With But Still, It Turns, Paul Graham curates a subtle thesis and revitalising manifesto for photography. The dynamic and diverse work gathered here advocates an unashamed, but not uncomplicated, dedication to the brilliant tangle of reality. Without being tempted by the artifice of the studio or the restrictive demands of conventional documentary, these artists tell open-ended...(展开全部)

Big brother Charlie is happy to share his toys with Lola—but his handmade, prize-winning rocket is off-limits! When temptation becomes too much for Lola, she tries to take down the rocket—and it falls and breaks! Can friendship between brother and sister get put back together again?

Where does our mathematical ability come from? Our prehistoric ancestors' brains were essentially the same as ours, so they must have had the same underlying ability. What purpose could it serve in 50,000 BC? And what exactly goes on in our brains when we multiply 15 by 36 or prove Fermat's Last Theorem? The answer, according to Keith Devlin, is closely related to the evolution...(展开全部)

From the flamboyant and unpredictable Maryska, who scandalises the town when she cuts short her golden tresses, to the eccentric Uncle Pepin, who always has to have a ready supply of furniture to smash when he's angry, Bohumil Hrabal creates a range of enchanting and memorable characters - confirming his status as one of Europe's greatest writers.

http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/dyerg/butbeaut.htm The complete review's Review: But Beautiful is a paean to jazz, a study and homage in fictional form. Dedicated to his mentor, John Berger, Dyer follows in the master's footsteps in looking for novel approaches to presenting a literary work. In his preface Dyer states: When I began writing this book I was unsure of the f...(展开全部)

弗朗索瓦丝·萨冈 Françoise Sagan（1935—2004） 法国天才女作家，一代人的青春同义词。拥有漂亮的外表、敏感的心灵和避重就轻的天赋，喜欢写作、赛马、飚车、酗酒，结交演艺界、政界的朋友，任由官司缠身。 十八岁时，她凭借小说《你好，忧愁》获得了法国批评家奖。一生中发表了二十部长篇小说、十一部剧作、若干短篇小说及散文，也参与创作电影和歌曲。 六十三岁时，她撰写了自己的悼词：“一九五四年，她以一本薄薄的小说《你好,忧愁》出道，这部小说成为了一桩世界性丑闻。她的一生和她的作品同样愉快而又轻率，她的隐没则成为一个只属于她自己的丑闻。”

Neuroscientist and debut novelist Genova mines years of experience in her field to craft a realistic portrait of early onset Alzheimer's disease. Alice Howland has a career not unlike Genova's—she's an esteemed psychology professor at Harvard, living a comfortable life in Cambridge with her husband, John, arguing about the usual (making quality time together, their daughter's m...(展开全部)

Expanded from an earlier catalogue of the same title, Still Time accompanied a traveling exhibition featuring more than twenty years of Sally Mann's photography. Still Time celebrates an artist whose acute perceptions and imagination embrace not only the photographs of children for which she is renowned, but also earlier landscapes, and the unexpected, compelling forays into...(展开全部)

In Lisa Genova’s extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer’s disease—only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, and Kristen Stewart! Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children an...(展开全部)