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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - LEARN TO WRITE WITH ALL YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS FROM DR. SEUSS! With 80+ pages of fun activities, games, and exercises, this friendly workbook gives kids aged 4-6 plenty of practice tracing the letters of the alphabet and numbers 0-9 alongside beloved friends like The Cat in The Hat, Horton, and The Lorax.Developed by education experts, this brand new Dr. Seuss Workbook offers a progressive, step-by-step approach to print handwriting. Young learners first learn how to correctly hold a pencil and form lines and shapes, then progress to lowercase letters, uppercase letters, and numbers.Reinforced with plenty of practice and repetition, it also includes puzzles and activities for added fun!Also available from the Dr. Seuss Workbooks line:Dr. Seuss Cursive Workbook Dr. Seuss Workbook: Preschool Dr. Seuss Workbook: Kindergarten Dr. Seuss Wipe-Clean Workbook: Letters and Numbers.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC's bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!Considered one of the greatest stories in the Dark Knight's historic lore, BATMAN: THE COURT OF OWLS SAGA is an epic tale told by two of comics' finest storytellers.After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy going back to his youth and beyond to the origins of the city he's sworn to protect.Could the Court of Owls, once thought to be nothing more than an urban legend, be behind the crime and corruption Or is Bruce Wayne losing his grip on sanity and falling prey to the pressures of his war on crime Collects Batman (2011) #1-11. Capullo, Greg (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HUGO AWARD WINNER | A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In an alternate America, a murder mystery evolves into an ominous, planet-wide conspiracy in a world where superheroes shifted the course of history as we know itThe compact paperback edition of the groundbreaking masterpiece from comics legends Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons that took apart the infallible superhero archetype, forever changing graphic storytellingIt's the 1980sThe United States has emerged victorious in the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon remains in office, and the Cold War rages on. Superheroes have been outlawed, with some going into retirement, some becoming government agents, and still others turning to vigilantism.And an unknown assassin is stalking a group of heroes who've fallen from grace, plagued by all-too-human failings. After this scattered teamRorschach, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan, and Ozymandiascomes together to mourn a friend, they discover that the murder is part of a larger plot to upend the fragile geo-political balance and spread calamity across the world.Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC's bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size! This portable pocket edition is a great entry point for fans new to Watchmen!"A landmark in the graphic novel medium."Time Magazine"Watchmen is peerless."Rolling Stone. Gibbons, Dave (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NATIONAL BESTSELLER The lives of a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Europe and a mother and daughter fleeing twenty-first-century El Salvador intersect in this ambitious, intricate novel about war and immigration (People), from theauthor of A Long Petal of the Sea and Violeta Timely, provocative . . . emotionally satisfying . . . [a story about] the kindness of strangers who become family. The New York Times Book ReviewAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARVienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht the night his family loses everything. As her child's safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel's mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin.Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Díaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Durán, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita's mother.Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers and never stop dreaming.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A contemporary teen romance novel, now available in paperback, featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed.Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical first kiss and landing a spot in the school play. Within the halls of Holy Trinity High, she finds a world where things are no longer black and white and quickly learns that living in color is much more fun. But Jessie gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Immerse yourself in the final book in the epic fantasy trilogy from the author of the New York Times bestselling Ash Pricess series. Followthree princesses and the destiny they were born for: seduction, conquest, and the crown.They were promised for marriage since birth, and raised to bring down kingdoms, but the triplet princesses of Bessemia s true destiny has always been to die and one already has. Since Sophronia s murder Princesses Daphne and Beatriz have discovered the truth: that they are pawns in their mother s game. A scheme that will see her empress not just of Bessemia, but the entire continent of Vesteria. But the princesses have their own plans.Beatriz and Daphne are still separated by a continent, and there are enemies everywhere, but now they have allies, and they stretch across the borders of Vesteria. Sophronia s husband, the deposed King Leopold; Violie, a former spy for Empress Margaraux; and Beatriz s missing husband, Pasquale and his lover, Ambrose. Now, with their help and the magic of the stars above, the princesses are ready to make their final stand.But whispers of an ancient prophecy follow them--there are secrets from the their past that have yet to be revealed and every move they make, the empress seems to always be one step ahead them. If there s any hope for the princesses, the girls will need to use every skill their mother taught them, trust in the magic in their veins, and defy fate, itself or all is lost for the people of Vesteria.