Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds. And pessimists fear that might really be the case. But what is the best of all possible worlds? How do we define it? This question has preoccupied philosophers and theologians for ages, but there was a time, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when scientists and mathematicians felt they could provide the a...(展开全部)

Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds. And pessimists fear that might really be the case. But what "is" the best of all possible worlds? How do we define it? Is it the world that operates the most efficiently? Or the one in which most people are comfortable and content? Questions such as these have preoccupied philosophers and theologians for ages, but there...(展开全部)

Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds. And pessimists fear that might really be the case. But what "is" the best of all possible worlds? How do we define it? Is it the world that operates the most efficiently? Or the one in which most people are comfortable and content? Questions such as these have preoccupied philosophers and theologians for ages, but there...(展开全部)

Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds. And pessimists fear that might really be the case. But what is the best of all possible worlds? How do we define it? This question has preoccupied philosophers and theologians for ages, but there was a time, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when scientists and mathematicians felt they could provide the a...(展开全部)

Bringing together "Writing on the Wall," composed some ten years after H.D's stay in Vienna, and "Advent," a journal she kept at the time of her analysis there, Tribute to Freud offers a rare glimpse into the consulting room of the father of psychoanalysis. It may also be the most intimate of H.D.'s works.

“My bat-like thought-wings would beat painfully in that sudden searchlight,” H.D. writes in Tribute to Freud, her moving memoir. Compelled by historical as well as personal crises, H.D. underwent therapy with Freud during 1933-34, as the streets of Vienna were littered with tokens dropped like confetti on the city stating “Hitler gives work,” “Hitler gives bread.” Having endure...(展开全部)

提姆•冈恩（Tim Gunn），时尚导师，曾任纽约帕森（Parson）设计学院服装设计系主任，现为美国知名中产阶级服装品牌丽诗•卡邦（Liz Claiborne）的创意总监，美国时尚真人秀“天桥骄子”（Project Runway）里的灵魂人物。 在节目中，他是时装设计参赛者们的艺术指导，他鼓励新的时装设计师竞逐登上纽约时装周的展示台，并提供设计上的智慧箴言。他总是穿着一袭合身的深色西装，举止谈吐散发绅士气质，他本身就是高格调、时尚和优雅的样板。他在节目中的口头禅是Make it work!(化腐朽为神奇！)和Carry on!(继续加油！) 也成为该节目的特色之一。 提姆·冈恩以对风格和时尚妆扮的独到品评而著称，在美国时尚评论界拥有非比寻常的发言权。《Advocate》杂志赞誉他是“电视节目中头脑最清楚的人”；《娱乐周刊》（Entertainmen...(展开全部)

提姆•冈恩（Tim Gunn），时尚导师，曾任纽约帕森（Parson）设计学院服装设计系主任，现为美国知名中产阶级服装品牌丽诗•卡邦（Liz Claiborne）的创意总监，美国时尚真人秀“天桥骄子”（Project Runway）里的灵魂人物。 在节目中，他是时装设计参赛者们的艺术指导，他鼓励新的时装设计师竞逐登上纽约时装周的展示台，并提供设计上的智慧箴言。他总是穿着一袭合身的深色西装，举止谈吐散发绅士气质，他本身就是高格调、时尚和优雅的样板。他在节目中的口头禅是Make it work!(化腐朽为神奇！)和Carry on!(继续加油！) 也成为该节目的特色之一。 提姆·冈恩以对风格和时尚妆扮的独到品评而著称，在美国时尚评论界拥有非比寻常的发言权。《Advocate》杂志赞誉他是“电视节目中头脑最清楚的人”；《娱乐周刊》（Entertainmen...(展开全部)

For centuries, philosophers, theologians, moralists, and ordinary people have asked: How should we live? What makes for a good life? In The Best Things in Life, distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka takes a fresh look at these perennial questions as they arise for us now in the 21st century. Should we value family over career? How do we balance self-interest and serving other...(展开全部)

This whimsical children's story highlights cooperation and collaboration between a group of animals in their quest to reach the moon. Beautiful watercolor paintings punctuate this story that draws from classic fables and legends, while shedding light on important values, such as generosity, solidarity, and kindness. Capturing children's fascination of the night sky and the moon...(展开全部)