Brilliantly translated by Lydia Davis, here are Proust’s tormented, touching, and often very funny letters to his noisy neighbor. Marcel Proust’s genius for illuminating pain is on spectacular display in this recently discovered trove of his correspondence, Letters to His Neighbor. Already suffering from noise within his cork-lined walls, his poor soul was not ready for the fre...(展开全部)

Brilliantly translated by Lydia Davis, here are Proust’s tormented, touching, and often very funny letters to his noisy neighbor. Marcel Proust’s genius for illuminating pain is on spectacular display in this recently discovered trove of his correspondence, Letters to His Neighbor. Already suffering from noise within his cork-lined walls, his poor soul was not ready for the fre...(展开全部)

How to Craft a Great Story takes you step by step through the process of creating a compelling and coherent plot and structure. It covers such basics as the traditional story arcs, and such advanced information as finding balance and marrying structure and form. Each chapter contains a diagnostic test, case studies, practical exercises and Aide Memoire boxes. Each chapter concl...(展开全部)

曾听人说，法律文书的写作不过是依样画葫芦而已，因此，一个拥有大学本科学历的人就能凭借一份格式文本，弄出一份不错的法律文件。且不说，这些写作者能否在工匠般的写作作业中意识到，自己每一句每一段每一节每一章的法律文件内容的法律后果；单说依样画葫芦的做法，能够给这样的写作者带来写作过程的美感和由衷的乐趣吗？恐怕只有无聊、乏味和疲惫罢了。有感于此，本书作者以当前公司并购核心文件撰写为例，通过对话、讲故事和评论的方法，使本书的阅读者和法律文件的撰写者们获得写作的趣味。 上篇 第一章 公司并购基本结构和文件 第二章 律师尽职调查报告 一、尽职调查报告概念、基本写作规范和流程 二、目标公司如何避免商业秘密经由调查报告对外泄露 三、调查报告撰写基本步骤 四、调查报告第一章 五、调查报告第二章 六、调查报告第三章 下篇 第三章 并购意向书 第四章 多方并购备忘录或者交易...(展开全部)

曾听人说，法律文书的写作不过是依样画葫芦而已，因此，一个拥有大学本科学历的人就能凭借一份格式文本，弄出一份不错的法律文件。且不说，这些写作者能否在工匠般的写作作业中意识到，自己每一句每一段每一节每一章的法律文件内容的法律后果；单说依样画葫芦的做法，能够给这样的写作者带来写作过程的美感和由衷的乐趣吗？恐怕只有无聊、乏味和疲惫罢了。有感于此，本书作者以当前公司并购核心文件撰写为例，通过对话、讲故事和评论的方法，使本书的阅读者和法律文件的撰写者们获得写作的趣味。 上篇 第一章 公司并购基本结构和文件 第二章 律师尽职调查报告 一、尽职调查报告概念、基本写作规范和流程 二、目标公司如何避免商业秘密经由调查报告对外泄露 三、调查报告撰写基本步骤 四、调查报告第一章 五、调查报告第二章 六、调查报告第三章 下篇 第三章 并购意向书 第四章 多方并购备忘录或者交易...(展开全部)

From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world. Most people think of themselves as “good,” but it’s not always easy to determine what’s “good” or “bad”—especially in a world filled with complicated choices and pitfalls and ...(展开全部)

From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world. Most people think of themselves as “good,” but it’s not always easy to determine what’s “good” or “bad”—especially in a world filled with complicated choices and pitfalls and ...(展开全部)

Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content. Takes a wide range of poems from the Renaissance to the prese...(展开全部)

By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy’s most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic, and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, Eco published a little book for his students, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis. Since...(展开全部)

Once there was a boy, and that boy loved stars very much. So much so that he decided to catch one of his very own. But how? Waiting for them to grow tired from being up in the sky all night doesn't work. Climbing to the top of the tallest tree? No, not tall enough. The boy has a rocket ship . . . but it is made of paper and doesn't fly well at all. Finally, just when the boy is...(展开全部)