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NOW A MAJOR FILM DIRECTED BY GEORGE CLOONEY AND STARRING BEN AFFLECK 'Highly entertaining . . . constructed as skilfully as a drink mixed by the author's Uncle Charlie' New York Times 'Moehringer writes with a survivor's wisdom . . . The Tender Bar is a memoir, but has the texture of a novel' Sunday Telegraph In the rich tradition of bestselling memoirs about self-invention, The Tender Bar is by turns riveting, moving, and achingly funny. An evocative portrait of one boy's struggle to become a man, it's also a touching depiction of how some men remain lost boys. JR Moehringer grew up listening for a voice, the voice of his missing father, a DJ who disappeared before JR spoke his first words. As a boy, JR would press his ear to a battered clock radio, straining to hear in that resonant voice the secrets of identity and masculinity. When the voice disappeared, JR found new voices in the bar on the corner. A grand old New York saloon, the bar was a sanctuary for all sorts of men -- cops and poets, actors and lawyers, gamblers and stumblebums. The flamboyant characters along the bar taught JR, tended him, and provided a kind of fatherhood by committee. Torn between his love for his mother and the lure of the bar, JR forged a boyhood somewhere in the middle. When the time came to leave home, the bar became a way station -- from JR's entrance to Yale, where he floundered as a scholarship student; to Lord & Taylor, where he spent a humbling stint peddling housewares; to the New York Times, where he became a faulty cog in a vast machine. The bar offered shelter from failure, from rejection, and eventually from reality, until at last the bar turned JR away. 'A wonderful book . . . everyone in it is incredibly alive, everyone shines, and every vice is transformed into something glorious' James Salter J.R. Moehringer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2000, is a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Moehringer is the author of the memoir The Tender Bar and the bestselling novel Sutton, and co-author of Open by Andre Agassi, Shoedog by Phil Knight and Spare by Prince Harry.

Do games and play hold the keys to a better employee experience? The rules for engagement in business and in life are changing...and employees demand to be more active in creating these rules. Employee disengagement is the result of disease in a company's culture... and business leaders need to understand the symptoms displayed by employees to help keep them engaged. Employee engagement - that is, having employees who are emotionally and psychologically attached to their job and the workplace - is critical to building positive relationships and performing well in the 21st century. We used to play and gamification throughout our lives for self-development -- and often stayed more engaged, didn't we? Gamification and adult play in the workplace have therefore become hot topics among companies seeking to re-engage and motivate staff. There is a strong case to be made for bringing play and games back into our lives and specifically into the workplace. Not sure if play really matters? Look no further than what your employees do during their break time or when off the clock. In this book, The Play Based Organization: Leveraging Individual Creativity for Organizational, Outcome-Based Innovation, Dr. Cleveland explores the dissonance between employee and leader factors and actions that influence their willingness and ability to navigate the workplace. She identifies factors, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, that calls for the need to redefine both the employee description and the workplace. Dr. Cleveland shares a practical and innovative framework for the successful application of play and gamification strategies as threads for building employee and leader creativity and innovation that helps meet personal and organizational outcomes. In other words, this book can help leaders and employees alike evaluate and implement play systemically at your organization in order to not only get more from each other, but for your staff to get more satisfaction and joy out of life as a whole.

*'A LITERARY SENSATION: THE MUST-READ OF THE SUMMER' ( OBSERVER)* 'An intricately, perfectly mapped journey into self-liberation . . . It will stay with me for the rest of my days' Samantha Harvey 'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Absolutely stunning' Max Porter 'Wildly original . . . Beneath the radical disquiet is a beautiful hymn to the hearts and minds of women' Sarah Hall I swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it. Abra has a perfect-seeming life as a wife and mother: until one day, she walks away, leaving only a note asking her family not to look for her. In a woodland cabin, her new life alone begins. There are no mirrors, no clocks, no memories: just the squirrels breathing in the forest, and silence of vegetables growing. Years later, a young woman arrives, and the past-flashes begin. Daughter? A strange word. Is this her? And what will this mean? Joan Barfoot's Gaining Ground is a both a provocative meditation on living on your own terms and an exquisite work of art. It calls to anybody who has ever wanted to escape - who has asked what it costs to be wild, to be sane, to be free. What readers are saying: So damn extraordinary. This book meant everything to me. An instant all-time favorite. I loved reading this book . . . A story of impossible bravery, survival and reconciliation. A beautiful story about a woman who puts her own happiness in life above her maternal duties. One of the most influential novels I have ever read. Wonderful. So much food for thought. I never re-read books, but this is one of the first I'll make an exception for. A quiet masterpiece.

Think Faster from Ridley’s is the party game where we give you the answers! Seriously. All you need to do is remember them . . . Teams go head-to-head over three rounds in this fast-paced trivia game. With each round, the answers stay the same, but the clues get harder until they’re down to only one word. Your team has 30 seconds to get through as many cards as possible, so everyone needs to think fast if you want to win. But you must pay attention when it’s the other team’s turn, too, because the more answers you remember, the greater your chances of scoring big next time! This Mini Edition of our bestselling classic, Think Fast, offers a faster, more portable game, ideal for on-the-go fun. And you asked, we delivered: the cards can be used as an expansion pack for the original game, too! Great for a crowd, Think Faster is made to be played with friends and family. It’s suitable for ages 13+, 3 or more players, and has an average 15-minute gameplay. How to Play: Teams go head-to-head over three rounds in this fast-paced trivia game. With each round, the answers stay the same, but the clues get harder until they’re down to only one word. Your team has 30 seconds to get through as many cards as possible, so everyone needs to think fast if you want to win. But you must pay attention when it’s the other team’s turn, too, because the more answers you remember, the greater your chances of scoring big next time. The team with the most points at the end of three rounds wins! Who It’s For: This game is great for a crowd of friends, family, random people on a train, whoever! What's Inside: 140 game cards, scorepad, pencil, and English instructions IT’S PARTY TIME – Think Faster from Ridley’s is the party game where we give you the answers. Seriously. All you need to do is remember them. Played in teams and against the clock, things can get competitive, but that only adds to the fun! THINK. SHOUT. RECALL. – With each round, the answers stay the same, but the clues get harder. Your team must think fast if you want to win. And pay attention when it’s the other team’s turn, because the more you remember, the more you’ll score next time! FUN ON THE RUN – This Mini Edition of our bestselling classic, Think Fast, offers a faster, more portable game, ideal for game nights and parties. And you asked, we delivered: the cards can be used as an expansion pack for the original game, too! WHAT’S INSIDE? – 140 game cards, scorepad, pencil, and English instructions. Made to be played with a crowd of friends, family, random people on a train, whoever! The more the better! Because more brains = better memory, right? RIDLEY’S – Awesome games and puzzles packed with personality—that’s our passion! We’re a crew of curious creatives making hilarious party games, light strategy games, fast-paced card games, challenging trivia, hilarious jokes, and stunning jigsaws.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL A BARACK OBAMA READING PICK NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLING A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. 'The most enjoyable hard SF I have read in years' GUARDIAN 'Weir's finest work to date. . . This is the one book I read last year that I am certain I can recommend to anyone, no matter who, and know they'll love it.' BRANDON SANDERSON 'If you like a lot of science in your science fiction, Andy Weir is the writer for you. . . This one has everything fans of old school SF (like me) love.' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN 'Brilliantly funny and enjoyable. One of the most plausible science fiction books I've ever read ' TIM PEAKE, astronaut ________________________________________ Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it's up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery-and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he's got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could imagine it, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian -- while taking us to places it never dreamed of going. ________________________________________ 'One of the most original, compelling, and fun voyages I've ever taken.' ERNEST CLINE, author of Ready Player One and Ready Player Two 'Undisputedly the best book I've read in a very, very long time. Mark my words: Project Hail Mary is destined to become a classic.' BLAKE CROUCH 'Andy Weir's brilliant Project Hail Mary...is one of those stirring sci-fi novels about every government on Earth banding together, through science, to save civilisation from collapse. I loved it.' THE TIMES 'A suspenseful portrait of human ingenuity and resilience [that] builds to an unexpectedly moving ending. A winner.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'Weir returns with gusto . . . his writing flows naturally, and his characters and dialogue crackle with energy. With this novel, he takes his place as a genuine star in the mainstream SF world.' BOOKLIST

