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Published in 1951, this biography of George Foster Peabody (1852-1938) tells the story of an industry pioneer, railroad magnate, and philanthropist. A native of Georgia, Peabody is often listed alongside such men as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. P. Morgan--men who rose from obscurity to prominence after Reconstruction. Peabody's businesses were central to the building of railroads in the United States and Mexico, and to financing mining, electrical, and sugar beet industries.

Peabody also took a prominent role in civic affairs, using his position of power as an active...

As a free-spirited, independent woman, Bronnie Ware was used to donning a variety of hats: singer, songwriter, author, speaker, traveler, and adventurer. And as her soul would have it in her mid-forties, she felt the urge to add one more, mother.

Ware, author of The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, had learned many lessons as a palliative-care giver, and she began to absorb even more from the opposite end of the spectrum as a giver of life. Only a few moments into motherhood, however, Ware's body had a different idea, when chronic crippling pain from an auto-immune...

Eine einsame Insel, eine spektakuläre Realityshow, ein wahr gewordener Albtraum

Der mitreißende New York Times-Bestseller!

Lyla steckt in einer Krise: Ihre berufliche Zukunft an der Universität ist ungewiss und die Beziehung zu ihrem Freund Nico - einem aufstrebenden Schauspieler - läuft alles andere als gut. Als Nico das Angebot bekommt, bei einer Realityshow dabei zu sein, willigt Lyla ein, das Abenteuer mit ihm einzugehen.

Nach einem turbulenten Vorsprechen werden die beiden in ein tropisches Paradies entführt - die Insel Ever...

Based in part on a true event, Funny Old World takes the reader on an amusing journey through the life of Bea, whose way of life is suddenly altered following an accident.

Impatient with her slow recovery and obsessed with  getting life ‘back to normal’ Bea tries out various therapies and along the way discovers  that  laughter can be the  best medicine.

Expressed mainly through a series of letters and anecdotes, Bea describes the idiosyncrasies of her daily life and shows just how funny human beings and situations may...