Bill Gates is one of the most influential figures in technology history. But who is the man behind Microsoft, the visionary who launched a revolution and later sought to change the world through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation? In his autobiography Source Code, Gates shares personal insights into his journey – beyond business successes and billion-dollar deals.
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After over a decade of travel, study and creative collaboration with Japan, Norm Architects’ shares their uniquely Scandinavian view of Japanese aesthetics.
The great popular science book about dreams – with cutting-edge findings from neuroscience
The 11th Advent calendar door is something very special! Today we are giving away 1x Kaweco Original fountain pen. Good luck winning!
The perfect wave for a surfer is the result of a multitude of factors that cannot be tamed – tides, swell, weather and timing. Surf Porn is not just about these ingredients, but also about the right light. The 4th Advent door is a wonderful book that makes us dream of summer and the sea in this cold season!
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American—in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R.F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel.
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.
The most famous outdoor photographer captures and celebrates the oceans in all their beauty and majesty. Available on September 5
Joining forces with two leading scientists, New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra offers a quantum leap for improving our physical and mental health.
Happiness and zest for life seem to be the main goals for many people. How strange that despite that, we spend so little time chasing that goal…
A surfer’s perfect wave is a culmination of a host of untameable factors – tide, swell, weather and timing. In Surf Porn, it is not only those ingredients that are crucial, but also the right light. Brought together by
Gaspard Konrad, who curates under the moniker Surf Porn, this collection of photography from some of the
craft’s most famous photographers invites the readers to embark on a fascinating journey through the world of surfing, and creates a deep longing for the next perfect and unridden wave.
Let’s assume the world is an enormous skyscraper. If that were the case, most people would live on the floors in the middle and then aspire to move upwards. They would slave away to maintain their position and pay for their children’s education, so they might one day be able to move to a higher floor – up where there are balconies and a good view…
What happens when nature bites back? T.C. Boyle explores this question in his new novel Blue Skies.
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk offers a revelatory guide to every stage of romance, drawing on ancient wisdom and new science.
Do you like the fog? Damp, grey vapours that make you feel like you’re groping around in the insides of a cloud? Probably not. Yet people crave internal fogginess, which a range of smoking devices are more than happy to help with…
What is the most valuable asset in the world? Your own well-being. And that’s not an exaggeration. Because when you start prioritising your well-being, everything in your life will change for the better. Don’t believe that? Then you should take note of our podcast tips.
With The Book 19th Edition, Lifestylehotels™ takes you to places where you can let loose. Discover not only new places, but also discover yourself. The world we would like to take you to is a world of allowing and mindfulness….
When it comes to fear, everything usually revolves around the question of how to get rid of it as quickly as possible. In her new book, Constanze Dennig takes a different approach: the specialist in neurology and psychiatry explains that fear also has its good sides – if you understand it and know how to use it…