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»Du bist jemand, der dem Unschaffbaren ins Gesicht sieht und ihm sagt: ›Setz dich und halt den Mund‹? Die Welt braucht das. Die Welt braucht dich.« Tausend Unbekannte erhalten diese Einladung. Hundert von ihnen schaffen es in die Endauswahl zu einem beispiellosen Wettbewerb. Ihr Einsatz...

The instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller "You are someone who will look the impossible in the face and tell it to sit down and shut up. The world needs that. The world needs you.” A thousand strangers receive the invitation. One hundred make the cut. An unprecedented competition...

Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, he is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested, fundamental philosophy. The Most Important Thing explains the keys to successful investment and the pitfalls that can destroy capital or ruin a career.

A mysterious island, shrouded in fear, evil, and darkness. Here the amoral General Zaroff hunts. And what, you ask, is the most dangerous game? It is the manner and substance of his nightly killings.

IL LIBRO-EVENTO DELL'ANNO: una collaborazione di successo senza precedenti tra MrBeast, il creator n.1 al mondo con oltre un miliardo di follower, e James Patterson, l'autore bestseller n.1 al mondo. In un mondo sull'orlo del collasso, cento giocatori si affrontano in una competizione spietata e ad altissimo rischio dove è in gioco tutto. Il premio? La possibilità di salvare l'umanità e un miliardo di dollari.

Dans un monde au bord de l'effondrement, cent participants s'affrontent dans une compétition à très haut risque, mettant en jeu leur propre vie. La récompense ? Une chance de sauver l'humanité... et un milliard de dollars. À travers des épreuves impitoyables et des défis incessants...

Instant New York Times Bestseller! Narrated by Nolan North—featuring a special guest appearance from MrBeast. "You are someone who will look the impossible in the face and tell it to sit down and shut up. The world needs that. The world needs you.” A thousand strangers receive the invitation...

Nearly every major city in the world has them: hidden underground seduction lairs where men gather to trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to seduce women. This is not fiction. For two years, bestselling author Neil Strauss lived among these men. Using the pseudonym...

A shipwreck leaves renowned big-game hunter Sanger Rainsford stranded on a remote island. There, he discovers an imposing estate belonging to General Zaroff, an aristocratic hunter who claims to share Rainsford's passion for the sport. But Zaroff has grown bored with hunting animals. He has...

Lady Euphemia Marlington hasn't been free in 17 years - since she was captured by Corsairs and sold into a harem. Now the sultan is dead and Mia is back in London facing relentless newspapermen, an insatiably curious public, and her first Season. Worst of all is her ashamed father's ultimatum: marry a man of his choosing or live out her life in seclusion. No doubt her potential groom is a demented octogenarian. Fortunately, Mia is no longer a girl, but a clever woman with a secret - and a plan of her own....

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory.” —Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe In this “rich, complex family saga” (USA Today) full of long-buried family secrets, Marilyn Connolly and...

The vast majority of theft, extortion, intimidation, harassment, assault, and even murder - in other words, the vast majority of man's inhumanity to man - comes not from the greed, hatred and intolerance that lurks in our hearts. Rather, it comes from one pernicious and almost universal assumption, one unquestioned belief, one irrational, self-contradictory superstition: the belief in "authority".

REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler . . . outstanding and highly enjoyable' Observer 'The Most Fun We Ever Had is as good as books come' Telegraph 'A gripping...

I hurt, break and kill for a living. The Family point, I deliver. But this time, they ask too much. This time, they want me to marry the one woman who knows my secret. She has reason to hate me, I know, but I'll take her, I'll break her, and I'll make her mine. That's the only way I can keep my secret.

Ein Vorort von Glasgow. Die neunzehnjährige Odette ist nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter allein. Zufällig lernt sie den über achtzigjährigen Amos kennen, und zwischen den beiden entsteht eine unerwartete Freundschaft. Gemeinsam starten sie einen Kanal in den sozialen Medien, ihre Reels gehen viral. Bis Amos eines Tages vor den Augen der ganzen Welt von Odette ermordet wird und die sich seitdem weigert, auch nur ein Wort zu den Geschehnissen zu sagen.

The Most Dangerous Game, a short story written by Richard Edward Connell in 1924, is a thrilling tale that explores themes of survival, morality, and the nature of human cruelty. Set against the backdrop of a remote island, the story combines suspense, adventure, and a touch of philosophical inquiry, making it one of the most widely anthologized short stories in American literature.

Emmeline Lockhart is in an extraordinary position for a woman of her station. However, she has no desire to marry a duke who is old enough to be her grandfather. But what other options does she have? The only way out is to find someone who is willing to marry her . . . and quickly. Lord Oliver...

It started out like any other Tuesday. I spent 12 hours writing algorithms for one of the largest companies in the world and then came home to work on a pet project of mine—feeding facts about the men I knew into a formula to find my perfect match before my twenties came barreling to a close.

Mafia, Macht und ein Milliarden Imperium. Raffaele Grimaldi verkörpert Macht, Reichtum und Erfolg. Er ist ein gefeierter Visionär, ein eiskalter Zocker und ein unbarmherziger Verhandlungspartner. Der älteste Spross der Grimaldi Dynastie ist der Tycoon der New Yorker Immobilienbranche. Es gibt kein lukratives Bauprojekt, in dem er nicht seine Finger im Spiel hat. Ob das allerdings an seinem unfehlbaren Geschäftssinn, oder an seinen Verbindungen zur italienischen Mafia liegt, weiß keiner so genau.

A week after the elections patch, the powers ruling AstroTerra shifted. Guilds have taken over much of the game's estate and are now focused on the mysterious location known as The Core. On the other hand, Roth has been making the most of his character's strengths. He has multiple quests to wrap up and has finally broken into the top 100 of the game. Freedom seems to be just within reach. But is it? Or are hidden forces conspiring to keep Roth in his digital prison forever?