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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this tender-hearted debut, set against the tumultuous backdrop of life in 1973, when homosexuality is still considered a mental illness, two boys defy all the odds and fall in love-now in paperback!The year is 1973. The Watergate hearings are in full swing. The Vietnam War is still raging. And homosexuality is still officially considered a mental illness. In the midst of these trying times is sixteen-year-old Jonathan Collins, a bullied, anxious, asthmatic kid, who aside from an alcoholic father and his sympathetic neighbor and friend Starla, is completely alone. To cope, Jonathan escapes to the safe haven of his imagination, where his hero David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and dead relatives, including his mother, guide him through the rough terrain of his life. In his alternate reality, Jonathan can be anything: a superhero, an astronaut, Ziggy Stardust, himself, or completely 'normal' and not a boy who likes other boys. When he completes his treatments, he will be normal-at least he hopes. But before that can happen, Web stumbles into his life. Web is everything Jonathan wishes he could be: fearless, fearsome and, most importantly, not ashamed of being gay.Jonathan doesn't want to like brooding Web, who has secrets all his own. Jonathan wants nothing more than to be 'fixed' once and for all. But he's drawn to Web anyway. Web is the first person in the real world to see Jonathan completely and think he's perfect. Web is a kind of escape Jonathan has never known. For the first time in his life, he may finally feel free enough to love and accept himself as he is.A poignant coming-of-age tale, Ziggy, Stardust and Me heralds the arrival of a stunning and important new voice in YA. 347 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2022 JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2021Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, The Financial Times, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Vulture, Marie Claire, Vox, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and more!"A relentless exhibition of Groff's freakish talent. In just over 250 pages, she gives us a character study to rivalHilary Mantel'sThomas Cromwell." USA Today "An electric reimagining . . . feminist, sensual . . . unforgettable." O, The Oprah Magazine "Thrilling and heartbreaking." Time Magazine "[A] page-by-page pleasure as we soar with her." New York TimesOne of our best American writers, and author of the highly anticipated THE VASTER WILDS, Lauren Groff returns with this exhilarating and groundbreaking novelCast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters. In this crucible, Marie steadily supplants her desire for family, for her homeland, for the passions of her youth with something new to her: devotion to her sisters, and a conviction in her own divine visions. Marie, born the last in a long line of women warriors and crusaders, is determined to chart a bold new course for the women she now leads and protects. But in a world that is shifting and corroding in frightening ways, one that can never reconcile itself with her existence, will the sheer force of Marie's vision be bulwark enough Equally alive to the sacred and the profane, Matrix gathers currents of violence, sensuality, and religious ecstasy in a mesmerizing portrait of consuming passion, aberrant faith, and a woman that history moves both through and around. Lauren Groff's new novel, her first since Fates and Furies, is a defiant and timely exploration of the raw power of female creativity in a corrupted world. 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - More urgent than ever, two landmark essays by the legendary political theorist on the greatest threat to democracy, gathered with a new introduction by David Bromwich No one, Hannah Arendt observed, has ever counted truthfulness as a political virtue. But why do politicians lie What is the relationship between political lies and self-delusion And how much organized deceit can a democracy endure before it ceases to function Fifty years ago, the century s greatest political theorist turned her focus to these essential questions in two seminal essays, brought together here for the first time. Her conclusions, delivered in searching prose that crackles with insight and intelligence, remain powerfully relevant, perhaps more so today than when they were written.In Truth and Politics, Arendt explores the affinity between lying and politics, and reminds us that the survival of factual truth depends on the testimony of credible witnesses and on an informed citizenry. She shows how our shared sense of reality the texture of facts in which we wrap our daily lives can be torn apart by organized lying, replaced with a fantasy world of airbrushed evidence and doctored documents.In Lying in Politics, written in response to the release of the Pentagon Papers, Arendt applies these insights to an analysis of American policy in Southeast Asia, arguing that the real goal of the Vietnam War and of the official lies used to justify it by successive administrations was nothing other than the burnishing of America s image.In his introduction, David Bromwich (American Breakdown: The Trump Years and How They Befell Us) engages with Arendt s essays in the context of her other writings and underscores their clarion call to take seriously the ever-present threat to democracy posed by lying. 