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Jessica verbringt ihren Hochzeitstag auf einer Kanutour im Spreewald – umgeben von der geliebten Schwiegerfamilie und sommerlicher Hitze. Doch als sie einen Anruf bekommt, löst sich die Gegenwart vom Idyll: Der Tod ihres Vaters führt sie zurück in die Heimat, zu einer Familie, die von Schweigen, Verletzungen und verpassten Chancen geprägt ist. Wie tief reichen Wunden aus der Kindheit? Petra Hucke erzählt poetisch und intensiv von einer Frau, die Antworten auf alte Fragen sucht – ein Roman voller Atmosphäre und Emotion über die befreiende Kraft, sich selbst neu zu begegnen.

New York Times bestseller (The Biggest Buff, The Confidence Game, Mastermind) and New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova delves into the mysterious ailment that she and 39 million others suffer from in the U.S. alone: Migraine, a disease that is still little understood, yet debilitating to its sufferers.

Neglected by her parents, nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up in Berkeley with her grandparents. When her grandfather dies of cancer, Maya's life collapses, and she finds herself in a downward spiral that eventually bottoms out in Las Vegas. Lost in a dangerous underworld, she is caught in the cross­hairs of warring forces. As she tries to make sense of the past, she unravels myste­rious truths about life and about her family, and embarks on her greatest adventure: the journey into her own soul.

Brought to you by Penguin. Success is not final and failure is not fatal. Maria Hatzistefanis should know. Having spent 20 years building her own company (described by the press as 'an overnight success'), she acknowledges how hard it is to keep going and find your motivation, especially in the...

Eva has spent her life as an outsider. Now, she is trapped in a world that sees her as something much worse—a monster. When Eva is dragged into the world of a book, she is met not with the fantasy she always dreamed of, but with chains. Imprisoned on accusations of unleashing terrifying creatures upon the people of Abhaile, she is forced to strike a deal to untangle the truth behind the portals letting them in. As she journeys through its mystical lands, the injustices of this world come to light.

This paradigm-shifting book finally explains why we feel stressed and how to feel better. It’s the missing piece every anxiety-prone person needs to listen to. What if the secret to unbreakable emotional resilience isn't in managing burnout but in mastering what you experience in your body? You've tried everything: meditation apps, therapy, stress management techniques, even that expensive wellness retreat. Yet here you are, still anxious that you’ll drown in overwhelm, still feeling like burnout is your permanent address.

A leading new exploration of the Windrush generation featuring David Lammy, Lenny Henry, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Hannah Lowe, Jamz Supernova, Natasha Gordon and Rikki Beadle-Blair. For the pioneers of the Windrush generation, Britain was 'the Mother Country'. They made the long journey across the sea, expecting to find a place where they would be be welcomed with open arms; a land in which you were free to build a new life, eight thousand miles away from home.

Jude Portman pronto aprendió a hacerse invisible para sobrevivir. Hija de una estrella de la música que se apagó con su nacimiento, creció bajo la sombra de una leyenda rota… y bajo las miradas de un pueblo convencido de que traía mala suerte. Hasta que llegó Isaac, un chico que veía la vida en colores, pensaba con canciones y convertía el mundo gris de Jude en un lugar habitable. Con él, Jude descubrió algo que nunca habría imaginado:la posibilidad de mirarse sin miedo.

Una lectura cálida, intensa y con un sabor que nos devuelve a la tierra del origen del té. Capaz de combinar belleza poética con tramas cautivadoras, Lisa See ha ido construyendo en sus novelas, desde El abanico de seda hasta El círculo de mujeres de la doctora Tan, un fascinante universo literario en torno a la historia y la cultura chinas. En La joven del té, vuelve a sorprendernos con un relato conmovedor sobre familia, identidad y maternidad.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of How to Be an Overnight Success by Maria Hatzistefanis, read by Janice Vee and with an introduction read by the author. "You are not born an entrepreneur. It's a skill that you learn along the way." When the skincare company Rodial launched its cult...

