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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!

Anne Peters

The Story Of The Stone

This moving family novel from 1760 is about young Bao-Yu, who prefers to study girls than Confucian teachings, and his two cousins. The Chinese classic illuminates Buddhist concepts against the background of secular themes and shows how karma influences all of our lives.

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Kai Sundmacher

What is Life?

Originally written for laypeople, Erwin Schrödinger's "What is Life" became a starting point for molecular biology and the discovery of dna. Along with the essay "Mind and Matters" and autobiographical details, this book is a great collage of Schrödinger's work

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Ulf Liszkowski

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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Matteo Maturi

Constellations

Even if you don't believe in horoscopes - constellations are a fascinating world. Based on the history of astronomy and supplemented by beautiful illustrations of the constellations, Govert Schilling takes us to these extraterrestrial realms.

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Beloved

One Hundred Years of Solitude

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