New York City ist eine Stadt der Superlative und gilt zu Recht als atemberaubenste Stadt der Welt. In diesem Kalender erwarten Sie zwölf spektakuläre Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahmen, die mit leuchtenden Farbakzenten veredelt wurden und ein absolutes Highlight an jeder Wand sind! Ein glamouröser Fotokunst-Kalender aus der Hand des Fotografen Kurt Krause. Hochwertiger Wandkalender mit 12 wunderschönen Bildern. Unsere Umwelt liegt uns am Herzen. Wir vermeiden Überproduktion und somit deutliche Abfallmengen, da wir bedarfsgerecht in Einzelfertigung in Deutschland (Made in Germany) produzieren. Wir halten unsere Transportwege kurz und sorgen für eine klimabewusste Logistik. 14 Seiten bestehend aus 1 Cover 12 Monatsseiten 1 Indexseite Papprücken hinten Dieser erfolgreiche Kalender wurde dieses Jahr mit gleichen Bildern und aktualisiertem Kalendarium wiederveröffentlicht. Abbildungen: Januar: Flatiron Building Madison Square Park Februar: Financial District mit One World Trade Center März: Subway Line 7 Einfahrt Queensboro Plaza Station Queens April: DUMBO Washington Street mit Blick auf Manhattan Bridge Mai: Times Square Juni: Radio City Music Hall 6th Avenue Juli: Graffiti Kunst / Blick auf China Town August: Midtown Manhattan und Hudson River September: Graffiti-Kunst High Line Oktober: Madison Avenue November: Empire State Building 8th Avenue Ecke West 34th Street Dezember: Gedenkstätte 9/11 Memorial mit One World Trade Center QUALITÄT - Hochwertiger Fotokalender mit 12 wunderschönen Motiven auf lichtbeständigem Bilderdruckpapier, robuste Spiralbindung mit Aufhängebügel. PERFEKTES GESCHENK – Kalender für Freunde und Familie, für Kinder und Erwachsene, jung und alt, zu Weihnachten, Geburtstag oder zwischendurch. VIELFALT – Bildkalender in verschiedenen Formaten, z.B. DIN A5, DIN A4, DIN A3 sowie DIN A2. Ob Naturmotiv, Gemälde oder Fotos, ideal für ein persönliches Wohlfühlambiente. Glamouröser Fotokunst-Kalender der atemberaubendsten Stadt der Welt von Autor(in): Kurt Krause

New York City ist eine Stadt der Superlative und gilt zu Recht als atemberaubenste Stadt der Welt. In diesem Kalender erwarten Sie zwölf spektakuläre Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahmen, die mit leuchtenden Farbakzenten veredelt wurden und ein absolutes Highlight an jeder Wand sind! Ein glamouröser Fotokunst-Kalender aus der Hand des Fotografen Kurt Krause. Hochwertiger Wandkalender mit 12 wunderschönen Bildern. Unsere Umwelt liegt uns am Herzen. Wir vermeiden Überproduktion und somit deutliche Abfallmengen, da wir bedarfsgerecht in Einzelfertigung in Deutschland (Made in Germany) produzieren. Wir halten unsere Transportwege kurz und sorgen für eine klimabewusste Logistik. 14 Seiten bestehend aus 1 Cover | 12 Monatsseiten | 1 Indexseite | Papprücken hinten Dieser erfolgreiche Kalender wurde dieses Jahr mit gleichen Bildern und aktualisiertem Kalendarium wiederveröffentlicht. Abbildungen: Januar: Flatiron Building Madison Square Park Februar: Financial District mit One World Trade Center März: Subway Line 7 Einfahrt Queensboro Plaza Station Queens April: DUMBO Washington Street mit Blick auf Manhattan Bridge Mai: Times Square Juni: Radio City Music Hall 6th Avenue Juli: Graffiti Kunst / Blick auf China Town August: Midtown Manhattan und Hudson River September: Graffiti-Kunst High Line Oktober: Madison Avenue November: Empire State Building 8th Avenue Ecke West 34th Street Dezember: Gedenkstätte 9/11 Memorial mit One World Trade Center QUALITÄT - Hochwertiger Fotokalender mit 12 wunderschönen Motiven auf lichtbeständigem Bilderdruckpapier, robuste Spiralbindung mit Aufhängebügel. PERFEKTES GESCHENK – Kalender für Freunde und Familie, für Kinder und Erwachsene, jung und alt, zu Weihnachten, Geburtstag oder zwischendurch. VIELFALT – Bildkalender in verschiedenen Formaten, z.B. DIN A5, DIN A4, DIN A3 sowie DIN A2. Ob Naturmotiv, Gemälde oder Fotos, ideal für ein persönliches Wohlfühlambiente. Glamouröser Fotokunst-Kalender der atemberaubendsten Stadt der Welt von Autor(in): Kurt Krause

