Africa’s Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat
By: Bénédicte Savoy
4.13
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted…
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1. Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars
By: Camille Paglia
3.80
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of Sexual Personae and Break, Blow, Burn and one of our most acclaimed… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
2. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
By: Emil Ferris
4.56
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monstersis… read more
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3. Mañana y tarde
By: Jon Fosse
3.88
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
Un niño que se llamará Johannes llega al mundo. Fallece un anciano llamado Johannes. Entre estos do… read more
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"Ahora tú también estás muerto, Johannes, dice Peter Te moriste esta mañana, dice Y como yo era tu mejor amigo, me enviaron a recogerte, dice Pero ¿por qué hemos pescado cangrejos? dice Johannes Tenía…"-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde
"Vart ska vi fara? säger Johannes Nej nu frågar du som om du fortfarande var vid liv, säger Peter Inte till någon plats? säger Johannes Nej dit vi nu ska, det är inte någon plats, och därför har den h…"-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde
4. Windstärke 17
By: Caroline Wahl
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Ida hat nichts bei sich außer dem alten, verschrammten Hartschalenkoffer ihrer Mutter, ein paar Lie… read more
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5. 22 Bahnen
By: Caroline Wahl
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Tildas Tage sind strikt durchgetaktet: studieren, an der Supermarktkasse sitzen, sich um ihre klein… read more
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6. Echtzeitalter
By: Tonio Schachinger
3.96
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
Ein elitäres Wiener Internat, untergebracht in der ehemaligen Sommerresidenz der Habsburger, der Kl… read more
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7. Die Wut, die bleibt
By: Mareike Fallwickl
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Aufwühlend, wütend, hellsichtig: Mareike Fallwickls neuer Roman. Helene, Mutter von drei Kindern… read more
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8. Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
By: Jasper Fforde
4.50
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey—in an exclusive edition… read more
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"Choice," went the Word of Munsell, "leads only to dithering and unhealthy speculation over alternative outcomes. The choice to have no choice is the best choice of all."-Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
9. Sorry, aber ...
By: Tara-Louise Wittwer
4.07
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
Eine scharfsinnige und humorvolle Analyse unserer Entschuldigungskultur von Bestseller-Autorin Tara… read more
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10. Die Zeit der Verluste
By: Daniel Schreiber
3.82
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Nichts möchten wir lieber ausblenden als die Unbeständigkeit der Welt. Dennoch werden wir immer wie… read more
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"Der Tod stellt ein sehr reales Trauma für uns dar, das über das Bewusstsein hinausgeht, dass auch unser eigenes Leben früher oder später ein Ende nehmen wird. Er geht mit einem Einbruch des Schweigen…"-Daniel Schreiber, Die Zeit der Verluste
11. Identitätskrise.
By: Alice Hasters
4.31
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Unsere Gesellschaft befindet sich in einer Identitätskrise. Alle Systeme, die Sicherheit, Zukunft u… read more
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12. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
13. The Confessions of Frannie Langton
By: Sara Collins
3.57
Format: 384 pages, ebook
A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing hi… read more
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"What did Shakespeare know? Love must alter, or it can't survive."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"there were two things I loved: all those books I read, and all the people who wrote them."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"A man writes to separate himself from the common history. A woman writes to try to join it."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"Only two types of white people in this world, chile, the ones doing shit to you and the ones wanting you to tell them ’bout the shit them other ones did."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
14. Altern
By: Elke Heidenreich
3.64
Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition
Alle wollen alt werden, niemand will es sein. Ist das nicht absurd? Das Leben lesen: Elke Heiden… read more
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15. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
By: Emil Ferris
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more
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"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
16. Sprache und Sein
By: Kübra Gümüşay
4.33
