penguin publishing group jul 2022 (34 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'When an energy Curtain opened in the vicinity of Earth, making interstellar travel practical for the first time, thousands of eager colonists headed out to create new homes. Welcome to Illusion Town, on the colony world of Harmony. Weddings are still the highlight of any social calendar, but Lucy Bell was kidnapped and drugged as she left the party. Escaping, she becomes in the alien underground maze of glowing green tunnels beneath Illusion Town. Guild Hunter Gabriel Jones rescues her, but whispers start that Lucy made it all up. When Gabriel comes back to town, he is the one person who believes Lucy--and is determined to help clear her reputation'--Publisher's description.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A tea room owner with a penchant for investigation and her eager talking corgi sniff out multiple leads to track a killer in this delightful cozy mystery.When Emma Reed moved to the Cornish village of Trevena, she was looking forward to making new friends, opening up a small tea shop and taking plenty of brisk walks with her talking dog, Oliver. But her idyllic fresh start is at risk of spoiling when the local pub run by Emma's friends Liza and Sam Greenlaw seems imminently poised to close. Sam and Liza do everything they can to spark interest in the pub, including opening up old smuggling tunnels that run underneath the building. But instead of finding hidden treasure or antique bottles in the tunnel, they find a skeleton.Although Sam and Liza both insist they have nothing to do with the remains, they're still vulnerable to suspicion and become prime suspects for the murder. To save them, and their pub, Emma and Oliver will need to dig deep?.Story Locale: Cornwall, EnglandSeries Overview: In this freshly brewed cozy mystery series, a tea shop owner and her talking corgi solve mysteries in a sleepy English village.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An Earl is forced to play matchmaker to the daughter of a rake and her half-sister, in a smart and witty new Regency romance from the national bestselling author of The Scoundrel's Daughter.Leo, the young Earl of Salcott, is annoyed to find he must take on the guardianship of Clarissa, the heiress and daughter of a notorious rake. Even worse, his new ward brings Isobel-her half-sister and father's illegitimate daughter-with her to London. It should be easy for Clarissa to find a husband, but if anyone discovers Izzy's true identity, scandal will ruin them all. Furious, Leo insists that Izzy must leave, but the girls are devoted to each other, and refuse to separate. To complicate matters further, despite his frustration towards her, sparks fly every time Leo and Izzy engage.After forbidding the ladies from attending any parties or balls, Leo leaves town on business. Left to their own devices, Clarissa and Izzy launch themselves into society. By the time Leo learns what they've done, it's too late to put the cat back in the bag, as Izzy now has too many admirers to disappear unnoticed. While protecting Clarissa from unsuitable matches, Leo is driven mad by sharp-witted, fiery Izzy, who is courted by rich, unworthy men drawn to her beauty.And what if the ton discovers they've been tricked into accepting a base-born girl into their ranks?Story Locale: Regency EnglandSeries Overview: Sparks fly as matchmakers pair unlikely couples together in this delightful Regency historical romance series.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Petrie has a preternatural talent for ratcheting up suspense.'New York Times Book ReviewWhen Peter Ash rescues a stranded woman, he finds she's in far deeper trouble than he could ever imagine in the powerful new thriller in this bestselling and award-winning series.War veteran Peter Ash is driving through northern Nebraska when he encounters a young pregnant woman alone on a gravel road, her car dead. Peter offers her a lift, but what begins as an act of kindness soon turns into a deadly cat-and-mouse chase across the lonely highways with the woman's vicious ex-cop husband hot on their trail. The pregnant woman has seen something she was never meant to see . . . but protecting her might prove to be more than Peter can handle.In order to save the woman and himself, Peter must use everything he has learned during his time as a Marine, including his knowledge of human nature, in order to escape a ruthless killer with instincts and skills that matchand perhaps exceedPeter's own.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A wronged man is hell-bent on revenge in this gripping tale of the American West.Almost ten years ago, a wild eighteen-year-old Colt McCrae was sent to jail for a crime he didn't commit. Now, he's received grim news: his estranged father has been murdered-shot in the back. His family needs Colt back home.He returns to Whiskey Hill, Wyoming, but he's not welcomed by everyone. Colt means trouble-now more than ever. Because he knows who killed his father. Ruthless range baron Frank Drummond wants the land and will bury anyone who dares oppose him.But now, Colt is back. And he's no longer a kid with a chip on his shoulder. He's a prison-hardened man with a mind for justice?.Story Locale: American West.