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    Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
    Now a major motion picture: Love, Simon, starring Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford!William C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of the Year National Book Award Longlist"A remarkable gift of a novel."-Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle"I am so in love with this book."-Nina LaCour, author of Hold Still"Feels timelessly, effortlessly now."-Tim Federle, author of Better Nate Than Ever"The best kind of love story."-Alex Sanchez, Lambda Award-winning author of Rainbow Boys and Boyfriends with GirlfriendsSixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out-without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.Incredibly funny and poignant, this twenty-first-century coming-of-age, coming out story-wrapped in a geek romance-is a knockout of a debut novel by Becky Albertalli.Plus don't miss Yes No Maybe So, Becky Albertalli's and Aisha Saeed's heartwarming and hilarious new novel, coming in 2020!
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    Networking for People Who Hate Networking: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 241min
    Devora Zack, an avowed introvert and a successful consultant who speaks to thousands of people every year, found that most networking advice books assume that to succeed you have to become an extrovert. Or at least learn how to fake it. Not at all. There is another way. This audiobook shatters stereotypes about people who dislike networking. They’re not shy or misanthropic. Rather, they tend to be reflective - they think before they talk. They focus intensely on a few things rather than broadly on a lot of things. And they need time alone to recharge. Because they’ve been told networking is all about small talk, big numbers, and constant contact, they assume it’s not for them. But it is! Zack politely examines and then smashes to tiny fragments the “dusty old rules” of standard networking advice. She shows how the very traits that ordinarily make people networking-averse can be harnessed to forge an approach that is just as effective as more traditional approaches, if not better. And she applies it to all kinds of situations, not just formal networking events. After all, as she says, life is just one big networking opportunity - a notion listeners can now embrace. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Saltus. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000805/bk_gdan_000805_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Come a Little Bit Closer: San Francisco Sullivans, Book 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 577min
    In Come a Little Bit Closer, the new book in Bella Andre's New York Times and USA Today best-selling series about the Sullivan family, movie star Smith Sullivan can't afford any distractions. He's staking his entire reputation on his new film...but he can't stop thinking about Valentina Landon and the fire he sees smoldering just beneath the surface. Valentina isn't averse to sensual pleasure, or even to the idea of finding true love, but as a Hollywood business manager she's watched too many smart women fall for actors...only to be torn apart when the fairytale comes to its inevitable end. But when intense weeks together on set turn their heated attraction into red-hot flames of passion, Smith knows he has to find a way to convince Valentina to let him get a little bit closer. Close enough to completely steal her heart...the way she's stolen his from the start. The first 6 books in the Sullivan series are also available: The Look of Love (Chase), From This Moment On (Marcus, Can't Help Falling in Love (Gabe), I Only Have Eyes For You (Sophie), If You Were Mine (Zach), and Let Me Be the One (Ryan). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eva Kaminsky. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/005191/bk_acx0_005191_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Legend of Greg , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 634min
    A boy discovers his destiny could totally stink in this riotously funny fantasy-adventure  Risk-averse Greg Belmont is content with being ordinary. He's got a friend - that's right, just one - at his fancy prep school, and a pretty cool dad (even if he is obsessed with organic soaps that smell like a mix of salted pork and Icelandic bog). The problem is, Greg isn't ordinary... he's actually an honest-to-goodness, fantastical Dwarf!   He discovers the truth the day his dad brings home a gross new tea - one that awakens bizarre abilities in Greg. Then a murderous Bro-Troll kidnaps his dad and Greg is whisked away to the Underground, where Dwarves have lived for centuries right beneath the streets of Chicago.   With the help of some awesome new friends and a talking ax, Greg learns all about the history of the Dwarves, which has been marked with tales of epic failure since the dawn of time. However, the return of the magic they once wielded means big changes are afoot, escalating tensions with the Dwarves' sworn enemy: the Elves.   Brimming with humor and action, Chris Rylander's The Legend of Greg turns dwarf lore on its head, delivering an adventure listeners won't be able to resist. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robbie Daymond. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/003235/bk_lili_003235_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Summary of Originals, by Adam Grant | Includes Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 22min
    Summary of Originals by Adam Grant | Includes Analysis Preview: Originals provides an insightful window into the most innovative and creative minds that society has ever known. By investigating the reasons why some entrepreneurs were able to effectively transmit an idea or develop a product with mainstream acceptance while others were not, Adam Grant illuminates the ways in which even the most risk-averse can try to become what he calls "originals" in their own right. Originals are made - often self-made - and not born. These innovators make themselves different from others. Originals are not the thrill-seeking, gambling types. Although creative and risk-taking, they do not actively expose their innovations and creations to danger. They do not stand on the novelty of an idea alone: Originals seek feedback from a variety of sources and actively encourage dissent to further hone their creative argument.... Please note: This is summary and analysis of the book, and not the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary of Originals: Overview of the Book Important People Key Takeaways Analysis of Key Takeaways About the Author With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary, and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways, and analyze them for your convenience. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dwight Equitz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/056077/bk_acx0_056077_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Shutdown
    From the author of Crashed comes a gripping short history of how Covid-19 ravaged the global economy, and where it leaves us now When the news first began to trickle out of China about a new virus in December 2019, risk-averse financial markets were alert to its potential for disruption. Yet they could never have predicted the total economic collapse that would follow in COVID-19's wake, as stock markets fell faster and harder than at any time since 1929, currencies across the world plunged, investors panicked, and even gold was sold. In a matter of weeks, the world's economy was brought to an abrupt halt by governments trying to contain a spiralling public health catastrophe. Flights were grounded; supply chains broken; industries from tourism to oil to hospitality collapsed overnight, leaving hundreds of millions of people unemployed. Central banks responded with unprecedented interventions, just to keep their economies on life-support. For the first time since the second world war, the entire global economic system contracted. This book tells the story of that shutdown. We do not yet know how this story ends, or what new world we will find on the other side. In this fast-paced, compelling and at times shocking analysis, Adam Tooze surveys the wreckage, and looks at where we might be headed next.
