The bestselling history of and investigation into human error by beloved New Yorker writer Kathryn Schulz"Both wise and clever, full of fun and surprise about a topic so central to our lives that we almost never even think about it." —Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New PlanetTo err is human. Yet most of us go through life assuming (and sometimes insisting) that we are right about nearly everything, from the origin...

“A literary event” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung): thirteen new stories from one of Germany’s finest writers.New Year’s Eve 1999, Berlin. At a party to kick off the twenty-first century, Frank Reichert meets Julia, his lost love. Since their separation in the fall of 1989, he’s drifted through life like an exile, remaining apathetic toward the copy-shop business he started even as it flourishes apace. Nothing has the power to move him now: his whole life lies under the s...

*2024 IPPY Bronze Medalist - West Pacific Fiction*An R-rated King Arthur story with a classic Hollywood rise-and-fall twist, David Schulze's critically acclaimed second novel is quintessentially grand, using three perspectives and two different writing styles to tell a story spanning twenty-two years, featuring dozens of characters along both coasts, and yet its message cannot be more grounded and relatable: in this messy modern world we live in, is there ever real...

Ana’s career is finally going the way she had always envisioned. She’s writing for a living, both for the Douglas Mountain Tourism magazine and as a local correspondent for the CBC. But her tourism gig is only temporary and the only thing to write about in the small town for the CBC is felines stuck in firs.Then one night, she’s sent to report on a comedy show in town. Everything goes well and the show becomes a local sensation, until the next morning when a body is found.A...

Wilhelm Steinitz, the winner of the first official World Chess Championship in 1886, would have rubbed his eyes in disbelieve if he could have seen how popular chess is today. With millions of players all around the world, live internet transmissions of major and minor competitions, and educational programs in thousands of schools, chess has truly become a global passion.And what would Steinitz, who had financial problems his whole life and died in poverty, have thought of the curr...

Launched in 1995, Bach Perspectives has become the premier English-language serial book series dedicated to cutting-edge Bach scholarship. The University of Illinois Press now offers the first four volumes in open access editions available for free to all interested readers.From 1727 to 1787, the Bach and the Breitkopf families enjoyed close professional ties forged by the growing trade between music composers and music printers. The second volume of Bach Perspectives

For the general cardiologist a compact and up-to-date indications list for CMR exams with illustrative examples is provided covering the entire field of cardiology with 16 chapters. For the CMR expert updated state-of-the-art CMR protocols are given.

This book is a collection of dreams and poems for the loss of an artist lost to us all too soon. All funds will go to a charity to fund Art For Debs Kids 501c. My friend volunteered as the teacher for primary age children and I seek to continue her dream that all children need art to be both tactile and teaching them the value of a leaf on the ground paper chains and so on. I can’t live in a world without art and no child should be left with out the choice to finger paint or make paper hou...

Authored by over 500 internationally acclaimed expert editors and chapter authors from around the world.Completely updated and expanded with almost 40 new chapters.Significantly increased attention to the role of culture in all aspects of evaluation and care.New sections on Digital Mental Health Services and Technologies, Treatment Issues in Specific Populations and Settings, and on Prevention, Systems of Care, and Psychosocial Aspects of Treatment addre...

"Complicite not only open our eyes to Bruno Schulz but turn his densely impressionistic stories into a piece of vividly imaginative theatre" (Michael Billington, Guardian)The Street of Crocodiles is inspired by the life and stories of Polish writer Bruno Schulz (1892-1942). Originally co-produced by Théâtre de Complicité and the Royal National Theatre it opened at the Cottesloe in 1992 and toured all over the world until 1994. The original production was remounted in 1998 and playe...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “profound and beautiful” (Marilynne Robinson) account of joy and sorrow from one of the great writers of our time, The New Yorker’s Kathryn Schulz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize“I will stake my reputation on you being blown away by Lost & Found.”—Anne Lamott, author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Bird by Bird****WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL B...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these mo