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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the heart of Trenton, New Jersey, Stephanie Plum tracks a killer who is out to make sure someone gets his just desserts. The most popular mystery writer alive. The New York TimesLarry Virgil skipped out on his latest court date after he was arrested for hijacking an eighteen-wheeler full of premium bourbon. Fortunately for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, Larry is just stupid enough to attempt almost the exact same crime again. Only this time he flees the scene, leaving behind a freezer truck loaded with Bogart ice cream and a dead body frozen solid and covered in chocolate and chopped pecans.As fate would have it, Stephanie s mentor and occasional employer, Ranger, needs her to go undercover at the Bogartfactoryto find out who s putting their employees on ice and sabotaging the business. It s going to be hard for Stephanie to keep her hands off all that ice cream, and even harder for her to keep her hands off Ranger.It s also going to be hard to explain to Trenton s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, why she is spendinglate nights with Ranger, late nights with Lula and Randy Briggs who are naked and afraid andlate nights keeping tabs on Grandma Mazur and her new fella. Stephanie Plum has a lot on her plate, but fora girl who claims to have virtually no marketable skills, these are the kinds of sweet assignments she does best.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A scorching forbidden love threatens to tear a rift through the Black Dagger Brotherhood in J. R. Ward s newest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Xcor, leader of the Band of Bastards, convicted of treason against the Blind King, is facing a brutal interrogation and torturous death at the hands of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Yet after a life marked by cruelty and evil deeds, he accepts his soldier s fate, his sole regret the loss of a sacred female who was never his: the Chosen Layla. Layla alone knows the truth that will save Xcor s life. But revealing his sacrifice and his hidden heritage will expose them both and destroy everything Layla holds dear even her role of mother to her precious young. Torn between love and loyalty, she must summon the courage to stand up against the only family she has for the only man she will ever love. Yet even if Xcor is somehow granted a reprieve, he and Layla would have to confront a graver challenge: bridging the chasm that divides their worlds without paving the way for a future of even greater war, desolation, and death. As a dangerous old enemy returns to Caldwell, and the identity of a new deity is revealed, nothing is certain or safe in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, not even true love . . . or destinies that have long seemed set in stone. Praise for J. R. Ward s Black Dagger Brotherhood series Utterly absorbing and deliciously erotic. Angela Knight To die for . . . I love this series! Suzanne Brockmann.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the author of the award-winning The Master Switch, who coined the term 'net neutrality a revelatory, ambitious and urgent account of how the capture and re-sale of human attention became the defining industry of our time.'Dazzling.' Financial Times Ours is often called an information economy, but at a moment when access to information is virtually unlimited, our attention has become the ultimate commodity. In nearly every moment of our waking lives, we face a barrage of efforts to harvest our attention. This condition is not simply the byproduct of recent technological innovations but the result of more than a century's growth and expansion in the industries that feed on human attention. Wu s narrative begins in the nineteenth century, when Benjamin Day discovered he could get rich selling newspapers for a penny. Since then, every new medium from radio to television to Internet companies such as Google and Facebook has attained commercial viability and immense riches by turning itself into an advertising platform. Since the early days, the basic business model of attention merchants has never changed: free diversion in exchange for a moment of your time, sold in turn to the highest-bidding advertiser. Full of lively, unexpected storytelling and piercing insight, The Attention Merchants lays bare the true nature of a ubiquitous reality we can no longer afford to accept at face value.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Best Books of 2016 BOSTON GLOBE \* THE ATLANTICFrom the acclaimed bestselling author ofThe InformationandChaos comes this enthralling history of time travel a concept that has preoccupied physicists and storytellers over the course of the last century. JamesGleick delivers a mind-bending exploration of time travel from its origins in literature and science to its influence on our understanding of time itself. Gleick vividly explores physics, technology, philosophy, and art as each relates to time travel and tells the story of the concept's cultural evolutions from H.G. Wells toDoctor Who, from Proust to Woody Allen. He takes a close look at the porous boundary between science fiction and modern physics, and, finally, delves into what it all means in our own moment in time the world of the instantaneous, with its all-consuming present and vanishing future. