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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Murdocca, Sal (illustrator). Neuware -2 BOOKS IN 1! Get whisked away in the #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time! This bindup includes the first two adventures with Jack and Annie as they travel in time and all over the world. . .There's a mysterious tree house in the woods. Jack and Annie don't know where it came from, but it's filled with books. . . and magic! Before they know it, the tree house whisks Jack and Annie to the prehistoric past. Then to the time of knights and castles! Can they make it home before their parents notice Introduce your young reader to the adventures that have been beloved by kids, teachers, librarians, and parents for generations!This bindup includes DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK and THE KNIGHT AT DAWN. 138 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Two women at different stages of life find themselves on a journey of renewal after undergoing hardships in this uplifting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.'Wise, warm, witty, and charmingly full of hope, this story celebrates the surprising and unexpected ways that family, friendship, and love can lift us up.'Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Four WindsJoan Sample is not living the life she expected. Now awidow and an empty-nester, she has become by her own admission something of a recluse. But after another birthday spent alone, she is finally inclined to listen to her sister, who has been begging Joan to reengage with the world. With Emmie's support, Joan gathers the courage to take some long-awaited steps: hiring someone to tame her overgrown garden, joining a grief support group, and even renting out a room to a local college student.Before long Joan is startingto feel a little like herself again. Across town, Maggie Herbert works mornings as a barista, tending to impatient customers before rushing to afternoon nursing classes. She lives with her alcoholic father, ducking his temperamental outbursts and struggling to pay the household bills.But her circumstances brighten when she finds a room for rent in Joan's home. In the unexpected warmth of her new situation, Maggie finds a glimmer of hope for a better life. But will Maggie's budding attraction to one of her favorite customers ruin the harmony she's only recently found with Joan Meanwhile, what is Joan to make of the mysterious landscaper who's been revitalizing her gardena man who seems to harbor a past loss of his own As Maggie and Joan confront difficult life choices, they draw strength from this new friendship in surprising waysdiscovering in the process that 'found family' is often the very best kind. 336 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'It's a normal day with normal chores for Sally and her brother--until everything turns topsy-turvy when the Cat in the Hat arrives' 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Nagatoro is a cute freshman in high school who loves to toy with her senior classmate (Senpai). Even though Nagatoro tricks Senpai, makes him cry, and teases him, the two of them are hardly ever apart. Do the two of them really like each other as friends Or are they toying with the idea that they can be something more. ' 192 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -A mouthwatering (The New York Times) adventure through the food, art, and fashion scenes of 1980s Paris from the bestselling author of Save Me the Plums and Delicious! An enchanting and irresistible feast . . . As with a perfect meal in the world s most magical city, I never wanted this sublime novel to end. Cynthia D Aprix Sweeney, author of Good CompanyStella reached for an oyster, tipped her head, and tossed it back. It was cool and slippery, the flavor so briny it was like diving into the ocean. Oysters, she thought. Where have they been all my life When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading Go to Paris. Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a traumatic childhood has kept her confined to the strict routines of her comfort zone. But when her boss encourages her to take time off, Stella resigns herself to honoring her mother s last wishes.Alone in a foreign city, Stella falls into old habits, living cautiously and frugally. Then she stumbles across a vintage store, where she tries on a fabulous Dior dress. The shopkeeper insists that this dress was meant for Stella and for the first time in her life Stella does something impulsive. She buys the dress and embarks on an adventure.Her first stop: the iconic brasserie Les Deux Magots, where Stella tastes her first oysters and then meets an octogenarian art collector who decides to take her under his wing. As Jules introduces Stella to a veritable who s who of the Paris literary, art, and culinary worlds, she begins to understand what it might mean to live a larger life.As weeks and many decadent meals go by, Stella ends up living as a tumbleweed at famed bookstore Shakespeare & Company, uncovers a hundred-year-old mystery in a Manet painting, and discovers a passion for food that may be connected to her past. A feast for the senses, this novel is a testament to living deliciously, taking chances, and finding your true home. 