In these three plays (Exact Change, Hair of the Dog, and***Shades***), dramatist and screenwriter David Epstein brilliantly sketches the bleak, despairing-and howlingly funny-underside of contemporary American life.

Playwright and film writer David Epstein presents a series of three plays-Mahalo, Desperados, and Arky-tracing the story of an American family navigating a years-long crisis driven by a child's mental illness. By turns harrowing, wildly comic, and deeply affecting, The Arky Trilogy vividly captures the shocking twists of life as experienced by one family touched by terror and grounded in love.

From a surreal musical satire featuring much-loved American rogues like Billy The Kid and Ma Barker to a bitter takedown of the Iraq War and its toll on one family, these four plays by David Epstein expose painful home truths about our nation's soul.

'A goldmine of surprising insights. Makes you smarter with every page' – James Clear, author of Atomic HabitsThe fifth-anniversary edition of the instant Sunday Times bestseller, as featured on Diary of a CEO.The essential guide to improving your performance, and a powerful playbook for success in any field: develop range while everyone around you is rushing to specialize.You may have been...

**The Instant New York Times bestseller‘Masterful’** – Adam Grant'So interesting' – Pandora Sykes‘Wonderful’ – Angela DuckworthAn essential read to become the most creative, productive, and satisfied version of yourself, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Range.We are constantly told to ‘keep our options open’ and ‘think outside the box’ – but what if endless freedom...

‘Masterful’ – Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again‘Wonderful’ – Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of GritHow to do more with less and use limits to stimulate creativity, innovation and collaboration, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Range.We live in a world that reveres limitless possibilities. We are told to keep our options open and to ‘think outside the box’. But what if t...

The truth about performance beyond the 10,000-hour theory.Are champions born or made? In The Sports Gene, investigative journalist David Epstein unpacks the decades-long debate about nature versus nurture in human performance. Drawing on genetics, physiology and psychology, Epstein explores how elite athletes push the limits of body and mind - from the DNA variations that enhance endurance to the training cultures that mou...

'A goldmine of surprising insights. Makes you smarter with every page' – James Clear, bestselling author of Atomic HabitsThe essential guide to improving your performance, and a powerful argument for how to succeed in any field: develop broad interests and skills while everyone around you is rushing to specialize.Instant Sunday Times and New York Times BestsellerShortlisted for the Financial Tim...

In a not-too-distant future, where household robots are stationed on every corner to help humans, an automated assistant takes over the home of an innocent family—just one more chapter in the man-versus-machine saga.But after one enemy has been defeated, a new threat emerges. Upon returning from vacation, Lior discovers that a new discipline officer has been installed at his school. It stands three feet tall, with spider legs, cameras, and microphones. Its name is DST-1780....

It is believed that the major countries of the former Soviet Union—specifically Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU region)—are the part of the world with the most potential to increase food supplies and strengthen world food security. This book examines the future of the KRU countries in global agricultural markets and will examine a number of agricultural sectors, including meat, dairy, fruits, and vegetables. However particular attention is paid to the region’s potential expansion of t...

Reviews recent advances in understanding pollination dynamics and the role of plant-pollinator relationships in agro-ecosystemsProvides a comprehensive assessment of the major threats to economically important pollinators, including the impact of climate change and pest and disease threatExplores best practices for the protection of key pollinators and the ecosystem services they deliver

The essays in this important collection explore wide-ranging aspects of the syntax and semantics of human languages. Key topics covered include movement phenomena and the syntax of logical form, methods in generative linguistics and the role of rules vs. principles in syntactic theory. This volume makes a vital contribution to substantive and methodological debates in linguistic theory.