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models thatthreaten to rip apart our social fabric with a new afterword A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent. Financial TimesNATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe New York Times Book Review TheBoston Globe Wired Fortune Kirkus Reviews The Guardian Nature On PointWe live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they re wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER NAMED ONE OF TIME S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST ONE OF OPRAH S BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENTHailed by Toni Morrison as required reading, a bold and personal literary exploration of America s racial history by the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race (Rolling Stone)NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN NAMED ONE OF PASTE S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADESONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, New York, Newsday, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of race, a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son and readers the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.; Wenn in den USA schwarze Teenager von Polizisten ermordet werden, ist das nur ein Problem von individueller Verfehlung Nein, denn rassistische Gewalt ist fest eingewebt in die amerikanische Identität - sie ist das, worauf das Land gebaut ist. Afroamerikaner besorgten als Sklaven seinen Reichtum und sterben als freie Bürger auf seinen Straßen. In seinem schmerzhaften, leidenschaftlichen Manifest verdichtet Ta-Nehisi Coates amerikanische und persönliche Geschichte zu einem Appell an sein Land, sich endlich seiner Vergangenheit zu stellen. Sein Buch wurde in den USA zum Nr.-1-Bestseller und ist schon jetzt ein Klassiker, auf den sich zukünftig alle Debatten um Rassismus beziehen werden.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The graphic novel adaptation of The Golden Compass, one of the most celebrated books of all time! Published in 50 countries with over 22 million copies sold, The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass are renowned for their engrossing storytelling and epic scope. These modern classics are must-reads for every book lover. Now, in this graphic novel adaptation of The Golden Compass, the world of His Dark Materials is brought to visual life. The stunning full-color art will offer both new and returning readers a chance to experience the story of Lyra, an ordinary girl with an extraordinary role to play in the fates of multiple worlds, in an entirely fresh way. This volume collects the full journey of Lyra to the far north, her rescue of the kidnapped children at Bolvangar, her escape via hot-air balloon, and her crucial role in Lord Asriel s ambitions to build a bridge to another world. Praise for The Golden Compass Graphic Novel: The story s signature fantasies the dæmons, the armored mercenary polar bears, and the alethiometer are realized with compelling force. [This] retelling will bring Pullman s work new fans and give previous readers new pleasure. Publishers Weekly, starred review Belongs in all libraries that include Pullman s works. School Library Journal Pullman s original magnum opus is heady and dense, and it may prove challenging for some; this adaptation, with its visual accessibility, can help those struggling with the novel s complexity achieve an understanding without watering down the intricacies. Kirkus ReviewsDon't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials!\*\* THE BOOK OF DUST \*\*La Belle SauvageThe Secret Commonwealth.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than one million copies sold! A brilliant (Lupita Nyong o, Time), poignant (Entertainment Weekly), soul-nourishing (USA Today)memoirabout coming ofage during the twilight ofapartheid Noah s childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa s history that must never be forgotten. EsquireWinner of the Thurber Prize forAmerican Humorandan NAACP Image Award Named one of the best books of the year by TheNew York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and Booklist Trevor Noah s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother s unconventional, unconditional love.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NATIONAL BESTSELLER Six classic Beginner Books including four by Dr. Seuss for less than the price of two individual Beginner Books!This collection of six Beginner Books bound together in one sturdy hardcover is the perfect gift at a fantastic price! The Big Aqua Book of Beginner Books includes the complete text and illustrations for: Dr. Seuss s The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Dr. Seuss s There s a Wocket in My Pocket! Dr. Seuss s Oh Say Can You Say Dr. Seuss s Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! (illustrated by Art Cummings) Robert Lopshire s New Tricks I Can Do! Al Perkins s Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (illustrated by Eric Gurney)Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read! Launched by Dr. Seuss in 1957 with the publication of The Cat in the Hat, this beloved early reader series motivates children to read on their own by using simple words with illustrations that give clues to their meaning. Featuring a combination of kid appeal, supportive vocabulary, and bright, cheerful art, Beginner Books will encourage a love of reading in children ages 3 7. Cummings, Art; Lopshire, Robert (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the heart of Trenton, New Jersey, Stephanie Plum tracks a killer