If there is any solace in growing older, it is that you will find yourself guffawing in hysterical recognition at the situations Nora Ephron describes, from the impossibility of trying to remember people's names at parties,to struggling with the new technology. You will find yourself rolling off the sofa snorting with laughter as she recalls with her signature clarity and wisdo...(展开全部)

Nora Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of I Feel Bad About My Neck, taking a cool, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn’t (yet) forgotten. Ephron writes about falling hard for a way of life (“Journalism: A Lov...(展开全部)

Nora Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of I Feel Bad About My Neck, taking a cool, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn’t (yet) forgotten. Ephron writes about falling hard for a way of life (“Journalism: A Lov...(展开全部)

Both an affectionate portrait of mid-century Paris and a daring memoir, Georges Perec's I Remember is now available for the first time in English, with an introduction by David Bellos. In 480 numbered statements, all beginning identically with 'I remember', Perec records a stream of individual memories of a childhood in post-war France, while posing wider questions about memory...(展开全部)

Number 214 in the Cornell East Asia Series I Love Bill and Other Stories showcases the work of Wang Anyi, one of China's most prolific and highly regarded writers, in two novellas and three short stories. A young artist's life spirals out of control when she drops out of school to pursue a series of unfulfilling relationships with foreign men. A performance troupe struggles to ...(展开全部)

瓦连京·格里戈里耶维奇·拉斯普京（1937~），俄罗斯作家。生于西伯利亚。大学毕业后担任报社编辑。1961年开始发表作品，1967年他的成名作《为玛丽娅借钱》问世，1974年发表长篇小说《活下去，并且要记住》，获1997年苏联国家奖金。此外，《最后的期限》（1970）、《别了，马焦拉》（1976）等作品吼曾引起评论界的普遍关注。1985年出版的小说《火灾》于次年再次荣获苏联国家奖金，从而确立了他在俄罗斯文学中的重要地位，享誉世界文坛。

瓦连京·格里戈里耶维奇·拉斯普京（1937~），俄罗斯作家。生于西伯利亚。大学毕业后担任报社编辑。1961年开始发表作品，1967年他的成名作《为玛丽娅借钱》问世，1974年发表长篇小说《活下去，并且要记住》，获1997年苏联国家奖金。此外，《最后的期限》（1970）、《别了，马焦拉》（1976）等作品吼曾引起评论界的普遍关注。1985年出版的小说《火灾》于次年再次荣获苏联国家奖金，从而确立了他在俄罗斯文学中的重要地位，享誉世界文坛。

This volume explores a rapidly emerging paradigm in the social sciences, which assumes culturally specific forms of modernity. Modernization is thus no longer equated with homogenization. Leading scholars from history, sociology, area studies, and economics discuss the concept’s implications. The first part covers a range of theoretical questions arising from the new approach. ...(展开全部)

From some of the 20th century's greatest thinkers, essays on topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, evolution, science fiction, philosophy, reductionism, and consciousness With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificia...(展开全部)

From some of the 20th century's greatest thinkers, essays on topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, evolution, science fiction, philosophy, reductionism, and consciousness With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificia...(展开全部)