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Named a Summer Must Read by Wall Street Journal, Elle, Harper s Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, Esquire, Bustle, Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Refinery29, and more [Hoby]might have just written the defining New York City novel of our fraught, socially anxious, and politically tumultuous times. Interview Intense and addictive. New York TimesA powerful novel of youth, desire, and moral conflict, in which a young man is seduced by the mirage of glamour at terrible cost.Arriving in New York City for an internship at an elite but fading magazine, Luca feels invisible: smart but not worldly, privileged but broke, and uncertain how to navigate a new era of social change. Among his peers is Zara, a young Black woman whose sharp wit and frank views on injustice create tension in the office, especially in the wake of a shock election that s irrevocably destabilized American life. In the months that follow, as the streets of New York fill with pink-hatted protesters and the magazine faces a changing of the guard, Luca is taken under the wing of an attractive and wealthy white couple Paula, a prominent artist, and Jason, her filmmaker husband whose lifestyle he finds both alien and alluring. With the coming of summer, Luca is swept up in the fever dream of their marriage, accepting an invitation to join the couple and their children at their beach house, and nurturing an infatuation both frustrating and dangerous. Only after he learns of a spectacular tragedy in the city he has left behind does he begin to realize the moral consequences of his allegiances. In language at once lyrical and incisive, Virtue offers a clear-eyed, unsettling story of the allure of privilege and the costs of complacency, from a writer of astonishing acuity and vision.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A fascinating, glamorous novel based on Lady Lucile Duff-Gordon, who by changing her own life, changed the world of fashion.Lady Lucile Duff-Gordon knows she is talented. She sees color, light, fabric, and texture in ways few other people do. But is the world ready for her A world dominated by men who would try to control her and use her art for their own gain After being deserted by her wealthy husband and her society friends, Lucile is desperate to survive. She turns to her one true talent to make a living. As a little girl, the dresses she made for her dolls were the envy of her group of playmates. Now, she uses her courageous innovations in Belle Époque fashion to feed her own child. Lucile knows it is an uphill battle, and a single woman is not supposed to succeed on her own, but she refuses to give up. She will claim her place in the fashion world; failure simply is not an option.Then, on a frigid night in 1912, Lucile's life changes once more, when she becomes one of 706 people to survive the sinking of the Titanic. She could never have imagined the effects the disaster would have on her career, her marriage to her second husband, and her legacy. But no matter what life throws at her, Lucile will live on as a trailblazing and fearless fashion icon, never letting go of what she worked so hard to earn. This is her story.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 352 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A feminist Liar Liar meets the romantic charm of This Time Next Year, in this page-turning debut about a woman who loses the ability to lie on her 30th birthday-and the challenges she faces as a woman in work and in love when she finally must tell nothing but the truth. It's the eve of super-publicist Lucy Green's 30th birthday, a day she hopes will bring the promotion she deserves and a proposal from her boyfriend. But when said boyfriend stands her up in favor of his job, yet again, she instead finds herself alone making a wish for a perfect birthday over a cocktail, with only the handsome bartender to keep her company.The next day when Lucy wakes up, she can't seem to force herself to go to spin class-instead she orders a big gooey breakfast sandwich. She also can't bring herself to layer on her usual concealer and eyeliner-a clean face is better for crying in the work bathroom anyway. And she simply can't bear to wear the shapewear or thong needed for the power outfit she had planned-so it's a loose dress for her. Chalking her uncharacteristic choices up to her new age and the hangover that came with it, she heads to work.But when Lucy arrives at the office, she realizes not only can she no longer lie to herself, she can't lie to anyone else, which would always pose a challenge in her line of work, but is especially difficult now as she attempts to land a hot new starlet as a client, and her perpetual creep of a boss's advances become increasingly inappropriate. Now that she can't hide how she feels, Lucy must confront all of the injustices-small and large-she's faced on a daily basis at work, in her relationship, and in every other aspect of her life?and the truth is bound to come out in a big way.This sharp, bighearted, and page-turning novel tackles all of the lies women are encouraged to tell just to get by in today's world-in life, love, and in the workplace-and the liberation that can come from being honest.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Each day is rinse and repeat for fireman Lucas Strong until a fateful run-in at his local laundromat.Hoping to attract more customers to his family's knitting shop, Lucas Strong participated in an FDNY charity calendar and accidentally becomes a local celebrity. The only place he can find solace is at Scrubs-a 24/7 laundromat where he can disappear for a couple of hours. But Lucas's soapy sanctuary is shaken by an inquisitive little girl with a late-night interest in knitting whose mother is his old school crush.Sidney Harris-Hughes knows that Harlem is like any other small town, and everyone is probably whispering about how she left such a good man-and a good life-behind to wash and fold laundry by the pound. If only they knew the truth. But Sidney will always put her daughter's happiness first, even if that means moving back to Harlem and facing her past.What Sidney never expected was to see Lucas Strong again. A long-forgotten attraction kicks into high gear as Lucas and Sidney start to spend time together at the laundromat, and they must decide if this is true love or just an infatuation, thin and as fragile as a soap bubble.Story Locale: Harlem, New York.