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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dive into this revealing portrait of Stranger Things fan-favorite Lucas Sinclair and get to know Lucas like never before!Lucas's guide for surviving freshman year: make new friends, be yourself . . . and save Hawkins. Lucas Sinclair is tired of feeling like an outsider. With Max dealing with her own problems, and Will and El leaving town, he has no one to lean on. And he could really use someone after the last few years of fighting monsters, dodging international spies, and the recent events at Starcourt. But then high school starts, and Lucas suddenly has options beyond playing D&D and being bullied. After connecting with someone on the basketball teamone of the few other Black students at schoolLucas begins to understand what it means to be a Black teen in Indiana, just as his town is plunged into trouble once again. Will Lucas be able to find his place in Hawkins in time to save it From Suyi Davies, contributor to the New York Times bestselling Black Boy Joy, comes an exploration of love and identity within the beloved Stranger Things universe through the eyes of Lucas Sinclair. 336 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo A heart-filled novel about an iconic and persevering father and daughter. Time Gorgeous. The kind of sharp, smart, potent book you have to set aside every few pages just to catch your breath. I ll take a piece of Carrie Soto forward with me in life and be a little better for it. Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers and Beach ReadONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, PopSugar, Glamour, Reader s DigestCarrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. A former champion himself, Javier has trained her since the age of two.But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan.At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked the Battle-Axe anyway. Even if her body doesn t move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever.In spite of it all, Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells her most vulnerable, emotional story yet. 416 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo A heart-filled novel about an iconic and persevering father and daughter. Time Gorgeous. The kind of sharp, smart, potent book you have to set aside every few pages just to catch your breath. I ll take a piece of Carrie Soto forward with me in life and be a little better for it. Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers and Beach ReadONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, PopSugar, Glamour, Reader s DigestCarrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. A former champion himself, Javier has trained her since the age of two.But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan.At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked the Battle-Axe anyway. Even if her body doesn t move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever.In spite of it all, Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells her most vulnerable, emotional story yet. 416 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER The iconic legal thriller that launched the career of America's favorite storyteller, hailed as "an absolute master" (The Washington Post) "[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller."Entertainment WeeklyMitch McDeere has worked hard to get where he is: third in his class at Harvard Law. Aggressively recruited by all the top firms, and initially headed for Wall Street, Mitch surprises everyone by joining Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a very private, very rich tax firm in Memphis. Mitch and his wife, Abby, move to Tennessee and quickly settle into their new life: they're young, happy, and on the fast track. Or so they think.Soon, though, Mitch senses trouble: two of the partners die in a suspicious diving accident off Grand Cayman; the firm's management is overly proud of the fact that no one has ever resigned; and security measures at the firm, even for a company with billionaire clients, are more than a little stringent. Then, suddenly, Mitch's vague suspicions come to life.The FBI has the lowdown on Mitch's firm and needs his help. Now Mitch is caught between a rock and a hard place. The FBI will bust him if he doesn't cooperate, and the firm will kill him if he does. There's no way out.Or is there The story continues in The Exchange, the "breathtaking" (The Wall Street Journal) sequel to The Firm! 448 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER The iconic legal thriller that launched the career of America's favorite storyteller, hailed as "an absolute master" (The Washington Post) "[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller."Entertainment WeeklyMitch McDeere has worked hard to get where he is: third in his class at Harvard Law. Aggressively recruited by all the top firms, and initially headed for Wall Street, Mitch surprises everyone by joining Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a very private, very rich tax firm in Memphis. Mitch and his wife, Abby, move to Tennessee and quickly settle into their new life: they're young, happy, and on the fast track. Or so they think.Soon, though, Mitch senses trouble: two of the partners die in a suspicious diving accident off Grand Cayman; the firm's management is overly proud of the fact that no one has ever resigned; and security measures at the firm, even for a company with