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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to a world devastated by change in her award-winning Psy-Changeling Trinity series, where the fate of the Psy rests with two people who have been defined by their aloneness?To the outside world, Payal Rao is the perfect Psy: a cardinal telekinetic, CEO of a powerful conglomerate, ruthless, beautiful and emotionless. What no one knows is that she's also an Anchor-one of most mysterious Psy designations, but also one vital to the PsyNet's existence. But the PsyNet is deteriorating at an alarming rate, threatening to collapse and kill millions of Psy with it. Stabilizing the PsyNet is what Anchors do, though their identities have always been kept secret?until now.Canto Mercant has spent most of his life in a wheelchair, but as a Psy his mind has always compensated for his physical limitations. As an Anchor himself, he knows that they are the key to the PsyNet's survival and is willing to go against even the Ruling Coalition to save it. But he needs the help of the most powerful Anchor he can find: Payal. As the spymaster for the influential Mercant family, it was child's play to track her down, but the woman he finds is not who he expects at all. Bound by a past that they've never been able to forget, working as partners-and more-to save countless lives, Canto and Payal must redefine what it is to be an Anchor and stand together as the last guard between the Psy and their ultimate destruction.Series Overview: Nalini Singh's New York Times bestselling series about a race of supremely gifted psychics struggling in a world torn between peace and violence, and passion and fear, in a quest for survival.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham must discover what could make an entire community disappear-before it's too late-in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Alpha and Omega series, now in mass market.In the wilds of the Northern California mountains, all the inhabitants of a small town have gone missing. It's as if the people picked up and left their possessions behind. With a mystery on their hands and no jurisdiction on private property, the FBI dumps the whole problem in the lap of the land owner, Aspen Creek, Inc.-aka the business organization of the Marrok's pack.Somehow, the pack of the Wolf Who Rules is connected to the group of vanished people. Werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham are tasked with investigating, and soon find that a deserted town is the least of the challenges they face.Death sings in the forest, and when it calls, Charles and Anna must answer. Something has awakened in the heart of the California mountains, something old and dangerous-and it has met werewolves before.Story Locale: Alternate North AmericaSeries Overview: Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham go where they are needed in order to keep the peace in the North American packs, in this urban fantasy series set in the same world as the bestselling Mercy Thompson novels.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In this fantasy thriller, four teens charged with murder and the illegal use of magic band together to devise the ultimate jailbreak. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and How to Get Away with Murder.Ever since his mother was killed, seventeen-year-old Cayder Broduck has had one goal to see illegal users of magic brought to justice. People who carelessly use extradimensional magic for their own self-interest, without a care to the damage it does to society or those around them, deserve the worst kind of punishment as far as Cayder is concerned. Because magic always has a price. So when Cayder lands a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to apprentice under a premier public defender, he takes it. If he can learn all the tricks of public defense,the better he ll be able to dismantle defense arguments when he s a prosecutor. Then he ll finally be able to punish the guilty without mercy.But when he meets the three criminals he s supposed to defend, it no longer seems so black and white. They re teenagers, like him, and their stories are . . . complicated, like his. Vardean, the prison where Cayder s new clients are incarcerated, also happens to be at the very heart of the horrible tear in the veil between their world and another dimension where all magic comes from.League of Liars is a dark and twisty mystery set in a richly-drawn world where nothing is as it seems, rife with magic, villains and danger.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES THE WASHINGTON POST NPR PEOPLE TIME MAGAZINE VANITY FAIR GLAMOUR New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST Bennett s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye. Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal A story of absolute, universal timelessness . . . For any era, it's an accomplished, affecting novel. For this moment, it s piercing, subtly wending its way toward questions about who we are and who we want to be . Entertainment WeeklyFrom The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins. As with her New York Times-bestselling debut The Mothers, Brit Bennett offers an engrossing page-turner about family and relationships that is immersive and provocative, compassionate and wise.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Best Book of the YearNPR The Washington Post Boston Globe TIME USA Today Entertainment Weekly Real Simple Parade Buzzfeed Electric Literature LitHub BookRiot PopSugar Goop Library Journal BookBub KCRW Finalist for the National Book Award One of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year One of the New York Times Best Historical Fiction of the Year Instant New York Times BestsellerA singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man a fellow slave seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel's love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony. With a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr., fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike, from Isaiah and Samuel to the calculating slave master to the long line of women that surround them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. As tensions build and the weight of centuries of ancestors and future generations to come culminates in a climactic reckoning, The Prophets fearlessly reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance, but is also shot through with hope, beauty, and truth, portraying the enormous, heroic power of love.