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Good sarcastic banter, discussions of top comedians and enough food descriptions to make me salivate. USA TodayTwo down-on-their-luck comedians embark on a road tour and find more than a few good laughs on the way. Olivia Vincent dreams of stand-up comedy stardom. Bustling around a busy Manhattan office by day and hustling from club to club by night, she can t catch a break. Work is falling through the cracks, and after ditching a major client to make a performance, Olivia gets the boot. Determined to pursue her dreams, she snags an audition in Los Angeles for a coveted spot on late-night TV. But the only way to get there is to join seasoned stand-up Nick Leto on a cross-country road tour. She agrees on one condition no funny business. Icky comedy condos, tiny smoking nightclubs, and Nick s incessant classic rock radio are a far cry from life on the Upper East Side. Reality sets in, and Olivia wonders if she can hack it in showbiz or if she s just a hack. As Nick helps Olivia improve her act along the way, sparks begin to fly and ignite what they thought was an impossible flame. Maybe being stuck with Nick in a Jeep isn t so bad. As long as it doesn t get in the way of Olivia s actual funny business.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The competitive selection process for a prized college scholarship turns deadly in the latest thriller from USA Today bestselling author David Bell.On a beautiful spring day, six college students with nothing in common besides a desperate inability to pay for school gather to compete for the prestigious Hyde Fellowship.Milo The front-runnerNatalia The brainJames The rule followerSydney The athleteDuffy The cowboyEmily The social justice warriorThe six of them must surrender their devices when they enter Hyde House, an aging Victorian structure that sits in a secluded part of campus. Once inside, the doors lock behind them. The students are not allowed to leave until they spend eight hours with a college administrator who will do almost anything to keep the school afloat, and Nicholas Hyde, the privileged and notoriously irresponsible heir to the Hyde family fortune. If the students leave before time is up, they ll be immediately disqualified. But when one of the six finalists drops dead, the other students fear they re being picked off one by one. With a violent protest raging outside, and no way to escape, the survivors viciously turn on each other. The Finalists is a chilling and profound look at the lengths both students and colleges will go to survive in a resource-starved academic world.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL My Sweet Girl pushes the boundaries of what a thriller can do. The Washington Post Fiendish [and] full of twists . Sri Lankan author Amanda Jayatissa keeps us guessing and worrying until the very end. The New York Times A thriller centered on the meaning of identity and all the layers it can have. NPRPaloma thought her perfect life would begin once she was adopted and made it to America, but she s about to find out that no matter how far you run, your past always catches up to you Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything schools, money, and parents so perfect that she fears she'll never live up to them. Now at thirty years old and recently cut off from her parents funds, she decides to sublet the second bedroom of her overpriced San Francisco apartment to Arun, who recently moved from India. Paloma has to admit, it feels good helping someone find their way in America that is until Arun discovers Paloma's darkest secret, one that could jeopardize her own fragile place in this country. Before Paloma can pay Arun off, she finds him face down in a pool of blood. She flees the apartment but by the time the police arrive, there's no body and no evidence that Arun ever even existed in the first place. Paloma is terrified this is all somehow tangled up in the desperate actions she took to escape Sri Lanka so many years ago. Did Paloma s secret die with Arun or is she now in greater danger than ever before.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The second installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, now streaming on Netflix.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fascinating, glamorous novel based on Lady Lucile Duff-Gordon, who by changing her own life, changed the world of fashion.Lady Lucile Duff-Gordon knows she is talented. She sees color, light, fabric, and texture in ways few other people do. But is the world ready for her A world dominated by men who would try to control her and use her art for their own gain After being deserted by her wealthy husband and her society friends, Lucile is desperate to survive. She turns to her one true talent to make a living. As a little girl, the dresses she made for her dolls were the envy of her group of playmates. Now, she uses her courageous innovations in Belle Époque fashion to feed her own child. Lucile knows it is an uphill battle, and a single woman is not supposed to succeed on her own, but she refuses to give up. She will claim her place in the fashion world; failure simply is not an option.Then, on a frigid night in 1912, Lucile's life changes once more, when she becomes one of 706 people to survive the sinking of the Titanic. She could never have imagined the effects the disaster would have on her career, her marriage to her second husband, and her legacy. But no matter what life throws at her, Lucile will live on as a trailblazing and fearless fashion icon, never letting go of what she worked so hard to earn. This is her story.