Non-Fiction Autumn 2024

Society and the workplace are changing rapidly. From the climate crisis to Covid, WFH and AI, from companies that demand more from their staff to staff who want to work less – fear and stress are...

In his new book, renowned trend analyst and futurist Horx presents an unusual account of life and work raging from the Moon Landings to today, an age shaped by pandemic, war and polarisation, whe...

Our attitude to suffering is in dire need of fixing. On the one hand, our success-focused society suppresses private suffering – crises are meant to make us stronger, and we’re supposed to face u...

Hope has a problem: now that we need it more than ever, it has failed. More and more people feel like things won’t get better in future, and the latest polls show that more than 50% of adolescent...

Precht’s "Who Am I – And If Yes, How Many?" introduced millions of readers to the big philosophical questions of our time, making him one of Germany’s most famous authors. A good fifteen years la...

In 2016, Haruna-Oelker became the mother of a child with a disability, and was confronted with issues that are often kept behind closed doors. Since then, she has tried to find out why some child...

Kaminer is curious about all his neighbours, whether it’s individual people or entire countries. And is there a better way to get to know someone than by sharing a meal? When you sit at other peo...

Healers, shamans, priests, midwives, soothsayers: in antiquity, female communities and networks exchanged valuable, even life-saving, knowledge about nursing, healing, spirituality and sexuality....

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘network’? Insta, TikTok, etc.? It’s the paradox of our times: we are more connected than ever, but at the same time, Generations Y and Z especially ar...

Margarete Prijak is an institution in the Augustiner festival hall, and knows the Oktoberfest like the apron on her dirndl. Since 1987, only a fractured knee, the birth of her son and two years o...