An extraordinary collection—hawk-eyed and understanding—from the Man Booker Prize–winning, best-selling author of The Sense of an Ending and Levels of Life. As Julian Barnes notes: “Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great paintings required no words of explanation. Braque thought the ideal state would be reached when ...(展开全部)

When we view a work of art, we often experience an emotional response, but the causes of our reactions are complex. Our knowledge of why we respond to art as we do is rooted in science—in psychology and biology. Eric R. Kandel traces the origins of this understanding to early twentieth-century Vienna, which gave rise to the concept of the “beholder’s share,” the realization tha...(展开全部)

The windmill's labor is contingent upon the weather, upon what air masses, at any given time, overlie its landscape. Anticipatory in mood, Weather Eye Open adopts the emblem of the windmill, seeking what Merleau-Ponty calls the "inspiration and expiration of Being." The windmill serves as analogue to the perceiving subject, to the poet, whose consciousness, though rooted and pa...(展开全部)

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels ...(展开全部)

安德烈·阿加西（Andre Agassi） 美国职业网球运动员，获得过60个冠军头衔，8次夺得大满贯冠军。1999年在法网史诗般的胜利，使其成为男子网坛第一位金满贯选手。2006年在美网退役，结束了21年辉煌的职业生涯。 与演员、模特波姬·小丝有过著名的恋爱和短暂的婚姻。2001年10月22日，与有“德国女皇”之称的网球运动员施特菲·格拉芙结为夫妇，育有一儿一女，现居拉斯维加斯，那也是他出生的地方。

安德烈·阿加西（Andre Agassi） 美国职业网球运动员，获得过60个冠军头衔，8次夺得大满贯冠军。1999年在法网史诗般的胜利，使其成为男子网坛第一位金满贯选手。2006年在美网退役，结束了21年辉煌的职业生涯。 与演员、模特波姬·小丝有过著名的恋爱和短暂的婚姻。2001年10月22日，与有“德国女皇”之称的网球运动员施特菲·格拉芙结为夫妇，育有一儿一女，现居拉斯维加斯，那也是他出生的地方。

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels ...(展开全部)

Left adrift in arctic waters with a gunshot wound to the head, adrift in arctic waters, Christy White was rescued from an icy death by a mysterious man. She craved retribution, and he taught her how to get it--how to make sense of her past and how to kill. They tried to freeze her out, but they should have finished the job, because now she's back with a vengeance! Collecting th...(展开全部)

This title includes 17 essays by one of the world's leading commentators on the work of Gilles Deleuze. The articles in this volume have become frequent references for students and scholars working on Deleuze. In response to academic demand, we are now making them available in a single convenient volume. Several of the articles are touchstones in the field and a number of them ...(展开全部)

This volume presents a series of essays published by Charles Kahn over a period of forty years, in which he seeks to explicate the ancient Greek concept of Being. He addresses two distinct but intimately related problems, one linguistic and one historical and philosophical. The linguistic problem concerns the theory of the Greek verb einai, 'to be': how to replace the conven...(展开全部)