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Daniel has been with his boyfriend William since high school, but with this relationship already on shaky ground, his sudden blossoming friendship with Harley sets into motion something that he had hardly dared to dream about. First Daniel has trouble with looking away, and then with keeping his pants on, and then finally with keeping that coyote out of his bed. Things like this are never easy, but will this newfound love be enough for them to come through and heal from the things they have done?

In Nebraska, in the late 1890s, 17-year-old Effie and 11-year-old Bridget must struggle to endure at a time when women and children had few rights, and society looked upon domestic abuse as a private family matter. The story is told through the eyes of the girls as they learn to survive under grueling circumstances. River People is a novel of inspiration, love, loss, and renewal.

Aufklärungsbuch für Jungs: Altersgemäße, kompetente und spannende Informationen rund um die wichtigsten Pubertätsthemen für Jungs ab 9 Jahren Wann wächst mir ein Bart? Warum nerven Eltern und Geschwister auf einmal nur noch? Und wie funktioniert das eigentlich wirklich mit Sex? Nähern Jungs sich der Pubertät, haben sie jede Menge drängende Fragen – und bei all denen, die sie ihren Eltern nicht stellen möchten, hilft dieser Ratgeber unkompliziert weiter!

Im Frühjahr 2037: Bei ihren ersten Versuchen, in das Sternenmeer der Milchstraße vorzustoßen, trafen Perry Rhodan und seine Gefährten auf unterschiedlichste Wesen. Manche wurden zu Freunden, etwa die riesenhaften Naats, andere blieben fremdartig oder gar feindselig. Rhodan ist allerdings klar, das er sich vor allem mit dem Großen Imperium arrangieren muss. Das größte Sternenreich der Milchstraße umfasst Tausende von Planeten und wird von einem Regenten beherrscht, der die Menschen hasst. Bekommt er die Position der Erde in seine Hände, droht der Angriff des Imperiums auf die Heimat der Menschheit.

Ein Muss für Quizheads und Besserwisser:innen. Hier kriegst du deine ersehnte Portion an Halbwissen, gespikt mit Sarkasmus und garniert mit Humor. Pascal und Lukas stellen sich gegenseitig Aufgaben und Quizfragen, diskutieren, lachen und schweifen hin und wieder ab.

An elegantly crafted, utterly enchanting debut novel set in a mystical, exotic world, in which a gifted young girl charms a sultan and changes the course of an empire's history. The Oracle of Stamboul is a marvelously evocative, magical historical novel that will transport readers to another time and place—romantic, exotic, yet remarkably similar to our own.

During the gilded age, when women live subjugated to men, 18-year-old Bridget prides herself on having earned acceptance to medical school. When her father is murdered, a crime that does not interest the law because he was half Native American, she risks her plans to become a doctor, determined to avenge his murder. Bridget's quest thrusts her into a world of seedy men and glitzy women, in one of Omaha's most opulent brothels. There, she finds herself the prey rather than the hunter. If she is to survive, she must keep alliance with a community considered society's lowest.

With a career spanning a quarter of a century, veteran comedian and comedy coach Mike Lukas (Tonight Show, Comedy Central, Second City, CBS Radio) strips comedy down to the bone. Here in Fine-Tuning Your Funny Muscle (book two of the Funny Muscle series), Mike dives deeper into all those joke-writing concepts from book one and fine-tunes them for you, one by one.

As a life raft for beginners and their supervisors, Where to Start and What to Ask provides all the necessary tools for garnering information from clients. Lukas also offers a framework for thinking about that information and formulating a thorough assessment. This indispensable audiobook helps therapeutic neophytes organize their approach to the initial phase of treatment and navigate even rough clinical waters with competence and assurance.

The Eastern Isles, an empire of humans, beastkind, and Fae, have recovered from a divisive war caused by an infectious entity. Humans established the Commission as a defense mechanism; however, mistrust of the Fae races has only increased while upholding their duty to protect against dangers. Beast, Kovuco Blackstar, born of a deviant legend, lives in the shadow of remorse until he meets the enchanting Lady Ameilja Rose Frost, a human seer of the Eastern Isles.

