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Über die erste Liebe, unverbrüchliche Freundschaften, den Preis von Freiheit und den unendlichen Mut einer jungen Generation. Lai wächst in einem trubeligen Arbeiterviertel in Peking auf. Ihr Vater redet nicht, die Mutter interessiert sich nur für das Geschehen auf dem Hausflur, einzig die Großmutter ist wirklich präsent, kompromisslos in ihrer Liebe zu ihren Enkeln. Als Kind lernt Lai bei einem Nachbarschaftsstreich die Härte des Regimes kennen. Bald darauf auch die erste Liebe. Durch Gen bekommt sie Zugang zu Büchern und Bildung.

Benebell Wen’s (Holistic Tarot and The Tao of Craft) historic new translation of the I Ching brings the power and mysticism of The Book of Changes to contemporary readers. Through in-depth annotations, cultural and historical references, and magical practices, Wen amplifies the wisdom—both...

Ein Mädchen. Eine verborgene Macht. Und ein Magier, der ihr Leben für immer verändern wird... Lan hat alles verloren: ihren alten Namen, ihr Zuhause, ihre Mutter. Seit Besatzer ihr Volk unterdrücken, verdient sie ihr Geld als Sängerin. Als eines Tages der Mann auftaucht, der ihre Mutter getötet hat, flieht Lan und rennt dabei in die Arme von Zen. Zen ist einer der letzten Magier, die die Macht des Qì beherrschen, die von den Besatzern verboten wurde. Gemeinsam entdecken sie Lans verborgenen Kräfte, die das gesamte Königreich erschüttern könnten.

Silas Decker had his world destroyed when he was attacked by vampires outside of New Amsterdam. He has rebuilt his life a dozen times in the last 300 years - each time less and less successfully. Now he lives alone, buried under a hoarding habit, struggling to find some reason to wake up with the setting of the sun.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation's past—and unleashing the demons that sleep at its heart. An epic fantasy series inspired by the mythology and folklore of ancient China. “Brims with pure magic. Zhao has...

-An instant New York Times Bestseller and Indie Bestseller! -Optioned for film by the producers of Jenny Han's Netflix series, TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE -#1 Cosmopolitan Audiobook of the Year -Featured in Entertainment Weekly, Seventeen, Boston Globe, South China Morning Post, World...

Ein Mädchen. Eine verborgene Macht. Und ein Magier, der ihr Leben für immer verändern wird ... Lan ist am Boden zerstört. Zen hat sich mit den Dämonengöttern eingelassen und die elantinische Armee hat ihr neues Zuhause zerstört. Doch ihre Hoffnung bleibt, denn sie ist einen Pakt mit dem Silbernen Drachen eingegangen - einem uralten und mähtigen Wesen. Während sie ihre neuen Kräfte zu kontrollieren versucht, werden die Grenzen zwischen Freund und Feind immer dünner. Doch Lan ist wild entschlossen, ihr Volk ein für allemal zu befreien und dabei nicht ihr Herz zu verlieren.

Hier geht es rund um die Themen: - Umgang mit (unangenehmen) Emotionen - Regulation des Nervensystems - Ziele erreichen - Stressreduktion

Joshua Tatterskein’s life has been strange. He's become a werewolf, lives with a three-hundred-year-old vampire named Silas Decker and a ginger kitten called Trouble. Then things get even weirder when he encounters a talking penguin who wants to hire him for a job. Joshua just wants to graduate from his new high school. The school is owned by Boston’s werewolf pack, and while the teachers might not realize the owners are wolves, all the kids with special abilities—the Goths—know. The good news is the Goths are happy to help Joshua, but the bad news is one of them has gone missing.

The oni have invaded Pittsburgh on Elfhome. And, so far, it looks like they are winning. All this is according to prophecy. But the prophecy is big on symbols and light on specifics. Tinker and her allies are doing the best they can to defend the city and the civilians caught in the crossfire of a war between elves that’s been brewing for centuries. But the enemy has no hesitation whatsoever in involving innocents. All the pieces in this deadly game are in place—and everyone trusts Tinker will save them. All she needs is a plan. And then the lights go out, and the storm begins to rage ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a world at war with demons, one girl will face the ultimate test when she is forced to enter into an ancient, deadly competition for the chance to save her mother's soul… before she loses her forever. From the author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night comes...

The tarot classic that first promoted the practice of reading the cards not just for others but for one's own personal insight and self-transformation

Inventor, girl genius Tinker lives in a near-future Pittsburgh which now exists mostly in the land of the elves. She runs her salvage business, pays her taxes, and tries to keep the local ambient level of magic down with gadgets of her own design. When a pack of wargs chase an Elven noble into her scrap yard, life as she knows it takes a serious detour.

From medical expert Leana Wen, MD, Lifelines is an insider's account of public health and its crucial role - from opioid addiction to global pandemic - and an inspiring story of her journey from struggling immigrant to being one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People.

A chilling collection of supernatural horror stories from the winners of the Storytel Epigram Horror Prize. 11 fantastically written stories designed to enthral and scare!...

Tinker: just a quick-witted girl from Pittsburgh - who happens to be responsible for depositing high elves and her hometown humans into a melting pot of magic. Now the draconian oni seek to destroy the elves by breeding human git to do their evil bidding. But half-breeds who are half-human may not be the slaves the oni imagined. The revolt is on! Its leader - A certain newly-minted elven princess from Pittsburgh, PA, by the name of Tinker.

It’s 220 B.C. The ancient Western Empire is crumbling. In a desperate bid to save his throne, the Greek king over Babylon sends his son, Antiochus, a dishonored warrior, into the mysterious land of the Far East to capture a mythical creature that will give him absolute power: a dragon. What Antiochus finds is beyond his imagination.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The epic sequel to the book Song of Silver, Flame Like Night, is a fast-paced, riveting YA fantasy inspired by the mythology and folklore of ancient China. The Demon Gods have risen. Skies’ End has fallen to the colonizers. And Lan and Zen have chosen sides. But...

The war against the oni heats to a flashpoint even as Tinker learns that the enemy has a dangerous new weapon, the nactka. What’s more, the Stone Clan has sent its most famous warlords, the Harbingers, to take control of the allied war effort. Are these elves friends or foes? Tinker’s newfound baby siblings are up for grabs. The babies, though, are wood sprites and aren’t going to take things lying down. Team Mischief go!

In this fierce, glamorous adult fantasy debut, Silvia Moreno-Garcia meets Fonda Lee, with the feverish intensity of R.F. Kuang's Poppy War trilogy. Singapore, 1972: Newly independent and grappling for power in a fast-modernizing world. Here, gangsters in Chinese secret societies are the last...