New York City ist eine Stadt der Superlative und gilt zu Recht als atemberaubenste Stadt der Welt. In diesem Kalender erwarten Sie zwölf spektakuläre Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahmen, die mit leuchtenden Farbakzenten veredelt wurden und ein absolutes Highlight an jeder Wand sind! Ein glamouröser Fotokunst-Kalender aus der Hand des Fotografen Kurt Krause. Hochwertiger Wandkalender mit 12 wunderschönen Bildern. Unsere Umwelt liegt uns am Herzen. Wir vermeiden Überproduktion und somit deutliche Abfallmengen, da wir bedarfsgerecht in Einzelfertigung in Deutschland (Made in Germany) produzieren. Wir halten unsere Transportwege kurz und sorgen für eine klimabewusste Logistik. 14 Seiten bestehend aus 1 Cover | 12 Monatsseiten | 1 Indexseite | Papprücken hinten Dieser erfolgreiche Kalender wurde dieses Jahr mit gleichen Bildern und aktualisiertem Kalendarium wiederveröffentlicht. Abbildungen: Januar: Flatiron Building Madison Square Park Februar: Financial District mit One World Trade Center März: Subway Line 7 Einfahrt Queensboro Plaza Station Queens April: DUMBO Washington Street mit Blick auf Manhattan Bridge Mai: Times Square Juni: Radio City Music Hall 6th Avenue Juli: Graffiti Kunst / Blick auf China Town August: Midtown Manhattan und Hudson River September: Graffiti-Kunst High Line Oktober: Madison Avenue November: Empire State Building 8th Avenue Ecke West 34th Street Dezember: Gedenkstätte 9/11 Memorial mit One World Trade Center QUALITÄT - Hochwertiger Fotokalender mit 12 wunderschönen Motiven auf lichtbeständigem Bilderdruckpapier, robuste Spiralbindung mit Aufhängebügel. PERFEKTES GESCHENK – Kalender für Freunde und Familie, für Kinder und Erwachsene, jung und alt, zu Weihnachten, Geburtstag oder zwischendurch. VIELFALT – Bildkalender in verschiedenen Formaten, z.B. DIN A5, DIN A4, DIN A3 sowie DIN A2. Ob Naturmotiv, Gemälde oder Fotos, ideal für ein persönliches Wohlfühlambiente. Glamouröser Fotokunst-Kalender der atemberaubendsten Stadt der Welt von Autor(in): Kurt Krause

New York City ist eine Stadt der Superlative und gilt zu Recht als atemberaubenste Stadt der Welt. In diesem Kalender erwarten Sie zwölf spektakuläre Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahmen, die mit leuchtenden Farbakzenten veredelt wurden und ein absolutes Highlight an jeder Wand sind! Ein glamouröser Fotokunst-Kalender aus der Hand des Fotografen Kurt Krause. Hochwertiger Wandkalender mit 12 wunderschönen Bildern. Unsere Umwelt liegt uns am Herzen. Wir vermeiden Überproduktion und somit deutliche Abfallmengen, da wir bedarfsgerecht in Einzelfertigung in Deutschland (Made in Germany) produzieren. Wir halten unsere Transportwege kurz und sorgen für eine klimabewusste Logistik. 14 Seiten bestehend aus 1 Cover 12 Monatsseiten 1 Indexseite Papprücken hinten Dieser erfolgreiche Kalender wurde dieses Jahr mit gleichen Bildern und aktualisiertem Kalendarium wiederveröffentlicht. Abbildungen: Januar: Flatiron Building Madison Square Park Februar: Financial District mit One World Trade Center März: Subway Line 7 Einfahrt Queensboro Plaza Station Queens April: DUMBO Washington Street mit Blick auf Manhattan Bridge Mai: Times Square Juni: Radio City Music Hall 6th Avenue Juli: Graffiti Kunst / Blick auf China Town August: Midtown Manhattan und Hudson River September: Graffiti-Kunst High Line Oktober: Madison Avenue November: Empire State Building 8th Avenue Ecke West 34th Street Dezember: Gedenkstätte 9/11 Memorial mit One World Trade Center QUALITÄT - Hochwertiger Fotokalender mit 12 wunderschönen Motiven auf lichtbeständigem Bilderdruckpapier, robuste Spiralbindung mit Aufhängebügel. PERFEKTES GESCHENK – Kalender für Freunde und Familie, für Kinder und Erwachsene, jung und alt, zu Weihnachten, Geburtstag oder zwischendurch. VIELFALT – Bildkalender in verschiedenen Formaten, z.B. DIN A5, DIN A4, DIN A3 sowie DIN A2. Ob Naturmotiv, Gemälde oder Fotos, ideal für ein persönliches Wohlfühlambiente. Glamouröser Fotokunst-Kalender der atemberaubendsten Stadt der Welt von Autor(in): Kurt Krause

