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Benjamín Labatut’s When We Cease to Understand the World electrified a global readership. A Booker Prize and National Book Award finalist, and one of the New York Times’ Ten Best Books of the Year, it explored the life and thought of a clutch of mathematicians and physicists who took science to strange and sometimes dangerous new realms. In The MANIAC, Labatut has created a tour de force on an even grander scale.

Suzanne Sullivan doesn't need a bodyguard. After all, she's one of the most successful digital security specialists in the world - so she can most certainly take care of herself despite the problems she's been running into lately. Unfortunately, her three brothers don't agree. So when Mr. Way-Too-Handsome shows up bound and determined to protect her, whether she wants him there or not, sparks definitely start to fly. Because she has absolutely no intention of falling for the bodyguard she never wanted in the first place.

Traumatisée par une affaire particulièrement brutale, l'inspectrice Elin Warner a décidé de faire une pause dans sa carrière. Lorsque son frère Isaac l'invite à célébrer ses fiançailles au Sommet, ancien sanatorium transformé en hôtel de luxe, elle n'a d'autre choix que d'accepter. Mais peu après son arrivée, Laure, la fiancée d'Isaac, disparaît.

Anne Lister was remarkable. Fearless, charismatic and determined to explore her lesbian sexuality, she forged her own path in a society that had no language to define her. She was a landowner, an industrialist and a prolific diarist whose output has secured her legacy as one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century. Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister follows Anne from her crumbling ancestral home in Yorkshire to the glittering courts of Denmark as she resolves to put past heartbreak behind her and find herself a wife.

Kaum ist das erste Kind da, wird die Beziehung des frischgebackenen Elternpaares auf die Probe gestellt. Stress, Schlafmangel und unterschiedliche Erwartungshaltungen prallen aufeinander. Wer nimmt wie lange Elternzeit? Wie können wir das Familienleben gleichberechtigt gestalten und organisieren? Wie wollen wir die Care-Arbeit aufteilen? Wie können wir rechtzeitig vorsorgen? Vor dem Hintergrund starrer gesellschaftlicher Rollenbilder und institutioneller Strukturen werden diese Fragen schnell zu Streitthemen.

Nineteen-year-old human, Brexley, has grown up in privilege, but not without heartbreak. After being orphaned, she is taken in by General Markos, living in a walled city rife with power grabs and ruthless political games. Then, one night, the course of her life changes, and Brexley is thrown into the most feared prison in the east. Halalhaz, the House of Death - where you go in but don’t come out. She must learn to live with the worst of fae and human criminals.

In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing art-house horror flick. The weird part? Only three of the film’s scenes were ever released to the public, but Horror Movie has nevertheless grown a rabid fanbase. Three decades later, Hollywood is pushing for a big budget reboot. The man who played “The Thin Kid” is the only surviving cast member. He remembers all too well the secrets buried within the original screenplay, the bizarre events of the filming, and the dangerous crossed lines on set that resulted in tragedy.

A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max: Fury Road—with more than 130 new interviews with key members of the cast and crew, including Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, and director George Miller, from the pop culture reporter for The New York Times, Kyle Buchanan.

Quelques années ont passé... On a vieilli, un peu, on a aimé, beaucoup ! Mais voilà, depuis quelques temps, la Foune se barre en vrac. Son trip écolo à fond les cartons a légèrement dérapé et elle nous est revenue dans un état proche de l'Ohio... Touffe et moi, hyper inquiètes, nous sommes données comme objectif de la sortir de son état léthargique à faire pâlir d'envie un panda neurasthénique. Mais, vous nous connaissez, les choses ne se sont pas vraiment passées comme prévu.

La grande majorité de nos problèmes de santé trouvent leur source dans les soucis de tous les jours. Et pourtant, il ne tient qu'à nous de nous en libérer ! Comment ? Simplement en suivant les précieux conseils du guide pratique de Marie Lercardonnel "Libérez-vous de vos soucis et retrouvez santé & joie de vivre".

Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse. A lighthouse that weathered more than storms. Mysterious and terrible events have happened on this island. It started with a witch hunt. Now, centuries later, islanders are vanishing without explanation. Coincidence? Or curse? Liv Stay flees to the island with her three daughters, in search of a home. She doesn’t believe in witches, or dark omens, or hauntings. But within months, her daughter Luna will be the only one of them left.

Certains viennent pour se ressourcer. D'autres pour se venger. Un centre de bien-être luxueux. Une île coupée du reste du monde. Un serial killer en liberté. Bienvenue sur l'île de Cary.

Mit 16 haben Lila und Elena, Freundinnen seit Kindertagen, ihr armseliges neapolitanisches Stadtviertel mit seinen einengenden Konventionen gründlich satt. Lila versucht, durch eine vorteilhafte Ehe ihre Chancen zu verbessern, fühlt sich aber schon bald eingesperrt und verbittert. Elena hingegen lässt den Ort ihrer Kindheit hinter sich und geht zum Studium nach Pisa. Die 1970er Jahre bringen Veränderungen für beide.

In the heart of Adenashire, where elfish enchantments and dwarven delights rule, Arleta Starstone, a human confectionist works twice as hard perfecting her unique blend of baking and apothecary herbs. So when an orc neighbor secretly enters her creations into the prestigious Elven Baking Battle, Arleta faces a dilemma. Being magicless, her participation in the competition could draw more scowls than smiles. And if Arleta wants to prove her talent and establish her culinary reputation, this human will need more than just her pastry craft to sweeten the odds.

Katalin Karikó began life as a butcher’s daughter in post-war Communist Hungary. But even as a child she understood two crucial things: for those who can see it, the world is full of fascination and wonder, and whatever challenges she faced, she could overcome them with her boundless appetite for learning. Breaking Through is Karikó’s extraordinary memoir of how she achieved her dream of becoming a scientist, first in Hungary and then in the USA, and pursued her belief – despite so many telling her not to – that an elusive molecule called mRNA could transform our ability to prevent disease.

Harper Lee beschwört den Zauber und die Poesie einer Kindheit im tiefen Süden der Vereinigten Staaten: Die Geschwister Scout und Jem wachsen im Alabama der 1930er Jahre auf. Jäh bricht die Wirklichkeit in ihre behütete Welt ein, als ihr Vater, der Anwalt Atticus Finch, einen wegen Vergewaltigung angeklagten Schwarzen verteidigt. Finch lehrt seine Kinder Verständnis und Toleranz, allen Anfeindungen und Angriffen ihrer "ehrbaren" Mitbürger zum Trotz.

Katalin Karikó has had an unlikely journey. The daughter of a butcher in postwar communist Hungary, Karikó grew up in an adobe home that lacked running water, and her family grew their own vegetables. She saw the wonders of nature all around her and was determined to become a scientist. That determination eventually brought her to the United States, where she arrived as a postdoctoral fellow in 1985 with $1,200 sewn into her toddler’s teddy bear and a dream to remake medicine.

Everyone knows about Ashburn House. They whisper its old owner went mad, and restless ghosts still walk the halls. They say it's the dwelling place of something cruel and sinister. But when Adrienne, desperate and in need of a place to stay, inherits the crumbling old mansion, she only sees it as a lifeline...until darkness falls.

Entre la réalisation de vos rêves et vous, il y a une porte. Ouvrez-la ! Vos rêves peuvent vous guider vers un avenir meilleur, vous conseiller les choix les plus judicieux, vous révéler des solutions aux problèmes les plus ardus, vous apporter la santé, vous ouvrir les portes de la réussite... Le manuel des maîtres-rêveurs vous dévoilera comment tirer parti de vos rêves et les orienter pour réaliser vos objectifs et atteindre le bonheur.

Agnes Tveit, journaliste énergique de 39 ans, s'ennuie ferme dans sa nouvelle vie rurale à Voss, village de son enfance situé dans l'ouest de la Norvège, la région des fjords. Elle ne parvient pas à tomber enceinte et sa vie de couple est au plus bas. Sa routine va brusquement chavirer alors qu'elle assiste à un festival des sports extrêmes : l'une des parachutistes du vol d'inauguration s'écrase violemment sous les yeux de centaines de témoins. Comment un tel accident a-t-il pu se produire ?