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The underground mine fires ravaging Pennsylvania coal country have forced 11-year-old Brigid Howley and her family to seek refuge with her estranged grandparents, the formidable Gram and the black lung-stricken Gramp. Tragedy is no stranger to the Howleys, a proud Irish-American clan who takes strange pleasure in the "curse" laid upon them generations earlier by a priest who ran afoul of the Molly Maguires. The weight of this legacy rests heavily on a new generation, when Brigid, already struggling to keep her family together, makes a grisly discovery in a long-abandoned bootleg mine shaft.

Negotiation is the most important skill you can develop to get what you want in business and life. But we often struggle to do it effectively. We fail to recognise opportunities, we prepare poorly or we let ourselves be led by others or by our own fear. Natalie Reynolds, negotiation expert and CEO of negotiation consultancy Advantage Spring, will teach you how to avoid these pitfalls, to keep cool and in control and to achieve what you want every time - whether you're responsible for large deals at work or simply renegotiating your phone contract.

Al-Hasan al-Wazzan - born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco - became famous as the great Renaissance writer Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa to be published in Europe (in 1550). He had been captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean and imprisoned by the Pope; when he was released and baptized, he lived a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone....

"Orgoglio e pregiudizio" è uno dei primi romanzi di Jane Austen. La scrittrice lo iniziò a ventuno anni. Rifiutato da un editore londinese...

In Lessico famigliare, il riaffiorare alla memoria di parole, espressioni, frasi e modi di dire sentiti tante volte in casa da Natalia Ginzburg, scandisce, con ironia e tenerezza, la storia della sua famiglia - i Levi - ebrei e antifascisti, nell'Italia tra gli anni Venti e gli anni Cinquanta del Novecento.

All'inizio degli anni Settanta, in un clima di spaesamento generale, una madre ancora giovane scrive al figlio, sbandato e distante, scappato all'estero per motivi politici. Romanzo epistolare da cui emerge un interno famigliare lacerato e sordo, un intreccio di vite solitarie, come scrive Cesare Garboli, "fatte di passi sbagliati", di gelose intimità e di corrosive lontananze.

Autoritratto magistrale per ricchezza di temi e leggerezza di tono, "Le piccole virtù" racconta di figli, di amicizie, di nostalgie, di infanzia, adolescenza e maturità. Come afferma Mario Fortunato nell'Introduzione, "questi testi non sono racconti e non sono saggi, ma pagine che fanno la spola tra un capo e l'altro dello stesso universo letterario." Scritti tra l’autunno del 1944 e la primavera del 1960, questi testi continuano a essere una lezione di vita e di letteratura.    

In einem Baum mitten im Wald sind jede Menge Geheimnisse versteckt. Minty und Raymond spionieren in der Nachbarschaft, um herauszufinden, von wem diese Geheimnisse stammen. Am Ende des Sommers haben sie nicht nur viel über die Bedeutung von Geheimnissen gelernt, sondern auch über sich selbst.

Diese sechs Erzählungen zeigen unsere Welt als eine, in der es keine Gewissheiten mehr gibt. Sie beschreiben die unüberbrückbare Kluft zu den vorangegangenen Generationen und die jungen, nüchternen Frauen, die mit Kraft und Ausdauer und beinahe heiterer Gelassenheit die alten Untugenden vertreiben: nicht lügen und nicht zulassen, dass andere lügen. Es sind Frauen, die die großen Tugenden (wie die Großzügigkeit) den kleinen Tugenden (wie die Sparsamkeit) vorziehen.

Angelockt durch eine ungewöhnliche Stellenanzeige, reist Señorita Prim, eine unabhängige, gebildete junge Frau, nach San Ireneo de Arnois, um dort einem höflichen Mann und seinen Büchern als Bibliothekarin zur Seite zu stehen. Zwar hat Prudencia Prim, die Bücher liebt und selbst auf der Flucht ist vor dem Getöse der Welt, das gute Gefühl, dass dies der Tag ist, auf den sie so lange gewartet hat. Doch wie nachhaltig sich ihr Leben verändern wird, weiß sie nicht.

