Piper, Munich 2024. 256 pages, Hardcover
EUR 22
ISBN 978-3492072847
China and Russia are leading an anti-freedom movement that stretches from Iran to North Korea. Many still believe that Putin and Xi Jinping are not comparable. But both follow […] more
Piper, Munich 2023. 240 pages, Paperback
EUR 18
ISBN 978-3-492-06364-7
Many people dream of starting over, living in exotic nature, or working in an exciting metropolis. Adrian Geiges encourages this. His life reads like an adventure story: He moved to […] more
Xi Jinping: The Most Powerful Man in the World
Translated by Daniel Steuer
Polity, Cambridge/Oxford/New York September 2022. 240 pages
Hardback £25.00, ISBN 9781509555147
Open eBook £25.00, ISBN 9781509555154
If China seems unstoppable, so too does its leader Xi Jinping. As General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China, he commands over 1.4 billion people, in a vast country that spans the prosperous megacities of Beijing and Shanghai and desperately poor rural regions where families still struggle with malnutrition. Today, Xi […] more
Xi Jinping: The Most Powerful Man in the World (German edition)
Piper, Munich 2021. 288 pages, Hardcover
EUR 22
ISBN 978-3-492-07006-5
China is rising rapidly and came out of the coronavirus pandemic even stronger. The West, by contrast, is descending into crisis and chaos. Today, the most powerful man in the world is no longer the President of the United States. Instead, it is Xi Jinping, the President of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party. Who is […] more
Quadriga, Berlin 2014. 288 pages, Hardcover
EUR 19,99
ISBN 978-3-86995-063-1
Brazil is more than football and carnival. It is an awakening giant, and it is a wonderful country. Many people fail to see the rise of Brazil as a new giant. As the fifth-largest country on earth, multicultural, rich with resources, young and dynamic, Brazil is in the process of overcoming its paralyzing past. The […] more
Quadriga Publishing House, Berlin 2012, 237 pages, Hardcover
EUR 19,99
ISBN: 978-3-86995-032-7
The contrast couldn’t be greater: in Stuttgart enraged citizens protest against the construction of a railway station which has been in planning for 15 years; the Chinese jump-start whole megacities in the same time. In Berlin schools descend into chaos, whilst Shanghai achieves first place in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The formula […] more
Manual for Beijing and Shanghai
Piper, Munich 2009. 224 pages, Paperback
EUR 14.95
ISBN 978-3-492-27577-4
Two faces of an empire: Beijing, the capital in the North, and Shanghai, the former fishing village turned business centre and booming mega city. With humour and a wealth of information, Adrian Geiges gives us his uniquely personal take on the two rivals. What is the place to be for artists? Where does one find […] more
Pekin i Szanghaj (Polish edition)
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, Krakow 2014, 207 pages, Paperback
ISBN 978-83-233-3685-3
Two faces of an empire: Beijing, the capital in the North, and Shanghai, the former fishing village turned business centre and booming mega city. With humour and a wealth of information, Adrian Geiges gives us his uniquely personal take on the two rivals. What is the place to be for artists? Where does one find […] more
China. The History of the New World Power
Dtv Premium, München, 2009. 204 pages, Paperback
EUR 18.90
ISBN 978-3-423-24741-2
To understand China better you have to know something about Chinas history. This book is based on a successful series in German weekly Stern – from the first emperor until the Olympic Games. more
New Star Press, Beijing 2009. 217 pages, Paperback
RMB 28.00
ISBN 978-7-80225-608-8
From communist to TV reporter to CEO in China: An adventurer of his generation tells his unbelievable story. Thin shoulders, blue corduroy trousers, cheap glasses, long hair, good middle-school student, non-smoker, shy – and nevertheless Adrian Geiges is feared in the cosy Black Forest town of Staufen as a rebel. Why? He is a member […] more
How the World Revolution Once Accidentally Started in the Black Forest
How the World Revolution Once Accidentally Started in the Black Forest. My Life between Mao, Che and Other Models. Eichborn, Frankfurt 2007. 313 pages, Hardcover
EUR 19.95 (Germany) / EUR 20.60 (Austria) / CHF 33.90 (Switzerland)
ISBN 978-3-8218-5661-2
From communist to TV reporter to CEO in China: An adventurer of his generation tells his unbelievable story. Thin shoulders, blue corduroy trousers, cheap glasses, long hair, good middle-school student, non-smoker, shy – and nevertheless Adrian Geiges is feared in the cosy Black Forest town of Staufen as a rebel. Why? He is a member […] more
Russia Explosive. From Gorbachev to Zhirinovsky. vgs, Cologne, 1994. 269 pages, Hardcover
DM 29.80
ISBN 3-8026-2290-7
Russia after the breakdown of the Soviet Union: Drunken red armists near St. Petersburg drive around with atomic missiles. The TV reporters succeed without problem in smuggling nuclear material out of a factory. In Rostov at the river Don a serial killer is on trial live on TV. A children’s mafia controls the streets of […] more
Love Is Not on the State Plan. Sexuality in the Soviet Union today. Wolfgang Krüger / S. Fischer, Frankfurt/M., 1989. 224 pages, Paperback
DM 29.80
ISBN 3-8105-0825-X
The first authentic investigation: Sexuality in the Soviet Union. In frank talks with young women and men the authors show the effects of the changing society on the people and their personal relations. Love, sex and perestroika – an insight into the everyday life in the Soviet Union. „This book is about the still existing […] more
Love is Not on the State Plan (Japanese Edition)
Love is Not on the State Plan. Japanese Edition. JICC, Tokyo, 1992, 237 pages, Hardcover
ISBN 4-7966-0306-9
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Love is Not on the State Plan (Russian Edition)
Love is Not on the State Plan. Russian Edition. Sobesednik, Moskau, 1990, 247 pages, Paperback
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Revolution Without Shooting. My Experiences With the Perestroika – on the Assembly Line and in the Class Room. Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne, 1988, 331 pages, Paperback
DM 17.80
ISBN 3-88142-429-6
Everybody talked about perestroika during that time – but what was it like on location? In a richly nuanced report Adrian Geiges tells of his experiences with the young people of the industrialized city of Rostov. He worked with them on an assembly line for harvester combines and studied with them in their middle school […] more
Revolution Without Shooting (Turkish Edition)
Revolution Without Shooting. Iletisim Yayinlari, Istanbul, 1990. 290 pages, Paperback
ISBN 975-470-052-4
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Awakening China. Impressions of a Journey. Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne, 1987, 271 pages, Paperback
DM 14.80
ISBN 3-88142-399-0
In 1986, Adrian Geiges visited the People’s Republic of China as the first representative of the Moscow-oriented West German Communists after decades of ideological fighting between the parties of both countries. He takes the reader with him on a fascinating journey full of contradictions into the China of that time. more