Penguin llc us jun 2025 (153 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -With hints of magic and plenty of adventure, this seaside story of siblings on a hunt for treasure is perfect for fans of The Penderwicks and The Vanderbeekers.Not many kids have an island in their backyard, but suddenly, the Snolly sisters have three. They're staying at Granddaddy's seaside property for the summer, which includes the mysterious Fairy Islands: Fairy, Little Fairy, and Ghost. The people in Misty Cove call them "in-between places," and say they're full of magica magic that gets inside you.But ten-year-old Bee Snolly doesn't believe in magicshe just wants to help her ill Granddaddy. And if she and her sisters can unravel the mystery of the Fairy Islands in time, they may discover a long-buried secret that could help them all. 240 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -With hints of magic and plenty of adventure, this seaside story of siblings on a hunt for treasure is perfect for fans of The Penderwicks and The Vanderbeekers.Not many kids have an island in their backyard, but suddenly, the Snolly sisters have three. They're staying at Granddaddy's seaside property for the summer, which includes the mysterious Fairy Islands: Fairy, Little Fairy, and Ghost. The people in Misty Cove call them "in-between places," and say they're full of magica magic that gets inside you.But ten-year-old Bee Snolly doesn't believe in magicshe just wants to help her ill Granddaddy. And if she and her sisters can unravel the mystery of the Fairy Islands in time, they may discover a long-buried secret that could help them all.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Two estranged best friends find that their long-abandoned treasure hunt might be the key to a fresh startfor both their futures and their feelings, from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Adler.Last week, Nina Hunnicutt was a professor about to move into a gorgeous new apartment with her long-term boyfriend. Now, she's single, unemployed, and living with her parents. Even more surprising is the fact that Quentin Bell, her childhood neighbor (and okay, fine, crush), is also back in townand wants to resume the treasure hunt that ended their friendship almost two decades ago.Hoping the reward promised to whoever finds the rumored riches left behind by the town's eccentric turn-of-the-century seltzer magnate will help her get her life back on track, Nina agrees. Granted, last time the search resulted in a broken heart and seventeen years of silence. But Nina's older and wiser now. Surely things will be different Except, Quentin is also older and wiser?not to mention distractingly handsome. As they resume their hunt, Nina and Quentin begin to rediscover all the things they once loved best about each other. But unlike the treasure, the secrets that left them empty-handed the first time refuse to stay buried. If there's any hope of finding what they're looking forand for a future togetherNina and Quentin will have to be brave enough to excavate their past as well. 400 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Two estranged best friends find that their long-abandoned treasure hunt might be the key to a fresh startfor both their futures and their feelings, from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Adler.Last week, Nina Hunnicutt was a professor about to move into a gorgeous new apartment with her long-term boyfriend. Now, she's single, unemployed, and living with her parents. Even more surprising is the fact that Quentin Bell, her childhood neighbor (and okay, fine, crush), is also back in townand wants to resume the treasure hunt that ended their friendship almost two decades ago.Hoping the reward promised to whoever finds the rumored riches left behind by the town's eccentric turn-of-the-century seltzer magnate will help her get her life back on track, Nina agrees. Granted, last time the search resulted in a broken heart and seventeen years of silence. But Nina's older and wiser now. Surely things will be different Except, Quentin is also older and wiser?not to mention distractingly handsome. As they resume their hunt, Nina and Quentin begin to rediscover all the things they once loved best about each other. But unlike the treasure, the secrets that left them empty-handed the first time refuse to stay buried. If there's any hope of finding what they're looking forand for a future togetherNina and Quentin will have to be brave enough to excavate their past as well. 400 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!A band reunion may be enough to change two musicians' tune on love in this electric romance from USA Today bestselling author Alicia Thompson.Micah's relationship to music is complicated. As teenagers, her band took off after being featured on a popular TV show, but the group barely released their sophomore album before breaking up. Now, over a decade later, the band is reuniting for one more performance on a themed cruise, and Micah is determined to learn from her past mistakes -- no losing herself in the music, and no losing her heart along the way. John misses playing in a band, and mostly he misses Micah, who'd been his best friend until the music stopped. Back then, he didn't take the lead, either in his guitar parts or while he sat back and watched her date another bandmate. John's never been one to rock the boat, but he's faced with another chance now that this cruise has brought music -- and Micah -- back in his life.Onboard, Micah can't help but see John with brand new eyes, and John's feelings only intensify as the discordant band's tension grows to a breaking point. With five days at sea, there's a ticking clock on anything that might develop between them, and they'll have to decide if their relationship is destined to be more than a one-hit wonder. 