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Sam and Sadietwo college friends, often in love, but never loversbecome creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before. 'Delightful and absorbing.' The New York Times 'Utterly brilliant.' John GreenOne of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century A Los Angeles Times Best Fiction Book of the Last 30 Years One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, GoodReads, Oprah DailyFrom the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and to the characters that captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers in his beloved best sellers Nobody's Fool and Everybody's Fool."Sumptuous, spirited . . . [Russo] paints a shining fresco of a working-class community." The New York Times 'Another instant classic, filled with Russo's witty dialogue and warm understanding of human foibles.' People MagazineTen years after the death of the magnetic Donald "Sully" Sullivan, the town of North Bath is going through a major transition as it is annexed by its much wealthier neighbor, Schuyler Springs. Peter, Sully's son, is still grappling with his father's tremendous legacy as well as his relationship to his own son, Thomas, wondering if he has been all that different a father than Sully was to him.Meanwhile, the towns' newly consolidated police department falls into the hands of Charice Bond, after the resignation of Doug Raymer, the former North Bath police chief and Charice's ex-lover. When a decomposing body turns up in the abandoned hotel situated between the two towns, Charice and Raymer are drawn together again and forced to address their complicated attraction to one another. Across town, Ruth, Sully's married ex-lover, and her daughter Janey struggle to understand Janey's daughter, Tina, and her growing obsession with Peter's other son, Will. Amidst the turmoil, the town's residents speculate on the identity of the unidentified body, and wonder who among their number could have disappeared unnoticed.Infused with all the wry humor and shrewd observations that Russo is known for, Somebody's Fool is another classic from a modern master.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prizewinning author and master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth Romemetropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysicalis the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine storiesIn "The Boundary," one family vacations in the Roman countryside, though we see their lives through the eyes of the caretaker's daughter, who nurses a wound from her family's immigrant past. In "P's Parties," a Roman couple, now empty nesters, finds comfort and community with foreigners at their friend's yearly birthday gatheringuntil the husband crosses a line.And in "The Steps," on a public staircase that connects two neighborhoods and the residents who climb up and down it, we see Italy's capital in all of its social and cultural variegations, filled with the tensions of a changing city: visibility and invisibility, random acts of aggression, the challenge of straddling worlds and cultures, and the meaning of home.These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri's adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. Stories steeped in the moods of Italian master Alberto Moravia and guided, in the concluding tale, by the ineluctable ghost of Dante Alighieri, whose words lead the protagonist toward a new way of life.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A hot one-night standand an unexpected pregnancylead a young woman to someone she can depend on, from the viral TikTok author of Next of Kin and Next to You."A beautiful love story, full of joy from beginning to end!"New York Times bestselling author Sarah AdamsAN ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEARWinnifred "Win" McNulty has always been wildly independent and not one to be coddled for her limb difference. Win has spent most of her life trying to prove that she can do it all on her own. With some minor adjustments, she's done just fine.Hooking up at a costume party with the incredibly charming Bo changes everything. Win finds herself pregnantand decides to keep the baby. While Bo is surprisingly elated to step up to the plate, Win is unsure of whether she can handle this new challenge.Together, Win and Bo decide to get to know one another as friends and nothing more while they embark on this parenting journey together. But, as they both should know by now, life rarely goes according to plan.