John Cleese is of course famously known for his important role as founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. He goes through great lengths to say almost nothing about this episode in his artistic life.

Flann O'Brien writes a novel about a writer/student who writes a novel about a writer who writes a novel about several characters who have finally had enough of it and start writing an alternative ending.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written more than 150 years ago. It was highly controversial, shocking and contested at the time of its writing, and even today it is at least still shocking reading matter.

55 Methoden für den Religionsunterricht. Das ist eine sehr präzise Inhaltsangabe, und man kann sagen: Hier hält der Inhalt, was die Verpackung verspricht. Doreen Blumhagen versammelt in einem schmalen Bändchen von nur 72 Seiten in der Tat 55 Methoden, die…

The Oatmeal is one of the nonsense websites I used to visit regularly before I tried cut down on non-informative websurfing.

Zylka versucht eine kurze Einführung für Schulleitungen bzw. von der Schulleitung beauftragte Digitalisierer*innen zu schreiben. Das bedeutet, dass er zwar auf die Bedeutung pädagogischer Konzepte (ohne pädagogisches Konzept kein Angriffspunkt für die…

Dieses Buch ist ein echtes Ärgernis. Maximilian Probst plädiert für mehr Verbindlichkeit, aus der, so seine Hoffnung, ein mehr an echter Freiheit für die oder den Einzelne*n erwachsen soll.

Scientists claim that if you physically punish or otherwise abuse your child, that child will have a higher probability of becoming physically aggressive, cruel, or even criminal as a grown up. But other people contest that it is the inherently bad child…

This is a strange mix between a dictionary, an encyclopedia, and a linguistic history book. Taggart gives explanations on the origins of modern English words. The book is organised by topics, e.g. Fun and Games, Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll or Hi- and…

Paul Auster writes what at first sight seem to be classic detective novels set in the 1940s. All the usual cliches are there - the lone wolf detective, the shabby surroundings, the mysterious clients and their enigmatic communications.