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.

Colonialism, the Anthropocene and the place of literature: A reading between text and context of Dorothee Elmiger's "Die Holländerinnen"

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.

Iryn Tushabe's novel "Everything Is Fine Here" is a fascinating coming-of-age novel about queer self-empowerment, religious fanaticism and the political violence of everyday life in Uganda today