who is out to make sure someone gets his just desserts."The most popular mystery writer alive."The New York TimesLarry Virgil skipped out on his latest court date after he was arrested for hijacking an eighteen-wheeler full of premium bourbon. Fortunately for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, Larry is just stupid enough to attempt almost the exact same crime again. Only this time he flees the scene, leaving behind a freezer truck loaded with Bogart ice cream and a dead bodyfrozen solid and covered in chocolate and chopped pecans.As fate would have it, Stephanie's mentor and occasional employer, Ranger, needs her to go undercover at the Bogartfactoryto find out who's putting their employees on ice and sabotaging the business. It's going to be hard for Stephanie to keep her hands off all that ice cream, and even harder for her to keep her hands off Ranger.It's also going to be hard to explain to Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, why she is spendinglate nights with Ranger, late nights with Lula and Randy Briggswho are naked and afraidandlate nights keeping tabs on Grandma Mazur and her new fella. Stephanie Plum has a lot on her plate, but fora girl who claims to have "virtually no marketable skills," these are the kinds of sweet assignments she does best.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 352 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A scorching forbidden love threatens to tear a rift through the Black Dagger Brotherhood in J. R. Ward's newest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Xcor, leader of the Band of Bastards, convicted of treason against the Blind King, is facing a brutal interrogation and torturous death at the hands of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Yet after a life marked by cruelty and evil deeds, he accepts his soldier's fate, his sole regret the loss of a sacred female who was never his: the Chosen Layla. Layla alone knows the truth that will save Xcor's life. But revealing his sacrifice and his hidden heritage will expose them both and destroy everything Layla holds deareven her role of mother to her precious young. Torn between love and loyalty, she must summon the courage to stand up against the only family she has for the only man she will ever love. Yet even if Xcor is somehow granted a reprieve, he and Layla would have to confront a graver challenge: bridging the chasm that divides their worlds without paving the way for a future of even greater war, desolation, and death. As a dangerous old enemy returns to Caldwell, and the identity of a new deity is revealed, nothing is certain or safe in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, not even true love . . . or destinies that have long seemed set in stone. Praise for J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series "Utterly absorbing and deliciously erotic."Angela Knight "To die for . . . I love this series!"Suzanne BrockmannLibri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 576 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -From the author of the award-winning The Master Switch, who coined the term 'net neutrality"a revelatory, ambitious and urgent account of how the capture and re-sale of human attention became the defining industry of our time.'Dazzling.'Financial Times Ours is often called an information economy, but at a moment when access to information is virtually unlimited, our attention has become the ultimate commodity. In nearly every moment of our waking lives, we face a barrage of efforts to harvest our attention. This condition is not simply the byproduct of recent technological innovations but the result of more than a century's growth and expansion in the industries that feed on human attention. Wu's narrative begins in the nineteenth century, when Benjamin Day discovered he could get rich selling newspapers for a penny. Since then, every new mediumfrom radio to television to Internet companies such as Google and Facebookhas attained commercial viability and immense riches by turning itself into an advertising platform. Since the early days, the basic business model of "attention merchants" has never changed: free diversion in exchange for a moment of your time, sold in turn to the highest-bidding advertiser. Full of lively, unexpected storytelling and piercing insight, The Attention Merchants lays bare the true nature of a ubiquitous reality we can no longer afford to accept at face value.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 432 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Best Books of 2016 BOSTON GLOBE \* THE ATLANTICFrom the acclaimed bestselling author ofThe InformationandChaos comes this enthralling history of time travela concept that has preoccupied physicists and storytellers over the course of the last century. JamesGleick delivers a mind-bending exploration of time travelfrom its origins in literature and science to its influence on our understanding of time itself. Gleick vividly explores physics, technology, philosophy, and art as each relates to time travel and tells the story of the concept's cultural evolutionsfrom H.G. Wells toDoctor Who, from Proust to Woody Allen. He takes a close look at the porous boundary between science fiction and modern physics, and, finally, delves into what it all means in our own moment in timethe world of the instantaneous, with its all-consuming present and vanishing future.