"Louis Auchincloss has an enveloping story to tell and aperfect, understated knowledge of those who inhabit it," said theNew York Times of The Scarlet Letters. The same can be said ofAuchincloss's new novel, a tour de force that charts the rise ofone uncommon family in America's grand city. How did the familieswho live on Manhattan's Upper East Side get to where they aretoday? As much a penetrating social history as it is engagingfiction, East Side Story tells of the Carnochans, a family whoseScottish forebears establish themselves in New York's textilebusiness during the Civil War. From there they quickly move on toseize prominent positions in the country's top schools andManhattan's elite firms. As the novel unfolds, family membersacross the generations recount their stories, illuminating livessteeped in both good fortune and moral jeopardy. From women whooutsmart their foolish husbands, to ambitious lawyers who protectthe Carnochan name, to the family's artists and writers, all weighthe question tha
TheriseofBarackObamaisoneofthegreatstoriesofthiscentury:adefiningmomentforAmerica,andonewithtrulyglobalresonance.Thisisthebookofhisphenomenaljourneytoelection.Throughextensiveon-the-recordinterviewswithfriendsandteachers,mentorsanddisparagers,familymembersandObamahimself,DavidRemnickhasputtogetheranuanced,unexpectedandmasterlyportraitofthemanwhowasdeterminedtobecomethefirstAfrican-AmericanPresident.Mostimportantly,"TheBridge"arguesthatObamaimaginedandfashionedanidentityforhimselfagainsttheepicdramaofraceinAmerica.InawaythatObama'sownmemoirscannot,itexaminesboththepersonalandpoliticalelementsofthestory,andgivesshapenotonlytoadecisiveperiodofhistory,butalsotothewayitcruciallyinfluenced,animatedandmotivatedagiftedandcomplexman.'Speakingtohundredsoffriendsandcolleagues,RemmickinvestigatesandcorrectsObama'sownaccoutofhislifewithanassuredandeleganttonethatclarifiesratherthanaccusesorunmasks...600masterlypages'-"DailyTelegraph".'Thepublishingeventoftheyear'-"Observer".
Known as an ‘anthropologist of everyday life,’ Margaret Visserhas, in five award-winning books, uncovered and illuminated theintriguing and unexpected meanings of everyday objects and habits.Now she turns her keen eye to another custom so frequentlyencountered that it often escapes notice: saying ‘Thank you.’ Whatdo we really mean by these two simple words? This fascinating inquiry into all aspects of gratitude ranges fromthe unusual determination with which parents teach their childrento thank, to the difference between speaking the words and feelingthem, to the ways different cultures handle the complex matters ofgiving, receiving, and returning favors and presents. Visserilluminates the fundamental opposition in our own culture betweengift-giving and commodity exchange, and the similarities betweengratitude and its opposite, vengefulness. The Gift of Thanksconsiders cultural history, including the modern battle of socialscientists to pin down the notion of thankfulness and account forit, and the
GAME OF THRONES: A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOWON HBO. Dubbed "the American Tolkien" by "Time" magazine, George R.R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycleof epic fantasy. Now the #1 "New York Times" bestselling authordelivers the fifth book in his landmark series--as both familiarfaces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmentedempire. A DANCE WITH DRAGONSA SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK FIVE Inthe aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the SevenKingdoms hangs in the balance--beset by newly emerging threats fromevery direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion ofHouse Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a citybuilt on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, andmany have set out to find her. As they gather, one young manembarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirelydifferent goal in mind. Fleeing from Westeros with a price on hishead, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But hisnewest alli