375 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!A band reunion may be enough to change two musicians' tune on love in this electric romance from USA Today bestselling author Alicia Thompson.Micah's relationship to music is complicated. As teenagers, her band took off after being featured on a popular TV show, but the group barely released their sophomore album before breaking up. Now, over a decade later, the band is reuniting for one more performance on a themed cruise, and Micah is determined to learn from her past mistakes -- no losing herself in the music, and no losing her heart along the way. John misses playing in a band, and mostly he misses Micah, who'd been his best friend until the music stopped. Back then, he didn't take the lead, either in his guitar parts or while he sat back and watched her date another bandmate. John's never been one to rock the boat, but he's faced with another chance now that this cruise has brought music -- and Micah -- back in his life.Onboard, Micah can't help but see John with brand new eyes, and John's feelings only intensify as the discordant band's tension grows to a breaking point. With five days at sea, there's a ticking clock on anything that might develop between them, and they'll have to decide if their relationship is destined to be more than a one-hit wonder. 375 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they ll do anything to shake, in the next sparkling, magical book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and A Novel Love Story.As featured in The New York Times People The Washington Post USA Today NPR ELLE Marie Claire E! News Katie Couric Media Woman's World theSkimm Brit + Co Yahoo! Life She Reads and more!Joni Lark has a secret. She s one of the most coveted songwriters in LA, and yet she can t write. There s an emptiness inside her, and nothing seems to fill it.When she returns to her hometown of Vienna Shores, North Carolina, she hopes that the sand, the surf, and the concerts at The Revelry, her family s music venue, will spark inspiration. But when Joni gets there, nothing is how she left it. Her best friend is hiding something, her mother s memories are fading fast, and The Revelry is closing.How can Joni write when her world is leaving her behind Until she hears it. A melody in her head, lyric-less and half-formed, and an alluring and addictive voice to go with it belonging, apparently, to a wry musician with an emptiness of his own.Surely, he s a figment of Joni s overworked imagination.Then a very real man shows up in Vienna Shores. He s arrogant and guarded nothing like the sweet, funny voice in Joni s head and he has a plan for breaking their inconvenient telepathic connection: finish the song haunting them both and hope they don t risk their hearts or their secrets in the process.Because that melody, the one drawing them together . . . what if it s there for a reason 384 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they ll do anything to shake, in the next sparkling, magical book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and A Novel Love Story.As featured in The New York Times People The Washington Post USA Today NPR ELLE Marie Claire E! News Katie Couric Media Woman's World theSkimm Brit + Co Yahoo! Life She Reads and more!Joni Lark has a secret. She s one of the most coveted songwriters in LA, and yet she can t write. There s an emptiness inside her, and nothing seems to fill it.When she returns to her hometown of Vienna Shores, North Carolina, she hopes that the sand, the surf, and the concerts at The Revelry, her family s music venue, will spark inspiration. But when Joni gets there, nothing is how she left it. Her best friend is hiding something, her mother s memories are fading fast, and The Revelry is closing.How can Joni write when her world is leaving her behind Until she hears it. A melody in her head, lyric-less and half-formed, and an alluring and addictive voice to go with it belonging, apparently, to a wry musician with an emptiness of his own.Surely, he s a figment of Joni s overworked imagination.Then a very real man shows up in Vienna Shores. He s arrogant and guarded nothing like the sweet, funny voice in Joni s head and he has a plan for breaking their inconvenient telepathic connection: finish the song haunting them both and hope they don t risk their hearts or their secrets in the process.Because that melody, the one drawing them together . . . what if it s there for a reason 384 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The instant New York Times bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by