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    Peter Arnell
    Throughout his forty-plus-year career, Peter Arnell has built an unparalleled reputation creating groundbreaking, boundary-averse work for many of the world's most well-known brands. This beautifully conceptualized two-volume publication celebrates over four decades of tireless innovation and provides rich insight into a creative mind and an exceptionally diverse body of work. Arnell's far-reaching career has spanned disciplines ranging from graphic design, industrial design, automotive design, architecture, photography, and filmmaking, and has involved numerous collaborations with iconic figures like Helmut Newton, David Hockney, Muhammad Ali, Tom Brady, and Steven Spielberg, to name just a few. Included are signature projects for Samsung, Chanel, Gucci, DKNY, Pepsi, Reebok, Chrysler, Nespresso, and the Special Olympics, as well as texts by architect Frank Gehry, photographer Peter Lindbergh, and New York Times journalist Michel Marriott. PETER ARNELL (*1958, Brooklyn, New York) started his career working in the offices of Robert A.M. Stern and Michael Graves before publishing, writing, designing, and editing over twenty books on contemporary architecture, art, and photography for Rizzoli International Publications. He began specializing in design, branding, and product development with the founding of Arnell/Bickford in 1980. A twenty-year retrospective of his work Made in Brooklyn was published in 1996, and his New York Times best seller, Shift: How to Reinvent Your Business, Your Career, and Your Personal Brand appeared in 2010.
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    Death in Damascus: The Heathcliff Lennox Series, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 458min
    A 1920s murder mystery - death in the desert with intrigue, adventure, and a dog of distinction.There's a damsel in distress and accusations of attempted murder flying around, but it's not in the comfortable confines of the English countryside; it's in the very distant city of Damascus.Lennox must go and investigate, although he's not too keen on exotic locations, and his old retainer Greggs is distinctly averse to the very idea. Nevertheless, ex-Chief Inspector Swift persuades them, and they reach the ancient city to discover a movie crew, a spy, and a couple of mysterious ladies.Nobody seems to be telling the truth. They all have secrets, and there's one secret in particular that's drawn them like bees to the honeypot. But what is it? And then, there's murder, and mysteries from the ancient past and a handsome sheik who remains in the shadows.Heathcliff Lennox and Swift must investigate and use all their ingenuity to unravel the enigma that lies hidden deep below the dusty streets of ancient Damascus.Major Heathcliff Lennox is an ex-WW 1 war pilot, six feet and three inches, unruly dark blond hair, age around 30 - named after the hero of Wuthering Heights by his romantically minded mother - much to his great annoyance. Death in Damascus is the fourth book in the Lennox series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/199715/bk_acx0_199715_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 313min
    A new edition of Devora Zack’s classic bestseller (over 120,000 sold in 15 languages) on networking techniques that leverage the strengths of the mingling-averse, updated throughout, with two new chapters.Would you rather get a root canal than face a group of strangers? Does the phrase “working a room” make you want to retreat to yours? Devora Zack, an avowed introvert and successful consultant who gives presentations to thousands of people at dozens of events annually, feels your pain. She found that other networking books assume that to succeed, you have to act like an extrovert. Not at all. There is another way.Zack politely examines and then smashes to tiny fragments the “dusty old rules” of standard networking advice. She shows how the very traits that make many people hate networking can be harnessed to forge an approach more effective and user-friendly than traditional techniques. This edition adds new material on applying networking principles in personal situations, handling interview questions, following up - what do you do with all those business cards? - and more.Networking enables you to accomplish the goals that are most important to you. But you can’t adopt a style that goes against who you are - and you don’t have to. As Zack writes, “You do not succeed by denying your natural temperament; you succeed by working with your strengths”. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Natalie Hoyt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/147692/bk_acx0_147692_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Man Up: Volume 1 Hard , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 51min, (USK 18)
    In Hard, the first sizzling installment of the Man Up series, Tavish Lee reveals that construction workers' hats aren't the only thing that's hard with a collection of erotic short stories that are 100% Man and 1000% scorching hot! Toolbelted: A construction worker finds it difficult to work with an iron girder stretching out the front of his jeans. His only hope of finishing the job depends on finding some relief from the distractions of his bodily urges. That's where Nick, the no-nonsense, drop-dead gorgeous foreman comes in... Breaking the Barrier: A blast from the past shows up in jeans and a hard hat. Andrew never thought he'd see Trevor again, much less in the middle of a construction zone, covered with dust and sweat. Luckily, Andrew's not averse to getting a little dirty and sweaty himself when old sparks reignite! Big Mac Attack: A sexy new neighbor who saunters around in a sagging toolbelt and little else is the stuff of Larry's wet dreams. But does Larry have the guts to make the first move? Coming Together: A frustrated office worker finds a way to get up close and personal with the construction worker across the street, proving that fantasies sometimes do come true - and sometimes the reality can be even hotter! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Luke Avery. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/017571/bk_acx0_017571_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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