In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe’s wife, Violet, attacks the girl’s corpse. This passionate, profound story of love and obsession brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from t...(展开全部)

托妮·莫里森（Toni Morrlson，1931～）美国黑人女作家。生于俄亥俄州钢城洛里恩，父亲是蓝领工人，母亲在白人家帮佣。1949 年她以优异成绩考入当时专为黑人开设的霍华德大学，攻读英语和古典文学。大学毕业后，又入康奈尔大学专攻福克纳和沃尔夫的小说，并以此获硕士学泣。此后，她在德克萨斯南方大学和霍德华大学任教。1966年，她在纽约兰多姆出版社担任高级编辑，曾为拳王穆罕默德·阿里自传和一些青年黑人作家的作品的出版竭尽全力。她所主编的《黑人之书》，记叙了美国黑人三百年历史，被称为美国黑人史的百科全书。70年代起，她先后在纽约州立大学、耶鲁大学和巴尔德学院讲授美国黑人文学，并为《纽约时报书评周报》撰写过3O篇高质量的书评文章，1987年起出任普林斯顿大学教授，讲授文学创作。莫里森可以说是一位学者型的小说家。 莫里森的主要成就在于...(展开全部)

Joe Trace, door-to-door salesman, erstwhile devoted husband, shoots to death his lover of three months, 18 year old Dorcas. At the funeral, his determined, hardworking wife Violet tries to disfigure the corpse with a knife. Captures the complex humanity of black urban life.

Ted Gioia is a music historian and the author of eleven books, including How to Listen to Jazz. His three previous books on the social history of music—Work Songs, Healing Songs, and Love Songs—have each been honored with the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award. Gioia's wide-ranging activities as a critic, scholar, performer, and educator have established him as a leading g...(展开全部)

内容 615枚掲載！ 世界最高峰の黒いジャズ・カタログ メインストリーム・ジャズの凋落、フリー・ジャズの飽和、そしてコルトレーンの他界によりもたらされた“ジャズの死”──60年代末から70年代にかけての混沌とした時代を生きぬくため、黒人ジャズマンたちは自主レーベルを立ち上げ、アフリカ回帰や同胞への社会的メッセージなど、自らのアイデンティティを全面に打ち出した新しい時代のジャズを開拓していきました。“スピリチュアル・ジャズ”や“ドロドロ・ジャズ”とも呼ばれる、これらインディペンデントな精神を持った黒人ジャズ作品を、より深く探索して網羅的に紹介するのが本書。主要レーベルの全作品紹介、マニア垂涎のレア盤を多数含むディスク・カタログ（LP裏ジャケットも全作品掲載）、そして関係者のインタビューや貴重な当時の資料など、圧倒的なボリュームでお届けします。 【CON...(展开全部)

Every night, somewhere in the world, three or four musicians will climb on stage together. Whether the gig is at a jazz club, a bar, or a bar mitzvah, the performance never begins with a note, but with a question. The trumpet player might turn to the bassist and ask, “Do you know ‘Body and Soul’?”—and from there the subtle craft of playing the jazz repertoire is tested in front...(展开全部)

With his brand of keenly intelligent humor that ranges from world history to historical politics, sexual politics, mad ancient kings, and chickens with guns, Eddie Izzard has built an extraordinary fan base that transcends age, gender, and race. Writing with the same candor and insight evident in his comedy, he reflects on a childhood marked by the loss of his mother, boarding ...(展开全部)

Edward B. Burger 是一位数学教授，威廉学院的主席，著作颇丰。他曾获得多个由美国数学会颁发的有崇高声望的写作和教学奖项。同时他还在夜总会表演喜剧，曾短暂担任过著名脱口秀节目的独立制片。他在NBC电视台、国家公共广播中出现过，并在全世界做过无数 的数学演讲。 Michael Starbird 是得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的杰出教授，得克萨斯大学杰出教师协会成员。他获得过数十个得克萨斯大学教学奖，还是得克萨斯大学娱乐壁球冠军。 (你提供的)

A book for the eternally curious, Coincidences fuses a professor s understanding of the hidden mathematical skeleton of the universe with the sensibility of a stand-up comedian, making life s big questions accessible and compelling. Each chapter opens with a surprising insight not a mathematic formula, but a common observation. From there, the authors leapfrog over math and ane...(展开全部)