penguin llc us mai 2022 (89 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -An accordion-shaped board book created specifically for tummy time for babies-and families-who love nature!This wordless accordion-shaped board book is filled with twenty different nature scenes drawn in bold black-and-white art, perfect for a baby's developing mind. The book is meant to stand up on a baby's play mat so they can lift their heads to look at the pictures. And once they've looked at one side, you can flip the book over to give them ten new natural objects and vistas to enjoy!Series Overview: Spring 2022: Babies Love AnimalsSummer 2022: Babies Love NatureFall 2022: Babies Love Outerspace.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig.Time has stopped. It's been June 23, 2020 for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding practical solutions to the worldwide crisis. Not everyone is on board though. Javelin-throwing prodigy Truda Becker is pretty sure her 'Solution Time' class won't solve the world's problems, but she does have a few ideas what might. Truda lives in a house with a switch that no one ever touches, a switch her father protects every day by nailing it into hundreds of progressively larger boxes. But Truda's got a crow bar, and one way or another, she's going to see what happens when she flips the switch. 225 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - One of my favorite authors. Colleen HooverAn insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from theauthor of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily Today Parade Marie Claire Bustle PopSugar Katie Couric Media Book Bub SheReads Medium The Washington Post and more!One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming. Nora Stephens' life is books she s read them all and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters trip away with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they ve met many times and it s never been cute. If Nora knows she s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he s nobody s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they ve written about themselves. 416 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Jo never heard of the label 'practice girl'.until she was called one. And those two devastating words would irreversibly change the way she saw everyone--including herself. An emotional and empowering novel about reputation and double standards, perfect for fans of Katie Cotugno and Sarah Dessen. Jo Beckett is looking for love. She's fallen for a few boys, but for some reason, they've never fallen for her. One night, at a party she didn't even want to go to, she finds out the truth. Those boys, who are on the wrestling team she manages,consider her just a practice girl the popular term for girl who s good enough to hook up with but not to date.With this crushing revelation, Jo feels so many things--heartsick, ashamed, betrayed, and angry. But she refuses to let that label define her. In piecing her life back together, Jo is forced to unpack more uncomfortable truths about all her relationships--from her best friend to the boy she likes--that help her understand her real worth.From the author of the acclaimed This Raging Light, Practice Girl is a heart-wrenching, relatable, and ultimately triumphant story about a girl who rejects her label and decides for herself who she is to the world. 307 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'A radiant debut.' Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book LoversTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Named One of the Hottest Reads of Summer 2022 by Today Parade PopSugar USA Today SheReads BuzzFeed BookBub Bustle and more!Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek the man she never thought she d have to live without.For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family s restaurant and curling up together with books medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart.When Percy returns to the lake for Sam s mother s funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years she s spent punishing herself for them, they ll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of love andthe people and choices that mark us forever. 320 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Opposites attract in this wickedly charming rom-com by Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Payback s a Witch. Wild child Isidora Avramov is a thrill chaser, adept demon summoner, and despite the whole sexy-evil-sorceress vibe also a cuddly animal lover. When she s not designing costumes and new storylines for the Arcane Emporium s haunted house, Issa's nursing a secret, conflicted dream of ditching her family s witchy business to become an indie fashion designer in her own right. But when someone starts sabotaging the celebrations leading up to this year s Beltane festival with dark, dangerous magic, a member of the rival Thorn family gets badly hurt throwing immediate suspicion on the Avramovs. To clear the Avramov name and step up for her family when they need her the most, Issa agrees to serve as a co-investigator, helping none other than Rowan Thorn get to the bottom of things. Rowan is the very definition of lawful good, so tragically noble and by-the-book he makes Issa s teeth hurt. In accordance with their families complicated history, he and Issa have been archenemies for years and have grown to heartily loathe each other. But as the unlikely duo follow a perplexing trail of clues to a stunning conclusion, Issa and Rowan discover how little they really know each other and stumble upon a maddening attraction that becomes harder to ignore by the day. 351 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!An INSTANT Indie Bestseller!'A nervy, intense, and expertly crafted thrillerthat kept me hooked page after page. Dark secrets Summer camp setting Complex teen girls Murder Count me in. A simply stunning book.' Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces, You'd Be Home Now, and The AgathasFrom New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman comes a twisty new thriller about three best friends, one elite summer camp, and the dark secrets that lead to a body in the lake.Camp Alpine Lake is the only place where Goldie Easton feels safe.She s always had a special connection to the place, even before she was old enough to attend. The camp is the lifeline of Roxwood, the small town she lives in. Alpine Lake provides jobs, money and prestige to the region. Few Roxwood locals, though, get to reap the rewards of living so close to the glam summer that camp, with its five-figure tuition and rich kids who have been dumped there for eight weeks by their powerful parents. Goldie's one of them.Even with her 'townie' background, Goldie has never felt more at home at camp and now she s back as a counselor, desperate for summer to start and her best friends, Ava and Imogen, to arrive. Because Goldie has a terrible dark secret she s been keeping and she is more in need of the comfort than ever.But Goldie s not the only person at camp who has been lying. When a teen turns up dead in the lake late one night, she knows that the death couldn t have been an accident. She also knows that Ava was at the lake that same night.What did Ava see and what does she know Why hasn t she said anything to Goldie about the death Worse what did Ava do But asking questions offers no answers, only broken bonds of lifelong friendship, with hidden danger and betrayals deeper than Goldie ever imagined. 368 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The companion volume to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the perilous path of modern life.In12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologistand celebrated professor at Harvard andthe University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B.Peterson helped millions of readers imposeorder on the chaos of their lives. Now, inthis bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelvemore lifesaving principles for resisting theexhausting toll that our desire to order theworld inevitably takes.In a time when the human will increasinglyimposes itself over every sphere oflife from our social structures to our emotionalstates Peterson warns that too muchsecurity is dangerous. What s more, he offersstrategies for overcoming the cultural, scientific,and psychological forces causing us totend toward tyranny, and teaches us how torely insteadon our instinct to find meaningand purpose, even and especially when wefind ourselves powerless.While chaos, in excess, threatens us withinstability and anxiety, unchecked order canpetrify us into submission.Beyond Order providesa call to balance these two fundamentalprinciples of reality itself, and guidesus along the straight and narrow path thatdivides them. 432 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Tomoseshunsaku (illustrator). Neuware -At the prestigious boot camp deep in the mountains, the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School, students attempt to advance through cutthroat competition. 448 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Liem, Fanny (illustrator). Neuware -An instant New York Times bestseller! A loving ode to modern motherhood by Kelly Rowland and Jessica McKay.Grammy Award winning artist Kelly Rowland and educator Jessica McKay have crafted a lyricalcelebration of working moms everywhere and a soothing story for their children. As a mother gets ready to go towork, first she works on building the world for her child. Because it can sometimes be hard to beseparated during the day, Mom collects some simple words that she and her child can repeat wheneverthey are missing each other or feeling overwhelmed:Always with you,always with me,mommy and child,together we'll be.For any child who needs a little reassurance or just to share a sweet gesture of affection, Alwayswith You, Always with Me is a loving tribute to families that honors the work a mother does both inside and outsideof the home. 40 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Cukier and his co-authors have a more ambitious project than Kahneman and Harari. They don t want to just point out how powerfully we are influenced by our perspectives and prejudices our frames. They want to show us that these frames are tools, and that we can optimise their use. ForbesFrom pandemics to populism, AI to ISIS, wealth inequity to climate change, humanity faces unprecedented challenges that threaten our very existence.The essential tool that will enable humanity to find the best way foward is defined in Framers by internationally renowned authors Kenneth Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, and Francis de Véricourt. To frame is to make a mental model that enables us to make sense of new situations. Frames guide the decisions we make and the results we attain. People have long focused on traits like memory and reasoning, leaving framing all but ignored. But with computers becoming better at some of those cognitive tasks, framing stands out as a critical function and only humans can do it. This book is the first guide to mastering this human ability. Illustrating their case with compelling examples and the latest research, authors Cukier, Mayer-Schönberger, and de Véricourt examine: Why advice to think outside the box is useless How Spotify beat Apple by reframing music as an experience How the #MeToo twitter hashtag reframed the perception of sexual assault The disaster of framing Covid-19 as equivalent to seasonal flu, and how framing it akin to SARS delivered New Zealand from the pandemic Framers shows how framing is not just a way to improve how we make decisions in the era of algorithms but why it will be a matter of survival for humanity in a time of societal upheaval and machine prosperity. 