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Was ist Glück? Eine einfache Frage, aber die Antwort wird schwierig. Jeder mag seine eigenen Glückserfahrungen haben, doch wo liegt das Allgemeine? Da sind die Philosophen gefordert. Ihre Gedanken helfen, den vielfältig schillernden Sinn des Glücksbegriffs zu klären. So nimmt Bruno Heller die Hörer mit auf einen Streifzug durch die gesamte Philosophiegeschichte, von den Alten Griechen bis in die Gegenwart.

Der Mailänder Polizeipsychologe Matteo Basso ist in sein malerisches Heimatdorf am Lago Maggiore zurückgekehrt, um die Fleischerei seiner verstorbenen Eltern zu übernehmen. Doch schon bald hat er größere Sorgen als die Suche nach dem perfekten Salsiccia-Rezept: Die Leiche seiner Freundin Gisella wird am Ufer des Sees gefunden. Im Gegensatz zur Polizei glaubt Matteo nicht an einen Unfall und beginnt, auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln.

Les Barbares ont une drôle de réputation. Les penseurs de la Renaissance leur imputent le naufrage de la seule véritable civilisation : Rome. Les historiens du XIXe siècle leur octroient volontiers l'origine des nations européennes : les Angles n'ont-ils pas donné leur nom à l'Angleterre, les Francs à la France ?

Der Kühlschrank hat seinen Geist aufgegeben. Es muss ein Neuer her. Ein Sonnenschirm für den Balkon wäre ebenfalls eine sinnvolle Neuanschaffung. Und was unternimmt man an einem Sonntag? Richtig! Man macht einen Ausflug ins Grüne. Auch dem Platzmangel in den Wohnräumen soll abgeholfen werden. Diesen und anderen Herausforderungen des Lebens zu zweit stellen sich unsere Helden mutig und mit Humor.

Ci voleva una donna, costretta a scrivere con lo pseudonimo di un uomo, per cogliere l'essenza della vita e delle vicende delle contadine della Lombardia nella fine dell'800. Uno scorcio davvero avvincente.

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The New York Times restaurant critic's heartbreaking and hilarious account of how he learned to love food just enough Frank Bruni was born round. Round as in stout, chubby, and always hungry. His relationship with eating was difficult and his struggle with it began early. When named the...

Spanish journalist and art historian Jaime Azcárate has always been a magnet for trouble. So when the authorities call on him to help investigate a museum heist while he's enjoying a rare vacation, he is more annoyed than surprised. Jaime brushes off the detectives' pleas to find a missing and reportedly cursed Medusa sculpture, until an attempt on his life pulls him into the investigation.

Alice was a hopeful young graduate student when, on a beautiful August night, her body was found in the woods. She'll always remember the night she was murdered. And she still suffers the grief and rage that destroyed her family. But what Alice regrets most is the last fight she had with her boyfriend, Enrico - and the fact that she never had the chance to tell him something that would have changed everything. A decade later, Enrico has returned to the provincial town where Alice lived and died, to sell his family home.

Jack Beilis once lived the American dream: custom suits, new cars, and the best clubs. But by 1931, he has sunk so low he cannot feed himself or his ailing father. Now he barely has time to wipe the blood from his hands before he finds himself on a ship from New York to Moscow, running from a crime he never intended. Desperate for an escape route, Jack wants to believe stories of a worker's paradise in the Soviet Union. Maybe the distance between Ellis Island and Red Square will let him leave poverty - and his pursuers - far behind.

At home, Richard Kuklinski was a dedicated suburban family man; on the street, he was the Iceman, a professional hit man and lethal scam artist, a man so heartless he kept one of his victims frozen for over two years to disguise the time of death. His personal body count was over 100, but the police couldn’t touch him. Then undercover agent Dominick Polifrone posed as a mobster and began a deadly game of cat and mouse. The Iceman chronicles Kuklinski’s grisly career and exposes his murderous double life.

Lodespace is a collection of worlds dominated by the Fessenog Fleet trade empire. Thanks to the Voyalten portals, alien civilizations from all over the universe can gather for glorious trade. For the wealthy, there has never been a more lucrative circle. But the Fleet is hiding something from its investors. A secret that, if exposed, could bring the empire to its knees.

This book is meant to describe, in an easy to understand way, what happened to me after I died. I don't know who I was, where it occurred, whether I was a man or woman, boy or girl; only that it did, indeed, occur. I have had this memory for almost 40 years now. I used to believe that this was a premonition. I was a very young child, when I began recollecting this, and so I could not explain it to myself any other way.

This audiobook introduces listeners to the study of folk music as a kind of music and as an aspect of human culture. It uses music as an index to understanding American culture while it introduces listeners to various concepts in the field of ethnomusicology.

Marco has one addiction: gaming. He discovered what he thought was going to help him getting his life back on track. The events didn't turned out the way they were supposed to. When the Club introduced him in the V.I.P section, his world turned upside down.

Nine-year-old Josie Garcia is a feisty and optimistic girl from Brooklyn who becomes a crusader for preventing disastrous climate change and other environmental threats. After a summer with Grandma in Ecuador and an enlightening class trip to the zoo, where she encounters Frozey the Polar Bear, Josie decides that it is time to take action to slow global warming. Her first idea for going green is to organize others to drive less by forming the Fourth Grade Bike Brigade.

For the past 50 years, the business world has been dominated by the Milton Friedman financial capitalism economic model, which preaches that it is the "sole social responsibility of business to maximize profit for distribution to shareholders". This one-dimensional focus represents a grossly incomplete view of reality - there are many other factors businesses need to pay attention to if they are to thrive and endure.

We've all seen him. His presence is undeniable. The awakened male moves differently and acts with intention. He is true to himself and his purpose. Others try to imitate him, but what he exudes and who he is can't be replicated. Although many other men carry similar authority, he is his brand. It is unique to him and only him. He has a deep sense of true self-worth that cannot be changed by any person or circumstance. His self-confidence radiates in a way that others can feel when they're in his presence.

Este libro pretende describir en una forma sencilla lo que me ocurrió después de morir. No se quién era, donde ocurrió o si era un hombre, mujer, niño o niña. Solo sabía que había ocurrido, había muerto. He tenido este recuerdo en la memoria durante 40 años. Solía creer que era una premonición. Cuando empecé a tener este recuerdo era aún un niño y no podía explicar por mi mismo que significaba este recuerdo.

Tra i capannoni dismessi della vecchia Genova operaia, all'ombra del grande ponte autostradale su cui s’infrange ogni occasione di riscatto, non c'è posto per la diciassettenne Blondi, solo un buco d'appartamento nel quartiere Certosa dove vive con la madre single che trascorre le serate a bere. Lei invece ha una storia con Cris, che sogna di comprarsi una moto e intanto passa da una canna a un "tirello" di ero. Ma di sogni Blondi ne ha altri: fuggire in Costa Rica per ricominciare.