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Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of 16, she's competing for the US Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting.

In this collection of Jeff Bezos' writings - his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas - you'll gain an insider's view of the why and how of his success. Spanning a range of topics across business and public policy, from innovation and customer obsession to climate change and outer space, this book provides a rare glimpse into how Bezos thinks about the world and where the future might take us.

2012 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year Walter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family...

Do you struggle to complete your to-do without getting sidetracked? Are you always fighting the urge to scroll through social media or check your phone when you should be in focus mode? Are you so overwhelmed by distractions that you are not progressing in life? If you answered yes to any of these questions, don’t worry—you are not alone. According to a 2022 Crucial Learning poll, an astonishing 68% of people find it hard to focus at work, and 62% of people have difficulty focusing at home.

Seattle, Washington 1993: In Capitol Hill, dem Vergnügungsviertel der Stadt, verschwinden eine Reihe von jungen Frauen spurlos. Die Ermittlungen der Polizei laufen ins Leere, da die Vermissten zumeist erst kurze Zeit in der Stadt waren und bei flüchtigen Bekannten oder in anonymen Absteigen gewohnt haben. Das Verschwinden der jungen Frauen macht nicht nur der Polizei, sondern auch den Schwestern Polly und Melody Stewart große Sorgen.

Dive into a world of enchantment with three delightful fairy tales that promise happy endings. Meet an enchanted frog, a courageous princess, her valiant brothers, and their battle against a sinister plot. Plus, discover the magic of a lamp that holds a Genius ready to grant wishes. (by Laurie Anne Walden)

A 2022 Audie Award Finalist A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched...

Originally penned and illustrated by beloved Victorian artist Walter Crane, this enchanting collection takes young listeners (and the young at heart!) on a charming journey through the alphabet, where each letter introduces a familiar friend from traditional nursery lore.

By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to a Gallup poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world’s imagination. Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public, ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists. Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man's personality and the foreign policy he pursued.

2012 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year Walter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family...

Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world.

This book provides a historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots as well as key issues including voting rights, the liberation of the '60s, and its relevance today. Margaret Walters touches on the difficulties and inequities that women still face more than 40 years after the "new wave" of 1960s feminism, such as how successful women are at combining domesticity, motherhood, and work outside the house. She brings the subject completely up to date by providing an analysis of the current situation of women across the globe.

The warm summer sun means time for a splashing good time. Picnics with friends and family, sand castles at the beach. Fireworks in the night sky, and ice pop treats in Sweet Summer.

Winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir The definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein. Now the basis of Genius, the ten-part National Geographic series on the life of Albert Einstein, starring the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award–winning actor Geoffrey Rush as...

Redactado en ladino en 1564 por Moisés Almosnino (1515-1580) e inédito en lenguas modernas hasta hoy, esta obra del filósofo y rabino sefardí está ahora disponible en su primera traducción íntegra a partir de la edición judeoespañola de 1734.

In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made...

Walter Moers' Bestseller: Hildegunst von Mythenmetz reist in die magische Welt der Bücher Das Manuskript eines unbekannten Autors treibt den jungen Dichter Hildegunst von Mythenmetz nach Buchhaim. Wenn er dem Geheimnis des Verfassers irgendwo auf die Spur kommen kann, dann hier in den labyrinthischen Katakomben dieser buchverrückten Stadt. Der Geruch von Druckerschwärze durchzieht die Straßen, Bibliothek reiht sich an Bibliothek. Belesene Buchlinge und Bücherjäger stürzen sich auf alles, was Buchstaben hat. Als Mythenmetz nach unzähligen Abenteuern den Schattenkönig von Buchhaim trifft, scheint er am Ziel... Produktion: Hessischer Rundfunk 2005

The #1 New York Times and global bestseller from Walter Isaacson—the acclaimed author of Steve Jobs, Einstein: His Life and World, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo da Vinci—is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating, controversial innovator of modern times. For two years...

America’s bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans—and explains how it should shape our politics today. “Isaacson uses a jeweler’s loupe to scan what gives his snappy...

Walter Benjamin erzählt in seiner Rede über seine Sammelleidenschaft für Bücher. Nach jedem Umzug packt er seine Bibliothek aus. Hier stößt er auf die Verschiedenartigkeit in der Schrift, der Aufmachung und des Inhalts der Bücher. Regie: Julius Albert Flach