Best Selling Books by Julia Keller

In A Killing in the Hills, a powerful, intricate debut from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Keller, a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it''s too late. What''s happening in Acker''s Gap, West Virginia? Three elderly men are gunned down over their coffee at a local diner, and seemingly half the town is there to witness the act. Still, it happened so fast, and no one seems to have gotten a good look at the shooter. Was it random? Was it connected to the spate of drug violence plaguing poor areas of the country just like Acker''s Gap? Or were Dean Streeter, Shorty McClurg, and Lee Rader targeted somehow? One of the witnesses to the brutal incident was Carla Elkins, teenaged daughter of Bell Elkins, the prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, WV. Carla was shocked and horrified by what she saw, but after a few days, she begins to recover enough to believe that she might be uniquely placed to help her mother do her job. After all, what better way to repair their fragile, damaged relationship? But could Carla also end up doing more harm than good—in fact, putting her own life in danger? *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of A Killing in the Hills includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide

High summer in Acker''s Gap, West Virginia—but no one''s enjoying the rugged natural landscape. Not while a killer stalks the small town and its hard-luck inhabitants. County prosecutor Bell Elkins and Sheriff Nick Fogelsong are stymied by a murderer who seems to come and go like smoke on the mountain. At the same time, Bell must deal with the return from prison of her sister, Shirley—who, like Bell, carries the indelible scars of a savage past. In Summer of the Dead, the third Julia Keller mystery chronicling the journey of Bell Elkins and her return to her Appalachian hometown, we also meet Lindy Crabtree—a coal miner''s daughter with dark secrets of her own, secrets that threaten to explode into even more violence. Acker''s Gap is a place of loveliness and brutality, of isolation and fierce attachments—a place where the dead rub shoulders with the living, and demand their due.

"From the small towns of Appalachia they came, the young men who joined the fight for liberty in World War II. Now they are elderly, and some of them--like Harmon Strayer, father of prosecutor Bell Elkins''s former law school classmate--suffer from Alzheimer''s. When Harmon dies in an Alzheimer''s care facility from what appear to be natural causes, Bell confronts a mystery that brims with questions about memory, grief, and the lethal cost of burying the past. During a winter of record snow and cold, Bell and the people of Acker''s Gap, West Virginia, face isolation and hardship--and the threat from a killer who preys upon the old and the sick and the helpless"--

"Royce Dillard doesn''t remember much about the day his parents--and one hundred and twenty-three other souls--died in the 1972 Buffalo Creek disaster. He was only two years old when he was ripped from his mother''s arms. But now Dillard, who lives off the grid with only a passel of dogs for company, is fighting for his life one more time: he''s on trial for murder. Prosecutor Bell Elkins faces her toughest challenge yet in this ... story of vengeance, greed, and the fierce struggle for social justice"--Amazon.com.

An investigation into the murder of a pregnant teenage girl is complicated by county prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins''s separation from the daughter who is living with her ex, Sheriff Nick Fogelsong''s strange behavior, and a person from her past.

"[An] emotion-charged mystery.... Keller''s sleuths are easy to like and the murder story is moving; but the object of fascination here is Wellwood, a state-run mental institution with a dark history as a repository for ''rebellious, unruly women.''" —The New York Times Book Review Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller welcomes readers back to West Virginia, where her lyrical and moving stories of the people of her native state have unfolded since A Killing in the Hills, the acclaimed first novel in the series. Deep in the woods just outside Acker''s Gap, West Virginia, rises a ragged chunk of what was once a high stone wall. This is all that remains of Wellwood, a psychiatric hospital for the poor that burned to the ground decades ago. And it is here that Bell Elkins – prosecutor turned private investigator – makes a grim discovery while searching for a missing teenager: A dead body, marred by a ghastly wound that can only mean murder. To solve the mystery of what happened in these woods where she played as a child, Bell and her partners – former sheriff Nick Fogelsong and former deputy Jake Oakes – must confront the tangled history of Wellwood and its dark legacy, while each grapples with a private torment. Based on a true chapter in the troubled history of early treatment for psychiatric illness, The Cold Way Home is a story of death and life, of despair and hope, of crime and – sometimes, but not always – punishment.

Documents the life of the inventor of the Gatling gun--the first machine gun--and the impact of his invention on the expansion of the United States as a superpower and the international boom of the arms industry.

