达维德•范雷布鲁克（1971~），比利时非虚构作家、剧作家、诗人。先后出版了畅销书《瘟疫》(De Plaag，2008)、《任务与白蚁的灵魂》(Missie & Die siel van die Mier，2011)、《刚果：一部历史》（Congo. Een geschiedenis，2011）等。其中《刚果：一部历史》是他最成功的著作，荣获2012年美第奇奖（le prix Médicis），并被翻译成多种语言。

A controversial call to arms, Against Empathy argues that the natural impulse to share the feelings of others can lead to immoral choices in both public policy and in our intimate relationships with friends and family. Most people, including many policy-makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers, have encouraged us to be more empathetic—to feel the pain and pleasure of oth...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis--an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his...(展开全部)

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to...(展开全部)

This collection of pictures by an acknowledged master of photography, now updated to include 11 new images, forms a document of the spiritual and physical state of exile. The sense of private mystery that fills these photographs - mostly taken during Koudelka's many years of wandering through Europe and the United States since leaving his native Czechoslovakia - speaks of passi...(展开全部)

Listen to a short interview with Michael Sandel. Host: Chris Gondek. Producer: Heron & Crane. Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. The promise is that we will soon be able to treat and prevent a host of debilitating diseases. The predicament is that our newfound genetic knowledge may enable us to manipulate our nature - to enhance our genetic t...(展开全部)

埃里克·方纳 埃里克•方纳是哥伦比亚大学德威特•克林顿历史学教授，美国最杰出的历史学家之一。他在哥伦比亚大学获得博士学位，师从理查德•霍夫斯塔特。方纳教授的著作集中关注思想史、政治史和社会史的交汇，以及美国种族关系史。 译者：于留振，重庆大学人文社会高等研究院史学研究中心讲师，中美富布赖特项目哥伦比亚大学访问博士生。

An extraordinary novel about one of history's most reviled figures. For three decades, until the day he collapsed in the Brazilian surf in 1979, Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death who performed horrific experiments on the prisoners of Auschwitz, floated through South America in linen suits, keeping two steps ahead of Mossad agents, international police and the world's journalist...(展开全部)