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Wir sind alle ein bisschen verrückt. Nicht nur die Menschen, die psychisch krank sind, sondern wir alle sind irrational. Der Neurologe, Psychiater und Hirnforscher Philipp Sterzer erklärt, warum das so ist und welche Schlüsse wir daraus ziehen können. Ein neuer Blick auf subjektives Erleben, soziales Bewusstsein und die Wahrnehmung der Welt.

"Literaturbetrieb", "Urheberrecht", "Unterhaltung" kontra 'seriöse Literatur', dies sind nicht einfach die abgedroschenen Schlagworte von heute...

Fifty years after the establishment of the Imperium, and 450 years before the events of Isolate, Dominic Mikail Ysella—ancestor of Avraal Ysella—is the grandson of the last king of Aloor. Stripped of most of their land, Dominic, as the third son, must support himself. Dominic becomes a legalist and is elected to the Imperial Council quietly working as an isolate, someone unreadable by government telepaths.

When the Democrat Party's attempts failed to amend the Constitution at least eight times in two years solely to make US Senator Barack Obama a constitutionally “eligible” presidential candidate, DNC leaders realized that the thing that disqualified him from being eligible to be president was too difficult to overcome. If he was to become president of the United States, there had to be another way for Barack Obama to become “eligible". Here is the full story, showing how party leaders committed fraud for their chosen candidate while the media created an Illusion of legitimacy.

Continued poor harvests and the steam-powered industrialization displace and impoverish thousands. Protests grow and gather followers. Against this rising tide of social unrest, Steffan Dekkard, newly appointed to the Council of 66, is the first councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths. This makes him dangerous. As unknown entities seek to assassinate him, Dekkard struggles to master political intrigue and infighting, while introducing radical reforms that threaten entrenched political and corporate interests.

Das Unternehmen als Maschine, ist nur eines von vielen Missverständnissen, die weiterhin hartnäckig ihr Unwesen in modernen Organisationen treiben. Das Buch zeigt eine Alternative zum Altbewährten, wobei das Alte nicht zwangsläufig schlecht und das Neue nicht zwangsläufig gut ist. Differenziert, tiefgründig und provokant wird mit den 9 größten Missverständnissen der modernen Arbeitswelt aufgeräumt und dem Leser nützliche Werkzeuge mit an die Hand gegeben, um sich durch den dichten Unternehmensdschungel navigieren zu können.

Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist, and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath, are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political strategist of his party. When a respected Landor Councilor dies of “heart failure” at a social event, because of his political friendship with Obreduur, Dekkard and Ysella find that not only is their employer a target, but so are they.

In Contrarian, protests against unemployment and poor harvests have become armed riots as the people sink deeper into poverty. They look to a government struggling to emerge from corruption and conspiracy. Recently elected to the Council of Sixty-Six, Steffan Dekkard is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths—but not the recent bombing of the Council Office Building by insurrectionists.

Breaker, der legendäre Gründer des Ordens der Paladine, erwacht 10.000 Jahre nach seinem Tod in seinem Grab. Ohne Erinnerungen, Kräfte oder Orientierung muss er sich in seiner Heimatwelt Ganomed zurechtfinden, die er kaum wiedererkennt. Während einige seine Identität anzweifeln, tritt er seinem alten Orden erneut bei, der sich ebenfalls sehr verändert hat. Die Welt ist friedlich und das magische Volk des Planeten hat den Krieg und das Leid vergangener Zeiten lange vergessen.

When an elderly, world-famous magician is found dead in his Cherringham mansion, there is nothing suspicious about the passing. According to the doctor, it was a heart attack - plain and simple. But the performer's long-time assistant suspects something sinister and she asks Jack and Sarah to investigate. And like the great magician's amazing tricks, it soon becomes clear that his death is anything but simple: in the world of magic, nothing is ever what it seems, and sometimes even illusions can turn deadly.