The earth is in ruins. Years of warfare, plague, and disaster have ravaged the planet and driven its people into despair. The powerful and wealthy have abandoned Earth and created New Earth, a utopia in the sky where the last of the elite can start fresh. On New Earth, citizens are free from danger thanks to a surveillance device that lives beneath their skin. A device that keeps their new home crime-free through meticulous emotional surveillance. A device called the Intercept.Violet Crowley has never gone hungry. She''s endured neither violence nor fear. As the only daughter of New Earth''s Founding Father, Violet has spent her entire life in comfort and safety. That is, until her friend, colleague, and long-time crush, Danny Mayhew, gets into a deadly altercation on the streets of Old Earth. In an instant, Violet risks her father''s fury and intercedes to rescue Danny. When Danny can''t explain his actions, Violet launches a secret investigation to find out what he''s hiding. An investigation that will lead her to question everything she''s ever known about Danny, her father, and the power of the Intercept.

Want to quit? Good. Learn to shape your life without fear—at work, at home, in relationships, and beyond. “Compelling,” (Cal Newport) “Liberating,” (Amy Dickinson) and “as entertaining as it is important” (Steven Levitt). Simone Biles quit the Olympics. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle quit The Firm. Millions of people have quit their jobs, seeking happiness and defining success on their own terms. Is it a mistake? As Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Julia Keller found out, it’s not. And, in fact, it might even save your life. Diving into ‘the neuroscience of nope’ and the cultural messages that drive our reluctance to throw in the towel, Keller dismantles the myth of perseverance once and for all. Because grit isn''t always great. Sticking it out doesn''t always pay off. And quitting can be an unexpected act of self-love. Quitting: A Life Strategy reminds us that, in order to live meaningful, satisfying lives, we have to be able to say “no”—full stop. With Keller’s guidance, readers will learn: The art of the quasi quit. How quitting makes space for key breakthroughs. Why bootstrapping is a lie. How to manage guilt and shame. Weaving cutting-edge scientific research with incisive pop culture commentary and conversations with people who have made profound change in their own lives, Keller gives readers the confidence they need to pull the plug. "If you’re thinking about quitting a job or leaving a marriage, don’t—at least not until you have read this book.” ―Joseph T. Hallinan, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Why We Make Mistakes

In the 23rd century, there is a radiant world of endless summer where peace is maintained through emotional surveillance performed by a peculiar device called the Intercept. When Violet Crowley, the sixteen-year-old daughter of New Earth’s Founding Father, is smuggled an artifact covered mysterious markings, it''s up to her and her friends to decipher the message. Julia Keller''s "The Tablet of Scaptur" is a standalone story set before the events of The Dark Intercept. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Julia Keller''s Dark Star Calling is the third and final book in the Dark Intercept Trilogy, a high-concept YA science fiction saga. Out in the observatory, protruding from the vast gap in the roof, was the giant telescope. It stared unblinkingly into the night sky, its gaze peering deep into the wilderness of stars. Somewhere within that wilderness was the single star Rez was determined to find. New Earth, 2297. A year after the resurrection of a universal surveillance system called the Intercept, New Earth is collapsing. Humanity is depending on a group of five friends to find them all a new home. Humanity''s fate rests in the hands of Violet Crowley, a headstrong rebel and former detective turned hopelessly mediocre politician; Shura Lu, scientific genius and magnificently gifted artist; Kendall Mayhew, New Earth''s Chief of Police; Tin Man Tolliver, Kendall''s top deputy; and Steven J. Reznik, aka "Rez," NESA Director and Chief Technologist. Together they discovered their utopian home is on an unstoppable collision course with Earth. Together they look to the stars to find a world suitable for human life and what they find there—or rather who—will change them all forever. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Investigating a series of suspicious overdose deaths in her Appalachian hometown, Bell Elkins uncovers evidence of a tainted batch of heroin and begins a desperate race against time to track the source of the drug.

In a town ravaged by deception, can one woman make a difference? From Pulitzer-prize winner Julia Keller comes A Killing in the Hills, the first in a series featuring prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins, set in the beautiful, crime-ridden town of Acker''s Gap. Perfect for fans of Linwood Barclay and Henning Mankell. ''A terrific debut - atmospheric, suspenseful, assured. I hope there''s more to come in the story of Bell Elkins and Acker''s Gap'' - Laura Lippman Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, visitors see only Acker''s Gap''s stunning natural beauty. But for those living there it''s a different story. The mountain roads harbour secret places, perfect for making the prescription drugs that tempt its desperately poor. Bell Elkins left a broken teenager, savaged by a past she couldn''t forget. But, as prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, Bell is back and determined to help clean up the only home she has ever known. As winter sets in and her daughter is witness to a shocking triple murder, Bell finds her family in danger. Can she uncover the truth before her world is destroyed again? What readers are saying about A Killing in the Hills: ''A mesmerizing book'' ''The intertwined plots play out against a beautiful portrayal of this rural area, a wonderfully conveyed portrait'' ''I am an avid thriller reader and in my opinion this ranks among the best of them''

