To err is human. Yet most of us go through life assuming (and sometimes insisting) that we are right about nearly everything, from the origins of the universe to how to load the dishwasher. If being wrong is so natural, why are we all so bad at imagining that our beliefs could be mistaken, and why do we react to our errors with surprise, denial, defensiveness, and shame? In...(展开全部)

We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique enginee...(展开全部)

What does it mean to be lonely? How do we live, if we're not intimately engaged with another human being? How do we connect with other people? Does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens? When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of e...(展开全部)

奥利维娅·莱恩（Olivia Laing） - 是一名备受赞誉的作家、评论家，曾任英国《观察家》图书版副主编，她撰写的文章多见于《观察家》《新政客》《卫报》等主流媒体之上。她还是2011年麦克道尔奖得主，曾获得英国艺术委员会、作者基金会，以及2014年艾克尔斯基金会作家驻英大 使馆的奖励。 - 她已出版的著作包括《回声泉之旅》和《沿河行》等，前者入围2013年柯达传记作品奖短名单、传播奖以及戈登·伯恩奖短名单，而后者被《独立报》《金融时报》等多家媒体选为年度好书，并且入围翁达杰文学奖、多尔曼年度z佳旅游书奖短名单。 - 《沿河行》将于今年秋季由未读·文艺家编辑出版，敬请期待！

奥利维娅·莱恩（Olivia Laing） - 是一名备受赞誉的作家、评论家，曾任英国《观察家》图书版副主编，她撰写的文章多见于《观察家》《新政客》《卫报》等主流媒体之上。她还是2011年麦克道尔奖得主，曾获得英国艺术委员会、作者基金会，以及2014年艾克尔斯基金会作家驻英大 使馆的奖励。 - 她已出版的著作包括《回声泉之旅》和《沿河行》等，前者入围2013年柯达传记作品奖短名单、传播奖以及戈登·伯恩奖短名单，而后者被《独立报》《金融时报》等多家媒体选为年度好书，并且入围翁达杰文学奖、多尔曼年度z佳旅游书奖短名单。 - 《沿河行》将于今年秋季由未读·文艺家编辑出版，敬请期待！

In this book can be heard the merest edge of an enormous conversation. As they never were in life, we can imagine the speakers all gathered in some vast room, wearing name tags in case they don’t recognize each other (although some recognize each other all too well, and avoid contact). My heroes and heroines are here. An almanac combining a comprehensive survey of modern cultur...(展开全部)

Combining accounts of legendary mountain ascents with vivid descriptions of his own forays into wild, high landscapes, Robert McFarlane reveals how the mystery of the world’s highest places has came to grip the Western imagination—and perennially draws legions of adventurers up the most perilous slopes. His story begins three centuries ago, when mountains were feared as the for...(展开全部)

Combining accounts of legendary mountain ascents with vivid descriptions of his own forays into wild, high landscapes, Robert McFarlane reveals how the mystery of the world’s highest places has came to grip the Western imagination—and perennially draws legions of adventurers up the most perilous slopes. His story begins three centuries ago, when mountains were feared as the for...(展开全部)

“Clear, accurate, and interesting. There is no better short introduction to the existential approach to psychology.” ―Dallas Morning News The brilliant psychologist Rollo May was a major force in existential psychology. Here, he brings together the ideas of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and other great thinkers to offer insights into its ideas and techniques. He pays particular atten...(展开全部)

2018 Sanders Book Prize The Fragmentation of Being offers answers to some of the most fundamental questions in ontology. There are many kinds of beings but are there also many kinds of being? The world contains a variety of objects, each of which, let us provisionally assume, exists, but do some objects exist in different ways? Do some objects enjoy more being or existence than...(展开全部)