billionaire clients, are more than a little stringent. Then, suddenly, Mitch's vague suspicions come to life.The FBI has the lowdown on Mitch's firm and needs his help. Now Mitch is caught between a rock and a hard place. The FBI will bust him if he doesn't cooperate, and the firm will kill him if he does. There's no way out.Or is there The story continues in The Exchange, the "breathtaking" (The Wall Street Journal) sequel to The Firm! 448 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -When a girl overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friends for being catfished, she jumps in to save the dayand pretends to be his online crush. A young adult romance from the critically acclaimed author of Places We've Never Been.Wren is used to being called a control freak. She doesn't care; sticking to the list of rules she created for herself helps her navigate life. But when a cute guy named Asher walks through the door of her neighborhood coffee shop, the rulebook goes out the window.Asher is cute, charming . . . and being catfished by his online crush. So Wren makes an uncharacteristically impulsive decisionshe pretends to be the girl he's waiting for to save him from embarrassment. Suddenly she's fake-dating a boy she knows nothing about. And it's . . . amazing.It's not long before Asher has her breaking even more of her own rules. But will he forgive her when he finds out she's not who she says she is Wren's not so sure. . . . After all, rules exist for a reason. 288 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Rabbit Hutch is a stunning debut novel about four teenagersrecently aged out of the state foster-care systemliving together in an apartment building in the post-industrial Midwest, exploring the quest for transcendence and the desire for love. "Gunty writes with a keen, sensitive eye about all manner of intimaciesthe kind we build with other people, and the kind we cultivate around ourselves and our tenuous, private aspirations."Raven Leilani, best-selling, award-winning author of LusterThe automobile industry has abandoned Vacca Vale, Indiana, leaving its residents behind, too. In a run-down apartment building on the edge of town, commonly known as the Rabbit Hutch, lives one of these people, a young girl named Blandine Watkins, who The Rabbit Hutch centers around. Hauntingly beautiful and unnervingly bright, Blandine lives alongside three teenage boys, all recently aged out of the state foster-care system, all of them madly in love with Blandine. Plagued by the structures, people, and places that not only failed her but actively harmed her, Blandine pays no mind to their affection. All she wants is an escape, a true bodily escape like the mystics describe in the books she reads. Set across one week and culminating in a shocking act of violence, The Rabbit Hutch chronicles a group of people looking for ways to live in a dying city, a town on the brink, desperate for rebirth. How far will its residentsespecially Blandinego to achieve it Does one person's gain always come at another's expense Tess Gunty's The Rabbit Hutch is a gorgeous and provocative tale of loneliness and community, entrapment and freedom. It announces a major new voice in American fiction, one bristling with intelligence and vulnerability. 416 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Rabbit Hutch is a stunning debut novel about four teenagersrecently aged out of the state foster-care systemliving together in an apartment building in the post-industrial Midwest, exploring the quest for transcendence and the desire for love. "Gunty writes with a keen, sensitive eye about all manner of intimaciesthe kind we build with other people, and the kind we cultivate around ourselves and our tenuous, private aspirations."Raven Leilani, best-selling, award-winning author of LusterThe automobile industry has abandoned Vacca Vale, Indiana, leaving its residents behind, too. In a run-down apartment building on the edge of town, commonly known as the Rabbit Hutch, lives one of these people, a young girl named Blandine Watkins, who The Rabbit Hutch centers around. Hauntingly beautiful and unnervingly bright, Blandine lives alongside three teenage boys, all recently aged out of the state foster-care system, all of them madly in love with Blandine. Plagued by the structures, people, and places that not only failed her but actively harmed her, Blandine pays no mind to their affection. All she wants is an escape, a true bodily escape like the mystics describe in the books she reads. Set across one week and culminating in a shocking act of violence, The Rabbit Hutch chronicles a group of people looking for ways to live in a dying city, a town on the brink, desperate for rebirth. How far will its residentsespecially Blandinego to achieve it Does one person's gain always come at another's expense Tess Gunty's The Rabbit Hutch is a gorgeous and provocative tale of loneliness and community, entrapment and freedom. It announces a major new voice in American fiction, one bristling with intelligence and vulnerability. 