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Early in the history of English, glamour and grammar were the same word, linked to enchantment and magical spells. Now grammar brings to mind language bullies and bored-out-of-their-skulls students. Roy Peter Clark, one of America’s most influential writing teachers, wants to change that by putting the glamour back into grammar.

Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional book to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope have moved him to make this precious legacy available now. Hope is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written over...

Locus Solus (1914) anses for den franske forfatter Raymond Roussels hovedværk og dertil den mest læsevenlige i værket. En roman om en forunderlig vandring, som nogle gæster foretager på videnskabsmanden og opfinderen Martial Canterels landsted, Locus solus. Romanen, der udkom første gang i 1914, anses for at være forfatterens hovedværk og som i hans andre værker, er spændingseffekten på det absolutte nulpunkt. Men hvad den ikke har i spænding, udviser den til fulde i syrede optrin og mærkværdigheder, der ruller frem i følelsesmæssigt frigear.

‘This was the original GAME OF THRONES’ George R.R. Martin Available for the first time in English, THE KING WITHOUT A KINGDOM is the seventh and final volume of The Accursed Kings series. The reign of the Capetian kings has ended and John II, ‘The Good’, second of the Valois dynasty...

My name is Alex, and I am a werewolf. As a boy, I was trapped halfway between human and wolf. Rylee rescued me and I became the first outcast to join her pack. In the Battle Against Orion, I sacrificed my life for hers and became the pillar which holds the Veil separating the human world and the supernatural world, closed. I kept the demons from spilling into the human world and left Rylee and our pack behind to live on.

Throughout many years, Dr. John H. Watson accompanied his friend and companion Sherlock Holmes in solving countless mysteries and crimes. Beginning in the 1880s and into the 20th century, Holmes consistently held his status as the world's most brilliant and successful detective. The New Adventures brings to the public for the very first time some of Watson's accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases previously kept under lock and key.

Throughout many years, Dr. John H. Watson accompanied his friend and companion Sherlock Holmes in solving countless mysteries and crimes. Beginning in the 1880s and into the 20th century, Holmes consistently held his status as the world's most brilliant and successful detective. His accomplishments were painstakingly chronicled by Watson in notes that relate the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Many of his accounts have been published and are well-known to a broad readership.

Throughout many years, Dr. John H. Watson accompanied his friend and companion Sherlock Holmes in solving countless mysteries and crimes. Beginning in the 1880s and into the 20th century, Holmes consistently held his status as the world's most brilliant and successful detective. The New Adventures brings to the public for the very first time some of Watson's accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases previously kept under lock and key.

The Gentleman from San Francisco is a short story by Ivan Bunin, a Nobel Prize-winning but often overlooked Russian author. It was translated into English by D. H. Lawrence (with Samuil Koteliansky). The story is often hailed as a classic of the genre. A 58-year-old American from San Francisco, now in possession of a vast fortune, sets off with his wife and daughter on a world tour. A series of events causes laughter, embarrassment, and revolt as he and his family travel through Italy and remarkable changes begin to take effect.

Wenn Donald Trump hinter dem Rücken von Hillary Clinton Grimassen schneidet, wenn der Chef jeden wohlformulierten Einwand mit einem Dreiwortsatz kontert oder die Kollegin mit großer Geste den Konferenztisch dominiert - dann sind das klare Machtbotschaften. Nie geht es im Gespräch nur um Argumente, manche Menschen verzichten sogar ganz auf sie. Doch dagegen kann man sich wappnen. Der renommierte Coach und Bestsellerautor Peter Modler analysiert Situationen in Politik und Unternehmenswelt, in denen die Machtspieler die Oberhand haben.

Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault’s biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche.

Within the chapters of Striking Thoughts, you will find the secrets of Bruce Lee's incredible success—as an actor, martial artist, and inspiration to the world. Consisting of eight sections, Striking Thoughts covers 72 topics and 825 aphorisms—from spirituality to personal liberation and from family life to filmmaking—all of which Bruce lived by. His ideas helped energize his life and career and made it possible for him to live a happy and assured life, overcoming challenging obstacles with seeming ease.

For eight strangers in a Los Angeles hostel, even the other side of the world isn’t far enough. The craving for a new identity and the desire to start again is something they have in common. But they discover that it doesn't matter where you are or who you are - if you can't lay the past to rest, fate and coincidence have a way of catching up with you.

Mit Putins allumfassenden Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine stehen drei Jahrzehnte deutscher Außenpolitik auf dem Prüfstand. Wie konnte es so weit kommen? In einer akribischen Recherche haben Katja Gloger und Georg Mascolo eine Fülle vertraulicher wie brisanter Regierungsdokumente eingesehen und mit zahlreichen Zeitzeugen gesprochen. Eine besondere Rolle spielten die Dossiers deutscher Geheimdienste, die früh vor Putins imperialen Gelüsten warnten.

Whole civilisations are threatened in these four classic TV novelisations featuring the First, Fourth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctors.

Throughout many years, Dr. John H. Watson accompanied his friend and companion Sherlock Holmes in solving countless mysteries and crimes. Beginning in the 1880s and into the 20th century, Holmes consistently held his status as the world's most brilliant and successful detective. The New Adventures brings to the public for the very first time some of Watson's accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases previously kept under lock and key.

Slomo Venezia was born into a poor Jewish-Italian community living in Thessaloniki, Greece. At first, the occupying Italians protected his family; but when the Germans invaded, the Venezias were deported to Auschwitz. His mother and sisters disappeared on arrival, and he learned, at first with disbelief, that they had almost certainly been gassed. Given the chance to earn a little extra bread, he agreed to become a 'Sonderkommando', without realizing what this entailed.

Anyone who has glimpsed the long, mountainous, island-studded Dalmatian coast would surely agree that its beauty is little short of divine. Croatia, quite simply, is blessed with some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet, and its history is equally captivating. A Traveller's History of Croatia offers tourists and travellers an inside look at how the country's cultural fusion of Mediterranean, Central European and Balkan influences has given it a tumultuous past.

"Kleiner Drei" erzählt eine Freundschaft mit einem gemeinsamen Ziel. Einem gemeinsamen Wunsch. Einer gemeinsamen Aufgabe. Eine Aufgabe, die eigentlich keine Freundschaft aushält. Das Hörspiel begleitet drei Menschen, die eigentlich das Gleiche wollen und doch nicht nach dem Gleichen streben. Drei Menschen, die eigentlich nur das Gute wollen und doch in ihren Mustern bleiben. Und am Ende fügt sich alles zusammen. Das Hörspiel besticht durch eine einzigartige Erzählweise, die uns zurück an den Anfang trägt und nach und nach alle Figuren näher zusammen bringt.

Noch nie war die Welt so voller Ablenkungen: Kollegen, Lärm, Tweets und E-Mails sind einige der häufigsten externen Konzentrationskiller im Alltag. Schlimmer ist nur noch der selbstverschuldete Dauergebrauch von Tabletts oder Smartphones, der sein übriges dazu beiträgt, dass wir uns kaum noch längere Zeit auf etwas konzentrieren können. In seinem neuen Hörbuch "Die Kunst, sich nicht ablenken" zu lassen zeigt der Bestsellerautor Nir Eyal, wie Ablenkung in unseren Köpfen entsteht - und wie man ihr widerstehen kann.