead to a burnout? Stop Stressing! is the first self-help book for teenagers and their environment. The book is filled to the brim with heart-to-heart

EMDR A Manual for Children and Teenagers

stories and practical tips and tricks. This publication also includes new insights and advice from experts in the field, such as psychiatrist Bram Bakker and mindfulness coach David Dewulf. Annemieke Ruggenberg is an editor of Kidsweek and 7Days. She also works as a freelance journalist for various newspapers and magazines and just loves to write about youth culture. Lotte Stegeman is the chief editor of the magazines Kidsweek and 7Days. She regularly writes opinion articles about youngsters for the magazine Trouw.

• Relevant research information • Few publications available on this topic • Clearly written by 2 certified EMDR coaches EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a successful treatment for processing memories linked to traumatising or stressful experiences. This approach has already proven its effectiveness with adults that are suffering from a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The results for children and youngsters are also very promising. This complete manual about EMDR describes the use of this technique for children and teenagers. EMDR - A Manual for Children and Teenagers is filled with useful information and specific examples. It is a must-read for psychologists, educationalists and psychiatrists who are working with EMDR or for anyone who wants to learn more about this successful approach.

Renée Beer is a clinical psychologist-psychiatrist and has been the coordinator of the Centre of Traumatic Experiences for years. She is a certified EMDR coach for children and adolescents. Carlijn de Roos is a clinical psychologist-psychiatrist and the coordinator of the Psycho Traumatic Centre in Leiden. She is a certified EMDR coach for children and adolescents and a visiting lecturer at different universities.

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Parenting Books

155 x 240 mm | ca. 288 pages ca. 99,000 words two colour illustrations paperback all rights available

Lannoo’s parenting books combine scientific accuracy with an accessible style. Every book in this series is written by experts with years of experience. The authors all choose a vantage point from everyday

life. The countless examples and tips in the books are extremely wellsuited for parents, but teachers and social workers have also given the series repeated praise. Many of the books have already been translated.

• Practical and comprehensive parenting guides, based on the most recent scientific insights • All authors are experts within their field • Contain numerous examples and practical tips • For parents, teachers and social workers

Tiny Teens My Child Has Autism

How to Put Structure in your Child’s Life

Sit Still!

My Child Is Highly Sensitive

Survival guide for parents with children between 6 and 12 Krista Okma • Focuses on interesting themes such as independence, confidence and open communication • Filled to the brim with authentic real-life cases • A guideline book for parents

My Child Has DCD

I Can’t Do That, my Child Says

Stress Kids

Helping Children To Cope With Loss

More and more, the boundaries between primary and secondary school children seem to be fading. Behaviour that once seemed typical for adolescents is now also seen in smaller children, and at times it feels as if an eight-year-old has already reached puberty! Most parenting books focus on sleeping problems with young children and the identity struggle adolescents go through. The phase in-between remains mostly overlooked.

Guide for Successful Parenting

Talking to your Teenager

Growing Together

Tiny Teens is the first book that entirely concentrates on the age group from 6 to 12 years old. The book is filled to the brim with useful examples, practical tips and tricks for parents. Dr Krista Okma is an educationalist and psychologist at the Dutch Youth Institute. She has three lovely daughters and has already written other wellreceived parenting books, such as Something Seems To Be Wrong and The Educational Roller Coaster.

Step by Step

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155 x 240 mm | 240 pages 81,500 words paperback German rights sold

180 x 250 mm | 144 pages ca. 25,000 words full colour illustrations paperback all rights available

Living Together Apart

Can I Kiss You?

Divorcing as partners, staying together as parents

The basic rules of dating

Jos Willems, Brigitte Appeldoorn and Maaike Goyens • A guide for parents who are looking for alternative custody models • A refreshing look at a complex matter • Full of personal stories and practical advice Divorcing or staying together? Living Together Apart shows there’s a third option: you end your relationship with your partner but remain living together as parents. A growing number of parents feels that the classical solutions after a divorce such as joint custody or limited visitation rights aren’t the best solution for every family.

Jos Willems is the founder of the non-profit organization Een nieuw gezin and co-author of At Home in Two Families. Brigitte Appeldoorn is a divorce and relationship coach for the divorce consultancy Jouw leven in de steigers. Maaike Goyens is a lawyer and often acts as an arbitrator in cases of divorce.

By means of practical examples Living Together Apart looks into possible alternatives, where parents ‘stay together’ mentally or physically in order to make the divorce less radical for their children.