TIME, NPR, People, Town & Country, and Air Mail"Warm and perceptive." New York Times"Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story.' Washington Post'Dunne is a prospector for the incandescent detail." Los Angeles Times"What a remarkable and moving story filled with twists and turns, the most famous of faces, and a complex family revealed with loving candor. I was blown away by Griffin Dunne's life and his ability to capture so much of it in these beautifully written pages." Anderson CooperGriffin Dunne's memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstancesAt eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne's legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. At sixteen, he got kicked out of boarding school, ending his institutional education for good. In his early twenties, he shared an apartment in Manhattan's Hotel Des Artistes with his best friend and soulmate Carrie Fisher while she was filming some sci-fi movie called Star Wars and he was a struggling actor working as a popcorn concessionaire at Radio City Music Hall. A few years later, he produced and starred in the now-iconic film After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese. In the midst of it all, Griffin's twenty-two-year-old sister, Dominique, a rising star in Hollywood, was brutally strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend, leading to one of the most infamous public trials of the 1980s. The outcome was a travesty of justice that marked the beginning of their father Dominick Dunne's career as a crime reporter for Vanity Fair and a victims' rights activist.And yet, for all its boldface cast of characters and jaw-dropping scenes, The Friday Afternoon Club is no mere celebrity memoir. It is, down to its bones, a family story that embraces the poignant absurdities and best and worst efforts of its loveable, infuriating, funny, and moving charactersits author most of all. 385 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The instant New York Times bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by TIME, NPR, People, Town & Country, and Air Mail"Warm and perceptive." New York Times"Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story.' Washington Post'Dunne is a prospector for the incandescent detail." Los Angeles Times"What a remarkable and moving story filled with twists and turns, the most famous of faces, and a complex family revealed with loving candor. I was blown away by Griffin Dunne's life and his ability to capture so much of it in these beautifully written pages." Anderson CooperGriffin Dunne's memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstancesAt eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne's legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. At sixteen, he got kicked out of boarding school, ending his institutional education for good. In his early twenties, he shared an apartment in Manhattan's Hotel Des Artistes with his best friend and soulmate Carrie Fisher while she was filming some sci-fi movie called Star Wars and he was a struggling actor working as a popcorn concessionaire at Radio City Music Hall. A few years later, he produced and starred in the now-iconic film After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese. In the midst of it all, Griffin's twenty-two-year-old sister, Dominique, a rising star in Hollywood, was brutally strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend, leading to one of the most infamous public trials of the 1980s. The outcome was a travesty of justice that marked the beginning of their father Dominick Dunne's career as a crime reporter for Vanity Fair and a victims' rights activist.And yet, for all its boldface cast of characters and jaw-dropping scenes, The Friday Afternoon Club is no mere celebrity memoir. It is, down to its bones, a family story that embraces the poignant absurdities and best and worst efforts of its loveable, infuriating, funny, and moving charactersits author most of all. 385 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Where there's a job, there's a cat ready to work in this adorable new series from the creator of The Evil Secret Society of Cats, Yokai Cats, and Monster Cats!Ever wondered what it would be like if your cat had to get a job The cats in this book do every kind of occupation you can imagine, and they do it just the way they like. Feline chefs, dentists, wrestlers, detectives, opera singers and much more await in this hilarious full-color collection! Volume 1 also includes a set of stickers featuring some of the working cats! 144 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Where there's a job, there's a cat ready to work in this adorable new series from the creator of The Evil Secret Society of Cats, Yokai Cats, and Monster Cats!Ever wondered what it would be like if your cat had to get a job The cats in this book do every kind of occupation you can imagine, and they do it just the way they like. Feline chefs, dentists, wrestlers, detectives, opera singers and much more await in this hilarious full-color collection! Volume 1 also includes a set of stickers featuring some of the working cats! 144 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Two