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl s Guide to Murder series and Five Survive comes a gripping mystery thriller following one teen ssearch for the truth about her mother s shocking disappearance and even more shocking reappearance during the filming of a true crime documentary.Lights. Camera. Lies. Eighteen-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on. But the case is dredged up from the past when the Price family agrees to a true crime documentary. Bel can t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn t sure it s real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time And could she be dangerous With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . . .From world-renowned authorHollyJackson comes a mind-blowing masterpiece about one girl s search for the truth, and the terror in finding out who your family really is. 433 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Following the success of her unputdownable debut, Escape Room, Maren Stoffels is back with a new standalone horror novel about a twisted game master who has no intention of letting their players go."You have been chosen to participate in a new Escape Room. You can bring one person. The one you trust the most. Your very best friend."When Lexi receives an invitation to participate in a brand-new escape room, along with her best friend Tess, she's thrilled. They could both use the distraction after a recent tragedy. But once inside, they learn that they must compete against one another.What do you do when your best friend suddenly becomes your biggest adversary, and every choice you make puts her in danger How far will you go to win 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Get lost in the newest fantasy from the author of A Hunger of Thorns, on a beguiling journey behind the closed doors of asinister secret society. Featuring a steamy enemies-to-lovers romance and a fight for the witching world that will get your heart racing.Merry doesn t need a happily-ever-after. Her life in the charming, idyllic town of Candlecott is fine just as it is. Simple, happy, and with absolutely no magic. Magic only ever leads to trouble.But Merry s best friend, Teddy, is joining the Toadmen a secret society who specialize in backward thinking and suspiciously supernatural traditions and Merry is determined to stop him. Even if it means teaming up with the person she hates most: her academic archnemesis, Caraway Boswell, an ice-cold snob who hides his true face under a glamour.An ancient Toad ritual is being held in the sinister Deeping Fen, and if Merry doesn t rescue Teddy before it s finished, she ll lose him forever. But the Toadmen have been keeping dangerous secrets, and so has Caraway. The farther Merry travels into Deeping Fen s foul waters, the more she wonders if she s truly come to save her friend . . . or if she s walking straight into a trap.There s nothing the Toadmen love more than a damsel in distress. 406 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Follows three generations of an Irish-American Catholic family who are jarred into crisis by an unexpected pregnancy. This [debut] novel is told through six different points of view, including those of the unmarried, pregnant Gracie, a local advice columnist; and her grandmother, the matriarch, who is struggling with her commitments to both the living and the dead. Within Arm's Reach is a . reminder of how interconnected our lives are with those we love, how much more we inherit than wills decree, and how the ghosts of our ancestors walk by our sides every day' 352 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martialthat reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only thecaptain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, Smithsonian, NPR, Vulture, Kirkus Reviews Riveting.Reads like a thriller, tackling a multilayered history and imperialism with gusto. Time 'Atour de force of narrative nonfiction. The Wall Street JournalOn January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain.While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as the prize of all the oceans, it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversingnearly 3,000miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.But then . six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story.The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death for whomever the court found guilty could hang.The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann s recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O Brian, his portrayal of the castaways desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller.As always with Grann s work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. 325 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'The . author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she'd been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She'd spent so much time stuck in her head that she'd allowed the vital sensations of life to slip away, unnoticed. This epiphany lifted her from a state of foggy preoccupation into a world rediscovered by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching. In this revelatory journey of self-experimentation, she explores the mysteries and joys of the five senses as a path to a happier, more mindful life. Drawing on cutting-edge science, philosophy, literature, and her own efforts to practice what she learns, she investigates the profound power of tuning in to the physical world. From the simple pleasures of appreciating the magic of ketchup and adding favorite songs to a playlist, to more adventurous efforts like creating a daily ritual of visiting the Met and attending Flavor University, Rubin show us how to