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18 Constantia Avenue |  Warum schreibt man Bücher? Oft ist das die beste Methode um etwas zu lernen. Unter anderem aber auch, um sich (und anderen) ein Denkmal zu setzen.Why write a book? Because this is often the best way to learn something. Among the obvious reasons there is also this: to create a memorial to oneself or to others.
7 March 2005: The first copies of the Stellenbosch Writers arrived from the printers! |  20 October 2010:  I started my own publishing business with a special edition of Zettelwitz The Zettelwitz books are available as bi-lingual books, Kindle and pdf e-books. Zettelwitz kindle versions in German and English: At amazon.com: Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg (German Edition)  and Zettelwitz the Table Mountain Wizard
At Amazon.de: Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg 
and
Zettelwitz the Table Mountain Wizard
More information Photo of the launch Reviews by Francois Verster and b. k. green It has been printed by the exellent Digi4 Print team Also available at |
Do you want to know how amazing our world really is: Read more Natural Science books!Born on 2.12.1943 near Berlin, Rosemarie (Rosie), née Berg, grew up in the Taunus Mountains near Wiesbaden, in Fischbach.
Rosie is married to a scientist, Hans Breuer. They have three sons,
Klaus, Hannes and Florian.
After their wedding they moved to Saskatoon in Canada, where Hans accepted a
position as assistant
professor of Physics at the University of Saskatchewan.
Two years later they moved to Brownsville in Pennsylvania, USA. 
Five years later they fulfilled an old dream and bought a sailing yacht, built
by a Dutch shipyard owner for himself - a beautiful 58 foot sloop. They enjoyed
5 magnificent years on
board and stayed long wherever they felt happy:
Starting in Lisbon, Portugal, they sailed on to Spain, Gibraltar, the
Mediterranean, Morocco, Canary Islands, Senegal, Gambia and ended up in the
Caribbean.
While on board teaching her young sons reading, she invented the first of her Zettelwitz stories.
Back in Europe they lived for a few years in Vienna and in Schloss Urschendorf, before they
finally settled down in the most beautiful corner of the world: in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Rosemarie started her 'Stellenbosch Culture' projects as a hobby, with the website and book, Stellenbosch Writers. She is currently collecting information for a multimedia CD ROM of the same title, which will feature her book, several books by and voices of famous Stellenboschers, picture galleries of Stellenbosch buildings and the flora and fauna of the area (with the help of Heemkring and others). At the same time she will concentrate on the book, Stellenbosch Artists, in colour and with the accompanying CD ROM.
Favourite quote: Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. (Groucho Marx)
Stellenbosch Writers, 2005
Published as bi-lingual books:
Zauberer Zettelwitz - Table Mountain Wizard (German and English), A Rosie Breuer Book, 2010
Die Towenaar van Tafelberg - Table Mountain Wizard (Afrikaans - English), Ein Rosie Breuer Buch, 2011
Zettelwitz Kindle versions in German and English:
At amazon.com: Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg (German Edition)
At Amazon.de: Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg
More information on all versions
In preparation: Segeln mit Piff und Mauz, new version, 2013
Limited editions:
(with Hans and Klaus) Segeln mit Piff und Mauz - 5 Jahre an Bord Kajen, 2008
Libyenreise 1969, 2009
(with Hans) Amerika 1967 -1971, Erinnerungen einer reiselustigen Familie, Ein Rosie Breuer Buch, 2012
Klaus die Frohnatur, Ein Rosie Breuer Buch, 2012
About Zettelwitz: Reviews and feedback Introduction and some background Pictures of the pages of the first book
More versions of Zettelwitz in preparation:
On CD with animations and audio
Regions: Kalahari, Krüger Park, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Etosha and Europe
Languages: French, Spanish, Italian, isiZulu, Xhosa and Sesotho
 | One of the books she illustrated won the prize of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels: One of the most beautiful books in Science 1983 Illustrations: dtv, München 1981 10th edition 2004, translated into 9 languages dtv, München, 1983 9th edition 2000, translated into 9 languages dtv, München, 1987 6th edition 2000, translated into 9 languages dtv, München 1988 6th edition 2000, translated into 9 languages dtv, München, Germany, 1995 The kindle version: |
I am an avid reader and the following list is far too short. Some favourite books:
Frans G. Bengtsson, The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age (Röde Orm) - a magnificent Viking adventure and
historically correct.
Anne Rasa, Mongoose Watch: A Family Observed
Michael Fraser and Liz Mc Mahon, A Fynbos Year and Between Two Shores
Gwen Fagan, Roses at the Cape of Good Hope, is a work of art.
Izak de Vries, Byna Liefde
There is no excuse to be completely scientifically illiterate since there are
excellent and entertaining books by authors such as:
Editors: Steven
Pinker; Tim Folger, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004
Alex Vilenkin, Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes, 2006
Martin Rees: Just six numbers - The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe
Richard Dawkins: The selfish gene, River out of Eden, The God Delusion and more
Ian Stewart, Nature's Numbers and more
Daniel Dennett,
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon and more
Roger Penrose,
The Nature of Space and Time (with Stephen Hawking)
The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
Steven Pinker, The Language instinct, How the mind works, The Blank Slate
Simon Singh: Fermat's last theorem, The Code Book
- just to mention a few.
Newest titles
Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Roger Penrose,
Ian Stewart
Rosie and Kabous Meiring launching the 2 first Zettelwitz books, Woordfees, 12. 3. 2011 My family
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