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!

Jos Lelieveld

Homo Deus- A Biref History Of Tomorrow

For months, Yuval Harari's "Homo Sapiens" sat on best-selling tables, giving us a glimpse into man's past. With "Homo Deus", Harari takes a no less intelligent look at the future.

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Torsten Heinemann

Invisible

The story of students Adam, Rudolf and Margot begins in the 1960s with an exciting friendship. But the protagonists become more and more involved in a disturbing scenario of eroticism, violence and the search for justice. "Invisible" is told from three perspectives and over several decades and one of Auster's masterpieces.

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Ruth E. Ley

Purity

Jonathan Franzen daringly describes the journey of student Purity, between love and murder: Her path is representative of many young people in the United States who are searching for a meaningful life, but are even more searching for themselves.

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Asifa Akhtar

The Double Helix

By discovering the structure of the double helix DNA, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry. Watson reports with great honesty about the intense time of discovery and the competition with other scientists.

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Beloved

One Hundred Years of Solitude

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