Hamza Abu Howidy, a Palestinian, is committed to peace between Israel and Palestine. His book "Muscheln am Strand von Gaza" (Shells on the beach in Gaza) describes his life under Hamas’s reign of terror.

Like Alexander the Great, the U.S. president wanted to sever the Gordian knot of power dynamics in the Middle East. His sword was not sharp enough. Vali Nasr’s "Iran’s Grand Strategy" explains the background.

Ethnologist Heike Behrend is researching a German provincial prophet who ran a commercial "Garden of Paradise" in the Altmark region in the early 20th century

Today’s financial elite are ultra-rich. The term refers to the ultimate level of wealth, beyond anything that can be tangibly grasped. In “The Haves and Have-Yachts”, Evan Osnos brings us news from another world.

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

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.

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.

Many people are concerned that democracy is in a deep crisis. What can be done about it remains unclear. The German historian Jörg Baberowski explores this question in "Am Volk vorbei - Zur Krise der liberalen Demokratie".

Will the power struggle between the superpowers lead to World War III? Even unintentionally? The book "The Coming Storm" by historian Odd Arne Westad attempts to prevent the unimaginable.

The West is booming. Many believe it is a dilapidated house that should finally be torn down. But what does it represent and how did it become what it is today? Two books provide the answers.