DIE "ERFOLGREICHSTE UNBEKANNTE BAND" DEUTSCHLANDS hört auf und bedankt sich bei ihren Fans mit einem "Das Beste komplett" nach 25 Jahren. Markante Stimmen, coole Popmusik, gute Typen: Die Wise Guys sind Deutschlands Vokal-Pop-Band Nummer 1 und zählen zu den erfolgreichsten Live-Acts im deutschsprachigen Raum. Die Songs sind ebenso unverwechselbar wie der Wise-Guys-Sound, der aus fünf Stimmen besteht, aber klingt wie der einer voll ausproduzierten Pop-Band. Mit drei ihrer letzten vier Studio-CDs "Läuft bei euch" (2015) "Zwei Welten" (2012), "Klassenfahrt" (2010), "Frei!" (2008) und "Radio" (2006) stürmten sie jeweils aus dem Stand die Top 3 (!) der Charts; sie erreichten zwei zweite und zwei dritte Plätze der Top 100 und hielten sich monatelang in der Bestsellerliste. Insgesamt sechs Top-Ten-Alben kann die Band vorweisen. Für inzwischen fünf CDs wurden den Wise Guys Goldene Schallplatten für jeweils über 100.000 verkaufte Exemplare verliehen. Das jüngste Album "Zwei Welten" erlangte den Goldstatus dabei bereits ein knappes halbes Jahr nach seinem Erscheinen - ein weiterer Rekord für die Band. Die Abschiedstournee der Wise Guys beginnt am 8.9.2016 in Nürnberg und endet im Sommer 2017.Die Band präsentiert ihre beliebtesten Songs auf den Bühnen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz.

Dieses Chorbuch enthält die beliebtesten (und singbarsten) Songs aus dem Repertoire der Wise Guys, Deutschlands erfolgreichster A-cappella-Formation. Alle Titel wurden für diese Veröffentlichung neu arrangiert für drei- bis vierstimmige gemischte Besetzung - ein ideales Werk für Jugendchöre, gemischte Chöre und A-cappella-Gruppen. Schwierigkeitsgrad: 3

Die Frage nach dem, was wirklich zählt im Leben, treibt besonders junge Menschen um. Was macht mich aus, wo liegen meine Talente? Welchen Weg werde ich einschlagen? Woran kann ich mich halten? Vom Suchen und Finden des eigenen Platzes in der Welt erzählen die Texte dieses Buches. Und immer wieder auch von der Zuversicht, dass Gott uns bei dieser Suche nicht allein lässt. Das Buch vereint klassische Texte der Bibel und der christlichen Tradition, beispielsweise von Dietrich Bonhoeffer und Kurt Marti, mit Poetry-Slams von Julia Engelmann, Liedtexten der Wise Guys bis hin zu Beiträgen von Susanne Niemeyer, Elke Heidenreich u. v. a.

Die Frage nach dem, was wirklich zählt im Leben, treibt besonders junge Menschen um. Was macht mich aus, wo liegen meine Talente? Welchen Weg werde ich einschlagen? Woran kann ich mich halten? Vom Suchen und Finden des eigenen Platzes in der Welt erzählen die Texte dieses Buches. Und immer wieder auch von der Zuversicht, dass Gott uns bei dieser Suche nicht allein lässt. Das Buch vereint klassische Texte der Bibel und der christlichen Tradition, beispielsweise von Dietrich Bonhoeffer und Kurt Marti, mit Poetry-Slams von Julia Engelmann, Liedtexten der Wise Guys bis hin zu Beiträgen von Susanne Niemeyer, Elke Heidenreich u. v. a.