A bundle of books #5 (ONLY SPITE) and #6 (ONLY MADNESS) in Rylie Dark's Sadie Price FBI Suspense Thriller series! This bundle offers books five and six in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. Special Agent Sadie Price, a 29-year-old rising star in the FBI's BAU unit, stuns her colleagues by requesting reassignment to the FBI's remote Alaskan field office. Back in her home state, a place she vowed she would never return, Sadie, running from a secret in her recent past and back into her old one, finds herself facing her demons—including her sister's unsolved murder—while assigned to hunt down a new serial killer. In ONLY SPITE (Book #5), in the endless night of the Alaskan winter, bodies are turning up in the underside of urban Anchorage, wrapped dramatically in plastic. As FBI Special Agent Sadie Price wades through the dark underbelly of the city in her search for answers, she soon realizes this case may just be more disturbing—and shocking—than she thought. In the blackness and isolation of the dark season, anyone would lose their mind—which means anyone could be a suspect. But the clock is ticking, and Sadie must track down the killer before he claims another victim—while battling demons re-surfacing from her own dark past. In ONLY MADNESS (Book #6), hitchhikers are turning up dead in the Alaskan wilderness, found near truck stops along empty stretches of highway. In a lonely, remote landscape, Sadie must comb the insular world of truckers to search for suspects. But, all alone out there, might Sadie find herself a victim? As she fights to piece together the clues, Sadie finds herself in a race against time. Can she stop the killer before another girl is taken? An action-packed page-turner, the SADIE PRICE series is a riveting crime thriller, jammed with suspense, surprises and twists and turns that you won't see coming. It will have you fall in love with a brilliant and scarred new character, while challenging you, amidst a barren landscape, to solve an impenetrable crime.

What if one half-laughing confession after a wild night turned into a contract waiting on the kitchen counter the next morning? At twenty-six, Emma is a senior marketing manager on track for director by thirty, a woman who negotiates six-figure contracts and travels alone for conferences. After two years with Lucas, she murmurs against his chest that she read a story online about a woman whose boyfriend puts her in diapers and treats her as his baby. She expects teasing. Instead he goes very still and asks whether she liked it. By morning, a neat stack of papers sits on the island in his downtown loft, the Regression Trial Agreement . Thirty consecutive days of diapers around the clock, bottles, a nine o'clock bedtime and calling him Daddy, with one safe word, Red, and a catch. If she ends it early, the play ends between them permanently. She signs in quick, looping cursive, hears him say Good girl , and follows him to the locked guest room he claimed for storage, now a fully stocked little room with a crib and a changing table built for her. On day one she works from home with a bottle beside her laptop and fights her body until, late in the afternoon, she simply can't. That first week she wets during a video call with her team, muted, watching her colleagues' faces. On Day Eight he dresses her in a short yellow sundress over locked plastic pants and takes her out, to a café patio where he tells her to use her diaper and a secluded park bench where his hand beneath a draped jacket turns humiliation into release. Week two brings accidents she never feels coming and a vibrating plug that teaches her to link every wetting with pleasure, until she closes her laptop and stops pretending to work. Then Lucas holds out his hand for her phone. Then her suits and lingerie vanish from the closet, donated. Then come soft restraints and an hour of denial until she sobs that everything belongs to him, and he reminds her quietly that only one week is left. On Day Twenty-Eight he lays a pair of pale pink cotton panties beside her and offers her the old life back, the toilet, the clothes, the job. The padlocks hold, her body gives way, and she begs him to keep her. On Day Thirty she signs the Permanent Regression Agreement , no safe word and no end date, and watches Lucas drop the only key to her plastic pants into the fireplace flame. Six months later her career has ended in a polite email about "family needs," her belly is softly rounded, and she thanks him for taking the choice away. When a contract hands you every exit and you still choose the locked door, who is truly holding the key? Readers who love possessive Daddy doms, slow surrender and a heroine who is claimed and bred will find Daddy's Permanent Girl waiting for them here.

*'A LITERARY SENSATION: THE MUST-READ OF THE SUMMER' (OBSERVER)* 'Thrillingly original . . . A landmark' Anne Enright 'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Absolutely stunning' Max Porter 'A joyful and generative novel about running away to make a new home for a new self' Sarah Moss 'An intricately, perfectly mapped journey into self-liberation . . . It will stay with me for the rest of my days' Samantha Harvey 'Wildly original . . . Beneath the radical disquiet is a beautiful hymn to the hearts and minds of women' Sarah Hall 'This will stay with me for a long, long time...' Nigel Slater I swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it. Abra has a perfect-seeming life as a wife and mother: until one day, she walks away, leaving only a note asking her family not to look for her. In a woodland cabin, her new life alone begins. There are no mirrors, no clocks, no memories: just the squirrels breathing in the forest, and silence of vegetables growing. Years later, a young woman arrives, and the past-flashes begin. Daughter? A strange word. Is this her? And what will this mean? Joan Barfoot's Gaining Ground is a both a provocative meditation on living on your own terms and an exquisite work of art. It calls to anybody who has ever wanted to escape - who has asked what it costs to be wild, to be sane, to be free. What readers are saying: So damn extraordinary. This book meant everything to me. It quietly changed the path of my life. An instant all-time favorite. I loved reading this book . . . A story of impossible bravery, survival and reconciliation. A beautiful story about a woman who puts her own happiness in life above her maternal duties. One of the most influential novels I have ever read. Wonderful. So much food for thought. I never re-read books, but this is one of the first I'll make an exception for. A masterpiece.

