Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1665957905 ISBN 13: 9781665957908
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - In the fourth installment of the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne series-which #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein called 'a real page-burner'-Charlie searches for Isaac Newton's secret treasure across Europe and Australia.Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is fearless. Charlie Thorne may have finally met her match. Charlie Thorne is used to being on the run. Ever since she was recruited by the CIA to track down Einstein's most dangerous equation, Charlie and former CIA agents, Dante Garcia and Milana Moon, have traveled around the world to prevent history's greatest discoveries from falling into the wrong hands. But after beating others to the secrets hidden by Einstein, Darwin, and Cleopatra, they find they are not the only ones searching for an immensely powerful discovery of Isaac Newton's. From a chase over the rooftops of Cambridge University to scaling the Sydney Harbour Bridge to skirting a volcanic eruption, Charlie will need to think one step ahead of her opponents to follow Newton's trail of devious clues and keep herself out of the hands of the many enemies who are hot on her tail.
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Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1665966300 ISBN 13: 9781665966306
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -'This novella also includes a special extended teaser to Reckless --the . sequel to Powerless'--Provided by publisher. 220 pp. Englisch.
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Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1946022918 ISBN 13: 9781946022912
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A wry, instructive, and hugely entertaining account of 'one of the most sensational trials in American history' (New York Times Book Review).On the night of July 3, 1870, Elizabeth Tilton confessed to her husband that she'd had an affair with their pastor, Henry Ward Beecher. This secret would soon transfix America, for Beecher was the most famous preacher of the day, founder of the most fashionable church in Brooklyn Heights, a presidential hopeful, an influential supporter of Abolition, and a leader of the campaign for women's suffrage. When Beecher tried to silence the Tiltons, it was a whisper network of suffragists, notably Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who spread news of the affair, and it was the radical Victoria Woodhull-an outspoken proponent of 'free love'-who seized on it, as political dynamite, to blow up the myth of monogamy among the political elite. Her public accusations led to even more public trials, which shocked the country and divided the most progressive thinkers of the era. In 1953, the journalist Robert Shaplen revisited the Tilton-Beecher affair in a series of articles for the New Yorker, relying on 3,000 pages of contemporary accounts-court transcripts, love-letters, newspaper reports and illustrations, even political cartoons-to reanimate a scandal that shook the American reform movement and to expose a strand of America's cultural DNA that remains recognizable today. 264 pp. Englisch.
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Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1668021196 ISBN 13: 9781668021194
Librería: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -'A queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced together to drive their former teacher across the country' 356 pp. Englisch.
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Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1668057441 ISBN 13: 9781668057445
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking. Utilizing the linguistic insights of her 'witty and brilliant' (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful ) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet. 'Magical thinking' can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency amid chaos, but in The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brain's coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven. In a series of razor sharp, deeply funny chapters, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the 'halo effect' cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities, to how the 'sunk cost fallacy' can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we've realized they're not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell's prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, or even hear a melody in it. 257 pp. Englisch.
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Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 166805583X ISBN 13: 9781668055830
Librería: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In the bestselling tradition of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit and Angela Duckworth's Grit, a renowned social psychologist demonstrates how a subtle turning of habits into rituals can 'clear a little space for everyday magic' (The Guardian) in our lives.Our lives are filled with repetitive tasks meant to keep us on track-what we come to know as habits. Over time, these routines (like brushing your teeth or putting on your right sock first) tend to be performed automatically. But when we're more mindful about these actions-when we focus on the precise way they are performed-they can instead become rituals. Shifting from a 'habitual' mindset to a 'ritual' mindset can convert ordinary acts from black and white to technicolor. Think about the way you savor a certain beverage, the care you take with a particular outfit that gets worn only on special occasions, the unique way that your family gathers around the table during holidays, or the secret language you enjoy with your significant other. To some, these behaviors may seem quirky, but because rituals matter so deeply to us on a personal level, they give our lives purpose and meaning. Drawing on a decade of original research, Norton shows that rituals play a role in healing communities experiencing a great loss, marking life's major transitions, driving a stadium of sports fans to ecstasy, and helping us rise to challenges and realize opportunities. Compelling, insightful, and practical, The Ritual Effect reminds us of the intention-filled acts that drive human behavior and create surprising satisfaction and enjoyment. 272 pp. Englisch.
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Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 0966438868 ISBN 13: 9780966438864
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -'Captivating and highly recommended' -Midwest Book Review 'Readers can lift the flaps to uncover the unique diets of animals.' -Publishers Weekly A charming lift-the-flap board book that explores the diverse diets of various animals throughout various ecosystems. Prea the Pangolin likes to have ants and termites for dinner. Briana the Butterfly feeds on nectar and love. Zelda the Zebra lives a strong vegetarian lifestyle. In this quirky lift-the-flap board book, little ones journey from deserts to tropics, unraveling the dietary habits of 14 quirky omnivores, carnivores, and herbivores. Wacky flaps resembling the stomachs of animals unveil a delightful array of peculiar and extraordinary meals that offer plenty of laughs and surprises. 22 pp. Englisch.
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Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1665916257 ISBN 13: 9781665916257
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In a land where the supernatural is believed to be real, non-believer Ellery and familiar Knox from the Other World form an unexpected alliance to strike a deal that could alter their lives forever. 352 pp. Englisch.
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Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 13: 9798886740806
Librería: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Buch. Condición: Neu. Emmerich, Peter Ilustrador. Neuware 176 pp. Englisch.
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Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1668018241 ISBN 13: 9781668018248
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In this extraordinary third and final work in the Second DemonWars Saga, R. A. Salvatore weaves a diverse tapestry of characters and events from all the novels of the DemonWars Saga into an epic, unforgettable conclusion. Casting his inimitable spell of the human and supernatural, love and war, faith and faithlessness, Salvatore's crowning work is centered on a dark young king, driven by a quest to remake humankind. 671 pp. Englisch.
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Publicado por Simon + Schuster LLC Apr 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1647228689 ISBN 13: 9781647228682
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - "Ragunath's transformation shows how one person's choice to evolve can change the lives of so many. This book is real, funny, and inspirational." Jay Shetty The heartfelt memoir of Ray Raghunath Cappo, a legendary hardcore punk musician-turned-monkand pioneer of the straight-edge movementtold with warmth, candor, and humor.Ray Cappo was a hardcore punk singer and pioneer of the straight-edge movement living on the Lower East Side of New York City in the '80s, where his band Youth of Today played to packed clubs and touched thousands of people across the globe. But despite the accolades from fans, the popularity of his records, and the positivity he'd brought to the punk music scene, none of this success gave Ray joy. He felt stagnant, and he yearned for something more. This, along with his father's untimely death, led him to abruptly quit the band and buy a one-way ticket to India in pursuit of the answers to life's great mysteries. Living as a monk in the sacred city of Vrindavan and traveling across the country on a series of train trips, Ray embraced the rich, spiritual culture he discovered there. As his unusual adventure unfolded, he encountered extraordinary characters, witnessed deep acts of devotion, and experienced profound moments of divine connection, leading to a radical transformation that was ego-crushing and blissful all at once. Inspired to write music again, Ray returned to the US, where he and other monks founded Shelter, a band dedicated to spreading a message of faith, hope, and love. Told with warmth, candor, and humorand featuring a foreword by globally renowned musician Mobythis heartfelt memoir chronicles Ray's emotional and spiritual journey from punk to monk and beyond.