9 Best contemporary books like Himmelsst�rmer by alex-capus

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Himmelsst�rmer

By: alex-capus

3.79

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

Himmelsstü kleine Leute, die auszogen, um in der großen Welt ihr Glück zu suchen. Das Berner Dienst…

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1. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

By: Hannah Arendt

4.20

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more

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"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

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2. 13 wahre Geschichten

By: Alex Capus

3.72

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

Diesmal sind es historische Miniaturen, also wahre Geschichten, die er der Vergessenheit entrissen … read more

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  • german literature
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3. Ein ganzes Leben

By: Robert Seethaler

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Als Andreas Egger in das Tal kommt, in dem er sein Leben verbringen wird, ist er vier Jahre alt, un… read more

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  • german literature
  • contemporary
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4. Patriarchen. Zehn Portraits

By: Alex Capus

4.00

Format: 10 pages,

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5. Reisen im Licht der Sterne: Eine Vermutung

By: Alex Capus

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Kein Roman und auch kein Krimi, und doch eines der spannendsten Bucher der Saison: Der Schweizer Au… read more

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6. On Beauty

By: Zadie Smith

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Howard Belsey, a Rembrandt scholar who doesn't like Rembrandt, is an Englishman abroad and a long-s… read more

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7. Eine Frage der Zeit

By: Alex Capus

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Drei norddeutsche Werftarbeiter werden 1913 von Kaiser Wilhelm II. beauftragt, ein Dampfschiff in s… read more

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8. Léon und Louise

By: Alex Capus

5.00

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

Zwei junge Leute verlieben sich, aber der Krieg bringt sie auseinander: Das ist die Geschichte von … read more

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9. The Offing

By: Benjamin Myers

4.25

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

After all, there are only a few things truly worth fighting for: freedom, of course, and all that i… read more

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  • contemporary
"I was neither old enough to have made myself a heron young enough to have escaped the newsreel images or the long dark shadows that the returning soldiers dragged behind them like empty coffins. For …"

-Benjamin Myers, The Offing

"At times like this, or when hoeing soil or sanding wood, or just sitting on a bench with my face turned to the sun, I appeared to slip out of the moment so entirely - or, conversely, perhaps was so d…"

-Benjamin Myers, The Offing

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10. Melody

By: Martin Suter

4.09

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

In einer Villa am Zürichberg wohnt Alt-Nationalrat Dr. Stotz, umgeben von Porträts einer jungen Fra… read more

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  • german literature
  • contemporary
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11. Alte Sorten

By: Ewald Arenz

4.20

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

Sally und Liss: zwei Frauen, wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Sally, kurz vor dem Abit… read more

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  • german literature
  • contemporary
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12. Zur See

By: Dörte Hansen

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Die Fähre braucht vom Festland eine Stunde auf die kleine Nordseeinsel, manchmal länger, je nach We… read more

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  • german literature
  • contemporary
"Der Glaube ist ein krankes Kind, die Liebe ist ein Biest. Die Hoffnung ist nicht tot zu kriegen. Die Sehnsucht auch nicht, jedenfalls nicht ganz."

-Dörte Hansen, Zur See

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13. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

By: Nghi Vo

3.95

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of… read more

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"Angry mothers raise daughters fierce enough to fight wolves."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"[,,,] if you want to understand people who have gone, that's what you look at, isn't it? Their offal. Their leavings."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"The abbey at Singing Hills would say that if a record cannot be perfect, it should at least be present. Better for it to exist than for it to be perfect and only in your mind."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"... He was unimportant, the least of In-yo's spies and couriers, but—" Almost Brilliant fluttered her wings in the dying light. "I understand. I will remember Sukai for you, and so will my children a…"

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

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14. Junge Frau, am Fenster stehend, Abendlicht, blaues Kleid

By: Alena Schröder

4.11

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

In Berlin tobt das Leben, nur die 27-jährige Hannah spürt, dass ihres noch nicht angefangen hat. Ih… read more

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  • german literature
  • contemporary
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15. Zakon Drzewa Pomarańczy. Część 1 (Korzenie chaosu, #1A)

By: Samantha Shannon

4.07

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Rozdarty świat. Królowiectwo bez dziedziczki. W trzewiach ziemi pradawny wróg budzi się z tysiąclet… read more

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16. Zakon Drzewa Pomarańczy. Część 2 (Korzenie chaosu, #1B)

By: Samantha Shannon

4.22

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Rozdarty świat. Królowiectwo bez dziedziczki. W trzewiach ziemi pradawny wróg budzi się z tysiąclet… read more

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17. Die Diplomatin

By: Lucy Fricke

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Fred ist eine erfahrene und ehrgeizige deutsche Konsulin. Eine Frau, die eigentlich nichts aus der … read more

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  • german literature
  • contemporary
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18. Susanna

By: Alex Capus

3.56

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

Alte Gewissheiten gelten nicht mehr, neue sind noch nicht zu haben. In New York wird die Brooklyn B… read more

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19. Der Zopf meiner Großmutter

By: Alina Bronsky

3.65

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Kaum jemand kann so böse, so witzig und rasant von eigenwilligen und doch so liebenswerten Charakte… read more

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  • german literature
  • contemporary
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20. Fast ein bißchen Frühling

By: Alex Capus

3.52

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Zwei arbeitslose Burschen, Kurt Sandweg und Waldemar Velte, suchten im Winter 1933 den Seeweg von W… read more

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  • german literature
"Kann eine Welt ohne Vernunft Vernunft von den Menschen verlangen?"

-Alex Capus, Fast ein bißchen Frühling

"Wir werden nicht noch einmal in diese Hölle, genannt "Welt" zurückkehren müssen."

-Alex Capus, Fast ein bißchen Frühling

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21. Himmelsst�rmer

By: alex-capus

3.79

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

Himmelsstü kleine Leute, die auszogen, um in der großen Welt ihr Glück zu suchen. Das Berner Dienst… read more

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  • contemporary

10 best-selling german literature books like Himmelsst�rmer by alex-capus

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