Read Michael Harney's posts on the Penguin Blog.The country’s leading connoisseur presents a comprehensive guide for developing your tea palate.The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea transforms tea drinkers into tea experts. Written by one of the country’s leading tea professionals, The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea is an illuminating resource for tea drinkers interested in developing and refining their palate as well as their unders...

I feel like I'm on a boat sailing to some island where I don't know anybody. I'm on a boat someone is operating and we aren't in touch.So begins David Milch's urgent accounting of his increasingly strange present and often painful past. From the start, Milch's life seems destined to echo that of his father, a successful if drug-addicted surgeon. Almost every achievement is accompanied by an act of self-immolation, but the deepest sadnesses also contain moments of grace.

We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us as unsuitable for viewing. Yet what does it mean to proclaim something “unwatchable”: disturbing, revolting, poor, tedious, or literally inaccessible?With over 50 original essays by leadin...

"Represents another stepping stone toward our understanding of life in the Southeast 10,000–11,000 years ago."--Southeastern Archaeology "The Paleoindian component at Harney Flats is a benchmark in early [human] studies in Florida and the Southeast."--North American Archaeologist "A work which must be recognized as a definitive study of Paleoindians in Florida and which will serve as a model for future archaeological studies throughout North America and elsewhere."--F...

Medizinische Versorgungszentren (MVZ) ermöglichen Krankenhäusern seit dem GKV-Modernisierungsgesetz (GMG) 2004, an der ambulanten vertragsärztlichen Versorgung teilzunehmen. Über ein Drittel aller MVZ werden heute von Krankenhäusern betrieben, welche am ambulanten Markt mitwirken und ihre stationären Zuweisungen über ein korrespondierendes ambulantes Leistungsangebot sicherstellen können. Patienten erhalten eine Kopplung ambulanter und stationärer Angebote. Ärztliches Personal kann gleichz...

The creator of Deadwood and NYPD Blue reflects on his tumultuous life, driven by a nearly insatiable creative energy and a matching penchant for self-destruction. Life’s Work is a profound memoir from a brilliant mind taking stock as Alzheimer’s loosens his hold on his own past.**“This is David Milch’s farewell, and it will rock you.”—Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid ThiefONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YE...

Come and sit with this wise and gentle-spoken Western Shoshone elder and spiritual leader. You'll hear stories of his childhood in a white man's world, and teachings he learned from his grandmother. In the measured words of a wise man, he explains the hazards we face in a nuclear world, and how we can live respectfully on this one mother earth.