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 352 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER NAMED ONE OF TIME'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST ONE OF OPRAH'S "BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH" NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENTHailed by Toni Morrison as "required reading," a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by "the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race" (Rolling Stone)NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN NAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADESONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, New York, Newsday, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race," a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and menbodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates's attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his sonand readersthe story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children's lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 176 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models that threaten to rip apart our social fabric-with a new afterword 'A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent.'-Financial Times NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review Boston Globe Wired Fortune Kirkus Reviews The Guardian Nature On Point We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives-where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance-are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules. But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination-propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 288 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The graphic novel adaptation of The Golden Compass, one of the most celebrated books of all time! Published in 50 countries with over 22 million copies sold, The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass are renowned for their engrossing storytelling and epic scope. These modern classics are must-reads for every book lover. Now, in this graphic novel adaptation of The Golden Compass, the world of His Dark Materials is brought to visual life. The stunning full-color art will offer both new and returning readers a chance to experience the story of Lyra, an ordinary girl with an extraordinary role to play in the fates of multiple worlds, in an entirely fresh way. This volume collects the full journey of Lyra to the far north, her rescue of the kidnapped children at Bolvangar, her escape via hot-air balloon, and her crucial role in Lord Asriel's ambitions to build a bridge to another world. Praise for The Golden Compass Graphic Novel: "The story's signature fantasiesthe dæmons, the armored mercenary polar bears, and the alethiometerare realized with compelling force. [This] retelling will bring Pullman's work new fans and give previous readers new pleasure." Publishers Weekly, starred review "Belongs in all libraries that include Pullman's works." School Library Journal "Pullman's original magnum opus is heady and dense, and it may prove challenging for some; this adaptation, with its visual accessibility, can help those struggling with the novel's complexity achieve an understanding without watering down the intricacies." Kirkus ReviewsDon't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials!\*\* THE BOOK OF DUST \*\*La Belle SauvageThe Secret CommonwealthPetersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 224 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -NATIONAL BESTSELLER Six classic Beginner Booksincluding four by Dr. Seussfor less than the price of two individual Beginner Books!This collection of six Beginner Books bound together in one sturdy hardcover is the perfect gift at a fantastic price! The Big Aqua Book of Beginner Books includes the complete text and illustrations for: Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Dr. Seuss's There's a Wocket in My Pocket! Dr. Seuss's Oh Say Can You Say Dr. Seuss's Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! (illustrated by Art Cummings) Robert Lopshire's New Tricks I Can Do! Al Perkins's Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (illustrated by Eric Gurney)Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read! Launched by Dr. Seuss in 1957 with the publication of The Cat in the Hat, this beloved early reader series motivates children to read on their own by using simple words with illustrations that give clues to their meaning. Featuring a combination of kid appeal, supportive vocabulary, and bright, cheerful art, Beginner Books will encourage a love of reading in children ages 37. Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 256 pp. Englisch. Cummings, Art; Lopshire, Robert (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than one million copies sold! A "brilliant" (Lupita Nyong'o, Time),"poignant" (Entertainment Weekly), "soul-nourishing" (USA Today)memoirabout coming ofage during the twilight ofapartheid"Noah's childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa's history that must never be forgotten."EsquireWinner of the Thurber Prize forAmerican Humorandan NAACP Image Award Named one of the best books of the year by TheNew York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and Booklist Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents' indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa's tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man's relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious motherhis teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother's unconventional, unconditional love.