By day, she''s a tough-minded prosecutor in Raythune County, West Virginia, a region scarred by poverty and prescription drug abuse. By night, Bell Elkins takes on a softer role. She volunteers at an auxiliary intensive care unit where nurses deal with the youngest and most vulnerable victims of drug abuse: the children born to mothers addicted to painkillers. The place is known as Evening Street, and it is here Bell comes whenever she can spare the time. She rocks ailing infants to sleep, and she provides what medical science-for all of its marvels-cannot: A simple human touch. One terrifying night, the distraught father of an Evening Street baby breaks into the facility. Gun in hand, he holds the staff hostage and demands a reckoning for a family grudge--with helpless infants only inches away. And so begins a standoff at Evening Street. Bell Elkins is swept up into the crisis, as the drama escalates toward a lethal flashpoint. At the center of it all is a baby, only hours old, but already ancient in his knowledge of pain.

Bell Elkins, prosecuting attorney and small-town heroine of Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Keller''s A Killing in the Hills, Bitter River and Summer of the Dead, faces one of her most challenging days in this exclusive digital short story. Featuring an exclusive extract from her new full-length novel Last Ragged Breath. For Bell Elkins no day is ever the same. But on this day, for the third day running, Bell has woken up from the same dream. A dream about a boy needing her help, reaching out to her. Bell, always unable to help. Already unsettled, she becomes embroiled, in her role as prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, in an investigation into a couple running a local day-care centre, and Bell suspects that her day is only going to get worse. A suspicion that is compounded when she''s forced to confront a friend''s treachery and a ghost from her past. No day is ever the same, but will Bell be forever changed by this one?

The Devil''s Stepdaughter, a story from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller, takes us back into beloved prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins''s past. The year Bell turns eleven, she''s living with a foster family in the beautiful but poverty-stricken mountains of West Virginia, and Keller draws a heartbreaking portrait of the time in Bell''s life that shaped her into a woman who believes in fierce justice and fighting back.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller comes A HAUNTING OF THE BONES, another suspsenseful and provocative story that will keep readers up all night... Bell Elkins, prosecuting attorney for Raythune C1ounty, West Virginia, had always believed what she''d been told: Her mother abandoned the family when Bell and her sister, Shirley, were children. Later, Teresa Dolan died somewhere out West. And then comes a shattering discovery. During an excavation in a remote area of the county, a skeleton is found. DNA testing proves it is related to DNA already on file: that of a convicted felon named Shirley Dolan. Along with the age and approximate time of death, the DNA link leads to a chilling conclusion: These are the remains of Bell''s mother, Teresa Dolan. She didn''t run away. She was here all along. And further examination reveals that she was a homicide victim. Bell automatically pins the blame on her late father, Donnie Dolan. But evidence emerges that it could not have been him. And so Bell must solve the most agonizingly personal case of her career: Who murdered her mother?

O-H-Oh-No! Fourteen storytellers reveal a gritty side to C-Bus in this collection of crime tales. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. With stories by: Lee Martin, Robin Yocum, Kristen Lepionka, Craig McDonald, Chris Bournea, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Tom Barlow, Mercedes King, Daniel Best, Laura Bickle, Yolonda Tonette Sanders, Julia Keller, Khalid Moalim, and Nancy Zafris. Praise for Columbus Noir “Moments of humanity shine through in many of the tales in this collection, and epic takes on pride and greed make many of the stories in this collection go beyond small miseries into the realm of Shakespearian tragedy. Urgent, beautiful, and not to be missed.” —CrimeReads, included in CrimeReads’ Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020 “This superior Akashic noir anthology gathers 14 dark snapshots of Ohio’s capital, a very dangerous place indeed, with heavy drug use and murder touching down everywhere, from the German Village neighborhood to the statehouse. One highlight is Craig McDonald’s “Curb Appeal,” one of several invoking the homicidal search for housing. In the editor’s effective “Going Places,” a security man who covers up affairs for the governor gets pulled into a murder plot . . . . Noir fans should be well satisfied.” —Publishers Weekly

