The English debut of a bestselling novelist, kin to Penelope Fitzgerald and Louis Begley in style and subtlety. At eighty, Max Opass is still reeling from the death of his wife a year earlier. His two grown-up children live abroad with their own families, his son in Bolivia, his daughter in Japan: he writes awkwardly to his daughter with the news of his humdrum activities and ...(展开全部)

At 80, Max Opass is still reeling from the death of his wife a year earlier. He decides to have his wife's portrait painted from his favourite photographs of her and picks five arbritary phone numbers under "artists". The story follows Max's comical and moving encounters with the artists.

约翰·伯格（John Berger），英国艺术评论家、小说家、画家和诗人。1926 年出生于英国伦敦。1944年至1946年在英国军队服役。退役后入切尔西艺术学院和伦敦中央艺术学院学习。20世纪40年代后期，伯格以画家身份开始其创作生涯，于伦敦多个画廊举办展览。1948年至1955年，他以教授绘画为业，并为伦敦著名杂志《新政治家》撰稿，迅速成为英国最有影响力的艺术批评家之一。 1972 年，他的电视系列片《观看之道》在BBC播出，同时出版配套的图文书，遂成艺术批评的经典之作。小说《G》为他赢得了布克奖及詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克纪念奖。2008 年，伯格凭借小说《A致X：给狱中情人的温柔书简》再次获得布克奖提名。2017年1月2日，约翰·伯格在法国安东尼去世。

纵使万般皆无奈，怎奈嘉鱼本逐水。 林逐水， 本以为，靠自身精湛的专业知识，对人性已是“无所不知，无所不晓”，看似算尽了世间难尽之事。 可如今看来，唯一算错的就是他和周嘉鱼的缘分。 周嘉鱼， 性温，不以物喜、不以己悲，一直觉得自己会是个坚定、规矩的公务员，过普通人的小日子，直到遇到林逐水。 可他应是忘了那句，南有嘉鱼，逐水而生。 我无惧于世间的规矩，我只问逐水命里有嘉鱼。 ★晋江大神西子绪高热度力作！网络原名《我五行缺你》，我无惧于世间的规矩，我只问逐水生命里有嘉鱼。 ★西子绪作品《万花筒·秋石》《不离》《寒剑栖桃花》《骷髅幻戏图》等一经连载、高居榜单、引发热潮。晋江文学城大榜单数据，总积分74亿+，收藏数37万+，灌溉110万+，评论25万+。 ★《嘉鱼逐水》是一部悬爱系小说。纵使万般皆无奈，怎奈嘉鱼本逐水。林逐水，本以为，对人性已是“无所不知，无所...(展开全部)

约翰·本杰明·鲍威尔（John B．Powell，1888-1947），著名记者、报人，美国“密苏里新闻帮”远东采访报道的先驱。1917年，鲍威尔初次来到中国上海，从此与中国结下25年之缘。他先是就职于《密勒氏评论报》，五年后成为报社老板兼主编。1936年，该报刊登了埃德加·斯诺的采访及多幅照片，首次公开发表了毛泽东的身世和言论，在海内外产生强烈反响。1937年抗战全面爆发后，鲍威尔作为记者，经常披露日军的侵略阴谋与罪行，多次遭到打击报复。1941年太平洋战争爆发后，他被日军关入集中营，遭受非人虐待，双足致残。1942年，美国政府通过交换战俘将他解救回国。1947年，他在华盛顿猝然离世，终年59岁。他在逝世前完成了这本在华回忆录——《我在中国的二十五年》。 刘志俊，甘肃人，武汉理工大学毕业，2007年起从事编辑出版工作，现为自由撰稿人。

How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose of marriage was procreation, what exactly is the purpose of marriage for women now? Combining "a scholar's rigo...(展开全部)

How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose of marriage was procreation, what exactly is the purpose of marriage for women now? Combining "a scholar's rigo...(展开全部)

This book presents a collection of works by David Hamilton, a photographer known primarily for his nude studies of young women.

The Book of Five Rings is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. ...(展开全部)