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FORMERLY PUBLISHED AS INSIGHT OUT International bestselling author and Stanford University professor Tina Seelig adapts her wildly popular creativity course to a practical guide on how to put your best ideas into action. For the past fifteen years, Professor Tina Seelig has taught her Stanford...

Here are the greatest stories of one of the greatest writers working in any genre today. All ten of the stories gathered here are Hugo or Nebula award winners - some even have the distinction of winning both. With a new Introduction by the author and personal afterwords to each story, plus a special look at three of Willis' unique public speeches - this is unquestionably the collection of the season, an audiobook that every Connie Willis fan will treasure.

Being a KEY To America intern may be hazardous to your health. But even when one is nearly killed in an accident and another disappears, this year's crop of hopefuls are oblivious to the menace. Grace Callahan arrives in Newport for a weeklong broadcast from "America's First Resort," determined to launch a future in television journalism. The KEY interns have been told that at the end of the summer one of them will get a full-time job. As their number dwindles, Grace must face the real danger that lurks in an otherwise idyllic town.

Tib, Amon und Saphira sind in den finsteren Katakomben von Falkenfels gefangen, in den Händen der grausamen Morlocks. Während sie um ihr Überleben kämpfen, macht sich Graf Guildenstern mit Iris und Rosencrantz auf den Weg, um sie zu retten – doch kaum aus Freundschaft. Getrieben von einem persönlichen Rachefeldzug gegen die Morlocks, will Guildenstern nicht nur die Abenteurer befreien, sondern auch seine eigene Vergeltung üben. Die düsteren Tiefen der Katakomben verbergen tödliche Fallen und unerbittliche Gegner.

Eine Welt, die nach dem Krieg der Berührten, erneut von der Dunkelheit bedroht wird und drei tapfere Gesellen nichts ahnend eine Reise beginnen, an deren Ende die Rettung oder gar Vernichtung dieser steht. Von drauß' vom Walde komm ich her ist die Pilotepisode von DARK WOODS und der Auftakt der drei Kapitel langen abenteuerlichen Reise von Perchta, Hänsel und Melchior, drei ungleiche Gesellen, deren Schicksal enger miteinander verknüpft ist, als sie ahnen. In einer Welt voller begabter Wesen und einem drohenden Krieg.

The morning after Irene says goodnight to her old journalist friend O'Connor, he is killed suddenly upon opening a letter bomb. As the smoke clears, a devastated Irene determines to find the mail-bomber by tracing threads of an unsolved crime from 1955 - the same cold case O'Connor had been obsessed with.

In the glamorous world of 1940s New York, Hattie James is a rising star, enchanting audiences at the iconic Copacabana Club. But her glittering life is shattered by a shocking phone call: her father, a respected diplomat, has been arrested for espionage, accused of aiding Nazi Germany. As her world crumbles, Hattie is plunged into a whirlwind of danger and deceit. Following her father's dramatic escape and alleged betrayal, Hattie is coerced by the FBI to aid their hunt. Her mission: infiltrate Rio de Janeiro's high society and uncover the truth about her father's loyalties.

He spoke six languages, had an exceptional memory, hated the Soviet system and thirsted for revenge, was fit as a fiddle, a dead shot, enthusiastic and eminently malleable. So they recruited him at age 22. After training him, they let him loose on Canada, the US, Cuba, the Caribbean, Uruguay, Central America and Switzerland.

When Father Henry McGrath hears a confession that sends a cold chill throughout his body, he’s unsure what to do. To divulge the private confession would violate holy canon law. When he refuses to go to the police, people begin to die, and the priest becomes the prime suspect. Elizabeth Monroe, a college professor who teaches forensic psychology, doesn’t believe the elder priest fits the killer’s profile. Elizabeth discovers a frightening thread woven within each killing - a thread that began 30 years ago.

