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6,00 €How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
by Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal
“A mind-blowing tour along the path from sex and drugs to R&D.” – Financial Times
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15,00 €by David Eagleman
With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.
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6,00 €by Emma Young
Sharing surprising secrets from blind ballerinas, voodoo priests and even a nurse who can smell Parkinson’s disease before it is diagnosed, Super Senses uncovers the science behind these abilities that make us human – and offers fascinating lessons in how we can all learn to use them better.
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5,00 €Freakonomics #2
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Freakonomics has been imitated many times over – but only now, with SuperFreakonomics, has it met its match.
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18,50 €From Rolled Sugar Cookies to Snickerdoodles and More, 100 of Your Favorite Cookie Recipes!
by Jacquelyn Parkes
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Original price was: 17,00 €.15,30 €Current price is: 15,30 €.by Caspar Henderson, Golbanou Moghaddas (Illustrator)
An entrancing guide to the world’s most far-fetched creatures – a unique blend of cutting-edge science and philosophical meditation on what we humans can learn from the extraordinary animals around us
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1,20 €by Kakuzō Okakura
In this charming book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the significance of the Japanese tea ceremony. -
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15,50 €by Martin Latham
Part cultural history, part literary love letter, and part reluctant memoir, this is the tale of one bookseller and many, many books.
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8,00 €by Catherine Atkinson, Linda Fraser (Editor), Karl Adamson, Frank Adam (Photographer)
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Original price was: 21,50 €.19,35 €Current price is: 19,35 €.by Neil Hilborn
Neil Hilborn’s highly anticipated second collection of poems, The Future, invites readers to find comfort in hard nights and better days.
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6,00 €by Richard Susskind, Daniel Susskind
Based on the authors’ in-depth research of more than ten professions, and illustrated by numerous examples from each, this is the first book to assess and question the relevance of the professions in the 21st century.
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4,00 €by Jack Ronald Hillier
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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5,00 €by Hannah Jane Parkinson
Drawn from the successful Guardian column, these everyday exultations and inspirations will get you through dismal days.
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5,00 €by Kathryn Harrison
In this extraordinary memoir, one of the best writers in America today transforms into a work of art the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman’s life: an obsessive love affair between father and daughter that began when Kathryn Harrison was twenty years old.
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6,00 €by Marie Kondō
Marie Kondo’s method is based on a ‘once-cleaned, never-messy-again’ approach. If you think that such a thing is impossible then you should definitely read this compelling book.
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Original price was: 16,00 €.14,40 €Current price is: 14,40 €.by Olivia Laing
What does it mean to be lonely? How do we live, if we’re not intimately engaged with another human being? How do we connect with other people? Does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens?
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5,00 €by Andrew O’Hagan
Hailed by the Times Literary Supplement as an “International Book of the Year” on its publication in Britain, The Missing is a fascinating literary meditation on missing persons by the acclaimed young Scottish writer Andrew O’Hagan.
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Original price was: 5,00 €.1,50 €Current price is: 1,50 €.Eleven Green Berets Fought for a New Afghanistan
by Eric Blehm
Eric Blehm, author of the award-winning The Last Season, is back with another true adventure story, The Only Thing Worth Dying For.
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Original price was: 5,00 €.4,00 €Current price is: 4,00 €.by Charles Darwin
The classic that exploded into public controversy, revolutionized the course of science, and continues to transform our views of the world.
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6,00 €by Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt
A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their lives. -
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6,00 €by James E. Lovelock
James Lovelock, originator of the idea of Gaia, makes an argued plea that we must change our way of life – before it is too late.
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6,00 €by Ruchir Sharma
‘As ambitious as it is well executed … a mix of humble pragmatism and daring decisiveness’ Reuters
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Original price was: 19,50 €.17,55 €Current price is: 17,55 €.Don’t let the idea of travelling alone stop you from living out your dreams.
Packed with tips and advice for before and during your travels, The Solo Travel Handbook gives you the confidence and know-how to explore the world on your own, whether you’re planning a once-in-a-lifetime adventure or short city break.
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15,50 €by The School of Life
The Sorrows of Work offers an invigorating and optimistic perspective on our working lives – and presents the skills and tools we need to overcome any professional challenge.
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8,00 €A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
by Mark Manson
In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be “positive” all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.
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Original price was: 19,50 €.17,55 €Current price is: 17,55 €.Practical advice and inspiration for the conscientious traveller. This new addition to our popular Handbook series inspires travellers to reduce their environmental impact.
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25,00 €What Baking Cookies Can Teach Us About Quantum Mechanics, Cosmology, Evolution, Chaos, Complexity, and More
by Geoffrey Engelstein, Michael Korfhage (Illustrator)
A heavily illustrated, accessible, humorous exploration of the scientific principles of the universe—all explained with a chocolate chip cookie.
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Original price was: 16,90 €.15,21 €Current price is: 15,21 €.A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond
by Christophe Galfard
Imagine if The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was a real hand book…
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6,00 €by Alan Weisman
What if mankind disappeared right now, forever … what would happen to the Earth in a week, a year, a millennium? Could the planet’s climate ever recover from human activity? How would nature destroy our huge cities and our myriad plastics? And what would our final legacy be?
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17,90 €by Wendell Berry
In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient essays, drawn from his 50-year campaign on behalf of American lands and communities
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18,50 €by Joan Didion
‘An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grief.’
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Original price was: 26,50 €.18,55 €Current price is: 18,55 €.by Paul Connett
The Zero Waste Solution: Untrashing the Planet One Community at a Time
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17,80 €by Ed Winters
The first book from vegan activist, educator and influencer Ed Winters, who has a strong, loyal following on Instagram
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19,50 €Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
by David Foster Wallace