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Musikwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: "Wir sind die unbekannteste erfolgreiche Band Deutschlands." Diese Meinung äußerte Daniel Dickopf, der Frontmann und Liedschreiber der Kölner A-Capella-Band Wise Guys, in mehreren TV-Interviews 2011 sowie als Einleitungssatz auf der offiziellen Homepage der Wise Guys. Damit gibt er Einblick in einen Sachverhalt, welcher für die deutsche A-Capella-Szene präsenter ist als er scheint: der fehlende Sprung von populärer A-Capella-Musik hin zur Gleichberechtigung mit vergleichbaren bekannten Instrumental-Gruppen. Dieser Text soll Einblicke in die Faktoren und Gründe der unterschiedlichen Popularität von A-Capella- und Instrumentalbands im deutschsprachigen Raum geben. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der Vokalmusik. Um verschiedene Prozesse nachvollziehen zu können, ist die Geschichte und Entwicklung der Musikgattung a capella zu beleuchten. Hinzu soll die erste erfolgreiche deutschsprachige A-Capella-Gruppe, die Comedian Harmonists, charakterisiert werden. Da Popularität heutzutage hauptsächlich von qualitativ hochwertigen Marketing- und Vertriebsformen abhängig ist, sollen anhand des Musikmediums Radio, Gründe für das Interesse des Publikums an bestimmter Musik durch Major- und Indie-Labels aufgezeigt werden. Durch die Erläuterungen von musikalischen Prozessen und dem grundlegenden Aufbau von A-Capella-Bands wird auf gesellschaftliche Faktoren in Verbindung mit musikalischer Früherziehung und lokal unterschiedlichen Interessengemeinschaften eingegangen. Um einen Vergleich zwischen Instrumental- und A-Capella-Musik zu ziehen, dient die auszugsweise Analyse des sowohl als Instrumental- als auch Vokalstück arrangierten Titels Fieber der Instrumentalband Tele. Hierbei soll die Imitation von Instrumenten, der Aufbau eines A-Capella-Arrangements und die damit verbundenen Interpretationsmöglichkeiten von vorheriger Instrumentalmusik, sowie die hohe Transparenz zwischen beiden Musikgattungen erkennbar werden. Es handelt sich bei der Thematik dieser Arbeit um ein bisher wenig untersuchtes Feld mit gebündelten Informationen. Dennoch ist es möglich, einen Abriss über die Problematik mit einer Sensibilisierung der Musikgattung a-capella zu geben. Inwieweit eine Abhängigkeit zwischen dieser Art von Musik und deren erfolgreicher Vermarktung für eine größere Popularität besteht, ist zu hinterfragen.

Brash detective Rick Barron enters the infamous Hollywood fast lane in this thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington series. Los Angeles, 1939. It's Hollywood's Golden Age, and Rick Barron is a suave and sharp detective on the Beverly Hills force. After a run-in with his captain, he finds himself demoted, but soon lands a job on the security detail for Centurion Pictures, one of the hottest studios. The white knight of such movie stars as Clete Barrow, the British leading man with a penchant for parties, and Glenna Gleason, a peach of a talent on the verge of superstardom, Rick is dubbed "the Prince of Beverly Hills" by society columnists. But when he unearths a murder cover-up and a blackmail scam, he finds himself up against West Coast wise guys whose stakes are do-or-die...

PRAISE FOR ADAM GRANT 'One of my favourite thinkers' MALCOLM GLADWELL 'One of the great social scientists of our time' SUSAN CAIN 'Has a deserved reputation as an original thinker' Financial Times 'We would all be better off if we took Adam Grant's wise counsel seriously' YO-YO MA The ground-breaking social scientist reveals the power of reciprocity as key to success Everybody knows that hard work, luck and talent each plays a role in our working lives. In his landmark book, Adam Grant illuminates the importance of a fourth, increasingly critical factor - that the best way to get to the top is to bring others with you. Give and Take changes our fundamental understanding of why we succeed, offering a new model for our relationships with colleagues, clients and competitors. Using his own cutting-edge research as a professor at Wharton Business School, as well as success stories from Hollywood to history, Grant shows that nice guys need not finish last. He demonstrates how smart givers avoid becoming doormats, and why this kind of success has the power to transform not just individuals and groups, but entire organisations and communities.

