From this book we learn what science is and what scientists do, about the most important discoveries in the field of natural sciences. With the help of this book, young readers will be able, like real scientists, to conduct experiments and draw conclusions on their own. The text is complemented by magnificent illustrations and diagrams.

‘The Twenty-Sixth’ is a warm and nostalgic novel about growing up during the perestroika era. - This is a book about those who managed to be Octobrists, but no longer had to necessarily join the Pioneers, a story about awakening, hope, overcoming and finding freedom. — The first foreign cars, cooperative cafes, glasnost, coupons, perestroika, chewing gum inserts and the ringing...

In between the sleep-deprived lows and wonderful highs, Backman takes a step back to share the true story of falling in love with a woman who is his complete opposite, and learning to live a life that revolves around the people you care about unconditionally. Alternating between humorous side notes and longer essays offering his son advice as he grows up and ventures out into the world,...

Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson’s half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem—efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting...

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother's murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a...

Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year’s game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.

Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people, piecing together the tiniest details to know who a person is, and what they want. But it’s not a skill she takes seriously until the FBI come knocking—they’ve begun a classified program that uses exceptional teens to crack infamous cold cases, and they want her to join.

This book is the memory and pain of ordinary people. The testimonies of the surviving residents of the burnt villages sound like a revelation, and the reader clearly hears their voices. The publication has been reprinted several times in Belarus and has been translated into Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, English, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian and other languages.

Die Schuhverkäuferin Elisabeth ist eine überzeugte Nationalsozialistin, und als sie am 1. Mai den SA-Mann Erwin kennen lernt, scheint zunächst das Glück perfekt. Doch dann wird Elisabeth schwanger, und Erwin rät ihr zur Abtreibung. Auch in politischer Hinsicht entfremden sich die beiden zunehmend, denn Elisabeth wird in ein Arbeitslager geschickt und beginnt dort das System zu hinterfragen....

Elon Musk ist der mächtigste Mann der Welt. Tesla machte ihn zum dreihundertfachen Milliardär, mit seinem Satellitennetzwerk Starlink beeinflusst er das Kriegsgeschehen in der Ukraine. Sein Social-Media-Netzwerk X nutzt Musk als Bühne für seine persönliche Propaganda. Im Herbst 2024 kaufte er sich auch noch in die US-Regierung ein. Die Investigativjournalisten Sönke Iwersen und Michael...

It is 1919, and the Great War that has ravaged Europe is over. In Italy, the people are exhausted. Tired of the political class. Tired of vague promises, inept moderates, and the agonizing machinations of a democracy that has failed ordinary citizens. While elite leaders have sat idly by, achieving nothing, one outsider—the director of a small opposition newspaper and a tireless political...

The Canadian North is a vast and lonely land where bears roam free, fires rage unchecked, and storms blast every living thing on the tundra. When Stephan Kesting, already no stranger to pushing his own physical limits, was faced with a rare illness, he knew the only way for him to recover in both body and mind was to dig even deeper. Despite the dangers inherent in the sub-arctic, Kesting sets...