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'To those who lurk in the shadows, he's known as the Gray Man. He is a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible and then fading away. And he always hits his target. Always. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. Forces like money. And power. And there are men who hold these as the only currency worth fighting for. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. But Court Gentry is going to prove that, for him, there's no gray area between killing for a living and killing to stay alive.'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'In this fast-paced, twisted family saga, Shari Lapena keeps you guessing until the very last page?' -Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on The TrainThe latest New York Times bestseller from the author of The Couple Next Door and The End of Her who has sold more than 7 million copies of her books worldwideIn this family, everyone is keeping secrets-even the dead.Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there, and Fred and Sheila Merton certainly are rich. But even all their money can't protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mertons are brutally murdered after a fraught Easter dinner with their three adult kids. Who, of course, are devastated.Or are they They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their vindictive father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of the siblings is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did someone snap after that dreadful evening Or did another person appear later that night with the worst of intentions That must be what happened. After all, if one of the family were capable of something as gruesome as this, you'd know.Wouldn't you Story Locale: Upstate New York.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The author of Expect to Win offers essential career strategies for today s economic climateAppointed by President Barack Obama to chair the National Women s Business Council in 2013, Carla Harris knows that the working world isn t what it used to be. Addressing these changes, Harris s new book gives today s readers the tools they need to get started, get unstuck from bad situations, redirect momentum, and position themselves to manage their career no matter what the economic environment or job market might be. Readers know Harris, and they trust her straightforward advice. With battle-tested, step-by-step strategies for every career stage, Strategize to Win will takes its place beside Expect to Win as a category classic.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Rival Chicago photographers are forced to collaborate on a body-positive lingerie campaign, but they might have to readjust their focus when sparks fly?Photographer Cassie Harris loves her job-her company Buxom Boudoir makes people look beautiful and feel empowered with her modern twist on classic pinup photography, and her best friend-slash-model wants Cassie to shoot and direct a career-changing national campaign for her new dangerously dreamy lingerie line. But company politics and Dana's complicated pregnancy interfere, and Cassie finds herself-a proud plus size Black woman-not behind the camera, but laced up in front of it.Cassie's pretty sure she can handle the sheer underwear and caution tape bralettes. But she's not sure she can work so intimately with the chosen photographer, her long-time competitor in the Chicago photography scene, Reid Montgomery?Story Locale: Chicago, IL.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A psychic who isn't sure she believes in herself and a skeptic journalist with one last chance at redemption are brought together by secrets from the past that also threaten to tear them apart.Psychic-medium Sylvie Young starts every show with her origin story, telling the audience how she discovered her abilities. But she leaves out a lot-the plane crash that killed her parents when she was four, the estranged adoptive parents who tend orchards in rainy Oregon, and the fact that she researches her clients on social media so she can be sure to make at least some accurate predictions.After a catastrophic reporting error, Thomas Holmes' next story at the LA Times may be his last, and he's got a great personal pitch. His mother was nearly bankrupted by 'grief vampires' like Sylvie after a tragic accident, and he's dead set on using his last chance article to expose her for the conniving liar he's convinced she is. But the secrets Sylvie and Thomas are keeping from each other are nothing compared to the secrets they are keeping from themselves. Almost all of Sylvie's origin story is a lie, even the parts she never tells. Searching for the truth about her past might destroy them both-or it might be the only way to find out what is real.Story Locale: Portland, Oregon.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A riveting and previously untold history of the American West, as seen by the pioneering women who advocated for their rights amidst challenges of migration and settlement, and transformed the country in the processBetween 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, lured by adventure, opportunity, and the spirit of Manifest Destiny. These settlers soon realized that survival in a new society required women to compromise eastern sensibilities and take on some of their husbands' responsibilities. At a time when women had very few legal or economic--much less political--rights, these women soon proved just as essential as men to westward expansion. During the mid-nineteenth century, the traditional domestic model of womanhood shifted to include public service, with the women of the West becoming town mothers who established schools, churches, and philanthropies, while also