Sowohl ein bemerkenswerter Einblick in den brillanten Geist einer lebenden Legende als auch eine Fortsetzung des gefeierten und meistverkauften Buches "Finishing the Hat" (das zu den 10 besten Büchern des Jahres 2010 laut New York Times zählt), kehrt Stephen Sondheim mit dem zweiten Band seiner gesammelten Songtexte, "Look, I Made a Hat", zurück. Anknüpfend an das, wo er in "Finishing the Hat" aufgehört hat, präsentiert Sondheim alle Texte, zusammen mit ausgeschlossenen Songs und frühen Entwürfen, des Pulitzer-Preisträgers "Sunday in the Park with George", "Into the Woods", "Assassins" und "Passion". Hier gibt es auch einen tiefen Einblick in die Entwicklung von "Wise Guys", das später in "Bounce" umgewandelt wurde und schliesslich "Road Show" wurde. Sondheim führt uns durch seine Beiträge zu Fernsehen und Film, von denen einige überraschen könnten, und behandelt zudem viele noch nie zuvor gesehene Materialien aus nicht produzierten Projekten. Es gibt reichlich Anekdoten über seine zahlreichen Kooperationen, und die Leser werden in diesem Band mit seltenem persönlichem Material verwöhnt, da Sondheim Songs aus Aufträgen, Parodien und persönlichen Anlässen, wie einem amüsanten Lied zum siebzigsten Geburtstag von Leonard Bernstein, einfügt. Wie im vorherigen Band annotiert Sondheim seine Texte reichhaltig mit unschätzbaren Ratschlägen zum Songwriting, Diskussionen über die Theatergeschichte und den Zustand der Branche heute sowie präzisen Analysen seiner Arbeiten, sowohl der Erfolge als auch der Misserfolge. Voller noch nie gezeigter Behind-the-Scenes-Fotos und Illustrationen aus Sondheims Originalmanuskripten ist "Look, I Made a Hat" faszinierend, zum Verschlingen und unverzichtbare Lektüre für jeden Fan des Theaters oder der Werke dieses grossartigen Mannes.

Practical tools for men's mental health, no couch required. Life throws curveballs. Stress piles up. Anger flares. Work gets intense. Relationships get messy. And most guys feel like they have to "tough it out." That approach? Not exactly working. Man Therapy gives men straightforward tools for dealing with real-life challenges, without the lectures, jargon, or awkward therapy speak. Powered by the wildly popular Man Therapy (R) brand and including contributions from today's leading mental health experts, this guide delivers concrete strategies for managing stress, depression, anger, and the everyday pressures men face. Think of it as a mental health tune-up for your brain: part therapist, part drill sergeant, and part wise uncle who tells it like it is. In this book, you'll find powerful strategies to: Manage stress, anxiety, and burnout before they take over Deal with depression, low motivation, and feeling stuck Control anger and emotional reactions without blowing up relationships Navigate loneliness, friendships, and romantic relationships Build mental resilience when life knocks you down Grounded in evidence-based psychology, this everyman's guide includes the key basics of mental health, simple exercises, reflection prompts, and practical skills you can start using immediately. Whether you're dealing with work pressure, family stress, relationship problems, or just trying to get your head on straight, these tools help you take action, not just think about it. You don't have to pretend everything's fine. And you don't have to figure it out alone. This first-of-its-kind guide helps men take charge of their mental health with grit, clarity, and maybe even a few laughs along the way.

