Non-Fiction Autumn 2023

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Reinhard Friedl, Shirley Michaela ...

Blood: Life’s Current

How our bodies and souls, as well as economics and culture, are inextricably linked to the "red organ"

Date of publication: September 20, 2023
Hardcover | 320 pages
Blood is the "red organ" that flows noiselessly and smoothly inside all our other organs, fills them, gives them life and connects them to each other. It is an ancient symbol of female fertility....
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Joseph Scheppach

The Universe in a Grain of Dust

A short history of dust, from your living room to outer space

Date of publication: August 23, 2023
Paperback | 224 pages
This book reveals the cosmic dimensions of the tiny and seemingly unremarkable phenomenon of dust. If we stop thinking of it only in terms of our failure to get rid of it at home, those dust bunn...
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Joseph Scheppach
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Peter Wohlleben

Our Wild Legacy

How instincts guide us, and what it means for our future – fascinating insights for a life lived in tune with nature

Date of publication: October 11, 2023
Hardcover | 256 pages
Are we in charge of our lives – or are we mainly guided by our instincts, like all other animals? It seems the latter is true: incapable of being forward-looking and planning for the long-term, i...
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Peter Wohlleben
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Martin Doerry

Lilli’s Daughter

My mother and the shadows of the past – a German-Jewish family history

Date of publication: September 20, 2023
Hardcover | 320 pages
"Lilli’s Daughter" is Doerry’s sensitive account of his mother Ilse’s life: the oldest daughter of medic Lilli Jahn, who was murdered in Auschwitz, she witnessed her mother’s disenfranchisement a...
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Martin Doerry
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Deborah Feldman

Jew Fetish

Date of publication: August 30, 2023
Hardcover | 272 pages
"I realised that it was because of Berlin, because of my new life in Germany, that I was suddenly asking myself those questions. I thought I was done with the subject of modern Jewish identity, a...
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Deborah Feldman
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Harald Lesch, Cecilia Scorza-Lesch...

Discovering the Milky Way

The history of galactic exploration

Date of publication: September 20, 2023
Hardcover | 304 pages
The Milky Way consists of billions of stars and countless planetary systems and nebulae. For centuries, astronomers wondered what that eye-catching ribbon in the night sky was, and how it came in...
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Katharina Zweig

It Was the AI

From absurd to deadly: AI and its kinks

Date of publication: September 13, 2023
Paperback | 320 pages
It seems inevitable that algorithms will decide our future. We have long been exposed to AI decision-making: more and more companies are using automation to evaluate job applications, and more an...
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Katharina Zweig
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Gunnar Decker

The Distant Magus

The Life of Rainer Maria Rilke

Date of publication: November 1, 2023
Hardcover | 608 pages
A hundred years later, Rainer Maria Rilke’s work still opens up new territory. His poetry inspires readers to interrogate their existence, and demands decisive action: "You have to change your li...
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Gunnar Decker
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Michaela Karl

Live and Let Live

Katherine Mansfield: A Life

Date of publication: October 18, 2023
Hardcover | 480 pages
Today, she is admired all over the world; but in her lifetime Mansfield was largely disliked. The New Zealander moved to London in the early twentieth century intent on becoming a famous author, ...
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Michaela Karl
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Ullrich Fichtner

The Opportunities of the Future

What we and our descendants can expect from the future – the new and improved world starts here

Date of publication: October 18, 2023
Hardcover | 320 pages
Our thoughts are too often governed by our fear of climate change, political upheaval and unpredictable technology. But there are a lot more reasons to be cheerful than we realise. Using the exam...
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