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D’yan Forest has always done things her way - or her ways, because she’s lived a dozen different lives. She’s been a desperate Boston housewife, a New York night-club singer, and a Paris swinger. She’s been the only Jewish girl in a Christian choir and the female pianist in a transvestite cabaret. She had day jobs teaching basketball, piano, and sex education. At 86, D’yan is still a working stand-up comedian and musician, but she’s much, much more than that, as this hilarious but heartfelt memoir reveals....

NOBELPRISET I LITTERATUR 2012. Ett brännvinsbränneri är navet i denna roman, som är en märklig väv av kärlek och grymhet, blod och poesi. Kring bränneriet utbreder sig oändliga fält av mörkröd sorghum, det sädesslag som försörjer bränneriet men också ger bönderna deras dagliga bröd. Här, på landsbygden i östra Kina, tilldrar sig de märkliga äventyren i denna bok.

A life-changing event has brought Yana back to the archaic primordial essence of her being. This mental retreat has dulled Yana’s former understanding of the world, and now she has to relearn everything from the very beginning. The world appears to her as simultaneously familiar (Yana’s feminine grown-up nature) yet also fresh, bizarre, ironic, and often completely illogical (Yana’s new child-like, back-to-the-core nature).

Dans une chambre, la parole d'un homme traverse les heures d'une journée, de l'aube à la nuit. Entre passé et présent, les différentes époques d'une vie, le paysage intérieur de cet homme dessine un lieu d'existence, peut-être le dernier, dans lequel le réel s'ouvre.

Die Ming-Dynastie wird zum Schlachtfeld für die Bruderschaft der Assassinen und den Templerorden in diesem Actionroman zu einem bisher unerforschten Teil des beliebten Assassin's-Creed-Universums. China, das 16. Jahrhundert. Die Assassinen sind fort. Zhang Yong, der unbarmherzige Anführer der Acht Tiger, schlägt aus dem Tod des Kaisers Kapital und eliminiert alle seine Gegner, sodass nun der Templerorden alle Macht inne hat. Shao Jun, die letzte Vertreterin ihres Clans, entkommt nur knapp dem Tod und hat keine andere Wahl, als aus ihrem Heimatland zu fliehen.

In seinem großen neuen Roman zeigt sich der Literaturnobelpreisträger Mo Yan auf der Höhe seiner Kunst...

Dieses Hörbuch lüftet das Geheimnis der Energie-Balance der Shaolin-Mönche aus erster Hand. Sie lernen, wie Sie mit der Weisheit der Shaolin-Mönche den täglichen Anforderungen gerecht werden und dabei immer in einer optimalen Balance bleiben. In acht konkreten Schritten erfahren Sie, wie Sie Ihre Kräfte nicht nutzlos verpulvern, sondern sie möglichst effektiv für Ihre Ziele einzusetzen - und wie Sie immer wieder neue Energie aufbauen können.

Hongmei is the perfect Chinese wife: beautiful, diligent, passive. Glen is the perfect American husband: intelligent, caring, well-off. From the outside, Hongmei and Glen's life in the San Francisco Bay Area seems perfect. But at home, their marriage is falling apart. Post-its left on the fridge are their primary form of communication.

Imagine it is now 2025 and that years earlier, in the wake of the world financial crisis of 2008, a new post-capitalist society had been born. In this ingenious book, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis draws on the greatest thinkers in European culture from Plato to Marx to offer us a dramatic and tantalising glimpse of this brave new world, where the principles of democracy, equality and justice are truly served.

Bitcoin may well be the greatest invention of our time, and most people have no idea what it is or how it works. Walking through its invention, step by step, this short audiobook is critical before you invest. Learn why Bitcoin was invented and how it works.

The USA Inc. economy and markets crash. The Chinese proliferated the Sissy market. Every family has several little Sis-Monks (tail included, free of charge) tied up in the yard. The Sis-Monks are the Chinese version of the American Sissy. It’s a lower ratio with 69 percent bonobo monkey DNA. American Sissy breeding farms production has slowed. The whoring stations are empty. Worker productivity is down - you guessed it - 69 percent. Tariffs are placed on the imports.

In 2008, the universe of Western finance outgrew planet Earth. When Wall Street imploded, a death embrace between insolvent banks and bankrupt states consumed Europe. Half a dozen national economies imploded, and several more came close. But the storm is far from over.... From the aftermath of the Second World War to the present, Varoufakis recounts how the eurozone emerged not as a route to shared prosperity but as a pyramid scheme of debt.

What happens when you take on the establishment? In Adults in the Room, renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis gives the full, blistering account of his momentous clash with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth.

The history of the Yan family is inseparable from the history of China over the last century. One of the most influential businesswomen of China today, Lan Yan grew up in the company of the country's powerful elite, including Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and other top leaders. In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country.

The girls are caught in the Battle-of-the-Holes (listen to the series to understand that one). Jane takes one up the cooch for Mary. Next, the couple is off to Carnival! Vacation in beautiful Rio was great till the whole thing goes bust! The girls are kidnapped by the VAC. Then, it’s up to Mars where Russian miners riot for more holes. But of course Mary and Jane save the day as usual with their naughty, girly persuasion.

In a little village in the mountains, 14-year-old Li Niannian and his parents run a funeral parlor. One evening, he notices a strange occurrence. Instead of preparing for bed, more and more neighbors appear in the streets and fields, carrying on with their daily business as if the sun hadn’t already set. Li Niannian watches, mystified. As hundreds of residents are found dreamwalking, they act out the desires they’ve suppressed during waking hours. Before long, the community devolves into chaos, and it’s up to Li Niannian and his parents to save the town before sunrise.

In the 99th district of a sprawling labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician - and hundreds just like them - are undergoing Re-education, to restore their revolutionary zeal and credentials. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in draconian rules, monitoring behaviour and confiscating treasured books. But when bad weather arrives, followed by the ‘three bitter years’, the intellectuals are abandoned by the regime and left on their own to survive.

Deep within the Balou mountains lies a small rural town populated by disabled people. Blind, deaf and disfigured, the 197 citizens of the village of Liven have until now enjoyed a peaceful, mutually supportive life out of sight and mind of the government. But when an unseasonal snowstorm wipes out that year’s crops, a county official dreams up a scheme that will raise money for the district and boost his career.

This story is about a boy whose room was very messy, and he didn’t know how to clean it up. He was unexpectedly invited to a beehive and explored the bees' home. After he had visited their home, he learned how to arrange his own belongings. The most important thing that he learned was how a beehive looks. He also found out that the social structure of a colony of honey bees is fascinating. This book will help nurture children's interest in natural science.

Zhivoe i yarkoe opisanie sobytiy pervoy treti trinadcatogo veka, kotorye razvorachivayutsya na prostorah aziatskih stepey i v glushi russkih lesov, ih istoricheskaya dostovernost' nevol'no zahvatyvayut chitatelya.