"This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel."--New Yorker At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be...(展开全部)

“Beautifully written and refreshingly original… makes us see [Paris] in a different light.” -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an un...(展开全部)

Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet has it all: her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the ...(展开全部)

In 1941, Henry Miller, the author of Tropic of Cancer, was commissioned by a Los Angeles bookseller to write an erotic novel for a dollar a page. Under the Roofs of Paris (originally published as Opus Pistorum) is that book. Here one finds Miller’s characteristic candor, wit, self-mockery, and celebration of the good life. From Marcelle to Tania, to Alexandra, to Anna, and from...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Non-Fiction One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the w...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly: Olsen's thesis is that these three European capitals were each deliberately conceived as a unified work of art to reinforce the values of the dominant class and to serve their leisure pursuits. This is "a delightful and gripping, richly illustrated social history," noted PW. From Library Journal: A sweeping comparative analysis of three great European me...(展开全部)

A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door... is hell. Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you below the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world and right into its glorious underbelly. He inhabits a world of inhuman hours, snatched sleep and dive bar...(展开全部)

A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door . . . is hell. Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you beneath the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world—and right into its glorious underbelly. He inhabits a world of inhuman hours, snatched sleep and div...(展开全部)

Appointed to conquer the 'crime capital of the world', the first police chief of Paris faces an epidemic of murder in the late 1600s. Assigned by Louis XIV, Nicolas de La Reynie begins by clearing the streets of filth, and installing lanterns throughout Paris, turning it into the City of Light. The fearless La Reynie pursues criminals through the labyrinthine neighborhoods of t...(展开全部)

T.J.克拉克（1943-）英国著名艺术史家，艺术社会史研究的杰出代表。早年就读于剑桥大学圣约翰学院，30岁时在伦敦大学考陶尔德艺术研究院获得美术史博士学位，同年出版《人民的形象》和《绝对的资产阶级》(1973)，立刻被公认为英语国家“新艺术史”的杰作。在英国多所大学任 教后，年仅37岁的他就担任了美国哈佛大学艺术史教授。现为美国伯克莱加州大学现代艺术教授，著有《现代生活的画像：马奈及其追随者艺术中的巴黎》(1985)、《告别观念》（1999）及《瞥见死神》（2008）等。 译者： 沈语冰，浙江大学教授、博士生导师，浙江大学美学与批评理论研究所所长。长期从事西方现代美学、现代艺术史与艺术批评史的教学和研究，本丛书执行主编。 诸葛沂，浙江大学美学与批评理论研究所博士，现任教于浙江农林大学艺术设计学院，从事艺术理论与视觉文化研究。