272 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Espinosa, Leo (illustrator). Neuware -Two children s book superstars #1 New York Times bestseller Jacqueline Woodson, the author of The Day You Begin, and Leo Espinosa, the illustrator of Islandborn join forces to celebrate the joy and freedom of summer in the city, which is gloriously captured in their rhythmic text and lively art.It's getting hot outside, hot enough to turn on the hydrants and run through the water--and that means it's finally summer in the city! Released from school and reveling in their freedom, the kids on one Brooklyn block take advantage of everything summertime has to offer. Freedom from morning till night to go out to meet their friends and make the streets their playground--jumping double Dutch, playing tag and hide-and-seek, building forts, chasing ice cream trucks, and best of all, believing anything is possible. That is, till their moms call them home for dinner. But not to worry--they know there is always tomorrow to do it all over again--because the block belongs to them and they rule their world.(This book is also available in Spanish, as El mundo era nuestro!) 32 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Shirotaka (illustrator). Neuware -LITTLE SISTERS MAKE BIG PROBLEMS! Rudeus has adventured across continents and survived run-ins with gods--and none of it has prepared him to watch Aisha and Norn when Paul leaves them temporarily in his care. Can he rise to the occasion yet again, or will parenting two preteen girls be the ordeal that ultimately defeats him ! 380 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Superb and almost unbearably charming, Her Majesty s Royal Coven expertly launches an exciting new trilogy.' The New York Times Book Review 'Talk about a gut punch of a novel. A provocative exploration of intersectional feminism, loyalty, gender and transphobia [that] invites readers into an intricately woven web of magic, friendship and power.' The Nerd DailyA Discovery of Witches meets The Craft in this epic fantasy about a group of childhood friends who are also witches.If you look hard enough at old photographs, we re there in the background: healers in the trenches; Suffragettes; Bletchley Park oracles; land girls and resistance fighters. Why is it we help in times of crisis We have a gift. We are stronger than Mundanes, plain and simple.At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls--Helena, Leonie, Niamh and Elle--took the oath to join Her Majesty's Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and Helena is the reigning High Priestess of the organization. Yet Helena is the only one of her friend group still enmeshed in the stale bureaucracy of HMRC. Elle is trying to pretend she's a normal housewife, and Niamh has become a country vet, using her powers to heal sick animals. In what Helena perceives as the deepest betrayal, Leonie has defected to start her own more inclusive and intersectional coven, Diaspora. And now Helena has a bigger problem. A young warlock of extraordinary capabilities has been captured by authorities and seems to threaten the very existence of HMRC. With conflicting beliefs over the best course of action, the four friends must decide where their loyalties lie: with preserving tradition, or doing what is right. Juno Dawson explores gender and the corrupting nature of power in a delightful and provocative story of magic and matriarchy, friendship and feminism. Dealing with all the aspects of contemporary womanhood, as well as being phenomenally powerful witches, Niamh, Helena, Leonie and Elle may have grown apart but they will always be bound by the sisterhood of thecoven. 432 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -One of.Amazon's Best Romances of 2022Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of MayGoodreads' Most Anticipated May RomancesSheReads'Best Romance Books Coming in 2022A gym nemesis pushes a fitness influencer to the max in Amy Lea s steamy debut romantic comedy. Curvy fitness influencer Crystal Chen built her career shattering gym stereotypes and mostly ignoring the trolls. After her recent breakup, she has little stamina left for men, instead finding solace in the gym her place of power and positivity. Enter firefighter Scott Ritchie, the smug new gym patron who routinely steals her favorite squat rack. Sparks fly as these ultra-competitive foes battle for gym domination. But after a series of escalating jabs, the last thing they expect is to run into each other at their grandparents' engagement party. In the lead up to their grandparents' wedding, Crystal discovers there s a soft heart under Scott s muscled exterior. Bonding over family, fitness, and cheesy pick-up lines, they just might have found her swolemate. But when a photo of them goes viral, savage internet trolls put their budding relationship to the ultimate test of strength. 384 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER"The pages brim with tenderness and an appreciation for what we had and who we were. I could not have loved it more.' Ann Patchett"One of the most moving and intelligent time travel novels I have ever read. Nostalgic, wise, funny, and filled with love.' Gabrielle Zevin "The kind of book that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you call the people you love. Exceptional.' Emily HenryWhat if you could take a vacation to your past With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestseller Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time travel tropes and a different kind of love story. On the eve of her fortieth birthday, Alice s life isn t terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn t exactly the one she expected. She s happy with her apartment, her romantic status, and her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her sixteenth birthday. But it isn t just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush it s her dad, the vital, charming, forty-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. Is there anything that she would change if she could 310 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in this follow-up to the critically acclaimed Small Spaces and Dead Voices. Now in paperback.Until next time. That was the chilling promise the smiling man made to Ollie, Coco, and Brian after they last outsmarted him. And as the trio knows, the smiling man always keeps his promises. So when the lights flicker and a knock sounds at the door, there can only be one explanation: he's back and a frightening new game is afoot.But before