119 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An intoxicating and sparkling new romance by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory. Margot Noble needs some relief from the stress of running the family winery with her brother. Enter Luke: sexy, charming, and best of all in the too-small world of Napa, a stranger. The chemistry between them is undeniable, and Margot is delighted that she lucked into the perfect one-night stand she ll never have to see again. That is, until the winery s newest hire, Luke, walks in the next morning. Margot is determined to keep things purely professional,but when their every interaction reminds her of the attraction still bubbling between them, it proves to be much more challenging than she expects. Luke Williams had it all, but when he quits his high-salary tech job in Silicon Valley in a blaze of burnout and moves back to Napa to help a friend, he realizes he doesn t want to tell the world or his mom why he s now working at a winery. His mom loves bragging about her successful son how can he admit that the job she s so proud of broke him Luke has no idea what is next for him, but one thing is certain: he wants more from the incredibly smart and sexy woman he hooked up with even after he learns she s his new boss. But even if they can find a way to be together that wouldn t be an ethical nightmare, would such a successful woman really want a tech-world dropout Set against a lush backdrop of Napa Valley wine country, nothing goes to your head as fast as a taste of love even if it means changing all your plans. 400 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Kohsaka, Rito (illustrator). Neuware - 'Considered nigh worthless for having failed to inherit the superhuman powers of the bloodlines into which she was born, Miyo Saimori lives her days unwanted and unloved. Her stepmother and very own father have little time or affection for her, and Miyo must suffer being treated as a servant by her half-sister who, unlike Miyo, is blessed with the unusual powers of their blood. Ultimately seen as nothing more than a nuisance and a drain on the family wealth, Miyo is packed off to the Kudo house as a bridal candidate for its heir, Kiyoka Kudo. Whispers abound about the Kudo clan, the most powerful in all the land, but will the allegedly cold and cruel house into which Miyo aims to marry prove much warmer than the family she left behind '--]cProvided by publisher. 192 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Maomao has proven her worth to the denizens of the palace time and time again, but she's got her work cut out for her on this occasion! When the ever luminous Jinshi asks for Maomao's help in disguising himself to take care of business outside the palace walls, Maomao must dig deep to mar her employer's heavenly charms! And to make the ploy believable, Maomao herself is roped in to a spot of theater as Jinshi's companion. But Jinshi's 'business' takes him right to the gates of the pleasure district! Has all Maomao's hard work been for a mere assignation, or is there another mystery afoot ' 176 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the New York Times bestsellingauthor of The Downstairs Girl comes the richly imagined story of Valora and Jamie Luck, twin British-Chinese acrobats traveling aboard the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage.Valora Luck has two things: a ticket for the biggest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world, and a dream of leaving England behind and making a life for herself as a circus performer in New York. Much to her surprise though, she's turned away at the gangway; apparently, Chinese aren't allowed into America. But Val has to get on that ship. Her twin brother Jamie, who has spent two long years at sea, is there, as is an influential circus owner, whom Val hopes to audition for. Thankfully, there's not much a trained acrobat like Val can't overcome when she puts her mind to it.As a stowaway, Val should keep her head down and stay out of sight. But the clock is ticking and she has just seven days as the ship makes its way across the Atlantic to find Jamie, perform for the circus owner, and convince him to help get them both into America.Then one night the unthinkable happens, and suddenly Val's dreams of a new life are crushed under the weight of the only thing that matters: survival. 368 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Give in to this irresistible paranormal romance anthology filled with tales of the mortal and the monstrous. In Eternally Yours, fifteen of today s bestselling writers explore love in its many forms . . .Contributors include Kalynn Bayron, Kendare Blake, Kat Cho, Melissa de la Cruz, Hafsah Faizal, Sarah Gailey, Chloe Gong, Alexis Henderson, Adib Khorram, Anna-Marie McLemore, Casey McQuiston, Sandhya Menon, Akshaya Raman, Marie Rutkoski, and Julian Winters.Vampires and merpeople, angels and demons the stories in this anthology imagine worlds where the only thing more powerful than the supernatural, is love. A girl in a graveyard goes on an unexpected date, a shipwrecked sailor makes a connection on a forbidden island, a piano melody summons a soul mate. Creatures of folktales and legend, of land and sea, of centuries past and life after life, all wrapped into one spellbinding compendium. Once you sink into its pages, it ll never let