Faith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated New Yorker. Slim, blonde, stylish, married to a successful merchant banker and having raised two daughters, Faith has a life many would envy. But Faith has overcome a childhood marred by tragedy, and has carried within herself a secret she could divulge to no-one. The sudden death of her stepfather sets off a journey of change and revelation. At the funeral, painful memories flood back - and an old friend re-enters Faith's life. Brad, a long lanky boy from her childhood days who had teased, tormented and protected her. Now a busy lawyer in California, Brad re-enters Faith's life just as she makes a decision that plunges her marriage into crisis. As these two childhood friends rediscover each other, Faith is finally ready to face the most painful step of all: of sharing a secret that has long been haunting her, and opening up her heart for the first time in her life.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER We the People deserve to know—what is the U.S. Constitution? Learn all about our governmental blueprint in this fascinating history for young readers, part of the beloved What Was? series. The perfect way to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary! Signed on September 17, 1787—four years after the Revolutionary War won America’s independence from the British—the Constitution laid out the supreme laws of the United States. While it’s easy to take the ideas outlined in this document for granted today, fifty-five men from almost all of the original thirteen colonies argued fiercely for many months over what should be included. This fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the passionately-debated issues of the time—tensions between the Northern and Southern states, and larger states versus smaller, less-populated ones—illustrates the importance of the Constitution to the foundation of United States of America, and highlights key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington, who left an everlasting mark on U.S. history.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES The third book in the bestselling American Royals series is here, and a meeting of monarchs will test everyone's loyalty to the crown…and their own hearts. Beatrice is queen, and for the American royal family, everything is about to change. Relationships will be tested. Princess Samantha is in love with Lord Marshall Davis—but the more serious they get, the more complicated things become. Is Sam destined to repeat her string of broken relationships…and this time will the broken heart be her own? Strangers will become friends. Beatrice is representing America at the greatest convocation of kings and queens in the world. When she meets a glamorous foreign princess, she gets drawn into the inner circle…but at what cost? And rivals will become allies. Nina and Daphne have spent years competing for Prince Jefferson. Now they have something in common: they both want to take down manipulative Lady Gabriella Madison. Can these enemies join forces, or will old rivalries stand in the way?