Ein geheimnisvolles Artefakt auf dem Meeresgrund. Eine rätselhafte Mordserie. Die Opfer sind bestialisch entstellt. Eine uralte Macht, die nicht von dieser Welt zu sein scheint. Und ein Mann, der im Kampf gegen das Böse seine Berufung findet: John Sinclair."Sinclair Dead Zone" ist der Auftakt der neuen Serie SINCLAIR und erzählt die Entstehungsgeschichte von John Sinclair völlig neu und von Anfang an. Noch nie war SINCLAIR zeitgenössischer, unheimlicher und düsterer.

Ten years ago, Lilly Carmichael left town without an explanation, breaking Braden Donnelly's heart. The death of her aunt has brought Lilly home and face-to-face with memories she thought were long buried. Still getting over a traumatic incident from her work as an NSA agent, Lilly initially dismisses the face at her window as a figment of stress-induced paranoia.

Among the most self-assured and sharply crafted debuts in recent years, Calumet City detonates a Molotov cocktail of character-driven suspense and ghetto-Chicago intrigue. A powerful fiction debut that captures the precise emotional landscape of one cop's hard-bitten life in the trenches. This first-time author joins that rare breed whose fiction is suffused with profound authenticity.

In this revolutionary guide, Stanford University Professor and international bestselling author of inGenius adopts her popular course material to teach everyone how to make imaginative ideas a reality. As a leading expert on creativity, Tina Seelig has continually explored what we can each do to...

Ein junger Student plant den perfekten Mord. Dafür hat er alles bis in das kleinste Detail vorbereitet und zum Beweis seiner Genialität in der kompletten Wohnung Videokameras installiert. Doch dann trifft sein Opfer ein und alles läuft plötzlich völlig anders geplant...Ein spannendes Psycho-Kammerspiel von Thriller-Autor Ivar Leon Menger mit Starbesetzung!

Named one of Time Magazine International's 30 most important people of 2005, Maud Fontenoy presents us with a terrific, entertaining adventure story on the high seas as she challenges the Pacific Ocean - a feat no woman before her ever accomplished. Already the first woman to row alone across the North Atlantic, Maud raised the bar to defy the elements, the daunting solitude, and the circling sharks of the South Pacific on her second solo voyage.

Passion, infidelity, social climbing, and one very special white rose weave a seductive narrative in this intelligent and tender novel. At forty-eight, Marian Kahn, a professor of history at Columbia, has reached a comfortable perch. Married, wealthy, and the famed discoverer of the...

Effortlessly weaving plot threads from three different eras, Burke constructs a brilliant tale of kidnapping and murder that spans 40 years and features three dedicated, passionate journalists struggling to tie everything together.

An inspiring battle cry for sanity in the college application process that looks beyond the rankings to successfully determine what’s truly the best school for you or your child After spending years as an admissions director at Dartmouth, Becky Sabky had seen it all. The perfect grades, the...

Der dreizehnte Teil der Waringham Hörspiele beschließt die ereignisreiche Geschichte um Nicholas of Waringham. Er wartet, wie Teil 1 und Teil 2 des Bestsellers "Der dunkle Thron", ebenfalls mit einer buchgetreuen Inszenierung auf. Das liebevoll vertonte Hörspiel ist mit kontemporärer Musik untermalt und wird neben dem Erzähler Detlef Bierstedt von den Stimmen großartiger Sprecher getragen: Constantin Lücke, Eva Meckbach, Valerie Niehaus, Gerrit Schmidt-Foß, Patrick Heppt und viele andere hauchen der Geschichte Leben ein.

Nachdem Nicholas - genannt Nick - verhaftet wurde und nun auf der Flucht vor Cromwell ist, droht seine Grafschaft an die Krone oder gar an seine Stiefmutter Yolanda zu fallen. Beides wäre für den jungen Adligen unvorstellbar und so wendet er sich hilfesuchend an Nathaniel Durham, einen alten Freund seines Vaters. Durham, Meister der Tuchhändlergilde und einer der reichsten Männer Englands, stimmt zu, Waringham vorübergehend zu belehnen. Sobald die ausgefallenen Zinsen ausgeglichen wären und es ruhiger um Nick stünde, würde er seinen Familiensitz zurückerhalten.