The dangers of immediacy: why speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural style Contemporary cultural style rejects mediation in favor of direct access, extreme affect, and rapid uptake. These are values it borrows from the economic conditions of “disintermediation”: cutting out the middleman. Like Uber, but for art. Immediacy names this style to make sense of what...(展开全部)

The dangers of immediacy: why speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural style Contemporary cultural style rejects mediation in favor of direct access, extreme affect, and rapid uptake. These are values it borrows from the economic conditions of “disintermediation”: cutting out the middleman. Like Uber, but for art. Immediacy names this style to make sense of what...(展开全部)

From a psychiatrist who has spent the past thirty years listening to other people's most intimate secrets and troubles—an eloquent, incisive, and deeply perceptive book about the things we all share—and which every one of us grapples with as we strive to make the most of the life we have left. After service in Vietnam as a surgeon for the 11th Armored Cavalry Regim...(展开全部)

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)

Showcasing the best and brightest young photographers, illustrators, and stylists that have graced the large-format Tank magazine since 2002. Since its inception in 1998, Tank magazine has been at the vanguard of fashion publishing. Initially published in a small-format "bookzine," it signaled a new era of the small print-run, highly tailored style publishing that was innovati...(展开全部)

Showcasing the best and brightest young photographers, illustrators, and stylists that have graced the large-format Tank magazine since 2002. Since its inception in 1998, Tank magazine has been at the vanguard of fashion publishing. Initially published in a small-format "bookzine," it signaled a new era of the small print-run, highly tailored style publishing that was innovati...(展开全部)

《BUT!人生最厉害就是这个BUT!》内容简介：问题：爱情与写小说之间仅能择一，要选哪一个？“我会选写小说。”我老实说。“嗯啊，为什么？”女孩倒不意外。“我很爱你。但就因为我爱你，所以我不想为你牺牲我很喜欢的东西。如果从今以后我都不写小说了，我一定不可能快乐，我不快乐，就没有办法给你快乐。你干嘛跟一个不能给你快乐的人在一起？” 这是一本将网志打包带走的思想炸药，随时补充勇气与战斗力。 我想改写一下樱木花道的热血名言： 所谓文学深度、文笔境界、华丽辞藻……那些塞在文化菁英脑袋里的文学常识，对我来说，统统不适用。——“因为我是门外汉嘛！”

In this timeless classic that topped the New York Times bestseller list in 1966 and 1967, Sam Levenson recalls his childhood with the warmth and affectionate humor that endeared the author and humoris

ew product designs have the staying power of creations by Dieter Rams. Almost everything produced by the most influential designer of the twentieth century is today considered a classic. This new and revised edition of Less but Better shows once again why Dieter Rams’s approach to design will be relevant for the foreseeable future. Ideas of what can and must be achieved by goo...(展开全部)

The brilliant second collection of stories from Germany's answer to Zadie Smith. Judith Hermann's first collection, 'The Summer House, Later', sold 250,000 hardbacks in Germany, and was shortlisted for both the IMPAC award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Judith Hermann's first book, 'The Summer House, Later' was described as 'a book about a certain kind of young wom...(展开全部)