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It has been 20 years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs, once thought of almost as gods, were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets.

From Entertainment Weekly writer and debut author Samantha Highfill, a definitive and deliciously nostalgic look into the creation and legacy of the hit show The Vampire Diaries, as told by its cast, crew, and creators. In 2009, the CW released a show about grief, love, redemption, and, oh yeah...

For more than one hundred years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail...

Befreie dich von Selbstzweifeln und beende die Selbstsabotage. Denn: Du verdienst ein glückliches Leben. Der Ratgeber für ein erfülltes und glückliches Leben: der US-Bestseller, der nicht nur auf TikTok so viele Leben verändert hat – jetzt in aktualisierter Neuausgabe mit erweitertem Übunsteil und spannenden Antworten auf die zahlreichen Fragen seiner Hörer:innen und Leser:innen in aller Welt. Mit Joseph Nguyens US-Bestseller lernst du Selbstzweifel und Ängste zu überwinden und selbstzerstörerische Gewohnheiten loszulassen – ohne dich auf deine Motivation oder Willenskraft verlassen zu müssen.

Read about the incredible life of Walt Disney in this addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series. Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his family's white house. His family was poor, and...

Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are both high school seniors in the small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. When they disappear from a beach party one warm summer night, police launch a massive search. No clues are found, and hope is almost lost until Megan miraculously surfaces after escaping from a bunker deep in the woods. A year later the best-selling account of her ordeal has turned Megan from local hero to national celebrity.

The 12th installment in the New York Times bestselling series asks: What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower? Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her...

One of NPR's and the New York Post's Best Books of the Year An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the pages of Vanity Fair to the red carpets of Hollywood, editor Graydon Carter’s memoir revives the glamorous heyday of print magazines when they were at the vanguard of American culture...

Im Jahr 2119: Die Welt ist überschwemmt, Europa eine Insellandschaft, Freiheit und Reichtum unserer Gegenwart – ein ferner Traum. Der Literaturwissenschaftler Thomas Metcalfe sucht ein verschollenes Gedicht von Weltrang. Der Dichter Francis Blundy hat es 2014 seiner Frau Vivien gewidmet und nur ein einziges Mal vorgetragen. In all den Spuren, die das berühmte Paar hinterlassen hat, stößt Thomas auf eine geheime Liebe, aber auch auf ein Verbrechen. Ian McEwan entwirft meisterhaft eine zukünftige Welt, in der nicht alles verloren ist.

Mit wissenschaftlich fundierten Erkenntnissen, praxiserprobten Ritualen und inspirierenden Perspektiven verbindet dieses Buch die neuesten Erkenntnisse aus Zellbiologie, Biohacking und Selfcare. Es erklärt, wie Mitochondrien, Ernährung, Schlaf und Bewegung deine Ausstrahlung prägen – und warum so unscheinbare Dinge wie Bettenmachen, Routinen und Ordnung einen direkten Einfluss auf dein Erscheinungsbild haben.

Five years ago, I bled to death from a knife to the throat. But I didn't stay dead. I woke up changed, and remembered far too much. I have been haunted by the memories of my past lives ever since. For five years, I've had the illogical certainty that I've spent lifetimes connected to the same soul. Lifetimes of love, heartache, and betrayal. Was I destined to find them again? As fate would have it while seeking revenge for my death, my murderer led me straight to her: Sunny.

Perfect for fans of Brené Brown and Cal Newport, Today Was Fun challenges the notion that professionalism means being buttoned up and overworked and provides seven key rules for better days at work and in life.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A life-changing guide to finding your direction—and your passion—in a world of seemingly limitless options “For those who want to find their passion . . . a step-by-step guide for restructuring one’s life so that it has meaning, direction, and joy...

Ein Boxer, den das Leben austrickst, ein Fischer ohne Fische, ein großherziger Hirte: Es sind Helden des Alltags, die diese Geschichten bevölkern. Der schüchterne Octave, die geflüchtete Samira und ein unverhoffter Schutzengel – sie alle eint die Suche nach einem erfüllten Leben in Liebe und Verbundenheit. Fatou Diome entführt uns auf eine Reise zwischen den Kulturen und Zeiten: von Paris über die französischen Alpen bis in den Senegal.

As executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Tina Seelig guides her students as they make the difficult transition from the academic environment to the professional world, providing tangible skills and insights that will last a lifetime. Seelig is an entrepreneur, neuroscientist, and popular teacher, and in What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 she shares with us what she offers her students' - provocative stories, inspiring advice, and a big dose of humility and humor.

Young Elly's world is shaped by those who inhabit it: her loving but maddeningly distractible parents; a best friend who smells of chips and knows exotic words like 'slag'; an ageing fop who tapdances his way into her home, a Shirley Bassey impersonator who trails close behind; lastly, of course, a rabbit called God. In a childhood peppered with moments both ordinary and extraordinary, Elly's one constant is her brother Joe. Twenty years on, Elly and Joe are fully grown and as close as they ever were. Until, that is, an earth-shattering event that threatens to destroy their bond for ever.

A practical roadmap to cultivating the heart’s capacity to face and transform our greatest challenges—like the climate crisis, oppression, anxiety, and burnout—from the best-selling author of Say What You Mean.

In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children—and outlines the path to recovery How does trauma affect a child's mind—and how can that mind recover? Child...

Seit Jahrzehnten beschäftigt die Frage nach dem intelligenten Leben jenseits unseres Planeten die Menschheit. Nun sind wir der Antwort so nah wie noch nie. Der Journalist Robert Fleischer präsentiert in diesem Buch die Ergebnisse seiner 16-jährigen Recherchen: UFOs sind nicht nur real, sondern stellen weltweit eine Herausforderung für Militärs und Geheimdienste dar. Vieles deutet darauf hin, dass eine nicht-menschliche Intelligenz dahintersteckt, die sich offenbar gezielt für ganz bestimmte Standorte auf der Erde interessiert und ein spezielles Motiv verfolgt.

The defining experience of Chinua Achebe's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967-1970. The conflict was infamous for its savage impact on the Biafran people, Chinua Achebe's people, many of whom were starved to death after the Nigerian government blockaded their borders. Immediately after, Achebe took refuge in an academic post in the United States, and for more than 40 years he has maintained a considered silence on the events of those terrible years. Now, decades in the making, comes a towering reckoning with one of modern Africa's most fateful events.