“The best crime fiction I've read in twenty years.” — Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A masterpiece....Don Winslow remains one of my all-time favorite writers." —James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author #1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow — America’s King of Crime Fiction — is back and he’s better than ever. The trademark literary style, trenchant wit, and incisive characterization that have made Don Winslow a repeat New York Times bestselling author and “America’s greatest living crime writer” (Providence Journal) are on brilliant display in this new book sure to delight Winslow’s most devoted fans and first-time readers. The multi-million-dollar casino heist is impossible—it can’t be done. That’s what makes it irresistible to a legendary robber facing the rest of his life in prison for his “ Final Score. ” An ambitious, hard-working college-bound teenager has a side job delivering illegal booze to “ The Sunday List ” until a crooked cop, a seductive customer, and a fake guru threaten to end his dreams. Two wise guys tell each other a “ True Story” over breakfast at a diner. It’s all bullshit and laughs until someone else has to pick up the check. An otherwise honest patrolman has to make an excruciating choice between his loyalty to the job and his love for a ne’er-do-well cousin in “The North Wing.” The entitled, substance-addicted movie star that surfer/PI Boone Daniels and his crew are hired to babysit in “ The Lunch Break” is a problem. She also has a problem—someone wants her dead. Finally, the one terrible, momentary mistake that a devoted family man makes sends him to prison and on a “ Collision” course between the man he wants to be and the killer he’s forced to become to survive. With a foreword written by award-winning crime author Reed Farrel Coleman, The Final Score is a propulsive, perceptive, and deeply immersive book of crime writing — the ultimate testament to Don Winslow's prowess as a living legend of the genre.

#1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow — America’s King of Crime Fiction — is back and he’s better than ever in this intense, deeply felt, gripping collection of six all-new, never-before-published short novels. In six all-new short novels written with the trademark literary style, trenchant wit, and incisive characterization that have made Don Winslow “America’s greatest living crime writer” (Providence Journal), this repeat New York Times bestselling author serves up a collection of tales sure to delight Winslow’s most devoted fans and first-time readers. The multi-million-dollar casino heist is impossible—it can’t be done. That’s what makes it irresistible to a legendary robber facing the rest of his life in prison for his “ Final Score. ” An ambitious, hard-working college-bound teenager has a side job delivering illegal booze to “ The Sunday List ” until a crooked cop, a seductive customer, and a fake guru threaten to end his dreams. Two wise guys tell each other a “ True Story” over breakfast at a diner. It’s all bullshit and laughs until someone else has to pick up the check. An otherwise honest patrolman has to make an excruciating choice between his loyalty to the job and his love for a ne’er-do-well cousin in “The North Wing.” The entitled, substance-addicted movie star that surfer/PI Boone Daniels and his crew are hired to babysit in “ The Lunch Break” is a problem. She also has a problem—someone wants her dead. Finally, the one terrible, momentary mistake that a devoted family man makes sends him to prison and on a “ Collision” course between the man he wants to be and the killer he’s forced to become to survive. With a foreword written by award-winning crime author Reed Farrel Coleman, The Final Score is a propulsive, perceptive, and deeply immersive collection of crime writing — the ultimate testament to Don Winslow's prowess as a living legend of the genre.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Includes two new essays! NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, AND LIBRARY JOURNAL For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays establishes Lena Dunham—the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO’s Girls—as one of the most original young talents writing today. In Not That Kind of Girl, Dunham illuminates the experiences that are part of making one’s way in the world: falling in love, feeling alone, being ten pounds overweight despite eating only health food, having to prove yourself in a room full of men twice your age, finding true love, and most of all, having the guts to believe that your story is one that deserves to be told. “Take My Virginity (No Really, Take It)” is the account of Dunham’s first time, and how her expectations of sex didn’t quite live up to the actual event (“No floodgate had been opened, no vault of true womanhood unlocked”); “Girls & Jerks” explores her former attraction to less-than-nice guys—guys who had perfected the “dynamic of disrespect” she found so intriguing; “Is This Even Real?” is a meditation on her lifelong obsession with death and dying—what she calls her “genetically predestined morbidity.” And in “I Didn’t F*** Them, but They Yelled at Me;” she imagines the tell-all she will write when she is eighty and past caring, able to reflect honestly on the sexism and condescension she has encountered in Hollywood, where women are “treated like the paper thingies that protect glasses in hotel bathrooms—necessary but infinitely disposable.” Exuberant, moving, and keenly observed, Not That Kind of Girl is a series of dispatches from the frontlines of the struggle that is growing up. “I’m already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you;” Dunham writes. “But if I can take what I’ve learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine will have been worthwhile.” Praise for Not That Kind of Girl “The gifted Ms. Dunham not only writes with observant precision, but also brings a measure of perspective, nostalgia and an older person’s sort of wisdom to her portrait of her (not all that much) younger self and her world. . . . As acute and heartfelt as it is funny.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “It’s not Lena Dunham’s candor that makes me gasp. Rather, it’s her writing—which is full of surprises where you least expect them. A fine, subversive book.” —David Sedaris “This book should be required reading for anyone who thinks they understand the experience of being a young woman in our culture. I thought I knew the author rather well, and I found many (not altogether welcome) surprises.” —Carroll Dunham “Witty; illuminating, maddening, bracingly bleak . . . [Dunham] is a genuine artist, and a disturber of the order.” —The Atlantic