PARSHIP in cooperation with Hilde Smeesters • Find your perfect life partner • Professional advice by a singles coach • Based on facts and figures provided by PARSHIP Passion, love, friendship… everybody wants it, but not everybody is able to find it. In Belgium over 1,5 million people are single, in Europe over 100 million. Many find it difficult to meet the perfect life partner. This book wants to help those wanting to overcome all possible obstacles. PARSHIP shares its knowledge and tells you everything there is to know about dating. How do you make contact with somebody? How do you ask somebody out? How do you turn somebody down? What do you do on a first date? And how do you develop your relationship from there on?

The professional advice by a singles coach is completed with practical tips and interesting facts. This books contains all there is to know to find your perfect soul mate and build a golden future together. After graduating from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Hilde Smeesters was employed by different media, first in the marketing department, later as a journalist. She writes human interest articles and works as an editor and human interest journalist for different magazines. PARSHIP is a dating site known for its seriousness, correctness and reliability and has over 5 million members in Europe. 1 out of 3 members finds his or her partner on PARSHIP.

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Love at Work

BrainChains

Breaking free from the stress of an ultra-connected world Theo Compernolle

Alfons Vansteenwegen • A practical supplement to the longseller Love is a Verb (more than 120,000 copies sold) • Explains the most important relationship pitfalls and useful tips to avoid them • By an internationally renowned expert in the field German and Hungarian rights sold

Love Is a Verb, Vansteenwegen’s standard work is by now known by thousands of people at home and abroad, but 25 years after the first edition of this best-seller, toothpaste caps can still cause trouble in a relationship. For this new title, he selected 40 concrete cases from the feedback and stories he received in reaction to his book. He uses these highly recognizable stories to illustrate the most important relationship pitfalls and the way the couples dealt with these situations. Besides this, Love at Work contains lots of extra information, clear examples and is filled to the brim with practical advice.

Prof. Dr. Alfons Vansteenwegen is an internationally renowned and frequently praised couples therapist and sexologist. He was head professor at the Institute of Family and Sexuality Studies (University of Louvain) and leads workshops and trainings in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland. He was visiting professor at ESSM European School of Sexual Medicine (Oxford); University of Western Cape and University of Stellenbosch in South Africa; Hopitaux Universitaires in Geneva, Switzerland and Universidad de Lima in Peru.

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• A book about the toll of hyperconnectivity, the failure of multitasking and the harmful consequences of a lack of sleep on our brain • Passionate plea for more “slow thinking” • By an expert in the field Always being available, multitasking, stress, a lack of sleep, open offices where everyone can hear each other... our brain is more than ever under pressure and this has negative effects on our productivity and creativity. ‘People do stupid things because they insufficiently know their brain’, says neuropsychiatrist Theo Compernolle. Based on more than 600 research publications, the author shows which BrainChains we hold on to, but he also shows how we can free ourselves from these chains, giving concrete tools and tips to lift our brain to a higher level.

The hyperconnected, hypertasking, hyperproductive brainworker is a myth. In reality, they are hyperconnected, hypertasking, hyperactive hyperunderachievers. - Theo Compernolle Theo Compernolle is an internationally renowned expert in the field of stress at the workplace. He taught amongst others at the University of Amsterdam, TIAS, INSEAD, Vlerick and Solvay Business school, where he lectured on better stress management. He is the author of ao Stress, vriend en vijand (Stress, Friend and Foe), which has sold over 15,000 copies.

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MANU KEIRSE

170 x 240 mm | ca. 320 pages ca. 100,000 words paperback all rights available

Prof. Manu Keirse is professor of grief and bereavement care at the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), and part-time professor at the Benelux University in Eindhoven. From 1999 to 2003 he was Chief of the Cabinet of the Ministry of Public Health. He is the president of the Higher School of Family Sciences, of the Federal Commission of Evaluation on Palliative Care, of the Academy End of Life, of two care homes for the elderly in Leuven and of the Psychiatric Hospital Sint-Camillus in Sint-Denijs-Westrem. He is vice-president of the Federation of Palliative Care Flanders. He earned a university degree in clinical psychology, family and sex sciences, medico-social sciences and hospital management at the Catholic University of Leuven, in health ethics at the University of Maastricht (the Netherlands) and in group and organisation management at the Limburg University (Belgium). He received his doctorate in Medicine at the University of Leiden (the Netherlands).

