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Um livro essencial para quem é fascinado pela História do Mundo. É um desafio e tanto resumir mais de 5 mil anos de história em apenas 200 páginas, mas é exatamente isso o que este audacioso livro conseguiu. A História do Mundo para Quem Tem Pressa é na verdade um guia sintético, mas abrangente, para tudo o que precisamos saber sobre os acontecimentos mais importantes da história, desde as antigas civilizações até o final da Segunda Guerra Mundial e a criação da ONU.

Drew Evans is handsome and arrogant, he makes multimillion dollar business deals and seduces New York’s most beautiful women with just a smile. So why has he been shuttered in his apartment for seven days, miserable and depressed? He’ll tell you he has the flu. But we all know that’s not really true. Katherine Brooks is brilliant, beautiful and ambitious. When Kate is hired as the new associate at Drew’s father’s investment banking firm, every aspect of the dashing playboy’s life is thrown into a tailspin.

Every year, executives at the trendy tech startup Aurora gather the company’s top employees for an exclusive retreat in Miami, and this year Caitlin Levy—Aurora’s newest hire—is joining the team as head of events. The benefits are outstanding: a seven-figure salary, stock shares, a discretionary bonus, limitless vacation days—what could possibly go wrong?

In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews shares reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Victor/Victoria.

It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth’s skin crawl and she’d rather be anywhere but here. Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she’s gotten all her flair, fun, and less-than-proper party games.

No final da década de 1960, a jovem Evie Boyd vive sozinha com a mãe no norte da Califórnia. Aos quatorze anos, imersa em inúmeras questões de autoaceitação, ela se sente muito desconfortável com o próprio corpo e tem apenas uma pessoa com quem contar: Connie, sua amiga de infância. No início do verão, uma briga faz com que as duas se afastem, e Evie encontra um novo grupo: garotas que demonstram extrema liberdade, usam roupas desleixadas e emanam uma atmosfera de abandono que a deixa fascinada.

Em 1972, três faroleiros somem de um farol remoto, a quilômetros de distância do litoral. A porta de entrada do lugar está trancada por dentro. Os relógios estão parados—todos no mesmo horário. O registro do faroleiro-chefe descreve uma terrível tempestade, mas o céu está limpo. O que aconteceu com os homens do farol? O mar revolto sussurra seus nomes. A maré muda sob as ondas, afogando fantasmas. As águas algum dia poderão revelar o segredo deles?

Jenny McLaine está com tudo: trabalha para uma revista feminina descolada, tem uma casa própria e namora um fotógrafo famoso. Só que, embora nas redes sociais sua vida pareça um verdadeiro mar de rosas, a realidade está mais para uma selva caótica em chamas. Isso porque, nos últimos tempos, a legenda ideal, a quantidade certa de emojis em cada comentário e as vidas perfeitas das influenciadoras por quem é obcecada parecem ter dominado seu cotidiano—e o pior é que ela não faz a menor ideia.

Rebuild Trust and Restore Intimacy: Your Path to a Thriving Relationship.

Matthew Fisher é mais um sedutor de Nova York. Seu trabalho como agente de investimentos lhe permite desfrutar de alguns prazeres materiais e morar em um apartamento com vista para o Central Park. Matt também é um mulherengo incorrigível. Ele admite que, enquanto não encontra a Senhora Certa, se diverte com todas as Senhoras Erradas.

Darkness descends over Sotenäs...When the daughter of an American ambassador is found lifeless in the famous marble pool on the small island of Hållö, the case lands on Sandra Haraldsson and Dennis Wilhelmson's desks. Garnering enormous attention from the public, not least from the White House, the duo is soon led to an old lighthouse on Hållö: a lighthouse with plentiful of secrets... "The Lighthouse Keeper" is the fourth book in "The Smögen Murders" series.Anna Ihrén grew up in Stockholm and Gothenburg but spent her childhood summers on the island of Smögen.

