Vincent van Gogh, a painter who was underappreciated during his lifetime and who was missing one ear, took up more than just a paintbrush to survive the hard times. He says, ‘I’ve done a lot of different things in my life: I’ve been a bit of an art dealer, a preacher in the coalfield, a language teacher, a bookseller.’ How did he manage to survive and not give up his passion for painting?...

‘My name may not ring a bell. But I'm sure many of you know my most famous work, 'The Little Prince.' If not, run to an adult right away and ask them to buy you this book. Just be careful not to keep it for themselves. No wonder. Many adults love this novel because it reminds them of the child they once were.’ This is how Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of one of the most beautiful...

Theory of relativity, the most famous formula in the world and scientific achievements that earned him the Nobel Prize in 1921. This time, meet one of the most famous scientists of all time – Albert Einstein. It is hard to believe that he was not a model student and even had problems at school. Yes, this funny-looking, disheveled physicist who was proclaimed a man of the 20th century by Time...

This is Mahatma Ghandi, or, as his nickname suggests, a great spirit. Throughout his life, he proved that violence is the worst form of fighting for the equality of men and women. He worked for the poorest, for those despised solely because of the color of their skin, and for those who could not enjoy freedom. And all this with calm strength, unyielding perseverance, and a revolutionary...

Pianist, composer and sensitive romantic. Fryderyk Chopin – a truly international talent. And he was born and spent his childhood in Poland! It was here that he had loving parents and a home that resounded with music. It was in a country that did not exist on the map at that time that he experienced his first contacts with the keyboard and his first performances before the Warsaw audience....

Marx, Wagner, Nietzsche – diese drei Denker haben das 19. wie das 20. Jahrhundert tief beeinflusst. Als Zeitgenossen, die sich wechselseitig mit Verehrung, Ablehnung oder Ignoranz gegenüberstanden, prägten sie eine Zeit von enormer wissenschaftlicher Vielfalt und gesellschaftlicher Dynamik. Ihre Antagonismen und Widersprüche führen ins Herz der deutschen Entwicklung. Herfried Münkler folgt...

Dabei wird deutlich, wie porös die Brandmauer zwischen Rechtsextremismus und Konservatismus in den USA schon immer war, nicht erst seit Trump. Brockschmidt erzählt packend, wie historische Entwicklungen und Machtkämpfe die Partei geprägt und radikalisiert haben – und warum das Ergebnis der Präsidentschaftswahl 2024 nicht nur für die USA von entscheidender Bedeutung sein wird.

Ein Klassiker der 1930er-Jahre-Literatur, neu entdeckt: das Schicksal einer klugen und ehrgeizigen Frau als Bankangestellte in der Weltwirtschaftskrise

Рамана распачынаецца падзеямі 23 чэрвеня 1941 года, калі наступ нямецкай арміі запускае ў СССР чарговую хвалю барацьбы са шпіёнамі. Твор паглыбляе чытача ў атмасферу 1930-х гадоў і грунтуецца на матэрыялах следчай справы першага дырэктара Маскоўскага крэматорыя Пятра Ільіча Несцярэнкі, праз паказанні і дзённікі якога можна прасачыць лёс чалавека на фоне знакавых падзей першай паловы ХХ...

Гэта ўсё былі толькі прывіды ночы, фантомы розуму, што блукаюць у цемры. І хаця яму давялося пабачыць іх шмат і нават аднойчы падчас самотнага шпацыру сутыкнуцца з самім сатаною, дзённае святло заўжды адольвала ўсю гэтую чартаўшчыну, і тады ён мог весці звычайнае, прыемнае жыццё без страху перад сіламі з таго свету.

Соні пятнаццаць. Яна заканчвае дзявяты клас. Навокал — дарослыя праблемы, якія ніяк не можа рашаць падлетак, а ўнутры — наступствы дзіцячай траўмы. З мамай стасункі больш-менш, хоць тая і выстаўляла ў свой блог фоткі дачкі з цытатамі ейнага дзяцінства. З бацькам усё складана. Найлепшая сяброўка Ксюша можа бясконца пераздымаць для яе адзін і той жа ролік, а таксама пераказваць асабліва...

Dieser Band bietet einen eindrucksvollen Überblick über die Bedeutung Bayerns in der europäischen Geschichte und die Einflüsse der europäischen Nachbarländer auf die bayerische Geschichte. Die Zeitspanne reicht vom frühen Mittelalter bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Die Beiträge behandeln unter anderem die Bedeutung der irischen Missionare für die Verbreitung des Christentums in Bayern, die Rolle...