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Friseurin Maja hat eine Menge an der Hacke: ihren Salon mit betreuungsintensiven Kunden, den heftig pubertierenden Sohn Willi, eine On-off-Beziehung mit Sam. Als wäre das nicht genug, drückt ihr Tante Elsbeth eine russische Azubine aufs Auge: Olga, ein superblondes Vollweib auf Männerjagd, das gleich einen wichtigen Kunden verunstaltet.

Was tun, wenn's keinem schmeckt? Mit ihrer streng veganen Kost treibt Dana die Gäste ihres Bistros in die Flucht - man will Currywurst statt Quinoa. Als hätte die Alleinerziehende mit ihrer kleinen Tochter und ihrem starrköpfigen greisen Vater nicht schon genug um die Ohren, versucht die fiese Maklerin Frau Müller-Mertens, sich das Haus unter den Nagel zu reißen, in dem Dana ihr Restaurant betreibt. Im Kampf Gemüse gegen Gentrifizierung hilft Dana schließlich nur der beherzte Griff zum Brecheisen. Und als sich dann noch der neue Mann ihres Herzens als Fleischesser erweist, ist das Maß endgültig voll.

Die Lust am Gärtnern - und am Gärtner... Zur Hölle mit den lieben Kollegen! Nachdem ihr schon wieder ein Mann bei der Beförderung vorgezogen wurde, hat Luisa die Nase voll von 14-Stunden-Arbeitstagen und Bürointrigen. Dann erbt sie von ihrer Tante einen Schrebergarten. Was soll ich mit einem Komposthaufen, wenn ich einen Chefstuhl will?, denkt sich Luisa.

The corporatisation of the contemporary university has sped up the clock. In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter this erosion of humanistic education. Focusing on the individual faculty member and his or her own professional practice, Berg and Seeber present both an analysis of the culture of speed in the academy and ways of alleviating stress while improving teaching, research, and collegiality.

Als ein Orkan über Nordfriesland hinwegfegt, taucht ein rostiges Schiffswrack im Wattenmeer auf - und plötzlich häufen sich mysteriöse Todesfälle an der Küste. Der Bauer Jessen ist eines der Opfer. Doch war sein Tod ein Unfall oder Mord? Und was hat es mit Jessens kleinem Neffen Jan auf sich, der von furchtbaren Albträumen heimgesucht wird? Kommissar Theo Krumme ermittelt zusammen mit einer jungen Kollegin und stößt auf immer mehr Ungereimtheiten in der Familie. Dann verschwindet Jan, der sich von dem Schiffswrack magisch angezogen fühlte - und seine Spur führt direkt ins Watt.

Eine Mutter auf Abwegen. Eigentlich hat Fee viel erreicht: eine harmonische Ehe, zwei tolle Kinder, einen guten Job. Doch ein verunglückter Familienurlaub mit maulenden Kindern und dauerschweigendem Ehemann bringt sie ins Grübeln: War das schon alles? Was ist von meinen Träumen übrig? Wo stehe ich als Frau? Als ihr der attraktive Zumbatrainer Felix eine Selbstfindungsreise nach Bali vorschlägt, ist die Familie entsetzt. Egal, Fee will sich wieder lebendig fühlen! Nur, dass es gar nicht so leicht ist, von der braven Gattin und Mutter in den Abenteuermodus umzuschalten.

This beautiful novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story of two young people growing up in Mason, Missouri, and how Arthur Moses, a shy young man, becomes the wise and compassionate person readers loved in The Story of Arthur Truluv. “A poignant tale of...

Autophagy Fasting with Water for Beginners is your comprehensive go-to guide to fasting your way to autophagy and losing weight seamlessly, regardless of your current diet. Within the audio of this special weight loss log book, authors Jason Berg and Eric Fung reveal how you can get quicker weight loss results in half the time you would with regular dieting and exercise programs.

