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How do you explain to an African church why you are vegan? How do you get your motorcycle taxi driver to leave the oncoming lane? And what do you say to a soldier who is taking a bribe at gunpoint? Africa is perhaps the place on this planet that we in the West know and understand the least. Surprising, magical, beautiful - and last but not least very entertaining! In 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021 I...
How do you explain to an African church why you are vegan? How do you get your motorcycle taxi driver to leave the oncoming lane? And what do you say to a soldier who is taking a bribe at gunpoint? Africa is perhaps the place on this planet that we in the West know and understand the least. Surprising, magical, beautiful - and last but not least very entertaining! In 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021 I...
Three Men carry a piano up the stairs of an old tenement house. "I have got good and bad news" says the leader after some time. "The good one: We are already in the eighth flooor. " - "And the bad one?", asks a worker. - "It's the wrong house." For all those who feel like this I wrote this book. It would be the joke of your life if it wasn't your life. You put so much energy, love and time in...
May contain traces of Pamesello. Lina looks for her climbing shoes. Eva becomes addicted to Facebook. Leo desperatley wishes something that can only be bought in Singapur. Lukas chills on his couch. I go to the gym without any results - for years. And then the dish washer doesn't work anymore. And no one can help. The second Book of Columns - with the next 88 stories. "An engenious chronicler...
Maybe we should not have started building houses. Since then mankind suffers from five big plagues: Pestilence, cholera, typhoid, yellow fever - and real estate agents. The first four we managed to turn down. Only the last one is getting worse all the time. "The man who meets a real estate agent needs a fast horse", people say in Saudi-Arabia. And in fact all catastrophes of history were caused...
"May I ask you something?" - "No." And now? Obviously this was a useless question. And unfortunately there a millions of them around. Tall people, immigrants, vegetarians, twin mothers and policemen spend their half life answering them. This book will prevent you from making a fool of yourself all the time - not only to stop annoying others but also for your own sake. For who wants to hear the...
Even more dialogues from the real life! Meticulously collected by Axel and me and combined to a current portrait of our small and bizarre country. The sequel of our Bestseller "Ich bin eine Dame, Sie Arschloch!" For several weeks on the List of the most bestselling books in Germany!
Life is a hurdle race. But you have got short legs. Some people are brave, some are anxious. And then there is Tom. The single parent does not even dare to install a ceiling lamp or programme a video recorder, let alone ask a woman for her mobile number. His neighbour Majorina hitchhiked on her own through the sahara and holds iguanas as pets. And she invented a tv-show where the bravest gets...
These stories tell you how to survive a family bicycle holiday in Sachsen, how to calm down a choleric music teacher, what to do if your son turns into a fan of your most hated soccer club - and why Lukas should be our government spokesman. My first 88 columns from the Weser-Kurier - and my very first book! A world bestseller - in Bremen. "Sympathetic, entertaining and with a an extraordinary...
No longer lost in Denglisch! You are confused when you read about asap, lol or rofl in a text message? You are afraid of a Teambuilding Incentive? You met Lohas without even recognizing them? And you think Foodwatch is a watch for your nutrition? Come in and burn out takes you out of the language jungle. Finally you can join any talkshow and even sell a journey resignation insurance to someone...

Biography

Sören Sieg (*1966) learned to play the recorder, violin and piano as a child and later the saxophone, trumpet, guitar and drums. He studied Sociology, Politics and Music in Hamburg and Bielefeld. He toured with his a cappella group LaLeLu for 18 years throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Since 2012 he has lived as a composer and author in Hamburg. He has published ten books and numerous works for classical ensembles that are played all around the world. read more »