Einführung des AJAX NVR:   Willkommen in der Zukunft der Heimsicherheit mit dem AJAX NVR, der neuesten Innovation in der Netzwerk-Videoaufzeichnungstechnologie. Dieses fortschrittliche System wurde entwickelt, um Ihnen ein Höchstmaß an Sicherheit zu bieten und Ihren Seelenfrieden zu gewährleisten. Hochauflösende Videoaufzeichnung: Der AJAX NVR bietet hochauflösende Videoaufzeichnung und erfasst jedes Detail mit Präzision und Klarheit. Auf diese Weise können Sie alles, was in und um Ihre Immobilie herum geschieht, klar und deutlich sehen und haben im Falle eines Vorfalls den nötigen Beweis. Speicherkapazität: Mit seiner beeindruckenden Speicherkapazität ermöglicht der AJAX NVR die Aufzeichnung und Speicherung von wochenlangem Filmmaterial. So können Sie aufgezeichnete Videos bei Bedarf jederzeit abrufen und sich einen umfassenden Überblick über die Ereignisse verschaffen. Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Festplatte nicht im Lieferumfang enthalten ist! Einfache Installation: Das Einrichten des AJAX NVR ist einfach und mühelos. Folgen Sie den einfachen Anweisungen von AJAX, um Ihr System zum Laufen zu bringen.  Der AJAX NVR ist eine intelligente, effiziente und zuverlässige Sicherheitslösung für Ihr Zuhause. Mit seinen fortschrittlichen Funktionen und der einfachen Installation bietet es Ihnen ein hohes Maß an Sicherheit und Seelenfrieden. Investieren Sie noch heute in den AJAX NVR und erleben Sie die Zukunft der Heimsicherheit. Zusätzliche Informationen Erfahren Sie den Grund für den Alarm! Ist der Alarm ausgelöst worden? Der Videostream hilft Ihnen herauszufinden, ob die Bedrohung real ist. Öffnen Sie in der Ajax-App das Video und sehen Sie sich an, was in Ihrem Gebiet gerade passiert. Wenn das Video-Streaming nicht zuverlässig zu sein scheint, verwenden Sie MotionCam-Detektoren. Sie sind mit Kameras ausgestattet, die nur dann eine Reihe von Bildern aufnehmen, wenn der Bewegungsalarm ausgelöst wird, und diese mit hoher Geschwindigkeit über ein verschlüsseltes Funkprotokoll an den Hub, Wings, senden. MotionCam ist eine schnelle Methode zur Überprüfung von Alarmen, ohne die Privatsphäre der Benutzer zu beeinträchtigen. Kontrollieren Sie Ihr Unternehmen: Videokameras haben keinen freien Tag. Sie wissen rund um die Uhr, was in Ihrem Büro vor sich geht. Bleiben Sie nah an Ihrer Familie: Wollen Sie wissen, was Ihre Kinder machen oder wie der Babysitter sie behandelt, während Sie weg sind? Mit der Ajax-App können Sie die Videos der Kameras in Echtzeit ansehen, auch unterwegs. Keine Einschränkungen: Ajax unterstützt RTSP, ein Standardprotokoll auf dem Markt für Videoüberwachung. Es wird in den meisten privaten und professionellen Überwachungskameras und DVRs verwendet. Die Auswahl ist riesig! Nur für Ihre Augen: Nur Sie entscheiden, welche Ajax-Nutzer Zugang zu Kameras und Videorekordern haben. Und die zuverlässige Verschlüsselung schützt Ihre Daten vor Hackern . Kamera oder DVR?: Ob Sie eine Kamera oder einen digitalen Videorekorder an das Sicherheitssystem anschließen, jedes Gerät produziert einen Videostrom. Wenn jedoch Hunderte von Kameras an einen DVR angeschlossen sind, können Sie in der Ajax-App zwischen ihnen umschalten. Wie kann ich RTSP-fähige Kameras anschließen? Hinweis: Die Anzahl der Kameras oder DVRs, die mit Ajax verbunden werden können, hängt vom Hub-Modell ab.

Einführung des AJAX NVR:   Willkommen in der Zukunft der Heimsicherheit mit dem AJAX NVR, der neuesten Innovation in der Netzwerk-Videoaufzeichnungstechnologie. Dieses fortschrittliche System wurde entwickelt, um Ihnen ein Höchstmaß an Sicherheit zu bieten und Ihren Seelenfrieden zu gewährleisten. Hochauflösende Videoaufzeichnung: Der AJAX NVR bietet hochauflösende Videoaufzeichnung und erfasst jedes Detail mit Präzision und Klarheit. Auf diese Weise können Sie alles, was in und um Ihre Immobilie herum geschieht, klar und deutlich sehen und haben im Falle eines Vorfalls den nötigen Beweis. Speicherkapazität: Mit seiner beeindruckenden Speicherkapazität ermöglicht der AJAX NVR die Aufzeichnung und Speicherung von wochenlangem Filmmaterial. So können Sie aufgezeichnete Videos bei Bedarf jederzeit abrufen und sich einen umfassenden Überblick über die Ereignisse verschaffen. Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Festplatte nicht im Lieferumfang enthalten ist! Einfache Installation: Das Einrichten des AJAX NVR ist einfach und mühelos. Folgen Sie den einfachen Anweisungen von AJAX, um Ihr System zum Laufen zu bringen.  Der AJAX NVR ist eine intelligente, effiziente und zuverlässige Sicherheitslösung für Ihr Zuhause. Mit seinen fortschrittlichen Funktionen und der einfachen Installation bietet es Ihnen ein hohes Maß an Sicherheit und Seelenfrieden. Investieren Sie noch heute in den AJAX NVR und erleben Sie die Zukunft der Heimsicherheit. Zusätzliche Informationen Erfahren Sie den Grund für den Alarm! Ist der Alarm ausgelöst worden? Der Videostream hilft Ihnen herauszufinden, ob die Bedrohung real ist. Öffnen Sie in der Ajax-App das Video und sehen Sie sich an, was in Ihrem Gebiet gerade passiert. Wenn das Video-Streaming nicht zuverlässig zu sein scheint, verwenden Sie MotionCam-Detektoren. Sie sind mit Kameras ausgestattet, die nur dann eine Reihe von Bildern aufnehmen, wenn der Bewegungsalarm ausgelöst wird, und diese mit hoher Geschwindigkeit über ein verschlüsseltes Funkprotokoll an den Hub, Wings, senden. MotionCam ist eine schnelle Methode zur Überprüfung von Alarmen, ohne die Privatsphäre der Benutzer zu beeinträchtigen. Kontrollieren Sie Ihr Unternehmen: Videokameras haben keinen freien Tag. Sie wissen rund um die Uhr, was in Ihrem Büro vor sich geht. Bleiben Sie nah an Ihrer Familie: Wollen Sie wissen, was Ihre Kinder tun oder wie der Babysitter sie behandelt, während Sie weg sind? Mit der Ajax-App können Sie die Videos der Kameras in Echtzeit ansehen, auch unterwegs. Keine Einschränkungen: Ajax unterstützt RTSP, ein Standardprotokoll auf dem Markt für Videoüberwachung. Es wird in den meisten privaten und professionellen Überwachungskameras und DVRs verwendet. Die Auswahl ist riesig! Nur für Ihre Augen: Nur Sie entscheiden, welche Ajax-Nutzer Zugang zu Kameras und Videorekordern haben. Und die zuverlässige Verschlüsselung schützt Ihre Daten vor Hackern . Kamera oder DVR?: Ob Sie eine Kamera oder einen digitalen Videorekorder an das Sicherheitssystem anschließen, jedes Gerät produziert einen Videostrom. Wenn jedoch Hunderte von Kameras an einen DVR angeschlossen sind, können Sie in der Ajax-App zwischen ihnen umschalten. Wie kann ich RTSP-fähige Kameras anschließen? Hinweis: Die Anzahl der Kameras oder DVRs, die mit Ajax verbunden werden können, hängt vom Hub-Modell ab.

