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When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his life to traveling nearly everywhere (and eating nearly everything), shedding light on the lives and stories of others. Now, for the first time, we have been granted a look into Bourdain’s life through the stories and recollections of his closest friends and colleagues. Laurie Woolever, Bourdain’s long-time assistant and confidante, interviewed nearly a hundred of the people who shared Tony’s orbit.

For a man who has been firmly in the public eye for a decade or more, Matt Preston has been very, very quiet about his past and private life. There are reasons for this. Now, in Big Mouth, Matt opens up for the first time about the good and the bad, the tragic and the ecstatic. Like the man...

After being given a terminal diagnosis with only a few weeks to live, Jane McLelland dug up research, some decades old, in her quest to survive. Rather than aiming to cure cancer, which in many cases is unachievable, Jane's approach was to stop it growing. Remarkably, her approach not only stopped it growing, it disappeared altogether. There are now clinics following her protocol, achieving remarkable successes.

Brought to you by Penguin. A pyrotechnic examination of Elon Musk as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age Who on earth is Elon Musk and what is he doing? Is he a hero, a villain, or does he swing constantly between those two poles? According to the constant media gush driven by his every...

Once a barista in a small cafe making $6.50 an hour, Andrew Wilkinson built a business valued at over a billion dollars by the time he was 36—and yet, his path to success was anything but a straight line. In Never Enough, Wilkinson pulls back the curtain on the lives of the ultra-rich, sharing insights into building a successful business that has been called a “Berkshire Hathaway, but for internet companies,” and a surprising first-person account of what it's actually like to become a billionaire.

I, Woz offers listeners a unique glimpse into the offbeat and brilliant but ethical mind that conceived the Macintosh.  After 25 years avoiding the public eye, Steve Wozniak reveals the full story of the Apple computer, from its conception to his views on the iconic cult status it has achieved today.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'The definitive account of a sensational trade' Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short Autumn 2008. The world's finances collapse but one man makes a killing. John Paulson, a softly spoken hedge-fund manager who still took the bus to work, seemed unlikely to stake his...

Macmillan Audio presents In My Own Way, Alan Watts's acclaimed autobiography, published for the first time in audio. In this audiobook, Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution from a child of religious conservatives in rural England to a freewheeling spiritual teacher who...

An anonymous barrister's darkly comic and moving first-hand account of life in the legal system, and how it's failing us all. The Sunday Times number one bestseller. Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award. Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. Shortlisted for Specsavers...

Данная аудиокнига воссоздает точную картину соперничества СССР и США за первенство в осуществлении полета человека в космос. В ее основе лежит впечатляющий массив не публиковавшихся ранее документов и высказываний тех, кто не просто присутствовал при описываемых событиях, а был их активным участником. Автор проводит параллели между Сергеем Павловичем Королевым и Вернером фон Брауном, создателями ракет, а также Юрием Гагариным и Аланом Шепардом, двумя кандидатами на первый полет в космос. Центральное место в повествовании занимает история первого советского космонавта Юрия Гагарина.

Семь лет в одном из самых знаменитых в России мест заключения—это серьезный срок, вполне достойный такого проверенного временем жанра, как тюремные мемуары. Тем более что Алексей Гавриш провел эти годы в петербургском следственном изоляторе «Кресты» не заключенным, а сначала врачом-психиатром, а потом заведующим крупнейшим психиатрическим отделением в уголовно-исправительной системе всего северо-запада страны.

Sybille hat ihre Arbeit als Oberärztin in Deutschland aufgegeben, um das in die Realität umzusetzen, wonach sich viele Menschen sehnen: Ein Leben am thailändischen Strand. Dort rettet sie behinderte Straßenhunde und kümmert sich aufopferungsvoll und mit viel Liebe und Geduld um ihr auf 24 Vierbeiner gewachsenes Rudel. In »Pfoten im Sand« erzählt sie von ihrer Reise – der im Außen und der inneren –, vom Glück, nie wieder Socken tragen zu müssen, den Wolken im Paradies und davon, wie man Erfüllung findet, wenn man Gutes tut.

Имя Дарвина входит во все списки самых знаменитых ученых всех времен и народов, кто бы их ни составлял. Это человек, который раз и навсегда изменил представление человечества о природе, о жизни на Земле и о самом себе. Однако имя гениального исследователя, провидца и революционера в науке, продолжает тревожить умы, возбуждать гнев и ненависть, и даже сейчас, спустя почти полтора столетия после его кончины, никак не переведутся на свете охотники пинать мертвого льва.

Este libro narra algunos de los viajes más notables en la vida de este joven europeo, cuyo incansable interés por la ciencia lo llevó a conocer lugares a donde inclusive ahora, muy pocos viajeros se atreverían a ir. Alexander von Humboldt es considerado el "padre de la Geografía Moderna".

From the depths of the Great Depression, Ben and Gerome Stefanski were driven by a mission to help people achieve the American Dream of homeownership and financial security when they founded Third Federal in 1938. In 1987, Marc Stefanski succeeded his father Ben as chairman and CEO. Under Marc's leadership, Third Federal has grown beyond the Slavic Village neighborhood of its founding to serve generations of loyal customers across the United States.

Sin causa aparente, el cuerpo de pronto sabe que el dolor llegará, una sensación extraña, un asomo de malestar que inquieta y predice otro, mucho mayor; y tarde o temprano llega, en relámpagos, en un brutal ataque que se concentra en el ojo, que cubre la mitad de la cabeza con un velo impenetrable de oscuridad. Es el dolor de la migraña en racimos, una dolencia tan brutal, pero de la que se sabía poco hasta hace algunos años, pues no afecta a un porcentaje tan alto de pacientes comparado con otras aflicciones.

For newly diagnosed cancer patients, a uniquely comprehensive and empowering guide offering all the information needed to navigate critical early decisions with clarity, confidence, and a greater sense of control. “You have cancer.” Few phrases hit harder—or leave you feeling more lost...

This story could be yours... Sanch was everything urban India's activist community admired: a brilliant and beautiful Dalit orphan fighting for social justice with razor-sharp wit and unwavering conviction. Then came the devastating news: Sanch had lung cancer. The community immediately rallied...

In An Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher creates a wide-ranging, whimsical, and profound miscellany of food that moves readers from A (for dining alone) to Z (zakuski, the classic accompaniments to a shot of Russian vodka), traversing a broad swath of human history, taste, and sensation along...

In 1929, a newly married M.F.K. Fisher embarked on a journey that would change her life. In The Gastronomical Me, readers get a firsthand look at the travels that formed the culinary education of one of our greatest modern food writers. As the twenty-one-year-old Fisher and her husband made...