Joe Coughlin is nineteen when he meets Emma Gould. A smalltime thief in 1920s Boston, he is told to cuff her while his accomplices raid the casino she works for. But Joe falls in love with Emma - and his life changes for ever. That meeting is the beginning of Joe's journey to becoming one of the nation's most feared and respected gangsters. It is a journey beset by violence, do...(展开全部)

On the eve of the Crimean War, the young, headstrong Yelena, the daughter of aristocratic Russian parents, falls in love with a revolutionary from Bulgaria named Insarov. Facing the wrath and disapproval of her family, Yelena abandons her home to follow Insarov to Bulgaria. Their fateful match sets in motion a series of tragic events which challenge notions of love, revolution ...(展开全部)

This story follows Evelyn, a young Englishman, along a journey through mythology and sexuality. It is a story of how he learns to be a woman, first in the brutal hands of Zero, the ragtime Nietzsche, then through the ancient Tristessa, the beautiful ghost of Hollywood past.

On the eve of the Crimean War, the young, headstrong Yelena, the daughter of aristocratic Russian parents, falls in love with a revolutionary from Bulgaria named Insarov. Facing the wrath and disapproval of her family, Yelena abandons her home to follow Insarov to Bulgaria. Their fateful match sets in motion a series of tragic events which challenge notions of love, revolution ...(展开全部)

This story follows Evelyn, a young Englishman, along a journey through mythology and sexuality. It is a story of how he learns to be a woman, first in the brutal hands of Zero, the ragtime Nietzsche, then through the ancient Tristessa, the beautiful ghost of Hollywood past.

People use metaphors every time they speak. Some of those metaphors are literary - devices for making thoughts more vivid or entertaining. But most are much more basic than that - they're "metaphors we live by", metaphors we use without even realizing we're using them. In this book, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson suggest that these basic metaphors not only affect the way we com...(展开全部)

乔治·莱考夫（George Lakoff），美国加州大学伯克利分校语言学系教授，著名语言学家，认知语言学的创始人。研究领域广泛，主要包括认知语言学，语言的神经理论，概念系统，认知语言学在政治、文学、哲学、数学中的应用等。著述颇丰：《女人、火和危险的事情》（Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things)、《道德政治》（Moral Politics）、《别想那只大象》（Don't Think of an Elephant!）等。 马克·约翰逊（Mark Johnson），美国俄勒冈大学哲学系教授，系主任，特聘骑士教授，认知语言学和体验哲学的创始人之一。研究领域广泛，涉及哲学、语言学、人工智能、认知科学、美学等。重要著述包括：《身体的意义》（The Meaning of the Body）、《思想中的身体》（The Body in t...(展开全部)

乔治·莱考夫（George Lakoff），美国加州大学伯克利分校语言学系教授，著名语言学家，认知语言学的创始人。研究领域广泛，主要包括认知语言学，语言的神经理论，概念系统，认知语言学在政治、文学、哲学、数学中的应用等。著述颇丰：《女人、火和危险的事情》（Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things)、《道德政治》（Moral Politics）、《别想那只大象》（Don't Think of an Elephant!）等。 马克·约翰逊（Mark Johnson），美国俄勒冈大学哲学系教授，系主任，特聘骑士教授，认知语言学和体验哲学的创始人之一。研究领域广泛，涉及哲学、语言学、人工智能、认知科学、美学等。重要著述包括：《身体的意义》（The Meaning of the Body）、《思想中的身体》（The Body in t...(展开全部)

People use metaphors every time they speak. Some of those metaphors are literary - devices for making thoughts more vivid or entertaining. But most are much more basic than that - they're "metaphors we live by", metaphors we use without even realizing we're using them. In this book, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson suggest that these basic metaphors not only affect the way we com...(展开全部)

Joe Coughlin is nineteen when he meets Emma Gould. A smalltime thief in 1920s Boston, he is told to cuff her while his accomplices raid the casino she works for. But Joe falls in love with Emma - and his life changes for ever. That meeting is the beginning of Joe's journey to becoming one of the nation's most feared and respected gangsters. It is a journey beset by violence, do...(展开全部)