estranged best friends find that their long-abandoned treasure hunt might be the key to a fresh startfor both their futures and their feelings, from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Adler.Last week, Nina Hunnicutt was a professor about to move into a gorgeous new apartment with her long-term boyfriend. Now, she's single, unemployed, and living with her parents. Even more surprising is the fact that Quentin Bell, her childhood neighbor (and okay, fine, crush), is also back in townand wants to resume the treasure hunt that ended their friendship almost two decades ago.Hoping the reward promised to whoever finds the rumored riches left behind by the town's eccentric turn-of-the-century seltzer magnate will help her get her life back on track, Nina agrees. Granted, last time the search resulted in a broken heart and seventeen years of silence. But Nina's older and wiser now. Surely things will be different Except, Quentin is also older and wiser?not to mention distractingly handsome. As they resume their hunt, Nina and Quentin begin to rediscover all the things they once loved best about each other. But unlike the treasure, the secrets that left them empty-handed the first time refuse to stay buried. If there's any hope of finding what they're looking forand for a future togetherNina and Quentin will have to be brave enough to excavate their past as well.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware 288 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEThe noted inventor and futurist's successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to comeSince it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's predictions about technological advancements have largely come true, with concepts like AI, intelligent machines, and biotechnology now widely familiar to the public.In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances toward the Singularityassessing his 1999 prediction that AI will reach human level intelligence by 2029 and examining the exponential growth of technologythat, in the near future, will expand human intelligence a millionfold and change human life forever. Among the topics he discusses are rebuilding the world, atom by atom with devices like nanobots; radical life extension beyond the current age limit of 120; reinventing intelligence by connecting our brains to the cloud; how exponential technologies are propelling innovation forward in all industries and improving all aspects of our well-being such as declining poverty and violence; and the growth of renewable energy and 3-D printing. He also considers the potential perils of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, including such topics of current controversy as how AI will impact employment and the safety of autonomous cars, and 'After Life' technology, which aims to virtually revive deceased individuals through a combination of their data and DNA.The culmination of six decades of research on artificial intelligence, The Singularity Is Nearer is Ray Kurzweil's crowning contribution to the story of this science and the revolution that is to come. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware 288 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEThe noted inventor and futurist's successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to comeSince it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's predictions about technological advancements have largely come true, with concepts like AI, intelligent machines, and biotechnology now widely familiar to the public.In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances toward the Singularityassessing his 1999 prediction that AI will reach human level intelligence by 2029 and examining the exponential growth of technologythat, in the near future, will expand human intelligence a millionfold and change human life forever. Among the topics he discusses are rebuilding the world, atom by atom with devices like nanobots; radical life extension beyond the current age limit of 120; reinventing intelligence by connecting our brains to the cloud; how exponential technologies are propelling innovation forward in all industries and improving all aspects of our well-being such as declining poverty and violence; and the growth of renewable energy and 3-D printing. He also considers the potential perils of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, including such topics of current controversy as how AI will impact employment and the safety of autonomous cars, and 'After Life' technology, which aims to virtually revive deceased individuals through a combination of their data and DNA.The culmination of six decades of research on artificial intelligence, The Singularity Is Nearer is Ray Kurzweil's crowning contribution to the story of this science and the revolution that is to come. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they'll do anything to shake, in the next sparkling, magical book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and A Novel Love Story.As featured in The New York Times People The Washington Post USA Today NPR ELLE Marie Claire E! News Katie Couric Media Woman's World theSkimm Brit + Co Yahoo! Life She Reads and more!Joni Lark has a secret. She's one of the most coveted songwriters in LA, and yet she can't write. There's an emptiness inside her, and nothing seems to fill it.When she returns to her hometown of Vienna Shores, North Carolina, she hopes that the sand, the surf, and the concerts at The Revelry, her family's music venue, will spark inspiration. But when Joni gets there, nothing is how she left it. Her best friend is hiding something, her mother's memories are fading fast, and The Revelry is closing.How can Joni write when her world is leaving her behind Until she hears it. A melody in her head, lyric-less and half-formed, and an alluring and addictive voice to go with itbelonging, apparently, to a wry musician with an emptiness of his own.Surely, he's a figment of Joni's overworked imagination.Then a very real man shows up in Vienna Shores. He's arrogant and guardednothing like the sweet, funny voice in Joni's headand he has a plan for breaking their inconvenient telepathic connection: finish the song haunting them both and hope they don't risk their heartsor their secretsin the process.Because that melody, the one drawing them together . . . what if it's there for a reason.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!A band reunion may be enough to change two musicians' tune on love in this electric romance from USA Today bestselling author Alicia Thompson.Micah's relationship to music is complicated. As teenagers, her band took off after being featured on a popular TV show, but the group barely released their sophomore album before breaking up. Now, over a decade later, the band is reuniting for one more performance on a themed cruise, and Micah is determined to learn from her past mistakes -- no losing herself in the music, and no losing her heart along the way. John misses playing in a band, and mostly he misses Micah, who'd been his best friend until the music stopped. Back then, he didn't take the lead, either in his guitar parts or while he sat back and watched her date another bandmate. John's never been one to rock the boat, but he's faced with another chance now that this cruise has brought music -- and Micah -- back in his life.Onboard, Micah can't help but see John with brand new eyes, and John's feelings only intensify as the discordant band's tension grows to a breaking point. With five days at sea, there's a ticking clock on anything that might develop between them, and they'll have to decide if their relationship is destined to be more than a one-hit wonder.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian FictionOne of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2025"[A] gay, literary Sliding Doors."Autostraddle"Heartbreaking and not to be forgotten."USA Today, "Best Books of the Year" A breathtaking, will-they-won't-they love story and a tender epic that explores the weight of a choice, the love of community and how joy is found in even the darkest corners.? Newcastle, Australia, 1972. On a sticky summer night, a choice must be made: To give in to queer desire or suppress it To venture into the unknown or stay the course In alternating chapters, we trace the two versions of a life that follow. ? In one, a teenage girl is caught kissing her neighbor and is kicked out from her home. She lands at a queer communal home in Sydney called Uranian House, where she meets the people who will forever become her family. Meanwhile, in the second, a teenage girl pushes down her lustful dreams of her best friend and eventually makes her way to a university in Sydney to study English literature. ? During pivotal moments, the physical space between these two women closeslike when they each meet the first great loves of their lives in 1977 at a protest, or when, almost a decade later, they are both rushed to the hospital with only a curtain between them. Through the AIDS crisisand from classrooms to art galleries, beds to bars and hospitals to homeswe witness these two lives shadow each other until, finally and poignantly, they collide. 289 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian FictionOne of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2025"[A] gay, literary Sliding Doors."Autostraddle"Heartbreaking and not to be forgotten."USA Today, "Best Books of the Year" A breathtaking, will-they-won't-they love story and a tender epic that explores the weight of a choice, the love of community and how joy is found in even the darkest corners.? Newcastle, Australia, 1972. On a sticky summer night, a choice must be made: To give in to queer desire or suppress it To venture into the unknown or stay the course In alternating chapters, we trace the two versions of a life that follow. ? In one, a teenage girl is caught kissing her neighbor and is kicked out from her home. She lands at a queer communal home in Sydney called Uranian House, where she meets the people who will forever become her family. Meanwhile, in the second, a teenage girl pushes down her lustful dreams of her best friend and eventually makes her way to a university in Sydney to study English literature. ? During pivotal moments, the physical space between these two women closeslike when they each meet the first great loves of their lives in 1977 at a protest, or when, almost a decade later, they are both rushed to the hospital with only a curtain between them. Through the AIDS crisisand from classrooms to art galleries, beds to bars and hospitals to homeswe witness these two lives shadow each other until, finally and poignantly, they collide. 