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New York Times bestseller (The Biggest Buff, The Confidence Game, Mastermind) and New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova delves into the mysterious ailment that she and 39 million others suffer from in the U.S. alone: Migraine, a disease that is still little understood, yet debilitating to its sufferers.

There are too many dragons in Skoki's world for her liking. Luckily, she meets a new friend who introduces her to a different creature.

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER of the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 and the UNESCO Press Freedom Award 2021 What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by her own government, spreading lies to its...

In this audiobook Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian, presents a celebration of the human search for truth and beauty through the lenses of science and poetry. Poetry and science, as Popova writes in her introduction, "are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving it...

You'll love this collection of folktales from China. In "The Magic Paintbrush", Liang is given a magical paintbrush that has the power to turn anything he paints into real life. Liang must be clever, using both his brain and painting power to escape the greedy emperor. Also included are five other Chinese folktales: "The Water Bucket", "Song Dingbo and the Hungry Ghost", "Money Problems", "The Terrible Kites of Len Yo", and "The Divine Tortoise."

Im kindgerechten Hörspiel Aschenputtel sind das zeitlose Märchen der Brüder Grimm und die sprühende Musik von Gioachino Rossini verwoben. Aus der Küche geht es für das mutige Mädchen über Ball, Kleid und verlorenen Schuh bis ins Königsschloss. Gemeine Stiefschwestern, eine strenge Stiefmutter und ein hoffnungsvoller Prinz sorgen für Spannung, Witz und Gefühl.

Set in the intoxicating world of 1990s New York fashion, The Model is a gripping psychological thriller about ambition, betrayal, and obsession. When supermodel Ewa Antol mysteriously vanishes at the height of her career, her childhood friend Marki becomes determined to uncover the truth behind her disappearance. Set against the glamorous backdrop of 90s fashion—where beauty is the only currency and seventeen-year-old models earn $100,000 per day—this twisting narrative follows Marki's dangerous journey through the dark underbelly of the fashion industry.

Ava seems to stand out at the Halloween party, especially because her witch costume includes a mop instead of a broom.

This Very Short Introduction provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible guide to modern child psychology, from birth to early adolescence. Beginning with infancy, Usha Goswami considers the process of attachment and 'bonding', showing how secure attachments enable the development of...

When a young pirate buys a peacock instead of a parrot for his captain, the whole crew laughs. Will the peacock be a good addition to the crew? The crew of the Finicky Fin can’t catch a break when the new peacock seems to cause nothing but trouble, and now the ship is being attacked by a giant sea monster!

Click and Jane are heading out for a bike ride. CeCe wants to join, but she needs to take a nap. When CeCe lays down for her nap, Click and Jane try everything to get her to sleep. Click and Jane soon find out that putting a baby to sleep is hard work!

What animals do you think live in the desert? Follow Click and Jane as they travel through the desert. Not believing anything can live in the hot, dry desert, Click quickly learns that plenty of creatures make their homes in the desert. As the pair is introduced to different birds, plants, reptiles, coyotes, and owls, Click and Jane are able to come to appreciate the desert.

Click, Jane, and CeCe go digging for dinosaur bones. When they finally dig up a bone, Click and CeCe are sure it’s a dinosaur bone but Jane thinks it is too small. Cloo teaches them something surprising – dinosaurs were all different sizes!

A young girl meets a Tyrannosaurus rex at a museum and asks him—or her—some questions.

You'll love this collection of stories featuring quirky, yet lovable family members. In "Translating Aunt Edna", three boys decide to play a trick on their aunt, who insists on teaching them new vocabulary words. The English language can be complicated - there are so many words that describe the same thing! You’ll discover many of them in this silly story about a group of siblings who decide they are sick of learning new words!

New York City is not only The New Yorker magazine's place of origin and its sensibility's lifeblood, it is the heart of American literary culture. Wonderful Town, an anthology of superb short fiction by many of the magazine's most accomplished contributors, celebrates the seventy-five-year...

Jetzt wird's spannend: ein Erdmännchen spielt Detektiv: Christoph Maria Herbst in Bestform: Im Hörbuch-Krimi "Ausgefressen" von Moritz Matthies leiht er nicht nur Erdmännchen Ray als Erzähler seine sonore Stimme. Lispelnd und nuschelnd strapaziert er auch in weiteren Rollen unsere Lachmuskeln. In zahlreichen unterschiedlichen Tonlagen und Dialekten macht er so das Hörbuch rund um den Erdmännchen-Clan von Ray, Rufus und Rocky zu einem wahren Hörgenuss!

Mögen die Hungerspiele beginnen!Suzanne Collins entwirft in dem Science-Fiction-Hörbuch "Tödliche Spiele (Die Tribute von Panem 1)" eine düstere utopische Welt, in der sie die junge Katniss für ihre Schwester an einem grausamen Ritual namens "Hungerspiele" teilnehmen lässt. Hier treten 24 Jugendliche gegeneinander an – und nur einer kann überleben.

El trabajo de la doctora Kübler-Ross nos confirma que la muerte es un pasaje hacia otra forma de vida y nos hace comprender que la experiencia de la muerte es casi idéntica a la del nacimiento, puesto que se trata del inicio de otra existencia, el paso a un nuevo estado de conciencia en el que...

Janine Driver was trained as a lie detection expert for the ATF, FBI, and the CIA and is a New York Times bestselling author (You Say More Than You Think). Now she makes a powerful and incontrovertible declaration: You Can’t Lie to Me. Driver—who is known in professional circles as “the...