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!

Marina Mikhaylova

The Great Influenza

One could almost believe that the corona pandemic is a unique historical event. But 100 years ago, the spanish flu had the world firmly in its grip. John M. Berry traces the course of this deadliest of pandemics.

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Steffen R. Hage

Die Geschichte der Spätantike

Based on the evaluation of countless sources, the historian Alexander Demandt traces the eventful late antiquity from 235 to 565. An elementary contribution to the study of the Roman Empire.

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Johannes Vogel

Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present)

With the Dialectic of Enlightenment, Adorno and Horkheimer wrote a classic of critical theory. Written during the Second World War and only circulating underhand, this work is one of the absolute standard works of modern philosophy.

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Joachim Funke

The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations

In this truly indispensable book, Dietrich Derner identifies what he calls the "logic of failure" -- certain tendencies in our patterns of thought that, while appropriate to an older, simpler world, prove disastrous for the complex world we live in now.

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Beloved

One Hundred Years of Solitude

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