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Sadie wasn't looking for love until it landed on her doorstep.After getting passed over for an overdue and much-needed promotion, Sadie Green is in desperate need of three things: a stiff drink, a new place to live, and a one-night stand. But when an accidental mix-up lands her on the doorstep of Jack Thomas's gorgeous Brooklyn brownstone, it's too bad Sadie is more attracted to the impressive real estate than she is to the man himself.Jack, still grieving the unexpected death of his parents, has learned to find comfort in video games and movie marathons instead of friends. So while he doesn t know just what to make of the vivaciously verbose Sadie, he s willing to offer her his spare bedroom while she gets back on her feet. And with the rent unbeatably low, Sadie can finally pursue her floristry side hustle full-time. The two are polar opposites, but as Sadie s presence begins to turn the brownstone into a home, they both start to realize they may have just made the deal of a lifetime. 338 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'After a series of staggering losses, the Republic seems to finally have the villainous Nihil marauders on the run, and it looks like there's light at the end of the tunnel. Until word comes of a suspected Nihil attack on the industrial cosmopolitan world of Corellia, right in the Galactic Core. Sent to investigate are Jedi Masters Cohmac Vitus and Kantam Sy, along with Padawans Reath Silas and Ram Jomaram, all fighting their own private battles after months of unrelenting danger. On Corellia, Reath and Ram encounter a brazen young security specialist named Crash, whose friend was one of the victims of the Nihil attack, and they team up with her to infiltrate Corellia's elite while the Masters pursue more diplomatic avenues. But going undercover with Crash is more dangerous than anyone expected, even as Ram pulls in his friend Zeen to help with an elaborate ruse involving a galactic pop star. But what they uncover on Corellia turns out to be just one part of a greater plan, one that could lead the Jedi to their most stunning defeat yet.'--Provided by publisher. 496 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Espiritu, Selina; Sousa, Diana (illustrator). Neuware -Vox Machina Origins writer Jody Houser joins fan-favorite artist Selina Espiritu, and Matthew Mercer and Liam O'Brian to reveal Caleb's troubled past in this all-new hardcover graphic novel! Fans of Critical Role won't want to miss this newest edition to their Mighty Nein library!A fire can keep you warm.or it can consume you.When Bren Aldric Ermendrud was chosen to attend the Soltryce Academy, everyone knew he would have an important future in service to the Empire. But nobody--least of all Bren himself--could foresee the cruelty he endured, and the ways in which it would break and remake him. Witness the events that transform Bren into the Mighty Nein's Caleb Widogast, and how they'll inform the path he'll take in the future. 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives of Geoff Hinton and other major players, Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling.' Walter Isaacson, author of The Code Breaker'Entertaining and valuable. essential.' Los Angeles TimesTHE UNTOLD TECH STORY OF OUR TIME What does it mean to be smart To be human What do we really want from life and the intelligence we have, or might create With deep and exclusive reporting, across hundreds of interviews, New York Times Silicon Valley journalist Cade Metz brings you into the rooms where these questions are being answered. Where an extraordinarily powerful new artificial intelligence has been built into our biggest companies, our social discourse, and our daily lives, with few of us even noticing. Long dismissed as a technology of the distant future, artificial intelligence was a project consigned to the fringes of the scientific community. Then two researchers changed everything. One was a sixty-four-year-old computer science professor who didn t drive and didn t fly because he could no longer sit down but still made his way across North America for the moment that would define a new age of technology. The other was a thirty-six-year-old neuroscientist and chess prodigy who laid claim to being the greatest game player of all time before vowing to build a machine that could do anything the human brain could do. They took two very different paths to that lofty goal, and they disagreed on how quickly it would arrive. But both were soon drawn into the heart of the tech industry. Their ideas drove a new kind of arms race, spanning Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and OpenAI, a new lab founded by Silicon Valley kingpin Elon Musk. But some believed that China would beat them all to the finish line. Genius Makers dramatically presents the fierce conflict between national interests, shareholder value, the pursuit of scientific knowledge, and the very human concerns about privacy, security, bias, and prejudice. Like a great Victorian novel, this world of eccentric, brilliant, often unimaginably yet suddenly wealthy characters draws you into the most profound moral questions we can ask. And like a great mystery, it presents the story and facts that lead to a core, vital question: How far will we let it go 370 pp. Englisch.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Espiritu, Selina; Sousa, Diana (illustrator). Neuware -'When Bren Aldric Ermendrud was chosen to attend the Soltryce Academy, everyone knew he would have an important future in service to the Empire. But nobody--least of all Bren himself--could foresee the cruelty he would endure, the ways in which it would break and remake him. Witness the events that transformed Bren into the Mighty Nein's Caleb Widogast, and how they informed the path he'd take in the future'.