Instant New York Times Bestseller! New York Times Editors' Choice New York Times Best Books of 2026 (So Far) One of People's 15 Most Anticipated Books of Summer The Next Big Idea Club's July 2026 Must-Read Books One of the New York Times Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer Sunset Magazine's 15 New Books You Don't Want to Miss From Annie Jacobsen, the author of the bestselling Nuclear War: A Scenario, a book on a subject that has long orbited her reporting: biological warfare. A lab accident, a bio-attack, a global pandemic, and the collapse of human society. In this essential new book, based on dozens of new interviews with experts with high-level political, governmental, medical, and military responsibility, Annie Jacobsen examines this very scenario. It would be only a matter of days from such a global infection before the infrastructure built to handle this gravest of situations would be in a battle for human existence. The fallout: mass death, total societal breakdown, widespread insurrection, anarchy, and a plague-ravaged wasteland that no longer resembles modern civilization. In other words: dystopia. Following the gripping narrative style that launched Nuclear War to the New York Times bestseller list, Jacobsen looks deeply at a situation that is in some ways the opposite of a nuclear bomb: There is no mushroom cloud, no shock wave or blast. Instead, the scenario that could end the world as we know it begins with something so small, and something so malicious, that when used for evil, only evil can result. This is what could happen; a ticking-clock roadmap to the hours, days, and weeks following the release of a biological agent, that serves as the most essential, forward-looking journalism in preparation for urgent societal upheaval.

Ticking clocks and tolling bells, scents of roses and warm tortillas: this is the barrio of years past as captured in the words of Patricia Preciado Martin. Cuentos, recuerdos, stories, memories--all are stirred into a simmering caldo by a writer whose love for her heritage shines through every page. Reminiscent of "Like Water for Chocolate," the book is a rich mix of the simplest ingredients--food, family, tradition. We see Silviana striding to her chicken coop, triggering the "feathered pandemonium" of chickens who smell death in the air. We meet Elena, standing before the mirror in her wedding dress, and Teodoro SAnchez, who sleeps under the sky and smells of achaparral and mesquite pollen and the stream bottom and the bone dust of generations. Thereas the monsignor sitting on the edge of a sofa, sipping NescafA(c) from a china cup, and here is Sister Francisca "with her warm, minty breath" warning us away from impure thoughts. Be on your best behavior, too, in TA-a Petraas Edwardian parlor--la DoAa Petrita, descended from conquistadores, might just deliver a tap on your head with her silver-handled walking stick. Then, with Mamacita, spend a summer afternoon bent over your embroidery with trembling hand and sweaty upper lip, and all the while wondering what in the world it feels like to be kissed. Intermingled with the authoras stories are collective memories of the barrio, tales halfway between heaven and earth that seem to connect barrio residents to each other and to their past. These cuentos are mystical and dreamy, peopled with ghosts and miracles and Aztec princesses dressed in feathers and gold. Come, sit down and have some salsa and a tortilla--fresh and homemade, it goeswithout saying; people who buy tortillas at the market "might as well move to Los Angeles, for they have already lost their souls." Then open the pages of this book. Help yourself to another feast of food and flowers, music and dancing, sunshine and moonlight--everything glorious and mundane, serious and humorous, earthly and spiritual, poignant and joyful, in la vida mexicoamericana.

A ridiculously charming debut. . . Readers will be rooting for Phoebe every step of the way' Hannah Bonam-Young 'Had me completely charmed from the first page' Annabel Monaghan From podcaster - and TikTok's favourite romance reader - Brooke Averick, an honest, imperfect, laugh-out-loud funny love story about coming of age and coming apart - perfect for fans of Abby Jimenez, Curtis Sittenfeld and Emily Henry. * Phoebe Berman's Guide to Losing Her Virginity In 30 Days: A Checklist Redownload Hinge Pet a dog with a cute owner Find the cutest guy on the plane to help with my luggage Identify a suitable target behind the wheel of a car, rear end him, and get his number Advertise myself on Craigslist All Phoebe Berman has ever wanted is a whirlwind romance. And yet, she keeps getting in her own way. She has no idea what has caused her long and messy history of failed dating attempts - the panic attacks, cold sweats and projectile vomiting. But she does know two things: 1. She's going to be thirty in a month. 2. She's still a virgin. This, though, she's determined to change. Armed with a romance-novel-inspired to-do list, Phoebe's giving herself thirty days to lose her virginity. No backing out this time. She's even got some promising options lined up: there's charming new fellow teacher Finn; long-distance texting pen pal Matthew; and, of course, dreamy Jonathan, her long-time best friend and roommate. With the clock ticking and a checklist as chaotic as her inner monologue, if Phoebe Berman wants to lose it, she might just have to find herself first. READER RAVES FOR PHOEBE BERMAN: 'This is my new favourite book ever. For ONCE I can relate to the main character of a romance novel' 'The most relatable, endearing, and loyal character I have ever met... It's Phoebe's world and I'm just living it' 'One of my new favourite fictional characters' 'Through faultless friend groups, endless word game, and failed flirtations, this novel is a romance worth giggling and kicking your feet over... a debut you won't want to miss!' 'Time should probably be labelled as BPB and APB (before Phoebe Berman & after Phoebe Berman) from here on out

