Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is one of the legendary writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longing is his dazzling new collection of poetry -- twenty years in the making -- written on southern California's Mount Baldy and in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai. Following his highly acclaimed 19...(展开全部)

In the feverish tropics of the Andaman Islands, a young botanist tends to a fragile rose he has imported to welcome his bride. Hoping their marriage will bloom in this strange life, hundreds of miles from the east coast of India, he is entranced by Chanda Devi's fierce nature and unusual gifts; speaking to trees and the ghosts of former colonialists. These islands, she tells he...(展开全部)

A spellbinding work of literature, Latitudes of Longing follows the interconnected lives of characters searching for true intimacy. The novel sweeps across India, from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert to tell a love story of epic proportions. We follow a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who speaks to them; a geologist working to end futile wars ove...(展开全部)

Even as they see their wages go down and their buying power decrease, many parents are still putting their kids' material desires first. These parents struggle with how to handle children's consumer wants, which continue unabated despite the economic downturn. And, indeed, parents and other adults continue to spend billions of dollars on children every year. Why do children see...(展开全部)

In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bittersweet outlook on life, and why we’ve been so blind to its value. “Bittersweet grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go.”—BRENÉ BROWN, author of Atlas of the Heart “Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once again!”—GLENNON DOYLE, author of Untamed “A sparkling ode...(展开全部)

In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bittersweet outlook on life, and why we’ve been so blind to its value. “Bittersweet grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go.”—BRENÉ BROWN, author of Atlas of the Heart “Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once again!”—GLENNON DOYLE, author of Untamed “A sparkling ode...(展开全部)

The forced polarity between form and function in considerations of architecture--opposing art to social interests, ethics to poetic expression--obscures the deep connections between ethical and poetical values in architectural tradition. Architecture has been, and must continue to be, writes Alberto Pérez-Gómez, built upon love. Modernity has rightly rejected past architectural...(展开全部)

作者簡介 維特多．沙博爾夫斯基Witold Szabłowski 一個天生說故事的人，波蘭最優秀的報導文學作家之一。畢業於華沙大學新聞系與政治學系。在業內素以簡潔靈動的語言運用而聞名。對於土耳其的政治、婦女及犯罪議題有深入研究，他對於土耳其「榮譽殺人」的報導〈姐妹，這是出於愛〉曾獲得國際特赦組織的榮譽推薦，而他的土耳其長篇報導《來自杏城的刺客》則獲波蘭最重要的文學獎——「尼刻」獎（NIKE）提名。除了土耳其，他也關注中歐和東歐國家從共產鐵幕走向民主自由的過程中，人們所經歷的種種轉型不易，這些故事在他的《跳舞的熊》和與妻子伊莎貝拉．梅札（Izabela Meyza）合著的《我們的小小波蘭共和國：一場重返共產的社會實驗》中皆可讀到。他的最新力作《正義的叛徒，瓦萊尼亞的鄰居》是關於二戰期間瓦萊尼亞與東加利西亞波蘭人大屠殺事件中，冒著生命危險拯救波蘭人的烏克...(展开全部)