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Played in Germany

Played in Germany

Beyond the booze and the bratwurst: what football really tells us about Germany

Germany is one of the world’s great footballing powers. Four-time World Cup winners, Euro 2024 hosts and home to clubs like Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, the country’s notorious winning mentality and vibrant fan culture are as famous as its beer and its cars. But if you look closer, what does the beautiful game really tell us about German history, culture and society?

Played in Germany takes us on a journey through modern Germany’s football heartlands in search of the issues that define it. Through the songs, stadiums and simmering resentments of football, Kit Holden sheds light on a nation so diverse and divided that the only thing that really unites it is the game itself.

From the author of Sports Book Awards-shortlisted Scheisse! We’re Going Up!

Scheisse! We’re Going Up!

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 (FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR)

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A club on the rise. A city in flux. This is Union Berlin.

No football club in the world has fans like 1. FC Union Berlin. The underdogs from East Berlin have stuck it to the Stasi, built their own stadium and even given blood to save their club. But now they face a new and terrifying prospect: success.

Scheisse! tells the human stories behind the unexpected rise of this unique football club. But it’s about more than just football. It’s about the city Union call home. As the club fights to maintain their rebel spirit among the modern football elite, their trajectory mirrors that of contemporary Berlin itself: from divided Cold War battleground to European capital of cool.

Scheisse! will appeal to readers who are captivated by sports biographies such as Raphael Honigstein’s Das Reboot and social history like John Kampfner’s Why The Germans Do It Better.

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You can read a fabulous extract from A Splintering by @dureamna on @wearebookanista! Here is a teaser for you...

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You can read a fabulous extract from A Splintering by @dureamna on @wearebookanista! Here is a teaser for you...

🎉 Happy Publication Day 🎉

Dur e Aziz Amna’s A Splintering is out now — an unforgettable story of motherhood, obsession and ambition.

✨ “Smart and gripping – I read it in one sitting” – Kamila Shamsie ✨ “A lacerating novel… great insight and deep compassion” – Mohsin Hamid

Set against an oppressive backdrop of political violence and natural disaster, A Splintering traces the class struggle of a woman stuck between province and metropolis, motherhood and ambition.

🔥 Gripping, disquieting, and impossible to put down.

📚 A Splintering is available today!
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🎉 Happy Publication Day 🎉

Dur e Aziz Amna’s A Splintering is out now — an unforgettable story of motherhood, obsession and ambition.

✨ “Smart and gripping – I read it in one sitting” – Kamila Shamsie ✨ “A lacerating novel… great insight and deep compassion” – Mohsin Hamid

Set against an oppressive backdrop of political violence and natural disaster, A Splintering traces the class struggle of a woman stuck between province and metropolis, motherhood and ambition.

🔥 Gripping, disquieting, and impossible to put down.

📚 A Splintering is available today!
#literaryfiction #bookstagram

The Crack has chosen A Splintering as their book of the month🥳🥳

Perfect timing too... A Splintering is OUT tomorrow

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The Crack has chosen A Splintering as their book of the month🥳🥳

Perfect timing too... A Splintering is OUT tomorrow

#bookstagram #books #asplintering #literaryfiction

Check out this incredible review of A Splintering by @dureamna in The Sunday Times 📰🥳

💬Amna is a witty and spiky writer and A Splintering is a blistering portrayal of a woman unwilling to accept life’s unfairness. Despite Tara’s greed and cruelty, her disdain for the restraints of her society is mesmerising. As her schemes to escape get wilder, you urge her on💬

Out 4th September!!

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Check out this incredible review of A Splintering by @dureamna in The Sunday Times 📰🥳

💬Amna is a witty and spiky writer and A Splintering is a blistering portrayal of a woman unwilling to accept life’s unfairness. Despite Tara’s greed and cruelty, her disdain for the restraints of her society is mesmerising. As her schemes to escape get wilder, you urge her on💬

Out 4th September!!

✨ They’re here! ✨ Fresh from the printers: the very first proof reader copies of I’ll Be the Monster by Sean Gilbert.

Aren’t they gorgeous? Who’s excited to get their hands on a copy.. we will be choosing a select group of book bloggers. Like and leave a comment below if you are interested⬇️

A homicidal couple go on a luxury holiday to save their marriage… need I say more?

Publishing 12 February 2026. 🖤 p.s thanks to everyone who has expressed interest so far, we are collecting a list of book bloggers and noting down their details and will announce who has been chosen to receive a copy soon!

#IllBeTheMonster #SeanGilbert #ProofCopies #Bookstagram #ComingSoon

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✨ They’re here! ✨ Fresh from the printers: the very first proof reader copies of I’ll Be the Monster by Sean Gilbert.

Aren’t they gorgeous? Who’s excited to get their hands on a copy.. we will be choosing a select group of book bloggers. Like and leave a comment below if you are interested⬇️

A homicidal couple go on a luxury holiday to save their marriage… need I say more?

Publishing 12 February 2026. 🖤 p.s thanks to everyone who has expressed interest so far, we are collecting a list of book bloggers and noting down their details and will announce who has been chosen to receive a copy soon!

#IllBeTheMonster #SeanGilbert #ProofCopies #Bookstagram #ComingSoon

✨ The Escape from Kabul by Karen Bartlett OUT NOW! ✨

A gripping story of rescue, survival and female solidarity.