It’s been said that the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing us that he doesn't exist. Using the literary device of an “as told by” autobiography, the Kabbalah Centre reveals the concept of the Adversary, which plays a major role in kabbalistic teachings. Satan resides within each of us, manifesting as a recurrent little voice of uncertainty. The tests that he puts before us are a means to help us grow.

WINNER OF THE MIDLAND AUTHORS AWARD FOR HISTORY • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The "illuminating" (New Yorker) story of the Great Chicago Fire: a raging inferno, a harrowing fight for survival, and the struggle for the...

Every industry around the globe is being completely disrupted. Brands know a new approach is needed. But most don't realize the strategic underpinnings need to change. Great brands are no longer built through interruptive advertisements. Friction argues that brands don't simply need clever messages or new, shiny technologies. They need a fundamental change in strategy. Friction provides a system for embracing transparency, engaging audiences, creating evangelists, and unleashing unprecedented growth.

Death is easy. Surviving it? That's the hard part. Dr. Jake Jameson knows this all too well. Losing his mother at the age of 18, he walks away from his small hometown and the painful memories it holds, vowing to never return again. Twelve years later, he finds himself driving back down the coast of North Carolina. When his father leaves him a small medical practice, he has no choice but to heed the call until he can sell it. But coming back home means facing everything he left behind, including the one woman who might make it impossible to leave again.

Head down. Don't look up. Never make eye contact. Those were the words I lived by growing up, the words that protected me in an unsafe home. But words are only letters, and eventually even they couldn't keep his hands off me. Hoping to leave behind the shattered life of my past, I find myself in a boring, small town, with an aunt I've never met, and at a school I loathe. But soon I learn that not everything in this world is as black and white as I've determined.

Anxiety looms large in historical works of philosophy and psychology. It is an affect, philosopher Bettina Bergo argues, subtler and more persistent than our emotions, and points toward the intersection of embodiment and cognition. While scholars who focus on the work of luminaries as Freud, Levinas, or Kant often study this theme in individual works, they seldom draw out the deep and significant connections between various approaches to anxiety.

Whether you're a first-time real estate investor or a seasoned professional, The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings helps you map out your future, find apartment buildings at a fair price, finance purchases, and manage your properties. Now revised and expanded, this second edition includes tax planning advice, case studies of real acquisitions, and appendixes that add detail to the big picture.

Therapist Beverly Berg offers powerful tools for the partners of recovering addicts. Based in mindfulness, attachment theory, and neurobiology, this book will help listeners sustain emotional stability in their relationships, increase effective communication, establish boundaries, and take real steps toward reigniting intimacy. With more than 25 years in the field, she has developed a unique set of exercises that address the issues faced by couples in recovery.

Breeden Andehar grew up the son of a boatwright in a village far from the capital city of Arlon. At 16, he is given a chance to receive an education at the local monastery alongside three sons of nobility, a cloth merchant's daughter, and a clever orphan. Breeden and his new friends have their education cut short when a bitter rivalry between two brother gods spawns a conflict which threatens the entire Land.

Every porn scene is a record of people at work. But on-camera labor is only the beginning of the story. Blending extensive fieldwork with feminist and anti-work theorizing, Porn Work details entrepreneurial labor on the boundaries between pleasure and tedium. Rejecting any notion that sex work is an aberration from straight work, it reveals porn workers' creative strategies as prophetic of a working landscape in crisis. In the end, it looks to what porn has to tell us about what's wrong with work, and what it might look like to build something better.

Best-selling author Elizabeth Berg has published fiction and nonfiction in The New York Times Magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, and New Woman. She has been nominated for a National Magazine Award for her graceful, witty writing. In The Pull of the Moon, she alternates letters and journal entries to trace a middle-aged woman’s impulsive, and solitary, drive across country.

We have all struggled to take control of our futures or build the life of our dreams at some point. Thriving Life will show you how to take charge of your own life and transform the way you view yourself, your relationships, and your experiences.