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Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa, ja in der ganzen Welt – das Gespenst der Cancel Culture. Glaubt man diversen Zeitungen, dürfen insbesondere weiße Männer jenseits der vierzig praktisch nichts mehr sagen, wenn sie nicht ihren guten Ruf oder gar ihren Job riskieren wollen. Ist da etwas dran? Oder handelt es sich häufig um Panikmache, bei der Aktivist:innen zu einer Gefahr für die moralische Ordnung stilisiert werden, um ihre berechtigten Anliegen zu diskreditieren? Der Ursprung der Cancel Culture wird üblicherweise an US-Universitäten verortet. Adrian Daub lehrt im kalifornischen Stanford Literaturwissenschaft. Er zeigt, wie während der Reagan-Jahre entwickelte Deutungsmuster über Campus-Romane verbreitet und auf die Gesellschaft insgesamt übertragen wurden. Man pickt einige wenige Anekdoten heraus und reicht sie herum, was auch hierzulande zu einer verzerrten Wahrnehmung führt. Anhand quantitativer Analysen zeichnet Daub nach, wie diese Diagnosen immer weitere Kreise zogen, bis sie auch die Twitter-Kanäle deutscher Politiker erfassten.

Der Klassiker von George Orwell, der sich in Form einer satirischen Fabel mit totalitären Gesellschaften auseinandersetzt. Themen wie etwa Machtmissbrauch, Fake News und Propaganda sind heute fast noch aktueller als zur Zeit des Entstehens dieses Buches. Ungekürzte Ausgabe des Originaltextes, annotiert und mit einer Einleitung versehen.

Avand la baza serialul de televiziune de mare succes inspirat de seria de romane semnate de L.J. Smith, Jurnalele lui Stefan dezvaluie adevarul despre ceea ce s-a intamplat in realitate intre Stefan, Damon si Katherine... si cum a debutat triunghiul amoros din Jurnalele vampirilor. Goniti din Mystic Falls, oraselul lor natal, atat Stefan Salvatore, cat si fratele lui, Damon, ajung in Europa, cautand sa-si reia existenta de la inceput. Numai ca Samuel, un vampir bogat si viclean, are alte planuri in privinta lor. Mai intai, ii distruge lui Stefan traiul pasnic, iar apoi ii pune in carca lui Damon cele mai ingrozitoare crime din cate a vazut vreodata Londra. Uniti impotriva dusmanului lor comun, Stefan si Damon raman surprinsi cand isi dau seama ca ura lui Samuel are legatura cu femeia care le-a schimbat vietile pentru totdeauna. Bantuiti de amintirea lui Katherine, cei doi frati constata ca fragila lor alianta este pusa la grea incercare. Vor reusi ei oare sa treaca peste rivalitatea lor, ca sa-l infranga pe Samuel, inainte ca acesta sa-si poata duce la indeplinire suprema razbunare?

Alle Menschen, denen Shay begegnet, sterben anschliessend. Offensichtlich ist sie die Trägerin eines tödlichen Virus. Also begibt sich Shay freiwillig in die Hände des Militärs, um komplett isoliert zu werden... Fortsetzung von äInfiziertä. Ab 14.

Dem Wahnsinn nahe, erkennt ein junger Engländer in seinem Gastgeber auf einem finsteren Karpatenschloss den grausigen König der Vampire. Ein klassischer Vampirroman aus dem Jahre 1897.