Einführung des AJAX NVR:   Willkommen in der Zukunft der Heimsicherheit mit dem AJAX NVR, der neuesten Innovation in der Netzwerk-Videoaufzeichnungstechnologie. Dieses fortschrittliche System wurde entwickelt, um Ihnen ein Höchstmaß an Sicherheit zu bieten und Ihren Seelenfrieden zu gewährleisten. Hochauflösende Videoaufzeichnung: Der AJAX NVR bietet hochauflösende Videoaufzeichnung und erfasst jedes Detail mit Präzision und Klarheit. Auf diese Weise können Sie alles, was in und um Ihre Immobilie herum geschieht, klar und deutlich sehen und haben im Falle eines Vorfalls den nötigen Beweis. Speicherkapazität: Mit seiner beeindruckenden Speicherkapazität ermöglicht der AJAX NVR die Aufzeichnung und Speicherung von wochenlangem Filmmaterial. So können Sie aufgezeichnete Videos bei Bedarf jederzeit abrufen und sich einen umfassenden Überblick über die Ereignisse verschaffen. Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Festplatte nicht im Lieferumfang enthalten ist! Einfache Installation: Das Einrichten des AJAX NVR ist einfach und mühelos. Folgen Sie den einfachen Anweisungen von AJAX, um Ihr System zum Laufen zu bringen.  Der AJAX NVR ist eine intelligente, effiziente und zuverlässige Sicherheitslösung für Ihr Zuhause. Mit seinen fortschrittlichen Funktionen und der einfachen Installation bietet es Ihnen ein hohes Maß an Sicherheit und Seelenfrieden. Investieren Sie noch heute in den AJAX NVR und erleben Sie die Zukunft der Heimsicherheit. Zusätzliche Informationen Erfahren Sie den Grund für den Alarm! Ist der Alarm ausgelöst worden? Mit dem Videostream können Sie herausfinden, ob die Bedrohung real ist. Öffnen Sie in der Ajax-App das Video und sehen Sie sich an, was in Ihrem Gebiet gerade passiert. Wenn das Video-Streaming nicht zuverlässig zu sein scheint, verwenden Sie MotionCam-Detektoren. Sie sind mit Kameras ausgestattet, die nur dann eine Reihe von Bildern aufnehmen, wenn der Bewegungsalarm ausgelöst wird, und diese mit hoher Geschwindigkeit über ein verschlüsseltes Funkprotokoll an den Hub, Wings, senden. MotionCam ist eine schnelle Methode zur Überprüfung von Alarmen, ohne die Privatsphäre der Benutzer zu beeinträchtigen. Kontrollieren Sie Ihr Unternehmen: Videokameras haben keinen freien Tag. Sie wissen rund um die Uhr, was in Ihrem Büro vor sich geht. Bleiben Sie nah bei Ihrer Familie: Wollen Sie wissen, was Ihre Kinder tun oder wie der Babysitter sie behandelt, während Sie weg sind? Mit der Ajax-App können Sie die Videos der Kameras in Echtzeit ansehen, auch unterwegs. Keine Einschränkungen: Ajax unterstützt RTSP, ein Standardprotokoll auf dem Markt für Videoüberwachung. Es wird in den meisten privaten und professionellen Überwachungskameras und DVRs verwendet. Die Auswahl ist riesig! Nur für Ihre Augen: Nur Sie entscheiden, welche Ajax-Nutzer Zugang zu Kameras und Videorekordern haben. Und die zuverlässige Verschlüsselung schützt Ihre Daten vor Hackern . Kamera oder DVR?: Ob Sie eine Kamera oder einen digitalen Videorekorder an das Sicherheitssystem anschließen, jedes Gerät produziert einen Videostrom. Wenn jedoch Hunderte von Kameras an einen DVR angeschlossen sind, können Sie in der Ajax-App zwischen ihnen umschalten. Wie kann ich RTSP-fähige Kameras anschließen? Hinweis: Die Anzahl der Kameras oder DVRs, die mit Ajax verbunden werden können, hängt vom Hub-Modell ab.

Nach dem spektakulären Erfolg der ersten beiden Teile von "Piano gefällt mir!" folgt nun der dritte Teil. Und das Warten hat sich gelohnt: In Analogie zu den Vorgängern präsentiert der Erfolgsautor Hans-Günter Heumann auch dieses Mal 50 moderne Chart-Hits, die sich in dieser Menge und Vielfalt nirgendwo zu einem vergleichbaren Preis finden lassen. Mit dabei sind diesmal Hits wie "Altes Fieber" von den Toten Hosen oder "Wrecking Ball" von Miley Cyrus, Klassiker wie "Candle in the wind" von Elton John und natürlich große Filmmusiken wie "Into the West" aus Herr der Ringe und "Moon River" aus Breakfast At Tiffanys Als Songs sind für Klavier leicht arrangiert mit Text und Akkordsymbolen (z,B für Gitarre) Inhalt: Altes Fieber [Die Toten Hosen] -- Applaus, Applaus [Sportfreunde Stiller] -- Beneath Your Beautiful [Labyrinth ft. Emeli Sandé] -- Burning [Einaudi, Ludovico] -- Candle In The Wind [John, Elton] -- Castle Of Glass [Linkin Park] -- Clair De Lune (from ‘Twilight’) -- Clocks [Coldplay] -- Close Cover [Mertens, Wim] -- Crying In The Rain [Everly Brothers/Aha] -- Dreaming Of Bag End (from ‘The Hobbit- An Unexpected Journey’) -- Einmal Um Die Welt [Cro] -- Everything At Once [Lenka] -- Gangnam Style [Psy] -- Get Lucky [Daft Punk] -- Girl On Fire [Keys, Alicia] -- Hero [Family Of The Year] -- Ho Hey [The Lumineers] -- Hometown Glory [Adele] -- Hope Dies Last [Heumann, Hans-Günter] -- How To Save A Life [The Fray] -- I Knew You Were Trouble [Swift, Taylor] -- I See You [Lewis, Leona] (from ‘Avatar’) -- I Will Wait [Mumford & Sons] -- Impossible [Arthur, James] -- Indigo Girl [Watershed] -- Into The West [Lennox, Annie] (from ‘The Lord Of The Rings) -- Jenseits Der Stille (from ‘Jenseits Der Stille’) -- Just Give Me A Reason [Pink ft. Nate Ruess] -- Let Her Go [Passenger] -- Lights [Goulding, Ellie] -- Locked Out Of Heaven [Mars, Bruno] -- Love Me Again [Newman, John] -- Main Theme From Game Of Thrones (from ‘Game Of Thrones’) -- Mirrors [Timberlake, Justin] -- Moon River (from ‘Breakfast At Tiffanys’) -- More Than Words [Extreme] -- Price Tag [Jessie J ft. B.O.B] -- Read All About It [Sandé, Emeli] -- Run [Lewis, Leona] -- She’s Got That Light [Orange Blue] -- Skinny Love [Birdy] -- Stay [Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko] -- The Artist (from ‘The Artist’) -- The Ballad Of Love [Heumann, Hans-Günter] -- The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from ‘The Piano’) -- Troublemaker [Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida] -- Wake Me Up [Avicii] -- We Are Young [Fun ft. Janelle Monáe] -- Wrecking Ball [Cyrus, Miley] mit praktischen Bleistift

