How aNew York Timesbestselling author andNew Yorkercontributor parlayed a strong grasp of the science of human decision-making and a woeful ignorance of cards into a life-changing run as a professional poker player, under the wing of a legend of the game.
Welcome to Iceland, a very small nation with a very large number (two hundred and sixty-five) of (mostly) very small museums, often found in the backyards of houses. From Reykjavik's renowned Phallological Museum to a house of stones; from curious monsters to a museum of whales, here is an enchanted story of obsession, curation, and the peculiar magic of this isolated island.
Was morgens mit Problemen bei der Zubereitung des Frühstückseis beginnt, endet auch am Abend, wenn die Auffassungen darüber divergieren, wie man den Feierabend verbringen...
Dieser Stickeratlas nimmt alle Dino-Fans mit auf eine fantastische Zeitreise. Vom Furcht erregenden Tyrannosaurus über den stacheligen Stegosaurus bis zum sanftmütigen Diplodocus - hier erfahren sie alles über die faszinierenden Wesen der Urzeit. Und das Beste: Mit dem beigefügten Riesenposter und den enthaltenden Leucht-Stickern lässt sich das eigene Zimmer in eine geheimnisvoll funkelnde Urzeithöhle verwandeln!
With its outstanding treasures of precious goldsmith work and textile art, the Domkammer in Munster possesses one of the most important collections in Europe. Like a golden showcase wall, the high altar of the cathedral presented sculptures and reliquaries of the very greatest value that astonish the beholder even today. The treasures cover a range of almost a thousand years, up to the twentieth century. The focus is, however, on reliquaries from the Middle Ages, a treasure of sculptures and vessels unequalled anywhere in the world. Speaking reliquaries, precious crucifixes and impressive textiles illuminate to this day the uniqueness of religious life in the last thousand years.
A master of deductive reasoning who can solve the most difficult crimes by spotting obscure clues overlooked by others, dilettante sleuth Sherlock Holmes was the hero of sixty stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between 1887 and 1927. With the help of his loyal friend, Doctor Watson, Holmes brought countless crooks, thieves, swindlers, and murderers to justice. He even rose from the dead after Doyle tried to dispatch him in his twenty-fourth adventure, and readers protested. Some Sherlock Holmes stories rank among the most famous in detective fiction, among them "A Study in Scarlet," "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Speckled Band," and "The Hound of the Baskervilles."