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1. Penguin Hardcover Wir Wale
A new and unique perspective: seeing and understanding the world of whales through the eyes of the whales. This includes the life story of a bowhead whale from 1799 to the present: how it grows up and lives, and what has changed in its world and ours over the last 200 years. Beautifully designed and lovingly equipped with drawings and numerous color photographs by the author. As mammals that spend their entire lives in the sea, whales and dolphins are more similar to us than many realize. Passionate whale researcher and marine conservationist Fabian Ritter takes a bold perspective shift with his book, bringing us closer to these fascinating marine mammals than ever before – told from their viewpoint, we learn how whales and dolphins perceive their environment, the significance of light and sound, how they communicate, play, love, have sex, and express joy and sorrow. We discover their intellectual capabilities, how they share knowledge within communities, and develop culture. We also see how they react to us humans. We dive into an incredibly rich world that we threaten, whether intentionally or unintentionally. This is accompanied by the captivating life story of a bowhead whale, born in 1799 and still alive today. Features: with numerous color illustrations.
2. Penguin Hardcover Feldversuch
The realization of a dream and at the same time an exciting experiment in alternative agriculture. How can one manage agriculture in harmony with nature, rather than against it? Keeping soils alive, withstanding heat and drought, protecting biodiversity, and still achieving good harvests? Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and author Daniel Etter has purchased a small farm in northern Spain, fulfilling his dream. It is meant to be a retreat and energy place for the reporter, who often travels to crisis areas. Together with his partner and helpers, he plants olive trees and grows fruits and vegetables using methods of sustainable, regenerative agriculture. In search of role models, Etter embarks on a journey to meet people elsewhere who are experimenting with alternatives to industrial agriculture. In England, he learns about the concept of forest gardening from a pioneer, visits farmers in Germany and Austria, shepherds in France, and cattle breeders in the Black Forest. A narrative thread throughout the book describes the yearly cycle on his farm: planting and care tasks, the struggle with climate change and weather fluctuations, disappointments and joyful moments, and reflections on the path to a better future. The beautifully designed book contains numerous photos by Daniel Etter. Features: with color illustrations.
3. Penguin Hardcover Unsere Wälder
Jan Haft shows us the forest as we have never seen it before – a new perspective from the author of "The Meadow" on the forest ecosystem. With numerous colorful illustrations by the author.
Radiant mushroom gnats, dark bees, woodpeckers with surprising discovery skills, and butterflies chasing after wolves: Our forests are full of vibrant life, more than we perceive at first glance – yet they are often more monotonous than they should be. In fact, biodiversity is often particularly low in forests that are not managed and left to their own devices.
Biologist and nature filmmaker Jan Haft, who has produced several films about the forest, vividly describes the fascinating web of life within it and explains which forest types found in our region maintain this network most stably: for instance, medium forests or the nearly forgotten floodplain forests, which share one thing in common – they are light and rich in species.
With many impressive photographs and tips for visiting forests.
Features: with colored illustrations.
4. Penguin Hardcover Ein verheissenes Land
A captivating and deeply personal account of how history is made - by the U.S. president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In this highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama narrates the story of his unlikely odyssey from a young man searching for his identity to a leading politician of the free world. In remarkably personal terms, he describes his political journey as well as the pivotal moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic change and turbulence.
5. Penguin Hardcover Bittere Brunnen
The great dream of a fairer world: the life story of an extraordinary woman
An alternative to capitalism is possible, a world without war, poverty, and exploitation: this is what the young Jewish woman Hertha Gordon, later Walcher, believes when she joins the socialists in the 1910s and plunges into the struggle. She experiences up close the grand dream of revolution, but also the failure and painful end of illusions. The story of her century-long life is a panorama of an era. Regina Scheer compellingly narrates the life of an extraordinary woman during turbulent times, marked by existential conflicts among like-minded individuals in the Weimar Republic, as the Nazis ominously gain strength, and by resistance, flight, and exile, as well as the hope of building a different Germany after the war.
She is involved in preparations for a revolution in Germany and witnesses the relentless factional struggles of the socialist parties in the Weimar Republic, living underground after the Nazis seize power and helping to create structures for the resistance before she must go into exile under life-threatening circumstances. Initially, she flees to Paris, and in 1941, at the last minute, to New York. She heads the foreign office of the SAP, a party that aims to unite social democrats and communists. After years of emigration, she returns to Germany with soon-disappointed expectations of helping to build a socialist society. Her companions include countless now-forgotten individuals, as well as Rosa Luxemburg, Clara Zetkin, Wilhelm Pieck, Bertolt Brecht, and the young Willy Brandt. She also encounters Lenin and Stalin in her youth in Moscow. Regina Scheer has known Hertha Walcher (1894–1990) since childhood and has had conversations with her for many years. She offers an extraordinary, very personal glimpse into the life of an impressive woman.
