Non-Fiction Autumn 2022

With this book, Birgit Lutz, expert on the Arctic, takes us on a very special journey – this time, however, it’s not a freezing expedition to the North Pole or a whale hunt in East Greenland with...

Who was Jesus? How was it possible for a hippie with an artistic bent to found a world religion? What does "The Exorcist" have to do with ISIS? And why do men with moustaches choose to remain sil...

This is the history of the Villa Verde, the little hotel in San Remo once owned by Dora Sophie Kellner, Walter Benjamin’s ex-wife. Dora was an ambitious author, translator and journalist; she was...

Motherhood is still considered by society to be the greatest happiness and the one true fulfilment in a woman's life. No wonder that this high ideal raises expectations and that any deviation fro...

Franz Beckenbauer, George Best, Diego Maradona, Mesut Özil, Michel Platini and Sócrates are international footballing legends. Yet they were also artists – some of them were even survival artists...

Our image of the secret services has been shaped by James Bond and Jason Bourne – yet in reality, not all secret agents are male. Ever since the bygone days of the German Empire, countless women ...

In Europe, the dawn of the Modern Era inaugurated a time of upheaval and anxiety, as people began to question traditional beliefs. At the same time, our fear that the world was about to end broug...

Even as a child, the award-winning journalist Veronica Frenzel suspected that there was something dark lurking in her family’s history. No one would speak openly about what her grandparents did d...

"It’s complicated" – there’s no better way to describe the human-animal relationship. While the value of cattle, pigs, etc. is usually measured in money per kilogram, pets are considered beloved ...

An homage to Romy Schneider that takes a fresh look at the mysterious icon – one of the last true divas of the twentieth century. Nicolas Mahler, "the international star illustrator" (arte), famo...