experience each day with depth, delight, and connection. In the rush of daily life, she finds, our five senses offer us an immediate, sustainable way to cheer up, calm down, and engage the world around us-as well as a way to glimpse the soul and touch the transcendent. A Life in Five Senses is an absorbing, layered story of discovery filled with profound insights and practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses and use our powers of perception to live fuller, richer lives-and, ultimately, how to move through the world with more vitality and love' 258 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Two friends battle feelings for each other as they work together to renovate a school bus into a home in this charming romance novel from the viral TikTok author of Next of Kin and Out on a Limb. Warm, sexy, and vulnerable . . . Hannah Bonam-Young needs to be on your romance radar. Hannah Grace, #1 New York Times bestselling author of IcebreakerLane is in the middle of an identity crisis. Her friends are all partnered up, her career is heading nowhere, and simply put, she s not happy. So, after a night out celebrating her birthday, she makes one hell of an impulsive purchase: a giant yellow forty-eight-passenger school bus that she intends to make her home.With little-to-no renovation experience but a large sum of inheritance money, Lane enlists the help of her friend Matt a mechanic by trade, handyman by practice, and hottie by nature.While their mutual attraction is undeniable, Matt and Lane have silently agreed that a friendship is the only thing that can ever exist between them. Matt s a total family guy with settle down with me tattooed across his forehead, whereas Lane is entirely commitment averse. It could never work . . . right 370 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER COMING SOON TO APPLE TV+ A "mind-blowing" (Entertainment Weekly) speculative thriller about an ordinary man who awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knewfrom the author of Upgrade, Recursion, and the Wayward Pines trilogy "Are you happy with your life "Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious.Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.Before a man he's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend."In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.Is it this life or the other that's the dream And even if the home he remembers is real, how will Jason make it back to the family he loves From the bestselling author Blake Crouch, Dark Matter is a mind-bending thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of. 368 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -"Why do big projects go wrong so often, and are there any lessons you can use when renovating your kitchen Bent Flyvbjerg is the 'megaproject' expert and Dan Gardner brings the storytelling skills to How Big Things Get Done, with examples ranging from a Jimi Hendrix studio to the Sydney Opera House."Financial Times "Entertaining . . . There are lessons here for managers of all stripes."The EconomistA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Economist, Financial Times, CEO Magazine, MorningstarFinalist for the Porchlight Business Book Award, the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award, and the Inc. Non-Obvious Book AwardNothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, newreality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York's skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apple's iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months.These are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmares. Remember Boston's "Big Dig" Almost every sizeable city in the world has such a fiasco in its backyard. In fact, no less than 92% of megaprojects come in over budget or over schedule, or both. The cost of California's high-speed rail project soared from $33 billion to $100 billonand won't even go where promised. More modest endeavors, whether launching a small business, organizing a conference, or just finishing a work project on time, also commonly fail. Why Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the life's work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg, dubbed "the world's leading megaproject expert." In How Big Things Get Done, he identifies the errors in judgment and decision-making that lead projects, both big and small, to fail, and the research-based principles that will make you succeed with yours. For example: Understand your odds. If you don't know them, you won't win. Plan slow, act fast. Getting to the action quick feels right. But it's wrong. Think right to left. Start with your goal, then identify the steps to get there. Find your Lego. Big is best built from small. Be a team maker. You won't succeed without an "us." Master the unknown unknowns. Most think they can't, so they fail. Flyvbjerg shows how you can. Know that your biggest risk is you.Full of vivid examples ranging from the building of the Sydney Opera House, to the making of the latest Pixar blockbusters, to a home renovation in Brooklyn gone awry, How Big Things Get Done reveals how to get any ambitious project doneon time and on budget. 