In the twenty years since 2001, Afghan women obtained legal degrees, became judges and set out to transform their country – tackling corruption, and reducing horrifying levels of violence against women and children. These educated and powerful women led the mission to build a modern democracy. However, when Western forces withdrew in August 2021, the women judges of Afghanistan and their families faced mortal danger.

The Escape from Kabul is the never-before-told story of the escape of nearly 200 women and their families, thanks to a network of professional friends, female judges and lawyers from around the world, who refused to abandon them to the Taliban.

A searing insight into the challenges of safely building a new life overseas and also the captive fate of women in Afghanistan. 📚

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✨ The Escape from Kabul by Karen Bartlett OUT NOW! ✨

A gripping story of rescue, survival and female solidarity.

In the twenty years since 2001, Afghan women obtained legal degrees, became judges and set out to transform their country – tackling corruption, and reducing horrifying levels of violence against women and children. These educated and powerful women led the mission to build a modern democracy. However, when Western forces withdrew in August 2021, the women judges of Afghanistan and their families faced mortal danger.

The Escape from Kabul is the never-before-told story of the escape of nearly 200 women and their families, thanks to a network of professional friends, female judges and lawyers from around the world, who refused to abandon them to the Taliban.

A searing insight into the challenges of safely building a new life overseas and also the captive fate of women in Afghanistan. 📚

Ready for the new Bundesliga season? 🇩🇪 ⚽

The new and updated edition of PLAYED IN GERMANY is out today – grab your copy!

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Ready for the new Bundesliga season? 🇩🇪 ⚽

The new and updated edition of PLAYED IN GERMANY is out today – grab your copy!

Thinking about TS12 and DUET by Eleanor Chan 🎶

“A sensational book. Chan roves across her vast subject with confidence and grace, thrilling the reader with one eye-opening insight after another. I will never see art, and hear music, in quite the same way again.” James Fox, author of The World According to Colour

Out 18th September, available for pre-order now 💘

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Thinking about TS12 and DUET by Eleanor Chan 🎶

“A sensational book. Chan roves across her vast subject with confidence and grace, thrilling the reader with one eye-opening insight after another. I will never see art, and hear music, in quite the same way again.” James Fox, author of The World According to Colour

Out 18th September, available for pre-order now 💘

📚✨ Two electrifying voices in fiction — one unforgettable evening

Join Dur e Aziz Amna (A Splintering, BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick) & Gurnaik Johal (Saraswati, Observer Best Debut 2025) in conversation at Waterstones Gower Street, London.

🗓 Wed 22 Oct 2025, 6:30pm 🎟 From £7 – book now before it sells out!

#ASplintering #Saraswati #DureAzizAmna #GurnaikJohal #WaterstonesEvents

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📚✨ Two electrifying voices in fiction — one unforgettable evening

Join Dur e Aziz Amna (A Splintering, BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick) & Gurnaik Johal (Saraswati, Observer Best Debut 2025) in conversation at Waterstones Gower Street, London.

🗓 Wed 22 Oct 2025, 6:30pm 🎟 From £7 – book now before it sells out!

#ASplintering #Saraswati #DureAzizAmna #GurnaikJohal #WaterstonesEvents

SPIDER, SPIDER by @libbythescribbler

Jet-black and thrilling, Spider, Spider is an unforgettable tale of a woman who has lost herself in the poison of vengeance, and the knife-sharp girl who might just bring her back.

Coming March 2026, available for pre-order now 🕸️

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SPIDER, SPIDER by @libbythescribbler

Jet-black and thrilling, Spider, Spider is an unforgettable tale of a woman who has lost herself in the poison of vengeance, and the knife-sharp girl who might just bring her back.

Coming March 2026, available for pre-order now 🕸️

I’LL BE THE MONSTER by @seangilbertwrites

“The college bars were shuttered. Parties banned. Suicide watch was the new normal. And yet, outside, the air was sweet. Trees exploded in white and pink. Birds sang through long, pastel dusks. When I think of that time, I think of pale skin and outrageous blossoms. I think of choices.”

Sean Gilbert’s razor-sharp debut, coming February 2026 🍽️

Available for pre-order now.

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I’LL BE THE MONSTER by @seangilbertwrites

“The college bars were shuttered. Parties banned. Suicide watch was the new normal. And yet, outside, the air was sweet. Trees exploded in white and pink. Birds sang through long, pastel dusks. When I think of that time, I think of pale skin and outrageous blossoms. I think of choices.”

Sean Gilbert’s razor-sharp debut, coming February 2026 🍽️

Available for pre-order now.

🎶✨ An Evening of Music, Art & Expression at @hatchardspiccadilly ✨🎶

Join Eleanor Chan, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason & Emily MacGregor for a powerful night of conversation on how music shapes who we are — from ancient flutes to modern memoirs, from Kandinsky to classical brilliance. This will be a very special evening!

📍 Hatchards, Piccadilly 🗓 Wednesday 1 October 2025 🕡 6.30pm BST  🎟️Tickets via the link int he stories or eventbrite

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🎶✨ An Evening of Music, Art & Expression at @hatchardspiccadilly ✨🎶

Join Eleanor Chan, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason & Emily MacGregor for a powerful night of conversation on how music shapes who we are — from ancient flutes to modern memoirs, from Kandinsky to classical brilliance. This will be a very special evening!

📍 Hatchards, Piccadilly 🗓 Wednesday 1 October 2025 🕡 6.30pm BST  🎟️Tickets via the link int he stories or eventbrite

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