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Thomas Seifert

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Thomas Seifert, geboren 1968 in Ried im Innkreis, Studium der Biologie, ist stv. Chefredakteur und Leiter der Außenpolitik bei der Wiener Zeitung, schrieb u.a. für Stern, brand eins, Welt am Sonntag, Facts und berichtete u.a. aus Afghanistan, Syrien, dem Irak, Iran, den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten, Ghana, Russland, Saudi-Arabien, Indien, den beiden Koreas und China. Bei Deuticke erschien 2005 Schwarzbuch Öl (gemeinsam mit Klaus Werner), 2011 Schwarzbuch Gold (gemeinsam mit Brigitte Reisenberger) und 2015 Die Pazifische Epoche.

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	Schwarzbuch Öl. Eine Geschichte von Gier, Krieg, Macht und Geld 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het Zwarte Goud it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schwarzbuch Gold by Thomas Seifert (Goodreads Author), Brigitte Reisenberger really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sprungbretter zur Macht: Kaderschmieden in Österreich 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die pazifische Epoche: Wie Europa gegen die neue Weltmacht Asien bestehen kann 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“was die Schriftsteller schreiben
ist nichts gegen die Wirklichkeit
die Wirklichkeit ist so schlimm
dass sie nicht beschrieben werden kann
noch kein Schriftsteller hat die Wirklichkeit so beschrieben
wie sie wirklich ist
das ist das Fürchterliche”
― Thomas Bernhard

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“There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself? That is why life is always like a sketch. No, "sketch" is not quite a word, because a sketch is an outline of something, the groundwork for a picture, whereas the sketch that is our life is a sketch for nothing, an outline with no picture.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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