Professor Zimmer, bekannt aus "Mond über Manhattan", ist ein gebrochener Mann, seit seine Frau und seine Kinder bei einem Flugzeugabsturz starben. Nur die Arbeit an einem Buch über einen 1929 verschollenen Stummfilmkomiker namens Hector Mann erhält ihn am Leben. Dann geschieht Seltsames: Manns verloren geglaubte Filme tauchen auf. Und eines Abends steht eine attraktive Blondine mit einem Revolver vor Zimmers Haustür.

Inspiré à Balzac par son expérience dans l'imprimerie, Illusions perdues raconte l'échec de Lucien de Rubempré, jeune provincial épris de gloire littéraire. En contrepoint au parcours malheureux de ce "grand homme de province", alternativement héros et antihéros plein de faiblesses, l'histoire évoque les modèles de vertu que sont la famille de Lucien et le "Cénacle", cercle intellectuel de "vrais grands hommes".

After losing his wife and two young sons in an airplane crash, professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours in a blur of alcoholic grief and self-pity. Then, watching television one night, he sees a clip from a lost film by the silent comedian Hector Mann. Zimmer soon finds himself embarking...

Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe! Discover the truth in book two of the New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. The Enemies: Dr. John Dee and Niccolo Machiavelli. Their...

""I don't do patrols, I don't go hunting, I just stick close to you. You live your life. I'll keep you safe,"" Tamani said, sweeping a lock of hair from her face. ""Or die trying."" Laurel hasn't seen Tamani since she begged him to let her go last year. Though her heart still aches, Laurel is...

Es ist sein Spiel, doch sie ändert die Regeln... Der gefeierte Künstler Jared Rush besitzt einige der angesagtesten Nachtclubs in New York - und er hat eine Rechnung offen mit dem Sohn des Mannes, der seinen Vater in den Ruin getrieben hat. Jareds Plan: Seinem Gegenspieler beim Pokern so viel Geld aus der Tasche zu ziehen, dass er seine Schulden nicht begleichen kann. Doch der wahre Preis ist dessen Freundin, die ihm für eines seiner berühmten erotischen Gemälde Modell stehen soll. Jared ist es gewohnt, die Kontrolle zu haben und das tiefste Innere seiner Modelle zu zeigen.

Finn wollte helfen, doch nun droht alles im Chaos zu versinken. Es hat einen Grund, weshalb das Schreiben magischer Bücher verboten ist. Beim Buch der Seelen verwendete Finn unwissentlich die falsche Tinte und setzte damit die Sicherungen der besonderen Bücher außer Kraft. Völlig unkontrolliert drohen jetzt nicht nur die Phantasien die Welt der Menschen heimzusuchen, sondern auch die dunkelsten Geheimnisse der Buchwächter-Welt ans Licht zu kommen. Finn steht vor der schier unlösbaren Aufgabe, das Chaos einzudämmen.

The Self Illusion provides a fascinating examination of how the latest science shows that our individual concept of a self is in fact an illusion. Most of us believe that we possess a self - an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessing free will. The feeling that a single, unified, enduring self inhabits the body is compelling and inescapable. But that sovereignty of the self is increasingly under threat from science as our understanding of the brain advances.

With the coming of the Olympic Games to Berlin, a false air of civility has taken over as the government extends a welcome to the world. But below the surface, the police state remains, and hundreds of so-called “undesirables” are rounded up and held in a newly constructed concentration camp in the city. In desperation, one of the prisoners reaches out to the Ritter family, and Maureen and her band of subversives will undertake a mission of mercy that could see them all end up as victims of the dreaded Gestapo.

A hybrid born of an Angel-Fallen union, Riley Shepard is an anomaly coveted by both sides of an ancient war. But he doesn’t want to fight their war; he has his own battles to face. As his family fractures, bonds are tested, and forbidden feelings threaten to tear his heart into bloody thirds. When the next attack comes, is he strong enough to separate truth from lies, allies from enemies, reality from fantasy? How can Riley know what’s true, when he doesn’t even know what’s real? Life isn’t simple, love is complicated, and reality is terrifyingly blurry.