416 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -When a girl overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friends for being catfished, she jumps in to save the dayand pretends to be his online crush. A young adult romance from the critically acclaimed author of Places We've Never Been.Wren is used to being called a control freak. She doesn't care; sticking to the list of rules she created for herself helps her navigate life. But when a cute guy named Asher walks through the door of her neighborhood coffee shop, the rulebook goes out the window.Asher is cute, charming . . . and being catfished by his online crush. So Wren makes an uncharacteristically impulsive decisionshe pretends to be the girl he's waiting for to save him from embarrassment. Suddenly she's fake-dating a boy she knows nothing about. And it's . . . amazing.It's not long before Asher has her breaking even more of her own rules. But will he forgive her when he finds out she's not who she says she is Wren's not so sure. . . . After all, rules exist for a reason. 288 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK The author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet explores the power of the bittersweet personality, revealing a misunderstood side of mental health and creativity while offering a roadmap to facing heartbreak in order to live life to the fullest."Bittersweet has the power to transform the way you see your life and the world."OPRAH"Grabs you by the heart and doesn't let go."BRENÉ BROWN, author of Atlas of the Heart"Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once again!"GLENNON DOYLE, author of Untamed"The perfect cure for toxic positivity."ADAM GRANT, author of Think AgainLONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, MashableBittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and deathbitter and sweetare forever paired.If you've ever wondered why you like sad music . . .If you find comfort or inspiration in a rainy day . . .If you react intensely to music, art, nature, and beauty . . .Then you probably identify with the bittersweet state of mind.With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and how embracing the bittersweetness at the heart of life is the true path to creativity, connection, and transcendence.Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain, whether from a death or breakup, addiction or illness. If we don't acknowledge our own heartache, she says, we can end up inflicting it on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans knowor will knowloss and suffering, we can turn toward one another.At a time of profound discord and personal anxiety, Bittersweet brings us together in deep and unexpected ways. 384 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK The author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet explores the power of the bittersweet personality, revealing a misunderstood side of mental health and creativity while offering a roadmap to facing heartbreak in order to live life to the fullest."Bittersweet has the power to transform the way you see your life and the world."OPRAH"Grabs you by the heart and doesn't let go."BRENÉ BROWN, author of Atlas of the Heart"Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once again!"GLENNON DOYLE, author of Untamed"The perfect cure for toxic positivity."ADAM GRANT, author of Think AgainLONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, MashableBittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and deathbitter and sweetare forever paired.If you've ever wondered why you like sad music . . .If you find comfort or inspiration in a rainy day . . .If you react intensely to music, art, nature, and beauty . . .Then you probably identify with the bittersweet state of mind.With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and how embracing the bittersweetness at the heart of life is the true path to creativity, connection, and transcendence.Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain, whether from a death or breakup, addiction or illness. If we don't acknowledge our own heartache, she says, we can end up inflicting it on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans knowor will knowloss and suffering, we can turn toward one another.At a time of profound discord and personal anxiety, Bittersweet brings us together in deep and unexpected ways. 384 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Now a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson!Read the novelized version of the celebrated New York Times bestselling story of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war--inspired by the blockbuster phenomenon Wonder.Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comes crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival,and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation.First published as a graphic novel and now a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson, R.J. Palacio s unforgettable story demonstrates the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save lives in the darkest of times.Includesan 8-page photo insert andadiscussionguide. 272 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary. There's beena murder on campus, and it's up to the students of Galileo to solve it. Follow 18 authors and 18 students as they puzzle out the clues and find the guilty party.Professor of Magical History Septimius Dropwort has just been murdered, and now everyone at the Galileo Academy for theExtraordinary is a suspect.A prestigious school for young magicians, the Galileo Academy has recently undergone a comprehensive overhaul, reinventing itself as a roaming academy in which students of all cultures and identities are celebrated. In this new Galileo, every pupil is welcome but there are some who aren't so happy with the recent changes. That includes everyone's least favorite professor, Septimius Dropwort, a stodgy old man known for his harsh rules and harsher punishments. But when