"Finkel, a journalist, follows the soldiers who serve in the Iraq War as they struggle to reintegrate into American society"-- Provided by publisher. " In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous surge, a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed all of them...(展开全部)

Thank You for Not Reading is a biting critique of book publishing: agents, subagents, and scouts, supermarket-like bookstores, Joan Collins, book fairs that have little to do with books, authors promoted because of sex appeal instead of merit, and editors trying to look like writers by having their photograph taken against a background of bookshelves. Nowadays, the best strateg...(展开全部)

Thank You for Not Reading is a biting critique of book publishing: agents, subagents, and scouts, supermarket-like bookstores, Joan Collins, book fairs that have little to do with books, authors promoted because of sex appeal instead of merit, and editors trying to look like writers by having their photograph taken against a background of bookshelves. Nowadays, the best strateg...(展开全部)

"Finkel, a journalist, follows the soldiers who serve in the Iraq War as they struggle to reintegrate into American society"-- Provided by publisher. " In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous surge, a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed all of them...(展开全部)

P. G.伍德豪斯(1881-1975)，英国当代著名作家。他的作品根植于英国社会生活，风格轻松诙谐而不失幽默。在超过半个世纪的写作生涯里，他创作了《万能管家吉夫斯》系列、《布兰丁斯城堡》系列等诸多作品。为纪念他的文学成就，“波灵格大众伍德豪斯奖”于2000年设立，每年嘉奖优秀的英国幽默作品。 《万能管家吉夫斯》系列是伍德豪斯的代表作，更是英式幽默的典范，其影响力已经超出了文学领域，成为英语世界的文化现象。书中管家吉夫斯的名字甚至被收入英语辞典，成为理想管家的代名词。该系列亦曾被改编为英剧《万能管家》，憨态可掬的伍斯特与足智多谋的吉夫斯，成为在世界各地都广受欢迎的荧幕形象。

In this collection of acerbic essays, Ugresic dissects the nature of the contemporary book industry, which she argues is so infected with the need to create and promote literature that will appeal to the masses literally to everyone that if Thomas Mann were writing nowadays, his books wouldn't even be published in the U.S. because they're not sexy enough.A playful and biting cr...(展开全部)

In this collection of acerbic essays, Ugresic dissects the nature of the contemporary book industry, which she argues is so infected with the need to create and promote literature that will appeal to the masses literally to everyone that if Thomas Mann were writing nowadays, his books wouldn't even be published in the U.S. because they're not sexy enough.A playful and biting cr...(展开全部)

《冰点•特稿2012～2013》精选了中青报《冰点周刊》2012～2013年最具影响力的冰点特稿。 在喧嚣嘈杂、光影浮动的时代中，冰点记者以少有的悲悯、诚恳、勇气与专业操守，将焦点对准现实生活中一个个鲜活的个体，努力发现被遮蔽的生活与被覆盖的希望：从罹患绝症的北漂到四平米里蜗居的农民工，从以为村野立传为己任的中国老汉到打捞种族屠杀受害者生平的德国艺术家，从不为人知的艾滋病感染者到默默无闻的盲人足球队员…… 透过他们，你能看到自己的同胞——那些老人、那些孩子、那些青年、那些作为社会中坚力量的沉默的大多数——在经历怎样的悲欢离合。透过他们，你会想起一些被忽视、被遗忘，甚至被屏蔽的人与事。透过他们，你会发现一些没有被压倒、也不可能被吞噬的价值。透过他们，你能感受到冰点对社会与时代进行着真诚、理性、持久的叩问与思考。 从小人物的生存、情感与心灵出发，呈现大时...(展开全部)