the three friends can unravel the smiling man's latest nightmarish scheme, they set sail on Lake Champlain, where it's said Vermont's very own Loch Ness monster lives. Brian is thrilled. He hasn't sailed since visiting family in Jamaica, and even the looming threat of the smiling man can't put a damper on what is guaranteed to finally be a day of fun-even if it is awkward being stuck on a boat with his former best friend, Phil, and his new best friends, Coco and Ollie. But when this crew find themselves shipwrecked on a deserted island and hunted by a monster on both land and sea, fun becomes the last thing on their minds. The smiling man has at long last set the stage for a perilous rematch. But this time, Brian is ready to play. 198 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -For fans of Never Have I Ever and Crazy Rich Asians, I Guess I Live Here Now takes readers on a journey to the place where trends are born-Seoul, Korea-where Melody Lee unwillingly moves with her family and must start a new life, a new school?and maybe a new romance. Melody always wanted to get to know the Korean side of her Korean American heritage better, but not quite like this. Thanks to a tiny transgression after school one day, she's shocked to discover that her parents have decided to move her and her mom out of New York City to join her father in Seoul-immediately! Barely having the chance to say goodbye to her best friend before their bags are packed and she's on a plane, Melody is resentful, angry, and homesick.But she soon finds herself settling into their super luxe home, meeting cool friends at school, and discovering the alluring aspects of living in Korea-trendsetting fashion, delectable food, her dad's black card, and a cute boy to hang out with. Life in Seoul is amazing?until cracks begin to form on its shiny surface. Troubling family secrets, broken friendships, and a lost passion are the prices Melody has to pay for her new life, but is it worth it Claire Ahn's charming, effervescent debut lets you taste every bite of kalbi, bathe in the glow of Seoul's neon lights, and feel every high and low of Melody's journey across the world and within her heart. 408 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Privalova, Marina (illustrator). Neuware -HAUNTED BY SINFollowing the trail of a dismembered corpse, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji arrive at the gates of Yi City: an old, abandoned town shrouded in mist and restless spirits. A fiendish foe awaits them in the shadows, heralding a tale of heartbreak and tragedy. When the mysterious corpse s identity is finally revealed, the hunt for its killer plunges Wei Wuxian back into the depths of the cultivation world s politics, where he must keep his enemies close and Lan Wangji even closer. 403 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller!New York Times bestselling author Dr. Will Bulsiewicz offers a groundbreaking cookbook packed with delicious plant-based recipes, as well as a targeted plan for overcoming food sensitivities.Leading gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, or "Dr. B," introduced readers to the wonders of fiber with the New York Times bestseller Fiber Fueled a guide to optimizing the gut microbiome, sharpening immunity,lowering cholesterol, and promoting weight lossthrough a diet rich in diverse fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and legumes. Rather than restriction, Dr. B s solution is abundance and variety. Now he applies all the principles of the Fiber Fueled diet in a cookbook that s as beautiful as it is practical.This must-have cookbookwill inspire you with deeply flavorful, satisfying plant-based recipes that make the Fiber Fueled lifestyle delicious and inviting. But The Fiber Fueled Cookbook is also a revolutionary treatment program for food sensitivity sufferers who have struggled to get a handle on their symptoms. In it you will learn the GROWTH strategy, a groundbreaking approach that helps readers break down what s causing their GI problems, and discover real solutions that are personalized to their individual needs.Whether you are well on your plant-based path, or excited to get started, the 100+ irresistible recipes in this book, including Lemon Lentil Salad, Cheezy Broccoli Potato Soup, Maple Peanut Granola, and Chocolate Cookie Milk, will get you ready to embrace the power of being Fiber Fueled! 368 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A by the book literary agent must decide if happily ever after is worth changing her whole life for in this insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation.Nora Stephens' life is books-she's read them all-and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters' trip away-with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she's convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they've met many times and it's never been cute.If Nora knows she's not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he's nobody's hero, but as they are thrown together again and again-in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow-what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they've written about themselves. 384 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -An NPR Best Book of 2022 \* One of Christian Science Monitor's 10 best books of May This amazing new book . . . takes us on a journey through classic and contemporary philosophy powered by questions like What do we have the right to do When is it okay to do this or that They explore punishment and authority and sex and gender and race and the nature of truth and knowledge and the existence of God and the meaning of life and Scott just does an incredible job. Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic Some of the best philosophers in the world gather in surprising places preschools and playgrounds. They debate questions about metaphysics and morality, even though they ve never heard those words and can t tie their shoes. They re kids. And as University of Michigan professor of philosophy and law Scott Hershovitz shows, they can help grown-ups solve some of life s greatest mysteries.Hershovitz has two young sons, Rex and Hank. From the time they could talk, he noticed that they raised philosophical questions and tried to answer them. They re-created ancient arguments and advanced entirely new ones. That s not unusual, Hershovitz says. Every kid is a philosopher.Powered by questions like: Does Hank have the right to drink soda Is it ever okay to swear and, Does the number six exist the Hershovitzes take us on a fun romp through classic and contemporary philosophy. If we join kids on philosophical adventures, Hershovitz argues, we can become sharper thinkers and recapture their wonder at the world. 369 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -From one of the great naval leaders of our time, a master class in decision making under pressure through the stories of nine famous acts of leadership in battle drawn from the history of the United States Navy, with outcomes both glorious and notoriousAt the heart of Admiral James Stavridis's training as a naval officer was the preparation to lead sailors in combat, to face the decisive moment in battle when it arises and make the best decision possible given the situation at hand. Over the course of his illustrious career he returned again and again to a relatively small number of legendary cases in point, holding them to the light repeatedly to see what lessons they yielded. Now, in To Risk it All, he offers up nine of the most useful and enthralling stories from the US Navy's nearly 250-year history and draws from them a set of insights that can be of use to all of us when confronted with fateful choices.Conflict. Crisis. Risk. These are words that have a meaning in a military context that we hope will never apply in quite the same way in our own lives. At the same time, as To Risk it All shows with great clarity, many lessons are universal. The first is simply understanding whether you're really in an acute short-terms crisis or are confusing it with a more long-term challenge that can't and shouldn't be met with a short-term fix. Second, while fortune favors the bold, it favors the prepared even more. A huge part of preparation is learning how to observe a situation clearly on its own terms first, avoiding biases and misinformation, before applying the lens of your values and analysis. Easier said than done, but there is a learning path. With the right preparation, you can force time to slow down, and draw on the best of yourself, and leave the rest out of it. To Risk it All is filled with heroic exploits, thrillingly told, but it is anything but a shallow exercise in myth burnishing. Every leader in this book has real flaws, as all humans do, and Admiral Stavridis takes the analysis of their flaws as seriously as he does their strengths. The stories of failure, or at least decisions that have often been defined as such, are as crucial to the book as the stories of success. In the end, when this master class is dismissed, we can feel lucky for the hard situations we will never have to face, and better armed for the hard decisions we surely will, whether we expect them or not. 352 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the author of Hot Dog Girl comes a sweet and salty queer YA rom-com about two girls on a summer road trip in an ice cream truck.Fallon and Chloe used to be best friends. But last summer, the girls hooked up right before Chloe left for college, and after a series of misunderstandings, they aren't even speaking to one another. Now, a year later, Chloe's back home from school, and Fallon is doing everything in her power to avoid her. Which is especially difficult because their moms own a business together-a gourmet ice cream truck where both girls work.But when their moms have the opportunity to make a presentation to some venture capitalists in Texas-something that could seriously expand their business and solve all their money problems to boot-it's up to Fallon to work a series of food truck festivals across the country. But she can't do it alone, and Chloe is the only one available to help. As tensions heat up again between the two girls, will Fallon be able to keep her cool.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -AFinancial Times Book of the YearAn Economist Best Book of the Year A triumph of investigative journalism. Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale A fascinating read. Highly recommended! -John Carreyrou, bestselling author of Bad Blood'Truly one of the most nail-biting, page-turning, terrifying true-crime books I've ever read.' Nick Bilton, New York Times bestselling author of American KingpinFrom award-winning journalists Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel, the gripping, true-crime story of a notorious maritime hijacking at the heart of a massive conspiracy and the unsolved murder that threatened to unravel it all.In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze in a devastating explosion. But when David Mockett, a maritime surveyor working for Lloyd s of London, inspected the damaged vessel, he was left with more questions than answers. How had the pirates gotten aboard so easily And if they wanted to steal the ship and bargain for its return, then why did they destroy it The questions didn t add up and Mockett would never answer them. Soon after his inspection, David Mockett was murdered.Dead in the Water is a shocking expose of thecriminal inner workings of international shipping, told through the lens of the Brillante hijacking and its aftermath. Through first-hand accounts of those who lived it from members of the ship s crew and witnesses to the attacks, to the ex-London detectives turned private investigators seeking to solve Mockett s murder and bring justice to his family award-winning Bloomberg reporters Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel piece together the astounding truth behind one of the most brazen financial frauds in history.The ambitious culmination of more than four years of reporting, Dead in the Water uncovers an intricate web of conspiracy amidst the lawless, old-world industry at the backbone of our new global economy. 268 pp. Englisch.