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In The Sense of Style, the best-selling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the 21st century, Pinker doesn’t carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of a century ago. Instead, he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose.

The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed. Sha’ik is dead. One last rebel force remains, holed up in the city of Y’Ghatan and under the fanatical command of Leoman of the Flails. The prospect of laying siege to this ancient fortress makes the battle-weary Malazan Fourteenth Army uneasy. For it was here that the Empire’s greatest champion, Dassem Ultor, was slain and a tide of Malazan blood spilled. A place of foreboding, its smell is of death. But elsewhere, agents of a far greater conflict have made their opening moves.

Are you fascinated by criminology, forensics, and detective work? This you-are-there guide takes you deep into the world of crime, giving you a better understanding of the dark recesses of the criminal mind and how law enforcement officials investigate crime. You'll gain real-world knowledge of the reasons for and consequences of crime, the way society responds to it, and, most important, how crime can be prevented.

Gather around for campfire stories with the MeatEater crew as they share sixteen harrowing true tales of survival, grit, and misfortune in the great outdoors—an immersive audio experience from the host of the long-running Netflix series and top-ranked wilderness podcast. In Campfire...

Jedi Master Mace Windu travels to a dangerous, remote planet on a mission that challenges even his deadly prowess—all to fulfill Qui-Gon’s last request. The Jedi are reeling from Qui-Gon Jinn’s sudden death at the hands of a Sith. Jedi Master Mace Windu’s feelings about Qui-Gon have...

Suffer not the witch to live, unless by their service they might earn redemption. This is the creed of the Scholastica Psykana, a brutal foundry in which those with psychic power might be taught to serve. On the eve of her sanctioning as a primaris psyker within these very halls, Glavia Aerand, former captain of the Cadian 900th Regiment, receives a startling premonition – one concerning her old unit, and a dangerous psychic artefact hidden on the planet where they are deployed.

Chase Arthur is a budding animator and hopeless romantic obsessed with Disney films and finding his true love, but he’s plagued with the belief that he’s not enough for anyone: he’s recovering from an eating disorder and suffers from body dysmorphia fuelled by his father and can’t quite figure out his gender identity. When Chase starts his freshman year of college, he has to navigate being away from home and missing his sister, finding his squad and contending with his ex-best friend, Leila, who is gunning for the same exclusive mentorship.

David Hunter, étudiant en droit à Glasgow, se laisse porter par le courant de la vie, en quête de l’étincelle qui lui fait défaut. Mais lors d’une soirée, au cours de laquelle on tente de l’assassiner, il découvre qu’il est issu d’une longue lignée de sorcières connues sous le nom de Maîtres des Songes et son existence bascule.

De nouveaux secrets du passé refont surface, tandis que les gouvernements britannique et américain se battent pour s’emparer du pouvoir des sorcières. Cela pourrait bien marquer le début de la fin pour les Sorcières d’Écosse.

What stops you from winning and performing at your best? Your ego. Your ego ensures you get in the way of yourself when you're doing something important: whether you're preparing for school exams, taking your driving test, playing a sport, speaking in public or making a business presentation. Whatever you do, your ego is sure to interfere with your performance. We all have egos: it's our natural defence system which is triggered when we experience strong emotions, such as anxiety and fear.

Five thousand years out of the Labyrinth, the Minotaur finds himself in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse. No longer a devourer of human flesh, the Minotaur is a socially inept, lonely creature with very human needs. But over a two-week period, as his life dissolves into chaos, this broken and alienated immortal awakens to the possibility for happiness and to the capacity for love.

Agile, say its enthusiasts, can transform your company, catapulting you to the head of the pack. Not so fast. In this clear-eyed and indispensable audiobook, Sarah Elk and Steve Berez provide a much-needed reality check. They dispel the myths and misconceptions that have accompanied agile's growth - the idea that it can reshape your organization all at once, for instance, or that it should be used in every function and for all types of work.

When Freakonomics was initially published, the authors started a blog - and they've kept it up. The writing is more casual, more personal, even more outlandish than in their books.

When Dr. Charles Burke steals time-travel technology, he doesn’t just break the rules of science—he shatters the structure of reality itself. As history begins to warp and humanity edges toward extinction, four women from different eras are drawn into a battle for survival spanning centuries.

The sting of death wasn’t something Xander expected to feel more than once, but now, death seems to have it out for him. Old allies turn into foes. New ones slip through his fingers. It seems this death game is growing crueler with each cycle.

Beneath the neon glow of Underlight, dreams are not just figments of imagination—they are power. Welcome to Underlight, a cyber-noir city where reality is a fragile illusion, and the line between waking and dreaming blurs with every step. In this dark and twisted metropolis, dreams shape destinies, and belief itself is the most dangerous weapon. But for those who dare to uncover its deepest secrets, Underlight’s dreamscape holds more than just visions—it holds the key to control. Golah, a survivor of the city's brutal underbelly, knows the shadows better than most.

Als der Gaming-Nerd Charly überraschend einen der heiß begehrten Beta-Testplätze von Ascendreya ergattert, beginnt für ihn das Abenteuer seines Lebens. Zwei Jahre später kommt endlich der große Release – doch Charly steht draußen vor der Tür. Plötzlich kann er wieder nach Ascendreya zurückkehren – doch das vertraute Reich Uposia brennt. Intrigen zerreißen das Königreich, dunkle Kräfte steuern aus dem Schatten heraus jeden Konflikt, und Charly landet mitten in einer Verschwörung, die weit über ein simples Spiel hinausgeht.

Spanning four thrilling installments, this series challenges our understanding of humanity's origins and our place in the cosmos, offering a unique perspective on God. With unforgettable characters and mind-bending adventures, Another Kind blurs the line between the ordinary and the divine, inviting listeners to experience the extraordinary—hidden within our world and beyond.

"They wanted me to stay silent. I decided to get a microphone instead."Most people bury what might bring their family shame. We dig them up, put them under a spotlight, and burn the enablers to the ground.Host Steven Meyers Jr. takes you inside the "Meyers Family Conspiracy"—a decades-long cycled setup using trusted family, drugs & alcohol, grooming, and calculated neglect. This isn't a "sob story." It’s an autopsy of a family's collapse and a man’s refusal to be another casualty. From the smoke-filled trailer parks of 1985 to the digital wild west of the 90s, we are presenting the ...

El apasionado amor entre Samantha y Jake se pone a prueba. Justo cuando creen que Dougal es su único enemigo, surge un peligro mucho mayor: el rival más poderoso de Jake. El Inmortal Esca se siente atraído por Samantha – a pesar de saber que ella está unida a su enemigo. Su aparición amenaza a todo el clan McAlaster y desencadena acontecimientos que decidirán el destino de todos a quienes ella ama.