In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history. Written in elegiac prose, Lepore’s groundbreaking investigation places truth itself—a devotion to facts, pro...(展开全部)

吉尔·莱波雷 美国当今社科历史领域里一位分量十足的历史学家。她是美国历史学家协会前主席，哈佛大学美国史教授，第41任大卫·伍兹· 肯珀荣誉教授，史密森国家肖像馆前理事长，圣丹斯电影节纪录片评委。在取得耶鲁大学美国史博士学位后，莱波雷加入了哈佛大学历史中心，并先后三次，数年担任哈佛大学历史和文学项目组总负责人。2014 年，莱波雷当选美国艺术与科学院和美国哲学学会会员。 之后屡获殊荣，其作品曾荣获2015 年美国历史图书奖、班克罗夫特奖、拉尔夫· 沃尔多· 爱默生奖、伯克希尔奖，还入围了《时代》杂志年度最佳非虚构书籍、普利策奖和美国国家图书奖等奖项的最终名单。

I Am Not Myself These Days follows a glittering journey through Manhattan's dark underbelly -- a shocking and surreal world where alter egos reign and subsist (barely) on dark wit and chemicals...a tragic romantic comedy where one begins by rooting for the survival of the relationship and ends by hoping someone simply survives. Kilmer-Purcell is a terrifically gifted new liter...(展开全部)

你在小岔路等了一夜， 我一直在樓上的窗口中看你。 第二天去機場把你送走，我就撿回來了， 你給我的禮物，加上一百三十七張畫稿、 十九張精確掃描圖，我保存了十年。

In the context of debates about truth, nihilism is the view that nothing is true. This is a very striking and (at first) implausible thesis, which is perhaps why it is seldom discussed. Truth without Truths applies nihilism to the philosophical debates on truth and paradox, and explores how a nihilist approach to truth is a serious contender. David Liggins demonstrates that a s...(展开全部)

Brief in the way a razor’s slice is brief, remarkable essays by a peerless stylist New Directions is proud to present Fleur Jaeggy’s strange and mesmerizing essays about the writers Thomas De Quincey, John Keats, and Marcel Schwob. A renowned stylist of hyper-brevity in fiction, Fleur Jaeggy proves herself an even more concise master of the essay form, albeit in a most peculiar...(展开全部)

An innovative, groundbreaking book that will captivate readers of Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, The Power of Habit, and Quiet For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But today, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. It turns out that at work, most people operate as either takers, ma...(展开全部)

Destined to be a modern classic from “an original and a canonical presence in Irish fiction” (Colm Tóibín), Small Things Like These is Claire Keegan’s landmark new novel, the tale of one man’s courage — and a remarkable portrait of love and family. It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, who is fa...(展开全部)

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "Any story that starts will also end." As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh an...(展开全部)