you go. 416 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A charming YA rom-com perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and What If It s Us. Micah Summers runs a popular Instagram full of drawings of his numerous imaginary boyfriends (ninety-nine so far) though he's never had a real boyfriend before. But when a meet-cute with Boy 100 goes wrong, Micah embarks on a Prince Charming-like quest throughout Chicago to find true love for real this time.Will Boy 100 be the One Micah is rich, dreamy, and charming. As the Prince of Chicago, the son of local celebrity sports radio host known as the King of Chicago he has everything going for him. Unfortunately, he s also the prince of imaginary meet-cutes, since he s too nervous to actually ask boys out.Instead, Micah draws each crush to share on Instagram with a post about their imaginary dates. Ninety-nine boyfriends later, his account is hugely popular, and everyone is eagerly awaiting Boy 100. So is Micah. He s determined that Boy 100 will be different. This time, Micah will sweep the boy off his feet, for real!So when Micah flirts with a hot boy on the L who s wearing a vegan leather jacket and lugging a ton of library books, he is sure this is Boy 100. But right before he can make his move and ask for the boy s number, the guy rushes off the train, leaving behind his pumpkin-embroidered jacket. The jacket holds clues to the boy s identity, so Micah and his friends set off on a quest to return it. Along the way, Micah will discover that the best relationships aren t fairy tales. In fact, the perfect fit and true love might be closer than he thinks. 352 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For fans of We Were Liars and from the bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies comes a paranormal thriller about a seventeen-year-old girl returning to camp to uncover the truth of what really happened there twelve years ago, the night her mother drowned.Twelve years ago, Avril s mother drowned at Whisper Cove theater, just off the rocky Connecticut coastline. It was ruled an accident, but Avril s never been totally convinced. Local legend claims that the women in the waves ghosts from old whaling stories called her mother into the ocean with their whispering. Because, as they say at Whisper Cove, what the sea wants, the sea will have.While Avril doesn t believe in ghosts, she knows there are lots of different ways for places, and people, to be haunted. She s spent the past twelve years trying to make sense of the strange bits and pieces she does remember from the night she lost her mother. Stars falling into the sea. A blinding light. A tight grip on her wrist. The odd sensation of flying. Now, at seventeen, she s returning to Whisper Cove for the first time, and she might finally unravel the mystery of what really happened.As Avril becomes more involved with camp director Willa and her mysterious son Cole, Whisper Cove reveals itself to her. Distances seem to shift in the strange fog. Echoes of long-past moments bounce off the marsh. And Avril keeps meeting herself and her dead mother late at night, at the edge of the ocean.The truth Avril seeks is ready to be discovered. But it will come at a terrible cost. 382 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Expansive and entertaining. . . . [A] fast-paced and highly readable journey . . . the book serves as a useful tool in the effort to redefine the role of the city in an age of increasingly polarized politics, and reminds us that urban health is as Fiorello La Guardia once remarked about cleaning the streets not a Democratic or Republican issue. New York Times Book ReviewOne of our great urbanists and one of our great public health experts join forces to reckon with how cities are changing in the face of existential threats the pandemic has only acceleratedCities can make us sick. That s always been true diseases spread more easily when more people are close to one another. And cities have been demonized as breeding grounds for vice and crime from Sodom and Gomorrah on. But cities have flourished nonetheless because they are humanity s greatest invention, indispensable engines for creativity, innovation, wealth, and civilization itself. But cities now stand at a crossroads. During the global COVID crisis, cities grew silent; the normal forms of socializing ground to a halt. How permanent are these changes Advances in technology mean that many people can opt out of city life as never before. Will they Are we on the brink of a post-urban world City life will survive, but individual cities face terrible risks, argue Edward Glaeser and David Cutler, and a wave of urban failure would be absolutely disastrous. In terms of intimacy and inspiration, nothing can replace what cities offer. But great cities have always demanded great management, and our current crisis has exposed fearful gaps in our capacity for good governance. In America, Glaeser and Cutler argue, deep inequities in health care and education are a particular blight on the future of our cities; solving them will be the difference between our collective good health and a downward spiral to a much darker place. 