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Join Dr. Seuss' beloved character the Cat in The Hat as he teaches the ins and outs (and ups and downs and swoops and swirls) of cursive handwriting! With 80+ pages of fun activities and exercises, this friendly workbook for ages 7 and up provides plenty of practice in writing cursive letters alongside all your favorite charaters, from Horton to The Lorax!Developed by education experts, this brand new Dr. Seuss Workbook offers a step-by-step approach to cursive handwriting. Young learners learn how to form lowercase and uppercase letters systematically, progressing through similar letter shapes and pen movements; and then move on to connecting letters to form words and simple sentences.Reinforced with plenty of practice and repetition, it also includes puzzles and activities for added fun!Also available from the Dr. Seuss Workbooks line:Dr. Seuss Handwriting Workbook Dr. Seuss Workbook: Grade 1 Dr. Seuss Workbook: Grade 2 Dr. Seuss Workbook: Grade 3.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this sly and dazzling contemporary fantasy, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up with a trickster godturneddetective to track down a wrathful demon.before it can destroy the mortal world. "Enchanting fantasy . . . With an intoxicating mix of action, mystery, and deliciously angsty romance, this reads like the most bingeable K-drama."Publishers Weekly (starred review)Kim Hani has retired from a life of devouring souls. She is, simply put, too full. Once known as the infamous Scarlet Fox, she now spends her days working in a coffee shop and annoying a particularly irritating, if unfairly handsome, trickster god as often as she can. That god is Seokga the Fallen. Exiled from the heavenly kingdom of Okhwang, he now begrudgingly resides in the mortal realm, working toward his redemption and suffering through his interactions with the particularly infuriating, if sneakily charming, gumiho barista at his favorite café. But when a powerful demon escapes from the underworld and threatens to end all of humanity, Okhwang's emperor offers Seokga an enticing bargain: Kill this rogue creature, as well as the legendary and elusive Scarlet Fox, and he will be reinstated as a god. Hani, however, has no intention of being caught. Seokga might be a trickster god, but she has a trick of her own that he'll never see coming: teaming up. As Seokga's assistant, Hani will undermine and sabotage his investigation right under his overly pointy nose. Sure, she'll help him kill the demon, but she certainly won't allow him to uncover her secret identity while they're at it. As the bickering partners track their case down a path of mayhem and violence, the god and the gumiho find themselves inescapably drawn to each other. But will the unlikely couple stand together to prevent the apocalypse, or will they let their secrets tear themand the worldapart.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the creator of Waiting for Spring comes a new college romance that meditates on just what destiny means, and whether 'the one' is really out there. A fresh and stylish spin on shojo manga!'I wouldn't come over if the thought of something happening between us bothered me.' -- These words keep repeating in Yuuki's mind. She can't believe that she revealed that to Iori that night. But what is bothering her even more is the alluring Airi, the girlfriend of Iori's brother, Ibuki.and why does Ibuki think that Airi is cheating on him .…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!The bestselling first book in the Dragon Scales duology, in which long-banished dragons, revered as gods, return to the mortal realmnow in paperback with a new glossary and timeline.Dragonfall is aslowburn, smoldering romance betweena thief and the last male dragon who are drawn together by prophecy and an ancient artifact with the power to break the world. Recommended by USA TODAY for readers of dragon-filled fantasy and Fourth Wing'In Dragonfall, Lam has forged a fresh and intricate world, a smoldering romance, and a fire-new take on dragons.' Samantha Shannon, New York Times-bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree'What you will find here may be exactly what you love in fantasy: Dragonfall is an intriguing blend of magic, a thief, trickery, and an unexpected dragon.' Robin Hobb, New York Times-bestselling author of Fool's Assassin 'Dragonfall is a romance fantasy like you've never read before. A queer-norm world with new ways of telling tales, L. R. Lam is breaking boundaries and binaries yet again with a brilliant fantasy book that you won't want to miss.' Hannah Kaner, #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author of GodkillerLong ago, humans betrayed dragons, stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world. Centuries later, their descendants worship dragons as gods. But the 'gods' remember, and they do not forgive.Thief Arcady scrapes a living on the streets of Vatra. Desperate, Arcady steals a powerful artifact from the bones of the Plaguebringer, the most hated person in Lumet history. Only Arcady knows the artifact's magic holds the key to a new life among the nobles at court and a chance for revenge.The spell connects to Everen, the last male dragon foretold to save his kind, dragging him through the Veil. Disguised as a human, Everen soon learns that to regain his true power and form and fulfil his destiny, he only needs to convince one little thief to trust him enough to bond completely--body, mind, and souland then kill them.Yet the closer the two become, the greater the risk both their worlds will shatter.