Ted Hughes’s Birthday Letters are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom he was married. They were written over a period of more than twenty-five years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963, and represent Ted Hughes’s only account of his relationship with Plath and of the psychological drama that led both to the writing of her...(展开全部)

Happy birthday, Carl But can Mom surprise him? No way. As hard as Mom tries, Madeleine and her canine babysitter extraordinaire are hot on her trail, tasting the party punch, peeking at presents, and adding some of their own favorite decorations.

In this enviable gathering, Haruki Murakami has chosen for his party some of the very best short story writers of recent years, each with their own birthday experiences, each story a snapshot of life on a single day. Including stories by Russell Banks, Ethan Canin, Raymond Carver, David Foster Wallace, Denis Johnson, Claire Keegan, Andrea Lee, Daniel Lyons, Lynda Sexson, Paul T...(展开全部)

Formerly Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, the late Ted Hughes (1930-98) is recognized as one of the few contemporary poets whose work has mythic scope and power. And few episodes in postwar literature have the legendary stature of Hughes's romance with, and marriage to, the great American poet Sylvia Plath. The poems in "Birthday Letters" are addressed (with just two except...(展开全部)

In one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, about the immediate and life-altering attraction between two strangers. On a train from Budapest to Vienna, Jesse, a young American student, at the end of a romance and his European trip, meets Celine, a young French woman. They are immediately a...(展开全部)

日本のクリエイティブシーンを牽引し続ける奥山由之、デビューから12年間に渡る初のクライアントワーク集。 米津玄師、星野源、Mr.Children、あいみょん、RADWIMPSといったアーティストとのコラボレーション、ポカリスエットなどの広告写真、大河ドラマ『麒麟がくる』のメインビジュアル、『GINZA』『SWITCH』などのエディトリアルワーク、広瀬すず、菅田将暉、平手友梨奈、小松菜奈といった時代を象徴するアイコンのポートレートなど、その質と量に圧倒される奥山の仕事。個性的で唯一無二の世界観が500ページを超える大ボリュームの決定版としてまとまります。 2010年のデビュー以来、数々の写真集や展覧会で精力的に作品を発表し続け、写真新世紀優秀賞や、講談社出版文化賞を受賞。近年では、話題のMVやTVCMを数多く監督し、まさに現在のクリエイティブシーンを牽...(展开全部)

Why are some people able to make positive change while others remain the same? In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage , Harvard trained researcher Shawn Achor described why happiness is the precursor to greater success. This book is about what comes before both. Because before we can be happy or successful, we need to first develop the ability to see that...(展开全部)