512 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!An NPR Best Book of 2022'The questions throughout What If 2 are equal parts brilliant, gross, and wonderfully absurd and the answers are thorough, deeply researched, and great fun. . . .Science isn t easy, but in Munroe s capable hands, it surely can be fun.' TIMEThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of What If and How To answers more of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the Moon back to Earth The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone s freezer door at the same time Maybe it s time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want to know what would happen if you rode a helicopter blade, built a billion-story building, made a lava lamp out of lava, or jumped on a geyser as it erupted Okay, if you insist.Before you go on a cosmic road trip, feed the residents of New York City to a T. rex, or fill every church with bananas, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. Unfazed by absurdity, Munroe consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airliner catapult design to answer his readers questions, clearly and concisely, with illuminating and occasionally terrifying illustrations. As he consistently demonstrates, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in very specific extreme circumstances. 354 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical physicist, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancé, Lia, are caught up in the otherworldly events surrounding the death of his father.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Tomoseshunsaku (illustrator). Neuware - 'Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom--if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka started at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he met Horikita Suzune, who was determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Who can beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game '--Provided by publisher.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The instant New York Times,Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller!In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a bold and brave life. In this much-anticipated second book of his Stoic Virtue series, Holiday celebrates the awesome power of self-discipline and those who have seized it.To master anything, one must first master themselves one s emotions, one s thoughts, one s actions. Eisenhower famously said that freedom is really the opportunity to practice self-discipline. Cicero called the virtue of temperance the polish of life. Without boundaries and restraint, we risk not only failing to meet our full potential and jeopardizing what we have achieved, but we ensure misery and shame. In a world of temptation and excess, this ancient idea is more urgent than ever.In Discipline is Destiny, Holiday draws on the stories of historical figures we can emulate as pillars of self-discipline, including Lou Gehrig, Queen Elizabeth II, boxer Floyd Patterson, Marcus Aurelius and writer Toni Morrison, as well as the cautionary tales of Napoleon, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Babe Ruth. Through these engaging examples, Holiday teaches readers the power of self-discipline and balance, and cautions against the perils of extravagance and hedonism.At the heart of Stoicism are four simple virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom. Everything else, the Stoics believed, flows from them. Discipline is Destiny will guide readers down the path to self-mastery, upon which all the other virtues depend. Discipline is predictive. You cannot succeed without it. And if you lose it, you cannot help but bring yourself failure and unhappiness.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From one of our culture's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriers.When Edward Enninful became the first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue, few in the world of fashion wanted to confront how it failed to represent the world we live in. But Edward, a champion of inclusion throughout his life, rapidly changed that.Now, whether it s putting first responders, octogenarians or civil rights activists on the cover of Vogue, or championing designers and photographers of colour, Edward Enninful has cemented his status as one of his world s most important changemakers.A Visible Man traces an astonishing journey into one of the world s most exclusive industries. Edward candidly shares how as a Black, gay, working-class refugee, he found in fashion not only a home, but the freedom to share with people the world as he saw it. Written with style, grace, and heart, A Visible Man shines a spotlight on the career of one of the greatest creative minds of our times. It is the story of a visionary who changed not only an industry, but how we understand beauty.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Incredibly immersive. The newest installment to the Miss Peregrine universe is stunning. A deluxe companion to the #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine s Peculiar Children series. Everything you need to know about the peculiar world, written by Miss Peregrine herself. A gloriously rich and utterly delightful handbook perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike. Gloriously rich and utterly delightful, Miss Peregrine s Museum of Wonders is an indispensableguide to the peculiar world, perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike. Covering everything from how to blend in with suspicious normals to the most popular time loops to visit as a temporal tourist, this essential volume is ideal for anyone curious about the world of Miss Peregrine: its strange history, curious practices, fascinating places, most famous (and infamous) names, and much more.Written in Miss Peregrine s inimitable style, it s also a dramatic expansion of the universe fans have already come to love, introducing countless new peculiars, enemies, time loops, stories, and secrets, in addition to hundreds of never-before-seen vintage found photographs and select illustrations.