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An 'engrossing, affecting, and singular' (Publishers Weekly)debut novel about love, family, queerness, and losing your mind in the modern world.While god is sending her signs through Instagram and Spotify demanding she break up with her girlfriend, Norma meets with a new therapist for one reason: she really needs to write again. With only one chapter missing in her manuscript, Norma is desperate to know if she needs to leave her girlfriend in order to write The Last Story. The new therapist diagnoses Norma with Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder, but Norma isn't having it. It's just Oblivion. Haunted by SSRI side effects and life becoming less hazily fictional by the day, Norma has never felt crazier. Does anyone else see the world's poorly crafted plotline Like, who even wrote this story Norma begins sharing her manuscript with her therapist, hoping to connect the dissociative dots once and for allor at least enough so that Google ads stop giving her panic attacks. But soon Norma is questioning everything she's ever believed about life, writing, and love.And then there's Norma's girlfriend, the one with a crack of light in her eyes. Could she be Oblivion's antagonist, the manuscript's savior Or is she just a human Told alternately through Norma's barely fictional fiction and her crackling stream of consciousness, Please Stop Trying To Leave Me is an honest, comedic, horrifying, and heart-wrenching story about existing in today's world, challenging all we've been taught about the distance between fiction and reality, sanity and insanity, mental illness and healing.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facing their most daunting challenge yet: preventing the murder of the imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh.Someone is trying to kill Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Esteemed aunt of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, generous patroness of Mr. William Collins, a woman of rank who rules over the estate of Rosings Park with an unimpeachable sense of proprietywho would dare Lady Catherine summons her grand-nephew, Mr. Jonathan Darcy, and his investigative companion, Miss Juliet Tilney, to find out.After a year apart, Jonathan and Juliet are thrilled to be reunited, even if the circumstancesfinding whoever has thus far sabotaged Lady Catherine's carriage, shot at her, and nearly pushed her down the stairsare less than ideal. Also less than ideal: their respective fathers, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy and Mr. Henry Tilney, have accompanied the young detectives to Rosings, and the two men do not interact with the same felicity enjoyed by their children.With attempts against Lady Catherine escalating, and no one among the list of prime suspects seemingly capable of committing all of the attacks, the pressure on Jonathan and Juliet mountseven as more gentle feelings between the two of them begin to bloom. The race is now on to provoke two confessions: one from the attempted murderer before it is too lateand one, perhaps, of love.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them, from the award-winning author of The Plaza. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Vogue, Smithsonian, New York Post, and Financial Times 'Ms. Satow's carefully researched book is compulsively readable: I found myself dashing through it like a novel. She portrays the women with verve; we get a glimpse into their lives, as well as a sense of what it was like at each of these retail meccas.' The Wall Street Journal'Compelling and colorful' The Washington PostThe twentieth century American department store: a palace of consumption where every wish could be met under one roof afternoon tea, a stroll through the latest fashions, a wedding (or funeral) planned. It was a place where women, shopper and shopgirl alike, could stake out a newfound independence. Whether in New York or Chicago or on Main Street, USA, men owned the buildings, but inside, women ruled.In this hothouse atmosphere, three women rose to the top. In the 1930s, Hortense Odlum of Bonwit Teller came to her husband's department store as a housewife tasked with attracting more shoppers like herself, and wound up running the company. Dorothy Shaver of Lord & Taylor championed American designers during World War II--before which US fashions were almost exclusively Parisian copies--becoming the first businesswoman to earn a $1 million salary. And in the 1960s Geraldine Stutz of Henri Bendel re-invented the look of the modern department store. With a preternatural sense for trends, she inspired a devoted following of ultra-chic shoppers as well as decades of copycats.In When Women Ran Fifth Avenue, journalist Julie Satow draws back the curtain on three visionaries who took great risks, forging new paths for the women who followed in their footsteps. This stylish account, rich with personal drama and trade secrets, captures the department store in all its glitz, decadence, and fun, and showcases the women who made that beautifully curated world go round. