Best selling Non-fiction from Rowohlt Berlin
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1. Rowohlt Berlin Furcht
He is responsible for the authoritative reporting on eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama. Now, Bob Woodward reveals with unprecedented accuracy the shocking conditions in the White House under Donald Trump, particularly his decision-making processes on key domestic and foreign policy issues. Woodward relies on hundreds of interviews with those directly involved, meeting notes, personal diaries, files, and documents. The focus is on the explosive debates and discussions in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, aboard Air Force One, and the private quarters of the White House. "Fear" is the most precise portrait of a sitting president published in the early years of their term.
2. Rowohlt Berlin Vladimir Nabokov: Vladimir Nabokov
The second and final volume of Boyd's biography begins with Nabokov's arrival in America in 1940 – marking the abandonment of the Russian language and the loss of the reputation of the Russian author Sirin (Nabokov's previous pseudonym). Earning a living in the USA was not easy; ultimately, Nabokov succeeded in being appointed to a professorship at Cornell.
3. Rowohlt Berlin Weil du kannst
Life is too short for "just okay"! If you want to overcome your fears and do your own thing, Olivia Grimaud is the perfect guide for you. She is a passionate entrepreneur who knows exactly what it’s like to start with limited financial resources and still achieve success. She firmly believes that every woman has the potential to lead a fulfilling life through her own business. In her book, she addresses women who wish to break free from external control, stop rushing from work to daycare, and cooking dinner while trying to juggle everything – instead, they want to do something meaningful, manage their time independently, and be fulfilled and financially free. "Because you can" encourages readers to question and transform their lives, empowers women to develop their entrepreneurial mindset, increase their digital visibility, and build a profitable business – all with valuable tips and inspiring stories.
4. Rowohlt Berlin 1924
Larissa Reissner's journey through Germany in 1924 presents a fascinating, colorful kaleidoscope of life a hundred years ago. Growing up in Berlin-Zehlendorf, the revolutionary was a unique observer: Reissner participated in the now-forgotten Hamburg Uprising, describing the dramatic events and the situation of the workers. She then travels to the Ruhr area and Berlin, the engines and hubs of modernity. She sheds light on the small lives and their tragedies that the powerful ignore, telling their stories as well. She visits the Ullstein publishing house, recognizing the spirit of the new mass media. The Junckers factories and Krupp, the powerful industry, are described with both critical insight and fascination as the national German sanctuaries. This creates a prescient image of the five-year-old republic, already showing signs of cracks. Additionally, complemented by reports from other parts of the world, it forms a panorama of a tumultuous time, as hopeful as it is torn, which is closer to us than we think. Reissner's brilliant reports from the era of world revolution, edited and accompanied by a foreword by Steffen Kopetzky, are a significant rediscovery.
5. Rowohlt Berlin Leib und Seele
"Body and Soul" by Werner Bartens offers a comprehensive exploration of the history of medicine. This nonfiction book takes readers on a fascinating journey through the development of medical practices and theories over the centuries. It highlights significant milestones, influential figures, and the evolutionary changes that have shaped medicine. The thorough research and vivid presentation make it a valuable read for anyone interested in the connections between humanity, health, and medical knowledge. With a hardcover and appealing design, this book is suitable for personal use as well as a gift. It targets a wide audience interested in the history of medicine and its impact on society.
6. Rowohlt Berlin Hiroshima
The book "Hiroshima" by Richard Overy offers an in-depth analysis of the events and circumstances that led to the development and use of the atomic bomb. This non-fiction work examines the historical significance of Hiroshima and the far-reaching consequences of the atomic bombing. Overy, a renowned historian, highlights the political, military, and social factors that influenced the decision to use this devastating weapon. The work is not only a chronological account of events but also a critical engagement with the ethical and moral implications of using nuclear weapons. With a sturdy hardcover and a comprehensive page count of 240 pages, this book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in history and the impacts of war and technology.
7. Rowohlt Berlin Klaus Mann
Klaus Mann - 75th Anniversary of Death in May 2024 - embodies the tumultuous first half of the 20th century like few others, as a flamboyant bohemian and great writer. Thomas Medicus accompanies Klaus Mann (1906-1949) through the stages of his very modern life, from his sheltered childhood in Munich to his career as a dandy in the Weimar Republic, which fostered homosexual emancipation, and finally to his political exile in Europe and the USA. Klaus Mann was always traveling, wandering between continents, and publishing in an unrestrained flow of writing. It was an extreme life, always overshadowed by drugs and excesses, as well as a desire for death from an early age. Ultimately, he returned to Germany in 1945 as an American GI, facing dark final years until his suicide in Cannes. In his extensive biography, Thomas Medicus recounts this improbable life and explores his obsessions and driving forces. The friction with his father, political struggles and romances, and the close relationship with his sister Erika. A brilliant reassessment of this sparkling writer and interpreter of his era, which emerges here as an impressive historical panorama.
8. Rowohlt Berlin Rauschen in der Nacht
The Wild Geese – a story of the 20th century. Thomas Steinfeld brings together culture, history, and science in a captivating narrative.
9. Rowohlt Berlin "I'm just a little too revolutionary for you."
Hannah Arendt was an enthusiastic letter writer throughout her life, engaging in intense exchanges with her companions. One of these correspondences has only now been discovered: the one with the political scientist and publicist Dolf Sternberger, whose witness she was – still as "Hannah Stern, unemployed." After the war, the two began writing to each other, now between New York, where the emigrant soon achieved worldwide fame, and Heidelberg, where Dolf Sternberger was seeking a path in the post-war society of the Federal Republic. Their letters are full of surprising insights and brimming with spirit and wit. Can the restorative Federal Republic be characterized more beautifully than by Arendt: "I didn't like the good old days even when they were 25 years younger"? Udo Bermbach, who knew both, sheds light on the biographical and historical contexts in a detailed introduction and numerous comments. The two correspondents shared a deep, free exchange of ideas, which the reader is now invited to partake in for the first time.
10. Rowohlt Berlin Operation Walküre
On July 20, 1944, shortly after 12:40 PM, a bomb detonated under the map table in the operations barracks of the "Wolf's Lair," the "Führer Headquarters" in East Prussia. Four people died, but Adolf Hitler only suffered minor burns and abrasions. The assassin, Colonel von Stauffenberg, managed to leave the exclusion zone at the last moment. Believing Hitler to be dead, he flew to Berlin to join his co-conspirators in leading the coup: "Operation Valkyrie" was underway. It ended in disaster, and Stauffenberg died in a hail of bullets.
Few events in German history have developed such symbolic power as the assassination attempt on Hitler on July 20. Politics has often interpreted the assassination for its own purposes, countless feature films have focused on the drama, and even Hollywood has taken notice of the story. But what really happened, beyond holiday speeches and film scripts? Tobias Kniebe has precisely reconstructed the background and course of these dramatic events: How did the planning unfold? What exactly caused the coup to fail? How did the Stauffenberg family experience the tragic events? A meticulously researched account of a key moment in German history – and a first-rate reading adventure.
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