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In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John be­came fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequi­ties that allow this curable, preventable infec­tious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year. In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry’s story.

Hazel é uma paciente terminal. Ainda que, por um milagre da medicina, seu tumor tenha diminuído bastante—o que lhe dá a promessa de viver mais alguns anos—, o último capítulo de sua história foi escrito no momento do diagnóstico. Mas em todo bom enredo há uma reviravolta, e a de Hazel se chama Augustus Waters, um garoto que certo dia aparece no Grupo de Apoio a Crianças com Câncer. Juntos, os dois vão preencher o pequeno infinito das páginas em branco de suas vidas.

Nesse romance do premiado escritor John Green, Quentin Jacobsen tem uma paixão platônica pela magnífica vizinha e colega de escola Margo Roth Spiegelman. Até que, certa noite, ela invade sua vida pela janela de seu quarto, com a cara pintada e vestida de ninja, convocando-o a fazer parte de um engenhoso plano de vingança. E ele, é claro, aceita.

A história acompanha a jornada de Aza Holmes, uma menina de 16 anos que sai em busca de um bilionário misteriosamente desaparecido—quem encontrá-lo receberá uma polpuda recompensa em dinheiro—enquanto lida com o transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo (TOC).

Após seu mais recente e traumático pé na bunda—o décimo nono de sua ainda jovem vida, todos perpetrados por namoradas de nome Katherine—Colin Singleton resolve cair na estrada. Dirigindo o Rabecão de Satã, com seu caderninho de anotações no bolso e o melhor amigo no carona, o ex-criança prodígio, viciado em anagramas e PhD em levar o fora, descobre sua verdadeira missão: elaborar e comprovar o Teorema Fundamental da Previsibilidade das Katherines, que tornará possível antever, através da linguagem universal da matemática.

The wait is over! John Green, the number one best-selling author of The Fault in Our Stars, is back. It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way Down is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Escrito em parte durante o turbulento período de pandemia global e baseado em seu podcast de sucesso, Antropoceno: notas sobre a vida na Terra nos guia pelas sutilezas dessa nova realidade e nos dá a segurança de que podemos até desconhecer o caminho que estamos seguindo, mas com certeza estamos em boa companhia.

In 2019, John Green met Henry, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone while traveling with Partners in Health. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal and dynamic advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, treatable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing 1.5 million people every year.

Mango and Brash are alligators – who investigate! In their first adventure the crime fighting duo need to go undercover . . . in a bakery? Armed with a moustache and a rolling pin, the Investigators are on a mission to discover who has kidnapped top chef Gustavo, and stop his recipes from getting into the wrong hands! This case isn’t going to be a piece of cake.

The city is under attack by three dastardly villains! Evil cracker monster Crackerdile is back, a robo–ghost haunts the streets and . . . does that man have a snake arm? Even worse – on top of this crime wave comes. . . an actual wave! A huge flood threatens the city, and the InvestiGators are wrongly blamed for making this big splash. To clear their names Mango and Brash flush themselves down the toilet to find the real culprit! They’ll have to be extra sneaky to solve this mission or they’ll end up in deep water. . .

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. On The Anthropocene Reviewed, #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green (The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down) reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including On the Media, Snap Judgment, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy and Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin. © WNYC Studios

With their Very Exciting Spy Technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! And on their first mission together, they have not one but two mysteries to solve! Can Mango and Brash uncover the clues, crack their cases, and corral the crooks—or will the criminals wriggle out of their grasp?

In their next big adventure, S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation. But when their search for the criminal Crackerdile backfires, the toilets they travel through get blocked and the InvestiGators take the blame for it! Can Mango and Brash restore their good name and put the real culprit behind bars before the whole city is in deep water?

Discover how to quiet your inner critic, break free from shyness, and overcome your social fears with Social Anxiety and Shyness. A comprehensive and studious guide to conversation skills and confidence-building, The Conversation Skills Guides is based on actual scientific research. It breaks down all concepts so that even a social beginner can find their way through and apply the great advice.

Indagare sulla misteriosa scomparsa del miliardario Russell Pickett non rientrava certo tra i piani della sedicenne Aza, ma in gioco c'è una ricompensa di centomila dollari e Daisy, miglior e più intrepida amica da sempre, è decisa a non farsela scappare. Punto di partenza delle indagini diventa il figlio di Pickett, Davis, che Aza un tempo conosceva ma che, pur abitando a una manciata di chilometri, è incastrato in una vita lontana anni luce dalla sua.

Das erste Sachhörbuch des Bestsellerautors: die Menschheitsgeschichte von Tastaturen über Hotdogs bis zur Schönheit des Sonnenuntergangs in der Review. John Green verbindet sein eigenes Leben mit den großen Fragen der Menschheit: Was hat ein Teddybär mit Macht und Ohnmacht zu tun oder das Googeln mit unserer Endlichkeit? Mit seinem Blick für Seltsames, Wichtiges und Überraschendes bewertet John Green die menschengemachte Gegenwart auf einer Skala von 1 bis 5. Das Anthropozän ist das aktuelle Erdzeitalter, in dem wir den Planeten grundlegend verändern.

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centred planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu - on a five-star scale.

Do you want to be able to talk to people with confidence and charisma, always know what to say even in difficult situations, easily make small talk, become an effective communicator, and leave a great first impression? If that’s the case, this audiobook will finally help you get there!

19-mal war Colin verliebt, jedes Mal hießen die Auserwählten Katherine - und immer haben sie ihn abserviert. Sein Freund Hassan sieht nur eine Möglichkeit: Colin muss sein Leben ändern! Dazu soll er mit ihm quer durch Amerika fahren, ohne Ziel, nur mit dem Mut zum Abenteuer. In Colins Gepäck: Sein Liebestheorem, mit dem er vorausberechnen will, wann ihn eine Freundin abserviert. Doch bevor er es anwenden kann, begegnet er Lindsay, seiner ersten Nicht-Katherine.