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Als frischgebackene Psychologieabsolventin verlässt Maria Benedikt das lebhafte München und kehrt in ihr beschauliches Heimatdorf in den Alpen zurück. Umgeben von der beruhigenden Natur und der Nähe ihrer Mutter Hanne möchte sie einen entspannten Sommer verbringen. Doch das ruhige Dorfleben bringt unerwartete Wendungen, als Maria Lukas, einen alten Schulfreund und leidenschaftlichen Bergführer, wiedertrifft.

New York Times bestseller (The Biggest Buff, The Confidence Game, Mastermind) and New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova delves into the mysterious ailment that she and 39 million others suffer from in the U.S. alone: Migraine, a disease that is still little understood, yet debilitating to its sufferers.

Ți se întâmplă să-ți spionezi partenerul pe rețelele de socializare? Vorbești în permanență cu prietenii despre el și despre relația voastră? Dacă nu-ți răspunde la mesaje, intri în panică? În cazul în care răspunsul tău la aceste întrebări e afirmativ, s-ar putea să suferi de atașament anxios. Bazându-se pe noile descoperiri din neuroștiințe, autoarea arată cum ne putem modifica rețelele neuronale care ne țin prizonieri într-un anumit tipar de gândire și comportament, astfel încât să avem relații trainice și armonioase.

Writer and former model Paulina Porizkova pens a series of intimate, introspective, and enlightening essays about the complexities of womanhood at every age, pulling back the glossy magazine cover and writing from the heart. This is a wise and compelling exploration of heartbreak, grief, beauty, aging, relationships, re-invention and finding your purpose. In these essays, Porizkova bares her soul and shares the lessons she’s learned—often the hard way. After a lifetime of being looked at, she is ready to be heard.

Gillian Anderson präsentiert in "WANT" eine spektakuläre Bestandsaufnahme der weiblichen Sexualität – mit Stimmen von Frauen aus der ganzen Welt! Diese bahnbrechende und sensationelle Erkundung stellt Fragen – und liefert Antworten. - Was wollen Sie, wenn niemand zuschaut? - Was wollen Sie, wenn die Lichter aus sind? - Was wollen Sie, wenn Sie niemand verurteilt für das, was Sie sich wünschen?

Ashe has lived an isolated, quiet life taking care of her twin sisters within their cabin in the woods. They are arctic wolf shifters, the rarest and most sought after lineage in the paranormal world. While their family was once the ruling alpha pack, an uprising exiled them and landed them in the Great Woods. Shortly after, their parents vanished, leaving Ashe to care for her sisters and to ensure they're never found.

An acute injury. Chronic pain. A shocking discovery. Maria Socolof, a former collegiate athlete, at age forty, ruptured a disc in her neck when she rolled over in bed. Time and conventional medicine failed to heal her. Years of debilitating pain followed. She sincerely questioned whether life in such pain was worth living. Then, through mindbody approaches and bewildering revelations, true healing finally began. Her raw chronicle attests to the impact emotional trauma can have on the body and how we can set ourselves free from the limitations of our subconscious.

Illuminating the very human conversation around nuclear for the first time, from the roots of the American environmental movement to the present, Atomic Dreams offers a look at why we fear certain things, how people’s minds can change, and what a grand-scale political reversal looks like up close, even when it feels, so often, like change is impossible.

Basia jest zabawną i mądrą przyjaciółką wszystkich przedszkolaków. Jej przygody pomagają dzieciom zrozumieć świat i uczą, jak zachować się w trudnych sytuacjach. W Wielkiej Księdze zebrano siedem opowieści o Basi i jej rodzinie. Część z nich bawi, część wzrusza, a część pokazuje trudne sytuacje. Wszystkie ilustrują sytuacje bliskie każdemu dziecku. Raz jest to gotowanie z tatą, raz podróż z mamą, a innym razem emocjonująca wyprawa na plac zabaw.

