Beloved

Toni Morrison

The story about the trauma of former slave Sethe who lost her baby shows how the experiences of slavery continue to traumatize generations, long after it has been believed to have been overcome. A classic of American literature, heartbreaking and masterly written.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez has written a masterpiece: The colorful and epic saga about the Columbian Buendía family and the city they built, Macondo.

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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Sheryl Sandberg

Lean in is not only the title of Sheryl Sandberg's bestseller on women and leadership, but has also become a slogan of empowerment for women who seek the same opportunities as their male colleagues.

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Beyond

If you want to get to know the scientists behind the work even better, this is just the right place for you. In this section of Beyond, the researchers present books which have impacted their lives and their ways of thinking in meaningful ways. The books presented range from novels, to memoirs, to science books of all sorts. You can filter the books by genre or just scroll through the list. This is also a great way to get inspiration for your own reading!

Monika Schnitzer

How We Got to Now

The battery, photography, refrigerators - ideas bring mankind further and become constant companions of our everyday life. Steven Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From, shows in an entertaining way how these are interwoven with social change.

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Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern

The Glass Bead Game

Mastering the glass bead game, a program from all human sciences, is Joseph Knecht's goal in life. In doing so, he encounters dilemmas again and again. Joseph Knecht's journey is Hermann Hesse's last work – and an absolute classic.

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Klaus Goetz

The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis

How do institutions work and what rules do they have in common? Anyone who is interested in these questions from a social science perspective will gain insights into the current state of research and the latest debates with this basic work.