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Everyone knows Gil, a talented wide receiver for the ASU Redbirds and one of those popular guys on campus. But they don't know the real Gil: Smart. Geeky. Virgin. Gil has 12 days until Christmas. And his birthday. 12 days to lose his virginity. 12 dates to figure out his type. And one grumpy roommate reluctantly assisting him.

Do you love cars? Do you love interesting stories about start-ups? Do you love crazy stories about founders and their ups and downs? This book, and the books in this series, are for you.

Benjamín Labatuts neuer Roman über John von Neumann, einen der genialsten und wegweisensten Denker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er ist ein so bewundertes wie gefürchtetes Ausnahmetalent: John von Neumann. Vom frühen 20. Jahrhundert bis in die Nullerjahre reichend, erzählt MANIAC die Geschichte John von Neumann, der zunächst in Berlin und Budapest lebte und in den 30er Jahren vor den Nazis in die USA floh, der maßgeblich am Manhattan Project, dem Bau der US-amerikanischen Atombombe in Los Alamos, beteiligt war und durch seinen Computer MANIAC den Bau der Wasserstoffbombe ermöglichte und Vordenker für Künstliche Intelligenz war.

Gegenstand der neusten Folge ist die Gruppe, welche nicht bloß über 100 Millionen verkaufte Alben zählt, sondern auch durch ihre aufwendige Kostümierung und ihr charakteristisches Make-Up Kultstatus erreicht hat. Natürlich geht es um: the Starchild, the Demon, the Spaceman, the Catman, the Fox und the Ankh Warrior. Kurz und prägnant: KISS! Im ultimativen Nerdtalk beweisen Andy Brings und sein Gast Kevin Kuhn (DIE NERVEN), dass sie wortwörtlich „made for loving” KISS sind.

Max erbt von seinem Onkel Mike eine Maschine, mit der man in Filme einsteigen kann – man kann diese dann nicht nur sehen, sondern erlebt sie als Protagonist mit. Zwar ist das als "Video-Integrator" bekannte Gerät defekt, doch Max versucht gemeinsam mit seinen Freunden, es mithilfe eines Updates wieder funktionstüchtig zu machen. Dabei kommt ihnen die Idee, die Technik zu vermieten – doch bei der Verwechslung eines Films kommt es zu folgenschweren Pannen. Erlebe ein Comedy-Horror-Hörspiel der besonderen Art mit vielen TV und Kino Anspielungen.

Darfur, Sudan. 2009. Two doctors employed by NGOs stumble across a strange metallic cylinder, which has been embedded for perhaps millions of years in desert rock. Mystified by the object, they gather four of the world’s leading experts in science and technology a computer scientist, a physicist, a biochemist, and a genetic researcher and head to London to study it thoroughly. The six have barely begun running tests on the cylinder, when they suddenly disappear telling family members not to go looking for them.

Ist es nicht so, dass alle Kinder dieser Welt davon träumen fliegen zu können? Mit leichten Bewegungen sich im Wind zu wiegen und einfach wie ein Vogel treiben zu lassen. Und wünscht sich nicht jedes Kind ein Abenteuer zu erleben, indem es um einen versteckten Schatz geht? Ein kostbarer Schatz und viele Ungeheuer? Denn genau von solchen Dingen handelt diese Geschichte.

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get everything they ask for, and how people tend to be drawn to them? Charisma, social skills, and reading people may seem awkward or difficult, but you can easily capture people's attention without acting like a fool or being weird. These skills are not only useful in business interactions, but could also be a life changer. In this book we will teach you everything you need to become a charismatic person who exudes confidence and can read people like a FBI agent.

Each contributor presents a brand new story set in a distinct neighborhood. Brooklyn Noir mixes masters of the mystery genre with the best of New York’s literary fiction community - and, of course, leaves room for new blood. These brilliant and chilling stories see crime striking in communities of Russians, Jamaicans, Hasidic Jews, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Irish and many other ethnicities - in the most diverse urban location on the planet.