Hörbuchsprecher - Sein oder Nichtsein: Die Kunst, Literatur in lebendige Sprache zu übertragen. Ein Leitfaden von Peter Eckhart Reichel, gelesen von Dana Maria Dewerny. "Gute Literaturinterpreten sind immer Sprach-Künstler. Sie transportieren Inhalte vom gedruckten Wort in gehörte Sprache - im Idealfall so, dass man beim Zuhören gar nicht auf die Idee kommt, der Inhalt könnte überhaupt den Umweg übers Schriftbild gegangen sein: Jemand erzählt mir einfach eine Geschichte. Und das nicht nur Wort für Wort. Eine Geschichte besteht aus lauter Emotionen, aus Gedanken, aus Zwiegesprächen, aus turbulenten oder brutalen oder beschaulichen Bildern. Das alles möchte ein Zuhörer selbst miterleben. Ein guter Erzähler, dem ich gerne zuhöre, vermittelt mir jeden Subtext: Die Freude, das Grauen, die Langeweile, die Überheblichkeit, die Hilflosigkeit, die Kränkung - und den Humor, vielleicht die schwierigste Gratwanderung von allen. Aber nicht jeder professionelle Sprecher, nicht jede prominente Schauspielerin ist automatisch auch für dieses Medium gut vorbereitet." Dieser Leitfaden richtet sich an alle Literaturinterpreten, die ihre Stimme im Hörbuchbereich, in Podcasts oder auf Leseveranstaltungen einbringen möchten. Vermittelt werden Grundkenntnisse des Sprecherberufs, sowie zahlreiche Tipps über Stimmbildung, über unterschiedliche Interpretationsmöglichkeiten, über Modulation und Sprechstil, Stimm- und Sprechtrainingsübungen, Ton und Intonation, Textanalyse und Storytelling. Voice-Acting-Übungen werden dabei helfen, eventuelle Interpretationsschwierigkeiten in Eigenregie zu beheben. Vermittelt wird zudem ein Einblick in die Praxis des Sprecheralltags. Im PDF-Booklet, das diesem Hörbuch mit beigefügt wird, findet ihr zusätzlich viele nützliche Adressen von Sprecheragenturen, Hörbuchverlagen und Aufnahmestudios. "Hörbuchsprecher - Sein oder Nichtsein: Die Kunst, Literatur in lebendige Sprache zu übertragen" ist auch als E-Book in den bekannten deutschsprachigen Buchhandelsforen erhältlich. Darin findet ihr zusätzlich viele nützliche Adressen von Sprecheragenturen, Hörbuchverlagen und Aufnahmestudios. Dieses Hörbuch enthält Ausschnitte aus "Fräulein Else" von Arthur Schnitzler, gesprochen von Sabrina Worsch, "Der Prozess" von Franz Kafka, gesprochen von Moritz Brendel - und "Schachnovelle" von Stefan Zweig, gelesen von Martin Umbach. Coverdesign unter Verwendung eines Fotos von OddOne Audio, Berlin. Coverschrift gesetzt aus der Sitka. Schlussmusik: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - 19 - Variatio 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sexta, gespielt von Kimiko Ishizaka. Über die Sprecherin: Dana-Maria Dewerny, die gebürtige Berlinerin begann ihre künstlerische Ausbildung an der Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin und beendete sie mit dem Diplom als Opernsängerin. Nach vielen Jahren auf der Opernbühne im In- und Ausland einschließlich der jahrelangen Mitwirkung bei den Bayreuther Festspielen, entschied sie sich 2019 ihren Fokus auf die Arbeit vor dem Mikrofon zu setzen. Sie absolvierte eine zusätzliche Ausbildung als Schauspielerin und Sprecherin und arbeitet seitdem als Hörbuch-, Hörspiel- und Synchronsprecherin. Für die hoerbuchedition words and music sprach sie bisher "Landparte" von Eduard von Keyserling, "Rappaccinis Tochter" von Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Die Biene Maja" von Waldemar Bonsels und ist auch in einer der beiden Hauptrollen des Hörspiels "Im Palast um vier Uhr früh" des Autors zu hören.

A bundle of books #24 (THE PERFECT MASK) and #25 (THE PERFECT RUSE) in Blake Pierce's Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Mystery series! This bundle offers books twenty-four and twenty-five in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In THE PERFECT MASK (Book #24), when high-society women are found dead in their opulent California homes, Jessie Hunt is summoned to crack the case. With little to connect them—other than hidden scandal—Jessie is at a loss. Why are they being targeted? And who is next? These wealthy wives and moms are unlikely targets, and with no sign of foul play, connecting the dots seems impossible. Yet Jessie digs deep, plumbing this exclusive world for clues, finding out more than she wished she'd ever knew. But every society has a dark side. And Jessie may just be about to step into a killer's arms. In THE PERFECT RUSE (Book #25), when wealthy housewives are found dead in their own backyards, victims of a serial killer dubbed the "backyard killer," Jessie must solve the case in the face of tremendous media pressure and a ticking clock. What secrets lie behind these hedges? And what do these victims have in common? Jessie is baffled at these crime scenes, so isolated, with seemingly no way the killer could have known these women were there. Yet something, she knows, must be connecting them. Behind their troubled marriages and phony friendships, a killer is lurking. But can Jessie uncover him before the next victim dies? A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense, the JESSIE HUNT suspense series is a riveting new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Future books in the series are also available!

Think Faster from Ridley’s is the party game where we give you the answers! Seriously. All you need to do is remember them . . . Teams go head-to-head over three rounds in this fast-paced trivia game. With each round, the answers stay the same, but the clues get harder until they’re down to only one word. Your team has 30 seconds to get through as many cards as possible, so everyone needs to think fast if you want to win. But you must pay attention when it’s the other team’s turn, too, because the more answers you remember, the greater your chances of scoring big next time! This Mini Edition of our bestselling classic, Think Fast, offers a faster, more portable game, ideal for on-the-go fun. And you asked, we delivered: the cards can be used as an expansion pack for the original game, too! Great for a crowd, Think Faster is made to be played with friends and family. It’s suitable for ages 13+, 3 or more players, and has an average 15-minute gameplay. How to Play: Teams go head-to-head over three rounds in this fast-paced trivia game. With each round, the answers stay the same, but the clues get harder until they’re down to only one word. Your team has 30 seconds to get through as many cards as possible, so everyone needs to think fast if you want to win. But you must pay attention when it’s the other team’s turn, too, because the more answers you remember, the greater your chances of scoring big next time. The team with the most points at the end of three rounds wins! Who It’s For: This game is great for a crowd of friends, family, random people on a train, whoever! What's Inside: 140 game cards, scorepad, pencil, and English instructions IT’S PARTY TIME – Think Faster from Ridley’s is the party game where we give you the answers. Seriously. All you need to do is remember them. Played in teams and against the clock, things can get competitive, but that only adds to the fun! THINK. SHOUT. RECALL. – With each round, the answers stay the same, but the clues get harder. Your team must think fast if you want to win. And pay attention when it’s the other team’s turn, because the more you remember, the more you’ll score next time! FUN ON THE RUN – This Mini Edition of our bestselling classic, Think Fast, offers a faster, more portable game, ideal for game nights and parties. And you asked, we delivered: the cards can be used as an expansion pack for the original game, too! WHAT’S INSIDE? – 140 game cards, scorepad, pencil, and English instructions. Made to be played with a crowd of friends, family, random people on a train, whoever! The more the better! Because more brains = better memory, right? RIDLEY’S – Awesome games and puzzles packed with personality—that’s our passion! We’re a crew of curious creatives making hilarious party games, light strategy games, fast-paced card games, challenging trivia, hilarious jokes, and stunning jigsaws.