284 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER College exes break all the rules when they reunite years later in this enemies to lovers, second-chance romance, the highly anticipated companion novel to the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet from the New York Times bestselling author of Practice Makes Perfect. A really fun, chemistry-filled sports romance you don t want to miss! Hannah Grace, author of IcebreakerNora Mackenzie s entire career lies in the hands of famous NFL tight end Derek Pender, who also happens to be her extremely hot college ex-boyfriend. Nora didn t end things as gracefully as she could have back then, and now it has come back to haunt her. Derek is her first client as an official full-time sports agent and he s holding a grudge.Derek has set his sights on a little friendly revenge. If Nora Mackenzie, the first girl to ever break his heart, wants to be his agent, oh, he ll let her be his agent. The plan is simple: make Nora s life absolutely miserable. But if Derek knows anything about the woman he once loved she won t quit easily.Instead of giving in, Nora starts a scheme of her own. But then a wild night in Vegas leads to Nora and Derek in bed the next morning married. With their rule book out the window, could this new relationship save their careers or spark the romance of a lifetime 356 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what's possible when we heed our instincts and honor our intuition, allowing ourselves to strike out for new territories of love, pleasure, and peace. "Thisempathetic, honest, and intimatecollection is chockful of poems remindingthe reader tolove earnestly, live freely, and pay attention."Kate Baer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of And Yet and What Kind of WomanFirst, you must realize you're homesick for all the lives you're not living. Then, you must commit to the road and the rising loneliness. To the sincere thrill of coming apart.So begins Joy Sullivan's Instructions for Traveling Westa lush debut collection that examines what happens when we leave home and leap into the deep unknown. Mid-pandemic, Sullivan left the man she planned to marry, sold her house, quit her corporate job, and drove west. This dazzling collection tells that story as it illuminates the questions haunting us all: What possible futures lie on the horizon What happens when we heed the call of furious reinvention A book for anyone flinging themselves into fresh starts, Instructions for Traveling West grapples with loss, loneliness and belonging.These poems teach us that naming our desire is profound alchemy. Each of us holds the power to set our own course forward.Expansive and heart-openingexquisite in their specificity, galvanizing in their scopethe poems in Instructions for Traveling West speak to the longing that lives within us all. They remind us that "joy is not a trick." 160 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will they end a war . . . or ignite one With hauntingly poetic prose, Molly X. Chang spins a tale at the intersection of science fiction, fantasy, and the very real devastation that colonialism brings down on colonized peoples. Xiran Jay Zhao, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Iron WidowHeroes die, cowards live. Daughter of a conquered world, Ruying hates the invaders who descended from the heavens long before she was born and defeated the magic of her people with technologies unlike anything her world had ever seen.Blessed by Death, born with the ability to pull the life right out of mortal bodies, Ruying shouldn't have to fear these foreign invaders, but she does. Especially because she wants to keep herself and her family safe.When Ruying's Gift is discovered by an enemy prince, he offers her an impossible deal: If she becomes his private assassin and eliminates his political rivals whose deaths he swears would be for the good of both their worlds and would protect her people from further brutalization her family will never starve or suffer harm again. But to accept this bargain, she must use the powers she has always feared, powers that will shave years off her own existence.Can Ruying trust this prince, whose promises of a better world make her heart ache and whose smiles make her pulse beat faster Are the evils of this agreement really in the service of a much greater good Or will she betray her entire nation by protecting those she loves the most 368 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Deeply moving and rich with vivid detail . . .Timothy Schaffert is an exquisite storyteller.' Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets We Kept From the author of The Perfume Thief, aremarkable tale about the life-changing power of books and second chances, following the Titanic librarian who opens a bookshop in Paris where he meets a secret society of survivors.For weeks after the sinking of the Titanic, Yorick spots his own name among the list of those lost at sea. As an apprentice librarian for the White Star Line, his job was to curate the ship s second-class library. But the day the Titanic set sail he was left stranded at the dock.After the ship s sinking, Yorick takes this twist of fate as a sign to follow his lifelong dream of owning a bookshop in Paris. Soon after, he receives an invitation to a secret society of survivors where he encounters other ticket holders who didn t board the ship. Haunted by their good fortune, they decide to form a book society, where they can grapple with their own anxieties through heated discussions of The Awakening or The Picture of Dorian Gray.Of this ragtag group, Yorick finds himself particularly drawn to the glamorous Zinnia and the mysterious Haze, and a tangled triangle of love and friendship forms among them. Yet with the Great War on the horizon and the unexpected death of one of their own, the surviving book club members are left wondering what fate might have in store.Elegant and elegiac, The Titanic Survivors Book Club is a dazzling ode to love, chance, and the transformativepower of books to bring people together. 