289 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Fans of Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+ will devour this essential guide to the gods, monsters, and creatures from the show, based on the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling series by Rick Riordan.Ever wonder if you have what it takes to go head to head with the gods and monsters of Percy Jackson's world This complete compendium contains everything you need to know about those you may encounter on your journey. From godsAres isn't the only one you'll want to steer clear of!to monsterslike the terrifying Echidna and her childrenthis guide, written by Camp Half-Blood director Chiron, will show you the ropes. Perfect for fans of the new Disney+ series and longtime readers alike! 128 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Fans of Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+ will devour this essential guide to the gods, monsters, and creatures from the show, based on the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling series by Rick Riordan.Ever wonder if you have what it takes to go head to head with the gods and monsters of Percy Jackson's world This complete compendium contains everything you need to know about those you may encounter on your journey. From godsAres isn't the only one you'll want to steer clear of!to monsterslike the terrifying Echidna and her childrenthis guide, written by Camp Half-Blood director Chiron, will show you the ropes. Perfect for fans of the new Disney+ series and longtime readers alike! 128 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The instant New York Times bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by TIME, NPR, People, Town & Country, and Air Mail"Warm and perceptive." New York Times"Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story.' Washington Post'Dunne is a prospector for the incandescent detail." Los Angeles Times"What a remarkable and moving story filled with twists and turns, the most famous of faces, and a complex family revealed with loving candor. I was blown away by Griffin Dunne's life and his ability to capture so much of it in these beautifully written pages." Anderson CooperGriffin Dunne's memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstancesAt eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne's legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. At sixteen, he got kicked out of boarding school, ending his institutional education for good. In his early twenties, he shared an apartment in Manhattan's Hotel Des Artistes with his best friend and soulmate Carrie Fisher while she was filming some sci-fi movie called Star Wars and he was a struggling actor working as a popcorn concessionaire at Radio City Music Hall. A few years later, he produced and starred in the now-iconic film After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese. In the midst of it all, Griffin's twenty-two-year-old sister, Dominique, a rising star in Hollywood, was brutally strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend, leading to one of the most infamous public trials of the 1980s. The outcome was a travesty of justice that marked the beginning of their father Dominick Dunne's career as a crime reporter for Vanity Fair and a victims' rights activist.And yet, for all its boldface cast of characters and jaw-dropping scenes, The Friday Afternoon Club is no mere celebrity memoir. It is, down to its bones, a family story that embraces the poignant absurdities and best and worst efforts of its loveable, infuriating, funny, and moving charactersits author most of all.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The hilarious Crayons are back with their first full-size picture book adventure since The Day the Crayons Came Homeand this time they're exploring the three-dimensional world as they make friends with real-life objects from around Duncan's house.Duncan's crayons just can't seem to stay put!After convincing one group of crayons to go back to work after they wanted to quit and rescuing another group who got lost in the most inconvenient places, Duncan's crayons have disappeared once more.But this time, they've gone out into his room to make friends. From Red Crayon, who fulfills his dream of driving a firetruck; to Blue Crayon, who meets a fashion doll desperately in need of a head; to fan favorite Esteban, who is off to tame a teddy bear (or as he would call it, a wild beast), each crayon has an exciting story to share about the new objects they've met and the new adventures they've had.The bestselling team behind The Day the Crayons Quit have come together to create another clever and hilarious tale that will keep childrenand grown-upslaughing. 40 pp. Englisch. Jeffers, Oliver (illustratore).