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Die Erfindung der Nano-Droge Nexus hat die Menschheit in ein neues Zeitalter katapultiert. Die Verschmelzung von Mensch und Internet hat zu einer internationalen Terrorkrise geführt. Kade Lane, ein brillanter Forscher und Miterfinder von Nexus, findet sich plötzlich wieder in einem undurchsichtigen Kampf zwischen unerbittlichen US-Behörden und skrupellosen Terroristen. Sein größter Gegner, die Chinesin Su-Yong, tritt ihm als scheinbar übermächtiges Cyberwesen entgegen. Eine atemlose Jagd beginnt.

In this groundbreaking book, Richard Rumelt, the world's leading authority on strategy, shows how finding the crux of a challenge is the essence of the strategist's skill. The crux is the key issue where action will best pay off, and Rumelt reveals how to pinpoint it so you can focus energy on what really matters. Drawing on decades of professional and academic experience, and through vivid storytelling—from Elon Musk's decision-making to Netflix's industry dominance—Rumelt illuminates how leaders can overcome obstacles, navigate uncertainty and determine the best path forward.

“Insanely big-hearted.” —The Washington Post “Electric.” —The New York Times “Tender, immersive, and thrilling." —Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow "One of the best novels I’ve ever read about friendship.” —Stephen King, #1 bestselling author...

Financial Times, Best Business Books Forbes, Best Business Books The Next Big Idea Club, Best Leadership Books The Globe & Mail, Best Management Books “A bracingly direct guide about the pitfalls of strategy, based around a climbing metaphor" (Financial Times) What passes for strategy in too...

Six months have passed since the release of Nexus 5. The world is a different, more dangerous place. In the USA, the freedom fighters of the Post-Human Liberation Front use Nexus to turn men and women into human time bombs aimed at the President and his allies. The first blows in the war between human and post-human have been struck.

Brought to you by Penguin. A heartstopping story of friendship, thrill-seeking and defying expectations: the explosive second novel from the bestselling author of My Absolute Darling Dan and Tamma are two Californian teenagers growing up dirt poor in the shadows of the Joshua Tree National Park...

«Una de las mejores novelas que he leído sobre la amistad», Stephen King. Dan es un joven brillante destinado a la universidad; Tamma, una chica queer a quien todos consideran una rebelde sin futuro. A ambos los une una pasión: la escalada. Juntos imaginan que su peculiar pasatiempo es el...

The Crux is the story of group of women who move from New England to Colorado in order to run a boardinghouse for men. One of these women, the young Vivian Lane, falls in love with a man who has both gonorrhea and syphilis. It then falls to Vivian, when she learns of his illnesses, to decide whether she should marry and have children with this man. She is torn between her own heart and the “duty” of motherhood, as one doctor in the novel puts it, to have children with a healthy father.

When the Dragon King commands Crux find a proper mate, his days of carefree bachelorhood are over. One trip to a psychic matchmaker and he's on the path to his destiny. But it all comes screeching to a halt when he meets a human woman who lights his inner fire and makes him yearn.

Cathy has captured the drama of her Everest climbs, her passion for the challenge of climbing mountains, and her love for wild places in this story of her four attempts on the mountain. Cathy tries to answer the question of why, if climbing Everest can be so dangerous, people still want to do it.

This story is primarily crafted for young women, followed by young men, and ultimately for anyone who seeks to understand its message. Those who question its facts and figures are encouraged to consult Social Diseases and Marriage by Dr. Prince Morrow or Hygiene and Morality by Miss Lavinia Dock, a seasoned nurse with extensive experience. While some may argue that the challenging truths revealed are unsuitable for young girls, it is precisely these young women who must be informed to safeguard themselves and future generations. Awareness of danger is vital before it becomes too late to act. ...

Unspeakable horror is unleashed in this riveting thriller from the international best-selling author of Dark Visions and Hunter. In an experiment to discover what secrets are hidden within the infinite vastness of the galaxy, scientists create a machine so powerful that it rips a hole through space and time. But instead of revealing the dark world of their own universe the machine opens a gateway to a universe infinitely more horrifying...and infinitely evil.

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE A daughter’s quest to understand her charismatic and troubled father, an immigrant who crosses borders both real and illusory—between sanity and madness, science and spirituality, life and death PEN America Literary Award Winner “The kind of...

Crux is not a Christian book but a collection of secular stories, a few of which underscore Christianity’s obtrusion on others. In these examples, context is Southern Indiana long ago, a lovely natural setting and sometimes harsh backdrop for a young Jew. History is rife with abuse. Personal baggage is unpacked here, no offense intended.

In her best-known work, The Yellow Wallpaper, Gilman writes about different kinds of oppression that women were exposed to at the time. Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, in which an isolated society composed entirely of women exists. The result is an ideal social order: free of war, conflict, and domination. The Crux tells the story of a group of New England women who move west to start a boardinghouse for men in Colorado. It is an important early feminist work that brings forward complicated issues of gender, citizenship, eugenics, and frontier nationalism.

What's making news and how to decipher trends, innovations, and happenings? At 'The Crux', we dive deep into pressing current affairs and explore critical topics shaping India and the world.Shutapa Paul is an anchor, commenter, author, and media entrepreneur. She has spent almost two decades within the media space, first as a journalist, and now as a media entrepreneur. Currently, she is Founder of award-winning brand-building and communications company, Dharma Media Consultants, where she has been working closely within the investing, startup, and impact ecosystem.Shutapa has been recognised ...

Freja Jensen, contemplating retiring from BeeBop Publishing Group in Austin, Texas, received a brown paper parcel in the mail. She opened the package, and saw that it was from Lucas Hansen, or his pen name, Lucas Pedersen. With the letter was a manuscript. Another note received was from a doctor who asked to remain anonymous. Included in a small teakwood box was an ancient sistrum, an Egyptian musical instrument with magical powers, and had the etching of an ankh on top.

Rachel Connor has qualified as a physician, but her brother’s pain is haunting her. Locked in prison for murder, he carries the power of life and death in his hands. New Zealand has settled in an uneasy peace, but Rachel’s father, the Prime Minister, sees the threat of a nuclear holocaust on the horizon.

It is a harsh existence for the Flint Brothers. Hunted from one end of the galaxy to another by their late mother's enemies, forced into hiring themselves out to different ships and crews in order to survive, the brothers endure the bleakest of livelihoods. Then a mysterious yet alluring stranger comes before them with something they can't refuse: an offer of hope.

The Crux of It is a podcast exploring how organisations actually function when the pressure is on. Through conversations with senior leaders and reflections grounded in real delivery experience, it looks at the gap between what leaders intend and what people experience day-to-day. The focus isn’t on design, trends, or frameworks. It’s on execution, confidence, decision-making, systems, and environments, and how those forces quietly shape behaviour, performance, and long-term outcomes inside complex organisations.