6. Penguin Hardcover Die Sonne dimmen
In ten or twenty years, we will have no other choice: we will have to dim the sun. But this cannot be the responsibility of individual states or companies. Humanity is not managing to transition away from fossil fuels quickly enough. The goal of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius is becoming increasingly unattainable. For billions of people, especially in the Global South, this means a struggle for survival. Soon, the only choice will be between increasing suffering from climate consequences and solar geoengineering. This involves artificially cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight in the atmosphere. This technical interim solution buys the necessary time to decarbonize the economy and generate enough green energy to remove the CO2 from the atmosphere that has caused the warming.
Renowned science author Thomas Ramge believes it is high time to research, discuss, and formulate an international plan for the responsible use of geoengineering that prevents individual states, tech billionaires, or companies from rushing ahead. His book breaks the taboo surrounding the artificial dimming of sunlight and aims to initiate a constructive political debate on how to successfully transition to a post-fossil age.
7. Penguin Hardcover Eine Frau wird älter
"A Woman Grows Older" by Ulrike Draesner is an insightful and perceptive non-fiction book that addresses the perceptions and challenges faced by women in midlife. The author reflects on her own experiences and those of other women who are in a life stage where their bodies, thoughts, and feelings are changing. With a humorous and pointed writing style, Draesner sheds light on societal expectations and the internal struggle with aging. She encourages readers to find their own path and to embrace the changes as part of an exciting transformation. This book not only offers a critical examination of the topic but also provides inspiration and courage to redefine one's identity in the middle of life.
8. Penguin Hardcover Beklaute Frauen
How women wrote history – and men received the glory for it. Muse, secretary, wife – there are many labels for women whose influence has been erased from history. For whose achievements men received the awards and the fame. Men like Karl Marx, Bertolt Brecht, or Albert Einstein, whose acquaintances, daughters, or lovers contributed to their works – and whose names hardly anyone knows, then or now. Female scientists like Rosalind Franklin and Lise Meitner, whose accomplishments, in contrast to those of their male colleagues, were not recognized. Or authors and artists like Marie Hirsch or Lou Andreas-Salomé, who hid behind male pseudonyms to be taken seriously. Leonie Schöler tells their stories, showing who the women are that truly advanced our society, and emphasizes how important the discussion about participation and visibility still is today. It becomes clear: Behind every successful man stands a system that supports him; in front of every woman stands a system that holds her back.
9. Penguin Hardcover From Here to the Great Unknown - Von hier ins Ungewisse
Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the American music legend Elvis and raised in Graceland, tells her entire life story for the first time. A unique and unvarnished autobiography, written down by her daughter Riley Keough.
At the end of 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter Riley Keough to help her complete her long-awaited memoirs. Just a month later, Lisa Marie unexpectedly passed away and was unable to finish the story she wanted to tell in her own words. Her daughter Riley feared that now no one would get to know the many facets of this loving, vibrant, and caring woman whose death she was now mourning.
However, Riley received the audio recordings that her mother had made while working on her book. She lay in her bed and listened to Lisa Marie's voice telling story after story: how she crashed golf carts as a child in Graceland, how she felt her father's boundless love, and how the two of them retreated to the second floor of the estate away from the world. About how she had to be dragged screaming from the bathroom where she had found her father's lifeless body. About her life in Los Angeles with her mother, the series of schools she was expelled from time and again whenever there was trouble. About the unique, lifelong bond with Riley's father Danny Keough and her marriage to Michael Jackson. About what it means to be a mother. About the pain that never left her.
Riley knew that she could not withhold her mother's memoirs from the world, no matter how heartbreaking they were. That the world needed to finally get to know her mother.
This extraordinary book unites the voices of Lisa Marie and Riley in a conversation between mother and daughter that transcends death and pain.
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From Here to the Great Unknown - Von hier ins Ungewisse
German, Henriette Zeltner-Shane, Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough, Sylvia Bieker, 2024
10. Penguin Hardcover Hoffnungslos optimistisch
The book "Hopelessly Optimistic" by Dirk Steffens offers an in-depth exploration of the theme of optimism in times of crisis. The well-known science journalist and presenter highlights why an optimistic attitude is not only sensible but also necessary to overcome challenges. Steffens, who has extensively engaged with nature and environmental issues, emphasizes the importance of not burying one's head in the sand but actively taking responsibility. In three clear steps and through inspiring examples, he encourages readers to develop positive narratives and work together towards a better future. This book is a call to change one's perspective and actively shape the future.
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