"Uma mistura convincente de ciência, crítica social e pragmatismo, Desistir: uma estratégia de vida derruba as narrativas dominantes sobre desistir. Às vezes, recuar é realmente o caminho certo para avançar na vida." ― Cal Newport, autor best-seller do New York Times A ginasta Simone Biles desistiu das Olimpíadas. O Príncipe Harry e Meghan Markle deixaram a família real britânica. Milhões de pessoas abandonaram seus empregos, procurando a felicidade e definindo o sucesso nos seus próprios termos. É um erro? Como descobriu a jornalista Julia Keller, ganhadora do prêmio Pulitzer, não é. E, na verdade, pode até salvar a sua vida. Mergulhando na “neurociência do não” e nas mensagens culturais que impulsionam a nossa relutância em jogar a toalha, Keller desmantela o mito da perseverança de uma vez por todas. Porque a coragem nem sempre é boa. Perseverar nem sempre compensa. E desistir pode ser um ato inesperado de amor-próprio. Desistir: uma estratégia de vida lembra-nos que, para vivermos vidas significativas e satisfatórias, temos de ser capazes de dizer “não” – e ponto-final. Combinando pesquisas científicas de ponta com comentários incisivos sobre a cultura pop e conversas com pessoas que fizeram mudanças profundas em suas próprias vidas, Keller dá aos leitores a confiança necessária para dar um basta e tomar novos caminhos.

Un libro que cuestiona el mito de la perseverancia a toda costa para enseñarnos que a veces la felicidad está en rendirse o renunciar. Destruye el mito de la perseverancia a cualquier precio y aprende a renunciar a lo que te daña. Nos han inculcado tanto la cultura del esfuerzo que abandonar un proyecto o una relación se vive a menudo como un fracaso y una falta de carácter. Esa visión no solo nos puede acabar dañando, sino que en general nos parece irrefutable. Ante eso, Julia Keller, premio Pulitzer 2005, nos muestra que rendirse puede ser un acto de amor, de valentía y de autocuidado que nos permite establecer límites y vivir una vida más plena y feliz. Se necesitan más desertores que antepongan su bienestar a la obstinación, nos dice la autora. Con este libro derribarás el mito del mérito al esfuerzo y aprenderás a reconocer cuándo es necesario retirarte de la partida para ponerte en primer lugar. Un libro fascinante con entrevistas a expertos como Adam Grant, autor de Piénsalo otra vez y Originales, y con ejemplos de personalidades como Simone Biles, quien renunció a los Juegos Olímpicos por anteponer su salud mental. La autora nos ofrece argumentos racionales y la confianza necesaria para que dejarlo se convierta en una oportunidad de modelar, sin miedo, una nueva vida, tanto en el trabajo como en el hogar, como con nuestras relaciones y más allá. Te ayudará a: No empeñarte en superar todos y cada uno de los obstáculos que atentan contra tu bienestar. No terminar todo lo que empiezas si tu salud está en riesgo. No ser obsesivamente dedicado si tu desgaste mental te genera malestar. La mirada perspicaz y cálida de Julia Keller acerca de qué significa el éxito nos recuerda que, para vivir una vida satisfactoria y con sentido, a veces tenemos que aprender a decir «no». Y punto. Con este libro como guía, aprendemos el arte de «casi dejarlo», el cómo a veces al rendirnos abrimos espacios para grandes transformaciones, así como a a gestionar la culpa que puede aparecer cuando abandonamos un proyecto o una relación... y mucho más. Transforma tus creencias sobre la importancia de perseverar y reconoce cuándo es mejor convertirse en un orgulloso (pero más feliz) desertor.

Packend und authentisch: das gefeierte Romandebüt der Pulitzerpreisträgerin Julia Keller Seit vier Jahren arbeitet Bell Elkins – neununddreißig, geschieden, alleinerziehende Mutter einer siebzehnjährigen Tochter – als Bezirksstaatsanwältin von Raythune County, West Virginia. Doch als drei alte Männer durch gezielte Kopfschüsse getötet werden, ist es nicht ihr Berufsethos, das die engagierte Juristin sofort zum Tatort eilen lässt, sondern ihr Mutterinstinkt. Denn die Bluttat ereignete sich in dem Fast Food Restaurant, in dem Bell mit ihrer Tochter Carla verabredet war. Carla löst sich nur langsam aus ihrem Schockzustand – doch in ihrem tiefsten Inneren weiß sie, dass sie den Täter erkannt hat. Und dieses Wissen bringt Mutter und Tochter in höchste Gefahr ...