Jessica Ralli ist die Koordinatorin für frühe Leseprogramme in der Brooklyn Public Library, wo sie Programme für die preisgekrönte Initiative "First Five Years" von BPL entwickelt und leitet. Sie hat ihren Masterabschluss in frühkindlicher Sonderpädagogik am Teachers College der Columbia University erworben und zuvor in Schulen, Kindertagesstätten und Museen unterrichtet. Sie hat über frühe Leseerziehung und Bibliotheksdienste für kleine Kinder im School Library Journal geschrieben, wo sie zusammen mit Rachel G. Payne die Kolumne "First Steps" verfasst, und hat auf der Konferenz der American Library Association, der Young Child Expo und am Bank Street Centre for Children's Literature über spielbasiertes Lernen referiert. Megan Pamela Ruth Madison ist eine lebenslange Studentin des radikalen schwarzen Feminismus und eine frühkindliche Erzieherin. Sie hat einen Masterabschluss in frühkindlicher Erziehung von der Dominican University und einen Bachelorabschluss in Religionswissenschaft von der University of Michigan. Derzeit verfolgt sie ihren Doktortitel an der Heller School for Social Policy der Brandeis University. Wenn sie nicht an ihrer Dissertation arbeitet, ist sie als Trainerin für das Center for Racial Justice in Education, die Human Root und das New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute tätig, wo sie Workshops für Lehrkräfte zu den Themen Rasse, Geschlecht und Sexualität leitet. Isabel Roxas ist Autorin und Illustratorin, Mikroverlegerin, Keramikerin und leidenschaftliche Leserin. Sie wurde in Manila, Philippinen, geboren und wuchs mit köstlichen Mangos, alten Geschichten und Monsun-Monden auf. Heute arbeitet sie im Hinterzimmer einer Kunstgalerie in Manhattan, wo sie Geschichten schreibt und illustriert, Bücher gestaltet und kleine Objekte aus Ton und Harz kreiert.

Faith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated New Yorker. Slim, blonde, stylish, married to a successful merchant banker and having raised two daughters, Faith has a life many would envy. But Faith has overcome a childhood marred by tragedy, and has carried within herself a secret she could divulge to no-one. The sudden death of her stepfather sets off a journey of change and revelation. At the funeral, painful memories flood back - and an old friend re-enters Faith's life. Brad, a long lanky boy from her childhood days who had teased, tormented and protected her. Now a busy lawyer in California, Brad re-enters Faith's life just as she makes a decision that plunges her marriage into crisis. As these two childhood friends rediscover each other, Faith is finally ready to face the most painful step of all: of sharing a secret that has long been haunting her, and opening up her heart for the first time in her life.

* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * INDIE BESTSELLER * JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION * KIDS' INDIE NEXT LIST PICK * NPR BEST PICK * KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America’s history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first integrated prom. When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it. An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington. After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High's racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to change their image: host the school's first integrated prom as a show of unity. The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar quarterback boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date, leaving Maddy wondering if it's possible to have a normal life. But some of her classmates aren't done with her just yet. And what they don't know is that Maddy still has another secret . . . one that will cost them all their lives.

Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner of legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park. Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling New York City two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, EMP was named the best restaurant in the world. How did Guidara pull off this unprecedented transformation? Radical reinvention, a true partnership between the kitchen and the dining room—and memorable, over-the-top, bespoke hospitality. Guidara’s team surprised a family who had never seen snow with a magical sledding trip to Central Park after their dinner; they filled a private dining room with sand, complete with mai-tais and beach chairs, to console a couple with a cancelled vacation. And his hospitality extended beyond those dining at the restaurant to his own team, who learned to deliver praise and criticism with intention; why the answer to some of the most pernicious business dilemmas is to give more—not less; and the magic that can happen when a busser starts thinking like an owner. Today, every business can choose to be a hospitality business—and we can all transform ordinary transactions into extraordinary experiences. Featuring sparkling stories of his journey through restaurants, with the industry’s most famous players like Daniel Boulud and Danny Meyer, Guidara urges us all to find the magic in what we do—for ourselves, the people we work with, and the people we serve.

The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure in the New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defence and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires. A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents. It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that it is not already too late.

Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner of legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park. Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling New York City two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, EMP was named the best restaurant in the world. How did Guidara pull off this unprecedented transformation? Radical reinvention, a true partnership between the kitchen and the dining room—and memorable, over-the-top, bespoke hospitality. Guidara’s team surprised a family who had never seen snow with a magical sledding trip to Central Park after their dinner; they filled a private dining room with sand, complete with mai-tais and beach chairs, to console a couple with a cancelled vacation. And his hospitality extended beyond those dining at the restaurant to his own team, who learned to deliver praise and criticism with intention; why the answer to some of the most pernicious business dilemmas is to give more—not less; and the magic that can happen when a busser starts thinking like an owner. Today, every business can choose to be a hospitality business—and we can all transform ordinary transactions into extraordinary experiences. Featuring sparkling stories of his journey through restaurants, with the industry’s most famous players like Daniel Boulud and Danny Meyer, Guidara urges us all to find the magic in what we do—for ourselves, the people we work with, and the people we serve.