He was on the directory board of the University Hospital of Leuven for 22 years as Director Patient Counselling. He is author of an array of books on patient care, grief and bereavement and palliative care. A number of his books have been translated into French, Polish, German and Ukrainian. In 2006, his books were awarded the Feniks Prize in Poland as works that break through the taboo on death and bereavement. His books are proven longsellers. Fingerprint of Grief and Help with Loss and Grief have each sold over 75,000 copies.

Forgive Me Anja Feliers • An enthralling psychological thriller • Lifelike, emotional and thrilling • A new case for psychologist Kathleen Verlinden Saying Goodbye to Mother

When You Lose a Baby Early in Pregnancy

Help with Loss and Grief

Help with Illness and Pain

Helping Children through Loss all rights available

He was so in love with her. Yasmine was absolutely gorgeous and intelligent. The fact that she worked as a lecturer at his college made it even more exciting. She was everything for him. He would never let her go.

Anja Feliers writes novels for both adults and children. Forgive me is her fourth book with main character psychologist Kathleen Verlinden. Anja’s thriller debut Seduce me obtained the third place in the Crimezone Thriller Awards in Italy in 2011.

When Yasmine suddenly decides to end the relationship, David doesn’t understand what he did wrong. He stubbornly tries to get through to her. But all his efforts are in vain. Yasmine totally cuts him out of her life. But David isn’t planning on giving up so easily. He has to get through to her, no matter what... Later Starts Today

Light in the Darkness

Silent Grief

Life’s Lessons

Fingerprint of Grief

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150 x 220 mm | ca. 280 pages ca. 85,000 words paperback all rights available

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High Treason

OMNIBUS Taboo

• Top entertainment: realistic cases with an unexpected turn • A Vice Squat Team in action: 8 titles available by now • Over 120,000 copies sold

A garage keeper is brutally assaulted. Inspector Hannah Maes is assigned to the case and discovers this is not an isolated incident. And is it even a sexual crime? Is it a coincidence that the event agency owned by Caroline Rosier worked for all the victims? What is the role of the beautiful Irina from Russia? Hannah Maes and her colleagues Bob, Charles and Kevin have their hands full with both cases.

Caviar

Latina

Dogs

Delusions

Hannah and her team search for the murderer of a fourteen-year-old girl and end up in the middle of a criminal network. A fourteen-year-old girl is found dead under the stairs in the cellar of a sex club. She is wearing makeup and red lingerie. Did she fall from the stairs, or did something else happen to her? And what is a fourteen-year-old girl doing in a brothel?

Macarena Palacios, an exchange student from Chile, is raped violently. She goes to the hospital to find proper care, but she disappears before the police arrives. Hannah Maes’s team has to find both the rapist and the victim. They discover that Macarena has a history herself and that many people are looking for her. Could her father and brother have anything to do with her disappearance? Or should they concentrate on the owner of the nightclub where she was seen last? A thrilling investigation with plenty of unexpected twists.

According to a gynaecological report an eight-yearold girl is sexually abused, but the child refuses to talk. In fact, she doesn’t seem to realise something happened to her. Her mother makes a statement to the Vice Squat against unknown perpetrators, but Hannah and her team are not able to find any lead that sticks. Who is responsible: the registered paedophiles in her neighbourhood? Or should they look in the music academy or the youth movement? Every suspect seems to have a valid alibi and still, there has to be somebody responsible. Unless the child hurt herself…

Margot comes home from a summer camp telling a strange story. One night she was raped, although nobody else in the room saw or heard anything. The principle of the institute classifies the incident as a bad dream, but Hannah and her colleagues decide to investigate the matter.

Tille Vincent

Hannah and her team investigate what happened and find a network of lies that leads them to Ukraine.

Traces

Disgust

A famous chef from Ghent is found dead in his fancy loft. Although he is wearing sexy lingerie and has a rope tied around his neck, nobody reported the incident to the police. Hannah Maes, who just returned from a holiday, thinks there is more to it and starts her own investigation. She is determined to get to the bottom of this ‘accident’ and finds some intriguing leads that convince her that this is more than a sex game that got out of hand.

An 85-year-old woman reports a brutal rape. For days a man violated her in her own home. She thinks it was a young man, but she isn’t sure, because Marie Dujardin is blind. Hannah and her team start the investigation. Hannah finds out that Ms Dujardin might not be the only victim.

In God’s Name One night a young woman is beaten up and brutally raped in a car park. She decides to keep it quiet and not report it, but then she receives a strange letter. Does the rapist know her address? What do the biblical references in the letter mean? Is she supposed to suspect every man she knows now or is the rapist a total stranger? Chief inspector Hannah Maes and her team get to work with the little information they have. They stumble across a strange man who believes he is God.