320 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'In 1980's Brooklyn, Key is enchanted with her world, glowing with her dreams. A charming and tender doula serving the Black women of her East New York neighborhood, she lives, like her mother, among the departed and learns to speak to and for them. Her untimely death leaves behind her mother Audrey, who is on the verge of losing the public housing apartment they once shared. Colly, Key's grieving son, soon learns that he too has inherited this sacred gift and begins to slip into the liminal space between the living and the dead on his journey to self-realization. In the present, an expulsion from school forces Colly across town where, feeling increasingly detached and disenchanted with the condition of his community, he begins to realize that he must, ultimately, be accountable to the place he is from. After college, having forged an understanding of friendship, kinship, community, and how to foster love in places where it seems impossible, Colly returns to East New York to work toward addressing structural neglect and the crumbling blocks of New York City public housing he was born to; discovering a collective path forward from the wreckages of the past.'--Publisher marketing. 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -A playful romantic comedy featuring dueling delis, fake dating, a shockingly awesome ex, and just the right amount of amnesia [A] delightfully tropey rom-com . . . This is a sweet confection. Publishers WeeklyEllie Greco wishes she weren t stuck in Milborough. For a few brief, shining years, she escaped her hometown to pursue her dream career designing beautiful, elaborate costumes for theater until her father's death five years ago called her home to run the family's decades-old deli. Yes, she loves the place, but she d always thought she was meant for more exciting things than stocking the right tinned fish. But when Ellie hears that a local landlord is planning to rent to Mangia, the glitzy gourmet food department store, the very existence of Greco s Deli is suddenly in jeopardy.She tries to plead her case to Theo Taylor, scion of the property management firm that is about to put her out of business, but their meeting goes from bad (it s not her fault he s infuriating) to worse (no one expects the ceiling to literally fall in).With Theo out cold, Ellie panics and claims to be his fiancée . . . and almost passes out herself when amnesia means Theo seems to actually believe her. Soon, the effects of the head injury wear off, but Theo proposes that their engagement stick around. If they manage to convince enough people, they might both get what they want: an end to the Mangia deal. Ellie doesn t trust him (after all, if Theo Taylor wants it, how can it be good for her ) but seeing no other option, she reluctantly agrees.And miraculously, the fake engagement seems to be working even Ted, Theo s shrewd, cold father seems convinced that is, until Sam, Theo s ex-fiancée, reappears on the scene. Not only does she see through their ruse, but she proposes an arrangement of her own, forcing Ellie to decide between a blossoming friendship, her family legacy, and the burgeoning romance she frankly never asked for. 320 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER In an inspiring follow-up to heracclaimedmemoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today s highly uncertain world. There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers, considering the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships How can we discover strength and community inside our differences What tools do we use to address feelings of self-doubt or helplessness What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome various obstacles the earned wisdom that helps her continue to become. She details her most valuable practices, like starting kind, going high, and assembling a kitchen table of trusted friends and mentors. With trademark humor, candor, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness. When we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use it, writes Michelle Obama. A rewarding blend of powerful stories and profound advice that will ignite conversation, The Light We Carry inspires readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world. 326 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -A teen girl searches for the truth behind her mother's shocking disappearance and even more shocking reappearance during the filming of a true crime documentary. 433 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are And how inevitable are our futures 'Mesmerizing' Brit Bennett 'A page turner. Ha Jin Gorgeous, heartfelt, soaring, philosophical and deft' Andrew Sean Greer 'Traverses time with verve and feeling.' Raven LeilaniReal Americans beginson the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao s Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love.In 2021, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives with his single mother, Lily.He can't shake the sense she's hiding something. When Nick sets out to find his biological father, the journey threatens to raise more questions than it provides answers.In immersive, moving prose, Rachel Khong weaves a profound tale of class and striving, race and visibility, and family and inheritance a story of trust, forgiveness, and finally coming home.Exuberant and explosive, Real Americans is a social novel par excellence that asks:Are we destined, or made And if we are made, who gets to do the making Can our genetic past be overcome 399 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The sci-fi horror manga classic returns, with an updated translation and lettering, in a fully-colorized, premium-quality hardcover for the first time! If you've never read the story of Shinichi and the polite and murderous creature infesting his right arm--or even if you already own the series--there's never been a better way to collect it. 