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A YA unbury-your-gays horror in which an undead teen must find the boy he loves before he loses his mind and body.Five years ago, a parasite poisoned the water of Ian's West Virginia hometown, turning dozens of locals into dark-eyed, oil-dripping shells of their former selves. With chronic migraines and seizures limiting his physical abilities, Ian relies on his best friend and secret love Eric to mercy-kill any infected people they come across.Until a new health report about the contamination triggers a mandatory government evacuation, and Ian cracks his head in the rush. Used to hospitals and health scares, Ian always thought he'd die young. but he wasn't planning on coming back. Much less face the slow, painful realization that Eric left him behind to die.Desperate to find Eric and the truth before the parasite takes over him, Ian along with two others left behindhis old childhood rival Monica and the jaded prepper Angeljourney to track down Eric. What they don't know is that Eric is also looking for Ian, and he's determined to mercy-kill him.A Washington State Book Award Finalist.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A striking deluxe edition of James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel that was decades ahead of its time with its frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptancenamed one of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the past 100 years "Baldwin writes . . . with unusual candor and yet with such dignity and intensity."The New York Times Includes a new introduction by award-winning poet Kevin Young and special cover art featuring a portrait of James Baldwin by his friend and contemporary Beauford DelaneyIn 1950s Paris, a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. With sharp, probing insight, James Baldwin's classic novel delves into the mysteries of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory."Dazzling" Walter Mosley, The New York Times Book Review.It's 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It's strictly the straight-and-narrow for him until he needs Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter May and he decides to hit up his old police contact Munson, fixer extraordinaire. But Munson has his own favors to ask of Carney and staying out of the game gets a lot more complicated and deadly.1973. The counter-culture has created a new generation, the old ways are being overthrown, but there is one constant, Pepper, Carney's endearingly violent partner in crime. It's getting harder to put together a reliable crew for hijackings, heists, and assorted felonies, so Pepper takes on a side gig doing security on a Blaxploitation shoot in Harlem. He finds himself in a freaky world of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming comedians, and celebrity drug dealers, in addition to the usual cast of hustlers, mobsters, and hit men. These adversaries underestimate the seasoned crook to their regret.1976. Harlem is burning, block by block, while the whole country is gearing up for Bicentennial celebrations. Carney is trying to come up with a July 4th ad he can live with. ('Two Hundred Years of Getting Away with It!'), while his wife Elizabeth is campaigning for her childhood friend, the former assistant D.A and rising politician Alexander Oakes. When a fire severely injures one of Carney's tenants, he enlists Pepper to look into who may be behind it. Our crooked duo have to battle their way through a crumbling metropolis run by the shady, the violent, and the utterly corrupted.CROOK MANIFESTO is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege, but also a sneakily searching portrait of the meaning of family. Colson Whitehead's kaleidoscopic portrait of Harlem is sure to stand as one of the all-time great evocations of a place and a time.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The reunited Jedi prepare to strike back against the ruthless Nihil in this thrilling sequel to Star Wars: The Eye of Darkness.For over a year, Jedi Masters Avar Kriss and Elzar Mann were kept apart by the Nihil's Stormwall. After Avar makes a daring escape from inside the Occlusion Zone, the star-crossed Jedi are reunited. But while the physical distance between them has evaporated, their shared grief over their failure to protect the galaxy from the Nihil threat remains.To rally the Jedi Order and the Republic, Avar and Elzar cling to their belief in serving Light and Life. Together, they lead a daring mission into Nihil space to liberate the planet of Naboo and show those trapped behind the Stormwall that the Jedi will never abandon them. Now back within close orbit of each other, the two Jedi Masters can no longer deny the bond that has always drawn them back together and made them stronger.After finally embracing their true desires and imbued with renewed purpose, Avar and Elzar devise a plan to turn the tide of the conflict with the Nihil once and for all. Accompanied by Jedi Knights Bell Zettifar, Burryaga, and Vernestra Rwoh, the Jedi begin their hunt for Marchion Ro. But to seek out the Nihil's dangerous leader, the Jedi will have to survive the Nameless terrors that thus far they have been powerless to stop.