Das Porträt einer denkwürdigen Familie voll couragierter Exzentriker, und das in einer Zeit, in der es Courage brauchte. Dieses Buch handelt überwiegend von der italienischen Bürger- und Intellektuellenwelt der 30er und 40er Jahre - das sind die Jahre des Faschismus, des Kriegs, der deutschen Besetzung und des politischen Neuanfangs. Die Autorin schildert ihr Turiner Elternhaus und die Freundschaften ihrer Familie - stellvertretend für ähnlich situierte Familien.

Psychologin Hanna ist tot. Ermordet im eigenen Badezimmer - mit einem Golfschläger. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln und vor Hannas Praxis treffen verzweifelte Patienten aufeinander. Ist einer von ihnen der Mörder? Ein Motiv hätten sie alle: Nele, Sascha, Jenny und Finn. Doch dann beginnen die vier Schlafgestörten auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln - und das auf ziemlich unkonventionelle Weise. Vier eindeutig therapiebedürftige Menschen machen Jagd auf den Mörder ihrer Therapeutin.

Dein Weg aus dem People Pleasing. Willst du immer allen gefallen, kannst schwer Nein sagen und versuchst, die Erwartungen anderer zu erfüllen? Dann geht es dir wie vielen anderen Menschen, sogenannten People Pleaser. Die gute Nachricht: Bei People Pleasing handelt es sich um ein Verhaltensmuster, das du mit etwas Training ablegen kannst. People Pleasing bezeichnet das toxische Verhalten, die Bedürfnisse, Erwartungen, Wünsche und Gefühle anderer Menschen über die eigenen zu stellen, um zu gefallen und Ablehnung zu vermeiden.

Over a decade ago, when Writing Down the Bones first appeared, Natalie Goldberg started a revolution in the way we practice writing. Now, for the first time, Goldberg reads her classic work, while offering new commentary about the creative, spiritual, and practical dimensions of writing. This collector's edition also includes an exclusive interview with the author.

Midnight Gulch used to be a magical place, a town where people could sing up thunderstorms and dance up sunflowers. But that was long ago, before a curse drove the magic away. Twelve-year-old Felicity knows all about things like that; her nomadic mother is cursed with a wandering heart. But when she arrives in Midnight Gulch, Felicity thinks her luck's about to change. A "word collector", Felicity sees words everywhere - shining above strangers, tucked into church eaves, and tangled up her dog's floppy ears - but Midnight Gulch is the first place she's ever seen the word "home".

Kennedy Smyth's firm provides security for companies and charities in seriously dangerous countries. She doesn't usually take on "frivolous" jobs, but when an old friend asks her to protect his son's movie shoot, she finds it hard to refuse. Also hard to resist is the film's charismatic star, Rogan St. James. The handsome actor piques her interest, while the strange actions of the terrorist threatening the set raise her suspicions. Even though he's a successful actor, Rogan wants more - a real woman to love, the type he doesn't think exists… until he meets Kennedy.

Wenn ein magisch völlig unbegabter Mann, zehn Töchter hat, die nur so vor Magie strotzen, dann ist das absolute Chaos vorprogrammiert. Ronald Clevis, Versicherungsvertreter und alleinerziehender Vater von zehn Jung-Hexen, muss sich nicht nur um die Erziehung seiner Töchter kümmern, sondern gleichzeitig versuchen, heiratswillige Damen fernzuhalten.

Eighteen years ago, a group of men killed Regan Miller's boyfriend and tried to kidnap her daughter, Kelsey. Since then they have lived in hiding, always vigilant and never getting close to anyone. When Kelsey goes away to college, Regan finally begins to relax. She even starts to think she can have a real relationship, perhaps with her flirtatious neighbor, Tyler Sloane. Then Regan is attacked again.

When security expert Jason Templeton's team is ambushed while protecting a weapons manufacturer vital to U.S. interests, he risks his life to save the man's daughter... and loses. Unbeknownst to Jason, his mentor had been funding experimental medical procedures after losing his young wife. Using the untested drugs, Jason is brought back to life, stronger and faster than before, but also vulnerable in new ways. He's determined to find the traitor in their midst, who is after the miracle drug.

When Adam proposes to Sarah, the last thing he expects is to be single and heartbroken less than forty-eight hours later. But Sarah has a secret, and she's willing to sacrifice everything to keep it.