The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure in the New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defence and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires. A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents. It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that it is not already too late.

Von einer großen Kultgemeinde heiß erwartet: der fünfte der spannenden Kriminalfälle um den smarten Gentleman-Ermittler Paul Temple im DAV. Temple lernt auf der Überfahrt von New York den Millionär Sam Portland kennen, doch das zweifelhafte Vergnügen währt nur kurz: Portland taucht als Leiche wieder auf - im Swimmingpool des Ozean-Dampfers. Für Paul Temple und seine bezaubernde Frau Steve beginnen unruhige Tage. Wer ist der ominöse Privatdetektiv Madison und was hat es mit dem verschwundenen Penny an Portlands Uhrkette auf sich? Die Ermittlungen rund um Erpressung, immer neue Morde und den Fall einer rätselhaften Falschmünzerbande spannen den Hörer bis zum letzten Moment auf die Folter. Mit der Figur des Paul Temple feierte der Brite Francis Durbridge einen dreißig Jahre andauernden Erfolg. Vor über 50 Jahren eroberte sein Gentleman-Detektiv mit der charakteristischen Stimme von René Deltgen auch die Herzen der deutschen Rundfunkhörer. Die Wiederentdeckung der spannenden Kriminalfälle führte zu einem wahren Retro-Kult, der Paul Temple zum Hörbuch-Bestseller machte. Francis Durbridge, geboren am 25. November 1912 in Hull/Yorkshire. Studierte Altenglisch und Volkswirtschaft. Schrieb Krimis, Hörspiele und Drehbücher für Fernsehfilme. Als das Erste Deutsche Fernsehen 1962 den Durbridge-Krimi "Das Halstuch" ausstrahlte, hatte es mit einer Einschaltquote von 90 % den ersten "Straßenfeger" der deutschen Fernsehgeschichte. Viele erfolgreiche Fernsehproduktionen aus der Hand des Briten folgten. Durbridge schrieb neben zahlreichen Hörspielen und 35 Romanen auch erfolgreiche Theaterstücke wie "Plötzlich und unerwartet" (1985). Sein siebentes Theaterstück "Tief in der Nacht" wurde 1991 in London uraufgeführt. Francis Durbridge starb nach langer Krankheit am 11. April 1998 in London. Kurt Lieck, Vater des Schauspielers Peter Lieck.

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A landmark work of history explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals—Hamilton; Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison—confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our nation. “A splendid book—humane; learned, written with flair and radiant with a calm intelligence and wit.” —The New York Times Book Review The United States was more a fragile hope than a reality in 1790. During the decade that followed, the Founding Fathers—re-examined here as Founding Brothers—combined the ideals of the Declaration of Independence with the content of the Constitution to create the practical workings of our government. Through an analysis of six fascinating episodes—Hamilton and Burr’s deadly duel, Washington’s precedent-setting Farewell Address, Adams’ administration and political partnership with his wife, the debate about where to place the capital, Franklin’s attempt to force Congress to confront the issue of slavery and Madison’s attempts to block him, and Jefferson and Adams’ famous correspondence— Founding Brothers brings to life the vital issues and personalities from the most important decade in our nation’s history.

From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder that shocked the world. In 1901 Evelyn Nesbit, a chorus girl in the musical Florodora, dined alone with the architect Stanford White in his townhouse on 24th Street in New York. Nesbit, just sixteen years old, had recently moved to the city. White was forty-seven and a principal in the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. As the foremost architect of his day, he was a celebrity, responsible for designing countless landmark buildings in Manhattan. That evening, after drinking champagne, Nesbit lost consciousness and awoke to find herself naked in bed with White. Telltale spots of blood on the bed sheets told her that White had raped her. She told no one about the rape until, several years later, she confided in Harry Thaw, the millionaire playboy who would later become her husband. Thaw, thirsting for revenge, shot and killed White in 1906 before hundreds of theatergoers during a performance in Madison Square Garden, a building that White had designed. The trial was a sensation that gripped the nation. Most Americans agreed with Thaw that he had been justified in killing White, but the district attorney expected to send him to the electric chair. Evelyn Nesbit's testimony was so explicit and shocking that Theodore Roosevelt himself called on the newspapers not to print it verbatim. The murder of White cast a long shadow: Harry Thaw later attempted suicide, and Evelyn Nesbit struggled for many years to escape an addiction to cocaine. The Girl on the Velvet Swing, a tale of glamour, excess, and danger, is an immersive, fascinating look at an America dominated by men of outsize fortunes and by the women who were their victims.

