"King is a major achievement. With eloquence, compassion, and grace, Jonathan Eig offers a stirringly contemporary and complex portrait of a fully human―and humane―King . . . A resounding triumph." ―Peniel E. Joseph, author of The Sword and the Shield "Eig has pulled off a kind of miracle. Here is the King we know, think we know and ought to know. Here is the leader, the preach...(展开全部)

A revolutionary novel, "A Contract With God" re-creates the neighbourhood of Will Eisner's youth through a quartet of interwoven stories. Called "a masterpiece" by R. Crumb, "A Life Force" chronicles not only the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of socialist politics. In "Dropsie Avenue", Eisner traces the social trajectory of this mythic avenue over ...(展开全部)

Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" in the formulation of the laws of nature. Is God a Mathematician? investigates why mathematics is as powerful as it is. From ancient times to the present, scientists and philosophers have marveled at how such a seemingly abstract discipline could so perfectly explain the natural w...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan tak...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan tak...(展开全部)

雷薩˙阿斯蘭 Reza Aslan 伊朗裔美國公共知識份子、作家。1972年出生於伊朗，1979年伊朗革命時隨家人移民美國。阿斯蘭原隨家中傳統信奉伊斯蘭，青少年時在美國參加福音青年營受到啟發，改信基督教。但隨著年紀更長，他在研讀聖經時感到有諸多矛盾，上大學研讀宗教史後更感疑惑，於是在選擇之後重回伊斯蘭信仰。然而他仍然以學者身分繼續研究耶穌，經二十年研究後寫出《革命分子耶穌：重返拿撒勒人耶穌的生平與時代》。他也研究伊斯蘭的歷史與當下正在發生的變革展望，寫成《伊斯蘭大歷史：穆斯林的信仰故事與改革之書》。 阿斯蘭為哈佛大學神學碩士、加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校宗教社會學博士、愛荷華大學美術系碩士。現為加州大學河濱分校創意寫作系教授。他同時也是活躍的公共知識分子，經常在媒體上發言，倡議宗教寬容與自由。 譯者簡介 吳煒聲 美國蒙特瑞國際研究學院中英口筆譯組碩士，曾...(展开全部)

雷薩˙阿斯蘭 Reza Aslan 伊朗裔美國公共知識份子、作家。1972年出生於伊朗，1979年伊朗革命時隨家人移民美國。阿斯蘭原隨家中傳統信奉伊斯蘭，青少年時在美國參加福音青年營受到啟發，改信基督教。但隨著年紀更長，他在研讀聖經時感到有諸多矛盾，上大學研讀宗教史後更感疑惑，於是在選擇之後重回伊斯蘭信仰。然而他仍然以學者身分繼續研究耶穌，經二十年研究後寫出《革命分子耶穌：重返拿撒勒人耶穌的生平與時代》。他也研究伊斯蘭的歷史與當下正在發生的變革展望，寫成《伊斯蘭大歷史：穆斯林的信仰故事與改革之書》。 阿斯蘭為哈佛大學神學碩士、加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校宗教社會學博士、愛荷華大學美術系碩士。現為加州大學河濱分校創意寫作系教授。他同時也是活躍的公共知識分子，經常在媒體上發言，倡議宗教寬容與自由。 譯者簡介 吳煒聲 美國蒙特瑞國際研究學院中英口筆譯組碩士，曾...(展开全部)

Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" in the formulation of the laws of nature. Is God a Mathematician? investigates why mathematics is as powerful as it is. From ancient times to the present, scientists and philosophers have marveled at how such a seemingly abstract discipline could so perfectly explain the natural w...(展开全部)

以《死神的精確度》風靡文壇影壇 愛與和平好青年－－伊坂幸太郎 成功背叛讀者預期，寫作至今爭議性最高的異數作品！ 伊坂主題樂園中，唯一無法歸類的任性之作 「我想寫一個天才的一生。」 這是屬於伊坂的馬克白，是屬於王者的悲劇寓言 2010日本「大學讀書人大獎」入圍！ （＊每年由日本全國216所大學的文藝社團選出年度大學生必讀的5本書。2010年，本書與《1Q84》、《春宵苦短，少女們前進吧！》、《植物圖鑑》、《瓶頸》共同入圍。） 背負「King of 棒球」宿命誕生的王者－－山田 王求 從出生至殞落，令人討厭的一生…… 全書多章採取第二人稱觀點的俯瞰式敘述， 加上三名預言女巫與一頭奇獸不時串場的魔幻設定， 埋伏許多莎士比亞四大悲劇之一《馬克白》的經典梗概， 天才打者王求的一生， 形同一齣動人心魄的紙上舞臺劇， 透過一干凡人的雙眼， 看著王之○歲 → 十多歲...(展开全部)

Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world’s greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn’t. Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he’d felt certain they must have had a designer. Learning about evolution changed his mind. Now one of the worl...(展开全部)