Antológiánk u200blapjain korunk angolszász spekulatív irodalmának legnagyobb alakjai tisztelegnek a közelmúltban elhunyt Mester előtt történeteikkel, melyek hol felemelőek, hol borongósak, hol szentimentálisak, hol hátborzongatóak, de valamennyi új és új kaland a képzelet határtalan birodalmában. NEIL GAIMAN (Sandman; Amerikai istenek) • MARGARET ATWOOD (Guvat és Gazella; A szolgálólány meséje) • JAY BONANSINGA (Száguldás a halálba; Agyrém) • SAM WELLER • DAVID MORRELL (Rambo; Settenkedők) • THOMAS F. MONTELEONE • LEE MARTIN • JOE HILL (A szív alakú doboz; Szarvak) • DAN CHAON • JOHN MCNALLY • JOE MENO • ROBERT MCCAMMON (Csak az enyém) • RAMSEY CAMPBELL • MORT CASTLE • ALICE HOFFMAN (Hetedik mennyország; Átkozott boszorkák) • JOHN MACLAY • JACQUELYN MITCHARD (Az óceán mélye) • GARY BRAUNBECK • BONNIE JO CAMPBELL • AUDREY NIFFENEGGER (Az időutazó felesége) • CHARLES YU • JULIA KELLER • DAVE EGGERS (Ahol a vadak várnak; Az árvízi csónakos) • BAYO OJIKUTU • KELLY LINK (Különb dolgok is) • HARLAN ELLISON

In Acker’s Gap, einem kleinen Ort in den Appalachen West Virginias, ist der Sommer eingekehrt, doch Staatsanwältin Bell Elkins kommt nicht zur Ruhe. Denn ihre Schwester Shirley ist zurück aus dem Gefängnis. Shirley, die als Teenager den gewalttätigen Vater der beiden tötete, um die jüngere Bell zu schützen – und zu der Bell dennoch aus gutem Grund keinen Kontakt hatte. Doch nicht nur das zerrüttete Verhältnis zu ihrer Schwester macht Bell zu schaffen, sondern auch ein unerklärliches Verbrechen: Freddie Arnett, ein liebenswürdiger alter Mann, wurde brutal vor seinem Haus erschlagen. Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur – bis ein weiterer Mord geschieht, in den ausgerechnet Shirley verwickelt ist ...

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes the story about an ordinary family who is forced to deal with an extraordinary loss, and whose lives are changed forever when their father comes home from Iraq.

In den eisigen Fluten eines Flusses in West Virginia wird ein Autowrack entdeckt – darin die Leiche eines 16-jährigen Mädchens. Was auf den ersten Blick wie ein tragischer Unfall aussieht, entpuppt sich bald als schrecklicher Mord: Das Opfer war schwanger und wurde brutal erwürgt. Bell Elkins, zu ständige Bezirksstaatsanwältin, geht der Fall sehr nahe. Schließlich ist sie selbst Mutter einer Tochter im Teenageralter. Und die Ermittlungen laufen nur schleppend, da sich wichtige Zeugen in Schweigen hüllen. Doch dann wird das Gerichtsgebäude zum Ziel eines Anschlags, und Bell selbst gerät auf ihrer Suche nach der Wahrheit in tödliche Gefahr ...

毅力與堅持不是絕對的美德 普立茲獎得主結合生物學與心理學的顛覆傳統觀念之作 「適時適度地放棄，正是轉變的智慧。」──諮商心理師 洪培芸 「有時退一步才是前進的正確之道。」──《深度工作力》作者卡爾．紐波特 「我們都害怕被當作半途而廢的人，所以離不開有毒的人事物。」──《逆思維》作者亞當．格蘭特 放棄就是創造機會。 從小到大，我們都被教導「半途而廢就是失敗」，為了獲得他人的認可，也想展現自己的毅力，所以無論如何都不肯說說「不」。但事實上，放棄才是大腦最困難的動作，它需要一種能力：認知靈活性。換句話說，「轉換跑道」、「設立停損點」這些思維其實就像大腦的有氧運動一樣，有助於讓自己的身心保持柔軟與彈性。 本書作者茱莉亞．凱勒博士在念研究所時身心崩潰，因而體認到適時「投降」、面對自己不足的重要性。在掌握了「放棄策略」的要訣後，她終於成為成功的記者與文學講師。本書分三大部分。首先：作者介紹了「放棄」在生物學以及心理學上的功能；第二，探討「毅力」、「堅持」的文化迷思以及放棄如何被汙名化。最後，他訪問了各行各業的人士，包括《逆思維》的作者亞當．格蘭特，請他們談自己如何從放棄中受益。 作者還在每章提供「放過自己」的練習，讓讀者能沉澱並加以應用。人生會有碰上好運的時刻，也會壞運連連，而放棄就是最簡單而關鍵的策略。適時改變方向，就能重新獲得力量，真正地享有自由與自主的人生。 洪培芸 臨床心理師、作家 洪仲清 臨床心理師 胡展誥 諮商心理師 瑪那熊 諮商心理師、溝通講師 蘇益賢 臨床心理師 誠摯推薦