Ihre Familie zählt zu den besten Seilartisten der Welt. Schon seit Generationen. Doch dann wird Neles Vater krank. Seine Seele bekommt Schnupfen. Und das in einer Welt, in der alles bunt und fröhlich ist und man eigentlich glücklich sein könnte. Jemand, der stark sein sollte, wird schwach. Behutsam und einfühlsam beschreibt die Autorin Claudia Gliemann in PAPAS SEELE HAT SCHNUPFEN - EINE MUSIKALISCHE REISE die Geschichte von Nele, Neles Vater und der großen Zirkusfamilie. Umfangreiche Weiterentwicklungen und Ergänzungen erhältlich: 1.) Womit alles begann: "Papas Seele hat Schnupfen" (dunkelblaues Cover - ohne Untertitel) für Kinder ab sechs Jahren, 2.) Version für Kinder ab 4 Jahren: "Papas Seele hat Schnupfen - Papas bunte Brücke". 3.) BAND 2: Lesebuch mit 23 Kapiteln. Thema: Psychiatrieaufenthalt eines Elternteils: "Papas Seele hat Schnupfen - Ein Muffin für Nele". 4.) Malbuch: "Papas Seele hat Schnupfen - so geht es mir", 5.) CD mit Liedern zum Buch: "Papas Seele hat Schnupfen - eine musikalische Reise", 6.) Schulkonzept: "Papas Seele hat Schnupfen - Unterrichtsimpulse". Seit Erscheinen des Buches "Papas Seele hat Schnupfen" für Kinder ab sechs Jahren im Jahr 2014 liest Claudia Gliemann, die Autorin des Buches, aus ihrem Buch und verbindet Text und Bild mit Musik zu musikalischen Lesungen. Sie ist zu Gast bei Schulen, Kliniken und sozialen Einrichtungen, auf dem DGPPN-Kongress in Berlin, bei großen Fachtagen genauso wie in Projekten für Kinder psychisch erkrankter Eltern. ----WAS ANDERE ÜBER DAS KINDERBUCH "PAPAS SEELE HAT SCHNUPFEN" SAGEN UND SCHREIBEN:"Manchmal tut es einfach gut, von anderem mit einem ähnlichen Schicksal zu lesen - auch oder gerade wenn sie ganz anders leben als man selbst." -- Psychologie heute ***** "Claudia Gliemann und Nadja Faichney haben ihre Hausaufgaben gemacht, bevor sie ein derartig herausforderndes Projekt begannen. Eine mögliche Antwort bietet das vorliegende Buch. Ein überaus beeindruckendes und empfehlenswertes Buch das einen liebevollen und mitfühlenden Blick auf eine Krankheit wirft, die sowohl thematisch als auch sprachlich für Kinder verständlich aufbereitet worden ist." -- Andreas Markt-Huter, Lesen in Tirol *****"Die Autorin erklärt nach "Paula ist glücklich" in ihrem neuesten Titel Kindern das sehr sensible Thema Depressionen behutsam und verständlich. M.E. n ach das 1. Bilderbuch zum Thema...., eindrucksvoll illustriert von N. Faichney (gewöhnungsbedürftig sind nur die Pausbackengesichter aller Personen). -- EKZ***** "Die Stärke des Buches ist, dass es die kindliche Ernsthaftigkeit dieser Fragen zulässt, ohne zu verniedlichen oder zu verharmlosen. Als Übersetzerin übertrug sie über 50 Bücher aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche, unter anderem für die Verlage Arena, Sauerländer, rowohlt und Heyne und übersetzte Pressetexte für Ohrenfirmen wie Ebel (D), Omega (A), urwerk (CH) und Jaeger-LeCoultre (CH). Außerdem arbeitete sie jahrelang für den deutschen Heel Verlag als Übersetzerin am ARMBANDUHREN KATALOG mit. Zu ihren eigenen Kinderbüchern zählen neben PAPAS SEELE HAT SCHNUPFEN Bilderbücher wie OHNE OMA und PAULA IST GLÜCKLICH, das bereits ins Spanische und Koreanische übertragen wurde. Auch PAPAS SEELE HAT SCHNUPFEN hat bereits seinen Weg als Lizenz nach Korea angetreten. Claudia Gliemann gelingt es, mit ihren Texten und Kompositionen, Menschen zu berühren und schwierige Themen so umzusetzen, dassam Ende das Gefühl bleibt: „Genau so ist es“, „Tut das gut!“ Mit ihren Texten und ihrer Musik veranstaltet sie auch musikalische Lesungen in Schulen, Bibliotheken und Kliniken. Claudia Gliemann ist Mitglied im Friedrich-Bödecker-Kreis e.V. Bodo Mueller, Ärztl. Direktor des St. Marien Hospitals in Düren, Kinder- und Jugendpsychiater und Psychotherapeut, über eine Lesung: „Claudia Gliemann gelingt es nicht nur außerordentlich gut, die Melancholie und Traurigkeit mit ihrer Musik und Stimme rüberzubringen, nein, es gelingt ihr auch wunderbar, Menschen ein Lächeln über das Gesicht zu zaubern, die Trau

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL A BARACK OBAMA READING PICK NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLING A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. 'The most enjoyable hard SF I have read in years' GUARDIAN 'Weir's finest work to date. . . This is the one book I read last year that I am certain I can recommend to anyone, no matter who, and know they'll love it.' BRANDON SANDERSON 'If you like a lot of science in your science fiction, Andy Weir is the writer for you. . . This one has everything fans of old school SF (like me) love.' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN 'Brilliantly funny and enjoyable. One of the most plausible science fiction books I've ever read ' TIM PEAKE, astronaut ________________________________________ Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it's up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery-and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he's got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could imagine it, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian -- while taking us to places it never dreamed of going. ________________________________________ 'One of the most original, compelling, and fun voyages I've ever taken.' ERNEST CLINE, author of Ready Player One and Ready Player Two 'Undisputedly the best book I've read in a very, very long time. Mark my words: Project Hail Mary is destined to become a classic.' BLAKE CROUCH 'Andy Weir's brilliant Project Hail Mary...is one of those stirring sci-fi novels about every government on Earth banding together, through science, to save civilisation from collapse. I loved it.' THE TIMES 'A suspenseful portrait of human ingenuity and resilience [that] builds to an unexpectedly moving ending. A winner.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'Weir returns with gusto . . . his writing flows naturally, and his characters and dialogue crackle with energy. With this novel, he takes his place as a genuine star in the mainstream SF world.' BOOKLIST