Joseph, a literature student at Berkeley, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep, pulling him into a mesmerizing adventure to uncover the tangled history that binds the two sides of his family. For generations, the men of the al-Raqb family have served as watchmen of the storied Ibn Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo, built at the site where the infant Moses was taken from the Nile. Joseph learns of his ancestor Ali, a Muslim orphan who became enchanted by the legendary - perhaps magical - Ezra Scroll.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and the American Book Award, the best-selling Common Ground is much more than the story of the busing crisis in Boston as told through the experiences of three families. As Studs Terkel remarked, it's "gripping, indelible...a truth about all large American cities."

Spurensuche in heiligen Tiefen – und auf dem Dunkelwelt-Fragment. Gut 4000 Jahre in der Zukunft … In der Mitte des 23. Jahrhunderts Neuer Galak­tischer Zeitrechnung leben die Menschen in Frieden und Freiheit. Von der Erde aus haben sie Tausende von Welten besiedelt; ihr Netz aus Handelsbeziehungen und Bündnissen umfasst zahlreiche Planeten der Milchstraße. Mit dem Projekt von San will Perry Rhodan einen alten Traum verwirklichen: Er möchte die Verbindungen zu anderen Galaxien verstärken. Mit dem PHOENIX steht ein neuartiges Raumschiff zur Verfügung, das als Kurierschiff dienen soll.

In Finding Your Funny Muscle, Mike shows you how to “flex” your ideas into funny, original, and relatable humor that gets big laughs—and makes you memorable for the right reasons.

The actor of White Lotus and Euphoria details his upbringing in the West Coast—including a broken family, struggles with addiction, sex, borderline personality disorder—and his commitment to being the center of attention at all times, even as he actually becomes a star in this heartwarming memoir. I Wrote This for Attention is a riveting, exquisite memoir full of heart that chronicles Lukas Gage’s coming of age in the haunting underbelly of San Diego and clawing his way to stardom.

When Willow is born and her mother dies moments later, only the narrator of this spellbinding debut novel knows the death isn't from complications of childbirth. Amelie-Anais, buried on the Nebraska hilltop where the family home resides, tells the story of deceit, survival, and love from beyond the grave. Following Willow's life and Willow's incredible passion to paint despite loneliness, a physical handicap, and being raised by a father plagued with secrets, Amelie-Anais weaves together the lives of four enigmatic generations.

Join Lukas Biewald on Gradient Dissent, an AI-focused podcast brought to you by Weights & Biases. Dive into fascinating conversations with industry giants from NVIDIA, Meta, Google, Lyft, OpenAI, and more. Explore the cutting-edge of AI and learn the intricacies of bringing models into production.

We've been duped. We were raised to think we could have it all. In college we were told that men weren't necessary. Pop culture told us that career, not family, came first. The idea of being a stay-at-home mom was for losers. And yet are we happier than our mothers or grandmothers, who grew up before women were "liberated" by the sexual revolution? For many women, the answer is no.

Auf der Erde schreibt man das Jahr 1551 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung, gut dreitausend Jahre vom 21. Jahrhundert alter Zeitrechnung entfernt. Nach großen Umwälzungen in der Milchstraße haben sich die Verhältnisse zwischen den unterschiedlichen Sternenreichen beruhigt; im Großen und Ganzen herrscht Frieden. Vor allem die von Menschen bewohnten Planeten und Monde streben eine positive Zukunft an. Tausende von Welten haben sich zur Liga Freier Galaktiker zusammengeschlossen, in der auch Wesen mitwirken, die man in früheren Jahren als »nichtmenschlich« bezeichnet hätte.

La física cuántica trata de todo. Sí, así como suena. Si te han dicho que solo va de vibraciones cósmicas que resuenan en el universo, no te han contado más que tonterías. Para transmitirnos la auténtica magia de una extraña teoría que describe el comportamiento de los átomos y la luz, y que hasta un niño de diez años o un adulto después de unas cuantas copas puedan entenderlo, Lukas Neumeier y James Douglas han decidido escribir la historia de Bob, un hippie espiritual, y Alice, una ingeniosa nerd que se pasa el día soñando con la física cuántica.