The modern-day American dream: one man's journey into the depths of Reddit trading forums chasing the promise of a 'better life''A fantastically compelling personal story that is also the story of a generation . . . Told with perfect timing.' - SIMON KUPER'Searing insights into the challenges of coming of age in the 21st century . . . an instructive tale about a smart young man looking to grow up in the precariousness of our time.'

»Auf spektakulär dumme Weise hatte ich mein weniges geliehenes Geld in 1,2 Millionen Dollar verwandelt und alles wieder verloren – aber dafür hatte ich eine gute Geschichte.«Wir leben in Zeiten großer finanzieller Paradoxe: Bildung, Gesundheitsversorgung und Reisefreiheit sind in den letzten Jahrzehnten für immer mehr Menschen zugänglich geworden. Aber anders als die Babyboomer leben Millennials und die Generation Z häufiger von Gehaltscheck zu Geh...

The modern-day American dream: one man's journey into the depths of Reddit trading forums chasing the promise of a 'better life''A fantastically compelling personal story that is also the story of a generation . . . Told with perfect timing.' - SIMON KUPER'Searing insights into the challenges of coming of age in the 21st century . . . an instructive tale about a smart young man looking to grow up in the precariousness of our time.'

»Auf spektakulär dumme Weise hatte ich mein weniges geliehenes Geld in 1,2 Millionen Dollar verwandelt und alles wieder verloren – aber dafür hatte ich eine gute Geschichte.«Wir leben in Zeiten großer finanzieller Paradoxe: Bildung, Gesundheitsversorgung und Reisefreiheit sind in den letzten Jahrzehnten für immer mehr Menschen zugänglich geworden. Aber anders als die Babyboomer leben Millennials und die Generation Z häufiger von Gehaltscheck zu Gehaltscheck. Das Schulden-Einkommens...

Who does not know the phrase "Have some madeira, m'dear"? Madeira is one of the world's greatest wines, with a fascinating history few others can equal. Capable of evolution over decades and with seemingly indefinite longevity, precious centenarian bottles are sought by wine connoisseurs world wide, but to the ordinary wine lover more commercial wines offer a wide range of delicious and varied drinking. Once dismissed as a cooking wine, discriminating drinkers enjoy it on its own and, incr...

Alexander von Humboldt was the most admired scientist of his day. But the achievements for which he was most celebrated in his lifetime always fell short of perfection. When he climbed the Chimborazo, then believed to be the highest mountain in the world, he did not quite reach the top; he established the existence of the Casiquiare canal, between the great water systems of the Orinoco and the Amazon, but this had been well known to local people; and his magisterial work, Cosmos, was left ...

Pippa Passes was a dramatic piece, as much play as poetry, by Robert Browning published in 1841 as the first volume of his Bells and Pomegranates series. The author described the work as the first of a series of dramatic pieces. His original idea was of a young, innocent girl, moving unblemished through the crime-ridden neighbourhoods of Asolo. The work caused outrage when it was first published, due to the matter-of-fact portrayals of many of the area's more disreputable characters – nota...

This book discusses emerging nanotechnology-based tools that have the potential to dramatically impact cancer research, diagnostics, and treatment. Cancer is a complex, devastating, and debilitating disease and, although much progress has been made, novel, more effective diagnostic and treatment options are still needed, especially for advanced cancers. The ultimate goal is to detect cancer early and non-invasively and to provide efficacious and targeted precision treatments that cause few...