Loslassen. Auf nach Schweden. Und das Herz frei bekommen. Hanna und Moritz haben einen festen Plan: Heiraten und dann das traditionsreiche Hotel seiner Eltern übernehmen. Doch in der Nacht vor der Hochzeit packt Hanna die Panik. Will sie das alles wirklich? Hals über Kopf setzt sie sich in den Campingbus, in dem es eigentlich auf Hochzeitsreise gehen sollte, und fährt los – immer weiter nach Norden, bis nach Schweden. Sie kommt an einsame Strände, blickt über weite Felder, lässt sich den Wind um die Nase wehen und findet dann einen Stellplatz in Sommarby Strand.

In June 2000, Mimi Truang is on her way home to Vietnam when her toddler daughter vanishes in the Philadelphia airport. Seventeen years later, two best friends graduate from high school in the WASP-y town of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Kit is half Japanese, half American, and interracially adopted by white well-to-do parents. Sabrina is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant single mother who brandishes strict household rules to hide her own secrets. During that last summer before college, Kit travels to Tokyo, determined to uncover her Japanese identity.

Smart, sexy, spannend – ein weiteres Hörbuch nach Bad Summer People von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Emma Rosenblum. Einmal im Jahr lädt das trendige Tech-Start-up Aurora seine Top-Führungskräfte in ein luxuriöses Fünf-Sterne-Resort nach Miami Beach. Mit Jetski-Rennen als Teambuildingmaßnahme, exklusivem Dinner beim Nobel-Japaner und Champagner-Cocktail-Party. Dieses Jahr neu dabei: Caitlin Levy, die gerade von Auroras exzentrischem Gründer John Shiller abgeworben und als Head of Events eingestellt wurde.

Thousands of years ago, mythical creatures began vanishing from the Middle Kingdom. In a desperate attempt to preserve their existence, Chase’s ancestors recorded these creatures in the Book and the Map. During this process, they created a bubble universe, frozen in time, preserving the ancient stories of the mountains and seas. When Chase turns nine, he is chosen to be transported into this world, known simply as the World. His mission seems innocent enough: to restore the Map. But his journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Oliver, another boy from modern times.

In 2020, Emma Holten read an article stating that women were a net ‘deficit’ to society. Women apparently took more than they gave: they took more parental leave, frequently worked part-time, and typically worked lower paying jobs in the public sector. How did we get here? How are the contributions of half the population seen as a loss? In Deficit, Emma Holten traces how economic thinkers – from the Enlightenment onwards – created a value framework that left out ‘women’s work’ and acts of care.

Johanna Neumann, a once-acclaimed pianist, is forced to leave her high-society life in Berlin to support her military husband, the newly appointed Kommandant of Erstein. With her son enlisted in the Hitler Youth and her dreams of music silenced by the clamor of conflict, she grapples with the harsh realities of her new existence in a place where she is neither welcome nor trusted. Haunted by loss and loneliness and disillusioned by her husband’s transformation, she yearns for an end to the war so she can go back to her beloved homeland before her daughter is recruited into the Nazi regime.

Are your teenagers feeling stressed, emotionally overwhelmed, or struggling to maintain healthy relationships? Do they need guidance in mastering their emotions and thriving in their daily lives? "DBT Skills Guidebook for Teens" is your essential resource for helping teens transform emotional chaos into confidence and connection. Studies show that teens practicing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills experience greater emotional control, improved relationships, and increased personal success.

Slag. Noun. A promiscuous woman, of cheap or questionable character. Mostly derogatory. Sometimes affectionate. Takes one to know one… Sisters Sarah and Juliette are going on a whisky-fuelled campervan road-trip across Scotland to celebrate Juliette’s birthday – and they’re going to dig up some demons from the past.

Seventeen skilled and diverse writers, united by their experience of chronic post-infectious illness, offer their thoughts on everything from gaslighting and grieving to birds and baking. Funny, poignant, desperate or reflective: this collection has it all. Dip into it occasionally or read it from cover-to-cover - whatever you choose you’ll find it rewarding.