Angelica Garnett may truly be called a child of Bloomsbury. Her Aunt was Virginia Woolf, her mother Vanessa Bell, and her father Duncan Grant, though for many years Angelica believed herself, naturally enough, the daughter of Vanessa's husband Clive. Her childhood homes, Charleston in Sussex and Gordon Square in London, were both centres of Bloomsbury activity, and she grew up ...(展开全部)

米里娅姆·托尤斯（1964—）生于加拿大马尼托巴省斯坦巴赫小镇的一个门诺教家庭，曾获得电影学学士学位和新闻学学士学位，现为加拿大广播公司自由撰稿人。她的第一部小说《幸运的夏日》（1996）获两项大奖，第二部小说《教养不错的孩子》（1998）获麦克纳利·罗宾逊年度图书奖。《复杂的善意》为其第三部小说，2004年版后立刻好评如潮，赢得来自大洋彼岸英国的高度赞誉，《渥太华公民》杂志称它是“当前的一部绝妙小说”。

In this stunning coming-of-age novel, award-winner Miriam Toews balances grief and hope in the voice of a witty, beleaguered teenager whose family is shattered by fundamentalist Christianity "Half of our family, the better-looking half, is missing," Nomi Nickel tells us at the beginning of A Complicated Kindness . Left alone with her sad, peculiar father, her days are spent ...(展开全部)

"Half of our family, the better-looking half, is missing," Nomi tells us at the beginning of A Complicated Kindness . Left alone with her sad, peculiar father, her days are spent piecing together why her mother and sister have disappeared and contemplating her inevitable career at Happy Family Farms, a chicken slaughterhouse on the outskirts of East Village-not the East Villag...(展开全部)

米里娅姆·托尤斯（1964—）生于加拿大马尼托巴省斯坦巴赫小镇的一个门诺教家庭，曾获得电影学学士学位和新闻学学士学位，现为加拿大广播公司自由撰稿人。她的第一部小说《幸运的夏日》（1996）获两项大奖，第二部小说《教养不错的孩子》（1998）获麦克纳利·罗宾逊年度图书奖。《复杂的善意》为其第三部小说，2004年版后立刻好评如潮，赢得来自大洋彼岸英国的高度赞誉，《渥太华公民》杂志称它是“当前的一部绝妙小说”。

Caspar Hare presents a novel approach to questions of what we ought to do, and why we ought to do it. The traditional way to approach this subject is to begin by supposing a foundational principle, and then work out its implications. Consequentialists say that we ought to make the world impersonally better, for instance, while Kantian deontologists say that we ought to act on u...(展开全部)

A leading transpersonal psychologist reveals the unexpected secret to a happy life: behaving with kindness. Piero Ferrucci calls it "global cooling," a phenomenon of chilly human relations. Communications are hurried and impersonal. The drive for profit and wealth has become a cherished value. And warmth and genuine presence have all but dissolved into a sea of materialis...(展开全部)

Piero Ferrucci warns against the dangers of "global cooling." As the pace of living grows faster and the impact of new technologies more insistent, communications become hurried and impersonal. The drive for profit overrides the heart. Warmth and genuine presence fade. The Power of Kindness is a stirring examination of a simple but profound concept. Piero Ferrucci, one of th...(展开全部)

Caspar Hare presents a novel approach to questions of what we ought to do, and why we ought to do it. The traditional way to approach this subject is to begin by supposing a foundational principle, and then work out its implications. Consequentialists say that we ought to make the world impersonally better, for instance, while Kantian deontologists say that we ought to act on u...(展开全部)

Inspired by real events, I Walk with Vanessa explores the feelings of helplessness and anger that arise in the wake of seeing a classmate treated badly, and shows how a single act of kindness can lead to an entire community joining in to help. By choosing only pictures to tell their story, the creators underscore the idea that someone can be an ally without having to say a word...(展开全部)