By accident Hannah Maes finds out a male colleague of her was brutally raped. The officer wants to cover up the incident as soon as possible, but that is not Hannah Maes’s intention. She looks for the perpetrator and finds him in a totally different environment she initially thought.

Fan Mail Ellen Marneffe, a famous and popular television journalist, reports being raped. She tells a strange story. At night a stranger would have entered her car and threatened her with a gun. Hannah Maes and her team investigate the crime and discover a lot of blanks. But then the truth is revealed… Tille Vincent writes books in all sorts of genres for both kids and adults.

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155 x 240 mm | 320 pages ca. 100,000 words paperback French edition available

140 x 210 mm | ca. 240 pages ca. 45,000 words paperback with flaps all rights available

The Limits of the Market

Profiling Danièle Zucker • Danièle Zucker was trained by the FBI and is one of Europe’s most renowned profiling specialists • Thrilling cases taken from real life • Epilogue by former FBI agent Roy Hazelwood, a profiling pioneer What motivates a serial killer? How does a paedophile think? And what are the motives of a sadist? Learn more about the criminal brain by means of criminal profiles.

Zucker’s book clarifies the art of profiling in a comprehensible way. I have to congratulate her on that. - Roy Hazelwood, former FBI agent and world renowned profiler

Profiling is a complex research method which often leads to the solution of crimes. Profiling starts from the different traces found in a crime scene. They reveal more clues than you would expect. A criminal profile can be based on it.

Danièle Zucker is a doctor in psychology and specialised in forensic psychology. She was trained by Steve Mardigian and Roy Hazelwood, two authorities in the field of profiling, who also worked for the British Scotland Yard and the German Bundeskriminalamt.

For years now profiler Danièle Zucker has been investigating the criminal brain, both based on scientific studies and crime analyses and on interviews with victims and offenders. This book reads like a – sadly true – thriller.

The Pendulum Between Government and Capitalism Paul De Grauwe • An eye-opening analysis of the inevitable oscillation between free market and government • Thomas Piketty’s best-seller on income inequality taken to its ultimate conclusion Will the financial crisis and growing inequality mark a new turning point in the balance of power between the free market and government? Are we about to witness the overthrow of capitalism and will the state resume control? After several triumphant decades, capitalism is well on the way to destroying itself. Key issues such as climate change and rising income inequality illustrate the inevitable external and internal limits of the market. Only the government seems to be able to offer a solution. But the state will also hit limits and, in turn, pave the way for a market comeback. With his new book, Flanders’ most prominent economist makes an invaluable contribution to the debate on the sustainability of our market system. De Grauwe provides an in-depth analysis of the con-

sequences of the disastrous swing of the economic pendulum, which can only be halted by immediate and drastic measures. De Grauwe provides an in-depth analysis of how capitalism will destroy itself unless governments attempt to check rising income disparity and global warming. – Rick van der Ploeg, Dutch economist and former politician Paul De Grauwe is an internationally renowned senior economist. He teaches at the London School of Economics and was previously affiliated to the Catholic University of Leuven. He was a member of the Belgian parliament and an adviser to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso. He is also a columnist for the Financial Times.

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155 x 240 mm | 232 pages ca. 70,000 words paperback Arabic rights in option English version available

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KOERT DEBEUF INSIDE THE ARAB REVOLUTION

155 x 240 mm | 216 pages ca. 65,000 words paperback with flaps German rights sold

KOERT DEBEUF

INSIDE THE ARAB REVOLUTION TH R E E Y E A R S ON TH E F R ON TLI N E OF TH E A R A B S P R I N G FO R E WO R D BY GU Y V E R H O F S T A D T : A M E D IT E R R A N E A N C O M M U N IT Y

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Inside the Arab Revolution Three years on the front-line of the Arab Spring Koert Debeuf

Cyber Danger Eddy Willems • Eddy Willems is a world-renowned security expert • Complete and exciting survey of all cyber threats and practical information to defeat them • Thoroughly based on figures and other revealing facts

Renowned security expert Eddy Willems gives a survey of all online dangers and shows you how to arm yourself against them. Viruses, spam, hacktivism and even blatant cyber wars between countries. Voting, paying bills, ordering tickets online… How safe is it really? How can you outsmart cyber criminals? Read all there is to know about the present, past and future of cyber crime. Eddy Willems has the rare gift to explain a very technical problem and solution in a language that everybody understands, without compromising the correctness of the facts. - Righard Zwienenberg, Executive Committee Member of the IEEE Internet Connections Security Group

One of the few people who combines a thorough knowledge of security and a clear, pleasant and fascinating way of storytelling. - Jeroen Wils, Manager of Bepublic, former chief-editor of Het Nieuws on VTM Eddy Willems is security manager at the German security software supplier G Data Software. He is CEO of several organisations, such as EICAR (European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research) and AMTSO (Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization). Being the almost only ‘security guru’ in the Benelux, he regularly appears in interviews in newspapers and magazines, on the radio and in TV shows.