coproviding for their families. They claimed their own homesteads and graduated from new, free coeducational colleges that provided career alternatives to marriage. In 1869, the men of the Wyoming Territory gave women the right to vote--partly to persuade more of them to move west--but with this victory in hand, western suffragists fought relentlessly until the rest of the region followed suit. By 1914 western women became the first American women to vote--a right still denied to women in every eastern state. In New Women in the Old West, Winifred Gallagher brings to life the riveting history of the little-known women--the White, Black, and Asian settlers, and the Native Americans and Hispanics they displaced--who played monumental roles in one of America's most transformative periods. Drawing on an extraordinary collection of research, Gallagher weaves together the striking legacy of the persistent individuals who not only created homes on weather-wracked prairies, but also played a vital, unrecognized role in the women's rights movement and forever redefined the 'American woman.'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - At turns painful, at turns soaring, an ambitious memoir debut from one of Irish literature's rising stars, Seán HewittFilling aimless post-grad months at a hostel in Colombia, Seán Hewitt watched a new arrival climb into the top bunk late one night. The next morning he quietly adjusted the curtains to preserve the darkness for the man the reader comes to know as Elias. That protective and caring gesture would mark the first and foundational act of their relationship.But this mythologized peace would not last. The abstract statistic that queer young adults are five times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers is made terrifyingly concrete on the winter morning of Elias's 27th birthday, when he goes in secret to his family's cabin by the North Sea with a bottle of rum and a backpack of pills.Hewitt arrives at the eleventh hour and in the aftermath of that terrible day he confronts the profound rupture rent by this suicide attempt, endeavoring to mend and to understand it. From a sacred grotto in the Pyrenees, to a 19th Century cemetery in Liverpool, to that seaside cabin, ALL DOWN DARKNESS WIDE is haunted by the rites of Catholicism, by the veiled threat in the words 'I'm just scared that you will be unhappy,' and by generations of queer men and women, closeted and ostracized.It is a perceptive and unflinching meditation on the burden of living in a world that too often sets true happiness and queer life at odds, and a tender and honest portrayal of what it's like to be caught in the undertow of a loved one's deep depression. It asks what love can endure, and what it simply cannot.Yet, the voice is alive to hidden corners of beauty as only a poet can be. Hewitt captures transcendent moments in nature with exquisite lyricism. And, he provides a masterclass in the incredible power of unsparing specificity. ALL DOWN DARKNESS WIDE illuminates a path ahead for queer literature and for the literature of heartbreak, and strikes a piercing and resonant chord for all who trace Hewitt's careful footsteps. Story Locale: Cambridge, UK / Colombia / Liverpool, UK / Gothenburg, Sweden / Lourdes, France.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Sam Dogen's Financial Samurai blog has helped over 70 million people achieve financial freedom. Now, he shares his no-nonsense playbook to build wealth and retire early through smarter spending. When it comes to our money, many of us believe that to acquire more we have to spend less. But the truth is that a mindset of skimping and frugality can lead you to miss opportunities for income growth and kill your dreams of early retirement. To live our best life today-while planning for an even better tomorrow-we need to make smarter, not fewer, spending decisions. In Buy This, Not That, Dogen shares his brass-tacks strategies for building wealth, no matter how much money you have in the bank. With hard numbers and his signature straight talk, Dogen reveals the spending dos and donts for the biggest, and the smallest, purchases of your life. In topics ranging from career, to education, to family and parenting, to lifestyle and real-estate-Dogen shows how to calculate your optimal calorie-per-dollar budget. You don't need to be a millionaire or a genius to achieve financial freedom. It's about making the most of your money, now, and forever-and it's never too late to get started'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An author and human rights activist offers his inspiring approach to a happier, more ethical way of life by embracing Sikh teachings.In More of This, Please, Simran Jeet Singh-a writer, educator, and human rights activist-shares a powerful approach to living a purposeful and rewarding life. Growing up in Texas the son of Indian immigrants, he has confronted racism, bullying, and ethnic slurs throughout his life: at school, on the athletic field, in his San Antonio neighborhood and on the streets of New York City. Instead of growing bitter or angry, Singh drew from Sikh teachings to seek out the good in every situation and find positive ways to direct his energy. These tenets of love, caring, and service to others have empowered him to forge a life of connection and a commitment to justice that have brought him deep happiness and made him a national figure in the areas of diversity, inclusion, and social justice. More of This, Please is a new approach to building a personal vision of ethical living in which love, sincere caring, and service to others go hand in hand with personal happiness. This book speaks to those who are inspired to take on positive change but don't know where to begin. To those who crave the chance to be compassionate but are afraid of being vulnerable. To those who seek the bravery to confront hatred with true love. As a self-described 'brown-skinned, turban-wearing, bearded Sikh born and raised in Texas,' Singh has spent his life reaching beyond his comfort zone to practice this deeper form of living. He believes that everyone can learn the skills and insights that have kept him engaged and led him to a commitment to activism without becoming consumed by anger, self-pity, or burnout. Part memoir, part spiritual journey, More of This, Please is a transformative book of hope that shows how each of us can turn away from uncertainty and fear and move toward renewal and positive change.