Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time Written during the early months of lockdown, Intimations explores ideas and questions prompted by an unprecedented situation. What does it mean to submit to a new reality–or to resist it? How do we compare relative sufferings? ...(展开全部)

The Vagrant Mood is a brilliantly varied and colourful collection of essays. From Kant to Raymond Chandler; from the legend of Zurbaran to the art of the detective story; from Burke to Augustus Hare, Maugham brings his inimitable mastery of the incisive character sketch to the genre of literary criticism.

The Vagrant Mood is a brilliantly varied and colourful collection of essays. From Kant to Raymond Chandler; from the legend of Zurbaran to the art of the detective story; from Burke to Augustus Hare, Maugham brings his inimitable mastery of the incisive character sketch to the genre of literary criticism.

What defines a work of art and determines the way in which we respond to it? Richard Wollheim’s classic reflection on art and its objects was written in the belief that the nature of art has to be understood simultaneously from the artist’s and the spectator’s viewpoint. In pursuit of this enquiry, Wollheim considers central questions regarding expression, representation, style...(展开全部)

Before the ink was dry on the Constitution of the United States, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the young republic. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce from the vicious depredations of the Barbary pirates, or would it drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the...(展开全部)

While a farmer tends his field of wheat, six hungry crows watch and wait in a nearby tree. When the wheat ripens, the farmer builds a scarecrow to frighten them off, but these ingenious crows are not so easily scared. Bringing this original fable to life with brilliant collages, Leo Lionni deftly draws parallels between animal and human behavior that children can readily apprec...(展开全部)

While a farmer tends his field of wheat, six hungry crows watch and wait in a nearby tree. When the wheat ripens, the farmer builds a scarecrow to frighten them off, but these ingenious crows are not so easily scared. Bringing this original fable to life with brilliant collages, Leo Lionni deftly draws parallels between animal and human behavior that children can readily apprec...(展开全部)

穆尔·拉弗蒂（Mur Lafferty，1973- ） 美国科幻作家、游戏高手、播客制作人、《星球大战外传》钦定作者。 穆尔是一位极具天赋的作家，2013年一出道即获坎贝尔纪念奖最佳新人奖。《太空的六场葬礼》更是获得雨果奖、轨迹奖、星云奖、菲利普‧迪克奖等多项科幻大奖提名。 本书是一本设定奇巧的科幻悬疑小说。六个克隆人在太空飞船中遇害，凶手却失去了杀人的记忆。作者将经典悬疑元素融入科幻之中，视角轮番转换，时空相互交织，场景无限逼真，悬念高潮迭起，带给读者玩“剧本杀”般新鲜刺激的阅读体验。

Setiap harinya, Republik San Magnolia menerima agresi dari mesin tempur tanpa awak bernama “Legion” milik negara tetangga, Kekaisaran. Namun, Republik berhasil selamat dari tiap ancaman tanpa adanya korban jiwa berkat mesin tempur tanpa awak serupa yang telah sukses mereka kembangkan untuk menghalau serangan musuh.Faktanya, tak mungkin tidak ada korban jiwa dalam peperangan. Se...(展开全部)