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A New York Times Notable BookOne of NPR's Best Books of 2021'Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive. Dwight Garner, New York TimesThe international bestseller from the author of the renowned My Struggle series, The Morning Star is an astonishing, ambitious, and rich novel about what we don't understand, and our attempts to make sense of our world nonethelessOne long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house insouthern Norway. Their friend Egilhas his own placenearby.Kathrine, a priest, is flying home from a Bible seminar, questioning her marriage. Journalist Jostein is out drinkingfor the night, while his wife, Turid, a nurse at a psychiatric careunit,is on a night shift when one of her patients escapes. Above them all, a huge star suddenly appears blazing in the sky. It brings with it a mysterious sense of foreboding. Strange things start to happen as nine lives come together under the star. Hundreds of crabs amass on the road as Arne drives at night; Jostein receives a call about a death metal band found brutally murdered in a Satanic ritual; Kathrine conducts a funeral service for a man she met at theairport but is he actually dead The Morning Star is about life in all its mundanity and drama,the strangeness that permeates our world, andthe darkness in usall. Karl Ove Knausgaard s astonishing new novel, his first after the My Struggle cycle, goes to the utmost limits of freedom and chaos, to what happens when forces beyond our comprehension are unleashed andthe realms of the living and the deadcollide.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'We are only just beginning to reckon with our post-pandemic future. As political extremism intensifies, the great resignation affects businesses everywhere, and supply chain issues crush bottom lines, we're faced with daunting questions - is our democracy under threat How will Big Tech change our lives What does job security look like for me America is on the brink of massive change - change that will disrupt the workings of our economy and drastically impact the financial backbone of our nation: the middle class. In Adrift, Galloway looks to the past - from 1945 to present day - to explain just how America arrived at this precipice. Telling the story of our nation through 100 charts, Galloway demonstrates how crises such as Jim Crow, World War II, and the Stock Market Crash of 2008, as well as the escalating power of technology, an entrenched white patriarchy, and the socio-economic effects of the pandemic, created today's perfect storm. Adrift attempts to make sense of it all, and offers Galloway's unique take on where we're headed and who we'll become, touching on topics as wide-ranging as online dating to minimum wage to the American dream. Just as in 1945 and 1980, America is once again a nation at a crossroads. This time, what will it take for our nation to keep up with the fast and violent changes to our new world '.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The instant New York Times bestsellerBy the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, agroundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracingcritique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to healthand healing.In this revolutionary book,renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise.Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescriptiondrug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high bloodpressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of thepopulation. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness ison the rise. So what is really normal when it comes to health Over four decades of clinical experience,Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of normal as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense ofgood health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today s culture stresses the body, burdens theimmune system, and undermines emotional balance. Now Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick, connects thedots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness ofsociety and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Cowritten with his son Daniel, The Myth Of Normal is Maté s most ambitious and urgent book yet.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. ZeldaCW (illustrator). Neuware - FATES ALIGNED, BODIES INTERTWINEDThe Reverend of Empty Words, a monster that feeds off the fears of the fortunate, is hunting Xie Lian s friend, the Wind Master Shi Qingxuan. Knowing that his abysmal luck inoculates him from the creature s power, Xie Lian doesn t hesitate to throw himself into harm s way to Hua Cheng s horror and panic. But another one of the Four Calamities may be closer than anyone knows, and even a ghost as powerful as Hua Cheng can lose control under the right circumstances. With his inhibitions gone, will desire overtake him.