Music is one of humanity’s oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind. In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Daniel J. Levitin (This Is Your Bra...(展开全部)

Ann Rule was a writer working on the biggest story of her life, tracking down a brutal mass-murderer. Little did she know that the young man who was her close friend was the savage slayer she was hunting. Ted Bundy was everyone's picture of a natural 'winner' - handsome, charming, brilliant in law school, successful with women, on the verge of a dazzling career. On January 24, ...(展开全部)

Amazon.com Amazon Significant Seven, December 2007: Proust may have been more neurasthenic than neuroscientist, but Jonah Lehrer argues in Proust Was a Neuroscientist that he (and many of his fellow artists) made discoveries about the brain that it took science decades to catch up with (in Proust's case, that memory is a process, not a repository). Lehrer weaves back and forth ...(展开全部)

Amazon.com Review Amazon Significant Seven, December 2007: Proust may have been more neurasthenic than neuroscientist, but Jonah Lehrer argues in Proust Was a Neuroscientist that he (and many of his fellow artists) made discoveries about the brain that it took science decades to catch up with (in Proust's case, that memory is a process, not a repository). Lehrer weaves back and...(展开全部)

This is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with many psi powers, including the ability to take control of the minds of others—and complete innocence regarding the mores of man.

Book Description Glamour, glitz, sex and revenge – and the allure of Hollywood… Toby Temple is the world’s funniest comedian, loved by presidents, lusted after by women. He knows what he wants – and he always makes sure that he gets it. But, deep down, he yearns for love and stability. Jill Castle has always been an outsider, desperate to be accepted. Despite her beauty, ...(展开全部)

阿梅丽·诺冬，比利时法语小说家，目前法国最畅销的文学作家之一，至今已出版十多本小说，本本畅销，创下法国出版界的奇迹。她曾获法兰西学院小说大奖、法国书商奖、阿兰·富尼埃奖等文学奖，不少作品被改编成电影或戏剧，已有三十多个国家翻译出版其作品。 诺冬一九六七年八月十三日生于日本神户，父亲曾任比利时驻日本大使，后调比利时驻中国大使馆任职，诺冬六岁那年随父亲来到北京，在三里屯住了两年，并根据这段经历写成小说《爱情与破坏》，受到读者欢迎。《午后四点》出版于一九九五年，是诺冬的第三部小说，故事奇特，语言幽默，对话精辟，富有哲理，被视为诺冬的代表作，曾被法国《读书》杂志评为一九九五年度最佳图书。

多和田叶子，1960年生于东京。毕业于早稻田大学文学系。1982年赴德国汉堡，继攻读汉堡大学研究生课程之后，修完苏黎世大学的博士课程。1991年，以《失去脚踝》获群像新人奖。1993年，以《狗女婿上门》获芥川奖。2000年，以《雏菊茶的时候》获泉镜花奖。2002年，以 《球形时间》获得日本Bunkamura双偶文学奖，并以《嫌疑犯的夜行列车》获得谷崎润一郎文学奖和伊藤整文学奖。此外还有《掉进海里的名字》、《修女与丘比特之弓》等作品。 获日本最高文学奖芥川龙之介奖（第108回） 首位荣获德国最高文学奖克莱斯特奖（2016）的亚洲作家 日本最著名的“越境”作家。贝克特，乔伊斯，卡夫卡的当代精神传人 多和田叶子以独特的手法运用文字，不断在语言内部缔造新的表现可能。 ——克莱斯特奖获奖理由 在翻译的过程中，往往为了追求中文流畅而抹去异语言带来的陌生感。译者金...(展开全部)

The Bridegroom Was a Dog is perhaps the Japanese-German writer Yoko Tawada’s most famous story. Its initial publication in 1998 garnered admiration from The New Yorker, who praised it as, “fast-moving, mysteriously compelling tale that has the dream quality of Kafka.” The Bridegroom Was a Dog begins with a schoolteacher telling a fable to her students. In the fable, a princess ...(展开全部)