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Kübra Gümüşay beschreibt wie Sprache unser Denken prägt und unsere Politik bestimmt. „Ein beein… read more
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- social justice
"Wir haben die AfD so groß gemacht, wie sie es heute ist. Indem wir ihre Provokationen durch unsere Diskussionen legitimierten. Indem wir ihren Hass zur Meinung erkoren haben. Indem wir ihre Menschenf…"-Kübra Gümüşay, Sprache und Sein
"Der Kampf um absolute Wahrheiten ist zu einer Aufmerksamkeitsmaschine geworden. Es ist heute möglich, seinen Lebensunterhalt damit zu bestreiten, Islamkritiker*in zu sein. Doch dieser Kampf um abschl…"-Kübra Gümüşay, Sprache und Sein
"Und wenn diese Sprache, das Deutsche, nicht meine ist, dann ist es auch meine Schuld. Statt darum zu flehen, zu erbitten, sie möge Platz für uns schaffen, sollten wir uns diesen Platz nehmen. Wir sol…"-Kübra Gümüşay, Sprache und Sein
"Fremdsprache ist nicht gleich Fremdsprache. Bilingual ist nicht gleich bilingual. Wenn Sie an Bilingualität denken, welche Sprachen fallen Ihnen ein? Deutsch und Französisch? Deutsch und Englisch? De…"-Kübra Gümüşay, Sprache und Sein
17. Old Seems to be Other People
By: Lily Brett
4.04
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
'I didn’t want to derail myself by thinking about my vulva and whether it was hospitable enough… ’ … read more
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18. The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution
By: Dan Hicks
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind … read more
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- politics
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- anthropology
19. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
By: Liza Mundy
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more
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- history
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20. Ein Hof und elf Geschwister
By: Ewald Frie
4.08
Format: 191 pages, Hardcover
Die stolze bäuerliche Landwirtschaft mit Viehmärkten, Selbstversorgung und harter Knochenarbeit ist… read more
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21. Beyond the Door of No Return
By: David Diop
3.66
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
The thrilling and deeply moving new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize. … read more
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"Despite all my efforts to block it out, the ordeal on the pier in Gorée, after our brief escape beyond the door to the voyage of no return, came back to me intact. I realized then that painting and m…"-David Diop, Beyond the Door of No Return
22. Die Sommer
By: Ronya Othmann
4.36
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
Das Dorf liegt in Nordsyrien, nahe zur Türkei. Jeden Sommer verbringt Leyla dort. Sie riecht und sc… read more
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23. Triggerpunkte: Konsens und Konflikt in der Gegenwartsgesellschaft
By: Steffen Mau
4.31
Format: 540 pages, Paperback
Von einer »Spaltung der Gesellschaft« ist immer häufiger die Rede. Auch in der Alltagswahrnehmung v… read more
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24. Heilung
By: Timon Karl Kaleyta
3.37
Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition
Ein Mann kann nicht mehr schlafen. Mit den Nerven am Ende, fürchtet er, alles zu seine Ehe, seinen… read more
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25. The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums... and why we need to talk about it
By: Alice Procter
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again. Should museums be made to g… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
"I do not believe guilt is inherited, but responsibility is, and there is nobody alive today whose existence has not been shaped by colonialist, racist forces. That is a legacy we all live with, and w…"-Alice Procter, The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums... and why we need to talk about it
26. Tiere, vor denen man Angst haben muss
By: Alina Herbing
3.76
Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition
Große Literatur über den Rollentausch zwischen Eltern und Kindern und die Frage, was ein gutes Lebe… read more
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27. Africa’s Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat
By: Bénédicte Savoy
4.13
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted… read more
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- art
- art history
- africa
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- anthropology
28. Ungleich vereint
By: Steffen Mau
4.26
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Die Diskussion über Ostdeutschland und das Verhältnis zwischen Ost und West flammt immer wieder auf… read more
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29. Reichskanzlerplatz
By: Nora Bossong
3.63
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
Nora Bossong zeichnet in ihrem neuen Roman das intensive Porträt der Frau, die Magda Goebbels wurde… read more
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30. Die Geschichten in uns: Vom Schreiben und vom Leben
By: Benedict Wells
4.49
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
Wie entsteht ein Roman? Wie werden Figuren lebensnah und lebendig? Und wie geht man mit Krisen um? … read more
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