• An investigation into the Arab Spring by a renowned journalist • The result of intense travelling through the Arab World • Foreword by Guy Verhofstadt This is not an Arab Spring. This is an Arab Revolution of the magnitude of the French Revolution. Historian, political observer and opinion-maker Koert Debeuf draws this conclusion from three years of living and working in the heart of the Arab world. Having travelled extensively in Egypt, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, Jordan, Palestine and Turkey, he saw history unfolding from the first row. From Tahrir Square to Taksim Square, between tear gas, bullets and bombs. This book gives a unique insight into the real fights and frustrations of the Arab people. It shows how blogs and social media can change the course of history, how individuals make a difference and why the Arab Revolution is just the beginning of a profound transformation. In this compilation of blogs, articles and essays the reader begins to understand the complex realities and ideas behind the revolutions from Tunisia to Turkey. Some of the articles have even influenced Arab and international politics.

In a foreword, Guy Verhofstadt, president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and former prime minister of Belgium, sets out a new vision of European cooperation with the Arab world. Koert Debeuf has been living in Cairo since September 2011 and has observed the revolutions of the Arab world as a representative of the European Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE). He is a well-known political blogger and opinion-maker. His blog posts have been discussed on Tahrir Square, on Egyptian national TV and in the European, Dutch, German and Belgian parliaments. Articles on his work in the Arab world have appeared in newspapers such as the New York Times, Le Figaro and Le Soir. He is regularly consulted as an expert by the Financial Times, The Independent, Al Arabiya, BBC World Service and France 24.

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140 x 210 mm | 226 pages ca. 40,000 words full colour illustrations paperback all rights available

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Don’t Touch my Body

Hotel of Mercy

Een sterk boek. Voor zoveel

Jan De Cock trok de wereld rond, van gevangenis naar gevangenis, op zoek naar het leven achter de tralies. Door steppe en woestĳn, per boot of per fiets zocht hĳ

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onuitgegeven geloof in de mens verdient Hotel Prison gelezen te worden. — MO*MAGAZINE

de gedetineerden op, bĳ temperaturen die schommelden van en vliegtuigkapers. Hĳ deelde de cel met muzikanten of acteurs, met huurmoordenaars en moeders die eten stalen voor

Annemie Struyf & Johanna Laurent

hun kinderen. Hĳ leefde in het gezelschap van ratten en vlooien, hagedissen en sprinkhanen. Van Chili tot Siberië… Hotel Prison is een averechts verhaal over het verborgen bestaan van al te vaak vergeten mensen. Bikkelharde, vaak grappige, maar vooral vertederende getuigenissen. Een moedig boek. — GRANDE Leve deze Belg die de hele wereld is afgereisd om tientallen gevangenissen van binnen te beleven. — TROUW Nu eens hard en cru, dan weer ontroerend en immens vertederend, rauwe verhalen naast schitterende staaltjes van menselĳkheid. De mens als beest, de mens als heilige. — RAAK

Jan De Cock is de bezieler van Within-Without-Walls, een organisatie die een dialoog op gang wil brengen tussen gevangenen, slachtoffers en andere burgers in de maatschappĳ. Hĳ schreef ook het boek Hotel Pardon, waarin hĳ te gast is bĳ slachtoffers en nabestaanden.

De wereldreis van een tralietrotter

• A mother and daughter fighting together against one of the biggest crimes against women: female genital mutilation • Gripping personal stories

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‘Why?’ I ask the daughter. ‘It’s a tradition’, she sighs. ‘Why?’ I ask the mother. ‘It’s our culture’ ‘Why?’ I ask the father. ‘No man wants an uncircumcised woman.’ ‘Why?’ I ask the circumciser. ‘It’s my job, it’s my duty.’ While shooting her new television programme Via Annemie, Annemie Struyf discovered that many young girls in Kenya are still forced to undergo circumcision. Every day hundreds of girls are mutilated under the most dreadful circumstances.