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A dazzling portrait of a family and a country in flux The Unfolding is hilarious and shocking and heartbreaking and just a little bit deranged in other words, it s a book that feels like what it feels like to be alive right now.'--Nathan Hill, author of The Nix Gripping, sad, funny, by turns aching and antic and, as always, exceedingly well-observed and -written. --Michael Chabon,bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Moonglow and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayIn her first novel since the Women s Prize award-winning May We Be Forgiven, A.M. Homes delivers us back to ourselves in this stunning alternative history that is both terrifyingly prescient, deeply tender and devastatingly funny.The Big Guy loves his family, money and country. Undone by the results of the 2008 presidential election, he taps a group of like-minded men to reclaim their version of the American Dream. As they build a scheme to disturb and disrupt, the Big Guy also faces turbulence within his family. His wife, Charlotte, grieves a life not lived,while his 18-year-old daughter, Meghan, begins to realize that her favorite subject history is not exactly what her father taught her.In a story that is as much about the dynamics within a family as it is about the desire for those in power to remain in power, Homes presciently unpacks a dangerous rift in American identity, prompting a reconsideration of the definitionof truth, freedom and democracy and exploring the explosive consequences of what happens when the same words mean such different things to people living together under one roof.From the writer who is always razor sharp and furiously good (Zadie Smith), a darkly comic political parable braided with a Bildungsroman that takes us inside the heart of a divided country.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Most appealing. technical accuracy and lightness of tone. Impeccable. Wall Street Journal A porthole into another world. Scientific American Brings science dissemination to a new level. ScienceThe most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blocks of modern science. Sean Carroll, with his genius for making complex notions entertaining, presents in his uniquely lucid voice the fundamental ideas informing the modern physics of reality. Physics offers deep insights into the workings of the universe but those insights come in the form of equations that often look like gobbledygook. Sean Carroll shows that they are really like meaningful poems that can help us fly over sierras to discover a miraculous multidimensional landscape alive with radiant giants, warped space-time, and bewilderingly powerful forces. High school calculus is itself a centuries-old marvel as worthy of our gaze as the Mona Lisa. And it may come as a surprise the extent to which all our most cutting-edge ideas about black holes are built on the math calculus enables. No one else could so smoothly guide readers toward grasping the very equation Einstein used to describe his theory of general relativity. In the tradition of the legendary Richard Feynman lectures presented sixty years ago, this book is an inspiring, dazzling introduction to a way of seeing that will resonate across cultural and generational boundaries for many years to come.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Subtly altered how I see the world.' Michelle Goldberg, New York Times [Status and Culture] consistently posits theories I'd never previously considered that instantly feel obvious. Chuck Klosterman, author of The Nineties Why are you the way that you are Status and Culture explains nearly everything about the things you choose to be and how the society we live in takes shape in the process. B.J. Novak, writer and actorSolving the long-standing mysteries of culture from the origin of our tastes and identities, to the perpetual cycles of fashions and fads through a careful exploration of the fundamental human desire for statusAll humans share a need to secure their social standing, and this universal motivation structures our behavior, forms our tastes, determines how we live, and ultimately shapes who we are. We can use status, then, to explain why some things become cool, how stylistic innovations arise, and why there are constant changes in clothing, music, food, sports, slang, travel, hairstyles, and even dog breeds.In Status and Culture, W. David Marx weaves together the wisdom from history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, philosophy, linguistics, semiotics, cultural theory, literary theory, art history, media studies, and neuroscience to demonstrate exactly how individual status seeking creates our cultural ecosystem. Marx examines three fundamental questions: Why do individuals cluster around arbitrary behaviors and take deep meaning from them How do distinct styles, conventions, and sensibilities emerge Why do we change behaviors over time and why do some behaviors stick around The answers then provide new perspectives for understanding the seeming weightlessness of internet culture. Status and Culture is a book that will appeal to business people, students, creators, and anyone who has ever wondered why things become popular, why their own preferences change over time, and how identity plays out in contemporary society. Readers of this book will walk away with deep and lasting knowledge of the often secret rules of how culture really works.