In a small cafe at a location so remote it sits in the middle of the middle of nowhere, John - a man in a hurry - is at a crossroads. Intent only on refueling before moving along on his road trip, he finds sustenance of an entirely different kind. In addition to the specials of the day, the cafe menu lists three questions all diners are encourage to consider. Why are you here? Do you fear death? Are you fulfilled?

Der junge Amerikaner Jack hat einen Traum. Einen Traum von Afrika. Dort, das weiß er genau, wird er sein Glück finden. Also macht er sich auf eine abenteuerliche Reise. Er begegnet der alten weisen Frau Ma Ma Gombe, die den sagenumwobenen 'Geburtsort von allem' finden möchte, von dem ihr einst ihr Großvater erzählt hat. Ma Ma Gombe wird Jacks Führerin, sie vermittelt ihm viele Lebenslehren, die seine Sicht der Welt für immer verändern.

Dem Leben eine neue Richtung geben. Über den Verlust seines Mentors und besten Freundes kommt Joe nicht hinweg. Doch dann lernt er den charismatischen Chef eines außergewöhnlichen Unternehmens kennen. Dieser hilft ihm, seinen Lebensmut wiederzufinden und sich energievoll neuen Aufgaben zu stellen. Darüber hinaus macht er ihn mit den Prinzipien seiner Unternehmensführung vertraut, die den Bedürfnissen der Angestellten wie den Anforderungen und Wünschen der Kunden gleichermaßen gerecht werden.

Durch Zufall lernt Joe, ein unzufriedener Angestellter, den charismatischen Geschäftsmann Thomas kennen. Dieser wird zu Joes Mentor und offenbart ihm die Geheimnisse seines Erfolgs. Seine Unternehmen führt Thomas anhand zweier Leitlinien: Jeder Mitarbeiter muss seine Bestimmung sowie seine "Big Five for Life" kennen, also wissen, welche fünf Ziele er im Leben erreichen will.

Zehn Jahre sind seit Johns letztem Besuch im Café vergangen und die Unbeschwertheit der Jugend ist längst vorbei. John kämpft mit dem Älterwerden. Auf dem Rückweg von der Beerdigung seines geliebten Patenonkels sucht er vor einem Unwetter Zuflucht in einer Unterführung und begegnet der fünfzehnjährigen Hannah. Gemeinsam entdecken sie aufs Neue das Café am Rande der Welt. Sein erster Besuch dort hat John nachhaltig verändert. Sein großes Lebensziel zu reisen und viel von der Welt zu sehen, hat er verwirklicht. Nun ist er erneut an einem Wendepunkt. 

One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose of­fice she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system.

Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance.

When a young man washes up, naked, on the sands of St Piran, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the schoolteacher, to the beachcomber and the owner of the local bar, the priest's wife and the romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. But what the villagers don't know is that Joe Haak worked as an analyst and has fled the City amid fears of a worldwide banking collapse caused by a computer program he invented. But is the end of the world really nigh?

The Courage to Be Disliked, already an enormous best seller in Asia with more than 3.5 million copies sold, demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to be the person you truly want to be. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 20th-century psychology, The Courage to Be Disliked follows an illuminating conversation between a philosopher and a young man. The philosopher explains to his pupil how each of us is able to determine our own life, free from the shackles of past experiences, doubts, and the expectations of others.

In this audiobook, we’ll be discussing a few topics all of us will face. Herd mentality, insecurity, and topics that are related to how we can “think outside the box". We’ll talk about why and how people act the same way or adopt similar behaviors as the people around them - often ignoring their own feelings in the process. 

Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. Her quest for knowledge transformed her.

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.

'I would like to ask that we begin to dream about and plan for a different world. A fairer world. A world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves. And this is how to start: we must raise our daughters differently. We must also raise our sons differently....' What does feminism mean today? In this personal, eloquently argued essay - adapted from her much-admired TEDx talk of the same name - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers listeners a unique definition of feminism for the 21st century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness.

The Courage to Be Happy reveals a bold new way of thinking and living, empowering you to let go of the shackles of past trauma and the expectations of others, and to use this freedom to create the life you truly desire. Plainspoken yet profoundly moving, listening to The Courage to Be Happy will light a torch with the power to illuminate your life and brighten the world as we know it. Discover the courage to choose happiness.