In order to write the book Don’t Touch my Body, she met several girls who were subjected to genital mutilation and others who had fled their country to escape from it. This book also shows that even in the West, in the greatest secrecy, girls are circumcised … Annemie Struyf is a journalist, a television producer of highly appreciated and much-discussed reports and a writer. She wrote best-sellers such as Ladies First. Johanna Laurent is one of Annemie Struyf ’s daughters. She recently graduated as a historian and a journalist.

In a world where the call for justice is more and more seen as a cry for more repression and harder punishments, Jan De Cock shows there is another way. He travels around the world and meets victims of terrible crimes that are hard to place, but who have managed to forgive their offenders: parents whose children were killed by Anders Behring Breivik, those who lost their loved ones in The Twin Towers and many more.

Jan De Cock is the author of the best-sellers Hotel Prison and De kelders van Congo. He is the founder of Within-Without-Walls, an organisation that wants to stimulate contact between prisoners, victims and worldwide citizens.

Once filled with resentment and hate, each of them has decided not to succumb to these feelings, but to give the last word to reconciliation and hope for a better future.

Indignant about what she saw, Annemie opened her heart to her daughter Johanna, who recently graduated as a journalist. She decided to investigate this practice, only to find out that in her own home country this topic also remains a taboo.

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155 x 240 mm | 192 pages ca. 50,000 words paperback French edition available

230 x 270 mm | 240 pages ca. 100,000 words hardcover French version available, English rights in option

Illuminati

Waterloo

The Truth behind the Myth

The battle of 1815

Arnaud de la Croix

Jacques Logie

• A captivating read • A historical tale with current resonance

• Relaunch of a successful title on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the famous battle • Beautifully illustrated with famous works of art • In-depth report

French edition available

The conspiracy of the Illuminati, which is again widely popular since the beginning of this century, proposes that a secret society has infiltrated worldwide into the wheels of power, controlling world events.

Arnaud de la Croix graduated as a philosopher and is a passionate historian. He wrote some remarkable books ao The Templars, in the Heart of the Crusades and Hitler and the Freemasonry.

The financial crisis, terrorist attacks, the impoverishment of whole parts of society, all this is said to be secretly caused by the Illuminati, whose members would be notable people such as statesmen, industry and media tycoons.

To this day, people from all over the world come to discover Waterloo. Does the glory of the defeated overshadow the fame of the victors? Or is it simply an intuitive feeling that the battle of June 18 in 1815 marked the end of an era and a new beginning in European history?

Jacques Logie has a PhD in history. He was a member of the Institute of Napoleon and the President of the Committee for the historical study of the Battle of the Waterloo site.

After Hitler and the Freemasonry, the author investigates this complot theory and he discovers that a real secret community hides behind the myth, the Illuminates of Bavière, founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776.

Waterloo puts the battle in an international context and shows how it is depicted in literature and art. In addition to an impartial report about the 1815 campaign, the book also describes the methods that were used in warfare at the time. It emphasizes the importance of Waterloo in our collective memory and as a political symbol.

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140 x 210 mm | 256 pages ca. 55,000 words paperback all rights available

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Blue Eyes

From Moscow to Compostela

My Life as a Survivor of the Nazi Experiments Koenraad De Wolf

Werner van Zuylen

• The shocking story of Rita Winterstein, the last survivor of the Nazi experiments by Mengele & co • The book is immensely cruel at times, but at the same time, it’s full of the beauty that lies within each of us • A plea to never forget the past and to prevent this from ever happening again 1943. Rita and Rolanda are twins, born in a gypsy family. Their parents were only allowed to keep them if they would allow the nazi’s to do medical experiments on the twins. Soon after their birth Rolanda dies from a surgery that should have given her blue eyes. Rita survives but is marked for life.

Koenraad De Wolf is a writer and a journalist. He studied history and art history at KU Leuven. He is the author of more than 35 books.

• An amazing journey: on foot across Europe • Assume your responsiblities, but don’t forget to live your dreams! • Illustrated with photographs

In 2013, Werner decided to cast off the shackles of his daily life and make his dream come true: to travel on foot from Moscow to Santiago de Compostela.

Werner van Zuylen went to Moscow for the first time in 1981 and ever since he has become passionate about European history and culture. Werner is married and is the father of six children. He works for a private bank.

This book is the report of his amazing journey: from unforgettable encounters to moments of defeat. The author takes us off the beaten track. An immersion in Europe’s history and nature, but also a search for the essence of our life. An inspiration for all!