the professor's body is discovered on school grounds with a mysterious note clenched in his lifeless hand, the Academy's students must solve the murder themselves, because everyone's a suspect.Told from more than a dozen alternating and diverse perspectives, The Grimoire of Grave Fates follows Galileo's best and brightest young magicians as they race to discover the truth behind Dropwort's mysterious death. Each one of them is confident that only they have the skills needed to unravel the web of secrets hidden within Galileo's halls. But they're about to discover that even for straight-A students, magic doesn't always play by the rules. . . .Contributors include:Cam Montgomery, Darcie Little Badger, Hafsah Faizal, Jessica Lewis, Julian Winters, Karuna Riazi, Kat Cho, Kayla Whaley, Kwame Mbalia, L. L. McKinney, Marieke Nijkamp, Mason Deaver, Natasha Díaz, Preeti Chhibber, Randy Ribay, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Victoria Lee, and Yamile Saied Méndez 464 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Now a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson!Read the novelized version of the celebrated New York Times bestselling story of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war--inspired by the blockbuster phenomenon Wonder.Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comes crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival,and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation.First published as a graphic novel and now a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson, R.J. Palacio s unforgettable story demonstrates the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save lives in the darkest of times.Includesan 8-page photo insert andadiscussionguide. 272 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary. There's beena murder on campus, and it's up to the students of Galileo to solve it. Follow 18 authors and 18 students as they puzzle out the clues and find the guilty party.Professor of Magical History Septimius Dropwort has just been murdered, and now everyone at the Galileo Academy for theExtraordinary is a suspect.A prestigious school for young magicians, the Galileo Academy has recently undergone a comprehensive overhaul, reinventing itself as a roaming academy in which students of all cultures and identities are celebrated. In this new Galileo, every pupil is welcome but there are some who aren't so happy with the recent changes. That includes everyone's least favorite professor, Septimius Dropwort, a stodgy old man known for his harsh rules and harsher punishments. But when the professor's body is discovered on school grounds with a mysterious note clenched in his lifeless hand, the Academy's students must solve the murder themselves, because everyone's a suspect.Told from more than a dozen alternating and diverse perspectives, The Grimoire of Grave Fates follows Galileo's best and brightest young magicians as they race to discover the truth behind Dropwort's mysterious death. Each one of them is confident that only they have the skills needed to unravel the web of secrets hidden within Galileo's halls. But they're about to discover that even for straight-A students, magic doesn't always play by the rules. . . .Contributors include:Cam Montgomery, Darcie Little Badger, Hafsah Faizal, Jessica Lewis, Julian Winters, Karuna Riazi, Kat Cho, Kayla Whaley, Kwame Mbalia, L. L. McKinney, Marieke Nijkamp, Mason Deaver, Natasha Díaz, Preeti Chhibber, Randy Ribay, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Victoria Lee, and Yamile Saied Méndez 464 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam" (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo"A heart-filled novel about an iconic and persevering father and daughter."Time"Gorgeous. The kind of sharp, smart, potent book you have to set aside every few pages just to catch your breath. I'll take a piece of Carrie Soto forward with me in life and be a little better for it."Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers and Beach ReadONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, PopSugar, Glamour, Reader's DigestCarrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. A former champion himself, Javier has trained her since the age of two.But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan.At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked "the Battle-Axe" anyway. Even if her body doesn't move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever.In spite of it all, Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells her most vulnerable, emotional story yet.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dive into this revealing portrait of Stranger Things fan-favorite Lucas Sinclair and get to know Lucas like never before!Lucas's guide for surviving freshman year: make new friends, be yourself . . . and save Hawkins. Lucas Sinclair is tired of feeling like an outsider. With Max dealing with her own problems, and Will and El leaving town, he has no one to lean on. And he could really use someone after the last few years of fighting monsters, dodging international spies, and the recent events at Starcourt. But then high school starts, and Lucas suddenly has options beyond playing D&D and being bullied. After connecting with someone on the basketball teamone of the few other Black students at schoolLucas begins to understand what it means to be a Black teen in Indiana, just as his town is plunged into trouble once again. Will Lucas be able to find his place in Hawkins in time to save it From Suyi Davies, contributor to the New York Times bestselling Black Boy Joy, comes an exploration of love and identity within the beloved Stranger Things universe through the eyes of Lucas Sinclair.