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All Bernadette "Bernie" O'Brien, an underachieving, overweight 14-year-old, who happens to be blind, wants is an average share of happiness. Instead, her life is on a runaway roller coaster that can only plummet down. As she begins her freshman year at Desert Vista High School, Bernie yearns to win love from Jason, her sister's football-star boyfriend. Instead, child-like Nick attaches himself to Bernie like acne. Then Bernie's best friend, Leese, dumps her for more popular girls during the first week of school.

Temperance is an acolyte mage living with the survivors of the Sundering in a large, underground cave complex. She has made the choice to join a small team leaving to search for seeds and food that they can bring back to their people. What they find is a lot more terrifying. Facing the blinding, cold, and incessant storms on one side and monsters that inhabit the frozen wasteland - Temperance; her brother, Astor; the book worm, Gimlak; Esta, the scout; and Daphina, their leader - they must survive together or die alone.

Everyone is talking about the entrepreneur, animator, eco-designer, and girls’ rights activist Maya Penn. Her TEDWomen Talk has been viewed over 1,200,000 million times (and is one of the top 15 TEDWomen Talks of all time). Now this amazing teenager has written an inspirational handbook for...

When she wished she could get rid of the platinum-selling pop star who was stalking her, she didn't mean 'get rid of' in the permanent sense. But someone did. And being a suspect isn't the kind of attention she wants from the gorgeous-but-entirely-too-condescending detective investigating the case. As if that wasn't bad enough, her only help comes from the man she's been in love with since her hormones kicked in...and his beautiful girlfriend.

This whimsical collection of Christmas stories is sure to delight children of all ages. Includes the holiday favorites "Santa Claus Does Not Forget", "The Doll's Christmas Party", "Little Girl's Christmas", "Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas", "The First Christmas Tree", and "Mama's Happy Christmas".

Sibylle Berg sagt: "Einer der cleversten Aktivisten, die ich kenne." Sie meint den Aktionskünstler und investigativen Journalisten Jean Peters, der hier von seinen wahnwitzigsten, skurrilsten, mutigsten und kreativsten Versuchen, die Welt zum Besseren zu verändern, erzählt. Als sich abzeichnete, dass die Rechten auf dem Vormarsch sind, als Klimaforscher*innen vor den Folgen exponenziellen Wachstums warnten und alle weitermachten wie bisher, da verspürte Jean Peters das Gefühl politischer Ohnmacht.

Heike Kleen hält Gleichberechtigung für essenziell, sich selbst aber nicht gerade für eine Vorzeigefeministin. Sie fragt sich: Wieso stecke ich in der Teilzeitfalle? Wieso lächle ich auch dann, wenn mir nicht danach zumute ist? Und wieso rate ich meinem Sohn "Hau zurück!", nachdem der sich hat vermöbeln lassen, obwohl ich toxische Männlichkeit ablehne? Wie Heike Kleen geht es vielen: Der Wille zum Feminismus ist da, wenn da nur nicht - neben der strukturellen Benachteiligung - die Fallstricke des Alltags wären. Was tun?

Der Klassiker von Ellis Kaut in der Mundart-Version von Jörg Schneider.

Der Klassiker von Ellis Kaut in der Mundart-Version von Jörg Schneider.

Gene Washington’s football career ended long before his daughter Maya was born. She never saw the legendary powerhouse as anything but her dad. She didn’t yet grasp the impact he’d had on the sport - and on America. To understand his historic role in the integration of college football and fully appreciate his legacy, Maya had a lot of catching up to do. Maya retraces her father’s journey from the segregated south to Michigan State during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement and his journey as an NFL pioneer after the 1967 draft.

Anya Seton's best-selling first novel, originally published in 1941, captures all the drama of the short life of Theodosia Burr (1783-1813). Her father, Aaron - Thomas Jefferson's vice president, most famous for his great duel with Alexander Hamilton - holds sway over young Theodosia's heart. But his arrogance forces her to choose between the man he insists she marry and her love for a young soldier, who will turn out to play a decisive role in her father's fate.

Part memoir, part call to action, this young readers’ edition dives into the inspiring life of the late U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings—from childhood through his time as chairman of the House Oversight Committee—and his tireless fight for justice. Growing up as the child of former...

Eingesperrt. Verloren. Vereint. Finaler Band der Verliebe dich Reihe. Nachdem sich Adriana entschieden hat, in die Hölle zurückzukehren, aus der sie entkommen ist, wird sie wieder eingesperrt. Sie erwarten dunkle Tage, einsame Nächte und plagen Selbstzweifel. Plötzlich, als Adriana keinen Ausweg mehr weiß und ihren Fehler zutiefst bereut, betritt Darcio Rinaldis Anwesen, um Adriana zu befreien. Für die Frau, die er liebt, würde er alles tun.

Als Pumuckl verbotenerweise in ein Paket eines Nachbarn klettert, wird er aus Versehen eingesperrt - und verschenkt. Der Kobold ist verschwunden! Verzweifelt macht sich Eder bei den Nachbarn im Vorderhaus auf die Suche nach ihm. Als er ihn in letzter Sekunde befreien kann, blamiert sich Eder bis auf die Knochen. Diesen Tag würden beide am liebsten streichen.

Marion and her two friends leave their private school to begin new lives. Marion is determined to be a success and become wealthy, not realizing what she will have to give up to win her goal and that it all may end up being just "fairy gold".

Stell dir vor, du öffnest in wenigen Wochen einen Geschäftsbericht und erkennst auf einen Blick, ob ein Unternehmen ein Fels in der Brandung oder ein wackeliges Kartenhaus ist. Du triffst Entscheidungen mit Ruhe und Klarheit–ohne Guru-Tipps, ohne Panik.

Du träumst von einem grünen Rückzugsort mitten in der Stadt? Möchtest du deinen Balkon in eine blühende Wohlfühloase verwandeln, die dir frische Kräuter, Gemüse und Blumen schenkt – ganz ohne Stress und mit viel Freude? Dann ist „Grüner Balkon, glückliches Leben“ dein perfekter Begleiter!

A moving, politically-charged memoir of surviving trauma and embracing the power of activism from MSNBC legal analyst and former New York City Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley—"a book that offers hope and inspiration in a moment of division and political unrest in America" (Zerlina Maxwell, author...

Macallan Stewart. Gorgeous. Untouchable. Idolized. Star football player—both on and off the field. Women love him. Men want to be him. And I… Well, I’m too busy trying not to stab pencils into his eye sockets to allow myself to feel anything but anger, which definitely beats the alternative.

Staplers aren't the only things getting jammed. In this scorchingly addictive collection of ten high-heat office erotica stories, enemies become lovers, coworkers become liabilities, and every locked door becomes an invitation. Expect stolen glances across cubicles, whispered threats in meeting rooms, and copy room hookups hot enough to melt toner. These aren’t soft romances—they’re raw, ruthless, and dripping with tension. Think desks used for anything but spreadsheets, HR policies broken by the second paragraph, and rivalries that end in breathless, sweat-slicked surrender.