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -TIME'S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A "riveting" (The Atlantic) account of the Philippines' state-sanctioned killings of its citizens under President Rodrigo Duterte, hailed as "a journalistic masterpiece" (The New Yorker)"Tragic, elegant, vital . . . Evangelista risked her life to tell this story."Tara Westover, #1 New York Times bestselling author of EducatedWINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, Chicago Public Library, CrimeReads, The Mary Sue "My job is to go to places where people die. I pack my bags, talk to the survivors, write my stories, then go home to wait for the next catastrophe. I don't wait very long."Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte.Some People Need Killing is Evangelista's meticulously reported and deeply human chronicle of the Philippines' drug war. For six years, Evangelista documented the killings carried out by police and vigilantes in the name of Duterte's war on drugsa crusade that has led to the slaughter of thousandsimmersing herself in the world of killers and survivors and capturing the atmosphere of terror created when an elected president decides that some lives are worth less than others.The book takes its title from a vigilante, whose words demonstrated the psychological accommodation many across the country had made: "I'm really not a bad guy," he said. "I'm not all bad. Some people need killing."A profound act of witness and a tour de force of literary journalism, Some People Need Killing is a brilliant dissection of the grammar of violence and an investigation into the human impulses to dominate and resist. 428 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -From the New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, thisis a queer love story set against the backdrop of the 2024 presidential election, in a reimagining of David Levithan s 2004 novel Wide Awake.When David Levithan published Wide Awake in 2004, he set it in an imagined 2024, where a gay Jewish man had just been elected president of the United States, until a governor decides that some election results in his state are invalid, awarding crucial votes to the other candidate and his fellow party member. What follows is the story of teens Jimmy and Duncan as they explore their relationship, their politics, and their country.In Wide Awake Now, David Levithan is flipping the script and rewriting Jimmy and Duncan s story in the real 2024, rather than his imagined version. This is a protest novel for today.Once again, David Levithan proves the critical importance of standing up for what you believe in and the cost of apathy in today s political climate. 263 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A groundbreaking book redefining success to show readers how they can create truly abundant and fulfilling lives by following Sharma's 8 Forms of Wealth modelfrom the #1 international bestselling author, speaker, and leadership expert"Robin Sharma has been an amazing mentor to me. He is a major influencer of our time."DEEPAK CHOPRA, author of AbundanceReal wealth is so much more than cash in the bank, flashy cars in the driveway and luxury vacations on exotic islands. Too many financially prosperous people are surprisingly poor when it comes to the things that truly matter for a life of happiness, vitality, and serenity.Society has sold us a version of success that has left too many people feeling empty, frustrated, and filled with regret. Fortunately, there is a much better way to live.In The Wealth Money Can't Buy, you will discover a life-altering system that will help you lead your richest life before it's too late. You will learn a framework based on the eight hidden habits used by authentically rich people and gain a methodology to master your destiny. Open this book and allow a trusted mentor to offer you valuable insights, including: how to become a "perfect moment" creator why your choice of mate is 90% of your joy the power of "The 10,000 Dinners Question" hidden habits of authentically wealthy people the brilliance of "going ghost" for a yearLegendary personal growth expert Robin Sharma has mentored billionaires, superstar athletes, and heads of state, teaching them The 8 Forms of Wealth Model with transformational results. Now, you will learn it, too, and create the lifetime of your highest dreams.Full of practical tools and transformational tactics, The Wealth Money Can't Buy offers a life-changing philosophy and methodology for enjoying a genuinely rich lifefilled with personal power, unusual authenticity, exceptionally fulfilling work, and a lifestyle that will make you feel that fortune has finally smiled on you. 384 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Loki and Valkyrie seek redemption in the first adventure of an epic new multiversal series that