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER The iconic legal thriller that launched the career of America's favorite storyteller, hailed as "an absolute master" (The Washington Post) "[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller."Entertainment WeeklyMitch McDeere has worked hard to get where he is: third in his class at Harvard Law. Aggressively recruited by all the top firms, and initially headed for Wall Street, Mitch surprises everyone by joining Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a very private, very rich tax firm in Memphis. Mitch and his wife, Abby, move to Tennessee and quickly settle into their new life: they're young, happy, and on the fast track. Or so they think.Soon, though, Mitch senses trouble: two of the partners die in a suspicious diving accident off Grand Cayman; the firm's management is overly proud of the fact that no one has ever resigned; and security measures at the firm, even for a company with billionaire clients, are more than a little stringent. Then, suddenly, Mitch's vague suspicions come to life.The FBI has the lowdown on Mitch's firm and needs his help. Now Mitch is caught between a rock and a hard place. The FBI will bust him if he doesn't cooperate, and the firm will kill him if he does. There's no way out.Or is there The story continues in The Exchange, the "breathtaking" (The Wall Street Journal) sequel to The Firm.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Chef's special!Garfield returnsweighing more than ever!for his 74th book. They're all hereJon, Odie, Nermal, and, of course, our favorite fat cat, Garfield!Someone's always cookin' up funand often troublein the Arbuckle home. Whether it's one of Jon's half-baked ideas or mischievous Garfield stirring the pot, it all boils down to an entertaining time for fans! 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Chef's special!Garfield returnsweighing more than ever!for his 74th book. They're all hereJon, Odie, Nermal, and, of course, our favorite fat cat, Garfield!Someone's always cookin' up funand often troublein the Arbuckle home. Whether it's one of Jon's half-baked ideas or mischievous Garfield stirring the pot, it all boils down to an entertaining time for fans! 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Rabbit Hutch is a stunning debut novel about four teenagersrecently aged out of the state foster-care systemliving together in an apartment building in the post-industrial Midwest, exploring the quest for transcendence and the desire for love. "Gunty writes with a keen, sensitive eye about all manner of intimaciesthe kind we build with other people, and the kind we cultivate around ourselves and our tenuous, private aspirations."Raven Leilani, best-selling, award-winning author of LusterThe automobile industry has abandoned Vacca Vale, Indiana, leaving its residents behind, too. In a run-down apartment building on the edge of town, commonly known as the Rabbit Hutch, lives one of these people, a young girl named Blandine Watkins, who The Rabbit Hutch centers around. Hauntingly beautiful and unnervingly bright, Blandine lives alongside three teenage boys, all recently aged out of the state foster-care system, all of them madly in love with Blandine. Plagued by the structures, people, and places that not only failed her but actively harmed her, Blandine pays no mind to their affection. All she wants is an escape, a true bodily escape like the mystics describe in the books she reads. Set across one week and culminating in a shocking act of violence, The Rabbit Hutch chronicles a group of people looking for ways to live in a dying city, a town on the brink, desperate for rebirth. How far will its residentsespecially Blandinego to achieve it Does one person's gain always come at another's expense Tess Gunty's The Rabbit Hutch is a gorgeous and provocative tale of loneliness and community, entrapment and freedom. It announces a major new voice in American fiction, one bristling with intelligence and vulnerability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -When a girl overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friends for being catfished, she jumps in to save the dayand pretends to be his online crush. A young adult romance from the critically acclaimed author of Places We've Never Been.Wren is used to being called a control freak. She doesn't care; sticking to the list of rules she created for herself helps her navigate life. But when a cute guy named Asher walks through the door of her neighborhood coffee shop, the rulebook goes out the window.Asher is cute, charming . . . and being catfished by his online crush. So Wren makes an uncharacteristically impulsive decisionshe pretends to be the girl he's waiting for to save him from embarrassment. Suddenly she's fake-dating a boy she knows nothing about. And it's . . . amazing.It's not long before Asher has her breaking even more of her own rules. But will he forgive her when he finds out she's not who she says she is Wren's not so sure. . . . After all, rules exist for a reason.