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NATIONAL BESTSELLER A landmark work of history explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals—Hamilton; Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison—confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our nation. “A splendid book—humane; learned, written with flair and radiant with a calm intelligence and wit.” —The New York Times Book Review The United States was more a fragile hope than a reality in 1790. During the decade that followed, the Founding Fathers—re-examined here as Founding Brothers—combined the ideals of the Declaration of Independence with the content of the Constitution to create the practical workings of our government. Through an analysis of six fascinating episodes—Hamilton and Burr’s deadly duel, Washington’s precedent-setting Farewell Address, Adams’ administration and political partnership with his wife, the debate about where to place the capital, Franklin’s attempt to force Congress to confront the issue of slavery and Madison’s attempts to block him, and Jefferson and Adams’ famous correspondence— Founding Brothers brings to life the vital issues and personalities from the most important decade in our nation’s history.

The bestselling, idiosyncratic curriculum from a 2019 MacArthur Fellow will teach you how to draw and write your story "The self-help book of the year."-The New York Times Hello students, meet Professor Skeletor. Be on time, don't miss class, and turn off your phones. No time for introductions, we start drawing right away. The goal is more rock, less talk, and we communicate only through images. For more than five years the cartoonist Lynda Barry has been an associate professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison art department and at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, teaching students from all majors, both graduate and undergraduate, how to make comics, how to be creative, how to not think. There is no academic lecture in this classroom. Doodling is enthusiastically encouraged. Making Comics is the follow-up to Barry's bestselling Syllabus, and this time she shares all her comics-making exercises. In a new hand-drawn syllabus detailing her creative curriculum, Barry has students drawing themselves as monsters and superheroes, convincing students who think they can't draw that they can, and, most important, encouraging them to understand that a daily journal can be anything so long as it is hand drawn. Barry teaches all students and believes everyone and anyone can be creative. At the core of Making Comics is her certainty that creativity is vital to processing the world around us.

New York. Nel cuore del quartiere di SoHo, c'è un elegante negozio di abiti vintage. La proprietaria, Kate Madison, grazie al suo innato senso della moda e un occhio infallibile, è riuscita a farne un punto di riferimento per l'intera città. Un sogno, per lei, avveratosi soltanto dopo parecchi anni di duro lavoro e molti sacrifici. E mentre la popolarità del negozio cresceva, lo stesso accadeva per i quattro figli: la vera gioia della vita di Kate, che ha dovuto occuparsene da sola, dopo la morte del marito. Ormai adulti, con un'ottima istruzione e promettenti carriere, sono pronti a trovare la propria strada nel mondo, non senza commettere qualche sbaglio. Come Isabelle, brillante avvocato, che s'innamora di un cliente e si convince di poter costruire una vita con lui. O Julie, che ha ereditato il talento artistico della madre ed è pronta a lasciare il lavoro dei suoi sogni pur di seguire il cuore. Oppure Justin, scrittore, alle prese con il suo primo romanzo, che insiste per avere un bambino prima di essere finanziariamente o emotivamente pronto. E poi Willie, «il piccolo» di casa, che, con la spensieratezza della sua giovane età, prende una decisione che sconvolge tutti. Kate vorrebbe tanto poter risparmiare loro errori e delusioni, ma imparerà presto che non si possono proteggere i figli dalle loro scelte, ma solo continuare ad amarli mentre le fanno. Una storia intensa e avvolgente, per settimane nella classifica dei libri più venduti negli Stati Uniti, che conferma ancora una volta Danielle Steel come una delle scrittrici più amate d'America e del mondo. DANIELLE STEEL vive tra gli Stati Uniti e la Francia. È la scrittrice più popolare del mondo, con oltre 650 milioni di copie vendute in 69 Paesi. I suoi romanzi - pubblicati in Italia da Sperling & Kupfer - sono tutti bestseller internazionali e dal 1981 l'autrice è sempre presente nella classifica del New York Times.