43 years later, after a hard and long fight, Rita finally received – as one of the last survivors – a compensation for the harm that had once been done to her. But her fight did not end there. At present, she still fights against the injustice done to the gypsy community, the dangers of racism and what prejudice can lead to. Kasteelstraat 97 | b-8700 Tielt | Belgium | t +32-51424211 | f +32-51401152 www.lannoo.com | contact liesbeth.debruyne@lannoo.be or gunther.spriet@lannoo.be

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140 x 240 mm | ca. 256 pages 65,000 words full colour illustrations hardcover + fabric wrap all rights available

170 x 240 mm | 248 pages ca. 50,000 words flexo-bound English rights sold

— Francis Mus —

The demons of

LEONARD COHEN

The Demons of Leonard Cohen

StreetwiZe

Francis Mus

Arnoud Raskin

• In search of the real Leonard Cohen • Including unpublished documents, new interviews and in-depth reading • A complete overview of his musical career

• A new perspective on business • What can street children teach our managers? • Written by the founder of Mobile School

Who is Leonard Cohen? During the 50 years of his career in the music business, his entourage and fans have known him as a true gentlemen with a certain aura, that is unfathomable and elusive at the same time. But is this description correct? Despite his immense oeuvre, the 80-year-old rocker still remains a mystery.

Francis Mus is a researcher at KU Leuven. He travelled around the world to search for the real Leonard Cohen. He talked to privileged witnesses and looked for in-depth information about this Canadian icon.

Francis Mus researches the constantly returning demons of Leonard Cohen: his image, his relationship to art, his fundamental solitude, his position towards power. He searched and found ‘pieces of Cohen’ that have never been published before. The result is a revealing look into one of the greatest living music legends of our time.

Arnoud Raskin has been working with street children from the slumps for more than 15 years. This experience has been a real eye-opener. It has given him the chance to see the enormous potential these children possess and it has convinced him that the skills these children develop every single day in their struggle to survive could serve as a source of inspiration for managers attempting to maintain the position of their company in a competitive environment. Starting from this perspective, Arnoud founded the project StreetwiZe, a model that transfers specific insights and skills that are needed on the streets to an efficient management tool.

Tomorrow’s leaders should base themselves on everyone’s individual strengths, not their limitations. In doing so, they will actively inspire and develop the talent of their team. Besides that, a company that is truly StreetwiZe, is one that is focused, flexible and that invests from a sustainable as well as a profitable perspective. Arnoud Raskin is the founder of StreetwiZe and Mobile School, a Belgian organization that provides mobile schools worldwide. At this moment, Mobile School is working in 22 countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. He participates in pioneering hybrid entrepreneurship and is a reputable speaker at conferences all around the globe.

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170 x 240 mm | 136 pages 54,000 words paperback all rights available

140 x 220 mm | 200 pages ca. 47,000 words paperback English edition available

My Boss Chooses my Talent

The Discipline of Pleasure

Luk Dewulf & Peter Beschuyt

James Bampfield

• Combines strategic vision and concrete workability • Based on intensive fieldwork over the past years • Innovating ideas on how to combine talent and results

• For everybody who wants to live less superficially • Find pleasure both at work and at home • Combines humour and philosophy

English edition available

How do you communicate with your employees about talent? How do you stay focused on the results? How do you combine talent development and management output?

Luk Dewulf is an educationist and partner and consultant at Kessels & Smit, The Learning Company. He is a strategic advisor of companies, organisations and educational institutes.

The authors show you how to work with talent in your organisation.

Peter Beschuyt is an educationist and advisor at Kessels & Smit, The Learning Company. As a process supervisor and advisor he supports organisations and schools in the development and implementation of a talent-focused policy.

They use their experience in implementing talentdirected practices from several organisations: both profit, non-profit and social-profit. On top of that they introduce the concept of circular output management. A new and simple outlook on making deals about results with employees, which don’t compromise the development of talent.

Make pleasure-seeking your priority. When it comes to self-development and the search for positive change in your life, you seldom look for what it is that gives you the most pleasure.

James Bampfield is a teacher and a consultant. He is the co-founder of Quinx Consultancy and closely involved in the Academy For The Love Of Learning in the US. He is a trainer of workshops and gives lectures on self-development and spirituality in both Europe and the US.