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 304 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the heart of Trenton, New Jersey, Stephanie Plum tracks a killer who is out to make sure someone gets his just desserts."The most popular mystery writer alive."The New York TimesLarry Virgil skipped out on his latest court date after he was arrested for hijacking an eighteen-wheeler full of premium bourbon. Fortunately for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, Larry is just stupid enough to attempt almost the exact same crime again. Only this time he flees the scene, leaving behind a freezer truck loaded with Bogart ice cream and a dead bodyfrozen solid and covered in chocolate and chopped pecans.As fate would have it, Stephanie's mentor and occasional employer, Ranger, needs her to go undercover at the Bogartfactoryto find out who's putting their employees on ice and sabotaging the business. It's going to be hard for Stephanie to keep her hands off all that ice cream, and even harder for her to keep her hands off Ranger.It's also going to be hard to explain to Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, why she is spendinglate nights with Ranger, late nights with Lula and Randy Briggswho are naked and afraidandlate nights keeping tabs on Grandma Mazur and her new fella. Stephanie Plum has a lot on her plate, but fora girl who claims to have "virtually no marketable skills," these are the kinds of sweet assignments she does best. 352 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A scorching forbidden love threatens to tear a rift through the Black Dagger Brotherhood in J. R. Ward's newest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Xcor, leader of the Band of Bastards, convicted of treason against the Blind King, is facing a brutal interrogation and torturous death at the hands of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Yet after a life marked by cruelty and evil deeds, he accepts his soldier's fate, his sole regret the loss of a sacred female who was never his: the Chosen Layla. Layla alone knows the truth that will save Xcor's life. But revealing his sacrifice and his hidden heritage will expose them both and destroy everything Layla holds deareven her role of mother to her precious young. Torn between love and loyalty, she must summon the courage to stand up against the only family she has for the only man she will ever love. Yet even if Xcor is somehow granted a reprieve, he and Layla would have to confront a graver challenge: bridging the chasm that divides their worlds without paving the way for a future of even greater war, desolation, and death. As a dangerous old enemy returns to Caldwell, and the identity of a new deity is revealed, nothing is certain or safe in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, not even true love . . . or destinies that have long seemed set in stone. Praise for J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series "Utterly absorbing and deliciously erotic."Angela Knight "To die for . . . I love this series!"Suzanne Brockmann 576 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -From the author of the award-winning The Master Switch, who coined the term 'net neutrality"a revelatory, ambitious and urgent account of how the capture and re-sale of human attention became the defining industry of our time.'Dazzling.'Financial Times Ours is often called an information economy, but at a moment when access to information is virtually unlimited, our attention has become the ultimate commodity. In nearly every moment of our waking lives, we face a barrage of efforts to harvest our attention. This condition is not simply the byproduct of recent technological innovations but the result of more than a century's growth and expansion in the industries that feed on human attention. Wu's narrative begins in the nineteenth century, when Benjamin Day discovered he could get rich selling newspapers for a penny. Since then, every new mediumfrom radio to television to Internet companies such as Google and Facebookhas attained commercial viability and immense riches by turning itself into an advertising platform. Since the early days, the basic business model of "attention merchants" has never changed: free diversion in exchange for a moment of your time, sold in turn to the highest-bidding advertiser. Full of lively, unexpected storytelling and piercing insight, The Attention Merchants lays bare the true nature of a ubiquitous reality we can no longer afford to accept at face value. 432 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER NAMED ONE OF TIME'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST ONE OF OPRAH'S "BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH" NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENTHailed by Toni Morrison as "required reading," a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by "the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race" (Rolling Stone)NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN NAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADESONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, New York, Newsday, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race," a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and menbodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates's attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his sonand readersthe