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Originally published in 1966, Susan Sontag's first collection of essays is a modern classic and includes the famous essays "Notes on Camp" and "Against Interpretation", as well as, her impassioned discussions of Sartre, Camus, Simone Weil, Godard, Beckett, Levi-Strauss, science-fiction movies, psychoanalysis, and contemporary religious thought.

Your partner's attention deficit disorder (ADD) may not seem like a big deal at first, but eventually, the dynamics surrounding his or her impulsivity, forgetfulness, distractibility, and restlessness can really strain your relationship. You don't want to act like a parent, yet you may feel like you can't rely on your partner to get things done. Loving Someone with Attention Deficit Disorder is your guide to navigating a relationship with someone with ADD so you can create healthy boundaries while remaining sympathetic to your partner's symptoms.

Jodelle Spencer has endured one of the worst tragedies a person can experience and now spends large chunks of her days keeping local teens safe as they surf off Hawaii’s sometimes treacherous coast. It’s there that she first met Baker, the mysterious and sexy former Navy SEAL who doesn’t seem interested in more than a polite acquaintance—until he does. When the man wants something, he goes for it, and he’s suddenly decided he wants Jodelle.

Paths converge and prophecies unfold as the fate of the Witchlands is decided in this epic, highly-anticipated finale to Susan Dennard's New York Times bestselling Witchlands series Safi and Iseult, the legendary Cahr Awen, must heal the final Origin Well. But first, they'll have to actually...

Pulitzer finalist Susan Choi's narrative-upending audiobook about what happens when a first love between high school students is interrupted by the attentions of a charismatic teacher.

Piper Dove hat einen Traum: Sie will die beste Privatdetektivin Chicagos werden. Ihr erster Job: den früheren Star-Quarterback der Chicago Stars, Cooper Graham, beschatten. Doch dem fällt natürlich auf, dass diese nervige junge Frau ihm ständig folgt - und ist davon überhaupt nicht begeistert. Also dreht der attraktive Mann den Spieß einfach um und engagiert Piper selbst. Leider nicht als Bodyguard, wie sie gehofft hatte.

A real life Queen’s Gambit, this captivating memoir tells the story of one of the most renowned women in chess history, Susan Polgar, taking on a sexist establishment and rewriting the rules of what women could achieve against the oppressive backdrop of Cold War Eastern Europe. Born to a poor...

What explains those rare families that boast multiple siblings who achieve extraordinary success? An award-winning New York Times journalist weaves story with science to explore the circumstances that set those families apart. “At once clear-eyed and compassionate, The Family Dynamic uncovers...

Eine dunkle Gefahr in den Highlands, ein altes Familiengeheimnis und eine leidenschaftliche Liebe – der neue, atmosphärische Spannungsroman von Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Susan de Winter. Die junge Amerikanerin Shannon reist in die schottischen Highlands, um dort das Geheimnis ihrer verstorbenen Großmutter zu lüften. Von Anfang an läuft alles schief. Shannon fühlt sich von einem unbekannten Mann verfolgt. An ihrem Ziel, dem kleinen Ort Invermory, ist ihr Hotel überbucht. Ihr bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als in ein einsam in den Highlands gelegenes Tiny House zu ziehen.

Eine geheimnisvolle Flaschenpost, eine unerfüllte Liebe und die Suche nach dem Glück... "Ich muss ihn finden!" – das ist alles, was Kristin denken kann, als sie eine Flaschenpost entdeckt, die ein verzweifelter junger Mann vor 50 Jahren in die Bucht von Port de Sóller auf Mallorca warf. Er musste damals seine Freundin Eva gegen seinen Willen verlassen und reiste fortan als "Elefantenflüsterer" mit einem Zirkus durch die Welt. Als Eva ein halbes Jahrhundert später von der Flaschenpost erfährt, erleidet sie einen schweren Herzanfall.

