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Four-time New York Times bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk offers new lessons and inspiration drawn from the experiences of dozens of influencers and entrepreneurs who rejected the predictable corporate path in favor of pursuing their dreams by building thriving businesses and extraordinary...

Tra gli ontani, gli aceri, i castagni e le balze erbose dell’estate, Billy il Cane si muove non visto verso una meta che conosce lui solo: ha consumato il suo tempo. Si sottrae fieramente al consorzio umano, come la sua profonda ferinità gli impone. I suoi tutori lo cercano e lui, fratello della notte, inciampa con la memoria nella sua vita da cane: rivede l’infanzia disgraziata, l’ingresso nella casa del balzano terzetto dei suoi tutori che lo hanno strappato alla strada, la biblioteca del tutore dove ha "assaggiato" la carta di tanti libri e per osmosi ha imparato la sua lingua.

On the night before he was to turn forty, Rich Roll experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly fifty pounds overweight and unable to climb the stairs without stopping, he could see where his current sedentary life was taking him—and he woke up. Plunging into a new routine that prioritized a plant-based lifestyle and daily training, Rich morphed—in a matter of mere months—from out of shape, mid-life couch potato to endurance machine.

A flash fiction novel, The Sea-Wave details the aftermath of the kidnapping by an elderly and emotionally damaged man of a severely disabled, wheelchair-bound, unusually bright, depressive 12-year-old girl incapable of speech. The novel consists of the girl's entries in her diary-like memorandum book, entries that relate her own surprising thoughts on her kidnapping, family, and disabilities.

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE "A murder mystery, travelogue, and deeply felt homage to Romig's adopted country. Reading it will inform and outrage you. (It will also make you crave a dosa)."—Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City “Romig makes for a powerful, effective chronicler of this...

Mira fährt von Wien zu ihrer Mutter Anni nach Südkärnten. Anni soll aus dem Haus, in dem sie lebt, ausziehen. Der geplante Abriss bringt die familiären Routinen ins Wanken. Die alten, unaufgelösten Konflikte brechen auf: der frühe Tod des Vaters, das Leben als slowenische Minderheit, der soziale Aufstieg der Kinder, der von familiären, sprachlichen und kulturellen Ablöseprozessen begleitet wurde. Doch endlich werden auch die lange beschwiegenen Lebensgeschichten der Ahninnen ans Licht gebracht.

Bedroom Rapper is a book for obsessive music fans who are looking for the definitive take on what’s happened in the last two decades of hip hop, from Cadence Weapon, aka Rollie Pemberton: Pitchfork critic, award-winning musician, producer, DJ, and Poet Laureate. Tracing his roots from...

Lady Alexandra Baldwyn is stifled by her claustrophobic life of privilege at Somerton Hall. She is desperate to escape the confines of her family's stately home and do her bit for the war effort like her brother, Charles, and his best friend, Freddie Chevalier. She pleads with her parents to let her become a nurse in France, but her father refuses to sign the necessary papers, and she must be content with driving ambulances in London.

My name is Zane Zimmer. To most folks, I live a seemingly charmed life as a Regal lord and the heir apparent to the powerful, wealthy House Zimmer, and the gossipcasts breathlessly follow my every swaggering move across the Archipelago Galaxy. I’m also a powerful psion capable of telekinesis, telepathy, and telempathy, and my deadly skills and prowess with my stormsword have made me the golden boy of the Arrows, the Imperium’s elite fighting force.

My name is Vesper Quill. I used to be a lowly lab rat, toiling away in obscurity developing brewmakers and other household appliances. But thanks to my seer magic and my own ingenuity, I’m now a Regal lady and the head of a successful corporation. My mission? To destroy the Techwave, the dangerous group that has stolen my designs and plans to weaponize them against the Imperium. But when my mission takes an unexpected turn, I’m once again surrounded by enemies and fighting for my life.