出生在马萨诸塞州的波士顿，父母都是新英格兰人从小在乡村环境里长大，但她年轻的时候生活在纽约市，是一名杂志和旅游书籍的编辑。目前生活在加利福尼亚州的马林县(Marin Country)。除《文化震撼之旅·美国》外，她还写了《无烟生存》(Surviving Without Cigarettes)和《马里兰州的艺术》(The art of Maryhand)两本书。这是真正的美国人作风，在继续写作的同时，她现在还是一名心理医生。

There seems to be no one more qualified or equipped to ponder or even, dare I say, dictate 'quality, taste, and style' than Tim." -Sarah Jessica Parker, actor/producer Television has introduced the world to a new fashion authority: Tim Gunn. As Bravo's style mentor and Chair of the Fashion Design Department at Parsons The New School for Design, Tim delivers advice in a frank, ...(展开全部)

提姆•冈恩（Tim Gunn），时尚导师，曾任纽约帕森（Parson）设计学院服装设计系主任，现为美国知名中产阶级服装品牌丽诗•卡邦（Liz Claiborne）的创意总监，美国时尚真人秀“天桥骄子”（Project Runway）里的灵魂人物。 在节目中，他是时装设计参赛者们的艺术指导，他鼓励新的时装设计师竞逐登上纽约时装周的展示台，并提供设计上的智慧箴言。他总是穿着一袭合身的深色西装，举止谈吐散发绅士气质，他本身就是高格调、时尚和优雅的样板。他在节目中的口头禅是Make it work!(化腐朽为神奇！)和Carry on!(继续加油！) 也成为该节目的特色之一。 提姆·冈恩以对风格和时尚妆扮的独到品评而著称，在美国时尚评论界拥有非比寻常的发言权。《Advocate》杂志赞誉他是“电视节目中头脑最清楚的人”；《娱乐周刊》（Entertainmen...(展开全部)

A witty, informative guide to writing "good English" from Random House's longtime copy chief and one of Twitter's leading enforcers of proper grammar--a twenty-first-century Elements of Style. As authoritative as it is amusing, this book distills everything Benjamin Dreyer has learned from the hundreds of books he has copyedited, including works by Elizabeth Strout, E. L. Docto...(展开全部)

One city always seems to win the award for most-wanted style—Paris, where people walking down the avenues mix timeless and trendy pieces in a way that appears effortless. French fashion writers Isabelle Thomas and Frédérique Veysset break down the “je ne sais quoi” of Paris street style, describing the essential elements that should be in everyone’s wardrobe. Renowned experts o...(展开全部)

This new, expanded tenth edition of the best-selling guide to style is based on The Economist's own updated house style manual, and is an invaluable companion for everyone who wants to communicate with the clarity, style and precision for which The Economist is renowned. As the introduction says, 'clarity of writing usually follows clarity of thought.' The Economist Style Guide...(展开全部)

Rare is the style guide that a person--even a word person--would want to read cover to cover. But The Economist Style Guide, designed, as the book says, to promote good writing, is so witty and rigorous as to be irresistible. The book consists of three parts. The first is the Economist's style book, which acts as a position paper of sorts in favor of clear, concise, correct usa...(展开全部)