Die Schuhverkäuferin Elisabeth ist eine überzeugte Nationalsozialistin, und als sie am 1. Mai den SA-Mann Erwin kennen lernt, scheint zunächst das Glück perfekt. Doch dann wird Elisabeth schwanger, und Erwin rät ihr zur Abtreibung. Auch in politischer Hinsicht entfremden sich die beiden zunehmend, denn Elisabeth wird in ein Arbeitslager geschickt und beginnt dort das System zu hinterfragen....

Elon Musk ist der mächtigste Mann der Welt. Tesla machte ihn zum dreihundertfachen Milliardär, mit seinem Satellitennetzwerk Starlink beeinflusst er das Kriegsgeschehen in der Ukraine. Sein Social-Media-Netzwerk X nutzt Musk als Bühne für seine persönliche Propaganda. Im Herbst 2024 kaufte er sich auch noch in die US-Regierung ein. Die Investigativjournalisten Sönke Iwersen und Michael...

It is 1919, and the Great War that has ravaged Europe is over. In Italy, the people are exhausted. Tired of the political class. Tired of vague promises, inept moderates, and the agonizing machinations of a democracy that has failed ordinary citizens. While elite leaders have sat idly by, achieving nothing, one outsider—the director of a small opposition newspaper and a tireless political...

The Canadian North is a vast and lonely land where bears roam free, fires rage unchecked, and storms blast every living thing on the tundra. When Stephan Kesting, already no stranger to pushing his own physical limits, was faced with a rare illness, he knew the only way for him to recover in both body and mind was to dig even deeper. Despite the dangers inherent in the sub-arctic, Kesting sets...

First published in 1934, Goodbye to Berlin has been popularized on stage and screen by Julie Harris in I Am a Camera and Liza Minelli in Cabaret. Isherwood magnificently captures 1931 Berlin: charming, with its avenues and cafés; marvelously grotesque, with its nightlife and dreamers; dangerous, with its vice and intrigue; powerful and seedy, with its mobs and millionaires - this was the period...

Entering its 15th year of English translation, the brilliant Hans Fallada's account of what The New Yorker called ‘a visceral, chilling portrait of … everyday German life during the war’ follows a working-class couple in Berlin and grieving the loss of their son, launch a campaign to oppose the Nazi regime. Based on a true story from the files of the Gestapo, this sweeping saga of resistance is...

Die erste große, vielstimmige Erzählung über die Erfahrungen der Jüdinnen und Juden, die während des Nationalsozialismus aus dem Deutschen Reich ins besetzte Osteuropa deportiert wurden. Auf Basis Hunderter Briefe, Postkarten, Tagebücher, Video-Aufzeichnungen und vieler weiterer Quellen verwebt die Historikerin Andrea Löw die individuellen Geschichten zu einem erschütternden Zeugnis. Ein...

From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of The Autumn of the Patriarch embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel García Márquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictator-ship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and overflowing with symbolic...

After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he’s officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won’t make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team.

The art of love is never a science

The Ice Age is very cool…for two kids in bathing suits! Jack and Annie nearly freeze when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the time of cave people and woolly mammoths. But nothing can stop them from having another wild adventure—not even a saber-toothed tiger!