His body was found mutilated. On the outskirts of the town he was there to help. Who killed him and why? A high-end resort being built on the outskirts of Acker''s Gap, West Virginia, a town desperate for jobs and prosperity, should have been welcome. But following the Buffalo Creek disaster of 1972, where a coal company''s mistake tragically claimed the lives of many Raythune County''s citizens, opinions and tensions are running high. When Ed Hackel, Mountain Magic''s marketing manager, is found brutally murdered, suspicion quickly falls on Royce Dillard. An acknowledged loner orphaned by the disaster, Dillard had made his opposition clear by refusing to sell a parcel of his land deemed critical by the developers for access to the resort. With all evidence pointing to Dillard, Bell Elkins, the County''s prosecuting attorney, feels she has no choice but to charge him. When a person dies his last ragged breath always tells the truth -- but is the truth always what it seems to be?

Are you struggling to find that ideal partner who values you just as you are? Are you frustrated with love because no matter what you do, the love that you badly long for seems out of reach? Love Coach Julia Keller takes you through three proven steps that shows the way for any woman who is looking for true love with someone who adores her.

La rinuncia, nella nostra società, è diventata sinonimo di sconfitta, fallimento, è «l''ultimo nascondiglio del perdente». Solo recentemente la pandemia ci ha aiutato ad aprire gli occhi su ciò che non andava nelle nostre vite: relazioni non sane, lavori poco gratificanti, superiori dittatoriali ed egoriferiti. Eppure la rinuncia rimane un''onta: «non esistono rinunciatari seriali su LinkedIn». Ma quand''è che le cose hanno preso questa piega? Quand''è che la resilienza è diventata la qualità che tutti dovremmo augurarci di possedere? Julia Keller, già vincitrice del Premio Pulitzer per il miglior articolo giornalistico, ci aggiorna sulle ultime scoperte della scienza riguardo alla capacità degli esseri umani di cambiare abitudini e comportamenti, aiutandoci a comprendere quando e dove ha cominciato ad affermarsi l''idea della perseveranza a tutti i costi. E lo fa raccontando le scelte di chi è riuscito per davvero a lasciare un lavoro o una relazione insoddisfacente: «le loro storie», scrive, «possono aiutarci a respingere il pensiero unico che domina questo campo (e i consigli perentori di troppi libri di auto-aiuto), secondo cui la perseveranza è una strategia vincente e infallibile», un valore che negli anni è stato «coltivato ad arte, e ci viene venduto come un qualsiasi bene di consumo». Il mondo, però, la realtà in cui siamo tutti quotidianamente immersi, sembra suggerirci qualcosa di diverso, che «il segreto di una vita felice e produttiva non è nelle qualità che normalmente ci vengono inculcate - caparbietà e risolutezza - ma nella flessibilità, nella leggerezza che deriva dalla capacità di abbandonare i pesi inutili, nel preambolo di un coraggioso salto nel futuro, nella disponibilità ad accogliere le novità a braccia aperte. Nel sapere quando è ora di dire basta».

Was passiert, wenn Magnesiumstaub, Höhenangst und ein bisschen Größenwahn aufeinandertreffen? "Klettern: Hängt am Fels – und an der Dramatik" nimmt die schrägsten Begriffe und legendärsten Momente des Klettersports aufs Korn – mit 50 pointierten, augenzwinkernden Definitionen, die zeigen, warum am Fels nicht nur die Finger, sondern auch die Lachmuskeln gefordert sind. Zwischen Chalkbag, Panikexpress und Reibungstritt werden die kleinen und großen Dramen des Kletteralltags liebevoll aufgespießt. Ob Crashpad-Philosophie, Heldenmut am Umlenker oder die ewige Suche nach dem perfekten Henkel – dieses Buch feiert die verrückte Welt zwischen Boulderhalle und Gipfelkreuz. Ein humorvolles Kompendium für alle, die wissen: Wer am Fels hängt, hängt immer auch ein bisschen am Leben selbst.