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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!

Antonio Ciccone

Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy

As a young intelligence officer stationed in Naples following its liberation from Nazi forces, Norman Lewis recorded the lives of a proud and vibrant people forced to survive on prostitution, thievery, and a desperate belief in miracles and cures.

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Dominik Krell

Small Places, Large Issues - Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

An introduction to social anthropology, Thomas Hylland shows how complex modern societies interdepend on each other and which debates arise due to the vast variety of human cultures in times of globalization and migration.

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Ralf Poscher

Pure Theory of the Law

If you're interested in becoming a lawyer or want to understand the history of law, there is one advice: Read this book.

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Florian Zimmermann

Why We're Polarized

Polarization is the buzzword of the hour and it is a very scary one. But what if it is not the product of a system getting out of control but exactly the goal of this system? Journalist Ezra Klein describes the unconvenient truth of how we are being polarized and polarize ourselves.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

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