…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The hilarious Crayons are back with their first full-size picture book adventure since The Day the Crayons Came Homeand this time they're exploring the three-dimensional world as they make friends with real-life objects from around Duncan's house.Duncan's crayons just can't seem to stay put!After convincing one group of crayons to go back to work after they wanted to quit and rescuing another group who got lost in the most inconvenient places, Duncan's crayons have disappeared once more.But this time, they've gone out into his room to make friends. From Red Crayon, who fulfills his dream of driving a firetruck; to Blue Crayon, who meets a fashion doll desperately in need of a head; to fan favorite Esteban, who is off to tame a teddy bear (or as he would call it, a wild beast), each crayon has an exciting story to share about the new objects they've met and the new adventures they've had.The bestselling team behind The Day the Crayons Quit have come together to create another clever and hilarious tale that will keep childrenand grown-upslaughing. 40 pp. Englisch. Jeffers, Oliver (illustratore).…

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEThe noted inventor and futurist's successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to comeSince it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's predictions about technological advancements have largely come true, with concepts like AI, intelligent machines, and biotechnology now widely familiar to the public.In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances toward the Singularityassessing his 1999 prediction that AI will reach human level intelligence by 2029 and examining the exponential growth of technologythat, in the near future, will expand human intelligence a millionfold and change human life forever. Among the topics he discusses are rebuilding the world, atom by atom with devices like nanobots; radical life extension beyond the current age limit of 120; reinventing intelligence by connecting our brains to the cloud; how exponential technologies are propelling innovation forward in all industries and improving all aspects of our well-being such as declining poverty and violence; and the growth of renewable energy and 3-D printing. He also considers the potential perils of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, including such topics of current controversy as how AI will impact employment and the safety of autonomous cars, and 'After Life' technology, which aims to virtually revive deceased individuals through a combination of their data and DNA.The culmination of six decades of research on artificial intelligence, The Singularity Is Nearer is Ray Kurzweil's crowning contribution to the story of this science and the revolution that is to come.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMISTNAMED A FAVORITE FICTION READ OF THE YEAR BY NPR"Stylish and assured.Ebbott's prose is honed and aphoristic, recalling the work of James Salter and John CheeverThe sentences go down easy.but there is substance beneath the gleaming surfaces." Washington Post"Acutely perceptive and beautifully writtenA living thing.A huge achievement." The Financial Times'Finely calibrated.[A]s discerning as it is pitiless.' The New YorkerWhat begins as celebration gives way to betrayal, shattering the trust between two familiesIt's an autumn weekend at a comfortable New York country house where two deeply intertwined families have gathered to mark the host's fifty-second birthday.Together, the group forms an enviable portrait of middle age. The wives and husbands have been friends for over thirty years, their teenage daughters have grown up together, and the dinners, games, and rituals forming their days all reflect the rich bonds between them.This weekend, however, something is different. An unforeseen curdling of envy and resentment will erupt in an unspeakable act, the aftermath of which exposes treacherous fault lines upon which they have long dwelt.Written with hypnotic elegance and molten precision, and announcing the arrival of a major literary talent, Hal Ebbott's Among Friends examines betrayal within the sanctuary of a defining relationship, as well as themes of class, marriage, friendship, power, and the things we tell ourselves to preserve our finely made worlds. 320 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA haunted past. A train with no stops. Thirteen hours to reckon with the truth.In 1954, Anna Matheson boards a luxury overnight train bound for Chicago that she's commissioned, along with a list of names and a heart hardened by loss. Twelve years earlier, during the height of World War II, six people shattered her family's life. Now, under a false guise, Anna has orchestrated a chilling reuniontrapping each of them aboard.Her plan is precise: confront the ghosts of her past, unearth long-buried truths, and ensure justice is waiting at journey's end. But when one of the passengers is found murdered before dawn, it becomes clear that Anna isn't the only one harboring secretsor seeking revenge.As the train hurtles into the icy night, Anna must navigate layers of deception, reckon with the cost of vengeance, and come to protect the very people she came to condemn. Because someone on board is determined that none of themAnna includedreach the final stop alive. 382 pp. Englisch.…