reimagines the origins of iconic Marvel heroes.So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched the trickster god sow chaos. But . . . what if Loki saved Asgard from Tony Stark's revenge ThorSon of Odin, God of Thunder, Wielder of Mjolniris dead. And Loki is responsible. It was meant to be only a joketampering with the Destroyer, changing Thor's course to Midgarda bit of mischief with a chance of maiming. But Loki's harmless prank spiraled out of control, unleashing death and destruction on New York City and the heroes sworn to protect it. The city was saved, at the cost of Thor's life. Furious and heartbroken, the All-Father banishes Loki to Earth for his crime. Loki finds himself in a realm of boxed wine, instant noodles, and some sort of regional performance troupe known as the "Buffalo Bills." It's a meager existence, far from Asgard's grand courts, but he finds his new friend, Brian the Gecko, a much more engaging companion than the sycophants back home. It's a true meeting of the minds. Loki is the God of Mischiefbut he knows, deep down, that he never truly deserved to stand next to their father's golden child, Thor, as two true sons of Odin. Yet he cannot endure his exile in peaceful isolation. A ValkyrieHel-bent on carrying out her oath to Thorbarges into Loki's trailer home with his brother's final words from the beyond: a plea to find a certain Dr. Jane Foster and pass the hammer Mjolnir on to its rightful heir. While Loki struggles to fulfil his brother's last request, the far-reaching consequences of his fatal prank return to haunt him. Blinded by grief over those he lost in the chaos wrought by Asgard, Iron Man vows revenge on those who consider themselves gods. Determined to protect Earth from the might of this unpredictable alien power, Stark forges Asgard's own weaponry into a lethal suit of armor, set on eradicating any tether between their worldsconsequences be damned. When Asgard looks to Loki for salvation, he must answer the question: Am I truly worthy 320 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -NATIONAL BESTSELLER From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring and surviving an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against himOn the morning of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black black clothes, black mask rushed down the aisle toward him, wielding a knife. His first thought: So it s you. Here you are. What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the literary world and beyond. Now, for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath, as well as his journey toward physical recovery and the healing that was made possible by the love and support of his wife, Eliza, his family, his army of doctors and physical therapists, and his community of readers worldwide. Knife is Rushdie at the peak of his powers, writing with urgency, with gravity, with unflinching honesty. It is also a deeply moving reminder of literature s capacity to make sense of the unthinkable, an intimate and life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art and finding the strength to stand up again. 209 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost and Wanted, a stunning new novel set in French Polynesia and New York City about three characters who undergo massive transformations over the course of a single year"A big-hearted, tightly-plotted novel that bravely takes on our times by looking at the timeless stuff of human intimacy. The Limits is an immersive and powerful book." Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World BehindFrom Mo'orea, a tiny volcanic island off the coast of Tahiti, a French biologist obsessed with saving Polynesia's imperiled coral reefs sends her teenage daughter to live with her ex-husband in New York. By the time fifteen-year-old Pia arrives at her father Stephen's luxury apartment in Manhattan and meets his new, younger wife, Kate, she has been shuttled between her parents' disparate livesher father's consuming work as a surgeon at an overwhelmed New York hospital, her mother's relentless drive against a ticking ecological clockfor most of her life. Fluent in French, intellectually precocious, moving between cultures with seeming ease, Pia arrives in New York poised for a rebellion, just as COVID sends her and her stepmother together into near total isolation. A New York City schoolteacher, Kate struggles to connect with a teenager whose capacity for destruction seems exceeded only by her privilege. Even as Kate fails to parent Piaand questions her own ability to become a motherone of her sixteen-year-old students is already caring for a toddler full time. Athyna's love for her nephew, Marcus, is a burden that becomes heavier as she struggles to finish her senior year online. Juggling her manifold responsibilities, Athyna finds herself more and more anxious every time she leaves the house. Just as her fear of what is waiting for her outside her Staten Island community feels insupportable, an incident at home makes her desperate to leave.When their lives collide, Pia and Athyna spiral toward parallel but inescapably different tragedies. Moving from a South Pacific "paradise," where rage still simmers against the colonial government and its devastating nuclear tests, to the extreme inequalities of twenty-first century New York City, The Limits is an unforgettably moving novel about nation, race, class, and family. Heart-wrenching and humane, a profound work from one of America's most prodigiously gifted novelists. 353 pp. Englisch.