隐士是中国历史上一个非常独特的文化现象。在那为数众多的历代隐士群体中，纵然也有不少佛、道教的信徒，但他们却主要不是出于宗教信仰而隐居的。他们的隐居，主要是为了实现自我，按自己喜欢的生活方式过自己的生活。他们的隐居，开始也许是出于一种政治态度和政治选择，逐渐就转化、发展成一种生活方式和人生价值追求，并最终趋向一种审美境界和文化追求。在这个过程中，隐士们以自己的种种价值认定、人生实践和文化创造极大地影响了中国的历史文化传统。《适性任情的审美人生：隐逸文化与休闲》对中国古代隐逸文化做了认真地梳理、耙块，并探讨了中国隐逸文化的理想与价值追求、精神。
“Tell anyone who asks that you’re half-black and half-white,just like David Hasselhoff from Knight Rider.”–Angela’smother “Love has no color,” insist Angela Nissel’s parents, but does ithave a clue? In this candid, funny, and poignant memoir, Angelarecounts growing up biracial in Philadelphia–moving back and forthbetween black inner-city schools and white prep schools–where herracial ambiguity and doomed attempts to blend in dog her teenyears. Once in college, Angela experiments with black activism(hoping to find clarity in extremism), capitalizes on her “exotic”look at a strip club, and ends up with a major case of the blues(aka, a racial identity problem). Yet Angela is never down for thecount. After moving to Los Angeles, she discovers that beingmultiracial is anything but simple, especially in terms of datingand romance. By turns a comedy of errors and a moving coming-of-age chronicle,Mixed traces one woman’s unforgettable journey to self-acceptanceand belonging.
At last, one husband reveals the answers to some of mankind's greatest mysteries. Why do men hog the remote? Refuse to stop and ask for directions?Have such a hard time sharing their emotions? Why can’t they droptheir socks in the laundry basket instead of near it? What does aman mean when he says “uh-huh”? (No, it doesn’t always mean he’snot listening.) In this wickedly observant collection of essays, Stephen Fried,widely praised as an investigative journalist, turns his attentionto the subject of marriage—his own and others. The result is adaring, provocative, often hilarious read that throws incisivelight on mysteries that have long plagued womankind: the innerworkings of the male mind. Originally published as a series ofpopular columns in Ladies’ Home Journal—and now compiled in onevolume at the request of his enthusiastic readers—Fried’spitch-perfect essays fearlessly tackle the realities of love, sex,and marriage with both wit and tenderness. Drawing from can
Fingernail Moon,the true story of a mother and daughter’scourageous journey. An inspiring story of Janie Webster’s daringquest to save her daughter’s life. When Webster discovered that her husband had sexually abusedtheir daughter, her seemingly content life changed forever. Shebegan divorce proceedings, but the court allowed unsupervisedvisits between father and daughter. Then her husband was diagnosedwith AIDS. Terrified that he could further abuse and even infecttheir daughter, Janie Webster knew that she had to flee. Mother and daughter embarked on a five-year journey around theworld. Although often discouraged, they found within their physicaljourney a deep spiritual meaning. With God’s guidance, theyestablished and reestablished new lives in the countries where theystayed, finding people they could trust who provided them withfriendship and assistance. Despite the threat of deportation andimprisonment hanging over them, they sensed the hand of Godengineering their safe passage
The Ultimate Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Dorm Dorm life offers you a great chance to meet new people and trynew things. But leaving the comforts of home for the first time toenter the roommate-having, small-room-sharing,possibly-coed-bathroom-using world of the dorms can be overwhelmingand intimidating. The College Dorm Survival Guide offers expert advice and theinside scoop on: ? Choosing the right residence hall for you ? Getting along with your roommate (and handling conflict) ? Bathroom, laundry, and dining hall survival ? Dealing with stress, depression, and safety issues From avoiding the dreaded Freshman 15 to decorating your space,this informative and funny guide gives experts' advice oneverything you need to know to enjoy dorm living to thefullest.
