A new edition of a modern classic of photography. Martin Parr is Europe's premier contemporary photographer, and The Last Resort is the book that is considered to have launched his career. Taken at the height of the Thatcher years, it depicts the "great British seaside" in all its garish glory. Described by some as cruel and voyeuristic and by others as a stunning satire on t...(展开全部)

A new edition of a modern classic of photography. Martin Parr is Europe's premier contemporary photographer, and The Last Resort is the book that is considered to have launched his career. Taken at the height of the Thatcher years, it depicts the "great British seaside" in all its garish glory. Described by some as cruel and voyeuristic and by others as a stunning satire on t...(展开全部)

On an afternoon like any other, an artist's imagination disappears. His quest to recover it leads him to a remote seaside hotel visited by some remarkable guests. Illustrated by the masterful Roberto Innocenti, this book celebrates the wonders of the imagination.

This book examines two large and generally overlooked diaspora communities, one Jewish and the other Slavic, which found refuge in Shanghai during the period 1900-1950. Victims of discrimination and persecution in their own lands—Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Ukraine—they chose Shanghai as their destination because no documentation was required to enter the city and s...(展开全部)

Marcia Reynders Ristaino is Senior Chinese Acquisitions Specialist at the Library of Congress. She is the author of China's Art of Revolution: The Mobilization of Discontent, 1927 and 1928.

その少女が身につけているのは、不思議な杖と鍔付き帽子に、レトロな郵便配達夫を思わせるがま口の鞄。その鞄の中に入っているのは、ただの手紙なんかじゃない。黒い切手が貼られたその手紙は、想いを残して逝ったひとが大切なひとへ宛てて書いた手紙…死後文。今日も少女―文伽は相棒である杖のマヤマとともに死後文を、ひどく優しい奇跡を運ぶ。―亡き家族へ、友人へ、恋人へ。想いを乗せた最後の手紙を。雨宮諒が贈る、切なくて優しい物語。

The bailouts during the recent financial crisis enraged the public. They felt unfair—and counterproductive: people who take risks must be allowed to fail. If we reward firms that make irresponsible investments, costing taxpayers billions of dollars, aren’t we encouraging them to continue to act irresponsibly, setting the stage for future crises? And beyond the ethics of it was ...(展开全部)