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How did we become a world where factsshared truthshave lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally How have we allowed the proliferation of alternative facts, hoaxes, even conspiracy theories, to destroy our trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate experts Best-selling journalist Steven Brill documents the forces and people, from Silicon Valley to Madison Avenue to Moscow to Washington, that have created and exploited this world of chaos and divisionand offers practical solutions for what we can do about it.'A precise description of the punishment cell we have built around our minds and the first few steps back towards light and air.' Timothy Snyder, Author of On Tyranny and Professor of History, Yale University"A seminal, ground-breaking, documented and honest examination of two of the central dilemmas of our timewhat is truth and where to find it." Bob Woodward, associate editor at The Washington PostAs the cofounder of NewsGuard, a company that tracks online misinformation, Steven Brill has observed the rise of fake news from a front-row seat. In The Death of Truth, with startling, often terrifying clarity, he explains how we got hereand how we can get back to a world where truth matters.None of thisconspiracy theories embraced, expertise ridiculed, empirical evidence ignoredhas happened by accident. Brill takes us inside the decisions made by executives in Silicon Valley to code the algorithms embedded in their social media platforms to maximize profits by pushing divisive content. He unravels the ingenious creation of automated advertising buying systems that reward that click-baiting content and penalize reliable news publishers, and describes how the use of these ad-financed, misinformation platforms by politicians, hucksters, and conspiracy theorists deceives ordinary citizens. He documents how the most powerful adversaries of America have used American-made social media and advertising tools against us with massive disinformation campaignsand how, with the development of generative artificial intelligence, everything could get exponentially worse unless we act. The stakes are high for all of us, including Brill himself, whose company's role in exposing Russian disinformation operations resulted in a Russian agent targeting him and his family.Crucially, Brill lays out a series of provocative but realistic prescriptions for what we can do now to reverse courseproposals certain to stir debate and even action that could curb the power of big tech to profit from division and chaos, tamp down polarization, and restore the trust necessary to bring us together. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -LEARN TO WRITE WITH ALL YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS FROM DR. SEUSS! With 80+ pages of fun activities, games, and exercises, this friendly workbook gives kids aged 4-6 plenty of practice tracing the letters of the alphabet and numbers 0-9 alongside beloved friends like The Cat in The Hat, Horton, and The Lorax.Developed by education experts, this brand new Dr. Seuss Workbook offers a progressive, step-by-step approach to print handwriting. Young learners first learn how to correctly hold a pencil and form lines and shapes, then progress to lowercase letters, uppercase letters, and numbers.Reinforced with plenty of practice and repetition, it also includes puzzles and activities for added fun!Also available from the Dr. Seuss Workbooks line:Dr. Seuss Cursive Workbook Dr. Seuss Workbook: Preschool Dr. Seuss Workbook: Kindergarten Dr. Seuss Wipe-Clean Workbook: Letters and NumbersLibri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC's bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!Considered one of the greatest stories in the Dark Knight's historic lore, BATMAN: THE COURT OF OWLS SAGA is an epic tale told by two of comics' finest storytellers.After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy going back to his youth and beyond to the origins of the city he's sworn to protect.Could the Court of Owls, once thought to be nothing more than an urban legend, be behind the crime and corruption Or is Bruce Wayne losing his grip on sanity and falling prey to the pressures of his war on crime Collects Batman (2011) #1-11.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 304 pp. Englisch. Capullo, Greg (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -HUGO AWARD WINNER | A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In an alternate America, a murder mystery evolves into an ominous, planet-wide conspiracy in a world where superheroes shifted the course of history as we know itThe compact paperback edition of the groundbreaking masterpiece from comics legends Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons that took apart the infallible superhero archetype, forever changing graphic storytellingIt's the 1980sThe United States has emerged victorious in the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon remains in office, and the Cold War rages on. Superheroes have been outlawed, with some going into retirement, some becoming government agents, and still others turning to vigilantism.And an unknown assassin is stalking a group of heroes who've fallen from grace, plagued by all-too-human failings. After this scattered teamRorschach, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan, and Ozymandiascomes together to mourn a friend, they discover that the murder is part of a larger plot to upend the fragile geo-political balance and spread calamity across the world.Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC's bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size! This portable pocket edition is a great entry point for fans new to Watchmen!"A landmark in the graphic novel medium."Time Magazine"Watchmen is peerless."Rolling StonePetersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 416 pp. Englisch. Gibbons, Dave (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -NATIONAL BESTSELLER "The lives of a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Europe and a mother and daughter fleeing twenty-first-century El Salvador intersect in this ambitious, intricate novel about war and immigration" (People), from theauthor of A Long Petal of the Sea and Violeta "Timely, provocative . . . emotionally satisfying . . . [a story about] the kindness of strangers who become family."The New York Times Book ReviewAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARVienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnachtthe night his family loses everything. As her child's safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel's mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin.Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Díaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Durán, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita's mother.Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangersand never stop dreaming.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 336 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A contemporary teen romance novel, now available in paperback, featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed.Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical first kiss and landing a spot in the school play. Within the halls of Holy Trinity High, she finds a world where things are no longer black and white and quickly learns that living in color is much more fun. But Jessie gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 344 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Immerse yourself in the final book in the epic fantasy trilogy from the author of the New York Times bestselling Ash Pricess series. Follow three princesses and the destiny they were born for: seduction, conquest, and the crown.They were promised for marriage since birth, and raised to bring down kingdoms, but the triplet princesses of Bessemia's true destiny has always been to dieand one already has. Since Sophronia's murder Princesses Daphne and Beatriz have discovered the truth: that they are pawns in their mother's game. A scheme that will see her empress not just of Bessemia, but the entire continent of Vesteria. But the princesses have their own plans.Beatriz and Daphne are still separated by a continent, and there are enemies everywhere, but now they have allies, and they stretch across the borders of Vesteria. Sophronia's husband, the deposed King Leopold; Violie, a former spy for Empress Margaraux; and Beatriz's missing husband, Pasquale and his lover, Ambrose. Now, with their help and the magic of the stars above, the princesses are ready to make their final stand.But whispers of an ancient prophecy follow them--there are secrets from the their past that have yet to be revealedand every move they make, the empress seems to always be one step ahead them. If there's any hope for the princesses, the girls will need to use every skill their mother taught them, trust in the magic in their veins, and defy fate, itselfor all is lost for the people of Vesteria.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 532 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A hot one-night standand an unexpected pregnancylead a young woman to someone she can depend on, from the viral TikTok author of Next of Kin and Next to You."A beautiful love story, full of joy from beginning to end!"New York Times bestselling author Sarah AdamsAN ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEARWinnifred "Win" McNulty has always been wildly independent and not one to be coddled for her limb difference. Win has spent most of her life trying to prove that she can do it all on her own. With some minor adjustments, she's done just fine.Hooking up at a costume party with the incredibly charming Bo changes everything. Win finds herself pregnantand decides to keep the baby. While Bo is surprisingly elated to step up to the plate, Win is unsure of whether she can handle this new challenge.Together, Win and Bo decide to get to know one another as friends and nothing more while they embark on this parenting journey together. But, as they both should know by now, life rarely goes according to plan.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prizewinning author and master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth Romemetropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysicalis the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine storiesIn "The Boundary," one family vacations in the Roman countryside, though we see their lives through the eyes of the caretaker's daughter, who nurses a wound from her family's immigrant past. In "P's Parties," a Roman couple, now empty nesters, finds comfort and community with foreigners at their friend's yearly birthday gatheringuntil the husband crosses a line.And in "The Steps," on a public staircase that connects two neighborhoods and the residents who climb up and down it, we see Italy's capital in all of its social and cultural variegations, filled with the tensions of a changing city: visibility and invisibility, random acts of aggression, the challenge of straddling worlds and cultures, and the meaning of home.These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri's adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. Stories steeped in the moods of Italian master Alberto Moravia and guided, in the concluding tale, by the ineluctable ghost of Dante Alighieri, whose words lead the protagonist toward a new way of life.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 204 pp. Englisch.…