Tag: nonfiction
Nathaniel Rich: "The second creation": Natural zombies
Nathaniel Rich no longer wants to be outraged by the destruction of the planet. He wants to know how mankind could replace what was lost. source site
Christian Schultz-Gerstein: “Raging followers” – culture
On occasion, the critic Hellmuth Karasek eloquently complained that Germany’s worst critic – he meant Marcel Reich-Ranicki – was also the best known. That’s when they both competed in the…
Maggie Nelson: “Freedom” – Culture
Strange things happen in the so-called discourse. The American author Maggie Nelson has published a volume of essays: “Freedom. Four variations on affection and coercion”. In four essays, Nelson deals…
Ernst-Wilhelm Händler: “The production of society” – culture
At the end of the book, Ernst-Wilhelm Händler, formerly an entrepreneur and later a novelist celebrated for his novels about economic life, presents five types of society. The last one…
Shulamit Volkov: Germany from a Jewish Perspective. – Culture
Of Gustav Seibt The Holocaust irrevocably made the history of the Jews part of German history. The radical effort to eliminate the Jews from Germany, its culture and history led…
“Dumb Earth” by Dave Goulson: Nonfiction book on insect deaths – culture
A book appeared around 60 years ago that had unexpectedly strong consequences: “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson. Carson showed how the insecticide DDT accumulated in the food chain and poisoned…
Elmar Schenkel’s non-fiction book: “On the way to Xanadu” – culture
From Marco Polo, the legendary first visitor to China from the West, to the Indian pop guru Baghwan, Elmar Schenkel has a dazzling array of personalities dancing, who are inspired…
Michael Sorkin: 250 Things Architects Should Know – Culture
“Two hundred and fifty things that architects should know” is written in cheerfully colored letters on the elegant light gray cover and while you’re still wondering how that’s supposed to…
Nonfiction book “The Climate of History in the Planetary Age” – Culture
On January 17, 2016, Rohith Vemula, a PhD student at the University of Hyderabad, took his own life. In his farewell letter he wrote about his fate as a Dalit…
German Non-Fiction Prize: Shortlist Announced – Culture
The jury of the German Non-Fiction Prize has selected eight books from 244 titles that have been published by 130 publishers since May 2021. Two shortlisted books have become even…