In "The Anarchy", William Dalrymple recounts how the British East India Company conquered the mighty Mughal Empire, plundered the wealthy region of Bengal, and, in its day, became an early symbol of global corporate power

Abdellah Taïa's "Die Bastion der Tränen" is a poetic and painful novel about homosexuality, exile and the incurable wounds of origin, family and social confinement in a Morocco of memory

A billionaire, the blood of young women, bomb-making, Islamists online: Madeline Cash collects contemporary conspiracy theories. It’s funny, but why does 'Lost Lambs' remain silent when power is laid bare?

During the covid pandemic, journalist Angelique Geray wanted to understand the thinking behind covid deniers and why they become conspiracy theorists. To do this, she created a cover identity.

In "Edo's Souls", Stella Gaitano condenses family history, civil war and the female experience into a novel of poetic force and analytical clarity, impressive also in its language and structure

International artist Beuys. Lenz Mosbacher dares to do something. And rightly so.

Under the heading "As I please", George Orwell published columns in the 1940s that are still worth reading today. They are now available in slightly different editions in German and English.

Between political amnesia and diaspora experience, Su Chang shows in her compelling debut novel "The Immortal Woman" how violence is perpetuated in bodies and biographies. Even where freedom is promised

In "Ubuntu – The Raw Truth Unravelled", Mthulisi Ndlovu frames Ubuntu as a universal, ethical counterforce to modern fragmentation – melding poetic urgency with political, spiritual, and communal critique.

Russia's war against Ukraine has now lasted over four years, longer than the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany. There is no end in sight. 16 Russian poets question their conscience.