A seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, that tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic history, it uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. From a small fishing village in 1929, the tale moves to the glamorous and decadent heart of Kyoto in the 1930s, where...(展开全部)

A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in...(展开全部)

Between 1751 and 1784, the Qianlong emperor embarked upon six southern tours, travelling from Beijing to Jiangnan and back. These tours were exercises in political theatre that took the Manchu emperor through one of the Qing empire's most prosperous regions. This study elucidates the tensions and the constant negotiations characterising the relationship between the imperial cen...(展开全部)

Between 1751 and 1784, the Qianlong emperor embarked upon six southern tours, travelling from Beijing to Jiangnan and back. These tours were exercises in political theatre that took the Manchu emperor through one of the Qing empire's most prosperous regions. This study elucidates the tensions and the constant negotiations characterising the relationship between the imperial cen...(展开全部)

Arthur Golden was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was educated at Harvard College.

Two timelines. Second chances. One love. A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together. Two girls meet in boarding school and fall deeply in love—only to learn the pain of loss.

In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called 'the Casanova of reading', argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. 'We come into the world intent on finding narrative in everything', writes Manguel, 'landscape, the skies, the faces of others, the images and words that our species create'. Reading o...(展开全部)

In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called 'the Casanova of reading', argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. 'We come into the world intent on finding narrative in everything', writes Manguel, 'landscape, the skies, the faces of others, the images and words that our species create'. Reading o...(展开全部)

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杰弗里·科特勒（Jeffrey A. Kottler） 美国加利福尼亚州立大学咨询系的教授和系主任。 他在幼师学校、中学、心理健康中心、危机中心、大学、社区大学和私人开业诊所等各种机构中，作为教师、辅导员、治疗师而工作，已有30年治疗经验。 他也是心理和教育领域里最多产的作者之一，已撰写了50本心理治疗领域内题材广泛的著作。他为辅导员和治疗师写了12本教科书，这些书被世界各地的大学所采用。他还为心理治疗师和教育者创作了12本书，其中受到高度关注的著作包括《不完美的治疗师》、《慈悲的治疗》、《超越责备》、《眼泪的语言》、《最后的受害者》、《改变你生活的旅行》、《糟糕的治疗》、《保持长久的改变》和《餐桌旁的木乃伊》。