A behind-the-scenes story of a high-stakes political drama that dared the country and its citizens to look into the mirror - and change. Robert Kennedy had an early mistrust of Dr. Martin Luther King and his tactics, but became one of the civil rights movement’s greatest champions.

Hop-Frog, a crippled court jester, endures indignities at the hands of a temperamental king and his ministers. But when the king brutalizes Hop-Frog's love, Tripetta, the jester plots revenge.

Medical Peer Review is the process of evaluating individual professional performance by qualified peers as part of a system to maintain standards and improve performance within the profession. If misused, Peer Review can be a powerful weapon to constrain competitors, to eviscerate political rivals and to energize personal egos through the diminishment of other professionals. This is what is known as a Sham Peer Review.

“Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.” — Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants “Charming … Connolly recounts growing up a...

Riverboat gambling is a blast, until hot-headed Chance finds out just what he won in his final hand against a Missouri River gambler named Haggarty. Chance's "prize" is a beautiful Chinese slave girl named Ling. The twins want to set Ling free and keep their cash, but at Fort Benton, Ling gives them the slip, robbing them blind. When they hunt her down in Rimfire, Montana, she's with Haggarty, lining up their next mark. 

Edited by two-time National Book Award winner and Women’s Prize shortlisted-author Jesmyn Ward, a timely and groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race in America. In this best-selling collection of essays and poems, Jesmyn Ward gathers a new generation of writers and thinkers to speak on race. From Claudia Rankine to Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Kiese Laymon to Carol Anderson, these voices shine a light on the darkest corners of American history, wrestle with the struggles the country faces today and imagine a better future.

The editors of Texas Monthly explore what it means to be a Texan in this anthology packed with essays, reportage, recipes, and recommendations from their renowned list of contributors. Big hats, big trucks, big oil fortunes—Texas clichés all. And while those elements do flourish throughout...

Participating in Valentine’s Day and its disturbing practice of obligatory gift-giving and forced cheer has me wanting to stab someone. And by someone, I mean my secret admirer. My obsession with you has made my life a living nightmare. And a little more interesting. This has to stop, which is the only reason I enlist the aid of out-of-work journalist Jules Woodbury. The man is irritatingly charming, undeniably gorgeous, and way too secretive. Fortunately, he’s also straight because finding this stalker is my sole focus.

Adam berichtet von seinen Forschungsreisen mit dem Maler, Schriftsteller und Archäologen Nicholas Roerich. Gemeinsam suchten sie jahrelang nach der verlorenen Welt, der verborgenen Kultur von Agartha. Während 1610 der Prozess gegen die "Blutgräfin" voranschreitet, wird im Frankreich des Jahres 1902 im Institut des Doktor Eugene-Louis Doyen zu einer Pressekonferenz geladen, die von zwei ungleichen Gefährten besucht wird.

Jonah might have hit it big as a member of a rock band, but his dreams go beyond music. His heart belongs in the kitchen. A food truck seems like the perfect solution to let him do both. Donovan "Van" has worked hard for his restaurant on wheels. He won’t let anything get in the way of his passion, not even a new guy crashing onto the food truck scene. Jonah and Van might have gotten off to a rough start, but when Jonah needs help, Van is the one who shows up. Can these two competitors become companions?

Graf Thurso von Bethlenfalva und sein Sekretär Bátor Hegy reisen in die düstere Einsamkeit der Karpaten, um die Vorfälle auf Schloss Csejthe zu untersuchen. Was sie über das grausame Treiben der Gräfin Erzsébet Bathory herausfinden, wird alles verändern. Und im Jahre 1997 eröffnet der Jules Verne Forscher Piero Gondolo della Riva eine Pressekonferenz mit einer Sensationsmeldung, doch es soll anders kommen, als erwartet. Und auch auf Lesser Hill muss sich der Hausherr mit einer schrecklichen Wahrheit auseinandersetzen.