巴勃罗·卡萨尔斯 (1876-1973)，西班牙大提琴家、指挥家、作曲家。他以惊人的演奏和表现才能，提高了大提琴作为独奏乐器的地位。其许多作品的录音都成为以后几代演奏家们公认的楷模。 卡萨尔斯发现并率先演奏了巴赫的6首大提琴独奏组曲《Suites for solo C ello》，这是他一生中最大的功绩。卡萨尔斯说，他在巴赫的作品中，看见上帝的存在。他把自己的一生都献给了巴赫的音乐，并于1958年被提名诺贝尔和平奖 。 艾伯特·E.卡恩 (Albert E.Kahn)，出生于英国伦敦，毕业于达特茅斯学院，是位多才多艺的作家。大学时即是优秀的运动员，也获得克劳弗坎贝尔文学奖学金。以撰写政治事件文稿闻名。此外，他的《和乌拉诺娃共度的日子》被誉为芭蕾舞界的重要著作。他拍摄许多著名芭蕾舞女演员的照片，被纽约公共图书馆的表演艺术图书馆和博物馆收藏。 译者 姬...(展开全部)

巴勃罗·卡萨尔斯 (1876-1973)，西班牙大提琴家、指挥家、作曲家。他以惊人的演奏和表现才能，提高了大提琴作为独奏乐器的地位。其许多作品的录音都成为以后几代演奏家们公认的楷模。 卡萨尔斯发现并率先演奏了巴赫的6首大提琴独奏组曲《Suites for solo C ello》，这是他一生中最大的功绩。卡萨尔斯说，他在巴赫的作品中，看见上帝的存在。他把自己的一生都献给了巴赫的音乐，并于1958年被提名诺贝尔和平奖 。 艾伯特·E.卡恩 (Albert E.Kahn)，出生于英国伦敦，毕业于达特茅斯学院，是位多才多艺的作家。大学时即是优秀的运动员，也获得克劳弗坎贝尔文学奖学金。以撰写政治事件文稿闻名。此外，他的《和乌拉诺娃共度的日子》被誉为芭蕾舞界的重要著作。他拍摄许多著名芭蕾舞女演员的照片，被纽约公共图书馆的表演艺术图书馆和博物馆收藏。 译者 姬...(展开全部)

We spend most of our waking lives at work - in occupations often chosen by our unthinking sixteen-year-old selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what it might mean for us. Equally intrigued by work's pleasures and its pains, Alain de Botton here heads out into the under-charted worlds of the office, the factory, the fishing fleet and the logistics centre, ...(展开全部)

We spend most of our waking lives at work - in occupations often chosen by our unthinking sixteen-year-old selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what it might mean for us. Equally intrigued by work's pleasures and its pains, Alain de Botton here heads out into the under-charted worlds of the office, the factory, the fishing fleet and the logistics centre, ...(展开全部)

Walter Benjamin was one of the most original cultural critics of the twentieth century. Illuminations includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and on Brecht's Epic Theater. Also included are his penetrating study "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," an enlight...(展开全部)

Walter Benjamin was one of the most original cultural critics of the twentieth century. Illuminations includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and on Brecht's Epic Theater. Also included are his penetrating study "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," an enlight...(展开全部)

Translated front the Serbian by Michael Henry Heim. Originally published in Belgrade in 1969 and never before translated tutu English, Early Sorrows is a stunning group of linked stories that memorialize Danilo Kis's childhood.

Archimedes' Revenge is an extremely accessible, lighthearted account of a number of mathematical topics, many with modern interest, such as complexity theory. Hoffman quotes living mathematicians extensively, giving the reader a feel for the nature of the mathematical community and insight into how this community attempts to resolve open questions. This book is low in mathemati...(展开全部)

Archimedes' Revenge is an extremely accessible, lighthearted account of a number of mathematical topics, many with modern interest, such as complexity theory. Hoffman quotes living mathematicians extensively, giving the reader a feel for the nature of the mathematical community and insight into how this community attempts to resolve open questions. This book is low in mathemati...(展开全部)

Beginning with 'Gilles de Binche' (Antwerp, 2005) and concluding with 'Against the Day' (Brussels, Moscow and Malmo, 2009-10), acclaimed painter Luc Tuymans produced a landmark suite of seven thematically linked bodies of work. Their meta-narrative, which traces the philosophical and psychic roots of contemporary civilization, weaves together a range of photographic source imag...(展开全部)