'The best crime fiction I've read in twenty years. You'd think Winslow was mobbed up - it's that good' Stephen King'Don Winslow is my favorite crime fiction writer and THE FINAL SCORE is his best yet' James Patterson #1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow - America's King of Crime Fiction - is back and he's better than ever in this intense, deeply felt, gripping collection of six all-new, never-before-published short novels. In six all-new short novels written with the trademark literary style, trenchant wit, and incisive characterization that have made Don Winslow "America's greatest living crime writer" (Providence Journal), this repeat New York Times bestselling author serves up a collection of tales sure to delight Winslow's most devoted fans andfirst-time readers. The multi-million-dollar casino heist is impossible-it can't be done. That's what makes it irresistible to a legendary robber facing the rest of his life in prison for his " Final Score. " An ambitious, hard-working college-bound teenager has a side job delivering illegal booze to " The Sunday List " until a crooked cop, a seductive customer, and a fake guru threaten to end his dreams. Two wise guys tell each other a " True Story" over breakfast at a diner. It's all bullshit and laughs until someone else has to pick up the check. An otherwise honest patrolman has to make an excruciating choice between his loyalty to the job and his love for a ne'er-do-well cousin in "The North Wing." The entitled, substance-addicted movie star that surfer/PI Boone Daniels and his crew are hired to babysit in " The Lunch Break" is a problem. She also hasa problem-someone wants her dead. Finally, the one terrible, momentary mistake that a devoted family man makes sends him to prison and on a " Collision" course between the man he wants to be and the killer he's forced to become to survive. With a foreword written by award-winning crime author Reed Farrel Coleman, The Final Score is a propulsive, perceptive, and deeply immersive collection of crime writing - the ultimate testament to Don Winslow's prowess as a living legend of the genre.

'The best crime fiction I've read in twenty years. You'd think Winslow was mobbed up - it's that good' Stephen King'Don Winslow is my favorite crime fiction writer and THE FINAL SCORE is his best yet' James Patterson #1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow - America's King of Crime Fiction - is back and he's better than ever in this intense, deeply felt, gripping collection of six all-new, never-before-published short novels. In six all-new short novels written with the trademark literary style, trenchant wit, and incisive characterization that have made Don Winslow "America's greatest living crime writer" (Providence Journal), this repeat New York Times bestselling author serves up a collection of tales sure to delight Winslow's most devoted fans andfirst-time readers. The multi-million-dollar casino heist is impossible-it can't be done. That's what makes it irresistible to a legendary robber facing the rest of his life in prison for his " Final Score. " An ambitious, hard-working college-bound teenager has a side job delivering illegal booze to " The Sunday List " until a crooked cop, a seductive customer, and a fake guru threaten to end his dreams. Two wise guys tell each other a " True Story" over breakfast at a diner. It's all bullshit and laughs until someone else has to pick up the check. An otherwise honest patrolman has to make an excruciating choice between his loyalty to the job and his love for a ne'er-do-well cousin in "The North Wing." The entitled, substance-addicted movie star that surfer/PI Boone Daniels and his crew are hired to babysit in " The Lunch Break" is a problem. She also hasa problem-someone wants her dead. Finally, the one terrible, momentary mistake that a devoted family man makes sends him to prison and on a " Collision" course between the man he wants to be and the killer he's forced to become to survive. With a foreword written by award-winning crime author Reed Farrel Coleman, The Final Score is a propulsive, perceptive, and deeply immersive collection of crime writing - the ultimate testament to Don Winslow's prowess as a living legend of the genre.

