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Rien de tel que le battage comme leçon d’humilité, tant le spectacle est impressionnant… du moins pour ceux qui y survivent. » Cololen Kaori, Guide de dragonologie. — Je t’accorderai mon honnêteté si tu m’accordes la tienne. Sqaeyl plisse les yeux. — Tu sais ce qui se passe...

Wenn die Rache zuschlägt … Du kennst mich nicht, aber ich kenne dich. Ich bin der Schatten, der sich unbemerkt hinter dich schleicht. Und sobald du mich siehst, bist du tot. Ich bin ein Attentäter. Ein Killer. Und ich werde jeden, der mich zu diesem Schatten gemacht hat, bezahlen lassen...

When two Stanford graduate students set out to create a new kind of cigarette that wouldn’t kill them, they didn’t foresee all the obstacles that lay ahead — or the powerful forces their invention would unleash. Nearly 10 years after the launch of the JUUL, Backfired: The Vaping Wars asks: Could e-cigarettes have been the solution to one of the world’s most pressing public health problems—or was this technology doomed to introduce a whole new generation to nicotine, and end up perpetuating an intractable addiction?

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A New York Times bestseller, the incredible true story of a couple that escaped slavery in the South and eventually made their way to the UK, Africa and beyond. The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring...

Sixty seconds of recklessness. That’s all it took to ruin the game. But the punishment might just ruin my life.I am the Boston Bolts' most talented forward, and their biggest liability. I play fast, I play hard, and I take penalties because being in the box is the only time anyone actually...

In this provocative investigation into OnlyFans—the adult platform where subscribers around the world spent more than $7 billion in 2024—journalist Leon Neyfakh teams up with comedian and OnlyFans creator Gracie Canaan for a one-of-a-kind exploration into the current state of human connection. Throughout, they discover that the site originally built for spicy adult content has quietly and surprisingly become something more complicated—an emotional marketplace where desire, performance, care, fantasy, and vulnerability seemingly blur together.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A major revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition: For the first time in a generation, This Vast Enterprise offers a fresh and more accurate account of one of the most important episodes in American history, humanizing forgotten figures and shattering...

A candid look at the who's who of the last 50 years of fashion and proof that fact is always devilishly more fascinating than fiction. André Leon Talley's engaging and detailed memoir is his story of surviving and thriving in the notoriously cutthroat fashion industry amidst racism, homophobia and other challenges to become one of the most legendary voices and faces in fashion journalism.

I'm Dan Hope and inside my head I keep a list of things I want to come true. For example, I want my sister to go to university at the North Pole and only come back once a year. I want to help Sherlock Holmes solve his most daring mystery yet. I want to be the first eleven-year-old to land on the...

A collection of essays that discusses such issues as the media, immigration, the minimum wage, and multiculturalism.

“An oral history is only as good as its sources, and ‘Texas Flood’ is thorough and far-reaching, with Vaughan's bandmates, crew and family taking center stage.” — New York Times Book Review This program is read by a full cast and features exclusive bonus material, including a...

Hinter der unsichtbaren Mauer von Orms braut sich ein finsterer Sturm zusammen. Während der machthungrige Erzherzog schweres Geschütz auffahren lässt, um die magische Barriere mit roher Gewalt zu zerschmettern, weben Donatus und die Schwarze Witwe an einem unheilvollen Plan: Die gesammelte...

Seine Familie hat mir alles genommen. Jetzt will ich sie fallen sehen. Scarlet hasst die Darkmores aus tiefstem Herzen. Sie sind schuld daran, dass sie mit ihrer Mutter durch die Hölle gegangen ist. Um die schmutzigen Geheimnisse der Schmuckmilliardäre aufzudecken, hat sie einen Job im...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When a death leaves a family facing grief, paperwork, property, accounts, and unanswered questions all at once, knowing where to begin can make the next step feel manageable. What Happens After Goodbye is a practical, compassionate guide to the work...

In this riveting debut, a boy struggling with OCD is uniquely qualified to solve a kidnapping.

There’s nothing worse than a customer who sneers at your romance-only bookstore, calls your favorite genre trash, and still expects a refund for a wrinkled paperback they’ve clearly read. Or so I thought. Turns out, being dragged to a mansion by the Beast of Boston—a terrifying Werebeast and notorious mafia boss—is far worse.

ADHD may be the defining diagnosis of our time. According to the latest data, more than 10 percent of American children (that’s 7.1 million kids) have been diagnosed with ADHD. And the number of stimulant prescriptions for adults in their 30s has shot up nearly threefold since 2012. In recent years, this explosion in demand has combined with other factors to create a widespread stimulant shortage in the US. In the second installment of Backfired, cohosts Leon Neyfakh and Arielle Pardes look at the unintended consequences of the ADHD industry, and trace the surprising path that brought us here.

Melanie Hoskins, an experienced firefighter-paramedic, has been recruited by a very selective and secret organisation known as The Division. Their mission is to protect the populace and secure the continuation of the United States. The Division is only activated at times of dire need. This just so happens to be one of those times. Based in New York City, Hoskins is forced to leave her civilian life and those she loves behind, and join the front line to try to control the 'dollar flu' virus that has been spreading throughout the city.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Fascinating…the fullest portrait of Kennedy ever written.” —The Washington Post The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate and detailed look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories, his...

Lillian Smith leads an unexceptional life, writing obituaries and killing time with her inattentive husband and disconnected son. Then she meets David, a handsome stranger, in a coffee shop. Lured into an affair, she invents a new persona, one without strings, deadlines, or brooding husbands. Lillian has never felt so reckless, unpredictable, or wanted. But as her affair with David intensifies, she withdraws from everything that’s real, even her closest friend.