Non-Fiction Spring 2021

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Eric Dolatre, Thilo Komma-Pöllath

The Necessary Revolution

He is the inventor of the big data model – and is fighting the digital surveillance economy

Date of publication: March 1, 2021
Hardcover | 336 pages
Few people know the business as well as he does: Eric Dolatre is a co-founder of the most successful European email provider and the inventor of the data-based business model of GMX, the "user pr...
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Laura Backes, Margherita Bettoni

Every Three Days

Why men kill women, and what we must do to stop it

Date of publication: March 1, 2021
Hardcover | 208 pages
In Germany, every day a man attempts to murder his wife. Every three days, a woman is murdered by her partner or ex-partner, and more women still are killed by someone known to them. These are no...
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Dr. Pop

Dr Pop's Musical Surgery

Why music makes us more attractive, why concert-goers live longer and why earworms are better than you think

Date of publication: July 12, 2021
Paperback | 320 pages
Did you know that singing in the shower increases self-confidence, that music makes you more attractive than sport, and that concert-goers live longer? In this entertaining book, the musical come...
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Lorenz Wagner

Together You Feel Less Old

Four generations under one roof, and science's answer to the question of how to face old age in good spirits and good health

Date of publication: May 10, 2021
Hardcover | 384 pages
Lorenz Wagner lives in a very special house, with four generations dwelling under the same roof. The thought of growing old is constantly present in this family, where the youngest are getting re...
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Hans-Otto Thomashoff

I Was Looking for Happiness and Found Contentment

A fascinating journey into the world of the brain and psyche

Date of publication: October 6, 2014
Hardcover | 288 pages
Everybody wants to be happy. In looking for happiness, however, most people are falling victim to a misconception: it is not happiness that makes us happy but contentment. Contentment somehow see...
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Holger Volland

The Future is Smart – Are You?

100 answers to the most important questions about digital life

Date of publication: March 15, 2021
Paperback | 416 pages
People are warning us about digital dementia, the uncontrollable power of digital companies, and manipulative surveillance capitalism – in the midst of them are we, the people, with our Facebook ...
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Tobias Esch

More Nothing!

Why we need less of more

Date of publication: April 26, 2021
Hardcover | 432 pages
Society is suffering at the hands of a crisis brought on by excess supply and constant acceleration. Amid the stresses of our everyday world, the individual has come under fire, and feels trapped...
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Christoph Reuter

Everyone is Musical – Except Some

Everything you wanted to know about the wonderful world of music – and how we are much more musical than we think

Date of publication: March 29, 2021
Paperback | 368 pages | With illustrations from: Inka Hagen
Can music make you clever or even healthier? What is the soundtrack of life? How does the famous Köchel catalogue work? In this tongue-in-cheek book, Christoph Reuter – pianist, composer and musi...
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Frank Sieren

Shenzhen – Future Made in China

Between creativity and control: The young megacity that's changing our world

Date of publication: May 17, 2021
Hardcover | 416 pages
If you want to know what our – and especially our children's – lives will soon be like, and the kind of technology that will dominate them, take a stroll through Shenzhen: The southern Chinese me...
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Bettina Weiguny, Georg Meck

Wirecard

A portrait of the scandal of the century

Date of publication: March 29, 2021
Hardcover | 400 pages
The Wirecard scandal is one of the most serious in Germany's history – and it will take years for the resulting court actions to be decided. As more explosive details come to light, more question...

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