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK The author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet explores the power of the bittersweet personality, revealing a misunderstood side of mental health and creativity while offering a roadmap to facing heartbreak in order to live life to the fullest."Bittersweet has the power to transform the way you see your life and the world."OPRAH"Grabs you by the heart and doesn't let go."BRENÉ BROWN, author of Atlas of the Heart"Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once again!"GLENNON DOYLE, author of Untamed"The perfect cure for toxic positivity."ADAM GRANT, author of Think AgainLONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, MashableBittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and deathbitter and sweetare forever paired.If you've ever wondered why you like sad music . . .If you find comfort or inspiration in a rainy day . . .If you react intensely to music, art, nature, and beauty . . .Then you probably identify with the bittersweet state of mind.With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and how embracing the bittersweetness at the heart of life is the true path to creativity, connection, and transcendence.Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain, whether from a death or breakup, addiction or illness. If we don't acknowledge our own heartache, she says, we can end up inflicting it on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans knowor will knowloss and suffering, we can turn toward one another.At a time of profound discord and personal anxiety, Bittersweet brings us together in deep and unexpected ways.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Writer Tom Taylor (Superman: Son of Kal-El, Dark Knights of Steel) and artist Bruno Redondo (Injustice) take Dick Grayson back to basics. Can Nightwing, the heart of the DC Universe, stop a new criminal who literally collects hearts from the city's citizens Eisner Award Winner 2023 - Best Continuing SeriesEisner Award Nominee 2023 - Best Penciller/Inker, Bruno RedondoEisner Award Winner 2023 - Best Cover Artist, Bruno RedondoNightwing is backand his drive to keep Blüdhaven safe has never been stronger! But his adoptive city has elected a new mayor with the last name Zucco. When Nightwing enlists Batgirl's help in investigating the politician bearing the same name as the man who murdered his parents, she unearths details that will shock and fundamentally change the hero.Dick Grayson's big heart has protected those persecuted by bullies in his youth, combated evil alongside Batman as Robin, and pledged his newly inherited wealth to enriching Blüdhaven as Nightwing. His kindness and generosity have always guided his life. But now a new villain stalks the back alleys, removing the hearts of the city's most vulnerable. Who is this terrifying new menace named Heartless, and will he be able to resist plucking out the biggest heart in all of Blüdhaven Collected in this Infinite Frontier Nightwing evolution are issues #78-83. 160 pp. Englisch. Redondo, Bruno (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Writer Tom Taylor (Superman: Son of Kal-El, Dark Knights of Steel) and artist Bruno Redondo (Injustice) take Dick Grayson back to basics. Can Nightwing, the heart of the DC Universe, stop a new criminal who literally collects hearts from the city's citizens Eisner Award Winner 2023 - Best Continuing SeriesEisner Award Nominee 2023 - Best Penciller/Inker, Bruno RedondoEisner Award Winner 2023 - Best Cover Artist, Bruno RedondoNightwing is backand his drive to keep Blüdhaven safe has never been stronger! But his adoptive city has elected a new mayor with the last name Zucco. When Nightwing enlists Batgirl's help in investigating the politician bearing the same name as the man who murdered his parents, she unearths details that will shock and fundamentally change the hero.Dick Grayson's big heart has protected those persecuted by bullies in his youth, combated evil alongside Batman as Robin, and pledged his newly inherited wealth to enriching Blüdhaven as Nightwing. His kindness and generosity have always guided his life. But now a new villain stalks the back alleys, removing the hearts of the city's most vulnerable. Who is this terrifying new menace named Heartless, and will he be able to resist plucking out the biggest heart in all of Blüdhaven Collected in this Infinite Frontier Nightwing evolution are issues #78-83. 160 pp. Englisch. Redondo, Bruno (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Chef's special!Garfield returnsweighing more than ever!for his 74th book. They're all hereJon, Odie, Nermal, and, of course, our favorite fat cat, Garfield!Someone's always cookin' up funand often troublein the Arbuckle home. Whether it's one of Jon's half-baked ideas or mischievous Garfield stirring the pot, it all boils down to an entertaining time for fans.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Writer Tom Taylor (Superman: Son of Kal-El, Dark Knights of Steel) and artist Bruno Redondo (Injustice) take Dick Grayson back to basics. Can Nightwing, the heart of the DC Universe, stop a new criminal who literally collects hearts from the city's citizens Eisner Award Winner 2023 - Best Continuing SeriesEisner Award Nominee 2023 - Best Penciller/Inker, Bruno RedondoEisner Award Winner 2023 - Best Cover Artist, Bruno RedondoNightwing is backand his drive to keep Blüdhaven safe has never been stronger! But his adoptive city has elected a new mayor with the last name Zucco. When Nightwing enlists Batgirl's help in investigating the politician bearing the same name as the man who murdered his parents, she unearths details that will shock and fundamentally change the hero.Dick Grayson's big heart has