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)

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)

高校の入学式で凛太と継母のピンチをスマートに助けてくれた一学年上の梶。 凛太は瞬間、その人に恋をした。 それから一年、凛太は親しい後輩として梶のそばにいる。 けれど梶は、誰のものにもならない人気者。 彼の複雑な事情を教えられ、少し近づけた気がしたものの、やはり梶は掴みどころがない。 家にも梶の心の中にも自分の居場所が見つけられず、凛太はついに隠し続けてきた感情を爆発させ……?

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)

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)

二十多年来，辛西娅·赖兰特（Cynthia Rylant）在阿巴拉契亚山脉的童年往事一直是读者的最爱。大山里的成长历程经赖兰特简朴而抒情的文笔描绘，再配上黛安娜·古德（Diane Goode）的插图，显得优美而柔和。本书曾获得凯迪克荣誉奖（Caldecott Honor Medal）。为庆祝二十周年出版纪念，新书将用铜色纪念带装饰。 Book Description For twenty years, Cynthia Rylant's story of childhood in the Appalachian Mountains has been an enduring favorite. Growing up in the mountains is depicted with a spare, lyrical text and beauti...(展开全部)

Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us whether or not we are making the right decision. There is no clearly delineated path or recipe for success. Even figuring out how and where to start can be a challenge. That is, until ...(展开全部)