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. ZeldaCW (illustrator). Neuware -THE TOUCH OF A HAND, A ROLL OF THE DICEXie Lian has confirmed that the bewitching youth San Lang is actually Hua Cheng, one of the Four Calamities and a supreme ghost despised by all heavenly officials. Still, he has trouble matching the terror of his companion s reputation with the charming, clever, and protective young man he s come to know.When a distress signal leads Xie Lian into Ghost City, a bustling metropolis containing all the horrors and delights of the dead, he sees Hua Cheng in his element and his true form for the first time. But despite their chemistry and care for one another, there are missions to fulfill and secrets to uncover, and Xie Lian s centuries of troubled history are never far behind. 439 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A gripping fly-on-the-wall story of the rise of this unique and important industry based on extensive interviews with some of the most successful venture capitalists. - Daniel Rasmussen,Wall Street Journal A must-read for anyone seeking to understand modern-day Silicon Valley and even our economy writ large. -Bethany McLean,The Washington Post'A rare and unsettling look inside asubculture of unparalleled influence. Jane Mayer'A classic.A book of exceptional reporting, analysis and storytelling. Charles DuhiggFrom the New York Times bestselling author of More Money Than God comes the astonishingly frank and intimate story of Silicon Valley s dominant venture-capital firms and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation and the global economyInnovations rarely come from experts. Elon Musk was not an electric car person before he started Tesla. When it comes to improbable innovations, a legendary tech VC told Sebastian Mallaby, the future cannot be predicted, it can only be discovered. It is the nature of the venture-capital game that most attempts at discovery fail, but a very few succeed at such a scale that they more than make up for everything else. That extreme ratio of success and failure is the power law that drives the VC business, all of Silicon Valley, the wider tech sector, and, by extension, the world. In The Power Law, Sebastian Mallaby has parlayed unprecedented access to the most celebrated venture capitalists of all time the key figures at Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Accel, Benchmark, and Andreessen Horowitz, as well as Chinese partnerships such as Qiming and Capital Today into a riveting blend of storytelling and analysis that unfurls the history of tech incubation, in the Valley and ultimately worldwide. We learn the unvarnished truth, often for the first time, about some of the most iconic triumphs and infamous disasters in Valley history, from the comedy of errors at the birth of Apple to the avalanche of venture money that fostered hubris at WeWork and Uber. VCs relentless search for grand slams brews an obsession with the ideal of the lone entrepreneur-genius, and companies seen as potential unicorns are given intoxicating amounts of power, with sometimes disastrous results. On a more systemic level, the need to make outsized bets on unproven talent reinforces bias, with women and minorities still represented at woefully low levels. This does not just have social justice implications: as Mallaby relates, China s homegrown VC sector, having learned at the Valley s feet, is exploding and now has more women VC luminaries than America has ever had. Still, Silicon Valley VC remains the top incubator of business innovation anywhere it is not where ideas come from so much as where they go to become the products and companies that create the future. By taking us so deeply into the VCs game, The Power Law helps us think about our own future through their eyes. 482 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Masterfully flips the first installment on its head. James makes the mythic tantalizingly real. Esquire 'Even more brilliant than the first. BuzzfeedAn Instant New York Times Bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2022 pick From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the second book in the Dark Star trilogy. In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. It s also the story of a century-long feud seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch that Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they are like the eight limbs of one spider. Aesi s power is considerable and deadly. It takes brains and courage to challenge him, which Sogolon does for reasons of her own. Both a brilliant narrative device seeing the story told in Black Leopard, Red Wolf from the perspective of an adversary and a woman as well as a fascinating battle between different versions of empire, Moon Witch, Spider King delves into Sogolon s world as she fights to tell her own story. Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman who bows to no man, it is a fascinating novel that explores power, personality, and the places where they overlap. 656 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -When the world s biggest brands want to sharpen their digital marketing strategy, they call Neil Hoyne Google s Chief Measurement Strategist and Senior Fellow at the Wharton School. In his first book, he offers a simple, research-backed playbook that anyone can use to find their best customers and develop relationships that last.Under pressure for quick results and facing fierce marketplace competition, too many marketers are boxed into spaghetti-to-the-wall forms of digital marketing that limit the potential of their long hours, countless experiments, and warehouses of data. And in the end, they watch their competition sprint ahead.But what if you built a business around long-term relationships with customers, using data to understand who they are, what they need, and where to find more customers just like them You can. And you ll leave your competitors, with all of their data and their short-term thinking, to poke around in the scraps. In Converted, you will learn how to: Understand the full value of each relationship Engage in an ongoing conversation with your best customers Ask the right questions so you can anticipate your customers needs Find more great customers A real person is always on the other end of the transaction. Converted shows you how to win their hearts. 