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An exploration and manifesto investigating the power of reading-and our potential to become radically better readers in the world-by an acclaimed novelist.How many times have we heard that reading builds empathy That we can travel through books How often have we were heard about the importance of diversifying our bookshelves Or claimed that books saved our life Of course, these beautiful words are sometimes true. But reading is-and can be-more powerful, more relevant, and more vital than we currently let it be. Castillo illuminates-and insists upon-our potential to become better readers, readers who will wield the powers of comprehension, analysis, and pleasure ruthlessly, effectively, and to startling result, in order to enact equity, kindle authentic connection, and clear space for voices to be heard.What do the cliches and good intentions we rely on to talk about the warm fuzzy feeling of reading gloss over or sell short when it comes to the critical skills reading fosters, and the range of emotions reading allows us to explore Castillo illuminates-and insists upon-our potential to become better readers, readers who will wield the power of reading ruthlessly, effectively, and to startling result to enact equity, kindle authentic connection, and clear space for voices to be heard. As Castillo interrogates and reflects on the stale questions and uncritical proclamations that so often sub in for vital discussion, she takes readers on deep dives through everything from anime to the overlooked novels of Peter Hanke to the art of the mix tape, all while mapping the paths toward more lively, more urgent, more inclusive reading. By widening the lens of reading to include the ways we digest all media, Elaine Castillo brings fresh philosophical and moral clout to our discussions of the power of reading.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When it comes to the climate, we don t need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action.The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not opinions. Insights, not statistics. And a shift from thinking about climate change as a me problem to a we problem. The Carbon Almanac is a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between hundreds of writers, researchers, thinkers, and illustrators that focuses on what we know, what has come before, and what might happen next. Drawing on over 1,000 data points, the book uses cartoons, quotes, illustrations, tables, histories, and articles to lay out carbon s impact on our food system, ocean acidity, agriculture, energy, biodiversity, extreme weather events, the economy, human health, and best and worst-case scenarios. Visually engaging and built to share, The Carbon Almanac is the definitive source for facts and the basis for a global movement to fight climate change. This isn t what the oil companies, marketers, activists, or politicians want you to believe. This is what s really happening, right now. Our planet is in trouble, and no one concerned group, corporation, country, or hemisphere can address this on its own. Self-interest only increases the problem. We are in this together. And it s not too late for concerted, collective action for change.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Loosely inspired by a true story, the harrowing tale of a commoner who marries a prince but soon discovers that what she thought was her fairy-tale ending is actually her worst nightmare-and no matter how many times she tries to run away, her new life is one she'll never be permitted to escape.Olympic track star Caroline Muller is on top of the world: she's just won a gold medal and set the record in the women's marathon. But it's while she's training for her next race that it all falls apart-a devastating injury ends her running career for good. Then, while convalescing at a remote health center, she forges an unexpected bond with a handsome young man who's also recovering from a grave injury. Sheltered young Caroline, who grew up on a remote farm in South Africa and who dropped out of school after eighth grade to focus on her running, has no idea that she's just met the Crown Prince of Lucomo, a tiny but wealthy principality on the Mediterranean coastline. Soon Caroline will be propelled from her modest life into a world of unimaginable wealth, power, and glamour. But with power comes those who wish to abuse it, and Caroline soon learns that her new life is not the dream-come-true she'd thought it would be. And that her new husband is not who he seemed at first. But Caroline is an integral part of the royal family's plan for remaining in power, and they won't let her get away so easily?Barbara Bourland's stunning new novel is both an emotionally nuanced coming-of-age tale about a sheltered young woman who falls in love with the wrong man-and pays a devastating price-and a clear-eyed and insightful contemporary meditation on authoritarian power, one that pulls back the curtain on the corruption, greed, and behind-the-scenes machinations perpetuated by wealthy elites around the world to maintain their grip on power.