In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates. 企业领导人都知道：只有每一位员工都成为高效能人士，企业才会真正成为高效能企业。 这也同样适用于个人生活领域。 最新版本维持“七个习惯”主题框架不变，每一个章节增加了更丰富的内容含量，汇集了柯维博士10多年来对世界变化的新思考，与旧版简洁的翻译风格相比，新版事例和分析语言更详尽、更直接、更透彻、更流畅。
It should be a time of joyous anticipation–the happiest timein a woman’s life. But for many women, the joys of pregnancy areclouded by feelings of fear, sadness, and confusion. And unlikepostpartum depression, which is widely portrayed in the media andembraced by the medical community, depression during pregnancy hasbeen rarely discussed and often misunderstood–until now. In thisgroundbreaking book–the first to focus exclusively on depression inpregnancy–Dr. Shaila Kulkarni Misri, a leading reproductivepsychiatrist, draws on her twenty-five years of clinical practiceand research to offer hope, help, and healing–as well as aprovocative, myth-shattering examination of a subject that has toolong been shrouded in darkness. The numbers are surprising: up to 70 percent of pregnant womenexperience some degree of depressive symptoms, and of those, 12percent meet the diagnostic criteria for major depression. Althoughit is at least as common as postpartum depression, which occursafter a child
America’s favorite fitness expert presents a breakthroughprogram to win the war against aging–a battle she has personallyfought and won. We all know that aging is inevitable–but how gracefully you ageis up to you. Scientific research shows that we can turn back theclock through a targeted regimen of age-busting exercise andnutrition. Now, in Fit and Fabulous After 40, award-winning fitnessexpert Denise Austin presents her own revolutionary, sure-fire planto help you stay healthy, strong, slim, and fabulous–no matter whatyour age! By exercising for just thirty minutes a day, usingcutting-edge techniques such as yoga and Pilates-based exercises,and eating for maximum health and vitality, you can build strength,shed extra pounds, improve flexibility and balance, and look yearsyounger. Fit and Fabulous After 40 includes: Easy-to-follow workout plans for every day of the week Fat-blasting, toning exercises to target specific areas of thebody Weekly nutrient-packed meal plans
If you’ve been struggling with your weight, you know how hard itcan be to lose those extra pounds and keep them off. In thegroundbreaking Think Thin, Be Thin , nationally prominentpsychotherapist Doris Wild Helmering and award-winning healthwriter Dianne Hales assert that the true key to a healthy bodyweight is a healthy attitude toward food and exercise. Their logicis simple: Your brain ultimately controls what you eat and whetheryou work out. If you change the way you think, you can change theway you behave. And you can lose weight. Using proven psychological strategies and scientifically basedexercises, you will learn how to harness your thoughts to transformyour behavior, body, and life. With practical advice on suchtroublesome issues as curbing emotional eating, motivating yourselfto exercise, and overcoming diet plateaus, this book is the idealcomplement to any diet and weight-loss program.
In 1960 the government of Trinidad invited V. S. Naipaul torevisit his native country and record his impressions. In thisclassic of modern travel writing he has created a deft andremarkably prescient portrait of Trinidad and four adjacentCaribbean societies–countries haunted by the legacies of slaveryand colonialism and so thoroughly defined by the norms of Empirethat they can scarcely believe that the Empire is ending. In The Middle Passage , Naipaul watches a Trinidadian movieaudience greeting Humphrey Bogart’s appearance with cries of “Thatis man!” He ventures into a Trinidad slum so insalubrious that thelocals call it the Gaza Strip. He follows a racially chargedelection campaign in British Guiana (now Guyana) and marvels at theGallic pretension of Martinique society, which maintains thefiction that its roads are extensions of France’s routesnationales. And throughout he relates the ghastly episodes ofthe region’s colonial past and shows how they continue to informits language, politics, a
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