story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children's lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward. 176 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Best Books of 2016 BOSTON GLOBE \* THE ATLANTICFrom the acclaimed bestselling author ofThe InformationandChaos comes this enthralling history of time travela concept that has preoccupied physicists and storytellers over the course of the last century. JamesGleick delivers a mind-bending exploration of time travelfrom its origins in literature and science to its influence on our understanding of time itself. Gleick vividly explores physics, technology, philosophy, and art as each relates to time travel and tells the story of the concept's cultural evolutionsfrom H.G. Wells toDoctor Who, from Proust to Woody Allen. He takes a close look at the porous boundary between science fiction and modern physics, and, finally, delves into what it all means in our own moment in timethe world of the instantaneous, with its all-consuming present and vanishing future. 352 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERA former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models thatthreaten to rip apart our social fabricwith a new afterword"A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent."Financial TimesNATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe New York Times Book Review TheBoston Globe WiredFortuneKirkus ReviewsThe GuardianNatureOn PointWe live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our liveswhere we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insuranceare being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discriminationpropping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data. 288 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than one million copies sold! A "brilliant" (Lupita Nyong'o, Time),"poignant" (Entertainment Weekly), "soul-nourishing" (USA Today)memoirabout coming ofage during the twilight ofapartheid"Noah's childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa's history that must never be forgotten."EsquireWinner of the Thurber Prize forAmerican Humorandan NAACP Image Award Named one of the best books of the year by TheNew York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and Booklist Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents' indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa's tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man's relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious motherhis teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother's unconventional, unconditional love. 304 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -NATIONAL BESTSELLER Six classic Beginner Booksincluding four by Dr. Seussfor less than the price of two individual Beginner Books!This collection of six Beginner Books bound together in one sturdy hardcover is the perfect gift at a fantastic price! The Big Aqua Book of Beginner Books includes the complete text and illustrations for: Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Dr. Seuss's There's a Wocket in My Pocket! Dr. Seuss's Oh Say Can You Say Dr. Seuss's Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! (illustrated by Art Cummings) Robert Lopshire's New Tricks I Can Do! Al Perkins's Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (illustrated by Eric Gurney)Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read! Launched by Dr. Seuss in 1957 with the publication of The Cat in the Hat, this beloved early reader series motivates children to read on their own by using simple words with illustrations that give clues to their meaning. Featuring a combination of kid appeal, supportive vocabulary, and bright, cheerful art, Beginner Books will encourage a love of reading in children ages 37. 256 pp. Englisch. Cummings, Art; Lopshire, Robert (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Merlin Mission Books 125 of the #1 New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series boxed together for the first time ever! Magic Tree House Merlin Missions are more challenging adventures for the experienced Magic Tree House reader. In each adventure, Merlin the magician sends Jack and Annie on an adventure in the magic tree house. Books in this Merlin Missions set include: Christmas in Camelot (#1), Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve (#2), Summer of the Sea Serpent (#3), Winter of the Ice Wizard (#4), Carnival at Candlelight (#5), Season of the Sandstorm (#6), Night of the New Magicians (#7), Blizzard of the Blue Moon (#8), Dragon of the Red Dawn (#9), Monday with a Mad Genius (#10), Dark Day in the Deep Sea (#11), Eve of the Emperor Penguin (#12), Moonlight on the Magic Flute (#13), A Good Night for Ghosts (#14), Leprechaun in Late Winter (#15), A Ghost Tale for Christmas (#16), A Crazy Day with Cobras (#17), Dogs in the Dead of Night (#18), Abe Lincoln at Last (#19), A Perfect Time for Pandas (#20), Stallion by Starlight (#21), Hurry Up, Houdini! (#22), High Time for Heroes (#23), Soccer on Sunday (#24), and Shadow of the Shark (#25). Magic Tree House books, with fiction and nonfiction titles, are perfect for parents and teachers using the Core Curriculum. With a blend of magic, adventure, history, science, danger, and cuteness, the topics range from kid pleasers (pirates, the Titanic, pandas) to curriculum perfect (rain forest, American Revolution, Abraham Lincoln) to seasonal shoo-ins (Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving). There is truly something for everyone here.…