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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!

Lena Steinhoff

Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Our choices are irrational: we tend to overpay, consume and procrastinate. And yet they are predictable. Interesting read for anyone who wants to understand the mechanisms of our decision-making.

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Georg Weizsäcker

The Siege of Krishnapur

An epic trilogy about the British Empire in India, the Western illusion of military and moral superiority, and the bloody rebellion for freedom.

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Pascal Geldsetzer

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Two systems compete in our minds: Number one is fast and emotional, number two slower and more logical. The all time bestseller "Thinking Fast and Slow" by psychologist Daniel Kahneman explains how these systems work in an intriguing way.

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Eckhard Janeba

Fall of Giants

Ken Follet's first volume in the acclaimed Centry trilogy tells the gripping stories of five families in 20th-century Europe. Follet describes the struggle of the suffragettes, the Russian revolution and the First World War in an intense and captivating manner.

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Beloved

One Hundred Years of Solitude

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