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A landmark short story collection that put the more character-based New Wave science fiction on the map, Dangerous Visions won several prestigious awards and was nominated for many others. This now-classic anthology includes thirty-three stories by thirty-two award-winning authors, over half of whom have won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards.

Los Angeles, 1959. Der betagte Filmproduzent Curtis Melnitz wird jede Nacht von Albträumen heimgesucht. Er braucht unbedingt Schlaftabletten – aber die bekommt er nur, wenn er regelmäßig zur Psychoanalyse geht. Auf der Couch des Psychiaters erzählt er wider Willen seine Geschichte, sein Leben zwischen Hollywood und Berlin, zwischen der noch schwarz-weißen, stummen Traumfabrik und der umso grelleren, schreienden deutschen Wirklichkeit des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.

Sleep is the subject of intense scientific debate among biologists and neuroscientists. Why must we spend about one-third of our lives asleep? What exactly is sleep? Why does a lack of sleep impair our cognitive abilities and leave us vulnerable to a host of medical issues ranging from obesity to reduced resistance to infectious disease?

In this blistering street-level account, "Mafia survivor" Frank DiMatteo teams up with true-crime master Michael Benson to take down one of the most notorious figures in the American La Cosa Nostra. This is the real inside story of Carmine "The Snake" Persico, from his crime-filled childhood on the streets of Brooklyn to the long-term jail sentences that didn't stop him from controlling his criminal empire, with the help of his brother - the equally kill-crazy Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico.

DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans uncovers the truth about how corporations have bought the American electoral and legislative process through the power of lobbyists, campaign contributions, and political action committees. Using historical details, such as the development of the two-party system and the advent of third-party candidates throughout U.S. history, DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans exposes how the two major parties have allowed corporations, businesses, and politically-motivated wealthy individuals to manipulate elections.

In diesem Hörbild wird die Situation der deutschen Kriegsgeneration geschildert: Ihre militärische Laufbahn während des Krieges und ihre persönlichen und materiellen Schwierigkeiten nach Ende des Krieges. Beruflich fand ein Teil problemlos eine neue Heimat in der aufstrebenden Wirtschaft. Dennoch hatten die meisten Schwierigkeiten in der neu geordneten Zivilgesellschaft anzukommen. Außerdem befand sich ein großer Teil der jungen Männer noch in Kriegsgefangenschaft.

The updated Thin Book of Trust offers a framework that supports trust building as a workplace competency. It is based on the idea that building trust is a competency, a set of skills that can be learned, improved, and practiced. It will help you continuously improve your ability to build and maintain trust with others. It can also help you create and contribute to a high-trust culture at work.

Janette Oke is a pioneering author of inspirational fiction. Her novels are international best-sellers that entertain as they refresh the soul. Spring's Gentle Promise is the fourth and final book of the Seasons of the Heart series that follows Joshua Chadwick on his journey into adulthood. Josh is as happy as a clam now that Grandpa and Uncle Charlie have signed over the family farm to him. But soon the serious responsibility of managing the farm has him looking for help.

After getting canned from the Seattle PD, brilliant, wisecracking Thomas Prescott follows his sister Lacy to Philadelphia, where she swims on the Drexel University team. While Thomas’s slapstick antics mask a keen analytic mind, it’s his nose for trouble that leads him again and again into dicey situations. The ex–homicide detective is not long in Philly before getting caught up in two high-powered criminal cases. Thomas stumbles into a crime scene amid the Occupy Philadelphia protests. Activist Brooke Wexley has been strangled within sight of city hall.

Unglaubliches geschieht im Reich der Schatten: Conny kämpft gegen die dunklen Kräfte, die sie in ihren Bann zu ziehen versuchen...

Being a vampire isn't as glamorous as it sounds.... Jack Fleming, Anerican journalist, was bitten by the wrong girl - and Jack joined the living dead. Eccentric detective Charles Escott helps Jack solve any strange cases that happen along...and now Jack and Charles investigate the case of the talented young artist whose life is suddenly cut short.

Die Feuerwehrfrau Lieutenant Samantha (Sam) Collins verschwindet nach dem Brand in einem Lagerhaus, eine Woche bevor sie in einem Gerichtsverfahren gegen ihren Noch-Ehemann wegen dessen Drogendelikte aussagen soll. Der einzige Hinweis auf ihr Verschwinden ist ihr Feuerwehrhelm, der am Ort des Geschehens zurückgeblieben ist.

Henry Turner a toujours eu tendance à repousser les choses, mais cette fois, sa procrastination lui coûte cher : il se retrouve dans un cours difficile avec le professeur qu'il supporte le moins. Pour ne rien arranger, il est désormais capitaine de l'équipe de hockey, un poste qu'il n'a jamais voulu. Henry n’a d'autre choix que de redoubler d'efforts s'il veut sauver son année… C'est alors qu'il rencontre Halle Jacobs, une étudiante studieuse avec qui il se lie d'amitié après avoir accidentellement débarqué dans son club de lecture.

THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER -- NOW THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 21 The long-running New York Times bestseller that has become a cultural phenomenon, Bringing Down the House is an action-filled caper carried out by the unlikeliest of cons -- supersmart geeks. Gambling pervaded the M.I.T. campus, and...

Zeke has embraced what he is, but now he must decide what to do with that. Staying at his hidden cabin is no longer possible. He must escape the reach of the church if he is going to have any chance at survival. This time things will be different, this time his enemies will learn to fear what he is.

Fleuriste fauchée, Nolia se tourne vers son ultime espoir pour s'en sortir : sa famille. Elle ne pensait cependant pas que le prix à payer pour son aide serait de se marier. Avec son ex. Face à l'adversité, incapable de retourner vers son passé toxique, elle décide de s'allier à un inconnu dans le plus grand mensonge de sa vie.

Best-selling author of Too Long a Stranger and Julia's Last Hope, Janette Oke is loved for her inspirational novels. In Once Upon a Summer, Oke weaves the tender tale of 12-year-old, Joshua, who has been raised by his 18-year-old aunt and their grandparents. He has grown accustomed to their close-knit family, but that is all about to change when Joshua's aunt considers marriage. Johnny Heller touchingly narrates the trials of faith this family must face.

It’s the 1950s when Johnny Dixon’s mother dies, his father goes to fight in the Korean War, and he goes to live with his grandparents. Although life in a new house is strange, Johnny’s “Grampa” listens to his favorite ballgames, takes him on long walks, and tells him stories of the strange mysteries that lurk in the shadows. Best of all, he’s friends with Professor Childermass, an eccentric academic who’s about to take Johnny on the adventure of a lifetime.

Ezekiel died on Earth only to be resurrected in the body of a Lich. Well, now he’d done it. He was only playing the villain to blow off steam, now he was stuck in the body of one.

Insults are part of the fabric of daily life. But why do we insult each other? Why do insults cause us such pain? Can we do anything to prevent or lessen this pain? Most importantly, how can we overcome our inclination to insult others? In A Slap in the Face, William Irvine undertakes a wide-ranging investigation of insults, their history, the role they play in social relationships, and the science behind them.