Pleasure is seldom seen as productive or constructive, but rather as an egoistic desire. This book introduces a new hedonism and broadens the meaning of the word pleasure. Why shouldn’t you search actively for more pleasure? The Discipline of Pleasure frees you from guilt and gives you the permission to do what you like to do. It shows you that following your pleasure impulses makes you a more complete, happier and more satisfied human being and that it transforms the world into a better place.

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210 x 260 mm | 304 pages ca. 90,000 words full colour illustrations paperback English version available

195 x 250 mm | ca. 288 pages ca. 60,000 words full colour illustrations paperback with flaps English sample chapters available

The World Book of Faith

Geloof . Fashion Management

The World Book of Faith

Annick Schramme, Francesca Rinaldi, Karinna Nobbs

Jürgen Mettepenningen

• A standard book • Knowledge and tools to manage creativity in a professional way • Special attention to the independent, creative designer

Who doesn’t know the ‘Antwerp Six’? Since the eighties, their names are well established and a lot of new talent has joined them. But circumstances have changed dramatically: globalisation and competition in the fashion industry have grown enormously.

Annick Schramme is a professor and coordinates the master studies Cultural Management at the University of Antwerp and at the Antwerp Management School. She has different management positions in the cultural sector in Flanders and the Netherlands.

Luxury brands and big chains take over; digitalisation and online sales have conquered the traditional market, the call for sustainability is louder than ever.

Francesca Rinaldi studied economy at the Bocconi University in Milan. She conducts research on strategic management in the creative and fashion industry.

This book offers the knowledge and skills the fashion sector needs to cope with a new economic reality: financial management, international strategies, fashion marketing and social media, production and distribution…

Karinna Nobbs teaches fashion marketing at the GCU in London.

• Great thinkers on the essence of their faith • 50 authorities speak out • Fascinating stories about the power of faith and how it influenced their lives In The World Book of Faith more than 50 authorities from all over the world and all religions and ‘faiths’ explain why they believe, what the essence of their faith means to them, and how it brings them happiness. It mainly concentrates on the traditional major world religions, where religion is defined as an organised ideology that, due to its focus on the divine, gives the lives of those who are of that faith more direction and meaning: Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. But a number of other forms of religion are also discussed, such as the beliefs of a Native American and a liberal thinker.

Renowned Christian thinkers such as Anselm Grün, Timothy Radcliff or Brother John of Taizé, Islamic thinkers such as Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid and Tariq Ramadan. Each of the authors is an authority within his faith, either due to his expertise – many have published countless books – or due to experience, or both. Jürgen Mettepenningen has a PhD in theology, works as a professor at the Theology faculty at KU Leuven and is the author of several books.

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140 x 210 mm | ca. 376 pages ca. 85,000 words paperback all rights available

188 x 245 mm | 336 pages 125,677 words paperback all rights available French version available

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Living with the Psalms

Joyful Light

Part II

The language of iconography

Benoît Standaert

Hélène Bléré

• A guide to read the psalms, one of the biggest literary treasures the Bible holds • A source of inspiration for modern day believers • By an internationally renowned author

• Gives full insight into the spiritual content of an icon • Analytical comments • With quotes from well-known theologians, iconographers and art historians

The Book of Psalms is one of the most important books of the Old Testament. It contains 150 hymns, of which the oldest is 3000 years old. The singing of the psalms with its austere tones, long rhythmic waves, silences between verses and intriguing texts have moved believers over the past centuries. Keeping the Jewish tradition, the modern exegetical comments and the poetical qualities of a poem in mind, Standaert succeeds in making even the darkest passages clear. He focuses on what the psalms can mean to us and teach us today.

The psalms are a treasure. They are a part of our inheritance. Every generation has the highly important mission to pass them on to the next generation. - Benoît Standaert Benoît Standaert is a Benedictine in St. Andrew’s Abbey in Zevenkerken, Bruges. He studied in Rome, Jerusalem and Nijmegen, where he graduated in the Gospel of Mark in 1978. Both at home and abroad, he is involved in formation and education courses.

This book provides, for all those who wish to extend their knowledge, an overall insight in the Christian message that can be uncovered in an icon. Joyful Light focuses on the key elements to read the aesthetic language of the icon in order to ensure a better understanding of its spiritual content.

Hélène Bléré graduated from the School of Applied Arts and now teaches iconography in her Saint Joseph Studio in Paris. She has been painting icons for over 30 years and regularly contributes to exhibitions as well as giving lectures.

The book seeks to show the perfect match that takes place between the Christian message and its visible form on the icon: the representations of light and space, the power of colours and so on. The iconography inside the book is entirely original and shows how painters to this day work following a 2000-year-old tradition.