Der Direktor des Max-Planck-Instituts für chemische Ökologie Bill Hansson erzählt Geschichten aus der Welt der Gerüche: von feinen Hundenasen, die beim Spaziergang die Nachrichten des letzten Tages erschnüffeln, über Pflanzen, die Alarmnoten aussenden, wenn sie von Schädlingen befallen werden, bis hin zum Duft von Neugeborenen, der unterschiedliche Reaktionen bei Männern und Frauen hervorruft.
Mit ›Wie Musik wirkt‹ ermöglicht Musiker David Byrne den Lesern einen außergewöhnlichen Blick in die Welt der Musik – die Mischung aus Musikgeschichte, Autobiographie und Handbuch ist so vielseitig wie der Talking Heads-Gründer selbstDavid Byrne ist ein Vordenker des Pop und ihm immer einen Schritt voraus.
In seinem hellsichtigen und scharfsinnig argumentierenden Buch ›Deutschland als multireligiöser Staat‹ zeigt der renommierte Jurist und Staatsrechtler Hans Markus Heimann die Herausforderungen, denen sich Deutschland zukünftig als multireligiöser Staat stellen muss.
Zur Winterolympiade 2018 in Pyeongchang – die große Kulturgeschichte der WinterspieleRund ein Vierteljahrhundert hat es gedauert, bis sich neben den olympischen Sommer- auch Winterspiele etablieren konnten.
Ayahuasca und Tabak – zwei schamanische Lehrerpflanzen vom Amazonas – gehören zur indigenen psychedelischen Kultur Südamerikas wie kaum ein anderes Gewächs.
The author of the acclaimed Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them) brings ';her singular sensibility, her genius for language, her love of our deeply imperfect world' (Karen Karbo, author of In Praise of Difficult Women) to this insightful exploration of reality TV and the shifting definitions of truth in America.
Nominated for a James Beard Award Named a Best Wine Book of 2022 by The New York Times, Forbes, and The Washington Post From veteran wine writer and James Beard Award winner Alice Feiring, an insightful and entertaining memoir of wine, love, heartbreak, and the never-ending process of coming-of-age.
This ';one-of-a-kind' (Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author) cultural history of the beloved nineties sitcom that launched Will Smith to superstardomThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Airis perfect for fans of Seinfeldia and Best Wishes, Warmest Regards.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This ';beautiful tribute to a legendary artist' (Quincy Jones) is the first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip-hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transformative legacy inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and visionary business savvybefore he was tragically shot down in the very neighborhood he was dedicated to building up.
Republished fifty years later to coincide with the release of the Academy Awardnominated film of the same title written and directed by Aaron Sorkin with an all-star cast, this is the classic account of perhaps the most infamous, and definitely the most entertaining, trial in recent American history.
A ';funny, poignant, dishy, and even enlightening' adventure through a tight-knit world of drag performers making art, mayhem, and dreaming of making it big, this book is ';the story of America now' (Alexander Chee, The New York Times).
Discover how to embrace your best basic self in this instant New York Times bestselling, laugh-out-loud hilarious, and ';refreshing to read' (The Cut) guidebook from the breakout star of Bravo's hit reality show Vanderpump Rules.
An ';eye-opening' (Kirkus Reviews) and timely exploration of how our foodfrom where it's grown to how we buy itis in the midst of a transformation, showing how this is our chance to do better, for us, for our children, and for our planet, from a global expert on consumer behavior and bestselling author of Why We Buy.
A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabitand the insidious ways this realm harms us all.
William Evans, the award-winning poet and cofounder of the popular culture website Black Nerd Problems, offers an emotionally vulnerable poetry collection exploring the themes of inheritances, dreams, and injuries that are passed down from one generation to the next and delving into the lived experience of a black man in the American suburbs today.