Finalist for the Hugo Award • “Ofelia—tough, kind, wise and unwise, fond of food, tired of foolish people—is one of the most probable heroines science fiction has ever known.”—Ursula K. Le GuinFor forty years, Colony 3245.12 has been Ofelia’s home. On this planet far away in space and time from the world of her youth, she has lived and loved, weathered the death of her husband, raised her one surviving child, lovingly tended her garden, and grown placidly old. And it is here that she fully expects to finish out her days—until the shifting corporate fortunes of the Sims Bancorp Company dictates that Colony 3245.12 is to be disbanded, its residents shipped off, deep in cryo-sleep, to somewhere new and strange and not of their choosing. But while her fellow colonists grudgingly anticipate a difficult readjustment on some distant world, Ofelia savors the promise of a golden opportunity. Not starting over in the hurly-burly of a new community . . . but closing out her life in blissful solitude, in the place she has no intention of leaving. A population of one. With everything she needs to sustain her, and her independent spirit to buoy her, Ofelia actually does start life over–for the first time on her own terms: free of the demands, the judgments, and the petty tyrannies of others. But when a reconnaissance ship returns to her idyllic domain, and its crew is mysteriously slaughtered, Ofelia realizes she is not the sole inhabitant of her paradise after all. And, when the inevitable time of first contact finally arrives, she will find her life changed yet again—in ways she could never have imagined. . . .“Pure satisfaction from cover to cover.”—Anne McCaffrey

A Human hybrid and an Alpha Were claw against the bonds of fate in the highly anticipated companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Bride. Serena Paris is orphaned, pack-less, and one of a kind. Coming forward as the first Human-Were hybrid was supposed to heal a centuries-long rift between species. Instead, it made her a target, prey to the ruthless political machinations between Weres, Vampyres, and Humans. With her enemies closing in on her, she has only one option left—if he’ll have her. As Alpha of the Northwest pack, Koen Alexander commands obedience. His authority is so absolute, only a fool would threaten his mate. It doesn’t matter if Serena doesn’t reciprocate his feelings, nothing will stop him from keeping her safe. But power-hungry Vampyres and Weres are not the only threats chasing Serena. Sooner or later, her past is bound to catch up with her—and Koen might be the only thing standing between her and total annihilation…

Reteta succesului. Cu atitudinea potrivita iti poti schimba viata Esecul nu inseamna ca nu vei reusi niciodata. Inseamna doar ca va dura mai mult timp. [...] Cand vine vorba ce iti place sa faci, lucrul pentru care ai fost menit, tinteste sus. Asteptarile conteaza mai putin. Ai cazut si cand ai invatat sa mergi, nu-i asa? - John C. Maxwell Ce anume iti poate schimba viata? Cum pot doi oameni care au aceleasi competente si abilitati sa obtina rezultate complet diferite? Raspunsul este atitudinea. Daca te-ai intrebat vreodata ce te impiedica sa reusesti in viata, atat pe plan profesional, cat si personal, poate e cazul sa iti indrepti atentia asupra acestei trasaturi careia probabil nu ii acorzi suficient de multa importanta. Chiar daca nu poate inlocui experienta si competenta, cu siguranta te va ajuta in toate celelalte privinte. Din aceasta carte vei afla: - Ce poate face si ce nu poate face atitudinea pentru tine si cum o poti transforma intr-un atu. - Cum sa faci fata celor cinci mari obstacole in calea atitudinii cu care toata lumea se confrunta: descurajarea, schimbarea, problemele, teama si esecul.

Patru absolventi ai unui mic colegiu din Massachusetts – debusolati, fara un ban in buzunar si sustinuti doar de prietenia si ambitia lor – se muta la New York pentru a-si face o situatie. Cei patru sunt chipesul Willem, care-si doreste sa devina actor; JB, un pictor nascut in Brooklyn care incearca sa patrunda in lumea artei; Malcolm, un arhitect frustrat angajat la o firma importanta; si Jude, o minte sclipitoare, dar un individ retras si enigmatic, in jurul caruia graviteaza toti ceilalti. De-a lungul anilor, relatiile dintre ei se adancesc si se complica, insa provocarea cea mai mare pentru ei ramane Jude, ajuns cu timpul un avocat extrem de talentat, insa din ce in ce mai instabil, cu mintea si trupul insemnate de o copilarie cumplita, de o trauma pe care se teme ca nu o va putea depasi niciodata.