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From the NASA astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it's like out there and what it's like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently. The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for most consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few of us ever have and very few of us ever will.

“For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)—the incredible true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous chemical PFOA, uncovering the worst case of environmental...

Ist es ein Gastmahl? Oder eher ein Trinkgelage? Nun, jedenfalls halten die Teilnehmer reihum Reden über die verschiedenen Theorien der Erotik. Als letzter Redner nimmt Sokrates das Wort... Ein packendes Hörerlebnis.

Der Bestseller aus den Niederlanden: Ein junger Altenpfleger über das Leben im Pflegeheim: Jeder fünfte von uns wird am Ende seines Lebens an Demenz erkranken - und womöglich in einem Pflegeheim landen. Wie aber werden wir dort leben? Dieser Gedanke trieb auch Teun Toebes, 22, um. Er ist gelernter Altenpfleger, der auf Menschen mit einer Demenzerkrankung spezialisiert ist. Seit er seinen Beruf gewählt hat, fragt er sich, wie alte Menschen möglichst würdevoll ihren Lebensabend verbringen können.

Japan’s Masayoshi Son has made and lost several fortunes, investing or controlling assets worth $1trn in the past two decades through his media-tech giant, SoftBank. He bankrolled Alibaba, China’s internet colossus, before the world had heard about it; plotted with Steve Jobs to turn the iPhone into a wonder product; and financed hundreds of tech start-ups, fuelling the biggest boom Silicon Valley has ever seen. This book takes you on Masa’s wild ride, from his birthplace in a Korean slum in post-war Japan to the modern-day temples of power.

Sexueller Missbrauch ist in einem unvorstellbaren Ausmaß bitterste Realität in unserer Gesellschaft und verursacht unendlich viel Leid. Sie zeigt ungeschminkt ihre Verletzungen und Narben, die ES in ihrem Leben und in ihrer ganzen Familie hinterlassen hat und die als „Der rosarote Elefant" immer zwischen ihr und den anderen standen. Doch auch der Einblick in ihre persönlichen Verarbeitungsstrategien und Therapieansätze sind ein wichtiger Beitrag, damit missbrauchte Kinder und Erwachsene und deren Familien das Unvorstellbare begreifen können.

Among the most famous visionaries of our times, J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) continues to transform thought, lifestyles and education across continents more than three decades after his death. In this new biography, tracing the nine long decades of his life, from his growing-up years, his relationships to his writings and talks, Roshen Dalal provides a much-needed corrective–an objective and balanced view of his legacy.

An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was...

From the bestselling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493—an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the...

Checkmate traces the astonishing ascent of Shoprite Checkers since 2017, which marked the end of the Whitey Basson era. By almost any measure the Shoprite Group holds a commanding position in the South African economy: It's the largest South African company by revenue. But in 2017 the future was far from rosy. Pieter Engelbrecht, the newly anointed CEO, was immediately hit with trouble on multiple fronts: collapsing African economies, internal IT chaos, failing national infrastructure, strikes and labour friction, the pandemic and riots.

This audiobook includes an exclusive bonus interview with the author, Lawrence Anthony. A moving account of one man's race to save a herd of elephants – with unforgettable characters and exotic wildlife, The Elephant Whisperer is an enthralling story that will appeal to animal lovers and...

A brilliant investigative narrative: How six average Soviet men rose to the pinnacle of Russia's battered economy. David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for

The Washington Post, sheds light onto the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men Hoffman reveals how a few players managed to take over Russia's cash-strapped economy and then divvy it up in loans-for-shares deals.

Wegen starker Kopfschmerzen wird Angèle Lieby in die Notaufnahme gebracht. Als sie das Bewusstsein verliert, versetzt man sie in ein künstliches Koma, aus dem sie nicht mehr aufwacht. Die Ärzte erklären sie für tot und raten dem Ehemann, die Beerdigung vorzubereiten. Doch Angèle lebt. Eingesperrt in ihrem Körper leidet sie höllische Qualen. Erst als ihre Tochter sie anfleht, nicht zu gehen, rinnt ihr eine einzige Träne über die Wange. Dieses kleine Lebenszeichen ist ihre Rettung. Mit Hilfe der Familie kämpft sie sich Schritt für Schritt zurück ins Leben.

#1 New York Times non-fiction bestseller #2 Sunday Times non-fiction bestseller SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY APPLE, AMAZON, THE TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk offers the most intimate...

Learn about the life and legacy of America’s most ruthless and successful business titan, and learn how to carve your own path to success using his priciples - if you dare! This is the man who started it all. His business acumen, determination, and ambition are unparalleled and still serve as inspiration for all others. Yet, despite his wealth, Rockefeller was a strikingly humble man.

"Economic hit men," John Perkins writes, "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder."

Thomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the profound impact of his work. Like most research into probability at the time, his theorem - independently discovered a few years later by Pierre-Simon Laplace, the great French mathematician - was mainly seen as relevant to games of chance, like dice and cards. But its implications soon became clear, affecting fields as diverse as medicine, law and artificial intelligence.

Marie Curie ist eine der berühmtesten Wissenschaftlerinnen der Geschichte. Sie war die erste Frau, die einen Nobelpreis gewann und die einzige Person, die in zwei verschiedenen Wissenschaftsbereichen (Physik und Chemie) zwei Nobelpreise erhielt. Ihre Entdeckungen und Fortschritte in der Radiologie haben die Medizin revolutioniert und ihr Name ist untrennbar mit der Erforschung radioaktiver Stoffe verbunden. In ihrer Autobiographie "Autobiographische Notizen" teilt sie ihre Gedanken, Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse aus ihrem Leben und ihrer Arbeit.

Brought to you by Penguin. *An instant New York Times Bestseller* A momentous look at the private companies driving the revolutionary new space race, from the 3-million copy, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk In 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a...

This book provides an introduction to the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sina, often known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna. After introducing the man and his works, with an overview of the historical context in which he lived, the book devotes chapters to the different areas of Ibn Sina's thought. Among the topics covered are his innovations in logic, his theory of the human soul and its powers, the relation between his medical writings and his philosophy, and his metaphysics of existence