A leading new exploration of the Windrush generation featuring David Lammy, Lenny Henry, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Hannah Lowe, Jamz Supernova, Natasha Gordon and Rikki Beadle-Blair. For the pioneers of the Windrush generation, Britain was 'the Mother Country'. They made the long journey across the sea, expecting to find a place where they would be be welcomed with open arms; a land in which you were free to build a new life, eight thousand miles away from home.

Leading executive and personal coach Kemi Nekvapil takes power personally. She knows what it’s like to be without power - and through a process of self-discovery, coaching, research and keen observation, she has redefined how we understand power, and created a framework for us to find, own and live our own limitless power. In POWER Talks, Kemi sits down for one-on-one coaching sessions with well-known guests – from Abbie Chatfield to Miranda Tapsell – who are striving to create a more purpose-filled life, rooted in power.

Attorney Craig Malcault has survived an assassination plot over his possession of top-secret intelligence. He thought he had rebuilt his life at his new law firm in New York City, with a tycoon's taboo divorce case to pay the bills. But when the provocative, hypnotic lady client refuses to desert her cruel, blood-thirsty husband, Craig knows his enemies are a step ahead in the game. Business has been lucrative in the code-named territory in Latin America that Craig saved from annihilation a decade ago.

This is a book about discovering what we really need. There are a lot of second-best options, but we weren't made to live a second-best life. Finding what we actually need is different than what we are often offered. There are many books full of opinions, steps and programs. This isn't one of them. This is about craving the things that matter. Things that don't just work, but last.

Fluffy Fluffenstein. Gabby und ihre Freunde wollen der glamourösen Popsängerin Fluffy Fluffenstein vor ihrem großen Konzert auf die Sprünge helfen. Abra-KATZ-Dabra! Als ein winziger Zauberhut ins Puppenhaus geliefert wird, beginnt für die Nachwuchsmagierin Baby Box ein aufregender Tag. Ihre Freunde helfen ihr bei einem Zaubertrick.

Ambientada en el Madrid de los años 30, Tea Rooms cuenta el día a día de las trabajadoras de un distinguido salón de té. La gran obra de Luisa Carnés, la gran narradora invisible de la Generación del 27.

What does it take to fuel a rocket to space? Rocket scientists use hydrogen and liquid oxygen, but could anti-matter engines and black-hole drives fuel our spacecraft of the future?

From the first time to the wildest time, from bedroom bouts to public performances, from torrid threesomes to lesbian liaisons, from wedding nights to sinful trysts, men (and sometimes women!) everywhere meet their match in wives, bachelorettes, and the girls next door who shamelessly ride the first tremor of desire to an explosion that rocks their world.

Los chicos malos no tienen finales felices, ¿verdad? Lucian Rollins es un despiadado hombre de negocios que no teme a nada ni a nadie, excepto a Sloane Walton, la descarada bibliotecaria de Knockemout. A ambos les une un antiguo secreto, pero las raras veces en que hablan, siempre acaban discutiendo. ¿Por qué se llevan tan mal? Ahora, el padre de Sloane acaba de fallecer y la bibliotecaria está devastada. Lucian deja a un lado su orgullo y acude a Knockemout para ayudarla a ella y a su familia en todo lo que necesiten.

[Contains explicit content] From The Swedish American Hall in the Castro District of San Francisco comes Hot Mic Live! Featuring guest storytellers Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite, The Special Special Special, Old Baby), Cedric Yarbrough (Reno 911!, The Boondocks, The Groundlings: The Black Version) and Esther Povitsky (Alone Together, Love, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), and very special musical guest Rachel Lark! The successful Audible Original Hot Mic with Dan Savage showcases the best true stories about sex and relationships from storytelling shows across the country.

Miss Olivia Foley ha bisogno di un lavoro e il dottor Vincent Ballard è alla ricerca di un’infermiera. Miss Foley non è un’infermiera, tuttavia il dottor Ballard è troppo disperato per far caso a un dettaglio del genere. Comincia così un proficuo sodalizio professionale che sfocia in breve tempo in un piccolo scandalo, costringendo Miss Foley e il dottor Ballard a convolare a nozze.