Mit diesen Worten veränderte Gisèle Pelicot 2024 die Welt. Sie verzichtete im Prozess gegen ihren Ex-Mann und über 50 weitere Täter auf Anonymität – und wurde zur Stimme von Millionen. Ihr Mut löste internationale Debatten aus, brachte Gesetze ins Wanken und gab Betroffenen weltweit neue Kraft. Die Frau, die die ganze Welt inspiriert. Das Hörbuch von Gisèle Pelicot ist ein beeindruckendes Porträt einer Frau, die das Schweigen überwindet, Gerechtigkeit einfordert und dabei allen Widerständen zum Trotz nie den Glauben an die Liebe verliert.

When journalist Holland Tate is granted an interview with Catriona Bouchard, her former best friend turned mega-popular tradwife, she jumps at the chance to also possibly rewrite their bitter ending. But at the Bouchards’ gated compound, what she finds is not the independent woman she once knew. Cat may have six beautiful children and be married to the man she calls the love of her life, but she’s a ghost of her former self.

In this audiobook Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian, presents a celebration of the human search for truth and beauty through the lenses of science and poetry. Poetry and science, as Popova writes in her introduction, "are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving it...

Sisters Anna and Jennifer Nightingale are recruits in the top-secret Siren Squadron: a group of women trained in the RAF to fight against the enemy. The Sirens are tasked with flying a series of night stealth missions as part of Operation Scorpion. The first mission is successful, and on returning to base they are told that new members will be joining their ranks.

By day, Celeste Morgan is a world-renowned cellist whose performances bring audiences to tears. By night, she’s a covert assassin whose silence brings her targets to their knees. For years, international intelligence agencies have relied on Celeste Morgan's unparalleled discipline, flawless precision, and constant travel schedule with the New York Symphony to eliminate the world’s most dangerous figures—quietly, cleanly, invisibly. To her colleagues, she’s a virtuoso with icy poise. To her handlers, she’s the perfect weapon. But perfection shatters.

Do your emotions hijack your time? Does stress make everything feel urgent, heavy, and harder than it should be? Do you have too much to do, and too little time to do it in? Do anxiety, overwhelm, and emotional overload leave you feeling trapped in a life that moves too fast when you need peace, and too slow when you need relief? In Be Fearless in Chaos, you'll discover a powerful truth: this chaos is not just something happening around you. It is created by the hidden way your brain waves shape your emotion and your experience of time.

Gillian Anderson präsentiert in WANT eine spektakuläre Bestandsaufnahme der weiblichen Sexualität – mit Stimmen von Frauen aus der ganzen Welt! Diese bahnbrechende und sensationelle Erkundung stellt Fragen – und liefert Antworten. - Was wollen Sie, wenn niemand zuschaut? - Was wollen Sie, wenn die Lichter aus sind? - Was wollen Sie, wenn Sie niemand verurteilt für das, was Sie sich wünschen?

«Ens fa tanta mandra fer el sopar que amb la quantitat suficient de sucre seríem capaços de menjar-nos una caca de gos, trobar-la bona i defensar-ho davant de qui fos. No sigueu bèsties, cuineu!»

Klassenfahrt nach Kalifornien! Hai-Wandler Tiago, Delfinmädchen Shari und ihre Freundinnen und Freunde von der Blue Reef High können es kaum erwarten, die Gestaltwandler an der Pazifikküste kennenzulernen. Nur Python-Wandlerin Ella darf nicht mitfahren und soll die Schule sogar ganz verlassen! Tiago, Shari und Co verbringen eine tolle Zeit an der Westküste – bis sich bei einem Ausflug nach San Francisco die Ereignisse gefährlich zuspitzen. Kriminelle Tierschmuggler scheinen es auf sie abgesehen zu haben!

Este audiolibro es la recopilación de las mejores técnicas y consejos que Teresa Baró ha ofrecido durante más de veinte años a miles de mujeres profesionales y directivas de todos los ámbitos. Aquí tienes herramientas prácticas para detectar tus barreras psicológicas y creencias limitantes y conocer tu propio estilo de comunicación. Te darás cuenta de que, en gran medida, tu futuro profesional está en tus manos: tú decides dónde quieres llegar y sabrás cómo conseguirlo. Las palabras y frases que utilizamos, el uso de la voz y del lenguaje corporal condiciona la imagen.