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!

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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Astrid Eichhorn

A Room of One's Own

Although written in the 1920s, Virginia Woolf is still considered a luminary of feminism. With "A Room of One's Own" she has written a work that captures women's desire for freedom and independence like no other.

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Olivier Morin

Bouvard & Pécouchet

The two Parisian intellectuals Bouvard and Pécuchet become friends and move to the French countryside. But everything the two undertake and want to investigate fails. Flaubert's observation of the two tragic heroes is a satirical portrayal of the world of science and art.

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Anuscheh Farahat

Goya- The Torturous Road to Understanding

An epic love story embedded in one of the most dramatic ages in spain: Lion Feuchtwanger tells the story of Spain's exceptional artist Francesco goya and his love for gayetana, countess of elba.

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Beloved

One Hundred Years of Solitude

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