Books by Max Hertzberg

Behind the Berlin Wall a dissident is on the trail of a killerThe East Berlin Series Omnibus, including: Stealing The FutureThoughts Are FreeSpectre At The Feast'The brilliance of Stealing The Future lies in its honest portrayal of the struggle to keep alive the dream of freedom, justice and equality.' New Internationalist'A compelling re-imagining of East Germany's peaceful revolution in 1989-exploring what might have been. Fiona Rintoul, author of The Leipzig Affair1993. After forty years of communist rule it's time for change: participatory democracy, citizen's movements and de-centralization are part of a new political landscape in East Berlin. But when a politician's crushed body is found a constitutional crisis erupts.Ex-dissident Martin Grobe turns detective and his investigations point towards the Stasi, the KGB and the West Germans-has he uncovered a putsch against the new GDR, or is it just a conspiracy to murder?

A practical guide to facilitating consensus decision makingThe essential manual for grassroots organising by Seeds for Change, one of the leading activist training collectivesThis book explains the spirit and philosophy of co-operative decision making, and gives practical, easy to read guidance on how to facilitate a consensus process. A Consensus Handbook looks at common situations and explains the skills and tools your group can use to ease the path to a decision.Includes: Skills and tools for facilitation and decision making Small and large groups Face to face or virtual meetings Spirit and philosophy of consensus decision making Troubleshoot your consensus process - a guide to dealing with common pitfalls and problems Consensus in the wider world - how can consensus decision making be used outside small groups?Whether you're new to consensus or are experienced; whether you think it's the best way to make decisions or are struggling to make it work: this book is for you!

Britain is divided, and Mara is on the wrong side1989, the Berlin Wall opens. The upheavals in her homeland are an opportunity for Mara-free to travel, she comes to Britain, falls in love and never leaves.2016, the UK votes to leave the European Union, and once again, Mara is at the centre of a changing world.She's built her life in Britain: a wife, a career and a cottage in the countryside. But now Mara worries she'll be forced to return to a Germany she no longer knows.Faced with bureaucratic inflexibility and administrative failures, Mara needs to prove her right to remain. But do the events of her first years in Britain hold the key to whether she will be allowed to stay?Cold Island explores the personal cost of Brexit