THE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN HISTORY OF WESTEROS AND THE LANDS BEYOND WITH HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF ALL-NEW MATERIAL FROM GEORGE R. R. MARTIN If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time—warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice & Fire . This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones . In a collaboration that’s been years in the making, Martin has teamed with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, the founders of the renowned fan site Westeros.org—perhaps the only people who know this world almost as well as its visionary creator. Collected here is all the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maeg
米歇尔·图尔尼埃(1924-)，法国当代文学大师，当代著名的新寓言派文学的主将。他不仅是才华横溢的小说家，而且是睿智深刻的哲学家。西方批评界对他的小说以及融汇在小说中的现代哲学思想推崇备至，评价极高，认为他以自己独特的风格为法国小说开创了新局面。《礼拜五或太平洋上的灵薄狱》是他的代表作之一，发表当年即获法兰西学院文学大奖。 《礼拜五或太平洋上的灵薄狱》是一篇“现代文明衰亡记”的寓言，它戏仿笛福的名著《鲁滨孙漂流记》的题材，在主题上却反其道而行之。鲁滨孙孤独一人被弃荒岛后，按西方文明社会的模式将荒岛治理得井井有条。礼拜五来到荒岛后，非但没有被驯化为鲁滨孙的奴隶，反而以其自然的天性将文明的迹象破坏得一干二净，同时也慢慢影响了鲁滨孙，使这个西方文明的代表逐步抛弃了原有的文化传统，变成了一个
Smart, tough Los Angeles FBI agents Jack Harper and OscarHidalgo meet their match in a diamond smuggler, Steinbach, whoseems to have almost superhuman powers. Arrested during a cleversting operation, Steinbach tells the team of agents he will killthem, and sure enough, one by one, they start to die. Worse, Jackcan't begin to pin it on Steinbach, who is, after all, in prison.Soon, however, Steinbach makes a deal with Homeland Security and isfreed with total immunity. Jack is pretty sure that he and Oscarcould be next. But, as it turns out, Steinbach is not the onlymenace. Two of the agents who were killed turn out to be dirty.Jack and Oscar tour the seamy side of L.A. in hopes of findingclues, but they get way more than they bargained for.
时间流动消逝的速度总比人原来预想的要快许多。好像只是前不久才写完了《古船》，而关于它的那些热烈争论，也像是刚刚消停。 可惜一晃就是十年，那一切的确是十年前的事情了。 一个人的旺盛写作期，到底有多少个“十年”呢？ 今天再来回顾《古船》一书的写作、关于它的争执，已无太多必要。因为该说的都在这部书的两个发言记录、在一次答记者问和一篇海外版后记中说过了。余在今天的，仅是一些怀念和感慨。
Scott Schuman just wanted to take photographs of people that he met on the streets of New York who he felt looked great. His now-famous and much-loved blog, thesartorialist.com, is his showcase for the wonderful and varied sartorial tastes of real people across the globe. This book is a beautiful anthology of Scott ’s favorite images, accompanied by his insightful commentary. It includes photographs of well-known fashion figures alongside people encountered on the street whose personal style and taste demand a closer look. From the streets of New York to the parks of Florence, from Stockholm to Paris, from London to Moscow and Milan, these are the men and women who have inspired Scott and the many diverse and fashionable readers of his blog. After fifteen years in the fashion business, Scott Schuman felt a growing disconnect between what he saw on the runways and in magazines, and what real people were wearing. The Sartorialist was his attempt to redress the balance. Since its beginning, the b
Philip Schultz, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry,has been celebrated for his singular vision of the Americanimmigrant experience and Jewish identity, his alternately fierceand tender portrayal of family life, and his rich and riotousevocation of city streets. His poems have found enthusiasticaudiences among readers of Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac,""Slate," "The New Yorker," and other publications. His willingnessto face down the demons of failure and loss, in his previous bookparticularly, make him a poet for our times, a poet who can write"If I have to believe in something, I believe in despair." Yet heremains oddly undaunted: "sometimes, late at night, we, myhappiness and I, reminisce, lifelong antagonists enjoying eachother's company.""The God of Loneliness," a major collection ofSchultz's work, includes poems from his five books ("Like Wings,""Deep Within the Ravine," "The Holy Worm of Praise," "Living in thePast," "Failure") and fourteen new poems. It is a volume tocherish, fro
The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight. The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age. Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel’aran’rhiod and find a way--at long last--to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways--the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn--have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men’s lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again
