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!

Ludger Pries

The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

With his systematic research on the cognitive capacity of human children and non-human primates, Michael Tomasello shows which factors contributed to the fact that the human brain is disproportionately larger than that of animals.

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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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Elke Grimminger-Seidensticker

Middlesex

Born of two genders into an immigrant family, Calliope (Cal) was treated as a freak throughout her life. Based on the family history, author Jeffrey Eugenides portayes North America of the 20th century - multifaceted and wonderful.

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Monika Betzler

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee's novel has all the themes and emotions to make it memorable: A complex father-daughter relationship, a mid-life professor facing "Me-too" -allegations, and a South Africa at the end of apartheid.

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Beloved

One Hundred Years of Solitude

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