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE TIMES' BOOKS NOT TO MISS THIS AUTUMN The definitive autobiography from Alice Cooper, the Godfather of Shock Rock and one of the world's most iconic musicians with a career spanning six decades. In the beginning, Alice Cooper was the name of a rock group. Then my stage name. And then a monster. Now I've written a book that tracks Alice's 'evilution', how he and I became almost fatally intertwined, and how I've tamed him at last. After over thirty records and sixty-plus years, the story of Alice Cooper has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, that I think it's time to sort reality from myth: the slaughtered chickens, the bans and record burnings, the evangelical terrors, Ouija boards and poltergeists, resurrections and revenge from the grave, the cross-dressers, thieves, drug addicts and hopeless alcoholics, the house fires and car crashes - all will be revealed for what they really were. I'm also coming clean about the extent of my addictions, my blackout years, the creative process fuelled by alcohol, drugs and round-the-clock TV, my scramble to the top of the pile and the terrible slide back down. I want to talk about the origin of Cold Ethyl, the guillotine and the dead babies, the best and worst of my reviews, my feelings of guilt and regret after people got hurt or died, what life was like on the road until the wheels came off the bus, what a romantic I am at heart and how I've stayed married for half a century even after my wife came at me with a frying pan. And I want to talk about God. Don't worry, I'm not gonna bang you on the head with a Bible, I just want to describe how it is that I found Him dwelling in me. Alice, that inveterate liar, was a voice in my ear for so long, whispering lies and sweet nothings, pretending to be my better conscience and my inspiration, pretending to be me, that I think it's only right to present both sides of the story: the angel on one shoulder, the devil on the other. ----------------------------------- 'Alice is a survivor from the early years of this crazy industry and its wildest days, and a card-carrying member of rock 'n' roll royalty. A bona fide original, he's been the inspiration for so many well-known artists that followed him, Guns N' Roses included. He's also one of the most humble and unassuming people in his position, but somehow still as genuinely rock 'n' roll as it comes. Alice Cooper f***ing rocks.' Slash 'Fact: Alice is one of my oldest and dearest friends. He has a kindness and generosity that is marinated in deep faith; he's also funny as hell, a realist, and uniquely iconic. He can spin a yarn spectacularly and have you hanging on every word. As they say, the proof is in the pudding, and this is rich dessert.' Bernie Taupin 'This is the tale of two fascinating characters - Vince Furnier and Alice Cooper - who, between them, took rock music to heights simultaneously shocking and sophisticated, together with a slew of top songs. But, above all, brilliantly and crazily theatrical, which is right up my alley.' Tim Rice 'Like many of us, Alice Cooper is a lot of people sharing one outer shell. Unlike many of us, that shell has performed on stages all over the world. I've known him for years, but I never knew the many versions of him until this revealing, honest, fascinating and sometimes raw autobiography. This book is a journey through the heart of rock 'n' roll, the mind of a wild disciple, and the soul of an artist trying to make sense of it all.' Mitch Albom

She ran with his secret. He never stopped looking. Now the clock is running — and she is out of towns. Three years ago, Sereia Vale walked out of the Northern Sovereign Pack with a go-bag, a false name, and a reason she has never told the one person who needed to hear it. She built a new life in the space between who she is and who the pack's records say she abandoned. Seven towns. Fourteen months in a human border town called Ashveil. A shop that almost became home. And a daughter named Elowen who is nearly three years old. The collar is always buttoned. The silver birthmark on Ellie's left shoulder blade has never been seen without fabric covering it. Because anyone who saw it would know exactly whose child she is. Anyone who carried Northern Sovereign bloodline. Anyone like Caspian Dray — the Lycan King who built the law that governs forty-three thousand wolves, who has been standing at a north-facing window for three years, and who is done standing. He has sent twelve scouts. He is coming himself. When he walks into Ashveil on a grey October morning, Sereia knows two things: the mate bond she spent three years managing is no longer manageable, and her carefully constructed life has forty-eight hours before it stops holding together. She has the exit bag. She has the plan. Eight pages of legal notes and independent counsel already on retainer. She prepared for this morning since the night she left. She was not prepared for what he has become. He was not prepared for what she has become either — a woman who is sharper than he remembered, who built an entire life without him, who did not leave because she stopped loving him but because the system he built and trusted absolutely failed her in a way that is documented, evidenced, and three years deep. He does not know about Ellie. He does not know why she really left. He is about to learn both. And what he learns will require him to dismantle the architecture of his own identity. To write his own failure into permanent sovereign record. To step in front of the institution he built — the law, the power, the forty-three thousand wolves who depend on both — and say: this is on me. Before he has any right to ask her to come home. This is not a story about a misunderstanding. This is a story about a woman who needed someone with power to say: I believe you. And a king who had to learn that the authority worth having is the kind that knows its own limit. Dual POV. Secret heir. A black moment that is a genuine values collision, not a miscommunication. A heroine who is always deciding, always managing, never passive. An alpha whose restraint is active and costly every single chapter. Standalone. HEA guaranteed. Steamy (18+). 88,000 words. For readers who loved Jen L. Grey's Rejected Fate Trilogy and Flora R. Leigh's Alpha King's Secret Baby — and wanted the heroine to have eight pages of legal notes.

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE TIMES' BOOKS NOT TO MISS THIS AUTUMN The definitive autobiography from Alice Cooper, the Godfather of Shock Rock and one of the world's most iconic musicians with a career spanning six decades. In the beginning, Alice Cooper was the name of a rock group. Then my stage name. And then a monster. Now I've written a book that tracks Alice's 'evilution', how he and I became almost fatally intertwined, and how I've tamed him at last. After over thirty records and sixty-plus years, the story of Alice Cooper has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, that I think it's time to sort reality from myth: the slaughtered chickens, the bans and record burnings, the evangelical terrors, Ouija boards and poltergeists, resurrections and revenge from the grave, the cross-dressers, thieves, drug addicts and hopeless alcoholics, the house fires and car crashes - all will be revealed for what they really were. I'm also coming clean about the extent of my addictions, my blackout years, the creative process fuelled by alcohol, drugs and round-the-clock TV, my scramble to the top of the pile and the terrible slide back down. I want to talk about the origin of Cold Ethyl, the guillotine and the dead babies, the best and worst of my reviews, my feelings of guilt and regret after people got hurt or died, what life was like on the road until the wheels came off the bus, what a romantic I am at heart and how I've stayed married for half a century even after my wife came at me with a frying pan. And I want to talk about God. Don't worry, I'm not gonna bang you on the head with a Bible, I just want to describe how it is that I found Him dwelling in me. Alice, that inveterate liar, was a voice in my ear for so long, whispering lies and sweet nothings, pretending to be my better conscience and my inspiration, pretending to be me, that I think it's only right to present both sides of the story: the angel on one shoulder, the devil on the other. ----------------------------------- 'Alice is a survivor from the early years of this crazy industry and its wildest days, and a card-carrying member of rock 'n' roll royalty. A bona fide original, he's been the inspiration for so many well-known artists that followed him, Guns N' Roses included. He's also one of the most humble and unassuming people in his position, but somehow still as genuinely rock 'n' roll as it comes. Alice Cooper f***ing rocks.' Slash 'Fact: Alice is one of my oldest and dearest friends. He has a kindness and generosity that is marinated in deep faith; he's also funny as hell, a realist, and uniquely iconic. He can spin a yarn spectacularly and have you hanging on every word. As they say, the proof is in the pudding, and this is rich dessert.' Bernie Taupin 'This is the tale of two fascinating characters - Vince Furnier and Alice Cooper - who, between them, took rock music to heights simultaneously shocking and sophisticated, together with a slew of top songs. But, above all, brilliantly and crazily theatrical, which is right up my alley.' Tim Rice 'Like many of us, Alice Cooper is a lot of people sharing one outer shell. Unlike many of us, that shell has performed on stages all over the world. I've known him for years, but I never knew the many versions of him until this revealing, honest, fascinating and sometimes raw autobiography. This book is a journey through the heart of rock 'n' roll, the mind of a wild disciple, and the soul of an artist trying to make sense of it all.' Mitch Albom