Schon immer war Nina für andere der Fels in der Brandung. Deshalb ist die alleinstehende Arzthelferin auf Blackberry Island gestrandet und arbeitet, wo andere ausspannen - während Mutter und Schwester ihre Träume leben. Nina hat ihrer Familie zuliebe ihre große Liebe und das geplante Medizinstudium aufgegeben. Soll das wirklich alles gewesen sein? Jetzt will Nina endlich Kurs aufs eigene Glück nehmen. Aber sie muss lernen, dass man zuerst loslassen muss, um dem Herzen zu folgen.

First coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, a meme is any idea, behavior, or skill that can be transferred from one person to another by imitation. Susan Blackmore shows that once our distant ancestors acquired the crucial ability to imitate, a second kind of natural selection began, a survival of the fittest amongst competing ideas and behaviors. Ideas and behaviors that proved most adaptive-making tools, for example, or using language - survived and flourished, replicating themselves in as many minds as possible.

Honey Jane Moon is a scrappy little know-it-all - brave, smart, but ill-prepared to become the most famous child star in America, even though she’s not quite as young as everyone believes. It won’t take her long to drive the men in her life crazy. There’s Eric Dillion, a smoldering bad boy and one of Hollywood’s most gifted actors. And Dash Coogan, the last of the cowboy heroes, a man trapped on a screen too small to contain a legend. When Honey falls in love, she’ll do it the only way she knows how - with all her heart.

Six years following his marriage to Jessica and their coronation, Pat learns just how far greedy politicians will go to safeguard their wealth, status, and power. After being taken from his family and home, Pat decides he’ll just rescue himself and ruin their plans while he's at it.

Patrick Laycal loves his family above all else, but he needs time off work from ruling over stubborn Texans. Rather than rest and relax, Pat does what he does best, sowing the seeds of chaos and progress wherever he goes. His trip to purchase land and cattle for his projects blooms into an opportunity to forever change the Royal States, if he can somehow cultivate the child best suited to become next King of Texas—and save his stubborn daughter from the consequences of her choices.

The question-and-answer format makes this introduction to Zen especially easy to understand - and also to use as a reference, as you can easily look up just the question you had in mind. The esteemed Zen teacher Norman Fischer and his old friend and teaching colleague Susan Moon (both of them in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind) give this collaborative effort a playful tone: Susan asks a question on our behalf, Norman answers it, and then Sue challenges him.

Fünfzig Jahre nachdem die Menschheit zu den Sternen aufgebrochen ist, haben Kolonisten die ersten Siedlungen auf dem Mond und Mars sowie auf mehreren Planeten außerhalb des Sonnensystems errichtet. Der Weg ins Weltall war mühsam und abenteuerlich. Aber geleitet von Perry Rhodan, haben die Menschen bislang jede Gefahr überstanden. Doch im Jahr 2089 werden sie mit einem Gegner konfrontiert, der nicht fassbar erscheint.

Two hard-headed, passionate people . . . Two stubborn opponents with tender souls . . . Sometimes wars of the heart can only be won through the sweetest of surrenders. The War Between the States may be over for the rest of the country, but not for Kit Weston. Disguised as a boy, she's come to...

Born without magic, Mackenzie Little has few prospects. In a futile attempt to break her out of the null caste, her mother ropes her into participating in a charity auction, where anything can be bought with enough money.

Im Jahr 2049: Mit der CREST, dem mächtigsten Raumschiff der Menschheit, hat es Perry Rhodan in den Leerraum weit außerhalb der Milchstraße verschlagen. Dort stößt Rhodan auf eine mächtige Roboterzivilisation: die Posbis. Sie suchen das "wahre Leben" - und vernichten jegliche anderen Geschöpfe. Rhodan muss bald feststellen, dass die aggressiven Maschinenwesen einen mörderischen Feldzug gegen die gesamte Milchstraße vorbereiten. Um diesen Krieg zu verhindern, sucht Rhodan Verbündete - und gerät in die Fänge der Nabedu, einer Splittergruppe der Posbis.