240 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -A highly practical and researched-based toolbox for anyone who wants to create a world with more justice, creativity, and courage.For too long, the term insubordination has evoked negative feelings and mental images. Butfor ideas to evolve and societies to progress,it s vital to cultivaterebelswho are committed tochallengingconventional wisdom and improvingon it.Change never comes easily. And most would-be rebels lack the skills to overcome hostile audiences who cling desperately to the way things are.Based on cutting-edge research, The Art of Insubordination is the essential guide for anyoneseeking to be heard, make change, and rebel against an unhealthy status quo. Learn how toResist the allure of complacencyDiscover the value of being around people who stop conforming and start deviating.Produce messages that influence the majority--when in the minority.Build mighty alliancesManage the discomfort when trying to rebelChampion ideas that run counter to traditional thinkingUnlock the benefits of being in a group of diverse people holding divergent viewsCultivate curiosity, courage, and independent, critical thinking in youthFilled with engaging stories about dissenters in the trenches as well as science that will transform your thinking. The Art of Insubordination is for anyone who seeks more justice, courage, and creativity in the world. 278 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Barnes and Nobles 2022 List of Best Books that Help!'Does fear and insecurity keep you from looking at your bank account Is your financial anxiety holding you captive You don t have to stress about money anymore. YOU can take back control.As a newly divorced single mom making $24,000 per year and facing down $77,000 in debt, Kumiko Love worried constantly about money. She saw what other moms had vacations, birthday parties, a house full of furniture and felt ashamed that she and her son lived in a small apartment and ate dinner on the floor. Worse, when her feelings began to exhaust her, she binge-shopped, reasoning that she d feel better after a trip to the mall.On the day she needed to pay for a McDonald s ice cream cone without her credit card, she had an epiphany: Money is not the problem.Self-Doubt is the problem.Shame is the problem. Guilt is the problem. Society s expectations for her are the problem. She is the solution.Once she reversed the negative thinking patterns pushing her toward decisions that didn t serve her values or goals, her financial plan wrote itself. Now, she s not only living debt-free in her dream home, which she paid for in cash, but she has spread her teachings around the world and helped countless women envision better lives for themselves and their families.Now, building on the lessons she s taught millions as the founder of The Budget Mom, she shares a step by step plan for taking control back over your financial life regardless of your level of incomeor your credit card balance. Through stories from navigating divorce to helping clients thrive through recessions, depression, eviction, layoffs and so much more, you will learn foundational practices such as:How to use your emotions to your financial advantage, instead of letting them control youHow to create a budget based on your real life, not a life of self-denialHow to create a motivating debt pay-off plan that makes you excited about your future, instead of fearing itMy Money My Way will give you the tools to align your emotional health with your financial health to let go of deprivation and embrace desire.Love s paradigm-shifting system will teach you how to honor your unique personal values, driving emotions, and particular needsso that you can stop worrying about money and start living a financially fulfilled life. 240 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks.Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our decline, and the more painful it is when it occurs.What can we do, starting now, to make our older years a time of happiness, purpose, and yes, success At the height of his career at the age of 50, Arthur Brooks embarked on a seven-year journey to discover how to transform his future from one of disappointment over waning abilities into an opportunity for progress. From Strength to Strength is the result, a practical roadmap for the rest of your life.Drawing on social science, philosophy, biography, theology, and eastern wisdom, as well as dozens of interviews with everyday men and women, Brooks shows us that true life success is well within our reach. By refocusing on certain priorities and habits that anyone can learn, such as deep wisdom, detachment from empty rewards, connection and service to others, and spiritual progress, we can set ourselves up for increased happiness.Read this book and you, too, can go from strength to strength. 272 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Espiritu, Selina; Sousa, Diana (illustrator). Neuware - Vox Machina Origins writer Jody Houser joins fan-favorite artist Selina Espiritu, and Matthew Mercer and Liam O'Brian to reveal Caleb's troubled past in this all-new hardcover graphic novel! Fans of Critical Role won't want to miss this newest edition to their Mighty Nein library!A fire can keep you warm.or it can consume you.When Bren Aldric Ermendrud was chosen to attend the Soltryce Academy, everyone knew he would have an important future in service to the Empire. But nobody--least of all Bren himself--could foresee the cruelty he endured, and the ways in which it would break and remake him. Witness the events that transform Bren into the Mighty Nein's Caleb Widogast, and how they'll inform the path he'll take in the future.