Robert Penn has saddled up nearly every day of his adult life. In his late twenties, he pedaled 25,000 miles around the world. Today he rides to get to work, sometimes for work, to bathe in air and sunshine, to travel, to go shopping, to stay sane, and to skip bath time with his kids. He's no Sunday pedal pusher. So when the time came for a new bike, he decided to pull out all ...(展开全部)

☀作者简介 罗伯特•佩恩 英国作家、记者和电视节目主持人。撰写的电视系列片《森林童话》全面详细地讲述了英国森林的概况。曾骑自行车环游世界，到过五大洲的40多个国家。目前，罗伯特和家人住在南威尔士州黑山山林里，过着回归自然的古朴生活。 本书为其代表作，被《泰晤士报》列入“畅销书前十强”，已翻译成14种文字。 罗伯特•佩恩个人网站：https://robpenn.net/

☀作者简介 罗伯特•佩恩 英国作家、记者和电视节目主持人。撰写的电视系列片《森林童话》全面详细地讲述了英国森林的概况。曾骑自行车环游世界，到过五大洲的40多个国家。目前，罗伯特和家人住在南威尔士州黑山山林里，过着回归自然的古朴生活。 本书为其代表作，被《泰晤士报》列入“畅销书前十强”，已翻译成14种文字。 罗伯特•佩恩个人网站：https://robpenn.net/

The #1 New York Times bestseller with legs as strong as its author's. Lance Armstrong is one of the most talked about- and inspirational-sports figures of all time. He was Sports Illustrated 's 2002 Sportsman of the Year-and now, after his record-shattering string of Tour de France victories, some are proclaiming him the greatest athlete of all time. This is the b...(展开全部)

The bicycle is one of mankind's greatest inventions - and the most popular form of transport in history. Robert Penn has ridden one most days of his adult life. In his late 20s, he pedalled 40,000 kilometres around the world. Yet, like cyclists everywhere, the utilitarian bikes he currently owns don't even hint at this devotion. Robert needs a new bike, a bespoke machine that r...(展开全部)

From Italy, an epistolary novel like no other, full of Tabucchi's special "enchantment, which trans-figures even as it captivates" ("TLS"). In "It's Getting Later All the Time," an epistolary novel with a twist, Antonio Tabucchi--"internationally acclaimed as the most original voice in the new generation of Italian writers" ("The Harvard Book Review")--revitalizes an illustriou...(展开全部)

Yves Saint Laurent is one of the world's most famous designers, who's haute couture collections have deeply marked society and revolutionized the image of women. All About Yves documents the life of this great designer, from his childhood, to the seminal moments of his career, up until his death in 2008. This one-of-a-kind book includes unseen sketches and photographs of Saint ...(展开全部)

An in-depth look at Saul Leiter's entire body of work.

What is the meaning of life? It is a question that has intrigued the great philosophers--and has been hilariously lampooned by Monty Python. Indeed, the whole idea strikes many of us as vaguely pompous, a little absurd. Is there one profound and mysterious meaning to life, a single ultimate purpose behind human existence? In What's It All About?, Julian Baggini says no,...(展开全部)

"The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all love to better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love . Here, at her most provacative and intensely personel, the renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist skewers our view of love as romance. In its place she offers a proactive new ethic for ...(展开全部)