I may only be in fourth grade, but I know more than most adults. I take notes every day and read all kinds of books, so I have a solid grasp on the world around me. But suddenly, there are penguins in my town! I know it has something to do with the lady at the dentist and her weird powers, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it...

The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his fathe...(展开全部)

埃默·托尔斯（Amor Towles） 1964年出生于美国波士顿地区，本科毕业于耶鲁大学,后在斯坦福大学取得文学硕士学位。其后二十年间托尔斯在纽约一家投资公司任职。 他47岁出版第*一部小说《上流法则》，此书一鸣惊人，成为当年的书市黑马，并获得《华尔街日报》2011年度十大好书、2012年的菲茨杰拉德文学奖等多项殊荣。他的第二和第三部长篇小说《莫斯科绅士》《林肯公路》出版后也都高踞各大年度好书榜，被比尔·盖茨和美国前总统奥巴马列入个人喜爱书单。 目前他的三部作品已被翻译成三十多种语言。

The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his fathe...(展开全部)

埃默·托尔斯（Amor Towles） 1964年出生于美国波士顿地区，本科毕业于耶鲁大学,后在斯坦福大学取得文学硕士学位。其后二十年间托尔斯在纽约一家投资公司任职。 他47岁出版第*一部小说《上流法则》，此书一鸣惊人，成为当年的书市黑马，并获得《华尔街日报》2011年度十大好书、2012年的菲茨杰拉德文学奖等多项殊荣。他的第二和第三部长篇小说《莫斯科绅士》《林肯公路》出版后也都高踞各大年度好书榜，被比尔·盖茨和美国前总统奥巴马列入个人喜爱书单。 目前他的三部作品已被翻译成三十多种语言。

"The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime" is first of all the detailed reading of David Lynch's "Lost Highway", based on the premises of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Lynch's unique universe of the 'ridiculous sublime' is interpreted as a simultaneous playful staging and traversing of the fundamental ideological fantasies that sustain our late capitalist society. A master of reversals, Zi...(展开全部)

Ted Gioia is a music historian and the author of eleven books, including How to Listen to Jazz. His three previous books on the social history of music—Work Songs, Healing Songs, and Love Songs—have each been honored with the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award. Gioia's wide-ranging activities as a critic, scholar, performer, and educator have established him as a leading g...(展开全部)

To Have or To Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Erich Fromm. His thesis is that two mode of existence struggle for the spirit of humankind: the having mode, which concentrates on mat...(展开全部)

North Light is proud to present North Light Classic Editions -- art books that have proven themselves to be true "classics" of the category through consistently excellent sales and unanimously high praise. Each title bestowed this honor appears with an unmistakable blue seal designating them as the best of the best.Bert Dodson's successful method of "teaching anyone who can hol...(展开全部)

To Have or To Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Erich Fromm. His thesis is that two mode of existence struggle for the spirit of humankind: the having mode, which concentrates on mat...(展开全部)