'The best crime fiction I've read in twenty years. You'd think Winslow was mobbed up - it's that good' Stephen King'Don Winslow is my favorite crime fiction writer and THE FINAL SCORE is his best yet' James Patterson #1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow - America's King of Crime Fiction - is back and he's better than ever in this intense, deeply felt, gripping collection of six all-new, never-before-published short novels. In six all-new short novels written with the trademark literary style, trenchant wit, and incisive characterization that have made Don Winslow "America's greatest living crime writer" (Providence Journal), this repeat New York Times bestselling author serves up a collection of tales sure to delight Winslow's most devoted fans andfirst-time readers. The multi-million-dollar casino heist is impossible-it can't be done. That's what makes it irresistible to a legendary robber facing the rest of his life in prison for his " Final Score. " An ambitious, hard-working college-bound teenager has a side job delivering illegal booze to " The Sunday List " until a crooked cop, a seductive customer, and a fake guru threaten to end his dreams. Two wise guys tell each other a " True Story" over breakfast at a diner. It's all bullshit and laughs until someone else has to pick up the check. An otherwise honest patrolman has to make an excruciating choice between his loyalty to the job and his love for a ne'er-do-well cousin in "The North Wing." The entitled, substance-addicted movie star that surfer/PI Boone Daniels and his crew are hired to babysit in " The Lunch Break" is a problem. She also hasa problem-someone wants her dead. Finally, the one terrible, momentary mistake that a devoted family man makes sends him to prison and on a " Collision" course between the man he wants to be and the killer he's forced to become to survive. With a foreword written by award-winning crime author Reed Farrel Coleman, The Final Score is a propulsive, perceptive, and deeply immersive collection of crime writing - the ultimate testament to Don Winslow's prowess as a living legend of the genre.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Now being developed as a television series with Eva Longoria and ABC! *Paperback includes an exclusive interview with the author and a reader's guide* “Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing.” — Katie Couric “This is a daring, delightful, and transformative book.” — Arianna Huffington, founder, Huffington Post, and founder & CEO, Thrive Global “Wise; warm, smart, and funny. You must read this book.” — Susan Cain, New York Times best-selling author of Quiet From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist’s world—where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she) One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose of­fice she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but. As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients’ lives—a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can’t stop hooking up with the wrong guys—she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell. With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is rev­olutionary in its candor, offering a deeply per­sonal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly reveal­ing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing.”—Katie Couric “This is a daring, delightful, and transformative book.”—Arianna Huffington, Founder, Huffington Post and Founder & CEO, Thrive Global “Wise; warm, smart, and funny. You must read this book.”—Susan Cain, New York Times best-selling author of Quiet From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, comes a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new psychotherapist memoir that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist’s world—where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she). One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis of love and loss causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose of­fice she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but. As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients’ lives — a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can’t stop hooking up with the wrong guys — she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell on her own path of self-discovery. With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world of psychology as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change. One of the most compelling personal memoirs of our time, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is rev­olutionary in its candor, offering a deeply per­sonal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly reveal­ing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them. This unforgettable memoir is a guide to the perplexing mysteries of being human, revealing: A Therapist Goes to Therapy: When a crisis sends psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb’s world crashing down, she lands on the couch of a quirky therapist named Wendell and discovers she has just as much to learn as her patients. Behind the Scenes of Therapy: Step into the therapy room and meet a cast of unforgettable patients—from a self-absorbed Hollywood producer to a young newlywed facing a terminal illness—who are all searching for answers. Profound Human Connection: Explore the universal truths and fictions we tell ourselves about love, desire, meaning, and mortality in this deeply personal tour of our hearts and minds. Funny and Heartwarming Storytelling: Discover a book that is at once laugh-out-loud funny and profoundly moving, a rare portrait of what it means to be human and our power to change.