protected those persecuted by bullies in his youth, combated evil alongside Batman as Robin, and pledged his newly inherited wealth to enriching Blüdhaven as Nightwing. His kindness and generosity have always guided his life. But now a new villain stalks the back alleys, removing the hearts of the city's most vulnerable. Who is this terrifying new menace named Heartless, and will he be able to resist plucking out the biggest heart in all of Blüdhaven Collected in this Infinite Frontier Nightwing evolution are issues #78-83. Redondo, Bruno (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -NATIONAL BESTSELLER A thrilling, raucous, and gloriously queer debut about a scrappy orphan bent on making her own luck in the American West and finding friendship, romance, and her true calling along the way, now in paperback. A powerful feminist battle cry . . . [and] rollicking good fun. Minneapolis Star TribuneLONGLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL AWARD A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Autostraddle, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, Library JournalThe heart wants what it wants. Saddle up, ride out, and claim it.When Bridget arrives penniless in Dodge City, already disillusioned by feckless men and the uncompromising landscape, she has only her wits to keep her alive. Thanks to the allure of her bright red hair and country-girl beauty, she s recruited to work at the Buffalo Queen, the only brothel in town run by women. Bridget takes to brothel life, appreciating the good food, good pay, and good friendships she forms with her fellow sporting women. But with the arrival of some infamous outlaws at the start of winter, tensions in Dodge City run high. When the Buffalo Queen s peace and security are threatened, Bridget must decide what she owes to the women she loves and what it looks like to claim her own destiny.A thoroughly modern reimagining of the Western genre, Lucky Red is a masterfully crafted, propulsive tale of adventure, loyalty, desire, and love. 304 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ From one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation (The New York Times) a ghost story set in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, an elegiac consideration of grief, devotion (filial and romantic), and the vanishing and persistence of all things seen and unseen.A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, NPR, Vulture, Lit Hub Who else but Lorrie Moore could make, in razor-sharp irresistible prose, a ghost story about death buoyant with life PEOPLE Is it an allegory Is it real It doesn t matter.[It s] a novel with big questions, no answers, and it s absolutely brilliant. Lit Hub [A] triumph of tone and, ultimately, of the imagination. The Guardian Lorrie Moore s first novel since A Gate at the Stairs a daring, meditative exploration of love and death, passion and grief, and what it means to be haunted by the past, both by history and the human heartA teacher visiting his dying brother in the Bronx. A mysterious journal from the nineteenth century stolen from a boarding house. A therapy clown and an assassin, both presumed dead, but perhaps not dead at all.With her distinctive, irresistible wordplay and singular wry humor and wisdom, Lorrie Moore has given us amagic box of longing and surprise as shewrites about love and rebirth and the pull towards life. Bold, meditative, theatrical, this new novel is an inventive, poetic portrait oflovers and siblingsas it questionsthe stories we have been told which may or may not betrue.I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home takes usthrough a trap door, into a windswept, imagined journey to the tragic-comic landscape that is, unmistakably, the world of Lorrie Moore. 208 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ From one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation (The New York Times) a ghost story set in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, an elegiac consideration of grief, devotion (filial and romantic), and the vanishing and persistence of all things seen and unseen.A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, NPR, Vulture, Lit Hub Who else but Lorrie Moore could make, in razor-sharp irresistible prose, a ghost story about death buoyant with life PEOPLE Is it an allegory Is it real It doesn t matter.[It s] a novel with big questions, no answers, and it s absolutely brilliant. Lit Hub [A] triumph of tone and, ultimately, of the imagination. The Guardian Lorrie Moore s first novel since A Gate at the Stairs a daring, meditative exploration of love and death, passion and grief, and what it means to be haunted by the past, both by history and the human heartA teacher visiting his dying brother in the Bronx. A mysterious journal from the nineteenth century stolen from a boarding house. A therapy clown and an assassin, both presumed dead, but perhaps not dead at all.With her distinctive, irresistible wordplay and singular wry humor and wisdom, Lorrie Moore has given us amagic box of longing and surprise as shewrites about love and rebirth and the pull towards life. Bold, meditative, theatrical, this new novel is an inventive, poetic portrait oflovers and siblingsas it questionsthe stories we have been told which may or may not betrue.I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home takes usthrough a trap door, into a windswept, imagined journey to the tragic-comic landscape that is, unmistakably, the world of Lorrie Moore. 208 pp. Englisch. …